With all the plans finalized, Patrick set out with Quel'Thalas's Expeditionary Force, the Zaram Kingdom's Blade, while the combined force of Ogres, Blood Knights, and Highborne also departed from Eldre'Dani. The two forces would rendezvous after reaching the Tanaris Desert.
Before departing, Patrick had also left a special order with Lanaya, assigning Matthis-Flame Hawk a new job once he returned to Silvermoon City.
The vast force crossed the Great Sea. According to the Cenarion Circle's original plan, all troops would assemble on the eastern coast of Tanaris, south of the Caverns of Time.
"Lord Regent, we are almost at Tanaris. We can already see the coastline." The captain respectfully reported their progress to Patrick. In his eyes, the Aircraft Carrier Battle Group approach invented by the Regent was nothing short of an innovation that could transform naval warfare on Azeroth. It had made most of the Unicorn Burning Legion's sailors and captains admire Patrick beyond measure.
Patrick was pondering Ahn'Qiraj when he heard a voice calling from beneath the water in flawless Thalassian: "Friends from Silvermoon City, please follow me."
The guide provided by the Cenarion Circle this time also exceeded every faction's expectations: a Naga. It was Sarasin, a little Naga who lived in seclusion by the beach. Living beside the rolling yellow sands of Tanaris, Sarasin was one of the world's handful of friendly Naga. No one knew how the Cenarion Circle had persuaded a Naga to receive them.
"Are you still thinking about Ahn'Qiraj?" Alleria stood beside him in practical combat attire. As Quel'Thalas's Ranger Marshal, she was once again leading the Farstriders into battle, just as Patrick had intended. Quel'Thalas's forces had only recently been integrated and needed the Ranger Marshal to oversee them in person. Patrick also feared heavy casualties in the coming war, so