Stormwind Keep, the House of Lords.
"So Quel'Thalas suffered no loss of strength?" Countess Katrana Prestor stroked her hair, her long black locks slipping through her fingertips with an indescribable allure that left the lesser nobles of the House of Lords staring.
"Quel'Thalas contributed a great deal to the campaign in Ahn'Qiraj. Even the Horde relied somewhat on that Regent's judgment, and the blue dragons, the Scarlet Crusade, Kul Tiras, and Stromgarde all followed Quel'Thalas's lead." Grand Duke Leoric recalled the situation as he explained it to the leadership of the House of Lords.
"In that case, we have no chance of bringing Kul Tiras and Stromgarde into the Alliance." Katrana licked her lips, drawing everyone's eyes.
"Tandred now rules Kul Tiras, not Jaina. Since our dealings have been closest with Jaina, Tandred has already shown a clear aversion to us. The same goes for Galin Trollbane. They have probably reached some agreements with Quel'Thalas and banded together."
"How are those missions we issued to purge the Scarlet Crusade progressing?" At this, Katrana said no more-or rather, there was no use saying more. Kul Tiras and Stromgarde no longer trusted the Alliance, and that could no longer be undone.
Mathias Shaw felt some regret. The Alliance's purge of the Scarlet Crusade had not succeeded. "They failed. With Tirion Fordring's appearance, the Argent Dawn has rejoined the Scarlet Crusade, and Tirion Fordring himself is now in command. Although our agents have infiltrated their ranks, they heed no one's orders but Tirion's. And the Scarlet Crusade's former fanatical, bloodthirsty nature has changed completely. They no longer slaughter people of other races at will and have returned to being the moderate paladin order they once were."
"With that, we have lost both our moral justification and our pretext for an attack. Assassinating the