This was Patrick's first visit to Quelrins City since its founding. As the central hub overseeing all four locations, Silvermoon City had poured funds and supplies into it without regard for cost.
Quelrins had already begun to take on the scale of a medium-sized city. Mage towers with red roofs, white walls, and gold trim, stretches of golden reliefs, and white city walls edged in red proclaimed that this was now wholly the territory of the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas.
Apart from Northpass Tower to the south of Quelrins and Zul'Mashar to the east, which still bore distinctly human and troll architectural styles, the other areas had been built entirely in the style of Quel'Thalas.
By now, Zul'Mashar and the Southern Mountains had been fully developed into military bases. Zul'Mashar, the Southern Mountains, and Northpass Tower had all become satellite cities of Quelrins, guarding the central city. With the Elfgate at its back as well, reinforcements could arrive at any time.
Knowing that Patrick was coming, Hawkspear had long since stationed large numbers of troops along both sides of the road. The entourage this time was illustrious: Tandred, Galin, Danath, and Falstad were all present, with the express purpose of putting pressure on the Alliance and the Horde.
Of course, one special member accompanied them as well: Regba, the Lynx Spirit. As an animal god, the Lynx Spirit was particularly intimidating to the Horde. Apart from the Forsaken, its tauren, trolls, and orcs all had strong traditions of worshiping gods and ancestors. Trolls in particular placed exceptional importance on their faith in gods. Their voodoo arts were the most important component of worshiping animal gods, and could even be called the origin of animal god worship on Azeroth.
Regba had grown enormous. After his long stay in Sunlight City, more and