The situation within the Alliance and the Horde was equally grim. Several races on the Western Continent had long since seen members fall asleep and never wake, with the Night Elves and Tauren suffering the worst.
Moreover, most of those who would not wake were Druids, and even spells specifically meant to awaken Druids proved utterly useless. But with the entire continent engaged in the Northern Expedition, they made the same choice as Quel'Thalas and did not notify the front lines.
Stormwind City had the largest population of all the capitals, and it also had the greatest number of residents who would not wake.
"Have you found the cause?" Varian held the report from the House of Lords, still deeply worried.
"Your Majesty, we have already had the Mages and Paladins examine them. Everyone who will not wake has now been sent to Archbishop Benedictus, where the Priests are caring for them."
"Could it be the Scourge's plague, or poison?" With the Kingdom of Lordaeron's example before him, Varian could not afford not to worry.
During the Orc invasion, the Kingdom of Stormwind had still depended on the Kingdom of Lordaeron. Yet in the space of ten years, the Kingdom of Lordaeron had fallen, while the Kingdom of Stormwind had risen to become one of the continent's foremost powers. If the Kingdom of Stormwind suffered an undead Scourge of its own, Stormwind City would probably fall even faster than Lordaeron.
Lordaeron had been a leading great power, and even a starved camel was bigger than a horse. Neither the emergence of the undead Scourge nor the ravages of the plague had brought Lordaeron down. Lordaeron had fallen because the Lich King had breached its capital, and Arthas had become the leader of the undead.
If the Kingdom of Stormwind suffered