"I'm an elf who values old ties. I think everyone here knows that." Patrick smiled. "Terenas gave me a great deal of help back then, and I've always remembered it. That's why I've been looking after you all since the Scourge outbreak."
Everyone nodded. If the high elves were as heartless as Garithos and Dalaran claimed, why had Quel'Thalas spared no effort to help people like them, whose kingdom had fallen? Wouldn't it have been better to sit back and watch Lordaeron perish, then expand its territory? Besides, the high elves were famously wealthy. The word "stingy" simply had nothing to do with them.
"I have no prejudice against any of you. On the contrary, the elves of Quel'Thalas and the people of Lordaeron have always enjoyed fairly harmonious relations. But you've all seen what Dalaran has done. Even with the person involved present, they repeatedly claimed they knew nothing about the Garithos affair. They even denied ever ostracizing or framing the prince of Quel'Thalas."
Taelan recalled how Patrick had gone with him to find Tirion, and how he had counseled his father and brought him back into the embrace of the Holy Light. Then there had been Calia's return, and Patrick's personal intervention to bring the members of the Scarlet Monastery trapped in Tirisfal Glades back to Hearthglen and New Faolun City. There were also the weapons, equipment, food, medicine, and other supplies he had continued providing to New Faolun City.
After the undead had run rampant and Lordaeron had fallen, what other power had helped Lordaeron like this, helping people like them who struggled to survive in the Plaguelands?
"Dalaran has always been like that," Demetria said bluntly. "Those mages have to ensure their own absolute control over Dalaran. When Prince Kael'thas joined them, he was naturally going