(Go LGD and VG! The classic Pudge versus SF matchup.)
In fact, by this point, the answer was already quite clear. Patrick simply had not spelled it out for everyone.
Put plainly, the Kirin Tor had worked with Garithos to try to kill Kael'thas, then install Aethas in power and seize Kael'thas's legacy.
Looking a little further ahead, once Aethas became king of Quel'Thalas, all of Quel'Thalas would become the kingdom of Dalaran, and the Sunwell would belong to Dalaran as well. From then on, Dalaran would no longer have to worry about magical energy.
Moreover, at the rate humans reproduced, within thirty years they would become the dominant population in Eversong Woods. In about fifty years, both the high elves and blood elves would become human vassals. Even if any high elves discovered the problem, the Kirin Tor would probably purge them immediately. A hundred years later, every surviving elf would be a pet under the Kirin Tor's control.
"Greed always leads people to their deaths. Am I right?" The corners of Patrick's mouth lifted slightly. "Scheming without the strength to back it up-aren't you worried about retaliation?"
Just as with Dar'Khan, beautiful fantasies could make people forget the gap in strength between them, while those grand blueprints they devised could blind them to reason.
The atmosphere aboard the Aircraft Carrier was oppressive, and it was much the same inside the Violet Citadel.
With four of the Kirin Tor's six councilors gone, everyone in Dalaran lived in constant anxiety. These particular circumstances gave Zendarri an opportunity to vent the resentment he had harbored for years.
"Zendarri, this is betrayal." Porter Dawnblade was furious. He had never imagined that Zendarri would gather his ranger cronies at a time like this and confront the Sunreaver Sanctuary to force its hand.
"What