Azeroth was like a coffee table, and all its races were tragedies set upon it, without exception.
Ruling the entire world, enslaving everyone else, or ascending the throne of Quel'Thalas-none of these aligned with Patrick's true wishes.
Indeed, just as the Sha energy's temptations suggested, it was not as though Patrick had never considered engineering Kael'thas's death and taking the throne himself. But his rational side told him that if Kael'thas died, the Kingdom's divisions and the conflicts between its many factions, including the Council Party and the Royalists, would never be resolved.
The current state of unity among the High Elves could never have come about. Just as Sunfury Spire and Sunstrider Tower symbolized the pinnacle of Quel'Thalas, they were nevertheless two parallel lines that would never intersect.
Quel'Thalas had suffered terribly. Strength and military force alone could not change it; its people had to take the initiative to strive for something better.
Ever since arriving in Azeroth, a series of experiences had long since overturned Patrick's traditional impressions of its various heroes-well, his stereotypes.
To understand the real reason Kael'thas had cooperated with Kil'jaeden, Patrick could only start by analyzing Kael'thas's actions.
Later, after Kael'thas returned to Quel'Thalas, a private conversation between him and Patrick confirmed that Patrick's conjecture had been entirely correct. Kael'thas was still that Prince who, even before his death, had remained steadfast in his conviction: "For Quel'Thalas!"
He was just like the final boss Patrick had encountered in Tempest Keep in his previous life. Kael'thas had not wanted to fight raid groups like ours. Even when we fought our way to him, he merely sent out his advisers one at a time, hoping to "persuade us to retreat," and even said things like, "This is not fair to you." Until he died in Tempest