Patrick shook his head gently. Jaina was still too young, after all. She did not understand the darkness of politics. There was too much darkness in this world for this "innocent" little girl.
Patrick also knew that Dalaran would always belong to the Alliance. Aethas was the only nonhuman on the Kirin Tor's council; everyone else was human. After the three wars, the humans of the Kingdom of Stormwind were the strongest power, so it was hardly surprising that the Kirin Tor always favored the Alliance.
Yet the Kirin Tor's series of actions had sown the seeds of its own destruction.
"After the Orcs War, Lordaeron called Aiden Perenolde, the king of Alterac who had betrayed the Alliance, to account. At that point, a man calling himself Lord Prestor approached Terenas." Patrick looked earnestly into Jaina's eyes. "And Lord Prestor was Deathwing in disguise. It was the Kirin Tor that thwarted his plot to infiltrate the human world."
Seeing Jaina's astonishment, Patrick was certain that the Kirin Tor's leadership had not told her about this. "I believe you know about Countess Katrana Prestor's past, but you probably don't know that she is Onyxia, the Black Dragon Princess. She now serves under me."
Jaina broke down and sank weakly to the ground. She had never imagined that she, too, was a pawn of the Kirin Tor, that she had never entered its inner circle. The respect Modera, Rhonin, and the others showed her was nothing more than a facade to deceive her.
The Kirin Tor knew Countess Katrana Prestor's true identity perfectly well, yet they had remained silent. Dalaran relied heavily on the Alliance's support, whether in government affairs, people's livelihoods, or even public opinion-all required the Alliance's wholehearted assistance.
Yet the Kirin Tor had not even told Varian the truth