Although a councilor's annual salary and administrative allowance were not generous, they still made a decent income for Patrick. Getting all of Sunfury Spire running required a great deal of money. Meanwhile, to accelerate the Sun Temple's future development, construction of the surrounding city also needed to begin, along with greater development of the surrounding farmland. Even the Sunscar Mountains behind it could be considered a development zone.
Simple administrative reforms amounted only to changes in institutional structure. The elves within his fief also needed an entirely new outlook. Hedonism ran rampant, with no sense of responsibility, awareness, or initiative. Ultimately, they lacked an environment that encouraged them to strive higher and a proper understanding of knowledge.
These were two things Patrick now needed to help instill in the elves' minds. For a long time, the elven commoners and mages who chiefly followed the Hedonist School had simply lacked the corresponding abilities in certain areas. Many mistaken decisions had arisen from this.
The entire decision-making leadership of the Silvermoon Council had made mistakes again and again. First came their mistaken understanding of Orgrim Doomhammer, then their misjudgment of the Scourge's strength, followed by their two-front war in the Ghostlands, attacking both the Scourge in Deatholme and the trolls in Zul'Aman. In the end, all of Quel'Thalas's vitality and hope had been worn away.
Afterward, all of Silvermoon City had grown so weak that it could not even deal with the enemies on its doorstep. It had needed the Banshee Queen Sylvanas to send troops to help. Only when several archmages sent by Silvermoon City, including Idonis, joined forces with Marlen, a high-ranking executor of the Forsaken, had they eliminated Dar'Khan, who had entrenched himself in Deatholme.
Finally, in Outland, the Alliance and the Horde had joined forces to attack Tempest