The first half of Year 21 of the Dark Portal slowly faded amid the aftermath of the Battle of Mount Hyjal, seemingly uneventful, but the second half was turbulent. From the Eye of Sargeras bombarding Northrend and revealing Titan ruins to the sudden Great War of the Dragons, everything made the true powerhouses hiding behind the curtain of peace feel that the world had become somewhat unreal in an instant.
Together with the Undead Scourge and the Battle of Mount Hyjal in Year 20 of the Dark Portal, these four successive major events seemed to signal that ten thousand years of peace had been broken. The entire world seemed to have entered a course of disaster-ridden, chaotic progress.
And in the eyes of those who truly understood such matters, all these changes were inseparable from one man.
A mysterious knight had risen from the Northern Frontier, distinguished himself during the ravages of the Undead Scourge, then participated in the Battle of Hyjal, helped the Demon Hunter bombard Northrend, and finally earned the recognition of the Dragon Aspects in the Great War of the Dragons.
People often said that the way to measure a man's worth was to look at his friends and his enemies.
From that perspective, the mysterious Fire of Justice, Dawn Knight Dick Tang, truly qualified as a legendary figure. Attention from the upper ranks naturally sparked discussion among those below, especially when Theramore's envoy visited Stormwind City in April of Year 22 of the Dark Portal. The songs of the Elf Bards accompanying the delegation shrouded the Dawn Knight in an even greater veil of mystery.
During the Great War of the Dragons in Year 21 of the Dark Portal, the residents of Lakeshire in the Kingdom of Stormwind had all seen those dragons that blotted out