Azeroth: The Path of the Holy Light
Chapter 713

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The Viceroy's view was correct.

In the Pruk Star Domain, a vast region spanning millions of light-years, the Federation Government controlled roughly half the territory. Part of the remainder was controlled by the Qiraji vanguard, while another part had fallen into the hands of those fanatical Eredar.

The Federation needed resources, the Aqir needed an environment where the Kypari Trees could grow, and the Eredar, those who had escaped the shattered Argus with their lives 2,000 years ago, carried a measure of demon blood in their twisted bodies. What they pursued was more a matter of simple territorial control and hegemony.

This was probably an essential quality of their civilization born of the racial humiliation of losing their home and being forced to flee, along with their inherently chaotic thinking. After the Eredar returned to Draenor with the Azeroth Fleet, they were settled in the Nagrand Grasslands and Hellfire Peninsula. They had numbered only 120,000 at first, a truly tiny race.

Under the capable and wise leadership of their first monarch, Emperor Nester Orris, the New Eredar Empire was among the first powers to venture into space. Nester understood the Eredar's shortcomings deeply, so he chose to unite with the Draenei led by the Prophet Velen, ultimately establishing the Twin Kingdoms.

The Draenei were kind, tolerant, and valued wisdom. The Eredar were ruthless and reckless, but excelled in strength. The two complemented each other, ultimately succeeding in reviving the civilization of Argus on a planet not far from Azeroth, then expanding its influence into as many as eighteen major Star Sectors over 1,700 years.

"The Eredar's greed for territory is the most incomprehensible among all the Federation's races, and their hunger for victory stems more from the deepest impulses in their blood. After the assassination of their first monarch, Nester

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