Speaking of Nightfallen, this group of exiles from Suramar basically live in a ruins in the north of Azurewing Whelplands. The ruins were once the center used by the elves to control the energy of Ley Line. However, after the collapse of the Kaldorei Empire, the Ley Line center that lost maintenance gradually turned into ruins in the wind and rain.
However, although it has been turned into ruins, because it was once the center of Ley Line, it was filled with Arcane energy, which changed the environment near the ruins just like Azurewing Whelplands.
About thousands of years ago, the first batch of Nightfallens who were exiled by their compatriots followed the Arcane energy to the place called Zarkhenar Ley Line Ruins and settled there ever since.
Because these Nightfallens looked pitiful, the Blue Dragonflights didn't care where they took root. But what the Blue Dragonflights didn't expect was that those Nightfallens were quite honest at the beginning, and could even stay friendly with the Blue Dragonflights, but as time went by, these elves changed.
After leaving Nightwell, these Nightfallens who could not suppress the thirst for magic power originating from the depths of their bodies were soon overwhelmed by the increasingly strong thirst for reason, and turned into Withered who only knew how to follow their instincts to find the source of magic power and absorb magic power from it.
Because of the abundant Arcane energy in the Blue Dragonflights, these irrational Withereds have also had some conflicts with Blue Dragonflights. However, because these Withereds have basically no intelligence, and the Blue Dragonflights themselves control powerful magic, they do not regard them as a threat.
The real threats to Blue Dragonflight are those Nightfallen who are in the process of transforming into Withered. These guys' desire for magic will overwhelm their reason, so they will spy on the Blue Dragonflight who are full of Arcane energy. At the same time, because their sanity has not been completely lost, they will pose a big threat to Blue Dragonflight, especially those lively and active young dragons who lack sufficient self-protection capabilities. Every once in a while, some Nightfallen who are about to lose control will come to Azurewing Whelplands to attack the young dragons.
In order to monitor the Nightfallens who would appear in the ruins of Ley Line every once in a while, the Blue Dragonflights had to set up an outpost near Zarkhenar Ley Line Ruins to keep an eye on this group of dangerous drug addicts.
Seriously speaking, after the Blue Dragonflights have increased their vigilance against the Nightfallens, the probability of the hatchlings being killed has been greatly reduced. As long as the hatchlings are prevented from leaving the habitat under layers of protection without warning, generally nothing will happen.
However, in recent times, this group of Nightfallen has played new tricks. They have begun to simply extract the energy of the Ley Line hub. You must know that the ruins they are in are the former Ley Line hubs. Whatever they do to the devil in the ruins will affect Ley Line in other areas.
If it were before, it would not be a big deal for these Nightfallen to extract some magic power. Anyway, the number of Nightfallen that can resist the magic addiction is not large, and the magic power diverted away is not very big, but when Senegos is about to die, it needs to rely on Now that Ley Line's energy can extend life, doing this is equivalent to lying on Senegos's body to suck blood. Without Ley Line's magic power to maintain, Senegos's physical condition will inevitably deteriorate further.
It was precisely because he was worried about his grandfather's physical condition that Stellagosa went to Zarkhenar Ley Line Ruins. On the one hand, he wanted to see what those Nightfallens were doing. On the other hand, he also wanted to negotiate with the Nightfallens to see if they could give up such dangerous behavior.
However, what Stellagosa didn't expect was that she was attacked by Nightfallen's magic just as she approached the ruins, and she had no time to explain her purpose.
When talking about this incident, Stellagosa showed a very depressed expression on his face. "Those guys have no intention of communicating properly, it's too abominable."
"Then, do you want us to help you?" Vereesa glanced at Aaron and suggested. "Those Nightfallen and I are considered distant relatives. If I come forward, maybe there is a possibility of successful negotiation with them?"
Hearing what Vereesa said, Stellagosa's expression lit up. In any case, this idea is worth trying.
Aaron looked at Vereesa and showed a "well done" expression. Yes, this proposal was exactly Aaron's idea. As for why Aaron did this, in fact, he wanted to get in touch with those Nightfallens.
Regarding how to persuade these Nightfallens to give up absorbing magic power in Zarkhenar Ley Line Ruins, Aaron has an idea. To be precise, it was a compatriot of these elves who came up with this idea.
I think after the Sundering, all cities in the Kaldorei Empire basically lost contact. Prince Tortheldrin, who was in charge of Eldre'Thalas, also encountered the problem of his compatriots being addicted to magic. This prince with a great imagination came up with a good idea: catch a demon and absorb Fel from the demon.
Eldre'Thalas also had various problems later on, but it persisted for thousands of years anyway. Aaron felt that this method could at least solve the urgent need. As for the source of the devil, there were many of them in Tomb of Sargeras standing on Broken Shore not far away. It can be said that there are as many as they need.
If Nightfallen don't like this idea, Aaron has another idea, which is to follow the idea of solving this problem in the game. Anyway, the tree species that can solve the elves' magic addiction problem from the root is in a certain temple outside Suramar City, and Aaron happens to remember where that temple is.
But the troublesome thing about that idea is that if you want to plant that tree, you need to obtain some natural energy from Emerald Dream. However, if you don't have a good relationship with Night Elf, it will be more troublesome to enter Emerald Dream. The current Aaron is not sure to convince Fandral Staghelm, who is currently leading the Druid.
As for why Aaron is interested in this matter, it is actually because of some resentment in his heart. Aaron still remembers that he did a version of the reputation mission in the game to earn Nightbornes' reputation, but Nightbornes chose to join Horde's regret and depression. This time he really wanted to try to draw Nightbornes into the Alliance camp.
Although Aaron is just a fake Paladin and a desperately poor adventurer now, trying to attract a certain race to the Alliance is basically a fool's errand, but who can say for sure what Aaron will be like in the future. If it doesn't work, just treat it as a dream and brush up the reputation of Blue Dragonflight. It's not a bad thing after all.
However, while following Stellagosa to Ruins of Zarkhenar, Aaron felt like he had forgotten something. This feeling could not be eliminated until Aaron reached the edge of Zarkhenar Ley Line Ruins.
"Look, there's Zarkhenar Ley Line Ruins ahead." Stellagosa flying in the air, carrying Aaron and Vereesa, said to them. The area she was talking about was an area with a more serious crystallization phenomenon than Azurewing Whelplands. From a distance, the ground in that area had turned purple, and the crisscrossing tunnels were filled with large and small magic crystals.
"Stellagosa, you don't need to come here again." Aaron sat on Stellagosa's shoulder and persuaded him.
But Stellagosa shook his head and said that this matter was originally Blue Dragonflight's business. Aaron and Vereesa were willing to help, so of course he wanted to follow and see if he could contribute a little.
Seeing Stellagosa's firm attitude, Aaron stopped trying to persuade her. With this little princess Azurewing Whelplands here, her words would be more convincing.
In order to prevent being hit by Nightfallen's spells before getting close to them like last time, Stellagosa landed some distance away from Ruins of Zarkhenar and changed into the form of High Elf, which is also conducive to contact.
After looking at Stellagosa and Vereesa, Aaron suddenly clapped his hands and simply used toys to transform himself into the look of High Elf, so as not to be affected by the weird things said by those arrogant Nightfallen.
Aaron took the lead towards the ruins. "Okay, let's go in."