There's a place called " The Nightwell," an artifact called " The Eye of Aman'Thul," and a person named " Elisande."
In the distant past, these three elements formed an inseparable relationship.
From the very beginning, Suramar was a magnificent Night Elf city, ranking among the top five of all cities.
That's already pretty good.
Unlike other cities, this city is the center of Moon Goddess worship and cultural development.
There aren't many Highborne living here; instead, there are more common Night Elf civilians, some members of the " Sisterhood of Elune," and some Night Elf mages who advocate free research.
In that era, Zin Zin-Azshari was the capital, the residence of Her Majesty the Queen, the royal family, and the Highborne. Eldre'Thalas, now known as Dire Maul, was home to a large number of mages second only to the capital. Then there was Shandaral, built in Moonsong Forest in Northrend, and E'Then Rethor in the Barrens.
In comparison, Suramar is more like a city for ordinary people and a religious city.
The mages here aren't very strong, and the city's defenses aren't very strong either.
So when the Burning Legion first invaded ten thousand years ago, the city offered almost no resistance.
Left with no other choice, Elisande, the highest-ranking mage in the city at the time, activated the city's defensive barrier, isolating the Burning Legion's attack and also cutting off the sun and moon.
Suramar was plunged into complete darkness, becoming the "City of Night" it is today.
From this city, one can see the glory of the ancient Night Elf.
Even if it was just an ordinary large city in that era, far from being comparable to the capital, it was still larger than any race's city in the world today, even exceeding the combined size of Stormwind City, Lordaeron, and Ironforge.
That was truly an era of unparalleled brilliance.
Even the ancient Troll Empire was not as glorious.
Throughout the entire history of Azeroth, only the Black Empire was more glorious and magnificent than the Kaldorei Empire Kaldorei Empire, but it was far less exciting.
Suramar, the last glory of the ancient Kaldorei Empire.
Deprived of the sun and moon's light, the people of Suramar were plunged into panic.
At this moment, Elisande stepped forward again.
Using the Eye of Aman'Thul that she obtained by chance, she created the Nightwell, providing energy and magical power to the entire city and all its inhabitants. This ensured that the city remained intact during the War of the Ancients and that all its residents survived without threat.
It lasted for ten thousand years.
Until now.
Ten thousand years of mastery allowed Elisande, the Archmage of the Imperial Age, to wield a power over time, even enabling him to glimpse the future.
This is not surprising; the energy of the Eye of Aman'Thul is the energy of time.
After gaining this power, Elisande began to jump through timelines, but no matter how she jumped, she could not see a bright future. In any case, she would perish, and Suramar would Devastation under the iron heel of demons.
In the endless timelines of Azeroth, all the futures she could see were ones of collapse.
Azeroth will fall, Suramar will not survive, and she herself will die.
For millennia, the Nightborne of Suramar have grown up without a care in the world, but she has been tormented by it all.
She noticed something was wrong five years ago.
Anomalies in the timeline.
From that moment on, she discovered that even with the power of the " Eye of Aman'Thul," she could no longer see the future timeline.
Everything that branched off after that point in time became blurred; something changed everything.
It brought uncertainty, but it also brought hope.
She doesn't need the hope of death, Suramar doesn't need the hope of falling.
Elisande was always looking for that thing that would bring about change:
A person, or an object.
She had assumed that only Bronze Dragons had the power to alter the timeline and change the future, but she dared not provoke Bronze Dragons.
Her power comes from the Eye of Aman'Thul and the Nightwell.
Once she loses those two items, her time magic is actually inferior to that of a fully grown Bronze Dragons, and her other spellcasting abilities are only equivalent to those of a Legendary mage, which is not very strong.
Moreover, based on some psychological reason, she dared not go to the Bronze Dragons, because she had been spying on and traversing the timeline, which was probably not something the Bronze Dragons wanted to see.
She couldn't take the Nightwell with her, nor could she directly take the Eye of Aman'Thul, because it was this artifact that sustained the Nightwell's existence. Once the Eye of Aman'Thul disappeared, the Nightwell would face the danger of collapse, and what would happen to the entire city?
Later, she learned of Medivh's appearance and believed that everything was related to Medivh.
But she still didn't dare to go to Medivh, because Medivh was far more powerful than her.
She could only hide in her the Nighthold, enduring endless torment.
Even today.
She sensed that the being that had been altering the timeline and the future had arrived in this city.
She knew that since such a being had come, it must be looking for her, for the Eye of Aman'Thul.
So she summoned her most powerful subordinates to wait at the Nighthold.
Only here did she have the confidence to face everything.
Looking at the city before him, Jiang Jie seemed to see the bustling metropolises on Earth in his previous life, with their bright lights.
Yes, it was lively.
The Burning Legion has not yet invaded again, and Grand Archmage Elisande has not yet chosen to cooperate with the Burning Legion to save himself and the city.
The Nightborne, who are not facing danger, actually live quite well.
If things could continue like this, it would be fine. Elisande has actually made a great contribution to the city, and she made what she believed to be the right choice.
In fact, it was the right choice from the start.
War of the Ancients, Suramar, which didn't have many troops stationed there to begin with, would probably not exist today if the defensive barrier hadn't been activated and the power of the Eye of Aman'Thul hadn't been used to create the Nightwell.
Elisande saved the entire city.
If the Burning Legion hadn't invaded again, she wouldn't have ended up on the opposite side of the players.
In reality, players are not good people to begin with; they represent adventurers—greedy adventurers who will stop at nothing for profit.
Elisande was far more noble than most adventurers.
She was at least a visionary and insightful leader, a leader who cared about the people.
However, his IQ and EQ are slightly lower.
Suramar very beautiful.
Aside from the Naga, the only other Nightborne, who possess the knowledge and magic of the ancient Night Elf era, and everything else.
Sky City could be built like this; perhaps we could ask the Nightborne for help.
Of course, I need to meet Elisande first.
Jiang Jie never considered Elisande an enemy, so he flew directly to the entrance of the Nighthold.
Then he was led inside by the Nightborne and met Elisande.
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