Recovery and Renewal

After Snyder led the Hand of the Bright Moon back to his country, they began to recuperate.

The current number of Eternal Elves is still too small; if they get caught up in a series of wars, even replenishing their ranks will be a problem.

During this period, many talented individuals emerged in the Kingdom of the Eternal Elves, and the entire kingdom flourished.

Snyder also sent a fleet to their initial landing site, where they repaired and expanded it and set up magical knots to conceal it.

To others, it was just an ordinary forest.

This outpost later became the landing point for Snyder to lead his troops into the Eastern Kingdoms War.

Conflict also arose among the Night Elf due to the production of a mineral Saronite.

Saronite arose because the prison of the Old Gods was disrupted after the Great Sundering.

This mineral can absorb the life force of surrounding plants and animals; it can be said that if it is not resisted, the area around the Saronite will turn into a desert.

Fandral Staghelm Fandral Staghelm believed that planting new World Tree in areas rich in Saronite could suppress the formation of this mineral.

The ever-renewing power within the World Tree can effectively reduce the amount of Saronite.

However, this proposal was opposed by most Druid as soon as it was put forward.

They believed that the World Tree possessed great power because of the blessing of the Dragon Aspects, and the consequences of planting World Tree without such blessings were unpredictable.

But Fandral Staghelm did not heed their advice, and instead secretly cut down six magical branches of the World Tree with his confidants.

They planted them in Ashenvale, Crystalsong Forest, Feralas, Duskwood, and Hinterlands —places most heavily polluted by Saronite.

The five branches quickly grew into a new tree, bringing the power of the Emerald Dream into the real world, and the surrounding creatures were also affected and became stronger.

These large trees quickly cleared away the Saronite around them, achieving excellent results.

Seeing that his efforts had paid off, Fandral Staghelm was overjoyed and planted the last branch in the most polluted mountains of Northrend.

Like the previous trees, this one also yielded good results, clearing away the surrounding Saronite.

Malfurion and the Cenarion Circle were also furious to hear that Fandral Staghelm Fandral Staghelm had planted these branches without permission.

However, they all admitted that the method was very effective and that the branches had done their job very well.

Until that event occurred, forcing everyone to cut down the last great tree Andrassil.

As its roots grew deeper and deeper, they reached Yogg-Saron's prison.

The power of the Old Gods flowed up through the roots, driving the creatures around Andrassil into madness.

The most serious conflict was the bloody clashes between the yak people and the tree spirits who lived there.

Finally, after discussions within the Cenarion Circle, they decided to destroy Andrassil.

With heavy hearts, the Druid chopped it down; its massive body crashed heavily onto the frozen plains of Northrend with a deafening roar.

Even the Emerald Dream could sense its fall, and from then on its name became Vordrassil, which translates to "Broken Crown".

However, the power of the Old Gods had already taken root in the Emerald Dream, all thanks to Yogg-Saron.

He even used the five giant trees planted by Fandral Staghelm as portals, which allowed other Old Gods to also influence the Emerald Dream.

The seeds of corruption sprouted and grew here, marking the birth of the Emerald Nightmare.

Meanwhile, the Eastern Kingdoms was engulfed in a continuous war due to the reconstruction of the Forest Troll Empire and the birth of the Elf Kingdom.

The Highborne now call themselves High Elves and have established an elven kingdom called Quel'Thalas.

Before his death, Dath'Remar led his troops on the front lines against the Forest Troll ' attacks.

However, thanks to the successful establishment of Ban'dinoriel, the High Elves Kingdom gained a barrier, which also made the Forest Troll hesitant to attack and forced them to change their strategy to attack the High Elves who came out from behind the barrier.

To counter the harassment and attacks of the Forest Troll and to protect the High Elves, an army was formed.

This is a team of High Elves rangers whose mission is to protect the kingdom's borders from the invasion of Forest Troll.

The Vrykul clans in the central part of the Eastern Kingdoms underwent a change.

As time passed, their physical size was no longer as large as that of their ancestors, but their willpower and survival instincts were strengthened, and their mental abilities were greatly enhanced.

They can no longer be called Vrykul; because of the Curse of Flesh, they are now called humans.

Their way of life remains the same as that of their ancestors, relying on hunting and gathering for survival.

They also believe in animism and revere nature.

As they continued to develop, powerful clans also developed a desire to compete for land and power.

Humans were constantly at war with each other, yet one clan stood out from the crowd.

This is the clan that Leo had his general Lothar take away; they are now called the Arathi Clan.

The recent chieftains of the Arathi Clan have all understood that the internal strife among humans is not the problem; the biggest problem is the Forest Troll that have been constantly encroaching on human territory.

For decades, Forest Troll have relentlessly harassed humanity, while other human clans have been embroiled in internal strife.

Until Thoradin came to power, the Arathi Clan decided to unify all human clans, whether by force or diplomacy.

A few years later, Thoradin unified the other clans one by one and established a human empire called Arathor.

That day, Thoradin ascended the throne with the crown and sword given to him by Leo, just like Apophis.

When Dath'Remar's great-grandson Anasterian ascended to power, the Forest Troll became far more aggressive than before.

At this time, the Forest Troll Empire was strong and well-equipped, and the fact that the entire Forest Troll Empire had only one voice saved them from internal strife.

Furthermore, the Zandalar Tribe sent many excellent emissaries to aid the Forest Troll.

After a long period of development, the Forest Troll have also matured, and their unique methods of using Loa have become sophisticated.

Furthermore, the Zandalar are highly accomplished in witchcraft, and they will aid the Forest Troll in war.

In the fortress camps of the Eternal Elves in the Eastern Kingdoms, some Eternal Elves also sent back everything that had been developed in the Eastern Kingdoms.

Snyder was not concerned with the situation on the Eastern Kingdoms; all he wanted now was to increase the power of his own country.

The Will of Azeroth told him that the power of the Old Gods was gradually growing stronger.

In a few thousand years, they might even be able to break free of their cages.