As it turns out, the kingdom of Lordaeron has never been monolithic.

The basis of the reign of the Minahir family is the city of Lordaeron, which is the foundation and pillar of the Arathor Empire's northward expansion.

The Arathi Plateau, the cradle of human origin, is the land that nurtured the newborn humans.

However, the quest for more fertile land led humanity to continue to advance northward, and the Kerdaron Fortress was the northernmost fortress of humanity at the time, and was the front line against the troll army.

After Emperor Soladin joined forces with the High Elves to defeat the Troll Empire, humanity's expansion was no longer shackled.

As a result, the Araso Empire was substantially divided.

The direct lineage of Soladin the Great went south in search of refuge, the old-school nobles stayed behind in Riptide to reclaim their birthplace, and more city citizens headed north, north, and north, beyond the Hillsbrad Hills, over the Alterac Mountains, to the Silver Pines Forest, to the Hearthvale.

Just as the Barov family occupied the Keldaron Fortress during the Alaso Empire and turned the Fort in the Lake into their own property, the pioneers who went north were essentially cutting off the legacy of the Empire.

The most successful of these is naturally the Minahir family.

The Arathi Plateau is too barren compared to the Lordamir Lake area.

The nascent city of Lordaeron became the most important city in the north and gradually transformed itself into the heart of the human world.

So the magnates of Hearthvale chose to surrender and join.

But that doesn't mean that the inhabitants of Hearthvale are happy with the Minethil family's rule.

After all, with the advent of the Scourge of the Dead, it has only been a hundred years since the Araso Empire was divided.

Anduin. It had only been more than twenty years since Lothar traded Soladin the Great's de jure kingship for the restoration of Stormwind, and the hilllanders of the Hearthvale recognized the authority of Lordaeron and criticized Terenus. Oppression of Minecil II.

So Tirio. At this moment of crisis, Fording easily won the support of the people of Hearthvale.

Not because he used to be the titular Grand Lord of Hearthvale.

Rather, it was because his successors had a set of taxes and were too incompetent in the military.

In the face of the frantic offensive of the Scourge minions, the people of course trusted the former High Lord Tirio more. Fordin's brilliant record.

The common people are simple, but even more cunning......

Whoever can lead us to life is our great lord, and there is nothing wrong with it.

The valley of the hearth, as the name suggests, is surrounded by mountains like a fireplace, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also cuts off the possibility of the people of the valley of the hearth to escape.

Although there are still people who suspect that the tragedy in Lordaeron City is a not so funny joke, the Legion of Bones can't be faked, and the undead disaster is really coming.

Tirio. Ferdin's struggle to convince the neutrals and ruthlessly suppress the opponents finally convinced the people of Hearthvale that ———— kingdom of Lordaeron was finished, and now the world was full of white skeletons, and it was necessary to break out of the mountains to open a passage to Andorhar in order to gain true safety.

Why?

Because the kingdom of Alterac is desperate!

The city of Lordaeron has fallen, and now only the Alterac kingdom of the Barov family remains, and it looks like it can fight.

Carlos Heaven's old father-in-law is on top, and in order to suppress Alterac, Terenus has widely spread the news that the Barov family has ruled Alterac with iron blood.

In times of peace, this is naturally negative news, and it causes freedmen who are inclined to emigrate to consider the safety of their property.

The problem is that the undead scourge has broken out right now!

All the once ruthless soldiers have become beacons of hope when they are at stake.

Tirio. Fording convinces the vast majority of the lords of Hearthvale that there is no way out and that they must connect with Alterac City to truly survive the crisis.

"You guys hold the hearth valley, I'll take someone out!"

Tirio. Fordin's "fearless" spirit of sacrifice touched the hearts of the people of Fireplace Valley.

The false Great Lord asked his subordinates to contribute money and efforts to close the country, and the real Great Lord took the lead in the charge.

As a result, the appointed High Lord of the Hearthside Valley in Lordaeron was imprisoned in the tower. With great difficulty, Ferding selected 6,000 men from the militia of the Valley of the Hearth to prepare for the siege.

At the time of the natural disaster, the people of the Fireplace Valley were all soldiers, and more than 30,000 militiamen took advantage of the geographical advantage to defend the Firehand Valley, and Alsace really couldn't fight for a while. But there are fields and mines in the valley of the hearth, but there is no pasture, and the whole valley is scavenged, even the old pack horses, and the ration of 6,000 people is already the limit.

That's it, three times through the door without entering, Tirio. Fording just glanced at his wife from a distance in the crowd of send-offs, and then stepped on his horse and prepared to set out.

Although Tirio. When Lordaeron broke the city, Fording accurately judged that relying on the remnants of Lordaeron could not stop the Scourge from wreaking havoc, but he had no idea that the undead scourge would be so fast.

Originally, Tirio. Fordin's plan was to gather refugees along the way to expand his strength, and then travel to Andorjar to join Carlos.

But the reality is that Fordin's shit luck is on the head, and Arthas has turned back to Lordaeron City, staggering his position with him, otherwise it is unknown whether the 6,000 soldiers he led will be able to break out of the Hearthvale.

I have to sigh that the rich timber and mineral resources of the Fireplace Valley have raised this group of mountain people.

It takes animal power to pull logs, and animal power to transport ore, although there are not many war horses in the hearth valley, but there are really a lot of horses.

Again, it must be emphasized that, unlike the city of Lordaeron, which was the center of the kingdom, and incomparable to the Arathi and Alterac plateaus, which had their own livestock farming, it was a miracle that the Hearth Valley was able to produce 6,000 horses.

Condescendingly, Tirio. Even if Ferding took the lead, even if he had heavy armored cavalry to open the way, the battle of the breakthrough was still very hard.

The Scourge Legion's numerical superiority is terrifying.

When they rushed out of the mountain pass and arrived at the plain farmland to count the number of people, the number of dead of 713 people was staggering.

And, the once densely populated manor has been reduced to a ghostly haunt, with only wandering bone guards and hoarly roaring ghouls breaking through the peace of the night.

"Lord Fordin, what are we going to do?"

The joy of breaking out of the siege has not yet dissipated, and a hearty battle has stimulated the nerves of the soldiers of Hearthvale. The morale of Fordin's team was acceptable.

So Tirio. Furding didn't say anything discouraged, but ordered everyone to eat some dry food, feed the mounts some beans and ale, and then send out the rangers to probe around.

The situation with Ranger returns is terrible.

There is no refugee flow at all.

Tirio. It was only then that Fordin realized Carlos' true intentions for the gradual dawn of silver.

"Can you still hold on?"

"No problem, Master Fordin."

"Gather everyone, set off overnight, and rush to Andorhar."

Tirio. Ferding decides that he must join up with Carlos as soon as possible.