【2】Fire of Shadowfang Castle (Wedge)
Azeroth 10359
Time: Year 3 of the Scourge invasion of Lordaeron
Location: Dalaran
(In front of the huge fountain in the center of the Temple of Dalaran, two magicians arguing)
Antonidas: "What, you want to summon werewolves?" Are you crazy!? ”
Arugao: "Why not, now that the plague of the Scourge is raging among our people, wouldn't it save us a lot of trouble if we could successfully summon the werewolves and let their fanaticism spread through the Scourge?" ”
Antonidas: "No! They will destroy us before those brutal creatures destroy the Scourge! Don't mention it again, I'm not going to agree to it anyway, and you'd better not mess around, I'll have people keep an eye on you. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "Archmage Antonidas left angrily.
The other magician smiled inscrupulously, "You idiot, do you think I need your help?" You're going to pay for your decision, huh''''''"
A few days later, the archmage Antonidas was found dead in his study.
Chief Dalaran: "Coroner, haven't you found the wounds of the deceased?" ”
Coroner: "I'm afraid Master Anthony wasn't killed by a weapon, sir." ”
Chief Dalaran: "What's that?" ”
Coroner: "I'm afraid it's some unknown magic, and I think we need to ask for the help of Master Arugo." ”
(A moment later, the soldier takes Arugao to the study)
Arugao: "Anthony was killed by a different kind of magic from frost and fire, I'm afraid this is the magic of the Scourge, this is supposed to be the assassination of the Scourge." ”
Chief Dalaran: "What? Can a natural disaster blend into Dalaran? I'm going to report to the top that we need to strengthen our guards. ”
Azeroth 10360
Location: The Prophet's Castle in the Outer City of Dalaran
Your: "Forget it, Arugao, we can't control them. ”
Arugao (frustrated with his hands propped up on the table in front of him, the room was littered with bottles containing unknown liquids, and the ground was a staggered array of magic) "No way, since I can successfully summon them, then I must be able to control them, I must be missing a step''''''"
Your: Do we have to use werewolves to deal with the Scourge? You've seen lately, how ferocious they are, they like to tear them apart or bite them to pieces, something like that is simply impossible to tame''''''"
Arugao: "Shut up! I don't need someone to teach me. ”
Ur left the room and returned to his study, where he took out the notes he had been taking recently, and wrote: "On July 19th, we failed again, and we tried to transfuse our own blood into the werewolves so that they could connect with us spiritually, but our blood did not work as a magical medium, or that the magic performed on the werewolves did not '''''' at all. ”
Your sat in his chair and thought about it, when suddenly he got up and gathered some of his things, and jumped out of the window......
(a few months later)
Location: Guard Headquarters in the Outer City of Dalaran
The Guardian Commander was reading a long report containing a list of villagers and those who had died in recent months'''''
"It is said that an unknown creature has appeared in the Silver Pine Forest, right?" The commander put down the long scroll in his hand and said to the adjutant.
"Yes, there are many witnesses in the nearby villages." The adjutant said.
"Do they see what it is?"
"I heard it's a wolf, sir."
He thought for a moment and said, "Go find Master your and say that we are in trouble here." ”
A few hours later, the adjutant brought in a man in a black traveling cloak, "Did you hear you're looking for me, sir?" ”
"Yes, Master your, I remember you saying to me, "If there's a monster in the Silver Pines Forest, tell me right away," right? ”
"Yes, then it seems that my words have come true, right?" Your said
"Do you know what those monsters are?" said the commander
"That's a werewolf, sir."
The commander took a sharp breath and said: "What! How can we have werewolves here? Aren't werewolves just legends? ”
"That's not a legend, they're just living in another world."
"How did that come out of nowhere?"
"Someone summoned them with magic, and that man's name was Arugao. Sir, you need to gather an army at once, preferably go to the Temple of Dalaran and find a few mages, we need to stop this madman's madness. ”
Azeroth Chronicle 10362
Location: Temple of Souls in Dalaran
A priest was reciting the Divine Message in front of the altar, surrounded by a white curtain, and in the center of the temple were the tombs of the magicians of the ages, represented by long stone pillars, and now three new pillars were erected, and these three pillars were inscribed:
"Lydia, the beautiful and wise priestess of Dalaran, the messenger of light, and under the lilies lies her holy soul, the Ranger of Light. Avilia. Windranger"
"Merrill, the Mentor of Wisdom, the Harness of Mystery and Frost, rests under this stele - Elemental Dancer? Khadgar"
"Your, the guardian of goodness and justice, is still here to watch over us with his shining wand! - The Guardian. Mak Diwen"
Location: Royal Library of Dalaran
A historian was compiling a thick history book, and he wrote on it with a quill: "In the spring of 10361, Dalaran gathered half of the troops in the outer city to raid the Prophet's Castle, no one has recorded this operation in detail, the relevant records are all oral accounts of the scouts at the time, the mission of this raid was to arrest the magician Arugao in the Prophet's Castle, but the troops suffered heavy losses from the werewolves in the castle, the chief priestess of Dalaran Lythia and the high magicians of the Temple of Dalaran Merrill and your. Mersel was killed in the raid, and his troops were defeated and suffered heavy casualties. Three days after the raid, the werewolves in the castle began to wreak havoc on the outer city, and the number was unbelievable. Some of the werewolf bites in the unit showed signs of wolfing, and Dalaran had to imprison some of his soldiers to further control the spread of werewolf fanaticism.
In order to prevent werewolves from encroaching on the city, Dalaran closed all access from the inner city to the outer city of the Prophet's Castle, and built a "Wall of Quel'Thalas" at the junction of the Hills Bree Hills and the southern border of the Silver Pine Forest, while placing guards around it to completely isolate the Prophet's Castle from the outside world.
A year later, the werewolf fever was stopped, but the vicinity of the Prophet's Castle was still very dangerous, and no one dared to climb over the "Wall of Quel'Salas" to approach the area, and it was said that every moonlit night, there would be a terrifying wolf howl from the Prophet's Castle, and it was said that Arugao and his minions were working inside, so when people later talked about the towering lonely castle in the Silver Pine Forest, they called it "Shadowfang Castle".
[1. Curiosity]
Azeroth 10373
Location: The Dark City, the main city of the Undead Forsaken in the Eastern Kingdom
I heard the story of the "fallen wizard Arugao" from Calvin, the necromancer in the magical district of the Undercity, who killed the archmage Antonidas in Dalaran, he learned the magic of summoning werewolves, and then killed a large number of humans and undead masters, and has been in that Shadow Fang Castle for more than ten years, and no one has anything to do with him.
I never thought I'd cross paths with this kind of "great" figure who could leave his name in the history books, but sometimes life is so coincidental, and now I'm about to join the tribe's warriors to defeat the first wizard in history to summon a werewolf, and it all starts with a tribal proclamation.
It was 3 months ago, after I had just completed the "Cave of Wailing" quest, I had followed the instructions of the Grand Druid to run between the Stonetalon Mountains and the Grey Valley to find clues to the Evil Stone, and then on the way from the Scorching Sun Stone to the Broken Wood Sentry, I saw that the tribe's public boards were plastered with notices all over the top lettering with this message in large letters:
To the warriors of the tribe:
Is this a copy from Sylvanas, the queen of the Forgotten of the Dead? The call of the Windranger, Her Royal Highness has an important task to hand over to all capable warriors, please go to the Dark City in the Eastern Kingdom of Tirisfal Glade within 1 month, when the undead high commander Dalal will receive you in the Royal District, the reward of this mission is very rich, and those who have the material come quickly!
Curious, and thinking that I was capable of doing well, I boarded an airship to the Undercity in the main city of Orgrimmar. When I got on the airship, I found that there were many people running for this announcement, orcs, minotaurs, and trolls from all tribes were coming, and along the way we were all discussing the purpose of this operation, some people said that it was to carry out a sneak attack on the Alliance, and some people said that it was to fight back against the natural disasters that are now floating in the air, but there was no definite news.
After three days in the air, the airship crossed the Endless Sea and finally reached the Tirifasti Glades, the forest of the Forsaken. The bells of Deathknell echoed in the air as they flew over the woodlands, and the territory of the Undead Forsaken was truly deathly lonely.
After getting off the airship, we began to enter the ruins of Lordaeron under the leadership of a Forsaken guard, the underworld was built beneath the ruins of Lordaeron, and we passed through the ruins of Lordaeron, which was once the royal capital of the human race, but now it is dilapidated, and the vines are everywhere, and the original heroic statues carved by humans have all been cut off their heads, which looks quite terrifying, but the Forsaken are originally from the undead, and this style is quite suitable for them.
There was a tunnel in the center of the palace that led to the underground Underworld, and when I passed through the center of the palace, an orc told me that this ceremonial hall was the place where Arthas killed his father, King Terenus.
We met the convener of the operation in the Royal Quarter, Darlar, the commander of the Undead Forsaken, this guy is a skeleton crawling out of a grave, I don't know how long it has been dead, all the flesh on his body is rotten, and he told us that the mission of this trip is to respond to the Queen of the Forsaken, Sylvanas? Call of the Windrangers to reclaim Shadowfang Castle and wipe Arugao from the land of the Forsaken.
According to Commander Dalal, our operation was not a frontal attack, but a sneak attack to assassinate Arugao, so in order to keep this operation foolproof, we began nearly two and a half months of combat training in the Undercity.
Now I am in the magic area to listen to the old necromancer Calvin nagging the story of "Fallen Arugao", which is one of the contents of the training, which is the training policy requirement of Commander Dalal - "To kill Arugao, you must first understand him", of course, the content of our two months of training is not limited to listening to these histories, defense against black magic, antidote to wolf poison, infiltration, archery, etc. are all courses that we have to practice......