The Barov family was once a huge family of prominent status in Alterac.

Their magnificent castle was built on a small island in the center of Lake Keldaron, and the children of their clan numbered in the hundreds, and they lived a carefree life on the island in the middle of the lake, living a rich and leisurely aristocratic life.

If it weren't for that sensational war, they would well have continued their glory ...

The outbreak of the Orc War a year ago completely changed Alterac and, at the same time, the fate of the family.

The treacherous King of Alterac, Perinord surrendered to the orc army, giving up the only way for the orcs to attack Lordaeron, and even launched a counterattack against the alliance army.

The rebels continued to incite peasant revolts in the Coalition-controlled areas, and the rebels repeatedly harassed the Dalaran Kingdom forces in the Hillsbrad area, preventing them from supporting the Coalition forces fighting in the south.

Supported by a portion of the Coalition forces, the rebels entrenched in Dalaran were quickly routed, while the remnants of the Alterac Kingdom fled to the Keldaron family's possessions in Lake Daronmeir.

In the face of the panicked rebels, the Barov family decisively sided with the Lordaeron Alliance, and together with the elven fleet of Silvermoon City, they broke through the encirclement of the orc army that tried to blockade Lake Daron Mill, and handed over these rebels to the Lordaeron Alliance.

Soon, Perynold's actions drew the wrath of Solas Thorbaine, and Stormgard, who was closest to them, quickly and decisively dispatched an army to completely destroy the kingdom of Alterac and raze the entire kingdom of Alterac to the ground.

But for the Barov family, the Union spared this once noble of Alterac.

All the betrayals that the stupid Perynolds had done should have been none of the business of the Barov family, and besides, at the most critical moment, the master of the Barov family, Alex Barov, was also firmly and decisively on the side of the alliance.

However, Terenus, the Alliance's top decision-maker, issued a verdict after the war, depriving the Barovs of their sovereignty for life, and instead turning the area into a support point for the orc prison of Dunholdeburg.

This absurd decision seriously affected their interests, and Alex Barov even thought that the alliance had betrayed them and imposed Perinold's stupidity on the Barov family.

So they began to curse Terenus, to curse the entire alliance...

On the other hand, the surviving nobles and commoners of the Alterac Kingdom are also extremely hostile to the Barov family, and they stubbornly believe that the kingdom was buried by these powerful rulers, after all, the former Barov family, but the royal group led by Perynod, the most powerful supporters, and even most of the military finances of Alterac are provided by the Barov family.

Alex Barov was at a loss for words.

In just one month, the Barov family, who have experienced great changes and blows, can only bear the name of renegade, with endless curses and resentments, and stand alone on the isolated island of Keldaron.

At that time, the Barov family was in mourning, and although they still retained their fiefdoms, the land they ruled had changed from Brill, Talenmere, Keldaron, and Southsea Town to a small island in the middle of the lake of Keldaron, and endured curses and abuse from nobles and commoners all day long.

"Look, look, isn't that a stupid little nobleman?"

"Yo, you street rats still dare to walk out of Keldaron?"

"Let's go back to the nest and hide, haha!!"

Mocking laughter and spitting ensued.

These vulgar words plagued the Barov people all the time, making them miserable, and some of the servants with poor psychological quality were even driven crazy.

The wall fell down and everyone pushed it, even some low-level nobles who were once inferior to the Barov family, and even commoners, were eager to step on this once glorious family, and human nature was inherently evil, which was vividly reflected at this moment.

From that moment on, the Barov estate, which was once full of life and firepower, disappeared ...

According to some of the servants, at night they could always hear the Barovs arguing in the bedroom, accompanied by the sound of smashing things, under the influence of their masters, and the whole family was full of suspicion and distrust.

They could always see cunning and intrigue in each other's eyes, and this low and negative pervaded the entire Barov family, infecting everyone.

And it was in this atmosphere that Kel'thugad came...

Before leaving, according to Xue Huan's instructions, Kel'thugad, who had obtained a new body and identity and completely changed his appearance, came here first.

By the time the Great Lich arrived in Keldaron alone, fear and shadow had reigned over the island.

To Kel'thugad's great surprise, the eyes of the people of the whole island were full of wariness and dissociation, and some of the young lads were hunched on their backs, and their faces were as pale and depleted as those of old men.

Under the recommendation of the butler, Kel'thugad successfully entered the ruined city and successfully met the young master, Alex Barov.

This handsome young master, who had a relationship with Xue Huan and gave him the Ring of the God of Luo'a, at this time, due to the decay of the family, the whole person had become gray-haired, his face was haggard, his eyes were sunken, and he was devoid of brilliance, like a rotten corpse.

But even so, Alex Barov and his younger brother, Wilton Barov, fought over the family property, and their greedy thirst for wealth and land tormented them into monsters.

In this case, Kel'thugad, who had already incarnated as a high-ranking mage of Dalaran, cleverly exploited the conflict between him and his brother, and almost easily convinced Alex that the Grand Lich promised immortality and fanatical dark magic in exchange for the support of the young master of the family.

Alex then used deception to convince his father, Alex Barov, to turn the entire Keldaron into a secret stronghold controlled by the Scourge Legion.

By the time hundreds of family servants reacted, it was too late, and Kel'thugad took advantage of the plague brought from Northrend to turn most of the people in the castle into the Lich King's Death Servants.

Filthy monsters roam the manor at will, dark cultists carrying a variety of ritual and ritual-related paraphernalia with them in every inch of the place, searching for the living hiding in hidden places.

Cruelty and pain envelop the entire island...

Externally, it remains the territory of Lordaeron, the magnificent seat of the Barov family.

But in reality, Keldaron has been completely reduced to a secret stronghold of the undead, and in the dark and terrifying basement, the Grand Lich Kel'thugad is training undead psychics and preparing for the arrival of the Scourge Legion.

These dark mages who wear dark cloaks and dedicate their souls to the Lich King will be the first followers of the Cult of the Damned.

Acolytes roam the human world, spreading death and pestilence, and they use debate, magic, or torture to persuade the living to change their faith.

Psychic Academy.

This is the name that Kel'thugad has given to this ancient castle, from where endless death and plague will begin and end...

(End of chapter)