In the 20 years of the Warcraft calendar, Prince Garin has not performed brilliantly.

The kingdom of Lordaeron was poisoned by the undead, and as the supreme leader of the Temple of God and the head of the Knights, he didn't even show his face.

In the spring of March 21, Alsace, which had been gone for half a year, returned.

The original historical line that Kane knew was vague in some places, such as the whole process of Arthas's killing of Terenus. It's dramatic, but when you look closely, it feels extremely unreal.

If Arthas had returned with an army of the undead, how could he hide it from so many people and catch the humans of the kingdom of Lordaeron off guard?

On the contrary, then he is a white dragon fish suit, killing his father and killing the king, a great rebellion, is there a group of dead people around Terenus?

Moreover, the operation of the kingdom is no joke, and it does not mean that as soon as the king dies, the whole system immediately collapses.

And what about today?

Arthas still returned as a triumphant hero, and Marganis' head and armor are the best proof of this.

The Northern Expeditionary Army was about one-third less in number, and most of them were visibly emaciated, but they were in good spirits, and at the same time showed the ability of veterans.

Arthas did not encounter a dwarven expedition led by Muradine Copperbeard in Northrend. I have to say that in Kane's eyes, this is another BUG point of the original historical line.

The situation faced by the dwarves of Ironforge is so grim, Danmoro, Roquemordan, and the wetlands are full of problems, Magni Copperbeard's daughter Moira has been kidnapped by the Black Iron Dwarves (this is a misunderstanding, people are actually true love), as the prince, how much mentality does Muradin, have to leave all this and go to Northrend to explore?

In the world where Kane came, Muradin, who also formed the Explorers Guild with Brian, the eldest of the three Brasbeard brothers. But he didn't run to Northrend for some reason.

Even Brian Copperbeard, Azeroth's number one explorer, only embarked on his journey to explore the world in the 19th year of the Warcraft calendar.

Muradin sits in the Boulder Fortress on the border between the Badlands and Rockmodan, defending against the Black Iron Dwarves of the Fortress of Pain and other enemies of the Badlands.

In fact, the dwarves' desire to build was very strong, and after they obtained the tools they had from the Kingdom of Falken, such as pickaxes, excavators, bulldozers, etc., their desire to build increased again, and by the winter of 20, the expansion and strengthening of the Boulder Fort had reached the fourth phase, and it became another Ironforge or Grimbaatar.

And the love between Moira and Sorison has also been figured out, and Magni is naturally angry enough, but the daughter can't help her father, and there is no way to find someone to reason with this kind of family.

I don't know what kind of mentality the Black Iron King Sorison is, but Magni won't let that cheap grandson inherit his throne anyway.

So in this world, Alsace has no dwarf support in Northrend, dwarven musketeers, and artillery and steam tanks are heavily armed. Without these, the Northern Expeditionary Force of Arthas would have to find another way to attack the walls built by the Spider-Men.

In addition, this time, there was no emissary from the kingdom of Lordaeron to ask Arthas to withdraw his troops, which led him to scuttle the ship, blame the local mercenaries who helped them, and then fight with his back.

Arthas was not even able to find mercenaries.

Kane is credited here, of course.

With violence and terror, the Lich King swept through Northrend, bringing its inhabitants to its knees and bolstering his Scourge legion.

Kane, on the other hand, uses benefits and shelter to open the door widely.

Kane has also set up special so-called 'security salesmen', and even the Solacha Jungle and Storm Cliffs have sent people to offer the channel with both hands.

It's your freedom not to join, but if you say you can't contact us or even know we exist, that's a dereliction of our job.

With this work philosophy and attitude, the security salesman competes with the Lich King.

As the saying goes: where there is oppression, there is resistance.

But there is also a more common one, where there is oppression, where there is exile.

Putting pressure on the Lich King's side is tantamount to driving people to Kane's side. By the end of 20 years, there were very few intelligent tribes in Northrend that had not yet taken sides.

It can be said that what Kane brought to this land was not a more distinct faction confrontation, but a lot fewer deaths.

The original historical line Lich King is more ruthless than the famous quote of Garrosh Hellroar's "Serve the Horde or be crushed by the Horde", if you don't surrender, you will be killed, and you can still use it if you die, and you will be more loyal.

The Natives of Northrend, on the other hand, did not have a powerful force to rely on, and fought on their own.

At first, they endured and fled, but in the end they had no choice but to resist desperately, only to be conquered by the Lich King's Scourge Army one by one.

It's different now, similar to the wisdom of 'leaving the green mountains without worrying about no firewood', these intelligent races also have lives, and their homes naturally have to be defended, but they really can't hold it, so they will go into exile first, and then they will take it back later.

In this way, the hundreds of clans on Kane's side gathered, and gradually gained the strength to fight against the Scourge Army.

But Kane didn't let the evacuees play with the Scourge undead.

To be honest, he really doesn't look down on the combat power of these natives.

Kane's attitude is that the natives only need to play to their own racial advantages, including being a good land snake.

It is also easier to reach an agreement with the indigenous people.

Against this backdrop, Kane founded an organization called 'Freemasonry' that took the lead in occupying and operating some of the famous territories of the original historical line.

For example, the dreadnought fortress by the sea in the borean tundra and Cascara.

The former was the Union's only coastal fort in Northrend, one of the two important ports. The latter is one of the traditional habitats of walrus people.

Both of these places have their own characteristics, and both are better choices for good harbors, which Kane has in his hands.

There is also the Twilight Fortress of the Dragonbone Wilderness, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack among the mountains, which has been very well managed in the original historical line, and with Kane's strong investment, it is comparable to the Icecrown Fortress, the Lich King's lair.

Having said that, although the current Lich King's lair is still magnificent, the progress of the project is at least three years older than the original historical line. After all, its mouth has been greatly reduced. Even the undead coolies are far less large than the original historical line in the same period because of the serious lack of raw materials.

In addition, Kamagu and Rogue Harbor in Howling Harbor were also taken by Kane successively.

Kamagu is also an island inhabited by walrus people for generations, and Rogue Harbor is named after pirates who first occupied it.

Therefore, the Freemasonry, on the surface, has a total of five strongholds, four of which are fortress-type harbors, and one is a fortress in the mountains.

In fact, there is a sixth place, which is the island where the original historical line was completely degraded by the Dreadlord and established the harbor of the Scarlet Crusader Vanguard on the sea west of Icecrown.

It is home to one of the best deep-water ports in the entire Northrend region. Its shape is like a crescent moon next to the sun, and the curved side of the crescent moon is convex against the sun across the sea.

This curved crescent island is a natural barrier, and the waters between the irregularly circular main island are no problem to directly berth modern large-tonnage aircraft carriers, and there is a lot of money left for berth construction.

The Northern Expeditionary Force of Alsace landed from Risk Bay in the eastern part of the Dragonbone Heath. They did not join the Freemasons, but were seduced by Malganis, and traced the river, turned west in front of the fortress of Daxalon, entered the Dragonbone Field, and then followed the mountain range westward, and soon entered the Crystal Song Forest to the north of the Dragonbone Field.

In the end, Arthas chose Frost Grief.

Unlike the original historical line, which was blinded by hatred and violated the bottom line of kindness again and again, this time when faced with a choice, Alsace was much calmer.

He was even on board the ship when he remembered the experiences of Prince Garin Tolbain when he spent 19 years with him.

He realized that the rumors that Prince Garin was able to communicate with the Light and thus foresee some vague fragments of the future were likely true.

He remembered that chess game, first walked twenty steps, and then played chess with him, and that situation, now that he thought about it, it was quite intriguing.

On Marganis's side, wasn't it the one who had taken him so many steps ahead that he tried so hard to catch up?

Alsace also took that game, and Kane's last move was to flip the board over.

And explained: "Why do you want to enter this game when you know that the other party already has so many steps?"

Kane's original intention at that time was to wake up Arthas and not to be replaced by the enemy.

Alsace was taken step by step in the original historical line, very passive, until he finally found that all the bottom lines he had adhered to had been abandoned, so he didn't do anything, and even betrayed his soul.

What Kane failed to expect, however, was that Arthas's understanding of his actions and explanations did not go the way he had hoped.

What Alsace noticed at the time was Kane's flipping of the chessboard.

Flipping the chessboard, no matter how big the advantage established by the opponent in advance, the chessboard is lifted, it cannot be called an advantage.

"The power of flipping the chessboard!" Arthas had enough of being teased in Lordaeron, and he deeply felt the sadness of lack of strength.

So this time he chose to pull out the sorrow of frost, and it was not so emotional. Of course, there is a desire for revenge, but more of a desire for power, which is what Frost Sorrow promised him, and he thinks that there is no problem with the pact he made with him, unless he gets what he wants, the pact will not hold.

I have to say that in this regard, there is also a situation worth mentioning in the original historical line.

After all, there is a time when lies will be exposed, and the Lich King calculates Alsace until it becomes irreparable.

Conversely, has Alsace been kept in the dark?

Couldn't he understand that Marganis wasn't the real murderer, that Kel'thugad wasn't counted, and that the Lich King was?

So, is killing Malganis revenge?

When it came to killing Marganis, it could only be said that he was very close to the real revelation, maybe his brain was slow to react, and he couldn't figure it out for a while, but he would figure it out after all.

Sylvanas, and so many of the Forsaken, were able to break free from control when a crack appeared in the Lich King's throne, and Arthas was always fooled without a hint of his own consciousness?

Kane believes that he has, that he himself has chosen to give in, that he has succumbed to his greed for power.

After going through so many things, he realized the naivety and ridiculousness of his previous behavior, and he realized what he really wanted, power, and for power, anything can be given up. Maybe he feels that with the strength, he can still get back what he gave up before.

At the end of the day, Alsace has a heart that desperately thirsts for strength. The Lich King apparently saw through this, and eventually captured him with Frostmourn.

Ten years to forge a sword, frost sorrow is indeed powerful. It's a rune sword, and it's also a soul eater.

Icecrown has a special place called the Soul Forge where the Lich King experimented a lot, where Frostmourn was forged, and it was also a miniature version of the Soul Forge that was forged.

It ingests the souls of everyone it kills, and then tortures those souls to release negative emotional energy, and then uses this energy to harness the power of death.

In the original history line, the sword was finally broken by the Ashbringer, and the souls of Terenus, Uther, and others were liberated.

Arthas was conquered by the power of Frost Sorrow, and with a sword in hand, the world walked sideways.

He realized that the holy light he had diligently pursued in the past was like the stars in the universe, and although the starlight was brilliant, darkness, emptiness, and silence were the main tone of the universe, which could be called deep and boundless.

He remembered the calloused teachings of Terenus, Uther, and the others that had made his ears hear: use power carefully......

He understood the police station from a new perspective, and he felt that he was like a poor ghost who wanted to break a copper plate in half, and the reason was that he was on the wrong side......

Arthas chose betrayal.

He accepted the Lich King's offer, he gained more power than he had before, he saw the power and horror of the Burning Legion, and he was ambitious enough to carve out a good position for himself and his future subjects.

So he played the role of a victor who finally avenged the people and finally saved face for the royal family and the country, and returned to Lordaeron.

Like the original historical line, he broke into the palace in a rebellious manner amid the sprinkling of flowers, and stabbed Terenus to death with a sword.

Then, when Arthas wanted to confirm further, another Terenus, accompanied by Kane, voluntarily appeared through the corner door on one side......