Although Stannbride has long since been infiltrated into a sieve by the Syndicate, the town at the foot of the Alterac Mountains still nominally belongs to the kingdom of Lordaeron.

Before the fall of the kingdom of Alterac, Steinbrad was a satellite town of the royal city of Alterac, and its geographical location was very important, right at the entrance from Icewind Hill to the royal city.

The Syndicate had a high regard for Steinbrad, and if they could take the town, they would block the march from Andorjar to Hillsbrad.

Due to the geographical environment, Stannbride, located in the mountain pass, is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

If the Alterac Trail from the Tirisfal Glades to Hillsbride were cut off, Lordaeron would have to take a long detour from the Silverpine Forest if he wanted to make his way into Hillsbråd.

The Silverpine Forest is an inherent territory of the Kingdom of Gilneis, and given the relationship between Gilneys and Lordaeron, it is impossible for King Jean Greymane to allow Lordaeron's army to take advantage of it.

Through the Sarjan connection, the Kenrito Council, headed by Antonidas, has secretly made a promise.

As long as the remnants of Alterac can officially take Steinbrod, Dalaran will join forces with Gilneth to block the Alterac Trail and arrange heavy garrisons on the southern shore of Lake Lordammere to prevent the possibility of Lordaeron's army fighting across the lake.

Of course, Dalaran is not Gilneth, and as a city-state kingdom, they do not want to, nor do they have the courage to go to war with Lordaeron head-on.

Dalaran has a good reason, the family just wants to be neat.

The Seven Kingdoms of Mankind have been going on for thousands of years.

Aiden Pirenord's betrayal of Azeroth to join the Horde is an unforgivable sin, but his personal mistakes should not be passed on to the entire kingdom of Alterac.

In other words, Alterac is not guilty of death, and you Lordaeron is not doing this properly, and we have discussed it with several human kingdoms and decided to put things in order and rebuild the kingdom of Alterac.

Thoterinus has been rampant and domineering over the years, and none of the countries around Lordaeron have a good relationship with them.

As the so-called wall falls, everyone pushes it.

Seeing that Lordaeron might suffer a big loss this time, King Jean of Gilneth was the first to jump out and prepare to shout "good death", and Antonidas also hid behind the scenes to help.

Now the eyes of the countries of the northern part of the Eastern Kingdom are focused on a small Stannbride, but Lordaeron, who is in internal chaos, knows nothing about it.

Lordaeron's intelligence department vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but due to the strict intelligence blockade imposed on Lordaeron by various countries, they were never able to grasp the key point, and could only circle anxiously around the periphery, unable to reach the core of the situation.

Before setting out from Quel'Salas, Sarian had a plan in place to get the elite thieves of Backlight Blade in contact with the Syndicate and the Barov family, and the three of them agreed to meet in the town of Stannbride.

By the time Sarena arrived at Steinbled, representatives of the Syndicate and Barov families, who were closer to each other, had already arrived.

Even with the support of the Four Kingdoms of Humanity and Quel'Thalas, reviving Alterac will not be easy.

Although the syndicates and the Barov family both want to rebuild their homeland, they do not have exactly the same position with each other.

The leader of the Syndicate is the Duke of Facurrest of the former Kingdom of Alterac, who is the eldest son of Aiden Pirenod, Oridon Pirenod.

As the in-laws of the Pirenod family, the Barov family certainly knew what Auriden was.

Oriden was indeed Aiden's eldest son, and when Alterac destroyed the country, Oriden was just 10 years old.

After the disaster of destroying the country, the frightened Oriden was taken away by the Duke of Facurrest and hid incognito in the countryside of Hillsbride.

Six years have passed, and Oriden, who has grown up, has unexpectedly been raised as a gentleman with no ability to govern the country.

The Duke of Facurrest's intentions were clear, he was only trying to use his status as a descendant of the royal family of Pirenord for personal gain.

If the Syndicate really leads the revival of Alterac, Oriden, who is pushed to the throne, is destined to be only a puppet of Facurrest.

In addition to Oriden, the late King Aiden had a nephew who had the right to inherit, Atherton Pirenod.

After Aiden was executed and Alterac was killed, Atherton fled to the Kingdom of Gilneth with the help of his henchmen, where he still resides in the royal city of Gilness.

Although King Jean did not participate in the Steinbred Conference, he also put forward his own proposal in the hope that Yonserton would succeed to the throne of Alterac.

According to the information provided by Backlight Blade, Atherton was not raised like Auriden.

The Greymans treated him like their own nephew, and even gave Silverton a royal education with Prince Liam Greymane of Gilne.

From this information, it can be seen that Gilneth has long been ready to assist in the revival of Alterac.

Whatever King Jean's intentions, he did help the Pirinod royal family raise a young and outstanding heir.

Once Alterac is restored and Etherton ascends to the throne, the Kingdom of Alterac will inevitably maintain a brotherly relationship with the Kingdom of Gilneth for the foreseeable future, and jointly resist the pressure from Lordaeron.

The third party who is trying to compete for the succession to the throne is the Barov family, who are related to the royal family of Pirinod.

Comparatively speaking, the Barov family's claim power is weaker, and Salian is inclined to let the Barov family support Etherton to the throne, but it is not known whether Alex Barov will accept it.

If he can get the support of Barov, the biggest nobleman in the former Alterac Kingdom, Yin Stillon, who is already very capable, will be able to suppress the straw bale Oridan launched by Duke Facurrest.

But this is not enough, Yin Stillon needs more support.

The mayor of Stannbride was appointed by Lordaeron Central, and the frequency of changes can be described as unbelievable.

At the fastest time, Steinbrand changed five mayors within a year, four of whom died, and the last one consciously resigned and returned to his hometown, narrowly escaping his life.

Needless to guess, these mayors died at the hands of syndicate thieves.

Enraged when Tyrenus found out, he co-opted another old nobleman of the Alterac Kingdom, Duke Jorazi Ravenhod.

The Ravenhold family had a feud with the Facurrest family, and when the kingdom of Alterac still existed, these two powerful dukes were at odds with each other.

Tyrenus, who was proficient in political tactics, happened to smash the Duke of Facurrest by seven inches, instigating the two former Dukes of Alterac to fight among themselves.

For a long time, the Syndicate and the Ravenhold thieves were at odds with each other.

With Ravenhold thieves in check, the mayor of Stannbride is finally safe.

However, even so, under the pressure exerted by the Syndicate, the mayor of Stannbride will still change every year.

Before setting out, Salian sent someone to the Ravenhold estate to get in touch with Duke Jorazi Ravenhod, but the feedback was not very positive.

Duke Ravenhold is willing to assist in the rebuilding of Alterac, but he strongly disagrees with the Bugs.

Unless Duke Facurrest can be kicked out completely, Ravenhold Manor will not help Alterac recover.

To be sure, Saljan didn't have a crush on the bottomless Syndicate, and he didn't like the ambitious Duke Facurrest.

However, the Syndicate controls a large number of nobles and subjects of the original Alterac Kingdom, and it is unrealistic to want to rebuild the Alterac Kingdom as soon as possible, and want to kick them away.

Landing outside the snowy town, Valera quickly connects with the Backlight Blade thieves who remain behind, and is guided to the agreed secret meeting place.

To Sarean's surprise, the meeting place arranged by the syndicate was actually under a church of the Holy Light.

This also shows the extent to which the syndicate infiltrated Steinbly.

The Duke of Facurrest was a balding, middle-aged man with a very rich build, in stark contrast to the starving inhabitants of Steinbled.

The first impression of the Duke of Facurrest on Sarren was not very good, and this guy deliberately put on a posture of being self-sacking.

Knowing that Sarren was attending on behalf of the Sun King Kael'thas, he was quite arrogant when they met, and he self-righteously "received" Sarjan with a condescending attitude.

"Hmph~"

It wasn't just Sarjan who was dissatisfied with Duke Facurrest's posture, but an old Mediterranean man in the camp of the Barov family let out an undisguised sneer.

Perhaps accustomed to living a life of superiority, the Duke of Facurrest has zero tolerance for those who dare to rebel against him.

He glared at the old man with cold eyes: "Haas, old thing, I didn't expect you to be alive, what?" Think that with the support of the Barov family, you can argue with Duke Ben? ”

'Haas? ’

A flash of inspiration flashed in Sarren's mind, and the barrage also exclaimed at this time.

[General Haas! Former Altranc star who has repeatedly repelled Solas Tolbane's attacks on Alterac. 】

[I didn't expect him to be alive...... It seems that the revival of Alterac is really playful. 】

[The premise is that Xiao Sa must get rid of this tiresome stupid duke.] 】