Chapter 1083: Kenrito's Ideological Battle
As Egwen explains, even after more than 2,000 years of governance by the Kenrito Council, Dalaran is still a relatively liberal city-state.
In the original history, Khadgar, Karazhan's successor, joined Dalaran at some point in the future and became one of the six councillors of Kenrito.
He even took over the position of Speaker Kenrito after the resignation of the then Speaker Gianna due to disagreement.
Even so, Khadgar, who had become a pillar of Dalaran at the time, often returned to Karazan to discuss the future of Azeroth with Medivan.
Yes, Medivan.
As Moros said earlier, as Azeroth's most famous astral mage, Medivan didn't die so easily.
After the Battle of Mount Hyjal in the original history, Medivan, who was resurrected by Egwen's exhaustion of the power of the Guardians, mysteriously disappeared.
In fact, he hid back in the reflection of Karazhan to observe the stars of the universe, and handed over the future to Khadgar and other talents of the younger generation.
Theoretically, Karazan has the potential to take on the magical city-state of Dalaran, but only if the last Tirisfa Guardian, Medivan, is in charge.
Not kidding, Medivan at his peak was able to single-handedly wipe out his contemporaries, the Council of the Six Kenrito, as evidenced by the fall of the Council of Tirisfar.
After Egwene left with the power of the Guardians, the influence and strength of the Council of Tirisfa had visibly weakened.
But the emaciated camel was still bigger than the horse, and Sarjan didn't think that there would be fewer archmages in the Council of Tirisfa than Kenrito at the time.
However, this powerful organization that had guarded Azeroth for more than 2,000 years was erased by Medivan's light strokes, and it was not until Merry Winterwind returned that it gradually recovered a little.
Without Medivan, Karazan would be just a larger mage tower, unable to compare with Dalaran, the city of a thousand towers, which had long since become a climate.
With Medivan ...... Or the death of the Sargeras Split, and the power of the Guardian of the Council of Tirisfa, which has been passed down for thousands of years, is also lost.
Although Medivan is still experienced after the resurrection, he is no longer as brave as he used to be in terms of absolute strength, and he can no longer dominate the others.
After Ronin became Speaker of Kenrito, he intended to reform the old rules of Dalaran, and some clues can be seen from his previous initiative to show favor to Khadgar, and the new Speaker was already willing to recruit Khadgar to join Kenrito.
But well...... As the saying goes, a slap doesn't make a sound.
Due to some of the past actions of the retired old councillor Antonidas, Khadgar still has doubts about Dalaran and can only slowly resolve his knot through time.
Khadgar aside, Gianna was a close disciple of Antonidas before he retired, and from the very beginning he wanted the talented Princess Kul Tiras to join the Kenrito Council in the future.
Antonidas's plan is partly political, but it's not the whole story.
If Gianna, who is young and energetic and more receptive to new things, joins Kenrito, she will be able to form a good match with the new speaker of the parliament, Luo Ning, who is hard to applaud.
Ronin has been friends with Saljan for many years and will inevitably be influenced by some of his ideas.
Ronin saw all the reforms that Salian implemented in Quel'Thalas, and he also realized the benefits of these reforms to Quel'Thalas, so he naturally wanted to follow suit.
But different countries have different national conditions, and Luo Ning, who is interested in reform, is helplessly stumped by some old-fashioned old mages in the Kenrito Council.
Egwene's proposal brought out Ronin's troubles, and if there were more young new blood in Kenrito's council, he would be able to gain more support and make drastic reforms to Dalaran.
Today, there are only five of the six members of the parliament in Dalaran, namely Speaker Ronin, Councillors Modra, Esath Sunsnatcher, Ansrem Ruinwivol and Kalayin.
The sixth position was given to Gianna by Antonidas early in the morning, just waiting for her to break through the bottleneck and truly become an archmage.
Of the five, Esath Sunsnatcher, who had been beaten by Salian in the early years, had already straightened his ass, he was the representative of Quel'Salas's will in Dalaran, and it was only natural that he would be on Ronin's side as the Sun King wanted.
Kalein, Modra, and Ansrem were all old mages of the same era as Antonidas.
These three archmages of the old era were relatively conservative in their ideas, and they joined forces to vote against the reform advocated by Luo Ning on many occasions.
As the speaker, Ronin has the authority of two votes, and even with the support of Aishara, he can only draw with the opposing side, and the two sides drag on and pull back and forth.
"Hmmm......"
Salian touched his chin thoughtfully: "So, the problem is still in the vacant councilor position, right?" ”
Egwen nodded: "Both Ronin and Isaas think that they should follow the instructions of the old speaker before leaving office, and leave this seat to Gianna, who has a promising future. ”
"But Modra, Kalayin, and Anslem thought they should fill the seats of the six members of the council as soon as possible, and they recommended an archmage named Vargas."
"It just so happens that Vargas, who was trapped in Draenor with the expeditionary force in the early years, has just returned to Azeroth, and the two sides are arguing over this vacant seat."
This is also one of the reasons why Ronin took the initiative to throw an olive branch to Khadgar, he wanted to let the young and energetic Khadgar occupy this vacant position first, and then make another adjustment after Gianna officially broke through...... It's better to kick out another old school. ”
Gianna's rapid growth is certainly due to her own talent, but she is also inseparable from the help of many nobles along the way.
Kael'thas, Antonidas, and Egwen, three powerful and experienced archmages, have taught her successively, and Elisander, the archmage of Sulama, has also had a long "academic exchange" with Gianna.
From Egwen's point of view, she certainly hopes that her named apprentice will be able to become a Kenrito Councillor, and her position is undoubtedly the same as that of Gianna's partner, Sarren.
'Factional struggle within Dalaran...... No, a battle of ideas? ’
Where there are people, there will be fighting, and Sarian has known this for a long time, and he is not surprised by the internal antagonism in Dalaran.
Whether there are other considerations behind the opposition to the reform by the three veteran legislators, Salian is not clear for the time being, and is not interested in investigating in depth, after all, this is Dalaran's own family matter.
Saljan had never wanted to restrain Gianna to his side, and letting Gianna join Kenrito was a decision he and Antonidas had already discussed, and even Kael'thas was involved.
Gianna's identity is more complicated, she has the triple identity of Princess Kul Tiras, apprentice of the Sun King, and apprentice of Antonidas, and now she has to add a companion of the Duke of Deepshadow.
In a way, Gianna's entry into the Kenrito Council is an unstoppable trend, as her presence represents the friendship of Quel'Thalas, Dalaran, and Kurtilas.
Modra, Ansleem, and Kaleien didn't try to force Gianna from joining, they just wanted to delay the point in time and force the isolated Ronin to abandon what they thought was too radical to reform.
Sarjan didn't know Ansrem or Kalayin well, but Modra was an old acquaintance.
Even though the two sides have shaken hands and reconciled with the help of Antonidas, Saljan still doesn't have any affection for this evergreen Kenrito with great humanist ideas.
Neither in public nor in private, Salian had no reason to oppose Egwen's proposal.
In any case, whether Gianna can join Kenrito before Vargas is still up to her.
As long as Gianna once broke through to become an archmage, with the undeceased Kenrito patriarch Antonidas standing behind her, the three of Modra could only pinch their noses and watch her fill the place.
This will inevitably lead to an imbalance between the reformers and the conservatives in the Kenrito Council, and the three veteran archmages will no longer be able to stop Ronin's reforms.
Khadgar's side has not been able to make progress for the time being, so he can only slowly adjust his opinion of Dalaran by seeing it for his own eyes.
As for Gianna......
"I already know what happened."
Sarjan's eyes flickered and he glanced at Egwene: "It just so happens that I'm going to rush to Gianna's side next, and I'll do my best to help her make a breakthrough as soon as possible." ”
Egwene smiled and revealed, "Then I'll leave it to you, Azeroth is not an era that can be mixed with the old rules. ”
"In order to ride the wave of the new era, Dalaran ...... Or that all mages must keep up with the changes of the times, otherwise...... The Old Tirisfa Council is a case in point. ”