Solas Torbain was an old-school king of the same generation as the likes of Terenus, Jean, Lyon, and Daelin.

Admittedly, Solas is not a great man.

For the benefit of the Stormgard Kingdom, he sent a large army to invade Hillsbride in his prime, and launched an offensive and defensive tug-of-war between him and the Alterac Kingdom that lasted for several years, and once gained the upper hand on the battlefield.

If it weren't for the intervention of other human kingdoms, the war would probably end in the victory of the Stormgard Kingdom, which was able to fight well.

However, Solas was unanimously praised by the northern nations as the hero of Stormgard, and not only because of his outstanding performance on the battlefield.

Salian has always believed that the ability of a king should not only be measured by his personal combat effectiveness and command ability, but also by the skill of governing internal affairs.

At the same time, it is also necessary to have a good overview of the big picture.

There is no doubt that Solas is a good king who can focus on the big picture.

When the orcs first entered Azeroth through the Dark Gate, in the face of the Stormwind Kingdom's call for help, the northern nations came up with many strange reasons as an excuse to explain that their countries could not mobilize troops to the south for reinforcements for the time being.

Lordaeron and Kyrgyzstan have their own agendas, and Dalaran, who are keen on research, has never been very interested in war, unless they can find something on the battlefield that is helpful in the search for truth.

Kurtilas was busy dealing with the growing witch cult in the Drusva region...... In fact, it was the ghost of the Drustrians, which can be regarded as a more legitimate reason.

The reason why Stormgard and Alterac did not send reinforcements was because the two countries had not yet signed a formal armistice, and there was still friction in the border area.

When the news of the fall of the Stormwind Kingdom reached the north, Solas, realizing the seriousness of the problem, decisively accepted the mediation of Tyrenus and other kings, and immediately signed a peace agreement with Aiden Pirenod, who had been overwhelmed.

At the subsequent summit meeting in the royal city of Lordaeron, Solas was one of the first kings to respond to Lothar's call to approve the formation of an alliance.

As it turned out, Solas made the right choice, and a coalition of concerted forces defeated the formidable orc tribe under the leadership of Lothar.

However, his upright personality underestimated human greed after the war.

Before the Second Orc War, Alterac had just experienced a war with Stormgard, and Alterac, who was not strong enough, was undoubtedly at the bottom of the Seven Kingdoms of Mankind.

In order to reverse this situation, the then king of Alterac Aiden was a typical example of short-sightedness, and in order to reverse this situation, he was frightened by the might of the orcs, and actually chose to join the tribe, allowing Orgrim, who led the invasion of the army, to cross the border and go straight to the heart of the Tirisfal woodlands.

It was precisely because of Aiden's imminent betrayal that the royal city of Lordaeron was unexpectedly surrounded by the main force of the tribe.

If it weren't for Terenus personally climbing the city wall at the critical moment to boost morale, the city of Lordaeron, which was outnumbered by major generals, would not have been able to wait for the reinforcements of Tulayan and Lothar, and would have been breached by the orc army.

After the end of the war, Aiden, who had betrayed the clan and Azeroth, was unsurprisingly unanimously beheaded by the countries of the alliance as a warning to those who did not take a firm stance.

Having also contributed a lot to the Great War between the Alliance and the Horde, both Solas and Jean thought they would get some meat and at least some soup when they divided the interests of Alterac.

However...... Needless to say, later developments are not too much.

Terenus's unbridled greed caused the alliance to quickly fall apart after the war.

And Lordaeron, who swallowed Alterac alone, didn't really swallow the fat in the end, but instead made himself in a dilemma because of indigestion.

After recovering from death, Solas thought about it more than once.

If Terenus hadn't swallowed Alterac alone, but had cooperated with other countries to distribute Alterac's territory, would the development of the Stormgard Kingdom be completely different from what it is now?

Of course, Solas also knew that this was just a hypothesis.

The biggest mistake of the generation of male lord Solas was the emotional mistrust of his incompetent and despicable son, Garin, and banished his nephew Danas, who was truly capable of leading Stormgard to continue to grow and develop, to Draenor.

Because of Garin's perverse behavior, Stormgard had been living very miserably for the previous years.

After Garin's disappearance, the Regency Council maintained the government of the kingdom of Stormgard as much as possible.

In terms of the international situation at that time, they could only go so far, and the prosperity of the kingdom was still far away.

With the re-establishment of the nascent alliance at the behest of the new king of Quel'Salas and Lordaeron, Stormgard finally saw the light of day to break the deadlock, resuming trade with the kingdom of Lordaeron after many years.

Not only that, but even greater good news followed.

The Dark Gate, which had been closed for many years, was repaired and opened by the Burning Legion, and Danas, the last descendant of House Torbain, returned safely with the long-lost Alliance Expeditionary Force.

Just as the Regency Council was happily planning to welcome Danas back, the other party categorically refused to return to the motherland, apparently still haunting the unwarranted exile in the first place.

It also happened to be at this time that Solas was awakened from death by the Lich of the Scourge Legion.

After a long conversation with Danas for the first time in 10 years, the sincerely repentant Solas finally gained his nephew's understanding.

In exchange for Danas' return to Stormgard, Solas must take over the Lich King's responsibilities as an undead.

He will use the power of the Helm of Domination to restrain the undead army that is gradually forming the climate, and lead the Scourge to Draenor, where he will establish an outpost against the Burning Legion's further invasion.

After an emergency training session by Alonthos Fao, Solas became familiar with the body of the undead, which was very different from the one he had been alive with.

Sarjan unreservedly informed Solas of his plans for the Scourge and potential threats to Azeroth, including the Burning Legion, the Elder Gods, and the Shadow Realm.

The Dreadlords chose to build the Frozen Throne and Icecrown Fortress on the extremely cold Icecrown Glacier not only because it was inaccessible and suitable for the Lich King to start from scratch.

The more important reason is that Icecrown is the special node that Azeroth is closest to the Shadow Realm.

If necessary, the Dreadlord can use the power of the Helm of Domination to tear open the passage between Azeroth and the Shadow Realm, connecting two separate planes that should be unrelated.

And this opportunity is the cataclysm that the Elder Gods are secretly planning.

Cataclysm, which Sarian calls the Elemental Return Event.

The four elemental realms sealed by the witch Hela during the primeval period can all take this opportunity to close the distance between them and the material world, and the fire elemental and wind elemental, which have always been loyal to the old gods, can add two powerful armies to the old god faction.

Cataclysm is not just bringing the Elemental Realm closer to Azeroth, as all planes, including the Emerald Dream, will gradually move closer to the physical world in the process.

While Sarjan could use this opportunity to resurrect many of the wilderness demigods who had already returned from the Blazing Blue Immortal Wilderness, at the same time, the Warden and Denatius, who had been eyeing Azeroth, would officially begin to meddle in Azeroth's affairs.

Sending Sollas and the Helm of Dominion to Draenor together is a win-win.

Without the Helm of Domination as the "key" to open the door, it would not be so easy for the Shadow Realm to intervene in Azeroth.

On the other hand, the Scourge Legion, which does not need food and water supplies, can also plug and play to gain a foothold in the increasingly barren Draenor, and cooperate with Yin Lidan to build this planetary-level outpost fortress.

However, there is a big premise for this series of arrangements in Sarean.

Solas must take the Lich King's throne from Neozu and take the Helm of Dominion under his control, becoming the second and first Lich King loyal to Azeroth.

With Saljan's complete plan in hand, Solas saw the path he was going to take in the future, and he wasn't at all confused when he started with Naozu.

Because he knew that his future cause would be righteous and in the interest of Stormgard...... and the whole of Azeroth.

"Bell!"

In the face of Solas's heroic leap and jump, which had already been determined, the poor melee Neozu could only hastily raise the Frost Sorrow to block in front of him.

Both artifacts, Frostmourn's overall quality is not much different from that of Stumka, but they differ in their direction of emphasis.

And it is precisely these slight differences that determine the final outcome of this battle between the two generations of Lich Kings.