At Ulduar, Algalon and the other Titan Guardians welcomed Gale.
After Leiden returned to Ulduar, he had been anxiously awaiting Gale's arrival, not expecting to wait a thousand years.
However, it was fortunate that Gale still came.
Algalon and the others had told him that Gale would not break his promise, but he was still uneasy. After all, he still hoped to become stronger by relying on AmanThul's knowledge.
Gale and Algalon and the others learned about the situation in Ulduar, focusing on the sealing of Yogg-Saron.
Algalon said, "We have strengthened our monitoring of Yogg-Saron, just waiting for you to complete your plan."
Gale stated that the plan was underway and would require some more time.
After their conversation, he found Leiden and gave him the knowledge obtained from AmanThul's soul fragments.
Upon receiving the knowledge, Leiden immediately returned to his room to study it.
After more than a thousand years of development, Ulduar had accumulated sufficient military strength. Besides Algalon as the leader, only Mimiron stayed in Ulduar for extended periods; everyone else had their own missions.
Freya often traveled between Sola Basin, UnGoro Crater, and Vale of Eternal Blossoms, and every so often, she would go to Uldum to inspect the status of the Forge of Origination. She was specifically responsible for nurturing the azeroth star soul, hoping for Azeroth to give birth to a Titan soon.
Hodir was stationed at the Creator's Platform; he was now the outer defensive force of Ulduar. Under the influence of the Consciousness Forge, the number of Frost Giants under his command grew, not only spreading across Storm Peaks but also infiltrating Crystal Song Forest and Icecrown Glacier. For this, they even clashed with the Dragon Rider Clan of Icecrown Glacier.
Azadas was stationed in the Earth Element Realm year-round, and the World Pillar had been repaired. However, Therazane began to become xenophobic, wanting to seal off the Earth Element Realm.
It is said that Therazane's change was related to her daughter, Theradras. This Earth Princess was injured during the Ancient War and had been in a deep sleep underground, only recently recovering from her injuries and awakening. Because repairing her injuries required absorbing Earth Elements, the land where she resided became barren, known as The Barrens.
Cenarius's son, Zaratar, was ordered to investigate The Barrens. He encountered Theradras, and the two fell in love at first sight, subsequently giving birth to a deformed creature—the Centaur.
The frenzied Centaur killed Zaratar, and Theradras lost her sanity, killing many Centaur and imprisoning Zaratar's soul.
Therazane wanted to bring her daughter back, but Theradras refused, which angered Therazane, who decided to no longer care about Theradras's fate.
The Centaur reproduced very quickly, soon occupying the entire The Barrens.
Out of respect for Zaratar, the Elves of The Barrens did not eradicate the Centaur. As a result, the Centaur grew stronger, and they began to attack Feralas and Stonetalon Mountains. Tydasshid immediately ordered a war against the Centaur.
On the ruins of Ravenwind Town in northern Feralas, the Elves re-established a fortress. In addition to stationing a legion of troops, the newly formed Chimera Knights were also stationed there.
Chimeras are two-headed Drogons, one head spewing venom and the other spewing lightning. They lived on a large island west of Feralas and, after being discovered by the Elves, were gradually tamed as mounts.
These half-dragon, half-beast creatures could attack the Centaur from high altitudes. The Centaur's arrows found it difficult to pierce their scales, so the Chimera Knights became the bane of the Centaur, successfully eliminating the Centaur's threat to Feralas.
In the Stonetalon Mountains, the Elves established the Drogon Riders with Windshear Hold as their base. Relying on the Drogons' flight advantage, the Knights established bases on various mountain peaks, dealing with the Centaur from above.
This area had become a battlefield in Kalimdor, specifically used for the Alliance to train troops. Whenever a battle was initiated, the Drogon Riders would monitor the Centaur throughout the Stonetalon Mountains from the air, providing intelligence to the army and ensuring the appearance of large-scale Centaur armies.
Elves, Tauren, Bristleback, and Bearman would all send people to join the battles to train new recruits.
It is worth mentioning that The Barrens in the game map were divided into two parts due to the Blazefire Trench. The northern part is now called Cenarion Thicket Grassland, belonging to the Kaldorei Empire territory. The southern part is called The Barrens, and the southern part of The Barrens and Dustwallow Marsh belong to the Bristleback territory. The Taurajo region and Mulgore in the northern The Barrens are the Tauren's territory.
The territories of the three races had been demarcated, and they had lived in peace for hundreds of years. By now, the Bristleback and Tauren, due to overpopulation, had to rely on war to reduce their numbers. The Bristleback moved south to Tanaris, competing with the Sandfury Trolls for territory. The Tauren, on the other hand, moved west over the mountains, attacking The Barrens, hoping to gain a foothold.
If it weren't for the fear that eliminating the Centaur would lead to internal Alliance disputes again, how could the Kaldorei Empire allow the Centaur to occupy The Barrens? To preserve this enemy, Tydasshid explicitly stated that he would not help the Tauren occupy The Barrens. To gain a foothold in The Barrens, it was up to the Tauren themselves.
Although most Tauren were culturally peaceful, they were not without fanatics. To seize The Barrens, the Tauren did not hesitate to build the Sun Rock Retreat as a base in the Stonetalon Mountains, accumulating supplies and launching one war after another against the Centaur.
They took advantage of the Centaur's weakened state after being defeated in their attack on the Stonetalon Mountains, launching a counterattack on The Barrens, seizing the northern lands of The Barrens, and establishing Camp Taurajo. This move attracted most of the Centaur's attention. The Centaur began to attack Camp Taurajo, and soon Camp Taurajo's supply lines were cut off by the Centaur, forcing them to barely survive on the supplies within the fortress.
Ultimately, it was the Highmountain Tauren who dispatched a fleet from Thunder Bluff, occupied Ranazgar Isle, and then landed ashore, transporting supplies to Camp Taurajo from the west.
Otherwise, Camp Taurajo would surely have been unable to defend due to lack of food. After overcoming this hurdle, the Tauren began to reinforce Camp Taurajo; they tamed the Kodo beasts of The Barrens, forming a Kodo cavalry to protect the supply lines, and only then did they gain a firm foothold in northern The Barrens.
This result also led to the Centaur no longer attacking the Elves, but instead focusing their target on the Tauren.
The Stonetalon Mountains battlefield, which had only been open for a little over a hundred years, came to an end. Tydasshid was also very frustrated by this; he had finally found an enemy, only for it to be gone so quickly.
He had no choice but to turn his attention to the Sandfury Trolls, but the Sandfury Trolls already had a difficult life in Tanaris, struggling to deal with the Bristleback, and if the Elves joined, they would surely collapse directly.
Just as he was at his wit's end, he finally discovered a new enemy.
The Bristleback discovered a huge hive in eastern Tanaris, where a group of intelligent insects had taken residence.
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