Chapter 80: Planning the Western Plaguelands

The Scarlet Crusade changed after the death of Ashbringer Alexandros Mograine, and became the extremist organization after being bewitched and instigated by Dathrohan, who was possessed by the body of the Dreadlord Balnazzar.

The current Scarlet Crusade is only composed of the paladins of the remnants of the Silver Hand, the surviving soldiers of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, and the Lordaeron people who voluntarily joined. It can be said that it is very pure.

With the help of Ashbringer Alexandros Mograine and the remnants of the Silver Hand Paladins, it will no longer be as difficult for Banshee Queen Sylvanas to fight against the forces of the three Dreadlords as in the original history.

Archbishop Alonsus Faol, who became an undead, is the only undead who can be accepted by the living humans while being an undead hated by the living. He is still praised as the incarnation of the Holy Light because he can use the Holy Light.

Archbishop Alonsus Faol will become the liaison between the Scarlet Crusade and the Forsaken, who have not yet been established. Both sides can accept him, and his wisdom and experience can also avoid conflicts between the two sides due to the opposition between life and death.

Archlich Kel'Thuzad is dead, which means that the Scourge lacks the top leader in the Eastern Kingdoms. Arthas, who was leaving, has not had time to arrange who can replace him to lead the Scourge in the Eastern Kingdoms.

Now the Scourge still controls the Eastern and Western Plaguelands, and the most powerful undead leaders in these two regions are the lich summoner Araki and the death knight Rivendell.

The two are almost the same in strength, and neither of them is convinced by the other. It is impossible to replace Archlich Kel'Thuzad to lead the Scourge in the Eastern Kingdoms.

Archlich Kel'Thuzad may be the most difficult person to kill. He first died at the hands of Arthas once, and was later resurrected as an archlich by the fallen Arthas using the Sunwell.

After that, the Archlich Kel'Thuzad died twice in the floating city of Naxxramas of the Scourge, but he was not really dead yet, and he appeared again in Shadowlands 9.0.

Although Garin and his team killed the lich body of Archlich Kel'Thuzad, they did not break the lich life box of Archlich Kel'Thuzad, which means that in the future, Archlich Kel'Thuzad will come back like the lich summoner Araki.

Before that, the Scourge of the Eastern Kingdom will fall into a window period without a supreme leader. During this period, the Scourge will fight on their own, which is Garin's best opportunity.

The number of the Scourge is still extremely terrifying, and it is impossible to achieve it in one fell swoop. The situation of Tirisfal Glades is special. Among the millions of Scourge undead, only the most elite undead in Tirisfal Glades have gained their own will, and there are very few undead who have awakened their own will in the three areas of East and West Plaguelands and Silverpine Forest. That is to say, East and West Plaguelands are still the world of the Scourge, and they can only take it slowly.

Princess Calia Menethil of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, former Archbishop Alonsus Faol of the Cult of the Holy Light, and Ashbringer Alexandros Mograine, the existence of these three can gather all the surviving resistance fighters of the Kingdom of Lordaeron. The most powerful among them are undoubtedly the remaining army of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, the remnants of the Silver Hand, and the priests of the Cult of the Holy Light. Of course, Grand Marshal Osmar Garithos, who is controlled by the Dreadlord in Tirisfal Glades, is not counted.

Garin decided to attack Tirisfal Glades and Western Plaguelands first, through the two large strongholds that have been occupied, Scarlet Monastery and Hearthglen.

"Rex, the Barov family has rebelled and joined the Scourge. It is reported that the headquarters of the Cult of the Damned, the Scholomance Academy, is built under the ancient Caer Darrow Castle. Recapture this ancient castle belonging to the Arathi people. Lord Falstad will help you."

It is obviously not enough to rely on Hearthglen alone to fight against the Scourge in the Western Plaguelands, and the closest base of the Kingdom of Stromgarde to the Western Plaguelands is only the town of Steinblade.

The scale of the town of Steinblade itself is not large, not to mention that it has experienced the scourge of the orc Blackrock Clan and the Scourge Plague. The town of Steinblade has long been empty.

In addition, the ruins of Alterac have not been rebuilt yet. If you want to station troops in the town of Steinblade, you must transport food from Southshore Town or Durnholde Castle, and then cross the snow-covered Alterac Mountains. Such losses are too great.

The three strongholds in the Western Plaguelands are the most critical. Andorhal, which controls the center of the entire Western Plaguelands, is the first important town in the Kingdom of Lordaeron where the plague broke out. It has completely fallen. The lich summoner Araj led the main force of the Scourge in the Western Plaguelands to station here.

Hearthglen in the valley to the north, Hearthglen is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It was very prosperous under the governance of the former high lord Tirion Fordring. It also escaped the outbreak of the plague. It was a few strongholds of the Kingdom of Lordaeron that survived the ravages of the Scourge. It is also the base camp of the Scarlet Crusade.

The other one is the Castle of Caer Darrow on the island of Caer Darrow in Lake Darrowmere. This ancient castle was built by the Arathi people and later became the territory of the Barov family. The Barov family is the second most powerful family in the Kingdom of Alterac after the royal family Perenold. In the most prosperous period, Brill, Tarren Mill, Caer Darrow, and Southshore were all their fiefdoms.

During the two Orc Wars, the Kingdom of Alterac joined the Old Horde, but was eventually destroyed by the Alliance. The Barov family stood on the side of the Alliance and helped the Alliance completely defeat the army of the Kingdom of Alterac.

However, the shrewd King Terenas Menethil II of Lordaeron directly sentenced the Barov family, who should have made contributions, to be guilty, depriving them of their ruling rights in Brill, Tarren Mill and Southshore, and built Durnholde Keep in the territory of the Barov family.

The Barov family was regarded as traitors and traitors by the Kingdom of Alterac, and was insulted and cursed by the remnants of Alterac. The Syndicate wanted to destroy the Barov family.

Such unfair treatment and results made the Barov family hate the Kingdom of Lordaeron and Terenas Menethil II, so they eventually fell into Kel'Thuzad's trap, and Caer Darrow Island became the base camp of the Cult of the Damned.

There were not many Scourge troops on Caer Darrow Island. The main force of the Scourge in the Western Plaguelands was in Andorhal, and there was only the Cult of the Damned on Caer Darrow Island.

The geographical location of Caer Darrow Island is extremely advantageous. It is protected by Lake Darrowmere. Except for the small roads in the Hinterlands, it can only be reached by boat.

As long as the Kingdom of Stromgarde controls Caer Darrow Island, it can attack the Scourge in Andorhal with the help of Caer Darrow Castle.

Asking the Grand Lord Falstad of Aerie Mountain for help is to let Rex Doom directly attack Caer Darrow Island from the Hinterlands with the Wildhammer Dwarves by land and air, recapture Caer Darrow Fortress, and destroy Scholomance.