Volume 6: The World of Rebellion Chapter 314: War is Coming
Tirion Fordring's unexpected intervention did not surprise Godwin too much, as history is made up of countless coincidences.
However, this kind of coincidence may occur frequently in some special characters.
Especially for a character like Arthas who has the aura of a protagonist, if it were easy to kill him, he would have been killed long ago. So many people who wanted to get Arthas' head in advance failed due to some reasons.
Godwin had already imagined some similar possibility, but he did not expect that this "coincidence" would be Tirion Fordring, who was the man who finally killed the Lich King Arthas in history.
I have to say, there is a bit of evil taste in the way the system arranges the fate of these characters.
The only thing that made him unhappy about this matter was Tirion Fordring's early retirement. Now one of the Five Silver Saints was missing, which was a bit of a pity.
However, Godwin did not hesitate for too long. As the regent of Lordaeron , he had too many people under his command who could be used as substitutes.
After a little hesitation, Godwin directly pulled in the Grand Lord Alexandros Mograine.
Finally, the Knights of the Silver Hand were established as planned.
The first founders of the new version of the Knights of the Silver Hand include.
Uther the Lightbringer, Mograine the Ashbringer, Turalyon, one of the five heroes who led the expedition to Outland, and Saidan Dathrohan and Gavinrad, who were merely there to make up the numbers in Godwin's opinion.
Of course, we cannot forget Godwin, the Regent of Lordaeron, the descendant of the God of Light, the Patron of the Light, and the 'Glory of the Light'.
So, the final Silver Five became the Silver Six, and because of the special status of the Regent and the title of Glory of the Light (Uther and Mograine had not yet obtained their exclusive titles at this time. Uther had to wait until the Second War with the Orcs to obtain this title based on his military exploits, and Mograine had to wait until the Third War to slay countless undead before obtaining the title of Ashbringer).
In this way, Godwin became the actual controller of the Knights of the Silver Hand. Of course, because he was the regent, he had to give the position of Knight Commander to Uther.
After the establishment of the Knights of the Silver Hand, the Six Silver Saints summarized their experience in holy light and combat skills, and each contributed their own holy light combat skills, thus forming the skill system of the "new profession" of the Paladin.
At this point, the profession of Paladin was officially born.
For adventurers, Paladins have been everywhere for a long time, but for hero players, Paladin has only become a truly mature and advanced profession from this moment on. For a while, many hero players came to report. After all, the cool god of war who can resist, fight, and heal, and is covered with golden light, is still very attractive.
In this regard, the Knights of the Silver Hand are much stronger than the Knights of Dragon's Death.
There is no way. The founders of the Dragon Knights, the first generation of Dragon Thunder Knights, were just ordinary knights who obtained the power of dragon thunder. Only Aidan, the Dragon Eater, is a truly famous hero, and the skill system he built is not perfect enough.
However, Godwin took advantage of the main storyline and directly brought together a large number of epic golden heroes to make his debut, and the lineup is completely different.
With the Six Silver Saints, Godwin then issued an order as the regent to recruit knights and priests from all over the world to join the Knights of the Silver Hand to fight against the evil orcs together. The lords of all places in Lordaeron had to recommend candidates, and could even join themselves.
As a result, within seven days, three thousand knights had joined, and even more than a dozen civilian heroes had joined.
As soon as the Knights of the Silver Hand were established, they became the star unit of the Alliance.
Murphy was so envious when he saw this. The rich guys were so happy. He felt it was great enough that he had invested 10 million to establish the Dragon Knights. But others needed hundreds of millions to build an account. There was no comparison.
And with the establishment of the Knights of the Silver Hand, the Alliance's war mobilization finally officially began.
On May 7, leaders of various countries formally met in the King's Hall of Lordaeron and announced the formation of a coalition to launch an attack on the Horde, regain lost territory, avenge the deaths of King Llane, King Terenas, and King Aiden, and help Stormwind restore its country, determined to completely defeat the evil orcs.
On May 10, the coalition's command system was initially established, and the various forces also discussed the number of troops they would send for the first time and their obligations in the war.
As the leader of the alliance, the Kingdom of Lordaeron sent out 200,000 troops, which was undoubtedly the main force of the war.
The Kingdom of Gilneas sent out 40,000 troops, which was pretty standard.
The Kingdom of Kul Tiras sent out 60,000 troops, mainly navy and marines, to attack the rear of the tribe from the sea.
The Kingdom of Stromgarde was located at the front line of the war, so it was relatively easy to gather troops. Therefore, it sent out 50,000 troops and another 50,000 militia as auxiliary defense forces, and also provided a large amount of food.
The Kingdom of Dalaran sent out 30,000 troops. Although the number was a bit small, Dalaran's army had a large number of battle mage troops, magic swordsman troops, and magic griffon knights. Judging from the quality alone, it can be said to be one of the best in the alliance and its strength is quite powerful.
The Kingdom of Alterac, having suffered heavy losses in the previous war and being in the midst of a civil war, sent out an army of 11,000. This amount of troops was somewhat insufficient, especially as the 10,000 infantrymen were all militia. Fortunately, Murphy's Dragon Knights were very powerful, which somewhat made up for the lack of momentum.
Moreover, the previous victory over the Frostwolf Orcs was a significant contribution in advance, and they also earned a well-deserved seat in the coalition.
The Elf Kingdom of Quel'Thalas sent out 8,000 troops, mainly ranger archers, supplemented by a small number of spellcasters and elven swordsmen.
This made the various forces in the coalition somewhat dissatisfied. You have to know that the Elf Kingdom was founded on magic and is full of wizards. Although the elves do not have a very strong reproductive ability, they have a very long lifespan. In thousands of years of relative peace, they have accumulated a huge population. In terms of strength alone, they are second only to Lordaeron. Moreover, the elves are arrogant and always act like they are the best in the world. As a result, they have only sent out such a small number of troops and have not sent many wizard troops. It feels a bit like they are working without putting in any effort.
But at this moment, the overall situation is more important, so everyone can only turn a blind eye.
The Dwarf Kingdom of Eagle's Nest Mountain sent out 10,000 troops, and a large number of Griffin Knights participated in the battle.
Since the Dwarf Kingdom of Ironforge is located on the front line, it will most likely become the orcs' first target of attack. Instead of sending troops to join Arathi, it is preparing for war directly in Ironforge. Muradin Bronzebeard claims that there is an army of 100,000 dwarves in Ironforge.
However, various forces in the alliance expressed great doubts about this.
Even the Gnomeregan gnomes sent out 5,000 gnome technology troops to serve the Alliance as support forces .
At this point, the Alliance has assembled a total of more than 500,000 troops for front-line combat, and at the same time has recruited a second wave of troops to begin training so that they can be deployed in combat when necessary.
Of course, in addition to the regular army, all the alliance countries also issued conscription orders, calling on adventurers to join the war.
However, just as the presence of adventurers in the plot events is very weak, the countries in the alliance do not care much about the number of adventurers, and even do not take adventurers into account when calculating the number of troops.
However, this did not reduce the adventurers' interest in joining the war. You know, this is an unprecedented war in the game. Countless heroes will appear on the battlefield, and many top-quality equipment will be revealed.
Not to mention that this war will affect the game status and gaming experience of the two official camps of the Alliance and the Horde in the next few years. If their own camp is destroyed, the adventurers will cry to death, so it is reasonable for them to fully participate.
Even the elven adventurers who had rarely appeared before appeared in large numbers on the road to Arathi.
At the same time, the tribe was also making intensive preparations for war.
