"Richard A. Knaak - WarCraft - Day Of The Dragon" - читать интересную книгу автора (Knaak Richard A)

A storm began to rage, the lightning and rain falling upon the wizards and yet touching neither them nor
the floor. The storm passed in the blink of an eye, a blazing sun once more appearing overhead. The first
of the Kirin Tor gave this latest display not even the least of his interest. тАЬYou have obviously never seen
the work of Deathwing, or you'd never make that statement.тАЭ

тАЬIt may be as you say,тАЭ interjected the fifth, the outline of a vaguely elven visage appearing and
disappearing faster than the storm. тАЬAnd, if so, a matter of import. But we hardly can concern ourselves
with it for now. If Deathwing lives and now strikes out at his greatest rival's kind, then it only benefits us.
After all, Alexstrasza is still the captive of Dragonmaw clan, and it is her offspring that those orcs have
used for years to wreak bloodshed and havoc all over the Alliance. Have we all so soon forgotten the
tragedy of the Third Fleet of Kul Tiras? I suspect that Lord Admiral Daelin Proudmoore never will. After
all, he lost his eldest son and everyone else aboard those six great ships when the monstrous red
leviathans fell upon them. Proudmoore would likely honor Deathwing with a medal if it proved true that
the black beast was responsible for these two deaths.тАЭ

No one argued that point, not even the first mage. Of the mighty vessels, only splinters of wood and a
few torn corpses had been left to mark the utter destruction. It had been to Lord Admiral Proudmoore's
credit that he had not faltered in his resolve, immediately ordering the building of new warships to replace
those destroyed and pushing on with the war.

тАЬAnd, as I stated earlier, we can hardly concern ourselves with that situation now, not with so many
more immediate issues with which to deal.тАЭ

тАЬYou're referring to the Alterac crisis, aren't you?тАЭ rumbled the bearded mage. тАЬWhy should the
continued sniping of Lordaeron and Stromgarde worry us more than Deathwing's possible return?тАЭ

тАЬBecause now Gilneas has thrown its weight into the situation.тАЭ

Again the other mages stirred, even the unspeaking sixth. The slightly corpulent shade moved a step
toward the elven form. тАЬOf what interest is the bickering of the other two kingdoms over that sorry piece
of land to Genn Greymane? Gilneas is at the tip of the southern peninsula, as far away in the Alliance as
any other kingdom is from Alterac!тАЭ

тАЬYou have to ask? Greymane has always sought the leadership of the Alliance, even though he held
back his armies until the orcs finally attacked his own borders. The only reason he ever encouraged King
Terenas of Lordaeron to action was to weaken Lordaeron's military might. Now Terenas maintains his
hold on the Alliance leadership mostly because of our work and Admiral Proudmoore's open support.тАЭ

Alterac and Stromgarde were neighboring kingdoms that had been at odds since the first days of the
war. Thoras Trollbane had thrown the full might of Stromgarde behind the Lordaeron Alliance. With
Khaz Modan as its neighbor, it had only made sense for the mountainous kingdom to support a united
action. None could argue with the determination of Trollbane's warriors, either. If not for them, the orcs
would have overrun much of the Alliance during the first weeks of the war, certainly promising a different
and highly grim outcome overall.

Alterac, on the other hand, while speaking much of the courage and righteousness of the cause, had not
been so forthcoming with its own troops. Like Gilneas, it had provided only token support; but, where
Genn Greymane had held back out of ambition, Lord Perenolde, so it had been rumored, had done so
because of fear. Even among the Kirin Tor it had early on been asked whether Perenolde had thought to