By summoning werewolves to resist the Scourge, Gilneas planted the seeds of future disaster for the kingdom.
In the original timeline, King Genn stubbornly refused Lordaeron's request for aid, continuing to close the kingdom's borders. After the werewolf curse spread uncontrollably, the people began to panic and tried to escape the high walls.
Darius Crowley, a great noble of the kingdom, was even more disappointed with the aloof king. He openly launched a mutiny, attacking Greymane Manor in Gilneas City, declaring that he would overthrow Genn's tyranny and end the closed-door policy to save Gilneas.
Gilneas was beset by internal and external troubles, teetering on the brink of collapse. After the fall of the kingdom, they fled to Darnassus. Genn, in his fifties or sixties, had to struggle for the future of his country after experiencing the pain of losing his son, rejoining the Alliance and depending on the Stormwind Kingdom...
Those who pursue isolationist policies never end well.
Remaining stagnant and isolated leads to being beaten.
Galen always took this as a warning, making friends all over the world, even forming alliances with aliens.
He perfectly demonstrated the saying, 'More friends, more paths!'
In this timeline, Prince Liam is Galen's little fanboy, deeply influenced by Galen, and has always firmly opposed his father's policies.
Under Galen's influence, the prince, with troops in hand, is even more assertive than in the original timeline. He not only became the most dazzling figure in Gilneas during the Scourge invasion, but also directly opened the city gates, rescuing a portion of the refugees in northern Silverpine Forest.
Liam gained immense prestige in the army and among the people. He also has a close relationship with Lorna Crowley, and has won the support of many lords in Gilneas.
The excellent heir made Genn's thoughts waver, and he chose to send envoys to participate in the Alliance meeting.
"Regarding the matter of sending troops, Stromgarde has already dispatched two legions. Currently, our General Danath is stationed in Tarren Mill to prevent those bone racks from entering the Hillsbrad region."
Thoras had received Galen's letter when the Lordaeron crisis occurred and immediately sent the Stromgarde First Legion and the Knights.
"We will continue to increase our forces, with an expected total strength of 100,000! However, the main force of the undead Scourge is currently moving in an unknown direction, and our key defense area is still in the Hillsbrad region!"
Of course, Thoras's purpose may have been to rescue Lordaeron, but Galen didn't think so. He wanted to seize the entire Hillsbrad region as soon as possible.
Everyone knew that Stromgarde was still rising under Terenas's suppression, but they didn't expect them to be so powerful.
The number of these troops is a bit scary.
They roughly estimated that the population of Stromgarde should exceed one million. If they could really pull out an army of 100,000, plus the domestic garrison, it would be about ten people supporting one soldier.
Lord Vincent, who was originally a little unconvinced that the Alliance's meeting place was chosen in Stromgarde, and Drenden, a Dalaran councilor, instantly lowered their proud heads.
After Thoras finished speaking, Varian continued, "The Stormwind Kingdom's Seventh Legion and the dwarven legions have also gone north and are currently stationed in Burning Wood Village."
Burning Wood Village is land abandoned by Gilneas, but Varian still obtained Liam's consent before stationing troops there.
"The Kul Tiras fleet has already set out and is in the outer sea of Lordaeron!" Daelin closed his eyes to rest, and Derek spoke on behalf of his father.
Calia finally understood Galen's good intentions at this time. If only Stromgarde's army was stationed on the border of Lordaeron, it might be an ambition to annex Lordaeron's land.
Now, not only Stromgarde, but also the dwarves far to the south, the Stormwind Kingdom even further south, and Kul Tiras overseas are all prepared, just waiting for the person in charge of Lordaeron to nod, and they can help them clear the undead!
"Quel'Thalas is rebuilding its home, and there are not many people who can be mobilized. We can only send a magister legion, but we can provide the Alliance army with a batch of magical equipment!" Kael'thas expressed Quel'Thalas's sincerity in rejoining the Alliance.
"Gilneas can dispatch a legion."
Everyone spoke one after another, and a huge army was quickly assembled.
This time, the gathering of troops from various countries was smoother and had fewer obstacles than the one more than ten years ago.
Of course, the more important reason is Galen's layout over the years. With Stromgarde taking the lead, several member states that had long been united around him were very generous.
After everyone had finished speaking, Thoras stood up and said, "Everyone's troops are operating in other places, far from their homeland, and Lordaeron has been ravaged by the undead for almost a thousand miles. Therefore, Stromgarde has decided to bear the grain supply for the Alliance army. As for military equipment, it may depend on our dwarven friends!"
As soon as Thoras finished speaking, the whole place was shocked. Even Galen glanced at his old father. It seemed that his old father also had his own thoughts about the position of leader of the Alliance.
Just like Terenas won the position of leader in those years, he generously covered most of the logistics.
The old father's confidence lies in the batch of farms that Galen built for him, which made him a lot of money. With food in hand, he is not panicked, and he has the confidence to cover the food and grass for the Alliance's army of more than 100,000 people.
Calia stood up and said, "Thank you for your generosity, Your Majesty Thoras."
"Your Majesty Calia, we all understand that the undead Scourge will not stop at Lordaeron. Their goal is all living beings in the world, and their strength and numbers are enough to achieve this goal. If we do not do our best, then our country will be ravaged by death!"
Thoras's voice was powerful and sonorous.
"When we established the Alliance, the covenant allowed us to help each other. Your Majesty Calia, helping you is helping ourselves."
"Your Majesty Thoras, you are an elder, please call me Calia. I have not yet been crowned and am still the princess of Lordaeron." Calia was a little uncomfortable being called Your Majesty by Thoras.
"Okay, Calia, we will attend your coronation ceremony." Thoras glanced at the envoys present. "The future Alliance will still depend on you young people..."
Calia, Varian, Liam, Derek, and Galen...
The meeting continued, and the next thing to be discussed was the choice of commander for this coalition army.
The marshal position that various countries had fought for ten years ago was quickly selected at this second Alliance conference.
Galen!
Passed unanimously!
This is the result of Galen's hard work for more than ten years, jumping up and down, doing one thing one moment and another the next.
For the Stormwind Kingdom, Galen supported the Stormwind Kingdom's restoration from beginning to end and cultivated Varian.
For Kul Tiras, he cooperated in ocean trade, not only sending Derek ships but also saving him from the red dragon's mouth.
He cooperated deeply with the dwarves, and also placed Durin, the Black Iron King, who was also the only human who drank the Bronzebeard and Wildhammer dwarves under the table.
In Lordaeron, he is the undead nemesis, the Ashbringer Angel, and also a veteran in the paladin team.
As for the high elves, Galen was almost Kael'thas' nanny...
Dalaran was destroyed, and Gandalf successfully took the position, and no one objected.
Alliance Grand Marshal, this is what Galen deserves!
The reorganization of the Alliance went smoothly.
In fact, the Alliance had been on the verge of collapse for years.
When the Horde still threatened humanity, Terenas was a good leader and a good logistics manager.
But when the Alliance was victorious, and each nation seized the fruits of victory, the Alliance was no longer the same as before.
When Lothar relinquished his claim to the Arathor Empire, the royal families of the human nations became legitimate!
Terenas used the Alliance as a tool to realize his ambitions, eroding the Kingdom of Alterac and forcing Gilneas to leave.
In the original history, Stromgarde also failed to withstand the construction and maintenance costs of the orc internment camps, and directly collapsed.
With Terenas taking the lead, other nobles followed suit. 'I contributed and sacrificed, now it's time to enjoy the rewards.' This was the mentality of most nobles.
With the birth of a large number of orc slaves, the nobles bought them in large numbers to serve as serfs and mine slaves.
In this situation, the number of orcs increased rather than decreased, which shows their ability to withstand pressure.
The nobles found that there was a surplus of slaves, so they created orc gladiators, and the nobles became obsessed with this bloody entertainment.
If Galen hadn't taken advantage of Terenas dealing with Gilneas and secretly formed a small group with the dwarves, Kul Tiras, and the Kingdom of Stormwind, the Alliance's military preparedness would have long been relaxed.
This time, the Alliance was successfully reorganized, with Quel'Thalas and Gilneas returning.
Galen's years of management were certainly an important factor, but the existence of the external enemy, the Scourge, also played a large part.
Among them, Lordaeron, Dalaran, and Quel'Thalas had already regarded the Scourge as mortal enemies, and Magni and Brann were full of anger and wanted to seek justice from Arthas for their brother.
The other nations, because the Scourge had successively destroyed Lordaeron and Dalaran, made their leaders feel that the threat of the undead was no less than that of the former Horde.
Therefore, Stromgarde, relying on Galen's years of management and a little coordination, naturally became the leading big brother.
Of course, there were definitely those who were not convinced.
King Genn Greymane, with his arrogant spirit, had been thinking about the position of leader for more than ten years.
The Kingdom of Gilneas used to be the third largest human nation, second only to the Kingdom of Lordaeron and the Kingdom of Azeroth.
The orc invasion led to the destruction of the Kingdom of Azeroth.
Although the Wrynn family later re-established the Kingdom of Stormwind, its national strength was no longer comparable to before.
If it weren't for the Kingdom of Alterac, which was about to be downgraded to a duchy, the Kingdom of Stormwind would have been at the bottom.
Gilneas, which had risen to second place, felt that it was capable again, so it had the idea of competing with Lordaeron for the position of leader, but unfortunately, Lordaeron crushed it in all aspects, whether it was land area, total population, or the political ability of the king.
The Kingdom of Gilneas failed and withdrew from the Alliance.
Now that the first-ranked Lordaeron has also suffered a disaster, shouldn't I be the first now?
Hey, as a result, Stromgarde, which had been silently in fourth place for ten thousand years, has become the boss...
Genn was speechless and couldn't afford to lose face, so Liam became the envoy to this Alliance conference.
Let you play the isolation policy, let you close the country.
See who will play with you?
Although Galen became the Supreme Commander of the Alliance, it was impossible for him to sit in the command headquarters.
I, Galen, don't need oars to row, I rely entirely on the waves.
You want me to be bound to the army command headquarters?
Impossible, it's impossible in this lifetime.
Turalyon once again became the adjutant of the Supreme Commander, while Liam and Varian were appointed as lieutenant generals of the army, and Daelin Proudmoore was appointed as vice admiral of the navy.
Daelin and a group of Alliance veterans were stationed in the rear and joined the newly established Alliance General Staff.
Galen shook his hands, delegated power, and became a hands-off shopkeeper, feeling relaxed.
Soon, the Shadowblades brought intelligence that the main force of the Scourge had left the Isle of Quel'Danas, crossed the central part of Silverpine Forest, and disappeared on the west coast!
The General Staff did not have more information and did not know that Arthas was leading the main force of the Scourge to various places.
Galen knew that the Scourge was going to bring disaster to the Nightborne.
That's another city-state that engages in seclusion and isolation, sealing off the border for ten thousand years, and the key is that they are all arrogant...
Galen remembered the famous saying of Grand Magistrix Elisande of Suramar:
"Kaldorei? You defile our glorious history, hiding in the forests pretending to be pious. You are as barbaric as the trolls in the forest!"
"Quel'dorei? A group of nouveau riche who have married into inferior races have diluted your bloodline. You are not worthy of the name High Elf!"
"Sin'dorei? Of all the elves, I thought only you could understand everything I do to save our people, but you have colluded with useless freaks!"
"You have all degraded your noble bloodline, you have all forgotten our innate ancient power!"
Listen, listen, this level of arrogance can't be found anywhere else...
However, Galen would not reveal the deal between Arthas and himself.
Therefore, facing the veterans of the General Staff and the generals of the Alliance, Galen chose some information, changed the language a bit, and added some artistic statements: "Everyone, the main force of the Scourge has temporarily left the Eastern Kingdoms.
According to the intelligence we just obtained from our allies on Azeroth, the Scourge is actually a pawn of the Burning Legion!"
Everyone knew that Galen had colonies on Azeroth, especially Kul Tiras, which had frequent trade with Galenport.
As soon as this news came out, the generals of the Alliance were stunned...
The Burning Legion's ambition to destroy us will never die!
After the orcs were defeated, the truth behind their invasion came to light. It was the Burning Legion that used them, driving the orcs to become the vanguard to invade Azeroth and consume the world's living forces.
One wave has not subsided, and another wave has risen. After the orc invasion, the Scourge came!
"Is it Kil'jaeden again?"
Kael'thas's reaction was the greatest. The high elves were the force among the Alliance that knew the most about the Burning Legion.
"That's right, it's this great demon." Galen paused for a moment, then said: "The Lich King, the leader of the Scourge, was created by Kil'jaeden."
"But this time is different from ten years ago.
The Scourge's westward journey this time has an unknown purpose, but according to my guess, they must want to summon a commander of the Scourge to our world!"
"The Scourge is our greatest enemy at the moment, so our focus is still on eliminating the undead in Lordaeron!"
Galen's statement was unanimously approved by the Alliance generals, after all, this was an imminent crisis.
"Although Archimonde's most likely course of action after arriving is to seek trouble with the night elves, we must also pay attention to the situation on Azeroth. This is a figure who transcends demigods; one mistake and the entire Azeroth will be destroyed."
Galen signaled Kael'thas to recount the story of how the night elves defeated the Burning Legion in the ancient War of the Ancients ten thousand years ago.
Ten thousand years ago, when the night elves were thriving, humans were still living in tribal forms; they were practically toddlers.
The Alliance generals had their eyes opened today.
They originally thought the Alliance was incredibly powerful, but it turned out they were only so-so in the Eastern Kingdoms, and just average in the entire Azeroth.
"Therefore, everyone."
Galen slapped the table, drawing their attention back from the story.
"Write letters back to your respective nations and send more troops. The night elves have already sent a request to my colony for a joint effort against the Burning Legion. It concerns the survival of the entire world, and we cannot stand idly by."
"But Galen, the night elves didn't give us any help when the orcs invaded, and they still didn't help us when the undead Scourge ravaged the land. Why should we help them?"
Whose foolish statement was that?
Galen turned his head to look; it was the youngest Prince Liam.
Galen patted him on the shoulder: "Young man, broaden your horizons. Only the weak need to seek help from other forces. Our Alliance is not weak. We can handle the orcs, and we can destroy the undead. Be broad-minded; this is the heart of a strong person."
Gilneas was ultimately small-minded.
Seek help from the night elves?
One earns face oneself!
Galen had been neighbors with them in Kalimdor for over a decade. Had you ever seen them pay attention to the Argent Crusade?
If it weren't for Aegwynn, the Guardian, having some influence in Azeroth's top-tier power circle, and if it weren't for the contingency plan he had laid in ancient times, with Ancagalon impersonating him, his "ungrateful disciple" would probably have driven the then-weak Argent Crusade out of Kalimdor long ago.
Oh dear, thinking about it still makes me angry. I must find a chance to beat up Fandral again next time!
Galen's words were greatly approved by Varian, who patted his chest and said: "Stormwind can squeeze out another legion. As long as you say the word, Galen, we will set sail from Stormwind Harbor immediately!"
King Llane and Sir Lothar had long given Varian authority. Recently, the jungle trolls in the south seemed to have internal strife, and the Kingdom of Stormwind had no battles, so he directly responded to Galen.
After Varian finished speaking, Daelin also chimed in: "The main force of the undead has left Lordaeron, and we don't need our fleet for the time being. Our fleet can transport the Alliance warriors to Azeroth!"
"Muradin can't spare any troops, but we Wildhammer and Dark Iron can form a dwarf legion. High Tinker, would you like to come along? Shall we go to Kalimdor to see the sights?"
Brann teased High Tinker Mekkatorque. It was said that this High Tinker had been researching some kind of humanoid mech recently, and he almost never left his house. Magni found it difficult to see him. If it weren't for Galen's great influence, he wouldn't have come to Stromgarde to attend the Alliance meeting.
With Galen's help, the gnomes successfully overcame the trogg crisis. The past decade in the Eastern Kingdoms had made many human nobles indulge in extravagance, but Gnomeregan had shone with brilliant technological light.
Among them, the High Tinker was a leader.
Gelbin invented the mechanical strider, which revolutionized the way gnomes traveled the world.
Not only that, but the High Tinker continued his work. His inventions poured out like a spring, such as miniature regulators, repair robots, mine railway charts, and even, using Galen's steam tank as a prototype, improved siege vehicles with greater power.
Furthermore, he drew inspiration from tanks and aircraft, trying to create a mechanical weapon that could give gnomes powerful combat capabilities!
The big-mouthed Brann directly revealed the High Tinker's invention, which caught Galen's attention.
Mechs, the romance of men!
"High Tinker, if you want to seek technological breakthroughs, perhaps going to Azeroth could bring some progress!"
Galen's words were true. In the Argent Crusade fortress in the Golden Plains, there was Galen's most important research team.
Aegwynn was building Skyhold, and the engineers of the War Research Institute, together with goblins and gnomes, were developing aerial warships. This thing was not too difficult, so when he was free, Galen also added tasks for Gazlowe and Thermaplugg: mechs!
The draenei soul constructs he brought back from Draenor, the Arakkoa Empire's potent constructs, and the Burning Legion's fel mechs all had valuable reference value, and he believed that the High Tinker would be able to design his combat mech soon!
The damned goblins, the things they made simply didn't meet Galen's aesthetics, and although Thermaplugg's talent was also excellent, he was still a bit inferior compared to Mekkatorque.
In the end, those who chose to go to Kalimdor were the Kingdom of Stormwind, Kul Tiras, the Wildhammer dwarves, the Dark Iron dwarves, and the gnomes. The other members couldn't spare any extra troops; they had to fully clear the undead.
In fact, with the current combat power of the Argent Crusade, they could completely take on all the night elves' auxiliary forces, but he preferred to fly with teammates.
Currently, the hardest-hit area for the undead was Lordaeron City, where a large number of dead were awakened by Scourge necromancers every day and then controlled by the Lich King.
The undead in Eastweald and Westweald still eyed the surviving villages and towns covetously.
Tirisfal Glades was the responsibility of Turalyon, who led the Kingdom of Stormwind, Gilneas, Stromgarde, the dwarven council, and the remnants of Lordaeron's army to press on the border. This would not only boost the morale of the refugees in Hope's End and the Church of the Holy Light, but also create a deterrent to the lords with ulterior motives.
In the north, Quel'Thalas's Sunfury Regiment cleared the undead within the country, while the Sunreaver Regiment, together with Tirion in Stratholme, opened the road to Light's Hope Chapel.
As long as the east and west were connected, the Alliance forces in this area could be linked together and no longer act independently.
Westweald was the sole responsibility of Stromgarde. Danath, who was in his prime, was a fierce general, and Galen directly burdened him with the task of leading two Stromgarde legions and cooperating with Tyran of Hearthglen to jointly recover Andorhal.
Just in case, Galen also had Nefarian send Sabellian to disguise himself as the leader of the clergy in the Kingdom of Alterac to support them.
After formulating a plan for the entire territory of Lordaeron, Galen arranged for himself a task of scouting the lost main force of the undead Scourge and contacting the night elves, and began to slack off in a justified manner.
In the days that followed, Galen was Galen Trollbane in the Eastern Kingdoms, the Grand Marshal of the Alliance.
In Kalimdor, he was Galen'Remar, the legendary hero of the night elves, the Grand Lord of Eldre'Thalas.
The connection of the two identities directly led to the conclusion of an alliance. The night elves and the Alliance had their first contact in official records.