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Chapter 1656: Jarod Shadowsong

The Night Elves were the main force behind getting rid of the isnects in the War of the Shifting Sands . A large number of Night Elf soldiers laid dead on this piece of land . The yellow sand of the Silithus desert was still stained red from the bloodshed .

The insects rushed out of the wall again and were met with a thousand years of built-up hatred .

Now, with the addition of the Night Elf army, there was an immense decrease of pressure on the players . Lu Li stopped a sentry, saying, “Dear warrior, thank you for your help . As you see, I’m also an Elf . My name is Lu Li . I would like to pay a visit to the highest commander of your army . May I please ask which general is leading the army this time?”

The sentry gave Lu Li a look that said he didn’t plan to pay attention these adventurers .

However, this one look changed his attention .

“In front of yourself, how can I be considered as a brave warrior? Under your command, Honourable Lu Li, you and your troops have bought us time to gather,” the sentry replied with great admiration . He was a Night Elf sentry . This race was immensely prideful in and of themselves . Not to mention, they were one of the best armies in Azeroth . As such, they would never put themselves in comparison with a mob of adventurers .

However, Lu Li was different . He had accomplished many First Clears with his command of his teammates .

What made the sentry even more impressed was that Lu Li’s command of what he saw as a motley crew had actually blocked the advancement of the insects . Moreover, he had maintained it for over 10 hours .

They, as the reinforcements, were so slow because there was another battle that had occurred before this one .

They had to resolve that battle before rushing over here . They thought that all of Silithus was going to be lost . The insect army was spread across the plains . No one thought that they would be stopped by a motley crew led by this Elven commander in front of him .

He truly proved himself to be from the Elf race .

“The insects were bound to be destroyed regardless . Can you please introduce me to your Honourable Commander?” Lu Li asked .

“Of course . Please follow me,” this sentry said as he greeted to a fellow companion, then brought Lu Li towards the back .

As he walked, he gave Lu Li an introduction commander of the army . As such, Lu Li came to know that the commander this time was called Jarod Shadowsong . He was ordered to command a defensive quest against the insects . He led 5000 Night Elf sentries in addition to 100 Priestesses of the Moon .

This small number was not to be underestimated; the Night Elves as individuals were quite strong .

Even millions of players would not necessarily win against a Night Elf army of 100, not to mention, there were another 100 Priestesses of the Moon .

Lu Li wasn’t surprised by the scale of the sentinel troops . What Lu Li was surprised about was that Jarod Shadowsong was the one responsible for leading the troops .

Some people weren’t sure who Jarod Shadowsong was, but from his surname, people would think of someone else . Someone who sought revenge and was a Warder of Illidan and the Outlands – Maiev Shadowsong . They were siblings .

Now at this point, you might think that we need to trace back to the aristocratic lineage of the Shadowsong family name . But if you thought that, then that would be a big mistake .

In reality, when the last ancient war erupted, Jarod Shadowsong had already been promoted to the rank of Captain of the Sumara Guard, while his sister had also become a senior member of the Elune Sisterhood . The Shadowsong family didn’t have any aristocratic blood, but the brother and sister earned their final positions though their own talents and hard work .

In order to prevent a possible invasion, Jarod Shadowsong was patrolling the land of the Night Elves when he successfully captured Krasus the phantom dragon and threw him into jail .

Then, who was Krasus?

He was a Red Dragon who was originally called Claustraz, and his human form name was Krasus . As the youngest partner of Queen Alexstrasza, Claustraz was a rare magic genius out of the Red Dragons . Since he was young, he had already started to study the human race’s way of doing things . Through using his transformation abilities, Claustraz would often mix into these races without any notice .

A special type of both strange and strong phenomenon occurred to Krasus which prevented him from returning to his dragon form and made him very weak .

Under the successful persuasion of Krasus, Jarod Shadowsong was worried as to whether he would die before the hearing . As such, Jarod looked for a priestess from Elune to see if his illness could be cured .

He coincidentally bumped into Tyrande Whisperwind, who agreed to lend a helping hand .

Tyrande Whisperwind cured Krasus’ illness . Hence, Krasus agreed to help Tyrande’s husband, Malfurion Stormrage, who had fallen into the Emerald Dream .

At the time, the Night Elf Commander in charge of fighting back the Burning Legion, Kotalus Rafincrest, witnessed how dedicated Jarod Shadowsong had been . He decided to give Jarod the battle-hardened sentinel troops to command .

Jarod and his sentries’ quest was to protect the four strongest casters of the Night Elf army – Malfurion Stormrage, Illidan Stormrage, Rhonin, and Krasus .

With their efforts, the demi-god of the Groves, Cenarius, appeared . Jarod Shadowsong couldn’t hide his surprise towards this . Cenarius called Malfurion’s soul back from the Emerald Dream . Malfurion recovered quickly after his soul had returned to his body .

Jarod Shadowsong, Krasus, Malfurion and Tyrande established their friendship based on this incident .

Malfurion and Krasus left the Night Elf army in the end to search for other dragons and to ask them to band together against the Burning Legion .

Even though Jarod Shadowsong couldn’t stop these two Mages from leaving, Kotalus Rafincrest still couldn’t bear blaming him .

After that, Kotalus Rafincrest angered Queen Azshara with his strong leadership over the Night Elf army . She instructed Captain Varo’then to eliminate this aristocratic family . The assassination was successful, and Desdale Stareye became the new leader of the Night Elf army .

Unfortunately, Desdale Stareye lacked tactical literacy .

The invading demons pretended to retreat then suddenly attack from the sky above and caught the Night Elves off guard . Desdale Stareye was horrified to see the demons pouring boiling red liquid onto the heads of the Night Elf army . Hundreds of Night Elves were killed and even more died .

When Jarod Shadowsong asked Desdale Stareye what the next course of action was, this terrified aristocrat didn’t have any reply .

Jarod Shadowsong then suddenly found another team of demons circling the sky above Desdale Stareye, and tried to persuade him to take action . However, Desdale Stareye viewed Jarod Shadowsong’s suggestion with anger and threatened to throw him into jail if he didn’t move out the way .

Jarod Shadowsong was driven away .

The demons poured containers of boiling liquid which gushed down onto Desdale Stareye and his companions . Stareye died on the spot . His face was corroded to a point beyond recognition .

After Stareye died, the rest of the aristocrats were divided among the army’s new tactical strategies . Jarod Shadowsong was forced to fill in the blank spot of a substitute leader . His intuition and natural leadership of the battlefield situation soon made him the new commander of the Night Elf army . The aristocrats all listened carefully to his command .

Jarod Shadowsong was full of doubt regarding his purpose towards this battle, but he received a big surprise very quickly .

Cenarius sent a large numbe rof demi-gods into the Night Elf army whilst agreeing to be under Jarod Shadowsong’s command .

With the demi-god’s approval, Jarod Shadowsong established an unprecedented prestige among the sentinel troops .

Just as Jarod Shadowsong was organising the Night Elves to turn the tables, he got the attention of the demon king, Archimonde . He was very disappointed that he didn’t see Malfurion Stormrage on the battlefield, so he decided to turn all this rage onto Jarod Shadowsong .

Archimonde believed that the Burning Legion’s victory was irreversible, so he was not at a rush . He was psychopathically teasing Jarod Shadowsong – slowly killing him . It was very likely that Archimonde was looking forward to the eventual defeat of Jarod Shadowsong’s iron will .

Before Jarod’s untreated dire wounds, Malfurion Stormrage and Illidan Stormrage combined their magic for the Well of Eternity .

All the demons, including Archimonde, were sucked into the Well of Eternity . They howled in rage and were thrown back into the Twisting Nether .

A great disaster created a new sea . The turbulent sea water chased the Night Elves onto Mount Hyjal .

Everyone else was burned to death, other than Jarod, who only suffered mild burns . With the help of Malfurion, Jarod and the other caught Illidan .

Jarod Shadowsong got Malfurion Stormrage to decide how to punish his younger brother, Illidan, who recklessly ignored the consequences of his actions .

Malfurion locked Illidan into jail for 10, 000 years .

As an unwilling commander, Jarod was grateful for the end of the battle . He dissolved this assembled army, and worked as a manager for a period of time . However, he never wanted to become a leader . He slowly asked more and more visitors to go find a new High Priestess of the Moon – Tyrande Whisperwind .

She was using wisdom and compassion to treat wounds after the war .

At this time, Tyrande had established a new Night Elf army, called Sentry . Jarod was behind the scenes on purpose as he believed he wasn’t a hero, and didn’t plan for other people to think the same .

One day, he suddenly disappeared, and only took a few personal items with him . He didn’t say where he went, nor did he say goodbye to anyone .

Ten thousand years later, the Sacred War of Mount Hyjal erupted . The Night Elves lost their eternal lives and started to face the trouble of old-age deaths . At this time, Jarod brought his ill wife, Sarah Hill, back to Darnassus in hope of finding a cure for her . However, the disease had seeped into her bones, and Sarah Hill passed away .

At the same time, one of the only alive high-level elves, Sindra, returned to the Night Elf community, and also brought back some inherited magic . However, this brought the hatred of Maiev Shadowsong who had returned from the Outland . She and her subordinate wardens started arranging an elaborate series of assassination operations aimed at the high-level elves . They had even kidnapped Malfurion .

Through his nimble observation skills and superb willpower, Jarod Shadowsong exposed his sister’s plot, but was almost killed by the psychotic Maiev .

With the help of Edric the Worgen, Jarod Shadwosong released Malfurion, and joined forced to defeat Maiev which forced her to run back to the Outlands .

He was a legend of the Night Elves . He was an old Elf in the minority that could be compared with Tyrande and Malfurion . Under normal circumstances, he as someone withdrawn from society, would not usually take on the commanding role and lead the sentinel troops .

However, Lu Li thought about it a little bit and understood everything .

Malfurion was still asleep in the Emerald Dream . Not long ago, the Nightmare Master tried to invade the world and destroy Malfurion’s physical body . There was of course no way that Tyrande would have left there . The other Night Elf elders, for example Staghelm and co . , had already lost his son in the War of the Shifting Sands and would no longer be able to return to command against the insects . Shandris was still not qualified to face up against this once-considered great race on his own .

In the end, Tyrande still called upon Jarod Shadowsong, the old veteran .

If you had to speak of the oldest living commander alive, then Jarod Shadowsong would no doubt be it . Lu Li, who was also considered as a professional commander, knew who this ancient epic name for sure .

Once he heard that the one in charge of this sentinel troop was this senior, he nearly couldn’t believe what he had heard .

“It’s just up ahead . I still have a battle mission, so I won’t go over with you . ”

The sentry brought Lu Li to a massive tree house, then realised that he had left his post without permission and left Lu Li in a hurry .

Lu Li exclaimed with admiration at the ancient towering tree deeply rooted in the desert in front of him .

It only took him a few minutes to walk from the front .

Following the location of the tree branches, a huge wooden ladder coiled around the branches, and finally was hidden from view .

It was the plant manipulation magic used by the Night Elves .

No wonder a pre-command post could be built in such a short amount of time . Many sentries took on new quests and ran up and down the wooden ladder . They then took off on a group of Nightsaber Mounts under the tree .

The two soldiers on patrol stopped Lu Li .

Lu Li announced his name and was released immediately/

“Ah so it’s Your Excellency Lu Li . His Excellency Jarod Shadowsong has been waiting for you . ”

Following the wooden ladder, Lu Li saw this epic figure of the Night Elves on the very top of the command post .

He looked different from Tyrande, who looked ever-young . This Elf of the same generation exhibited a very obvious old age, which could be first seen by his head of white hair, as well as a face full of wrinkles that reflected the marks left by the passage of time .

It wasn’t that type of handsome silver white, but instead a very aged plain white .

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