Grim Views

Redgrave sighed. "I wondered if they bothered recounting such things in Silvermoon, or if history was restricted to Dalaran and--" She caught herself before concluding that sentence. "He was on the Council of Six. He had a curious sort of obsession with orcs after the Second War, but ...

"En route elsewhere," Redgrave repeated to herself, her tone heavy with curiosity. "Someplace special. We can go sit by the Memorial. It is open, but usually quiet," she said. "You know the story of Antonidas?" the woman asked as she stepped past Laeynna, a good deal of...

"As a mage interested in the Kirin Tor, absolutely. Quite hopeless," Redgrave said with an amused chuckle. Somehow, the revelation of Laeynna's shortcomings seemed to put the human more at ease, though not entirely so. She glanced around the room as though looking for something, then nodde...

Admitted.

Suspicion flickered across Redgrave's face again. Then she smirked and held out her empty hand as though she were holding something. A glass of water shimmered into existence in her hand. "You won't have trouble joining the Kirin Tor as a blood elf. You might have trouble joining the Kirin Tor ...

Laeynna's compliments had the effect of raising Redgrave's hackles, provoking her suspicion. The human woman stared at the elf across from her for a cold silence, but after a drawn out pause, she softened again, giving Laeynna a sad smile. "Thank you," Redgrave said, accepting. "And t...

Nakhu Skullreaper, Your letter has found those it sought. We should speak further. Assuming you have accompanied the war effort, I can be found in Dazar'alor at the Royal Meat Rack by the sixth bell tomorrow evening. Magister Qabian Grimfire High Inquisitor of the Grim ((If you can make Wednesday, N...

Redgrave's hard expression softened somewhat. "Aethas made his return and the Council's vote to allow it was unanimous. Your acceptance is practically a given. Before Theramore, the blood elves' membership was practically unquestioned, despite your prince's fall. We've lost many mages over mill...

Redgrave frowned, then sighed. "Kael'thas, Jaina, Aethas. They all played their parts in pushing the blood elves away from the Kirin Tor. They never entirely succeeded, but they certainly had varying degrees of success. Noraline would have..." She put the notebook down, then fixed her glas...

Redgrave was quiet, staring intently down at the notebook as Laeynna spoke, and she stayed silent for a pause after. When she finally broke her silence, Redgrave said, "You could have put these in a box and sent them in the mail, but you wanted to meet me? In person? Because of how she spoke of...

Redgrave kept her eyes behind her glasses narrowed in suspicion at Laeynna, but as the older woman approached the tabard and notebook, her expression lightened to curiosity as she touched the fabric. The tabard was old, the shades of the colors used and the edging of the symbol were of a style not u...

Admitted.

Redgrave stopped in her pacing and looked up, adjusting her glasses as the door opened. "Rani Goldheart," the guard announced. Redgrave smiled at the blood elf's arrival, and the smile was honest but wary. Her gray hair was bound to her head in a tight bun that pulled at her temples, and h...

Redgrave learned a little more from the Kirin Tor in the city about the petitioner who had used Paleheart's name. The easiest thing seemed to leave a note that arranged a meeting in the Citadel proper, rather than track them down herself. If they wanted help from the Kirin Tor, Redgrave still had al...

Qabian frowned as he read over Oralech's report, and not because it deviated from the expected way of things. Almost every word Oralech ever said, at least when it had nothing to do with Umbral, hit far too close to home for Qabian, and the report he held exemplified that. Qabian sighed, but when he...