Azeroth Shadow of the Moon

After the formation of the new continent of Kalimdor, since the world tree Nordrassil was planted on the holy mountain of Hyjal, the range of activities of the night elves was mainly concentrated in the northern part of the continent, around the world tree.

Including Moonlight Town under Andrea's command, the farthest they have ever entered is the Barrens, and it is also to abduct Kodo beasts. The area explored by the raptor druids is mainly the northern continent.

In recent years, the northern part of the continent has become increasingly unsettled. Certain creatures that have been lurking since the end of the War of the Ancients finally began to be unable to contain the restlessness in their hearts.

At the request of Shandris, Andrea sent some scouts to Felwood Forest, trying to find the lair of twisted creatures that attacked Felwood—Sarty.

Satyr is a strange creature that intervenes between demons and mortals. They were originally the high elves of the Night Empire. Xavius, the chief advisor of Queen Azshara, is the source of Satyr.

After being killed by Malfurion for the first time, Xavius ​​willingly accepted the infusion of Sargeras' fel energy for revenge, and he did not hesitate to change his life form and resurrect him.

The semi-demonic creature like Satyr was born from then on. Under the temptation of Xavius, many highborne who worshiped the powerful power of the Burning Legion followed suit.

After expelling the Burning Legion from Azeroth, Satyr was not exiled from the world like other demons because he possessed half of the characteristics of native creatures, but lurked and waited for the opportunity.

More than 200 years ago, Felwood was occasionally attacked by them.

During these 200 years, due to the long-term garrison of Shandris' sentry troops, Sartre's covert actions were greatly restricted, and finally began to show his feet recently.

The change in Felwood Forest involved a lot of Andrea's energy, which directly slowed down his exploration of the south of Kalimdor.

Because the Naval Shipyard built the first type of ship that sails solely on sail power, Andrea took this opportunity to prepare to continue her planned plan-going south.

The large number of wyverns and ferocious wild animals inhabiting Stonetalon Mountains will pose a great hindrance to the exploration team if proceeding by land.

There are no such problems in the sea route. As long as the naga and murlocs infesting the coast are well prepared in advance, offshore navigation will not be difficult for the well-trained navy of Moon Night Town.

The newly created Marine Corps includes various arms such as Arcanist, Ranger, Druid, Warrior and Priest.

These elites who received strict training landed on the west coast of Mashanxi, and immediately established a forward base. After getting in touch with the local tauren, the arcanists sent back the first-hand information of the front through teleportation magic.

"Ma Shanxi..."

Andrea raised her head in a daze and thought for a while, 'Is it the original name of Desolace? Speaking of which, the Kalimdor tauren did live in Desolace for a long time before the centaurs destroyed their homeland. '

The name Mashanxi was named by the tauren in their own language, which translates to "Embrace of Mother Earth".

The current Mashanxi is still a green and fertile prairie, where a large number of tauren of the Linti clan live scatteredly, living a leisurely grazing life.

During the process of forming Val'shara's new world tree Sarah Dasher, Cenarius also gradually got rid of the guilt after the war, and began to wander in the wilderness again.

The tauren of the Woodshoe clan stayed on the Kalimdor continent in order to get closer to Cenarius and hope to get more guidance from him.

Cenarius, who has a gentle temperament and is good as a teacher, will naturally not refuse their overtures. In recent years, he has gone to Marshanxi to live with the tauren from time to time, guiding them to embrace the way of nature.

Due to their own devout belief in Mother Earth, the tauren embrace nature differently from the night elves.

Combining their own beliefs and customs, the tauren strive to perfect the original shaman teachings. Shaman, a brand-new combat job that relies on soul communication elements, gradually matures from primitive to mature.

Because of Tyrande's autistic foreign policy, the tauren have not had contact with the night elves for many years since the end of the War of the Ancients.

The tauren are short-lived species, and they do not have the blessing of eternal life like the night elves. The veterans who participated in the war have long since passed away, but their glorious experiences and knowledge have been recorded on the totem pole by these older generations, and passed down from generation to generation. down.

Andrea's main purpose of sending the fleet south was not for the area called Mashanxi today. Contacting the tauren was only a part of his plan.

Today's Kalimdor tauren are still dominated by the Woodshoe Clan, but thanks to the fertile pastures of Ma Shanxi, a large number of small and medium-sized clans under the Woodshoe Clan have excellent development opportunities.

The peace-loving and kind-hearted tauren seldom have internal strife. At least Andrea can see the happy atmosphere among the tauren when he meets the chief of the Woodshoe clan.

"Your Excellency Moon Shadow, I am very glad to meet you. I have read about your heroic deeds from the totem records left by our ancestors."

The current tauren chieftain of Kalimdor, Brokenhorn Woodshoe warmly welcomed Andrea's arrival.

This great chief named Broken Horn really lived up to his name. The left horn of his two horns was broken from it. It is not known whether it was formed congenitally or caused by an acquired injury.

Andrea politely returned the salute to Broken Horn, "Chief Woodshoe, thank you for your enthusiastic assistance to the expedition."

The end point of the expedition team's trip was the Feralas Valley in the south of Mashanxi, and the final goal was the hidden city of the night elves in the middle of Feralas - Elesalas.

But coming all the way from the west coast of Ashenvale, Andrea didn't intend to go straight to the target in a daze, and there were some other things to deal with along the way.

One of them is to win over the Kalimdor tauren and establish a good cooperative relationship with this honest and extremely combative race.

Regardless of the mild temper of the tauren, Andrea, who has personally experienced the battle of the ancients, knows very well what kind of fighting power these simple and honest tauren will explode once their lives are threatened.

Mashanxi covers a very vast area. The central and northern part is a flat and endless prairie. The tauren mainly live in this natural grassland.

There are often naga attacks near the western coastline. The peace-loving tauren are unwilling to have unnecessary disputes with the naga, and voluntarily gave up the territory near the coastline.

The coastal area that the tauren don't want is an important transit port for Moon Night Town, which has a navy.

Andrea politely asked Chief Broken Horn for advice, and received the great chief's gracious permission.

The coastline in the west of Mashanxi was handed over to Andrea's forces by Chief Brokenhorn. The tauren can use this sea trade line to exchange the goods they need with the night elves, and the night elves have also obtained an important transit in Mashanxi. Port, it's a win-win deal.

After negotiating with the Great Chief of the Broken Horn, the expedition team continued to head south by boat after a little repair, and the follow-up contact work was handed over by Andrea to the administrative officials headed by Markle.

According to the map of Kalimdor in Andrea's memory, after leaving Mashanxi where the tauren lived, the entire western coast of Kalimdor left only the last area suitable for establishing a coastal base - Feralas.

And this is also the final destination of the Moon Night Town expedition team's southward exploration.