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After Arthas leaves LordaeronA Kingdom Beneath the Ruins
Sylvanas refused to trade the Lich King’s control for the dreadlords’ authority. After defeating Varimathras, she accepted his offer to serve her and reveal his brothers’ positions. Survival made him useful, but did not make him trustworthy.
The fall of Detheroc freed Garithos and his human soldiers from demonic control. Sylvanas enlisted their help against Balnazzar by promising the return of their lands. Once the capital was secured, she instead ordered Varimathras to kill Garithos.
The victory gave the Forsaken a stronghold in Undercity. Their independence had been won through alliances they were willing to break. Lordaeron’s former capital now sheltered an undead power pursuing its own future.
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An Uneasy Place in the Horde
Freedom from the Scourge did not make the Forsaken welcome among the living. They needed allies who could see a reason to deal with them, even when trust was scarce. Tauren support helped open the way to Thrall and the Horde.
The agreement offered protection to Sylvanas’s people and an eastern foothold to their allies. It also brought a community driven by vengeance into a coalition whose members did not share all of its purposes.
Beneath Undercity, the Royal Apothecary Society pursued a plague that could strike the undead. Its experiments showed the dangers beneath that uneasy alliance.
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