Tyrande Whisperwind noticed that something was wrong, very wrong. From the news that her daughter just bought in, it seems that they will be facing an unknown yet powerful enemy. The keyword being unknown. Tyrande did not like to be left guessing about anything, she's wise enough to understand that in order to defeat a foe is to understand them.

Upon knowing the condition, Tyrande had immediately sent reinforcements to aid Shandris, shipping out both warriors and supplies and even a handful of the priestesses who are adept at healing skills all the way north. Yet she doubted that it would be enough. She would try to speak with her husband later, to see if he could do something about it with his druids.

"Priestess Tyrande" a voice cut her off from her thoughts, startled she turned to face one of her aides, who was kneeling on one knee. "What is it?" she asked after boding her to rise.

"General Shandris wishes to speak with you."

"Very well" Tyrande replied as she followed her aide into a room, her long white priestess robe fluttering as she paced, inside the room Shandris' face was displayed on a screen of mist. No doubt using magic.

"Mother" Shandris greeted

"Shandris" Tyrande replied "what is the news?"

"An update of the events brewing here, I'm now withdrawing forces from the outpost that hasn't been wrecked yet. We will need a better line of defense against whatever it is we're facing out there."

Tyrande nodded in approval, but there is something that still bothers her. Shandris however knew her mother very well.

"I've been carrying out investigations as well." She smiled "I chose Haldrissa to lead it."

Again Tyrande nodded in approval, this time with a slight smile on her face. Haldrissa is one of her most capable commanders. While it is unusual for a commander to investigate, Haldrissa had proven herself more than a few times that she is gifted in that part as well. But most of all she knew the terrain well, even better than the Shandris herself.

A commotion rose from behind Shandris, just loud enough that the high priestess could hear it herself.

"Excuse me mother, I need to be going." Shandris said

Tyrande took the farewell "Be cautious Shandris."

"I will."

Then the mist cleared as Tyrande waved her hand over it, so far so good she thought. Shandris now has a decent line of defense, and her reinforcements will be there in less than a few days, once there they will be able to help the defenders and even push their enemies back.

But again, she feared that it would not be enough. No no no, she need to calm down now. Ever since she had adopted Shandris, she has honestly cared for her like her own mother, wishing and praying that she would always be safe. Now though, she needs to accept that her daughter is on her own, until she can finally arrange matters and get there herself.

She is a capable warrior and general she thought to herself she won't get herself into something stupid.

Sighing to herself, she stepped out from the chambers and walked out into one of the few parts of nature unspoiled by humans of this realm. With the moonlight shining gently, it was just perfect as she embraced the Amazon jungle.

Shandris turned around after her mother broke the connection off, and strode towards where the commotion arose. Once there she spotted two of her sentinels talking quickly with another night elf. When she got closer she recognized the other night elf as Haldrissa, who obviously has something to report to her.

"Haldrissa, what is it that brings you here?" Shandris asked, startling the two other sentinels, who quickly stepped aside.

Haldrissa however didn't seem surprised at all, she knew both the general's skills as a master tactician and one of the best warriors in the sentinels' ranks.

"General, I have urgent news to report" she said a little breathlessly "upon investigation from my part, I've noticed the soil near our disappeared fortress is dead."

Shandris' eyes widened as she took in the news, true Haldrissa is a skilled fighter but getting in that area of their disappeared fortress is not easy. The deaths of not-too-few scouts had proven that.

"And I suspect for the worst, that it's the undead blight that turns the soil dead."

Shandris thought about what Haldrissa said, it was a likely theory. The undead has returned, and they destroyed the night elf fortress, hunted down their scouts so that no news would be spread out. Considering the damage done to the fortress, it is possible too. Who knows what the undead might pull out this time?

Although she could not be too sure either, it might be a chance that the humans from this realm had decided to use the place to test their new weapons, she had heard about the humans having a deadly weapon called nuclear that could cause devastating damages. After all she thought again, Haldrissa may be an expert with arms and strategy, but she was not familiar in the least with magic.

Only one way to find out Shandris thought to herself

"Haldrissa, I want you to go to that area again…" she noticed her tense "this time with a priestess, just bring her to where the soil decays, I only want to make sure if that is the undead behind all this."

Haldrissa seemed relieved when she doesn't need to get all the way back again

"Yes general" she replied, Shandris nodded to her, and then she left immediately.

Shandris needed to think, and in order to do that, she first needed peace. So she trotted to the door and went outside, unaware that she is echoing her mother's actions miles away as she embraced the view before her.