/Strom Keep/
The great capital of Strom, once capital of the Arathi Empire has fallen since to hard times. With the rise of the alliance came the fall of the city's glory. Now Strom is the most important city besides Dalaran left in humanities hands. The city is a easily defended fortress and is connected through a series of passageways into the sea where a large harbor transports people in and out of the continent. One of the most impressive feats of architecture that remains to this day is the great keep of Strom.Walls designed by the famedgnomes and towers built by the are that their are many hidden ways to get in and out of the castle though these were not proven. The keep is so big that a forum was built for special meetings and assemblies, this is one of them.
"Greetings great lords and ladies!" Bellowed a wizened old man, "Here we decide what course of action do we take in driving out the cursed undead. I know thateach and everyone of us have lost something dear to us to them but we must put aside our own personal feelings towards them and consider the possibility of an alliance with them."
Anger and shock filled the crowd. One man even went up and roared back. "ARE YOU MAD? THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED! THEY WOULD SOONER EAT US THEN WORK WITH US! THEY ARE THE ONES WHO KILLED OUR COUNTRYMEN, I RATHER DIE THEN CONSORT WITH SUCH... SUCH ABOMINATIONS!"
Not suprised by this sudden outburst, the speaker calmly explained the situation. "Their are two factions of undead, one who call themselves the Scourge while the other Forsaken. The Forsaken are a group of undead who would be willing to help us. If we could ally ourselves with the Forsaken, we could defeat the Scourge. Commander Garithos is holding-"
The man who had spoken earlier whose name was Lord Mathaine, erupted. "Commander Garithos? Wasn't it his father who had sided with these rogue undead in order for us to reclaim the capital? Did he not end up being betrayed by them? I will be damned the day we are allied with each other." Most of the crowd evidently supported the young lord and stood up showing their already obvious disgust and contempt with the plan.
Still unmoved by the crowd's show of disagreement, he made his voice echo. "We cannot win without them! Do you understand? Do you want our children to die? Better live and hope for the best then eventually crumble to the ground. I despise them as much as the next person but each day we lose more and more of our brave young men to fighting.We must face the truth, we cannot win this war without help."
Some of the more milder ones settled down but many more still stood.This heated discussion would eventuallysplit the already fragile government and give others the chance to take over.