One month later
Arthas
Arthas ran his hands through his hair making sure it was neat and tidy. Today was the day of his divorce. He would be attending a special court to legally settle things. As Arthas was King of Lordaeron Varian would be coming, there would be one of Arthas's Marshals and then the Lordaeron Judge. The Marshal and Varian would advise the Judge on what was politically best for Lordaeron in the outcome of the divorce. Arthas hurried down the stairs to breakfast, he was sort of excited at the prospect of divorce. Perhaps Jaina would be more interested in him now. He ate breakfast hurriedly in the dining room.
"Is there anything else I can get for you your majesty?" the pretty red hair kitchen maid said.
"No I'm good" Arthas said 'I wonder whether I've hooked up with this one before. If not perhaps I could hook up with her after hopefully getting divorced today' Arthas thought.
The maid nodded and headed back towards the kitchen.
"So what's your name?" Arthas called out to the maid.
She looked at him looking surprised and disappointed "You don't remember?"
'Should I?' Arthas thought "No I don't".
She sighed "It's Bria".
"So tell me Bria have we slept together before?" he asked.
"You don't remember that either" she said sounding hurt.
"I'm sure you're very memorable but I've been with many pretty woman so it can be difficult to remember all of them. Maybe after my divorce we could head up to my chambers and get to know each other a little better" Arthas said.
That sent her running for the kitchen.
'Why is everybody always running away from me?' he wondered.
Sylvanas
Sylvanas was in a very good mood this morning. Her hellish marriage to Arthas was almost over and then she would return to Quel'thalas. She had decided to try one thing before her marriage ended and the divorce processing concluded. She was going to try stuff Arthas over as much as possible. To do this she was going to do something she should have done a long time ago.
She dressed quickly and after that rode out of the city on her horse to meet the party from Stormwind. It was lightly raining as Sylvanas waited but she didn't really mind. The sound of hoofbeats behind her drew her gaze. She saw Audrey riding towards her on a chestnut brown horse.
"Are you sure it's okay to be doing this my lady?" Audrey asked her "I mean I'm only a servant. Couldn't I get in trouble for this"
Sylvanas smiled "I'm still the Queen for now and I say its fine. Besides this is a good opportunity to speak to Varian before Arthas could stop you. Remember this will be your best chance to get any kind of justice for Blake".
Audrey nodded "If you say so my lady".
Sylvanas had agreed with Audrey that her son Blake hadn't deserved to die. As soon as she'd heard that Varian would be attending their divorce she'd explained to Audrey that it was her best chance to get justice for her son. The truth could set a person free but in Arthas's case Sylvanas hoped the truth about who he was and what he had done would make his life difficult.
"Horses my lady" Audrey called out to her.
Sylvanas looked up and saw she was right. Several horses were heading towards them.
Varian and his company reached her in less than a minute.
"Lady Sylvanas, how nice of you to ride out to meet us" Varian called out as he reached her.
Sylvanas smiled at him "King Varian it's so good to see you".
"Who's your friend?" Varian asked.
"This is Audrey, she works as a kitchen maid. She has a story to tell you about Arthas. Would you mind riding back to the city with us and Audrey could tell you on the way back" Sylvanas said.
Varian nodded "Of course my lady" he said.
Audrey told Varian about the horror of her son's death as they rode back to the city. 'Hopefully Varian will be able to do something about this and hopefully Arthas will be in trouble' she thought to herself.
They reached the stables and got off their horses.
"Thank you for bring this to me I'll do what I can" Varian told Audrey as he climbed down from his horse.
"Thank you for listening your majesty" Audrey replied as she began to take the horses into the stable.
Varian extended a hand to help Sylvanas down from her horse.
'I don't need your help' she thought but she took his hand anyway. 'Stay polite you'll get nowhere if he doesn't believe you' she told herself.
Varian turned to one of the men he had brought with him and said "Commander I wish to speak to lady Sylvanas alone. Please head up to the palace we will be fine on our own and I'll met you there later"
The Stormwind troops all bowed and followed the Commander up to the palace leaving Sylvanas and Varian alone together.
"May we take a walk my lady?" Varian asked her.
"Of course Varian but you can drop the formalities" Sylvanas replied.
Varian nodded and the two of them took a walk around the paddock and the palace gardens.
"Why did you bring this matter to me? You must know there is very little I can do to help as much as I may want to. Arthas is King of Lordaeron, it would be difficult to prove that the boy committed no treason or whatever crime Arthas accused him of to justify his actions" Varian told her.
"I know" Sylvanas replied "but that's just one of many stories since I've been Queen here and before I leave my role as Queen you need to know the truth"
Varian looked at her for a moment "There's something else isn't there"
Sylvanas nodded "Yes, you were right to question the death of Arthas's father because Arthas murdered him. He did it so he could be King".
Tyrande
Tyrande sat on a little chair overlooking the lake waiting for Illidan. She and Malfurion had both agreed to speak with him. She suspected that he wanted to try resume their relationship, so far he'd made several attempts since they'd broken up with all of them being in vain.
'If he suggests that we get back together I'm going to leave' Tyrande thought.
At that moment Illidan walked onto the balcony. He had his weapons and backpack on his back.
"Thank you for meeting me here" he told them.
"It's no problem, You're my brother Illidan and I want to work things out between us so of course I came to meet you" Malfurion said.
Tyrande didn't say anything but she gave Illidan a small nod.
"Right well I wanted to tell you both that I'm leaving" Illidan said.
Tyrande stood quickly from her chair "Where are you going?" she asked him.
"I don't know. I'm going to prove to you that the demons have no hold on me. I'll wander Azeroth looking to find any sign of them and when I find them then I will prove how they've got no hold over me" Illidan said.
"That's good of you to try Illidan but what do you hope to accomplish by this, you might not even find any demons" Malfurion told him.
"Tyrande I hope that if I can prove that the demons have no hold on me you will be willing to give our relationship another go. At least try to work things out" Illidan said.
Tyrande nodded "Of course Illidan"
He smiled "Thank you Tyrande" then he headed for the door.
She headed to the door and hugged him.
"You come back in one piece okay" she told him.
"Illidan grinned "Of course I'll come back in one piece. I'm really good at magic. Those demons won't know what hit them"
'And now he's being all egotistical again. I hope that doesn't get you killed Illidan and good luck' she thought as he walked away.
Varian
Varian headed up to the palace thinking over what Sylvanas had just told him. It did make sense what she had said about Arthas killing his father and her suggestion of making Calia Queen of Lordaeron in Arthas's place was a good one. The trick would be proving that Arthas had killed his father.
"Commander I need you to look into the death of King Terenas Menethil" he said to the Commander of the soldiers he had brought with him.
The Commander nodded "Yes your majesty, but if I might ask why do you want me to look into this?"
"Just bring me the report of death if you can" Varian told him.
Varian headed into the courtroom and listened to the judge discuss the legal matters of the divorce. It was also discussed who would get what when they finalised their divorce. Neither Sylvanas nor Arthas argued much about the settlement. As far as Varian could tell they both just seemed happy to almost be done with each other. While he listened to the judge talking through the legal settlement he briefly spoke to one of the marshals about the fact that Arthas may in fact have killed his father and the marshal left slightly later speaking with the other grand marshals. Varian sat through hours of court proceedings before finally they stopped for a break in which Varian the judge and several grand marshals would settle some final things. Varian exited the courtroom and found the Commander waiting for him.
"What did you find?" he asked
"Here the report written by the morgue attendant your majesty and the visitor log from that day" the Commander said as he passed him the report and the log.
Varian read through the details carefully. The weapon used it the murder could quite likely be Arthas sword and the visitor log record that Arthas had scheduled to see his father right before he died but had never shown up. This was the copy of the log that Arthas hadn't destroyed.
Varian hurried to the meeting he now had. Where they would discuss things before the judge settled Arthas and Sylvanas's divorce and Varian would need to sign off on it. When he reached the meeting room he found the judge twelve of the highest ranking grand marshals and Arthas five advisors waiting for him.
"Sorry I'm late" Varian told them "I was reading over these reports"
"You think King Arthas killed his father?" the advisor who had a big nose said
"Do you disagree?" Varian asked him
"King Varian we have been relatively sure that King Arthas killed his father for months. The problem is proving it. However after polling the people we have come to another solution about what to do with Arthas being such a terrible King" the chubby advisor told him as he past him the results of the poll.
Varian read the poll quickly "My my Arthas isn't very popular. Only three percent want him to remain King" Varian stated as he read the result.
"Yes, there are many people stating that they don't want a Menethil to be on the throne at all" the advisor replied.
"What about Calia twenty five percent of people say they would be happy for her to take the throne" Varian said
"Yes your majesty but the percentage of people who don't want a Menethil on the throne at all is at sixty three percent" the advisor replied.
"Do you have another opinion?" Varian asked.
"As it happens we do. Judge are you finished reading?" the big nosed adviser said.
"Here King Varian, all it requires is your signature to be put into effect" the judge said handing it over.
Varian read through the proposed leadership change. He just about said no. But instead he stopped and thought.
"Are you sure about this?" he asked
"Yes, it's only temporary as it states we will change it again in five years time" the advisor replied.
Varian looked around the room before he signed the document.
'Arthas is going to hate this' he thought.
Arthas
A bell sounded telling him it was time to return to court. Arthas stood and headed into the courtroom. As soon as he entered he was presented with some documents. He quickly read through it. Basically it stated that if he signed he'd be divorced. Arthas hurriedly signed the document and then passed it on so Sylvanas could sign it.
At that moment Varian tapped him on the shoulder and Arthas turned to look at him.
"It seems you've pissed a lot of people of in your time as King. About what the judge is about to read out, I might have been mad with you but I got out voted on this. Sorry, but everybody kind of hates you" Varian told him.
'What the hell is he on about' Arthas wondered.
He didn't have to wonder long. At that moment the judge stood holding a piece of paper in his hand.
"Ladies and Gentlemen due to the current unpopularity of King Arthas and the fact that he is suspected in the murder of his father we have decide in favor of removing him as King" the judge began.
Arthas's heart sunk. How could they do that. He looked around the room and saw Sylvanas smirking.
'I will make you pay for that' he thought to himself 'I will make them all pay for this'. "YOU CAN'T REMOVE ME AS KING!" Arthas yelled at them.
"Yes we can. For your divorce you handed legal control temporarily to King Varian so as the King he could have you divorced. All we needed was his signature" the judge replied with a smile.
Arthas screamed "BASTARDS YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS! YOU'LL PAY DEARLY FOR THIS!"
"And until feeling about the Menethil family change leadership of Lordaeron will pass to a council of twelve of the highest rank Grand Marshals. After five years the kingdom will pass on to Princess Calia Menethil" the judge said.
Arthas could only stare in horror. He was very angry now.
'I'll kill them, I'll kill them all' he thought.
One of the marshal that was taking his throne stood and passed another document to the judge.
The judge took the document and looked at it.
"Lastly I put forward this proposal earlier today and as soon as the marshals were appointed as rulers of Lordaeron they signed making this law" the judge said.
'What now' Arthas thought.
"As Arthas Menethil is suspected in the murder of his father King Terenas he is hereby banished from the kingdom of Lordaeron and should he return he shall face the death penalty" the judge read.
"HOW CAN YOU? LORDAERON IS MY HOME!" Arthas yelled.
There was a stunned silence around the room.
"Why do you hate me so much?" he asked the judge.
The judge looked at him "You dishonored my daughter by treating her like another one of your whores, by having another of your famous one night stands"
Arthas sighed, For now he had no choice.
'Sylvanas can wait. I get my revenge on her later. For now I must leave Lordaeron but when I return it won't be me who will face the death penalty. It will be twelve grand marshals, five very annoying advisors and one complete shit of a judge' Arthas thought as he left the courtroom.
Author notes: I am aware that the percentage thing can be confusing. The percentages aren't meant to add to 100% as they are meant to be different questions. I apologies for any confusion this may cause.