A short look at the extensive corruption among the Kingdom of Stormwind’s nobles.
We approached Count Remmington Ridgewell with the hopes of getting an interview. Sadly, he just stared forward in silence, a possible defense mechanism to prevent accidentally releasing incriminating information.
Anyone with minor knowledge of recent history can tell you that the ‘upper crust’ of the human societies has a trend of succumbing to the temptations of evil.
Practically every aristocrat in Alterac was a demon cultist towards the end of their kingdom’s history. Sometimes it’s just a singular, monstrous individual who ruined things for everyone, as was the case of Lordaeron. It will likely only be a short time before Possible Dreadlord Jaina Proudmoore is revealed to be the ultimate force of evil from Kul Tiras; thankfully Khadgar kicked her out of Dalaran before it was too late.
The Kingdom of Stormwind seems to be taking a more similar approach to Alterac in generating its lackluster gentry with one slight twist: the royal family is somehow the least evil, at least for the time being.
Stormwind has found itself in a position where its reasonably-sized portions of land have been broken up into thousands of small properties. Each of which seems to entitle the owner to some sort of noble title.
There are two very negative results to this.
Firstly: the broken, poorly defended lands are rife with corruption, including the owners of the land themselves. Only just recently the most affluent family in Duskwood, the Ebonlockes, were found to be demon cultists. They cultured their own little cult in Duskwood, succeeding in sacrificing a good portion of Darkshire’s population before they were caught. Somehow this eluded Stormwind’s secret intelligence organization, SI:7, for several years.
A photo of the street sign directing random people to the base of Stormwind’s secret intelligence organization.
Secondly: this chaotic clusterfuck of nobility leaves Stormwind vulnerable to random outsiders grabbing for power, most famously an evil dragon. Lady Katrana Prestor, also known as Deathwing’s daughter, nearly destroyed Stormwind singlehandedly. Looking back, we can easily see how she manipulated Stormwind’s masons and the House of Nobles into creating the riots that lead to the former Queen’s death.
That’s just the start of the madness and chaos caused by one person. If you want to read more about this, please look for recent history books in Dalaran’s library. Stormwind’s likely isn’t dependable.
These days there are hundreds of ‘nobles’ drifting around Stormwind, demanding some sort of respect as they secretly work evil magic, worship Old Gods or the Legion.
If you happen to meet these people, pay them no heed. They have no true power. Just as the nobles of the past, they are the greatest scum of the Alliance and almost certainly traitors anyway.
Keep your eyes out for anyone claiming to be a Lord or Lady. That’s how you know.
