The Zandalari
It is said the God King Rastakhan, ruler of the Zandalari, lords over his mighty kingdom from a throne carved of solid gold.
Years ago, as he sat on this opulent seat of power, he was visited by his most trusted prophet: Zul.
Zul warned King Rastakhan of a terrible Cataclysm. For Zul had seen a vision of a great armored dragon clenching the world in his ferocious jaws.
Months later Zul returned, bearing more grim news from his visions. He saw a legion of serpents pouring forth from a gaping fissure that tore open the floor of the ocean. Still, King Rastakhan did nothing.
Finally, mere months before the Cataclysm, Zul returned. Tearing his clothes and throwing his staff to the ground, Zul spoke of earthquakes and tidal waves. He described the golden capital of Zandalar slowly sinking beneath the waves in the aftermath of the Cataclysm, its once-great people drowning as their mighty works slipped forever beneath the sea.
King Rastakhan tired of Zul and his troubling nightmares. To be rid of the prophet, he granted Zul the use of his largest ships, so that he and his followers could seek a new land if his visions came to pass.
And his visions DID come to pass. When Deathwing rose from the Maelstrom, dark, angry waves crashed into the Zandalari capital. The spine of the land broke in two, and soon, the city and all its riches began to slide into the hungry sea. The Zandalari people turned to their King for help, but there was only one Zandalari equipped to help them: The prophet Zul.
The prophet, and the mighty warfleet he had assembled while his King sat idle. You see, the TRUE power of Kings and Emperors stems from the power to aid their people. The moment they fail, they cede their power to the one who can.
赞达拉部族(这段和第一段内容相同,但更详尽,疑似周卓的新故事)
据说,神王拉斯塔哈,赞达拉部族的统治者,坐在他那用一整块金子凿刻而成的宝座上统治着整个帝国。
数年之前,他接见了自己最信任的先知祖尔。
祖尔警告拉斯塔哈,说他看见了“一条巨大的铁甲龙用血盆大口将整个世界撕碎”的异象,一场可怕的大灾变即将发生。
几个月以后,祖尔又来了,这次他的异象变得更加恐怖:“一支由蛇人组成的军团从大洋底部撕裂的海床中涌出”。但是拉斯塔哈王还是什么都没有做。
最后,就在大灾变发生仅仅几个月前,祖尔再次回来。在进谏时,他撕破了自己的衣服,将手杖掷于地上。这次他带来的消息关乎地震和海啸。在他的描述中,大灾变来了,赞达拉金色的首都慢慢沉入波涛深处,自豪的人民连同他们的创造的文明一起永远葬身海底。
拉斯塔哈终于对祖尔感到厌烦了,为了打发这个先知,他准许先知使用他麾下最大的船只,这样他和那些相信他的人就能在这些异象成真时找到一片新大陆。
结果,这些异象真的成为了现实。死亡之翼冲出大漩涡,黑色的怒涛席卷了整个首都。横贯大陆的山脊一分为二。不久之后,巨大的城市,连同其中的所有奇珍异宝都开始被深不可测的海洋吞噬。赞达拉巨魔寻求国王的帮助,但只有一个巨魔能够帮到他们:先知祖尔。祖尔在国王毫无作为的时候,集结了强大的舰队。
所以你看,国王和皇帝真正的力量,源于在危难之刻向其子民伸出援手。一旦他们让自己的子民失望,权利就落到了那些能够帮助人民的人的手里。