Артас: Возвышение короля-лича

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           Blackmoore’sfather,GeneralAedelynBlackmoore,hadbeenanotorioustraitor,triedandconvictedofsellingstatesecrets.Whilehiscrimeshadtakenplacelongago,whenhissonhadbeenbutachild,thestainhaddoggedAedelasthroughouthismilitarycareer.Itwasonlyhisrecordofvictoryinbattles,andparticularferocityinfightingtheorcs,thathadenabledthecurrentBlackmooretoriseintheranks.Still,Arthascoulddetectthesmellofliquorontheman’sbreath,evenatthishourofthemorning.HesuspectedthatparticularpieceofinformationwouldnotbenewstoTerenas,buthe’dmakesurehetoldhisfatheranyway.

           Arthaslookeddown,feigninginterestinwatchingthedozensofguardswhostoodatrigidattention.Hewonderediftheywerethatattentivewhentheirfuturekingwasn’twatchingthem.

           "Ilookforwardtothebouttoday,"hesaid."WillIbeabletowatchyourThrallinaction?I’veheardquiteabitabouthim."

           Blackmooregrinned,hisneatlytrimmedgoateepartingtorevealwhiteteeth."Hewasnotscheduledtofighttoday,butforyou,YourHighness,Ishallpairhimupagainsttheworthiestfoesavailable."

           Twohourslater,thetourwascomplete,andArthassharedadeliciousmealwithBlackmooreandayoungermannamedLordKarramynLangston,whomBlackmooreintroducedas"myprot?g?."ArthastookaninstinctivedisliketoLangston,notingtheman’ssofthandsandlanguiddemeanor.