The Home Life of General Steelstrike - Hallowfall Side Quest Spotlight
Amidst our adventures in aiding the Hallowfall Arathi, players can form a bond with their leader, General Steelstrike, and even attend dinner with her family!
Restoring Trade to Mereldar
While the main story covers the more direct threats to the lives of the Arathi, such as the nerubian incursions and the Order of Night, we help the citizens of Mereldar out just as much in the side quests. One such side quest comes at the request of Auralia Steelstrike, the daughter of General Steelstrike and the main quartermaster for the Arathi, who asks for our aid in re-establishing trade partnerships with the other denizens of Khaz Algar.
The player can be rather humorous in penning the letter to our allies on the surface, but we nevertheless send a missive to Councilward Merrix requesting a meeting on behalf of Auralia and the General. On top of that, we contact the representatives of the Trading Posts for each faction, who offer a window of opportunity not only to the rest of Khaz Algar, but the world as a whole.
With the letter to the Earthen sent out, we are tasked with setting the stage for an amicable reunion between the two groups, and gather supplies for Auralia to prove the value of trading with the Arathi. After culling bats for their meat, harvesting vines for their fibers, and clearing a resource-rich area of invasive hornets, we join Auralia and the General in Dunelle's Kindness to meet with the envoys from the surface.
After the misunderstanding about their loss of contact is cleared up (despite General Steelstrike's apparent misgiving for diplomacy), we set out the goods offered by the Arathi, and convince the emissaries of the Trading Posts to enter a trade agreement with the Arathi. With our role done, and plenty of praise given, we depart to seek other adventures.
Dinner with the Family
After a day's wait (in real life), we can return to Mereldar to find Auralia in a new position, in the middle of a conversation with General Steelstrike where they
