Miyoon peers at the Forsaken who is clearly seeking attention by stepping up like that. She allows the moment to linger a bit before answering.
I don’t. Sylvanas did not betray her character because everything you just assumed was not the plan. Nor was the public show tyrannical because it had a different purpose.
She raises her hand and looks around the crowd.
Ofcourse the following is my own assumption, but it also seems more logical. You see, by this point in the fourth war Sylvanas had finally started to wise up to the Alliance propaganda tactics. She might have realized that a good many Horde had fallen victim to the lies. She probably decided that she needed to make sure her upper echelon was not also infected, so this was her plan.
She peers again at the Forsaken.
Raising the Proudmoore brother and proclaiming to her fellow leaders that she intended nefarious things with him would cause the faithless to act. Think about it, if she really intended to use him in such a way, she would have just done it in secret for great success.
Then, after the actual betrayal occurred, she gathered those leaders and even allowed the public Horde to bare witness. The intention of this is obvious, but something that most people don’t consider is the location.
She looks around at the crowd once again.
She hosted the display in Alliance territory. This was likely for the spies to witness as well. She didn’t do all this for fear, she did it to set a trap for the Alliance and any Horde traitors that would attempt a rescue. She just underestimated how successful they would be.
It’s only because the trap failed that the Alliance and it’s Horde sympathizers are able portray that situation in a tyrannical way. Had it succeeded, we might very well still have het as our Warchief.