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* BareYourMiddrift: Unlike all other Death Knights, Whitemane's armor leaves her stomach exposed.
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* BareYourMiddrift: BareYourMidriff: Unlike all other Death Knights, Whitemane's armor leaves her stomach exposed.
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* BareYourMiddrift: Unlike all other Death Knights, Whitemane's armor leaves her stomach exposed.
* BloodKnight: Like many orcs, Nazgrim is always eager to test himself in a fight. When he and Thassarian show up as TheCalvary in the Exodar, Thassarian admits they would have arrived sooner had Nazgrim not chosen to kill ''every'' demon they ran across on the way to the Deathlord.
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* NeckLift: As a Death Knight, Nazgrim is fond of the Asphyxiate spell and has more than once held up groups of enemies by their throats.
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* NeckLift: As a Death Knight, Nazgrim is fond of the Asphyxiate "Asphyxiate" spell and has more than once held up groups of enemies by their throats.
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[[folder:Darion Mograine]]
!!Highlord Darion Mograine
!!!'''Class:''' Death Knight (former Paladin)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaliesinJaffe
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->''"[[ThePowerOfHate Harness your hate. Make it useful.]]"''
Leader of the Knights of the Ebon Blade. Highlord Darion is the son of Alexandros Mograine, who was murdered by his other son and resurrected by the Scourge as the leader of all death knights. He led an assault on Naxxramas with the intent of freeing his father's soul, but succeeded only by sacrificing his own in turn and taking Alexandros' place. During the battle at Light's Hope Chapel, however, Tirion Fordring was able to free him (and the rest of the Ebon Blade) from the Lich King!Arthas' control, using the Ashbringer. In Northrend, the two of them led the charge into Icecrown, eventually laying siege to the seat of the Lich King himself.
!!Highlord Darion Mograine
!!!'''Class:''' Death Knight (former Paladin)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaliesinJaffe
[[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/darion_mograine_border_5508.png]]
->''"[[ThePowerOfHate Harness your hate. Make it useful.]]"''
Leader of the Knights of the Ebon Blade. Highlord Darion is the son of Alexandros Mograine, who was murdered by his other son and resurrected by the Scourge as the leader of all death knights. He led an assault on Naxxramas with the intent of freeing his father's soul, but succeeded only by sacrificing his own in turn and taking Alexandros' place. During the battle at Light's Hope Chapel, however, Tirion Fordring was able to free him (and the rest of the Ebon Blade) from the Lich King!Arthas' control, using the Ashbringer. In Northrend, the two of them led the charge into Icecrown, eventually laying siege to the seat of the Lich King himself.
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!!Highlord Darion Mograine
!!!'''Class:''' Death Knight (former Paladin)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaliesinJaffe
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->''"[[ThePowerOfHate Harness your hate. Make it useful.]]"''
Leader
When the Burning Legion attacked in the Third Invasion, the Lich King decided that more powerful warriors capable of doing what living men could not where needed. At his command, the Deathlord and the Knights of the Ebon
* AssistCharacter: In Torghast, Death Knights can gain a power that causes their "Death Gate" spell to summon one of the Four Horsemen to fight alongside them for a set period of time.
* HellishHorse: The Horsemen are eternally linked to their mounts, crafted by Salanar the Horseman to be the most fierce and powerful Deathchargers. They are heavily armored skeletal nightmares created from the negative emotions of influential souls in the Shadowlands.
* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: Although they don't use the full title or share affinity for the four aspects they normally represent, the Four Horsemen are the strongest Death Knights under the Lich King and ride out to bring devestation to their enemies. As a nod to the original trope, the Four Horsemen's mounts wear cloth colored after the four horses (red, black, white, and green).
* MountedCombat: While the Horsemen can easily fight on foot, they're at their strongest when battling atop their Deathchargers.
* RedeemingReplacement: The original Four Horsemen were the elite personal guard of Kel'Thuzad and loyal agents of the Scourge. The Horsemen of the Ebon Blade are devoted defenders of Azeroth.
* SuperSoldier: Even among Death Knights, the Four Horsemen are empowered by the Lich King to be the mightiest of his warriors.
* YinYangBomb: Most Death Knights wield shadow and death magic, but Whitemane is still able to channel the Holy Light in death, adding the Light's blessings to the Horsemen in combat.
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[[folder:Darion Mograine]]
!!Highlord Darion Mograine
!!!'''Class:''' Death Knight (former Paladin)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaliesinJaffe
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->''"[[ThePowerOfHate Harness your hate. Make it useful.]]"''
Leader of the Knights of the Ebon Blade. Highlord Darion is the son of Alexandros Mograine, who was murdered by his other son and resurrected by the Scourge as the leader of all death knights. He led an assault on Naxxramas with the intent of freeing his father's soul, but succeeded only by sacrificing his own in turn and taking Alexandros' place. During the battle at Light's Hope Chapel, however, Tirion Fordring was able to free him (and the rest of the Ebon Blade) from the Lich King!Arthas' control, using the Ashbringer. In Northrend, the two of them led the charge into Icecrown, eventually laying siege to the seat of the Lich King himself.
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* HellishHorse: The Horsemen are eternally linked to their mounts, crafted by Salanar the Horseman to be the most fierce and powerful Deathchargers. They are heavily armored skeletal nightmares created from the negative emotions of influential souls in the Shadowlands.
* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: Although they don't use the full title or share affinity for the four aspects they normally represent, the Four Horsemen are the strongest Death Knights under the Lich King and ride out to bring devestation to their enemies. As a nod to the original trope, the Four Horsemen's mounts wear cloth colored after the four horses (red, black, white, and green).
* MountedCombat: While the Horsemen can easily fight on foot, they're at their strongest when battling atop their Deathchargers.
* RedeemingReplacement: The original Four Horsemen were the elite personal guard of Kel'Thuzad and loyal agents of the Scourge. The Horsemen of the Ebon Blade are devoted defenders of Azeroth.
* SuperSoldier: Even among Death Knights, the Four Horsemen are empowered by the Lich King to be the mightiest of his warriors.
* YinYangBomb: Most Death Knights wield shadow and death magic, but Whitemane is still able to channel the Holy Light in death, adding the Light's blessings to the Horsemen in combat.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Darion Mograine]]
!!Highlord Darion Mograine
!!!'''Class:''' Death Knight (former Paladin)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaliesinJaffe
[[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/darion_mograine_border_5508.png]]
->''"[[ThePowerOfHate Harness your hate. Make it useful.]]"''
Leader of the Knights of the Ebon Blade. Highlord Darion is the son of Alexandros Mograine, who was murdered by his other son and resurrected by the Scourge as the leader of all death knights. He led an assault on Naxxramas with the intent of freeing his father's soul, but succeeded only by sacrificing his own in turn and taking Alexandros' place. During the battle at Light's Hope Chapel, however, Tirion Fordring was able to free him (and the rest of the Ebon Blade) from the Lich King!Arthas' control, using the Ashbringer. In Northrend, the two of them led the charge into Icecrown, eventually laying siege to the seat of the Lich King himself.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Like most orcs, a large two-handed axe is his weapon of choice. [[spoiler:Even when raised as a Death Knight, he still uses an axe and is the only one of the Four Horsemen to do so.]]
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* AnAxeToGrind: Like most orcs, a large two-handed axe is his weapon of choice. [[spoiler:Even Even when raised as a Death Knight, he still uses an axe and is the only one of the Four Horsemen to do so.]]
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Darion Mograine gives him the choice of coming back to life as a Death Knight as one of his new Four Horsemen, Nazgrim, naturally, accepts,]]
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: The Lich King names Nazgrim as the first of the new Horsemen to be raised in ''Legion''. Darion Mograine gives him has reservations about recreating the choice of coming back to life as a Death Knight as one of his new Four Horsemen, Nazgrim, naturally, accepts,]]but agrees that Nazgrim would make a worthy ally.
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* NeckLift: [[spoiler:As a Death Knight, Nazgrim is fond of the Asphyxiate spell and has more than once held up groups of enemies by their throats]].
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* NeckLift: [[spoiler:As As a Death Knight, Nazgrim is fond of the Asphyxiate spell and has more than once held up groups of enemies by their throats]].throats.
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* PaintTheTownRed: While assaulting the Scarlet Monastery to raise Whitemane as a Death Knight, Trollbane took it on himself to massacre every Scarlet Crusader he could find, seeing them as a blight on Azeroth that would not be suffered. He leaves an entire corridor in the Monastery stained in blood after his rampage.
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* BarrierMaiden: As the new Lich King, Bolvar used his powers to [[RestrainingBolt control and subdue the Scourge]], protecting Azeroth from a ZombieApocalypse as the "Jailor of the Damned".
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* TheCorruptible: While he wore the Helm of Domination, Bolvar was connected to the Shadowlands. The entire time, the Jailer attempted to influence and control Bolvar and he only barely resisted. [[spoiler:Even with the Helm destroyed, Bolvar is still vulnerable to the Jailer's power. It's why he cannot enter the Maw himself and can only briefly peer into the realm psychically. If the Jailer was able to find him, Bolvar would not be able to escape his direct control while he is inside the Shadowlands]].
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Bolvar could well have had his name exalted as a martyr for the rest of mankind's days, but he chose to keep his HeroicSacrifice a secret.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Bolvar could well have had his name exalted as a martyr for the rest of mankind's days, but he chose to keep his HeroicSacrifice a secret.secret so no one would continue to live in fear of the Scourge.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Promoting an adventurer to acting deputy of Stormwind and sending them after the Blackrock orcs and the Black dragonflight in the Burning Steppes leads to the prison break of Marshal Reginald Windsor, causing Onyxia's cover as Lady Katrana Prestor to be blown and her entire conspiracy to weaken Stormwind from within to collapse, and eventually leads that same adventurer into Onyxia's Lair to finish her off.
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After the Helm of Domination is destroyed, he steps up as the new Highlord of the Ebon Blade, and due to his ability to peer into the Shadowlands during his tenure as the Lich King, he manages to use the shards of the Helm of Domination to open a gateway for the Knights of the Ebon Blade's strike force to venture into the dreaded Maw. After a long period of fighting through the death realm, he and his knights manage to reach Oribos and warn the First Ones about the Jailer's efforts.
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After shadowlands and the prepatch have been out for a month, I think it's fair to unspoiler. Also, Bolvar threw a glacier at her.
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* BatmanGambit: What he spent the entirety of ''Battle for Azeroth'' doing. [[spoiler: After drawing more power from the Helm and seeing what was at play in the Shadowlands, he thought Sylvanas was planning to make a play to become the new Lich Queen.]]
** [[spoiler: So he had the Ebon Blade travel the world, collecting bodies and he raised them into death knights before sending them out to the world to grow and get stronger.]]
** [[spoiler: Then he started gathering an army of Scourge around Northrend to come to Icecrown and prepare]]
** [[spoiler: Finally he made his actions painfully obvious that the Ebon Blade would prepare to kill him, because when Sylvanas does make her move he'd have to fully give into the Helm's power, which would eventually turn him into a monster like Arthas, so the Ebon Blade would need to be ready to fight and kill either him, or Sylvanas if she managed to beat him.]]
** [[spoiler: However, Sylvanas took the Third Option, and broke the helm and shattered the veil which Bolvar did not see coming.]]
** [[spoiler: So he had the Ebon Blade travel the world, collecting bodies and he raised them into death knights before sending them out to the world to grow and get stronger.]]
** [[spoiler: Then he started gathering an army of Scourge around Northrend to come to Icecrown and prepare]]
** [[spoiler: Finally he made his actions painfully obvious that the Ebon Blade would prepare to kill him, because when Sylvanas does make her move he'd have to fully give into the Helm's power, which would eventually turn him into a monster like Arthas, so the Ebon Blade would need to be ready to fight and kill either him, or Sylvanas if she managed to beat him.]]
** [[spoiler: However, Sylvanas took the Third Option, and broke the helm and shattered the veil which Bolvar did not see coming.]]
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* BatmanGambit: What he spent the entirety of ''Battle for Azeroth'' doing. [[spoiler: After drawing more power from the Helm and seeing what was at play in the Shadowlands, he thought Sylvanas was planning to make a play to become the new Lich Queen.]]
Queen.
**[[spoiler: So he had the Ebon Blade travel the world, collecting bodies and he raised them into death knights before sending them out to the world to grow and get stronger.]]
stronger.
**[[spoiler: Then he started gathering an army of Scourge around Northrend to come to Icecrown and prepare]]
prepare
**[[spoiler: Finally he made his actions painfully obvious that the Ebon Blade would prepare to kill him, because when Sylvanas does make her move he'd have to fully give into the Helm's power, which would eventually turn him into a monster like Arthas, so the Ebon Blade would need to be ready to fight and kill either him, or Sylvanas if she managed to beat him.]]
him.
**[[spoiler: However, Sylvanas took the Third Option, and broke the helm and shattered the veil which Bolvar did not see coming.]]
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* DidntSeeThatComing: He always knew that Sylvannas would come for him, [[spoiler: he expected her to become a new Lich Queen, not break the Helm of Domination and open up a rift to the Shadowlands.]]
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* DidntSeeThatComing: He always knew that Sylvannas would come for him, [[spoiler: he expected her to become a new Lich Queen, not break the Helm of Domination and open up a rift to the Shadowlands.]]
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** [[spoiler: Does this again once he steps up as the Highlord of the Ebon Blade, leading his knights personally to the realm of death in order to fight against the Jailer.]]
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** [[spoiler: Does this again once he steps up as the Highlord of the Ebon Blade, leading his knights personally to the realm of death in order to fight against the Jailer.]]
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* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: As per his instructions to Tirion after donning the Helm of Domination: "Tell them only that the Lich King is dead... [[ThatManIsDead and that Bolvar Fordragon died with him]]."
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* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: As per his instructions to Tirion after donning the Helm of Domination: "Tell them only that the Lich King is dead... [[ThatManIsDead and that Bolvar Fordragon died with him]]."" It later gets {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in the leadup to the ''Shadowlands'' since with only the leaders of the world aware that the Lich King was still in play, Sylvanas caught everyone with their metaphorical pants down when she shattered the Helm of Domination, causing widespread confusion for weeks.
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* HesBack: [[spoiler: After losing the fight with Sylvanas, who tears open a rift between material plane and the afterlife by destroying the Helm of Domination, Bolvar decides to take matters into his own hands and leads the Knights of the Ebon Blade into the Shadowlands to make things right.]]
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Always seen wearing full plate, but never puts on a helmet -- until he becomes the Lich King that is.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Always seen wearing full plate, but never puts on a helmet -- until he becomes the Lich King that is.
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* HesBack: [[spoiler: After losing the fight with Sylvanas, who tears open a rift between material plane and the afterlife by destroying the Helm of Domination, Bolvar decides to take matters into his own hands and leads the Knights of the Ebon Blade into the Shadowlands to make things right.]]
right.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic:Always {{Exaggerated|Trope}} as he was always seen wearing full plate, but never puts put on a helmet -- until he becomes became the Lich King that is.is, and the Lich King's crown, the 'Helm of Domination' is as [[ArtifactOfDoom evil as they come]] and it's a major turning point for his morality. Once the Crown is destroyed, he goes right back to being heroic.
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* SealedEvilInACan: The reason for Bolvar becoming the Lich King is to become the can, controlling the Scourge to prevent them from overrunning all of Azeroth. [[spoiler: He fails.]]
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* SealedEvilInACan: The reason for Bolvar becoming the Lich King is to become the can, controlling the Scourge to prevent them from overrunning all of Azeroth. [[spoiler: He fails.]]fails come Shadowlands, because Sylvanas shows up and wrecks the Helm of Domination
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* ShouldersOfDoom: During the war in Northrend he switches from plain plate pauldrons to the huge PVP shoulders from Classic. [[spoiler: Later gets another set that is more befitting the 'doom' part as the Lich King.]]
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* ShouldersOfDoom: During the war in Northrend he switches from plain plate pauldrons to the huge PVP shoulders from Classic. [[spoiler: Later gets another set that is more befitting the 'doom' part as the Lich King.]]
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* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: You'd expect Bolvar to put up a decent fight after being hyped for two expansions as the new Lich King. When Sylvanas comes knocking at his doorstep, he unceremoniously gets wrecked without landing a hit on her, who had been shown that she had problems fighting Death Knight Arthas before, mind you. Granted, it may have something to do with her covenant with the mysterious [[GreaterScopeVillain Jailer]], who's apparently allowing her to siphon power from the souls trapped within the Shadowlands' Maw.]]
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* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: You'd expect Bolvar to put up a decent fight after being hyped for two expansions as the new Lich King. When Sylvanas comes knocking at his doorstep, he unceremoniously gets wrecked without landing a hit on her, wrecked, who had been shown that she had problems fighting Death Knight Arthas before, mind you. Granted, it may have something to do with her covenant with the mysterious [[GreaterScopeVillain Jailer]], who's apparently allowing her to siphon power from the souls trapped within the Shadowlands' Maw.]]
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* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: For a given value of '[[AntiHero Bad Guys]]' anyway; they are fully aware that they are 'monsters' who CameBackWrong - but with them already scorned by the living because they are no longer capable of empathy and morality, they are capable of [[PayEvilUntoEvil performing heinous acts upon their enemies]] without taking a hit on the reputation meter; because no one expects otherwise of 'monsters'.
--> ''"We do what the living cannot."''
--> ''"We do what the living cannot."''
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** [[spoiler: Finally he made his actions painfully obvious that the Ebon Blade would prepare to kill him, because when Sylvanas does make her move he'd have to fully give into the Helm's power, which would could turn him into a monster like Arthas, so the Ebon Blade would need to be ready to fight and kill either him, or Sylvanas if she managed to beat him.]]
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** [[spoiler: Finally he made his actions painfully obvious that the Ebon Blade would prepare to kill him, because when Sylvanas does make her move he'd have to fully give into the Helm's power, which would could eventually turn him into a monster like Arthas, so the Ebon Blade would need to be ready to fight and kill either him, or Sylvanas if she managed to beat him.]]
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Few years later, they have loosely re-established their ties to the Scourge through the new Lich King, [[NobleDemon Bolvar Fordragon]] during the invasion of the Burning Legion, agreeing to serve as a free-willed paramilitary wing of sorts in exchange for Bolvar using his power in defense of Azeroth. This connection [[spoiler: later allows them to act as Bolvar's personal army after Sylvanas shatters the Helm of Domination and lets the Scourge rampant on Azeroth, and they serve on the forefront of the conflict between the forces of life and death]].
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Few years later, they have loosely re-established their ties to the Scourge through the new Lich King, [[NobleDemon Bolvar Fordragon]] during the invasion of the Burning Legion, agreeing to serve as a free-willed paramilitary wing of sorts in exchange for Bolvar using his power in defense of Azeroth. This connection [[spoiler: later allows them to act as Bolvar's personal army after Sylvanas shatters the Helm of Domination and lets the Scourge rampant on Azeroth, and they serve on the forefront of the conflict between the forces of life and death]].
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* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: They assemble their own group of them in ''Legion''. The Horsemen consist of [[spoiler: General Nazgrim]], [[spoiler: Thoras Trollbane]], [[spoiler: High Inquisitor Whitemane]], and [[spoiler: Darion Mograine (after the Knights failed to retrieve Tirion Fordring's corpse.)]]
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* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: They assemble their own group of them in ''Legion''. The Horsemen consist of [[spoiler: General Nazgrim]], [[spoiler: Nazgrim, Thoras Trollbane]], [[spoiler: Trollbane, High Inquisitor Whitemane]], Whitemane, and [[spoiler: Darion Mograine (after the Knights failed to retrieve Tirion Fordring's corpse.)]])
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** In ''Legion,'' with the Lich King himself. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in Shadowlands, where Bolvar loses control of the Scourge and becomes the Ebon Blade's direct leader.]]
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!!The Highlord
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!!The Four Horsemen
!!!'''Class:''' Death Knight (former Paladin)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaliesinJaffe
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaliesinJaffe
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* TimeToStepUpCommander: In ''Legion'' he gives up the leadership of the order to the PlayerCharacter [[spoiler: [[TheManBehindTheMan and by proxy, to the Lich King to an exent]]]] once he/she get the Artifact Weapon. If the Artifact are the Blades of the Fallen Prince, he outright says that he's "through with having magical weapons dictate my fate".
** [[spoiler: Happens to him as well, after relinquishing control of the Ebon Blade to the PlayerCharacter, he is killed and resurrected as [[YouAreInCommandNow leader of the new Fourth Horsemen.]] Like his father before him.]]
** [[spoiler: Happens to him as well, after relinquishing control of the Ebon Blade to the PlayerCharacter, he is killed and resurrected as [[YouAreInCommandNow leader of the new Fourth Horsemen.]] Like his father before him.]]
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* TimeToStepUpCommander: In ''Legion'' he gives up the leadership of the order to the PlayerCharacter [[spoiler: [[TheManBehindTheMan and by proxy, to the Lich King to an exent]]]] exent]] once he/she get the Artifact Weapon. If the Artifact are the Blades of the Fallen Prince, he outright says that he's "through with having magical weapons dictate my fate".
**[[spoiler: Happens to him as well, after relinquishing control of the Ebon Blade to the PlayerCharacter, he is killed and resurrected as [[YouAreInCommandNow leader of the new Fourth Horsemen.]] Like his father before him.]]
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!!Koltira Deathweaver
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->'''Class:''' Death Knight
->''"Death alone cannot stop us."''
The death knight representative for the Horde.
!!Koltira Deathweaver
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->'''Class:''' Death Knight
->''"Death alone cannot stop us."''
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!!Koltira Deathweaver
!!High Inquisitor Sally Whitemane
!!!'''Class:''' Death Knight (former Priest)
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/GreyDeLisle
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->''"Death alone cannot stop us."''
The death knight representative
->''"You shall pay for this treachery!"''
High Inquisitor of the
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* AnAxeToGrind: Preferred to wield a two-handed axe when he was under the Lich King's control.
* AntiMagic: Creates an Anti-Magic Zone for the player death knight during his rescue.
* BashBrothers: With Thassarian.
* {{BFS}}: His favored weapon after being freed from the Lich King's control is a huge greatsword.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Formerly, like most death knights. To be done again at Sylvanas' hands, though nothing has been seen of it yet.
* CastingAShadow: Uses the Unholy tree's AntiMagic abilities, and sends players into the Realm of Shadow to deal with the shades haunting him.
* DistressedDude: In the Death Knight starting area, there is a quest to rescue him from the Scarlet Crusade stronghold. And again, when Sylvanas has him kidnapped at Andorhal, to be brainwashed in the depths of the Undercity.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Thassarian once they join their respective factions. Deconstructed during the battle of Andorhal, as while they both try to avoid direct confrontation as much as possible, the warmongers under their respective orders eventually force them to fight, and Koltira's effort only end up nearly causing the Forsaken to lose. This in turn causes Sylvanas to have him taken to Undercity to be conditioned into forgetting his friendship with Thassarian.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: In order where almost everyone wears a face-covering helmet, he and Thassarian are among the few members to go around with bared face.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: He tried this on Thassarian after the latter became a Death Knight. It didn't work; Thassarian killed him and Koltira himself was raised as a Death Knight. [[ThePowerOfFriendship Their friendship proved stronger than undeath, however.]]
* AntiMagic: Creates an Anti-Magic Zone for the player death knight during his rescue.
* BashBrothers: With Thassarian.
* {{BFS}}: His favored weapon after being freed from the Lich King's control is a huge greatsword.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Formerly, like most death knights. To be done again at Sylvanas' hands, though nothing has been seen of it yet.
* CastingAShadow: Uses the Unholy tree's AntiMagic abilities, and sends players into the Realm of Shadow to deal with the shades haunting him.
* DistressedDude: In the Death Knight starting area, there is a quest to rescue him from the Scarlet Crusade stronghold. And again, when Sylvanas has him kidnapped at Andorhal, to be brainwashed in the depths of the Undercity.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Thassarian once they join their respective factions. Deconstructed during the battle of Andorhal, as while they both try to avoid direct confrontation as much as possible, the warmongers under their respective orders eventually force them to fight, and Koltira's effort only end up nearly causing the Forsaken to lose. This in turn causes Sylvanas to have him taken to Undercity to be conditioned into forgetting his friendship with Thassarian.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: In order where almost everyone wears a face-covering helmet, he and Thassarian are among the few members to go around with bared face.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: He tried this on Thassarian after the latter became a Death Knight. It didn't work; Thassarian killed him and Koltira himself was raised as a Death Knight. [[ThePowerOfFriendship Their friendship proved stronger than undeath, however.]]
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* AnAxeToGrind: Preferred TheArchmage: Her unwavering faith has made her one of the greatest wielders of the Light in Azeroth's history, if not the most noble. That connection and faith still hold fast in death, allowing her to wield use the Light as a two-handed axe when he was under Death Knight. It's the very reason the Lich King's control.
King had her made a Horseman.
*AntiMagic: Creates an Anti-Magic Zone for the player death knight during his rescue.
* BashBrothers: With Thassarian.
* {{BFS}}: His favored weaponTheAtoner: She did not rest easily as a ghost after being freed from the Lich King's control is a huge greatsword.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Formerly, like most death knights. To be done again at Sylvanas' hands, though nothing has been seen of it yet.
* CastingAShadow: Uses the Unholy tree's AntiMagic abilities, and sends players into the Realm of Shadow to deal with the shades haunting him.
* DistressedDude: In the Death Knight starting area, there is a quest to rescue him fromrealizing what the Scarlet Crusade stronghold. And again, when Sylvanas has him kidnapped at Andorhal, to be brainwashed in had become and what she'd unwittingly devoted her life to. Which is why the depths Ebon Blade recruited her, and she vows to redeem herself in undeath.
* BackFromTheDead: Whitemane is brought back as Initiate Whitemane to become a Horseman of theUndercity.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Thassarian once they join their respective factions. Deconstructed during the battle of Andorhal, as while they both try to avoid direct confrontation asEbon Blade, although much as possible, saner than before.
* CameBackWrong: Somehow an InvertedTrope. As Darion Mograine says, death can have a way of quieting thewarmongers under their respective orders madness that haunts people. When she's risen as a Death Knight, she's fare more lucid and agreeable than when she was alive.
* HatOfAuthority: Her famous "chapeau" serves as a symbol of her status.
* HealingHands: She's so good at this that she could [[ResurrectiveImmortality keep herself from dying]].
* {{Irony}}: In life she was basically a religious terrorist who thought all undead were evil, She eventuallyforce them to fight, became undead herself, and Koltira's effort only end up nearly causing the Forsaken to lose. This in turn causes Sylvanas to have him taken to Undercity to be conditioned into forgetting his friendship with Thassarian.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: In order where almost everyone wears a face-covering helmet, he and Thassarian are among the few members to go around with bared face.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: He tried this on Thassarian after the latter[[TookALevelInKindness became a Death Knight. It didn't work; Thassarian killed him and Koltira himself lot nicer than she was raised as a Death Knight. [[ThePowerOfFriendship Their friendship proved stronger than undeath, however.living person.]]
* KilledOffForReal: She was permanently killed after being stabbed by the [[CoolSword Blades of the Anointed]]. Until she was resurrected in ''Legion'', of course.
* NiceHat: She wears a really nice priestly hat, as part of her position. Players are able to loot it for themselves after killing her.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Because of her immense powers of resurrection, she could keep herself from dying.
* ShipTease: A posthumous one, as her last act was to utter the name of the long-dead Renault Mograine, rather than her current champion, Durand.
* StaffOfAuthority: She carried an ornate red staff to signify her position.
* TomTheDarkLord: Initially known only by her title and last name, an appearance by her younger self in the Caverns of Time revealed that her first name is "Sally". It's an awfully cute name for such a ruthless person.
%%* WhiteHairBlackHeart: As an adult at least.
*
* BashBrothers: With Thassarian.
* {{BFS}}: His favored weapon
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Formerly, like most death knights. To be done again at Sylvanas' hands, though nothing has been seen of it yet.
* CastingAShadow: Uses the Unholy tree's AntiMagic abilities, and sends players into the Realm of Shadow to deal with the shades haunting him.
* DistressedDude: In the Death Knight starting area, there is a quest to rescue him from
* BackFromTheDead: Whitemane is brought back as Initiate Whitemane to become a Horseman of the
* FriendlyEnemy: With Thassarian once they join their respective factions. Deconstructed during the battle of Andorhal, as while they both try to avoid direct confrontation as
* CameBackWrong: Somehow an InvertedTrope. As Darion Mograine says, death can have a way of quieting the
* HatOfAuthority: Her famous "chapeau" serves as a symbol of her status.
* HealingHands: She's so good at this that she could [[ResurrectiveImmortality keep herself from dying]].
* {{Irony}}: In life she was basically a religious terrorist who thought all undead were evil, She eventually
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: In order where almost everyone wears a face-covering helmet, he and Thassarian are among the few members to go around with bared face.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: He tried this on Thassarian after the latter
* KilledOffForReal: She was permanently killed after being stabbed by the [[CoolSword Blades of the Anointed]]. Until she was resurrected in ''Legion'', of course.
* NiceHat: She wears a really nice priestly hat, as part of her position. Players are able to loot it for themselves after killing her.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Because of her immense powers of resurrection, she could keep herself from dying.
* ShipTease: A posthumous one, as her last act was to utter the name of the long-dead Renault Mograine, rather than her current champion, Durand.
* StaffOfAuthority: She carried an ornate red staff to signify her position.
* TomTheDarkLord: Initially known only by her title and last name, an appearance by her younger self in the Caverns of Time revealed that her first name is "Sally". It's an awfully cute name for such a ruthless person.
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!!Thassarian
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->'''Class:''' Death Knight
->''"I have a role to play now. I'm part of a chain. And I will not be the weakest link in that chain."''
The death knight representative for the Alliance.
!!Thassarian
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->'''Class:''' Death Knight
->''"I have a role to play now. I'm part of a chain. And I will not be the weakest link in that chain."''
The death knight representative for the Alliance.
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!!Thassarian
!!General Nazgrim
!!!'''Class:''' Death Knight (former Warrior)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{David Lodge|Actor}}
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->''"I have a role to play now. I'm part of a chain. And I will not be
->''"Our orders stand, no matter the
Introduced as a minor Horde questgiver in Grizzly Hills, Northrend, Sergeant Nazgrim enlisted the aid of the PlayerCharacter in proving himself valuable to the master of Conquest Hold ([[DudeWheresMyRespect who considered everyone, including the player, equally expendable and incompetent]]). While most of the Horde's forces were occupying themselves with a zone-wide resource battle against the Alliance, Nazgrim and the player routed the local vrykul forces on their own.
He made an unexpected reappearance on the Horde side of the Vashj'ir storyline, having received a promotion to Legionnaire, officially leading the Horde forces and the player even as the mission goes down the drain. However, even with the odds stacked against he and his soldiers, his resourcefulness and keen planning kept most of them alive long enough for extraction and dealt significant blows to the naga.
His efforts in Vashj'ir were evidently reason enough for another promotion, this time to General. Warchief Garrosh assigned him and a collection of the best veteran soldiers of the Horde to secure the newly-discovered Pandaria in preparation for a more formal occupation. The
Nazgrim has aligned himself with Garrosh's Horde in light of the emerging rebellion, being unwilling to forsake his duty and BloodOath. He is fought and slain in the Siege of Orgrimmar raid. Due to his honorable nature, and prowess in battle and command, the Knights of the Ebon Blade later resurrect him into undeath as a Death Knight.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Like most orcs, a large two-handed axe is his weapon of choice. [[spoiler:Even when raised as a Death Knight, he still uses an axe and is the only one of the Four Horsemen to do so.]]
* AntiVillain:
** He generally isn't an unpleasant Orc. Unlike the other Orcs of Garrosh's forces, he doesn't discriminate or view the other Horde's races as lesser, and is even saddened to hear of the death of Zin'jun, a Troll Hunter who had been sent to Pandaria with him. Despite this, however, he is fiercely loyal to Garrosh because of his personal sense of honor and duty.
** Alliance players would still view him as a straight villain, however.
---> '''WordOfGod''': Unlike many of our Raid bosses, he is not necessarily wicked, but he is a soldier whose loyalty to Orgrimmar leaves him no choice but to defend its walls.
* AscendedExtra: From minor quest giver to major story character to raid boss.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Darion Mograine gives him the choice of coming back to life as a Death Knight as one of his new Four Horsemen, Nazgrim, naturally, accepts,]]
* BadassBoast: Two, depending on the faction fighting him.
** (For Alliance): ''"No Alliance hand has ever struck me down! Do you think you are seasoned enough?"''
** (For Horde): ''"So. It has come to this. Together, we have learned and grown over the years. And now... We find ourselves face to face on the battlefield. Do not think I will go easy on you, nor do I expect any quarter. What we do now, we do for the Horde! Both of us."''
* BadassNormal: In a raid filled with monsters, massive war machines, and twisted magics, Nazgrim stands out as a boss who's dangerous just from being really good with an axe.
* CatchPhrase: "THRALL'S BALLS!"
* DeathSeeker: Implied by his raid dialogue, when he says he stood by the Warchief only because it was his duty, and he is glad the Horde player was the one to strike him down.
* TheDragon: While Malkorok is Garrosh's canon Dragon, Nazgrim fits the trope better. He is very much a foil to Garrosh, being truly honorable while Garrosh is only honorable in his head. He also appears to lead the Kor'kron, even though, again, Malkorok is the technical leader. He's also a WorthyOpponent to the players.
** NobleTopEnforcer
* DyingAsYourself: He was never corrupted, but it's worth noting that he's one of the only bosses in the Siege that hasn't been corrupted, experimented, or twisted by Garrosh's dark magics.
* FlunkyBoss: He's accompanied by Kor'kron minions in his boss battle, and can even give them a buff that causes their attacks to give him rage.
* FourStarBadass: Every zone you see him in, he has risen from rank to rank, beginning as a Grunt, to a Sergeant, to a Legionnaire, and finally a General in Mists of Pandaria.
%%* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: To Horde players when defeated in the Siege of Orgrimmar.
* JustFollowingOrders: His likely reason for remaining loyal to Garrosh.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Ultimately chooses to remain loyal to Garrosh rather than join the Horde Rebellion.
* NeckLift: [[spoiler:As a Death Knight, Nazgrim is fond of the Asphyxiate spell and has more than once held up groups of enemies by their throats]].
* OhCrap: When the raid busts down the gate.
* PetTheDog: In Patch 5.4, Thrall and Saurfang try to enter Orgrimmar through the side entrance to find it guarded by Kor'kron, who prevent them from entering. Nazgrim pops up, and when Thrall tells him they must speak to Garrosh, he thinks for a moment before telling the guards they're needed at the front, and helps Thrall and Saurfang sneak into Orgrimmar.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: ''"You may have defeated my war machine, but the gate. Still. Stands."''
* ShouldersOfDoom: Like most orcs (or, really, most people in ''Warcraft''), but notably he sports a unique pair as General that helps him stand out.
* SoProudOfYou:
** To the Horde players who kill him.
-->'''Nazgrim:''' [[ItHasBeenAnHonor You have learned much, and learned well. An honorable battle, in the end. I stood by the Warchief because it was my duty, and I am glad it was you who struck me down... May your strength.. Lead the Horde.. Into a new era... Of.. Prosperity...]].
** Nazgrim's death cry changes specifically if [[AscendedMeme Gamon]] is alive when you kill him, regardless of faction.
--->'''Nazgrim:''' Gamon... You have finally learned... I am proud to have died... at your hands... For the Horde...
* TemptingFate: Twice in Siege of Orgrimmar. He says Vol'jin cannot win the battle after losing his siege weapons, but the raid defeats the Iron Juggernaut. After they do so, he declares that the gate stands, but then a BigDamnHeroes moment happens, causing him to respond with an OhCrap.
* YouShallNotPass: His boss fight revolves around defending the gates of Garrosh's compound.
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[[folder:Thoras Trollbane]]
!!King Thoras Trollbane
!!!'''Class:''' Death Knight (former Warrior)
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->''"General. The orcs are pouring through your southern passes. We blocked them for you."''
King of Stromgarde during the Second War until his assassination following the Third War. A large and very strong man of few words, though the tough exterior hid a [[GeniusBruiser very sharp mind]]. Thoras was one of King Terenas' oldest friends and his closest ally in the Alliance, but their friendship soured following the Second War because of the internment camp taxes and the issue of whom would take over Alterac. This led to Thoras Trollbane pulling Stromgarde from the Alliance, though he respected Terenas and the Alliance member states enough to let them keep internment camps on his land.
He was assassinated in-between the events of ''Warcraft III'' and ''World of Warcraft'' while the armies of Stromgarde were busy fighting off the Scourge. Leaderless and beset on all sides by the Syndicate and the Boulderfist ogres, Stromgarde crumbled. He remains buried in his tomb within Stromgarde Keep, though it has become the target of Horde adventurers [[RobbingTheDead seeking to steal]] [[AncestralWeapon the Trollbane family sword]] [[CoolSword Trol'kalar]].
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* AlliterativeName: '''T'''horas '''T'''rollbane.
* AnAxeToGrind: Despite carrying [[CoolSword Trol'kalar]], his preferred weapon of choice was a large double-headed axe.
* AncestralWeapon: Carried Trol'kalar, the ancestral sword of the Trollbanes. The sword was buried with Thoras after his death, but Horde players have stolen it from his tomb twice.
* ArchEnemy: Aiden Perenolde, though he has ample respect for the citizens of Alterac.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Considering that Stromgarde was a nation of warriors, it makes sense that its king is a great warrior in his own right.
* BackFromTheDead: In ''Legion'', the Knights of the Ebon Blade begin seeking champions to re-create the Four Horsemen, should they be willing. Thoras is chosen as and accepts becoming the second of these champions.
* BadassMustache: Depicted with one in the ''Warcraft II'' manual.
* BadassNormal: No magic, one axe, many dead orcs.
* CameBackStrong: Thoras was a mighty warrior in life, but in ''Legion'' he is raised to become an even more powerful Death Knight.
* CoolHelmet: Depicted with a horned helmet in the ''Warcraft II'' manual.
* CoolSword: Supposedly carried his family's ancestral sword Trol'kalar, which is especially deadly against trolls. However, the ''Warcraft II'' manual and the novels primarily depict him wielding a large axe as his weapon instead.
* DeadpanSnarker: Due to his quiet nature, what little he does say tends to be short and often as a snarky response to someone else.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Assassinated off-screen in-between ''Warcraft III'' and ''World of Warcraft''.
* FinalSolution: He, along with Greymane, once proposed to the Alliance that they should execute all the orcs they had captured rather than put them in costly internment camps. His proposal failed to gain traction, which soured his friendship with Terenas.
* GeniusBruiser: Despite his large size and tough exterior, he was quite intelligent. He was quick to figure out how the Horde was able of laying siege to Lordaeron Capital City so quickly after the battle for Quel'Thalas which was to travel through Alterac Mountains and as such that Perenolde had betrayed the Alliance to save his own skin, and took measures that saved the Alliance by going to Alterac and cutting the path to Lordaeron alongside his army and the still loyal Alteraci forces.
* LargeAndInCharge: Largest of the human kings, and depicted as a head taller than Terenas and Lothar in the ''Warcraft II'' manual, though Lothar is quite a bit smaller in the picture than he's mentioned to be in the lore.
* ModestRoyalty: He doesn't wear a crown and attends important meetings wearing his traveling furs.
* NamedWeapons: The Trollbane family sword is called Trol'kalar, which means 'troll slayer' in their ancient tongue, giving the family their name.
* OldFriend: He and Terenas Menethil were great friends through most of their lives, making their both political and personnal falling out over the solution to the orcs and Alterac problems and Stromgarde's consecutive leaving of the Alliance all the more tragic.
* TheQuietOne: In comparison to the other leaders, Thoras is a quiet man who primarily only speaks out of necessity.
* RobbingTheDead: Has been victim of it twice in ''World of Warcraft''. Horde players were first sent by the troll Zengu to steal [[AncestralWeapon Trol'kalar]] from his tomb to use against the Gurubashi. While they succeeded, Zengu was killed en route south and the sword was reclaimed. Prince Galen Trollbane, [[CameBackWrong raised and working for the Forsaken]], eventually got Horde players to steal it from his father's tomb again.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Thoras personally leads his forces into battle during the Second War, being responsible for sealing the passes of the Alterac Mountains off from the Horde.
* TheStoic: Calm and collected most of the time, though he is not without his bursts of anger.
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!!Other Ebon Knights
[[folder:Koltira Deathweaver]]
!!Koltira Deathweaver
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->'''Class:''' Death Knight
->''"Death alone cannot stop us."''
The death knight representative for the Horde.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Preferred to wield a two-handed axe when he was under the Lich King's control.
* AntiMagic: Creates an Anti-Magic Zone for the player death knight during his rescue.
* BashBrothers: With Thassarian.
* {{BFS}}: His favored weapon after being freed from the Lich King's control is a huge greatsword.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Formerly, like most death knights. To be done again at Sylvanas' hands, though nothing has been seen of it yet.
* CastingAShadow: Uses the Unholy tree's AntiMagic abilities, and sends players into the Realm of Shadow to deal with the shades haunting him.
* DistressedDude: In the Death Knight starting area, there is a quest to rescue him from the Scarlet Crusade stronghold. And again, when Sylvanas has him kidnapped at Andorhal, to be brainwashed in the depths of the Undercity.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Thassarian once they join their respective factions. Deconstructed during the battle of Andorhal, as while they both try to avoid direct confrontation as much as possible, the warmongers under their respective orders eventually force them to fight, and Koltira's effort only end up nearly causing the Forsaken to lose. This in turn causes Sylvanas to have him taken to Undercity to be conditioned into forgetting his friendship with Thassarian.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: In order where almost everyone wears a face-covering helmet, he and Thassarian are among the few members to go around with bared face.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: He tried this on Thassarian after the latter became a Death Knight. It didn't work; Thassarian killed him and Koltira himself was raised as a Death Knight. [[ThePowerOfFriendship Their friendship proved stronger than undeath, however.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Thassarian]]
!!Thassarian
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->'''Class:''' Death Knight
->''"I have a role to play now. I'm part of a chain. And I will not be the weakest link in that chain."''
The death knight representative for the Alliance.
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* AntiVillain:
** He generally isn't an unpleasant Orc. Unlike the other Orcs of Garrosh's forces, he doesn't discriminate or view the other Horde's races as lesser, and is even saddened to hear of the death of Zin'jun, a Troll Hunter who had been sent to Pandaria with him. Despite this, however, he is fiercely loyal to Garrosh because of his personal sense of honor and duty.
** Alliance players would still view him as a straight villain, however.
---> '''WordOfGod''': Unlike many of our Raid bosses, he is not necessarily wicked, but he is a soldier whose loyalty to Orgrimmar leaves him no choice but to defend its walls.
* AscendedExtra: From minor quest giver to major story character to raid boss.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Darion Mograine gives him the choice of coming back to life as a Death Knight as one of his new Four Horsemen, Nazgrim, naturally, accepts,]]
* BadassBoast: Two, depending on the faction fighting him.
** (For Alliance): ''"No Alliance hand has ever struck me down! Do you think you are seasoned enough?"''
** (For Horde): ''"So. It has come to this. Together, we have learned and grown over the years. And now... We find ourselves face to face on the battlefield. Do not think I will go easy on you, nor do I expect any quarter. What we do now, we do for the Horde! Both of us."''
* BadassNormal: In a raid filled with monsters, massive war machines, and twisted magics, Nazgrim stands out as a boss who's dangerous just from being really good with an axe.
* CatchPhrase: "THRALL'S BALLS!"
* DeathSeeker: Implied by his raid dialogue, when he says he stood by the Warchief only because it was his duty, and he is glad the Horde player was the one to strike him down.
* TheDragon: While Malkorok is Garrosh's canon Dragon, Nazgrim fits the trope better. He is very much a foil to Garrosh, being truly honorable while Garrosh is only honorable in his head. He also appears to lead the Kor'kron, even though, again, Malkorok is the technical leader. He's also a WorthyOpponent to the players.
** NobleTopEnforcer
* DyingAsYourself: He was never corrupted, but it's worth noting that he's one of the only bosses in the Siege that hasn't been corrupted, experimented, or twisted by Garrosh's dark magics.
* FlunkyBoss: He's accompanied by Kor'kron minions in his boss battle, and can even give them a buff that causes their attacks to give him rage.
* FourStarBadass: Every zone you see him in, he has risen from rank to rank, beginning as a Grunt, to a Sergeant, to a Legionnaire, and finally a General in Mists of Pandaria.
%%* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: To Horde players when defeated in the Siege of Orgrimmar.
* JustFollowingOrders: His likely reason for remaining loyal to Garrosh.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Ultimately chooses to remain loyal to Garrosh rather than join the Horde Rebellion.
* NeckLift: [[spoiler:As a Death Knight, Nazgrim is fond of the Asphyxiate spell and has more than once held up groups of enemies by their throats]].
* OhCrap: When the raid busts down the gate.
* PetTheDog: In Patch 5.4, Thrall and Saurfang try to enter Orgrimmar through the side entrance to find it guarded by Kor'kron, who prevent them from entering. Nazgrim pops up, and when Thrall tells him they must speak to Garrosh, he thinks for a moment before telling the guards they're needed at the front, and helps Thrall and Saurfang sneak into Orgrimmar.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: ''"You may have defeated my war machine, but the gate. Still. Stands."''
* ShouldersOfDoom: Like most orcs (or, really, most people in ''Warcraft''), but notably he sports a unique pair as General that helps him stand out.
* SoProudOfYou:
** To the Horde players who kill him.
-->'''Nazgrim:''' [[ItHasBeenAnHonor You have learned much, and learned well. An honorable battle, in the end. I stood by the Warchief because it was my duty, and I am glad it was you who struck me down... May your strength.. Lead the Horde.. Into a new era... Of.. Prosperity...]].
** Nazgrim's death cry changes specifically if [[AscendedMeme Gamon]] is alive when you kill him, regardless of faction.
--->'''Nazgrim:''' Gamon... You have finally learned... I am proud to have died... at your hands... For the Horde...
* TemptingFate: Twice in Siege of Orgrimmar. He says Vol'jin cannot win the battle after losing his siege weapons, but the raid defeats the Iron Juggernaut. After they do so, he declares that the gate stands, but then a BigDamnHeroes moment happens, causing him to respond with an OhCrap.
* YouShallNotPass: His boss fight revolves around defending the gates of Garrosh's compound.
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[[folder:Thoras Trollbane]]
!!King Thoras Trollbane
!!!'''Class:''' Death Knight (former Warrior)
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->''"General. The orcs are pouring through your southern passes. We blocked them for you."''
King of Stromgarde during the Second War until his assassination following the Third War. A large and very strong man of few words, though the tough exterior hid a [[GeniusBruiser very sharp mind]]. Thoras was one of King Terenas' oldest friends and his closest ally in the Alliance, but their friendship soured following the Second War because of the internment camp taxes and the issue of whom would take over Alterac. This led to Thoras Trollbane pulling Stromgarde from the Alliance, though he respected Terenas and the Alliance member states enough to let them keep internment camps on his land.
He was assassinated in-between the events of ''Warcraft III'' and ''World of Warcraft'' while the armies of Stromgarde were busy fighting off the Scourge. Leaderless and beset on all sides by the Syndicate and the Boulderfist ogres, Stromgarde crumbled. He remains buried in his tomb within Stromgarde Keep, though it has become the target of Horde adventurers [[RobbingTheDead seeking to steal]] [[AncestralWeapon the Trollbane family sword]] [[CoolSword Trol'kalar]].
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* AlliterativeName: '''T'''horas '''T'''rollbane.
* AnAxeToGrind: Despite carrying [[CoolSword Trol'kalar]], his preferred weapon of choice was a large double-headed axe.
* AncestralWeapon: Carried Trol'kalar, the ancestral sword of the Trollbanes. The sword was buried with Thoras after his death, but Horde players have stolen it from his tomb twice.
* ArchEnemy: Aiden Perenolde, though he has ample respect for the citizens of Alterac.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Considering that Stromgarde was a nation of warriors, it makes sense that its king is a great warrior in his own right.
* BackFromTheDead: In ''Legion'', the Knights of the Ebon Blade begin seeking champions to re-create the Four Horsemen, should they be willing. Thoras is chosen as and accepts becoming the second of these champions.
* BadassMustache: Depicted with one in the ''Warcraft II'' manual.
* BadassNormal: No magic, one axe, many dead orcs.
* CameBackStrong: Thoras was a mighty warrior in life, but in ''Legion'' he is raised to become an even more powerful Death Knight.
* CoolHelmet: Depicted with a horned helmet in the ''Warcraft II'' manual.
* CoolSword: Supposedly carried his family's ancestral sword Trol'kalar, which is especially deadly against trolls. However, the ''Warcraft II'' manual and the novels primarily depict him wielding a large axe as his weapon instead.
* DeadpanSnarker: Due to his quiet nature, what little he does say tends to be short and often as a snarky response to someone else.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Assassinated off-screen in-between ''Warcraft III'' and ''World of Warcraft''.
* FinalSolution: He, along with Greymane, once proposed to the Alliance that they should execute all the orcs they had captured rather than put them in costly internment camps. His proposal failed to gain traction, which soured his friendship with Terenas.
* GeniusBruiser: Despite his large size and tough exterior, he was quite intelligent. He was quick to figure out how the Horde was able of laying siege to Lordaeron Capital City so quickly after the battle for Quel'Thalas which was to travel through Alterac Mountains and as such that Perenolde had betrayed the Alliance to save his own skin, and took measures that saved the Alliance by going to Alterac and cutting the path to Lordaeron alongside his army and the still loyal Alteraci forces.
* LargeAndInCharge: Largest of the human kings, and depicted as a head taller than Terenas and Lothar in the ''Warcraft II'' manual, though Lothar is quite a bit smaller in the picture than he's mentioned to be in the lore.
* ModestRoyalty: He doesn't wear a crown and attends important meetings wearing his traveling furs.
* NamedWeapons: The Trollbane family sword is called Trol'kalar, which means 'troll slayer' in their ancient tongue, giving the family their name.
* OldFriend: He and Terenas Menethil were great friends through most of their lives, making their both political and personnal falling out over the solution to the orcs and Alterac problems and Stromgarde's consecutive leaving of the Alliance all the more tragic.
* TheQuietOne: In comparison to the other leaders, Thoras is a quiet man who primarily only speaks out of necessity.
* RobbingTheDead: Has been victim of it twice in ''World of Warcraft''. Horde players were first sent by the troll Zengu to steal [[AncestralWeapon Trol'kalar]] from his tomb to use against the Gurubashi. While they succeeded, Zengu was killed en route south and the sword was reclaimed. Prince Galen Trollbane, [[CameBackWrong raised and working for the Forsaken]], eventually got Horde players to steal it from his father's tomb again.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Thoras personally leads his forces into battle during the Second War, being responsible for sealing the passes of the Alterac Mountains off from the Horde.
* TheStoic: Calm and collected most of the time, though he is not without his bursts of anger.
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!!Other Ebon Knights
[[folder:Koltira Deathweaver]]
!!Koltira Deathweaver
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->'''Class:''' Death Knight
->''"Death alone cannot stop us."''
The death knight representative for the Horde.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Preferred to wield a two-handed axe when he was under the Lich King's control.
* AntiMagic: Creates an Anti-Magic Zone for the player death knight during his rescue.
* BashBrothers: With Thassarian.
* {{BFS}}: His favored weapon after being freed from the Lich King's control is a huge greatsword.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Formerly, like most death knights. To be done again at Sylvanas' hands, though nothing has been seen of it yet.
* CastingAShadow: Uses the Unholy tree's AntiMagic abilities, and sends players into the Realm of Shadow to deal with the shades haunting him.
* DistressedDude: In the Death Knight starting area, there is a quest to rescue him from the Scarlet Crusade stronghold. And again, when Sylvanas has him kidnapped at Andorhal, to be brainwashed in the depths of the Undercity.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Thassarian once they join their respective factions. Deconstructed during the battle of Andorhal, as while they both try to avoid direct confrontation as much as possible, the warmongers under their respective orders eventually force them to fight, and Koltira's effort only end up nearly causing the Forsaken to lose. This in turn causes Sylvanas to have him taken to Undercity to be conditioned into forgetting his friendship with Thassarian.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: In order where almost everyone wears a face-covering helmet, he and Thassarian are among the few members to go around with bared face.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: He tried this on Thassarian after the latter became a Death Knight. It didn't work; Thassarian killed him and Koltira himself was raised as a Death Knight. [[ThePowerOfFriendship Their friendship proved stronger than undeath, however.]]
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[[folder:Thassarian]]
!!Thassarian
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->'''Class:''' Death Knight
->''"I have a role to play now. I'm part of a chain. And I will not be the weakest link in that chain."''
The death knight representative for the Alliance.
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* BatmanGambit: What he spent the entirety of ''Battle for Azeroth'' doing. [[spoiler: After drawing more power from the Helm and seeing what was at play in the Shadowlands, he thought Sylvanas was planning to make a play to become the new Lich Queen.]]
** [[spoiler: So he had the Ebon Blade travel the world, collecting bodies and he raised them into death knights before sending them out to the world to grow and get stronger.]]
** [[spoiler: Then he started gathering an army of Scourge around Northrend to come to Icecrown and prepare]]
** [[spoiler: Finally he made his actions painfully obvious that the Ebon Blade would prepare to kill him, because when Sylvanas does make her move he'd have to fully give into the Helm's power, which would could turn him into a monster like Arthas, so the Ebon Blade would need to be ready to fight and kill either him, or Sylvanas if she managed to beat him.]]
** [[spoiler: However, Sylvanas took the Third Option, and broke the helm and shattered the veil which Bolvar did not see coming.]]
** [[spoiler: So he had the Ebon Blade travel the world, collecting bodies and he raised them into death knights before sending them out to the world to grow and get stronger.]]
** [[spoiler: Then he started gathering an army of Scourge around Northrend to come to Icecrown and prepare]]
** [[spoiler: Finally he made his actions painfully obvious that the Ebon Blade would prepare to kill him, because when Sylvanas does make her move he'd have to fully give into the Helm's power, which would could turn him into a monster like Arthas, so the Ebon Blade would need to be ready to fight and kill either him, or Sylvanas if she managed to beat him.]]
** [[spoiler: However, Sylvanas took the Third Option, and broke the helm and shattered the veil which Bolvar did not see coming.]]
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Leader of the Knights of the Ebon Blade. Highlord Darion is the son of Alexandros Mograine, who was murdered by his other son and resurrected by the Scourge as the leader of all death knights. He led an assault on Naxxramas with the intent of freeing his father's soul, but succeeded only by sacrificing his own in turn and taking Alexandros' place. During the battle at Light's Hope Chapel, however, Tirion Fordring was able to free him (and the rest of the Ebon Blade) from the Lich King's control, using the Ashbringer. In Northrend, the two of them led the charge into Icecrown, eventually laying siege to the seat of the Lich King himself.
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Leader of the Knights of the Ebon Blade. Highlord Darion is the son of Alexandros Mograine, who was murdered by his other son and resurrected by the Scourge as the leader of all death knights. He led an assault on Naxxramas with the intent of freeing his father's soul, but succeeded only by sacrificing his own in turn and taking Alexandros' place. During the battle at Light's Hope Chapel, however, Tirion Fordring was able to free him (and the rest of the Ebon Blade) from the Lich King's King!Arthas' control, using the Ashbringer. In Northrend, the two of them led the charge into Icecrown, eventually laying siege to the seat of the Lich King himself.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Yes, he's the new Lich King. He uses his command over the Scourge to contain their threat for all of eternity. [[spoiler: And despite his failure, he's willing to make sure it stays that way and later takes a central role in the Shadowlands arc, leading his knights personally into the Shadowlands against the Mawsworn.]]
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Yes, he's the new Lich King. He uses his command over the Scourge to contain their threat for all of eternity. [[spoiler: And despite his failure, he's willing to make sure it stays that way and later takes a central role in the Shadowlands ''Shadowlands'' arc, leading his knights personally into the Shadowlands against the Mawsworn.]]
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* TheUnfettered: As of ''Legion'', the Ebon Blade have sworn to do ''anything'' to protect Azeroth, even the wicked deeds that the living could never bring themselves to. Over the course of ''Legion'', they raise new undead and attack key targets in life ''and'' the afterlife that alienate them from all of their previous allies, all to fight against the Burning Legion.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: He always knew that Sylvannas would come for him, [[spoiler: he expected her to become a new Lich Queen, not break the Helm of Domination and open up a rift to the Shadowlands.]]
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'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde The Horde]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOrgrimmar Orgrimmar (Orcs)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeDarkspearTribe The Darkspear Tribe (Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeThunderBluff Thunder Bluff (Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeTheForsaken The Forsaken (Undead)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeQuelThalas Quel'Thalas (Blood Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeBilgewaterCartel (Goblins)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordePandaren Huojin (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeHighmountain Thunder Totem (Highmountain Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeSuramar Suramar (Nightborne)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeZandalariEmpire Zandalari Empire (Zandalar Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeVoldunai Voldunai (Vulpera)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOther Other (non-playable races)]]\\
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'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde The Horde]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOrgrimmar Orgrimmar (Orcs)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeDarkspearTribe The Darkspear Tribe (Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeThunderBluff Thunder Bluff (Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeTheForsaken The Forsaken (Undead)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeQuelThalas Quel'Thalas (Blood Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeBilgewaterCartel Bilgewater Cartel (Goblins)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordePandaren Huojin (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeHighmountain Thunder Totem (Highmountain Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeSuramar Suramar (Nightborne)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeZandalariEmpire Zandalari Empire (Zandalar Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeVoldunai Voldunai (Vulpera)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOther Other (non-playable races)]]\\
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'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and his followers]] | '''Knights of the Ebon Blade''' | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheArtifactWeapons The Artifact Weapons]]\\
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'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and his her followers]] | '''Knights of the Ebon Blade''' | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheArtifactWeapons The Artifact Weapons]]\\
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'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheArtifactWeapons The Artifact Weapons]]\\
'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheArtifactWeapons The Artifact Weapons]]\\
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'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde The Horde]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOrgrimmar Orgrimmar (Orcs)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeDarkspearTribe The Darkspear Tribe (Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeThunderBluff Thunder Bluff (Tauren}]] (Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeTheForsaken The Forsaken (Undead)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeQuelThalas Quel'Thalas (Blood Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeBilgewaterCartel (Goblins)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordePandaren Huojin (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeHighmountain Thunder Totem (Highmountain Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeSuramar Suramar (Nightborne)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeZandalariEmpire Zandalari Empire (Zandalar Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeVoldunai Voldunai (Vulpera)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOther Other (non-playable races)]]\\
'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and his followers]] |[[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights '''Knights of the Ebon Blade]] Blade''' | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheArtifactWeapons The Artifact Weapons]]\\
'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and his followers]] |
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'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance The Alliance]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceStormwind Stormwind (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGilneas Gilneas (Humans/Worgen)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceKulTiras Kul Tiras (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceHumanKingdoms Other Human Kingdoms]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceIronforge Ironforge (Dwarven Clans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGnomeregan Gnomeregan (Gnomes)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceQuelThalas Quel'Thalas/Telogrus Rift (High Elves and Void Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceDarnassus Darnassus (Night Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceExodar The Exodar (Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceTushui Tushui (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceVindicaar Vindicaar (Lightforged Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceMechagon Mechagon (Mechagnomes)]]\\
'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde The Horde]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOrgrimmar Orgrimmar (Orcs)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeDarkspearTribe The Darkspear Tribe (Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeThunderBluff Thunder Bluff (Tauren}]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeTheForsaken The Forsaken (Undead)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeQuelThalas Quel'Thalas (Blood Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeBilgewaterCartel (Goblins)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordePandaren Huojin (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeHighmountain Thunder Totem (Highmountain Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeSuramar Suramar (Nightborne)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeZandalariEmpire Zandalari Empire (Zandalar Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeVoldunai Voldunai (Vulpera)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOther Other (non-playable races)]]\\
'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheArtifactWeapons The Artifact Weapons]]\\
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'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance The Alliance]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceStormwind Stormwind (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGilneas Gilneas (Humans/Worgen)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceKulTiras Kul Tiras (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceHumanKingdoms Other Human Kingdoms]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceIronforge Ironforge (Dwarven Clans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGnomeregan Gnomeregan (Gnomes)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceQuelThalas Quel'Thalas/Telogrus Rift (High Elves and Void Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceDarnassus Darnassus (Night Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceExodar The Exodar (Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceTushui Tushui (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceVindicaar Vindicaar (Lightforged Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceMechagon Mechagon (Mechagnomes)]]\\
'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde The Horde]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOrgrimmar Orgrimmar (Orcs)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeDarkspearTribe The Darkspear Tribe (Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeThunderBluff Thunder Bluff (Tauren}]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeTheForsaken The Forsaken (Undead)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeQuelThalas Quel'Thalas (Blood Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeBilgewaterCartel (Goblins)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordePandaren Huojin (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeHighmountain Thunder Totem (Highmountain Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeSuramar Suramar (Nightborne)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeZandalariEmpire Zandalari Empire (Zandalar Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeVoldunai Voldunai (Vulpera)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOther Other (non-playable races)]]\\
'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheArtifactWeapons The Artifact Weapons]]\\
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* BigGood: Of Shadowlands story arc. Freed from his self-imposed duty of controlling the Scourge, he gathers the support of the mortal races of Azeroth and then ventures to Oribos to plan countermeasures against Sylvanas and the Jailer.
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* NeutralNoLonger: Ever since he assumed the mantle of the Lich King, he kept the Scourge at bay and preferred to stay away from the mortal affairs, and even during the Legion invasion he preferred to act through proxies in the form of the Knights of the Ebon Blade. Come Shadowlands and Sylvanas' incursion upon the Frozen Throne, he is essentially forced out of non-intervention and goes into the realms of death to help resolve the crisis.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Yes, he's the new Lich King. He uses his command over the Scourge to contain their threat for all of eternity. [[spoiler: And despite his failure, he's willing to make sure it stays that way and takes a central role in the Shadowlands arc.]]
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Yes, he's the new Lich King. He uses his command over the Scourge to contain their threat for all of eternity. [[spoiler: And despite his failure, he's willing to make sure it stays that way and later takes a central role in the Shadowlands arc.arc, leading his knights personally into the Shadowlands against the Mawsworn.]]
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* HesBack: [[spoiler: After losing the fight with Sylvanas, who tears open a rift between material plane and the afterlife by destroying the Helm of Domination, Bolvar decides to take matters into his own hands and leads the Knights of the Ebon Blade to the Shadowlands to make things right.]]
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* HesBack: [[spoiler: After losing the fight with Sylvanas, who tears open a rift between material plane and the afterlife by destroying the Helm of Domination, Bolvar decides to take matters into his own hands and leads the Knights of the Ebon Blade to into the Shadowlands to make things right.]]
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* PlayingWithFire: Gets fire-based abilities, courtesy of the dragons' flame. As the Lich King, he could also amplify his powers into Frostfire.
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** Applies to the entire faction in Shadowlands, big time. While they were merely one of the prominent forces during the war against the Lich King, in Shadowlands they become the primary force from Azeroth that represents the mortalkind in the conflict against the Jailer, aside from the Maw Walker and the [[spoiler: heroes that were abducted by the Mawsworn]].
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** In ''Legion,'' with the Lich King himself. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in Shadowlands, where Bolvar loses control of the Scourge and becomes the Ebon Blade's direct leader.]]
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Few years later, they have loosely re-established their ties to the Scourge through the new Lich King, [[NobleDemon Bolvar Fordragon]] during the invasion of the Burning Legion, agreeing to serve as a free-willed paramilitary wing of sorts in exchange for Bolvar using his power in defense of Azeroth. This connection later allows them to act as Bolvar's personal army after Sylvanas shatters the Helm of Domination and lets the Scourge rampant on Azeroth, and they serve on the forefront of the conflict between the mortalkind and the Mawsworn.
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Few years later, they have loosely re-established their ties to the Scourge through the new Lich King, [[NobleDemon Bolvar Fordragon]] during the invasion of the Burning Legion, agreeing to serve as a free-willed paramilitary wing of sorts in exchange for Bolvar using his power in defense of Azeroth. This connection [[spoiler: later allows them to act as Bolvar's personal army after Sylvanas shatters the Helm of Domination and lets the Scourge rampant on Azeroth, and they serve on the forefront of the conflict between the mortalkind forces of life and the Mawsworn.
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After the Helm of Domination is destroyed, he steps up as the new Highlord of the Ebon Blade, and due to his ability to peer into the Shadowlands during his tenure as the Lich King, he manages to use the shards of the Helm of Domination to open a gateway for the Knights of the Ebon Blade's strike force to venture into the dreaded Maw. After a long period of fighting through the death realm, he and his knights manage to reach Oribos and warn the First Ones about the Jailer's efforts.
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[[folder:Darion Mograine]]
!!Highlord Darion Mograine
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->''"[[ThePowerOfHate Harness your hate. Make it useful.]]"''
->'''Class:''' Death Knight
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TaliesinJaffe
Leader of the Knights of the Ebon Blade. Highlord Darion is the son of Alexandros Mograine, who was murdered by his other son and resurrected by the Scourge as the leader of all death knights. He led an assault on Naxxramas with the intent of freeing his father's soul, but succeeded only by sacrificing his own in turn and taking Alexandros' place. During the battle at Light's Hope Chapel, however, Tirion Fordring was able to free him (and the rest of the Ebon Blade) from the Lich King's control, using the Ashbringer. In Northrend, the two of them led the charge into Icecrown, eventually laying siege to the seat of the Lich King himself.
!!Highlord Darion Mograine
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->''"[[ThePowerOfHate Harness your hate. Make it useful.]]"''
->'''Class:''' Death Knight
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TaliesinJaffe
Leader of the Knights of the Ebon Blade. Highlord Darion is the son of Alexandros Mograine, who was murdered by his other son and resurrected by the Scourge as the leader of all death knights. He led an assault on Naxxramas with the intent of freeing his father's soul, but succeeded only by sacrificing his own in turn and taking Alexandros' place. During the battle at Light's Hope Chapel, however, Tirion Fordring was able to free him (and the rest of the Ebon Blade) from the Lich King's control, using the Ashbringer. In Northrend, the two of them led the charge into Icecrown, eventually laying siege to the seat of the Lich King himself.
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!!Highlord Darion Mograine
!!Bolvar Fordragon
!!!Highlord, The Lich King
!!!'''Class:''' Paladin
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Carlos Larkin
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->''"[[ThePowerOfHate Harness your hate. Make it useful.]]"''
->'''Class:''' Death Knight
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TaliesinJaffe
Leader of the Knights of the Ebon Blade.
->''"It is a tragedy. I think... I believe that our kind is cursed. We are cursed to lose our greatest warriors; our most noble heroes; our most gifted scholars."''
Highlord
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* AndIMustScream: Willingly chooses to don the Helm of Domination to hold back the Scourge and encases himself in a block of ice following his "crowning" as the new Lich King.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: During his time as regent and faction leader for Stormwind (though Anduin was formally king), as well as during his time as leader of the Valiance Expedition.
* BadassBeard: Kept a close-cropped beard prior to his encounter with dragon fire.
* BadassCape: Wears a blue and gold cape for the war in Northrend.
* BaldOfAwesome: He loses his hair after his ordeal with dragon fire.
* {{BFS}}: Wields a huge, jeweled sword in Northrend.
* BigDamnHeroes: Shows up to save the player and a bunch of [=NPCs=] during the confrontation with Thel'zan the Duskbringer under Wintergarde.
* BlingOfWar: He upgrades from a decently shining suit of plate to the fully golden Classic PVP armor decorated with eagles during the war in Northrend.
* BodyHorror: Survives being burned to death by the Dragonflight's fire ''because'' of its life-preserving capacity, yet got horrific burns. Then he got tortured in an unspecified way by the Lich King...
* DarkIsNotEvil: Yes, he's the new Lich King. He uses his command over the Scourge to contain their threat for all of eternity. [[spoiler: And despite his failure, he's willing to make sure it stays that way and takes a central role in the Shadowlands arc.]]
* {{Determinator}}: After surviving both the Forsaken blight and the flames of the Red Dragonflight, he's captured by the Lich King, who tries to torture and convert him into his new champion. He never gives in and defies him all the way through.
* DropTheHammer: Some time after becoming the Lich King, he takes to using a colossal warhammer with a handle almost as long as he is tall.
* FourStarBadass: Stormwind's foremost general and leader of the Alliance forces in Northrend, he saves the players from the lich Thel'zan and leads the charge against the Scourge at the Wrathgate.
* FrontlineGeneral: Leads the charge personally at the Wrathgate and is the first to reach enemy lines.
* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: As per his instructions to Tirion after donning the Helm of Domination: "Tell them only that the Lich King is dead... [[ThatManIsDead and that Bolvar Fordragon died with him]]."
* HealingHands: He is able to call upon the Light to heal himself and others, most notably using the Lay on Hands spell to heal himself to full if he ever gets low.
* HesBack: [[spoiler: After losing the fight with Sylvanas, who tears open a rift between material plane and the afterlife by destroying the Helm of Domination, Bolvar decides to take matters into his own hands and leads the Knights of the Ebon Blade to the Shadowlands to make things right.]]
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Always seen wearing full plate, but never puts on a helmet -- until he becomes the Lich King that is.
* HeroicSacrifice: Chooses to bear the mantle of the Lich King, keeping the Scourge forces from overwhelming Azeroth. He even decides that none are to know of his sacrifice, though certain characters are privy to it.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Valiant and selfless to a fault, even damning himself to a living hell to contain the Scourge.
* KnightlySwordAndShield: Bolvar is a heroic paladin of Stormwind wielding a mighty greatsword in one hand and a lion-faced shield in the other.
* LegacyCharacter: As the Lich King. As he states, someone needs to don the Helm of Domination and take up the role of Lich King to keep the Scourge in check.
* LightEmUp: As a paladin he calls upon the Light's power to aid him in battle, most notably using it to heal himself or to stun enemies around him.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Uses his shield to great effect to protect himself. It's also the one item left behind at the Wrathgate after his presumed demise. The player brings it back to Varian.
* MagicKnight: Being a paladin, Bolvar complements his physical skills with holy magic. Gameplay-wise he literally mixes warrior abilities (Cleave and Shield Wall) with paladin spells (Lay on Hands, Retribution Aura and his unique Highlord's Justice, a multi-target stun).
* MindControlDevice: It's retconned out with the comic, but in Classic, Lady Prestor partially controls his mind through the Dragon's Eye amulet that he wears. It shatters during the Great Masquerade quest when Prestor is exposed as Onyxia, and is used to create the Drakefire Amulet, the key to opening her lair.
* NobleDemon: In Legion, any Mage seeking Felo'melorn must deal with him. Upon perceiving their intended heroic purpose, he agrees to let them pursue the weapon in his possession. He's not going to just let them have it though, placing both lethal traps and his own undead soldiers in their path, and cautions the PC that failure will result in their eternal condemnation as one of the mindless Scourge.
* NotQuiteDead: Thought to have died at the [[WhamEpisode Wrathgate]] [[PlayerPunch incident]], but turns out to have survived (possibly due to the red dragons' flames, though heavily scarred as a result) and then claimed to be tortured and converted by the [[BigBad Lich King]].
* NumberTwo: Varian's most trusted friend and commander, leading Stormwind's forces in the world where the king himself cannot.
* OneHandedZweihander: Wields a [[{{BFS}} huge sword]] with one hand in Northrend. However, the same sword can also be acquired as a one-handed weapon by Alliance players.
* ThePaladin: Stormwind's foremost Paladin until his fall.
* TheParalyzer: When he was still Stormwind's faction leader, Bolvar had the unique ability Highlord's Justice, a multi-target version of the Paladin's Hammer of Justice, which stuns all enemies around him for 6 seconds.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Anduin, in absence of his father.
* PowerEchoes: After donning the Helm of Domination.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When he wasn't being manipulated by Katrana. He also seemed to get along fairly well with Saurfang Jr.
* RuleOfThree: Invoked and Exploited. During his battle with Sylvanas, he summons up a snowstorm, and attacks her while she can't see him. First attack, she dodges. Second attack, she dodges again. Third attack, she's wise to his game and tries to block him... Except it wasn't him, but a giant block of ice.
* SealedEvilInACan: The reason for Bolvar becoming the Lich King is to become the can, controlling the Scourge to prevent them from overrunning all of Azeroth. [[spoiler: He fails.]]
* ShieldBash: Bashes aside attacking undead with his shield at the Wrathgate.
* ShouldersOfDoom: During the war in Northrend he switches from plain plate pauldrons to the huge PVP shoulders from Classic. [[spoiler: Later gets another set that is more befitting the 'doom' part as the Lich King.]]
* SkeletonMotif: By the time of Shadowlands, he's adopted the Lich King's theme of skulls on his armour and weapon.
* SupportingLeader: For the Alliance during the war against the Lich King in Northrend until the Wrathgate incident.
* ThatManIsDead: ''"Tell them only that the Lich King is dead... and that Bolvar Fordragon died with him."''
* VolcanicVeins: After his bath in dragonfire, his skin is burned black and veins of flame burn across it.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Bolvar could well have had his name exalted as a martyr for the rest of mankind's days, but he chose to keep his HeroicSacrifice a secret.
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: You'd expect Bolvar to put up a decent fight after being hyped for two expansions as the new Lich King. When Sylvanas comes knocking at his doorstep, he unceremoniously gets wrecked without landing a hit on her, who had been shown that she had problems fighting Death Knight Arthas before, mind you. Granted, it may have something to do with her covenant with the mysterious [[GreaterScopeVillain Jailer]], who's apparently allowing her to siphon power from the souls trapped within the Shadowlands' Maw.]]
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[[folder:Darion Mograine]]
!!Highlord Darion Mograine
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->''"[[ThePowerOfHate Harness your hate. Make it useful.]]"''
->'''Class:''' Death Knight
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TaliesinJaffe
Leader of the Knights of the Ebon Blade. Highlord Darion is the son of Alexandros Mograine, who was murdered by his other son and resurrected by the Scourge as the leader of all death knights. He led an assault on Naxxramas with the intent of freeing his father's soul, but succeeded only by sacrificing his own in turn and taking Alexandros' place. During the battle at Light's Hope Chapel, however, Tirion Fordring was able to free him (and the rest of the Ebon Blade) from the Lich King's control, using the Ashbringer. In Northrend, the two of them led the charge into Icecrown, eventually laying siege to the seat of the Lich King himself.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: During his time as regent and faction leader for Stormwind (though Anduin was formally king), as well as during his time as leader of the Valiance Expedition.
* BadassBeard: Kept a close-cropped beard prior to his encounter with dragon fire.
* BadassCape: Wears a blue and gold cape for the war in Northrend.
* BaldOfAwesome: He loses his hair after his ordeal with dragon fire.
* {{BFS}}: Wields a huge, jeweled sword in Northrend.
* BigDamnHeroes: Shows up to save the player and a bunch of [=NPCs=] during the confrontation with Thel'zan the Duskbringer under Wintergarde.
* BlingOfWar: He upgrades from a decently shining suit of plate to the fully golden Classic PVP armor decorated with eagles during the war in Northrend.
* BodyHorror: Survives being burned to death by the Dragonflight's fire ''because'' of its life-preserving capacity, yet got horrific burns. Then he got tortured in an unspecified way by the Lich King...
* DarkIsNotEvil: Yes, he's the new Lich King. He uses his command over the Scourge to contain their threat for all of eternity. [[spoiler: And despite his failure, he's willing to make sure it stays that way and takes a central role in the Shadowlands arc.]]
* {{Determinator}}: After surviving both the Forsaken blight and the flames of the Red Dragonflight, he's captured by the Lich King, who tries to torture and convert him into his new champion. He never gives in and defies him all the way through.
* DropTheHammer: Some time after becoming the Lich King, he takes to using a colossal warhammer with a handle almost as long as he is tall.
* FourStarBadass: Stormwind's foremost general and leader of the Alliance forces in Northrend, he saves the players from the lich Thel'zan and leads the charge against the Scourge at the Wrathgate.
* FrontlineGeneral: Leads the charge personally at the Wrathgate and is the first to reach enemy lines.
* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: As per his instructions to Tirion after donning the Helm of Domination: "Tell them only that the Lich King is dead... [[ThatManIsDead and that Bolvar Fordragon died with him]]."
* HealingHands: He is able to call upon the Light to heal himself and others, most notably using the Lay on Hands spell to heal himself to full if he ever gets low.
* HesBack: [[spoiler: After losing the fight with Sylvanas, who tears open a rift between material plane and the afterlife by destroying the Helm of Domination, Bolvar decides to take matters into his own hands and leads the Knights of the Ebon Blade to the Shadowlands to make things right.]]
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Always seen wearing full plate, but never puts on a helmet -- until he becomes the Lich King that is.
* HeroicSacrifice: Chooses to bear the mantle of the Lich King, keeping the Scourge forces from overwhelming Azeroth. He even decides that none are to know of his sacrifice, though certain characters are privy to it.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Valiant and selfless to a fault, even damning himself to a living hell to contain the Scourge.
* KnightlySwordAndShield: Bolvar is a heroic paladin of Stormwind wielding a mighty greatsword in one hand and a lion-faced shield in the other.
* LegacyCharacter: As the Lich King. As he states, someone needs to don the Helm of Domination and take up the role of Lich King to keep the Scourge in check.
* LightEmUp: As a paladin he calls upon the Light's power to aid him in battle, most notably using it to heal himself or to stun enemies around him.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Uses his shield to great effect to protect himself. It's also the one item left behind at the Wrathgate after his presumed demise. The player brings it back to Varian.
* MagicKnight: Being a paladin, Bolvar complements his physical skills with holy magic. Gameplay-wise he literally mixes warrior abilities (Cleave and Shield Wall) with paladin spells (Lay on Hands, Retribution Aura and his unique Highlord's Justice, a multi-target stun).
* MindControlDevice: It's retconned out with the comic, but in Classic, Lady Prestor partially controls his mind through the Dragon's Eye amulet that he wears. It shatters during the Great Masquerade quest when Prestor is exposed as Onyxia, and is used to create the Drakefire Amulet, the key to opening her lair.
* NobleDemon: In Legion, any Mage seeking Felo'melorn must deal with him. Upon perceiving their intended heroic purpose, he agrees to let them pursue the weapon in his possession. He's not going to just let them have it though, placing both lethal traps and his own undead soldiers in their path, and cautions the PC that failure will result in their eternal condemnation as one of the mindless Scourge.
* NotQuiteDead: Thought to have died at the [[WhamEpisode Wrathgate]] [[PlayerPunch incident]], but turns out to have survived (possibly due to the red dragons' flames, though heavily scarred as a result) and then claimed to be tortured and converted by the [[BigBad Lich King]].
* NumberTwo: Varian's most trusted friend and commander, leading Stormwind's forces in the world where the king himself cannot.
* OneHandedZweihander: Wields a [[{{BFS}} huge sword]] with one hand in Northrend. However, the same sword can also be acquired as a one-handed weapon by Alliance players.
* ThePaladin: Stormwind's foremost Paladin until his fall.
* TheParalyzer: When he was still Stormwind's faction leader, Bolvar had the unique ability Highlord's Justice, a multi-target version of the Paladin's Hammer of Justice, which stuns all enemies around him for 6 seconds.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Anduin, in absence of his father.
* PowerEchoes: After donning the Helm of Domination.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When he wasn't being manipulated by Katrana. He also seemed to get along fairly well with Saurfang Jr.
* RuleOfThree: Invoked and Exploited. During his battle with Sylvanas, he summons up a snowstorm, and attacks her while she can't see him. First attack, she dodges. Second attack, she dodges again. Third attack, she's wise to his game and tries to block him... Except it wasn't him, but a giant block of ice.
* SealedEvilInACan: The reason for Bolvar becoming the Lich King is to become the can, controlling the Scourge to prevent them from overrunning all of Azeroth. [[spoiler: He fails.]]
* ShieldBash: Bashes aside attacking undead with his shield at the Wrathgate.
* ShouldersOfDoom: During the war in Northrend he switches from plain plate pauldrons to the huge PVP shoulders from Classic. [[spoiler: Later gets another set that is more befitting the 'doom' part as the Lich King.]]
* SkeletonMotif: By the time of Shadowlands, he's adopted the Lich King's theme of skulls on his armour and weapon.
* SupportingLeader: For the Alliance during the war against the Lich King in Northrend until the Wrathgate incident.
* ThatManIsDead: ''"Tell them only that the Lich King is dead... and that Bolvar Fordragon died with him."''
* VolcanicVeins: After his bath in dragonfire, his skin is burned black and veins of flame burn across it.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Bolvar could well have had his name exalted as a martyr for the rest of mankind's days, but he chose to keep his HeroicSacrifice a secret.
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: You'd expect Bolvar to put up a decent fight after being hyped for two expansions as the new Lich King. When Sylvanas comes knocking at his doorstep, he unceremoniously gets wrecked without landing a hit on her, who had been shown that she had problems fighting Death Knight Arthas before, mind you. Granted, it may have something to do with her covenant with the mysterious [[GreaterScopeVillain Jailer]], who's apparently allowing her to siphon power from the souls trapped within the Shadowlands' Maw.]]
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!!Highlord Darion Mograine
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->''"[[ThePowerOfHate Harness your hate. Make it useful.]]"''
->'''Class:''' Death Knight
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TaliesinJaffe
Leader of the Knights of the Ebon Blade. Highlord Darion is the son of Alexandros Mograine, who was murdered by his other son and resurrected by the Scourge as the leader of all death knights. He led an assault on Naxxramas with the intent of freeing his father's soul, but succeeded only by sacrificing his own in turn and taking Alexandros' place. During the battle at Light's Hope Chapel, however, Tirion Fordring was able to free him (and the rest of the Ebon Blade) from the Lich King's control, using the Ashbringer. In Northrend, the two of them led the charge into Icecrown, eventually laying siege to the seat of the Lich King himself.
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A character subpage for the [=WarCraft=] universe, including ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. For the main character page, [[Characters/{{Warcraft}} see here]].
A renegade faction of death knights who broke away from the Scourge. Originally created by the Lich King to destroy the Scarlet Crusade, they were eventually betrayed by him when he sent them on a suicide mission against the Argent Dawn with the intent to lure Tyrion Fordring out of hiding. Upon discovering this, they turned against their former master, and their leader Darion Mograine helped Tyrion against the Lich King, forcing him to retreat. The Knights of the Ebon Blade then sworn vengeance on the Scourge, and formed an uneasy partnership with the Argent Crusade, as well as the Alliance and the Horde, to take Arthas down. They serve as the reason death knights become playable in ''Wrath of the Lich King''.
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!!Knights of the Ebon Blade
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->''"We are driven by a single purpose: retribution."''
--> -- '''Darion Mograine''', Highlord of the Ebon Blade
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* AntiHero: They're all this to varying degrees, some going as far as TokenEvilTeammate.
* ArchEnemy: The Scourge.
* AscendedExtra: Downplayed with the lich, Amal'thazad. Originally the Archeus frost trainer, he is part of the Death Knight legion questline and even becomes a champion for the Class Hall.
* TheAtoner: They fight the Lich King to make up for what they have done, but are not above morally dubious tactics in doing so. Although some of them are simply on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* BadassCreed: "We do what the living cannot."
* BlackKnight: All of them are knights dressed in black, ominous armors, with large swords and who used to work for a force of evil.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Played with; they are technically a faction of undead black knights working on the side of good and fighting the very Scourge that created them, but how actually heroic they are is variable depending on the member.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: The main reason most of them join the Alliance or the Horde following the Lich King's demise; since they no longer have a master to serve nor a revenge to satisfy, and are now too monstrous to genuinely reintegrate normal society, they chose to continue what they do best (fighting) by serving the two factions.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Well, former evil, but nevertheless they retain their deep echoing voices, and the tone almost always sounds bitter or cynical regardless of their races if you click them, especially if you did it [[StopPokingMe repeatedly]].
* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: They assemble their own group of them in ''Legion''. The Horsemen consist of [[spoiler: General Nazgrim]], [[spoiler: Thoras Trollbane]], [[spoiler: High Inquisitor Whitemane]], and [[spoiler: Darion Mograine (after the Knights failed to retrieve Tirion Fordring's corpse.)]]
* MagicKnight: As death knights all of them use their dark magic together with their melee fighting skills.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Their relationship with the Argent Crusade, since they don't think their Paladin allies' tactics are practical. Unlike the Alliance and the Horde, though, they can work together against the Lich King.
** In ''Legion,'' with the Lich King himself.
* TokenHeroicOrc: While the death knights themselves can be this, the Ebon Blade has Amal'thazad, the only friendly lich in game. He even becomes a class order hero in Legion.
* TheUndead: They were all raised from the dead to become one of the Scourge's death knights.
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[[folder:Darion Mograine]]
!!Highlord Darion Mograine
[[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/darion_mograine_border_5508.png]]
->''"[[ThePowerOfHate Harness your hate. Make it useful.]]"''
->'''Class:''' Death Knight
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TaliesinJaffe
Leader of the Knights of the Ebon Blade. Highlord Darion is the son of Alexandros Mograine, who was murdered by his other son and resurrected by the Scourge as the leader of all death knights. He led an assault on Naxxramas with the intent of freeing his father's soul, but succeeded only by sacrificing his own in turn and taking Alexandros' place. During the battle at Light's Hope Chapel, however, Tirion Fordring was able to free him (and the rest of the Ebon Blade) from the Lich King's control, using the Ashbringer. In Northrend, the two of them led the charge into Icecrown, eventually laying siege to the seat of the Lich King himself.
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* AnimeHair: His hair defied gravity back when he was alive during the ''Ashbringer'' comic. [[https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/wowwiki/images/b/bc/Darion_Argent_Dawn.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20081103095200 Just look at him]].
* AntiHero: After his inevitable HeelFaceTurn near the end of death knight starting quest chain, he becomes a Type IV, being fairly ruthless in his quest against the Lich King and his followers, in contrast to Tirion and his paladins.
* TheAtoner: Dedicates both himself and his order to making up for their crimes under the Scourge by joining the fight against the Lich King.
* BadassNormal: Before his HeroicSacrifice, unlike his [[ThePaladin father]].
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Formerly, like most death knights.
* CainAndAbel: In the ''ComicBook/{{Ashbringer}}'' comic, his brother Renault went crazy with guilt over the murder of their father. When an oblivious Darion showed up after years of estrangement to ask for help with the whole "Dad's a Death Knight" thing, Renault started kicking him to death while he was too shocked to even ''try'' to defend himself.
* CoolHelmet: Wears one all the time. He also gets a new one in [[FinalBattle Icecrown Citadel]].
* DeathByChildbirth: His mother died when giving birth to him.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: The Ebon Blade needs a leader for their own Four Horseman. Darion's candidate? [[spoiler: Tirion Fordring, his body entombed at Light's Hope Chapel.]] There's just one problem with this idea he should have thought of. [[spoiler: Just as the Knights of the Ebon Blade have broken through the paladins and are about to raise Tirion the Light forces them back. The very same light that rendered ''even the Lich King himself'' almost completely powerless in its wake at the Battle of Light's Hope Chapel back in Wrath of the Lich King. Liadrin calls him out on how stupid an idea it was to try it to begin with.]]
** To be fair to Darion, [[spoiler: it wasn't his idea. It came from the new Lich King himself, and Darion was ''exactly'' as horrified by the idea as could be expected, considering Tirion was both one of Azeroth's greatest heroes and a close friend. Still, one must wonder why he was even reluctantly willing to try, considering he was ''at'' the Battle of Light's Hope Chapel and the Scourge's hold on the Plaguelands had only lessened since then. What did he think was going to happen?]]
* DualWielding: He wields a pair of runeblades after throwing the Ashbringer to Tirion.
* EquivalentExchange: "[[FaceHeelTurn My soul for yours.]] I love you, Dad."
%%* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas
* EveryoneHasStandards: He's genuinely disgusted at the proposal to [[spoiler: raise Tirion as a death knight, but reluctantly goes along with the idea]].
* FallenHero: When serving the Lich King; he used to be a member of the Argent Dawn.
* HeroicSacrifice: He did not really [[NotQuiteDead die]] because of it, but instead becomes Kel'thuzad's mindless minion afterward.
** Happened again [[spoiler:at the conclusion of the ''Legion'' Death Knight storyline, where he holds open a death gate so the Deathlord and the first three of the new Horsemen can escape holy wrath at Light's Hope Chapel. Like his first one, this didn't quite take, as his body is recovered and he is raised as the commander of the new Four Horsemen.]]
* InTheHood: As the Ebon Watcher.
* ItsPersonal: On Orbaz Bloodbane, we don't know exactly what other than him leaving in Light's Hope chapel. His subordinates were surprised that Darion personally showed up and take part during the assassination scheme to ensure he hit the dust.
* LoveRedeems: His (first) HeroicSacrifice.
* NecessarilyEvil: Darion believes the Death Knights to be this for the good of Azeroth. When a paladin calls him a monster, his reply to her is very solemn.
-->'''Darion''': Without monsters, there can be no heroes.
* ThePowerOfLove: Tirion had advised Darion that only an act of love would free his father from the corrupted Ashbringer. Darion's act of love (His HeroicSacrifice) was powerful enough to not only save his father's soul but also destroy the entire Scourge army assaulting Light's Hope Chapel.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: ''"You betrayed me. You betrayed us all, monster. Taste the might of Mograine!"'' Not that he got far; it didn't even last long enough to be a CurbStompBattle. After the battle, he leads the Knights of the Ebon Blade towards revenge against the Lich King.
* TraumaCongaLine: In the comic. See CainAndAbel above, [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight among]] [[OffingTheOffspring other]] [[WhatHappenedToMommy things]].
* TimeToStepUpCommander: In ''Legion'' he gives up the leadership of the order to the PlayerCharacter [[spoiler: [[TheManBehindTheMan and by proxy, to the Lich King to an exent]]]] once he/she get the Artifact Weapon. If the Artifact are the Blades of the Fallen Prince, he outright says that he's "through with having magical weapons dictate my fate".
** [[spoiler: Happens to him as well, after relinquishing control of the Ebon Blade to the PlayerCharacter, he is killed and resurrected as [[YouAreInCommandNow leader of the new Fourth Horsemen.]] Like his father before him.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Goes from a heroic aspiring paladin to a death knight AntiHero.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Koltira Deathweaver]]
!!Koltira Deathweaver
[[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/koltira_deathweaver_border_6652.png]]
->'''Class:''' Death Knight
->''"Death alone cannot stop us."''
The death knight representative for the Horde.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Preferred to wield a two-handed axe when he was under the Lich King's control.
* AntiMagic: Creates an Anti-Magic Zone for the player death knight during his rescue.
* BashBrothers: With Thassarian.
* {{BFS}}: His favored weapon after being freed from the Lich King's control is a huge greatsword.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Formerly, like most death knights. To be done again at Sylvanas' hands, though nothing has been seen of it yet.
* CastingAShadow: Uses the Unholy tree's AntiMagic abilities, and sends players into the Realm of Shadow to deal with the shades haunting him.
* DistressedDude: In the Death Knight starting area, there is a quest to rescue him from the Scarlet Crusade stronghold. And again, when Sylvanas has him kidnapped at Andorhal, to be brainwashed in the depths of the Undercity.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Thassarian once they join their respective factions. Deconstructed during the battle of Andorhal, as while they both try to avoid direct confrontation as much as possible, the warmongers under their respective orders eventually force them to fight, and Koltira's effort only end up nearly causing the Forsaken to lose. This in turn causes Sylvanas to have him taken to Undercity to be conditioned into forgetting his friendship with Thassarian.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: In order where almost everyone wears a face-covering helmet, he and Thassarian are among the few members to go around with bared face.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: He tried this on Thassarian after the latter became a Death Knight. It didn't work; Thassarian killed him and Koltira himself was raised as a Death Knight. [[ThePowerOfFriendship Their friendship proved stronger than undeath, however.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Thassarian]]
!!Thassarian
[[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thassarian_border_5419.png]]
->'''Class:''' Death Knight
->''"I have a role to play now. I'm part of a chain. And I will not be the weakest link in that chain."''
The death knight representative for the Alliance.
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* AnIcePerson: Considered the archetypal Frost death knight -- Frost's DualWielding specialization is even named after him. Exemplified if summoned to defend Hyjal, as he exclusively uses Frost-based magics to fight.
* AntiHero
* BashBrothers: With Koltira.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Very protective of his little sister.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Formerly, like most death knights.
* DualWielding: Favors a sword in each hand after he breaks away from the Scourge.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Koltira after they joined their respective factions.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Like Koltira.
* MoralityPet: His sister.
* NobleDemon: While under the Lich King's control, having had a good sense camaradiere unlike any other death knight. He even sends the player to rescue Koltira when he's captured by the Scarlet Crusade, at considerable risk to his own reputation (as Death Knights are not supposed to show compassion).
* SelfMadeOrphan: Tragic example, to prove his loyalty, Kel'Thuzad made him kill his own mother.
[[/folder]]
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A character subpage for the [=WarCraft=] universe, including ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. For the main character page, [[Characters/{{Warcraft}} see here]].
A renegade faction of death knights who broke away from the Scourge. Originally created by the Lich King to destroy the Scarlet Crusade, they were eventually betrayed by him when he sent them on a suicide mission against the Argent Dawn with the intent to lure Tyrion Fordring out of hiding. Upon discovering this, they turned against their former master, and their leader Darion Mograine helped Tyrion against the Lich King, forcing him to retreat. The Knights of the Ebon Blade then sworn vengeance on the Scourge, and formed an uneasy partnership with the Argent Crusade, as well as the Alliance and the Horde, to take Arthas down. They serve as the reason death knights become playable in ''Wrath of the Lich King''.
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!!Knights of the Ebon Blade
[[folder:General Tropes]]
->''"We are driven by a single purpose: retribution."''
--> -- '''Darion Mograine''', Highlord of the Ebon Blade
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* AntiHero: They're all this to varying degrees, some going as far as TokenEvilTeammate.
* ArchEnemy: The Scourge.
* AscendedExtra: Downplayed with the lich, Amal'thazad. Originally the Archeus frost trainer, he is part of the Death Knight legion questline and even becomes a champion for the Class Hall.
* TheAtoner: They fight the Lich King to make up for what they have done, but are not above morally dubious tactics in doing so. Although some of them are simply on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* BadassCreed: "We do what the living cannot."
* BlackKnight: All of them are knights dressed in black, ominous armors, with large swords and who used to work for a force of evil.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Played with; they are technically a faction of undead black knights working on the side of good and fighting the very Scourge that created them, but how actually heroic they are is variable depending on the member.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: The main reason most of them join the Alliance or the Horde following the Lich King's demise; since they no longer have a master to serve nor a revenge to satisfy, and are now too monstrous to genuinely reintegrate normal society, they chose to continue what they do best (fighting) by serving the two factions.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Well, former evil, but nevertheless they retain their deep echoing voices, and the tone almost always sounds bitter or cynical regardless of their races if you click them, especially if you did it [[StopPokingMe repeatedly]].
* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: They assemble their own group of them in ''Legion''. The Horsemen consist of [[spoiler: General Nazgrim]], [[spoiler: Thoras Trollbane]], [[spoiler: High Inquisitor Whitemane]], and [[spoiler: Darion Mograine (after the Knights failed to retrieve Tirion Fordring's corpse.)]]
* MagicKnight: As death knights all of them use their dark magic together with their melee fighting skills.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Their relationship with the Argent Crusade, since they don't think their Paladin allies' tactics are practical. Unlike the Alliance and the Horde, though, they can work together against the Lich King.
** In ''Legion,'' with the Lich King himself.
* TokenHeroicOrc: While the death knights themselves can be this, the Ebon Blade has Amal'thazad, the only friendly lich in game. He even becomes a class order hero in Legion.
* TheUndead: They were all raised from the dead to become one of the Scourge's death knights.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Darion Mograine]]
!!Highlord Darion Mograine
[[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/darion_mograine_border_5508.png]]
->''"[[ThePowerOfHate Harness your hate. Make it useful.]]"''
->'''Class:''' Death Knight
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TaliesinJaffe
Leader of the Knights of the Ebon Blade. Highlord Darion is the son of Alexandros Mograine, who was murdered by his other son and resurrected by the Scourge as the leader of all death knights. He led an assault on Naxxramas with the intent of freeing his father's soul, but succeeded only by sacrificing his own in turn and taking Alexandros' place. During the battle at Light's Hope Chapel, however, Tirion Fordring was able to free him (and the rest of the Ebon Blade) from the Lich King's control, using the Ashbringer. In Northrend, the two of them led the charge into Icecrown, eventually laying siege to the seat of the Lich King himself.
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* AnimeHair: His hair defied gravity back when he was alive during the ''Ashbringer'' comic. [[https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/wowwiki/images/b/bc/Darion_Argent_Dawn.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20081103095200 Just look at him]].
* AntiHero: After his inevitable HeelFaceTurn near the end of death knight starting quest chain, he becomes a Type IV, being fairly ruthless in his quest against the Lich King and his followers, in contrast to Tirion and his paladins.
* TheAtoner: Dedicates both himself and his order to making up for their crimes under the Scourge by joining the fight against the Lich King.
* BadassNormal: Before his HeroicSacrifice, unlike his [[ThePaladin father]].
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Formerly, like most death knights.
* CainAndAbel: In the ''ComicBook/{{Ashbringer}}'' comic, his brother Renault went crazy with guilt over the murder of their father. When an oblivious Darion showed up after years of estrangement to ask for help with the whole "Dad's a Death Knight" thing, Renault started kicking him to death while he was too shocked to even ''try'' to defend himself.
* CoolHelmet: Wears one all the time. He also gets a new one in [[FinalBattle Icecrown Citadel]].
* DeathByChildbirth: His mother died when giving birth to him.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: The Ebon Blade needs a leader for their own Four Horseman. Darion's candidate? [[spoiler: Tirion Fordring, his body entombed at Light's Hope Chapel.]] There's just one problem with this idea he should have thought of. [[spoiler: Just as the Knights of the Ebon Blade have broken through the paladins and are about to raise Tirion the Light forces them back. The very same light that rendered ''even the Lich King himself'' almost completely powerless in its wake at the Battle of Light's Hope Chapel back in Wrath of the Lich King. Liadrin calls him out on how stupid an idea it was to try it to begin with.]]
** To be fair to Darion, [[spoiler: it wasn't his idea. It came from the new Lich King himself, and Darion was ''exactly'' as horrified by the idea as could be expected, considering Tirion was both one of Azeroth's greatest heroes and a close friend. Still, one must wonder why he was even reluctantly willing to try, considering he was ''at'' the Battle of Light's Hope Chapel and the Scourge's hold on the Plaguelands had only lessened since then. What did he think was going to happen?]]
* DualWielding: He wields a pair of runeblades after throwing the Ashbringer to Tirion.
* EquivalentExchange: "[[FaceHeelTurn My soul for yours.]] I love you, Dad."
%%* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas
* EveryoneHasStandards: He's genuinely disgusted at the proposal to [[spoiler: raise Tirion as a death knight, but reluctantly goes along with the idea]].
* FallenHero: When serving the Lich King; he used to be a member of the Argent Dawn.
* HeroicSacrifice: He did not really [[NotQuiteDead die]] because of it, but instead becomes Kel'thuzad's mindless minion afterward.
** Happened again [[spoiler:at the conclusion of the ''Legion'' Death Knight storyline, where he holds open a death gate so the Deathlord and the first three of the new Horsemen can escape holy wrath at Light's Hope Chapel. Like his first one, this didn't quite take, as his body is recovered and he is raised as the commander of the new Four Horsemen.]]
* InTheHood: As the Ebon Watcher.
* ItsPersonal: On Orbaz Bloodbane, we don't know exactly what other than him leaving in Light's Hope chapel. His subordinates were surprised that Darion personally showed up and take part during the assassination scheme to ensure he hit the dust.
* LoveRedeems: His (first) HeroicSacrifice.
* NecessarilyEvil: Darion believes the Death Knights to be this for the good of Azeroth. When a paladin calls him a monster, his reply to her is very solemn.
-->'''Darion''': Without monsters, there can be no heroes.
* ThePowerOfLove: Tirion had advised Darion that only an act of love would free his father from the corrupted Ashbringer. Darion's act of love (His HeroicSacrifice) was powerful enough to not only save his father's soul but also destroy the entire Scourge army assaulting Light's Hope Chapel.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: ''"You betrayed me. You betrayed us all, monster. Taste the might of Mograine!"'' Not that he got far; it didn't even last long enough to be a CurbStompBattle. After the battle, he leads the Knights of the Ebon Blade towards revenge against the Lich King.
* TraumaCongaLine: In the comic. See CainAndAbel above, [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight among]] [[OffingTheOffspring other]] [[WhatHappenedToMommy things]].
* TimeToStepUpCommander: In ''Legion'' he gives up the leadership of the order to the PlayerCharacter [[spoiler: [[TheManBehindTheMan and by proxy, to the Lich King to an exent]]]] once he/she get the Artifact Weapon. If the Artifact are the Blades of the Fallen Prince, he outright says that he's "through with having magical weapons dictate my fate".
** [[spoiler: Happens to him as well, after relinquishing control of the Ebon Blade to the PlayerCharacter, he is killed and resurrected as [[YouAreInCommandNow leader of the new Fourth Horsemen.]] Like his father before him.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Goes from a heroic aspiring paladin to a death knight AntiHero.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Koltira Deathweaver]]
!!Koltira Deathweaver
[[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/koltira_deathweaver_border_6652.png]]
->'''Class:''' Death Knight
->''"Death alone cannot stop us."''
The death knight representative for the Horde.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Preferred to wield a two-handed axe when he was under the Lich King's control.
* AntiMagic: Creates an Anti-Magic Zone for the player death knight during his rescue.
* BashBrothers: With Thassarian.
* {{BFS}}: His favored weapon after being freed from the Lich King's control is a huge greatsword.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Formerly, like most death knights. To be done again at Sylvanas' hands, though nothing has been seen of it yet.
* CastingAShadow: Uses the Unholy tree's AntiMagic abilities, and sends players into the Realm of Shadow to deal with the shades haunting him.
* DistressedDude: In the Death Knight starting area, there is a quest to rescue him from the Scarlet Crusade stronghold. And again, when Sylvanas has him kidnapped at Andorhal, to be brainwashed in the depths of the Undercity.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Thassarian once they join their respective factions. Deconstructed during the battle of Andorhal, as while they both try to avoid direct confrontation as much as possible, the warmongers under their respective orders eventually force them to fight, and Koltira's effort only end up nearly causing the Forsaken to lose. This in turn causes Sylvanas to have him taken to Undercity to be conditioned into forgetting his friendship with Thassarian.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: In order where almost everyone wears a face-covering helmet, he and Thassarian are among the few members to go around with bared face.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: He tried this on Thassarian after the latter became a Death Knight. It didn't work; Thassarian killed him and Koltira himself was raised as a Death Knight. [[ThePowerOfFriendship Their friendship proved stronger than undeath, however.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Thassarian]]
!!Thassarian
[[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thassarian_border_5419.png]]
->'''Class:''' Death Knight
->''"I have a role to play now. I'm part of a chain. And I will not be the weakest link in that chain."''
The death knight representative for the Alliance.
----
* AnIcePerson: Considered the archetypal Frost death knight -- Frost's DualWielding specialization is even named after him. Exemplified if summoned to defend Hyjal, as he exclusively uses Frost-based magics to fight.
* AntiHero
* BashBrothers: With Koltira.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Very protective of his little sister.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Formerly, like most death knights.
* DualWielding: Favors a sword in each hand after he breaks away from the Scourge.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Koltira after they joined their respective factions.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Like Koltira.
* MoralityPet: His sister.
* NobleDemon: While under the Lich King's control, having had a good sense camaradiere unlike any other death knight. He even sends the player to rescue Koltira when he's captured by the Scarlet Crusade, at considerable risk to his own reputation (as Death Knights are not supposed to show compassion).
* SelfMadeOrphan: Tragic example, to prove his loyalty, Kel'Thuzad made him kill his own mother.
[[/folder]]
