History Characters / WarcraftTheLight

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: Deconstructed; Afterlives shows that Kyrian Uther threw Arthas into the Maw after his death in Wrath, though he had to be goaded into it by Devos, as he hesitated before doing so. Given however that this is implied to have been one of the things that threw the Shadowlands out of balance, it only succeeds in painting Uther in a darker image as its shown he becomes one of the Forsworn]].

* TheMagnificent: One does not [[IncrediblyLamePun lightly]] earn the title of "The Lightbringer".

[[folderHighlord :Taelan Fordring]]

!!A'dal

[[folder:M'uru]]
!!M'uru/Entropius

!!K'ara

[[folder:K'ure]]
!!K'ure/Decimatus

!!Xe'ra

!!L'ura

* DarkIsNotEvil: The threat that looms from the Seat of the Triumvirate is not L'ura herself, but the Void energy she radiates, which lures the ''real'' threats to Mac'Aree.
* FinalBoss: Of the Seat of the Triumvirate dungeon and the Argus campaign overall.

[[folder:Elune]]
!!Elune, the Moon Goddess

* DivineIntervention: [[spoiler: At the end of Val'sharah, Elune herself manifests to purify the dying Ysera of the nightmare corruption so she dies pure and ascends her spirit to the sky where her soul becomes a constellation, and later allows her spirit to strike back against Xavius. She also cleanses the Tear of Elune of nightmare corruption as well, something that was likely to be impossible otherwise due to how deep it ran.]]
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: Shadow priests can be goaded by Xal'Atath to attempt to steal some of Elune's power from her temple on the Broken Isles. If the player tries, Elune herself [[OneHitKill very visibly shows the player her displeasure with the attempt]], making one of the few times we see her decisively act with the mortal world.

[[folder:An'she]]
!!An'she, the Sun God

!!Archbishop Alonsus Faol

* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite become undead he is still quite a nice person.

!!Uther the Lightbringer

* AFatherToHisMen: Many characters and fellow paladins imply that Uther really cared for his men.

* DropTheHammer: Wields a large two-handed hammer as his weapon. And perhaps because of him, it became the paladin's weapon of choice.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In ''Warcraft II'' his name was given as [[LukeNounverber Uther Lightbringer]], without 'the'.

!!Turalyon

[[folder:Alexandros "The Ashbringer" Mograine]]
!!Alexandros "[[RedBaron The Ashbringer]]" Mograine

* CoolSword: The Ashbringer is one of the most iconic {{Cool Sword}}s in the franchise, though not as much as [[EvilWeapon Frostmourne]].
** In the afterlife, he forges another blade modeled after the (corrupted) Ashbringer and names it in a similar vein to its predecessor: Fatebringer.

* DropTheHammer: Wielded a large hammer during the Second War.

[[folder:Arator the Redeemer]]
!!Arator Windrunner

* RememberTheNewGuy: His first appearance is in ''Burning Crusade'' with the novel ''Beyond the Dark Portal'' not mentioning him at all, despite the book exploring his parents' relationship, though his retconned existence does work as an explanation for Alleria's coldness towards his father in the book.

[[folder:Tirion Fordring]]
!!Highlord Tirion Fordring

* DropTheHammer: His weapon before he picked up the Ashbringer.

!!Maxwell Tyrosus

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Their primary goal is to hunt undead. Some of its dead members are actually resurrected as ''undead themselves'', the very thing they swore to destroy. This is best shown as death knight to understand the story better, as you slaughtered many of them in the starting area. After you finished the starting area quests, return to the area in the "real" map[[note]]Death Knight's starting area was an "Instance", being kept separately from the real map.[[/note]] and you can see some undead members wandering the area, still wearing their Scarlet Crusade uniform.

!!Saidan Dathrohan

* DependingOnTheArtist: Despite Literature/OfBloodAndHonor describing him as grey-haired, ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' depicted him as being blond until the Ashbringer comic came around and depicted him as grey-haired once again.
* DropTheHammer: In the Ashbringer comic he wields a large hammer.

[[folder:Isillien]]
!!Grand Inquisitor Isillien

[[folder:Brigitte Abbendis]]
!!High General Brigitte Abbendis

[[folder:Taelan Fordring]]
!!Highlord Taelan Fordring

[[folder:Renault Mograine]]
!!Commander Renault Mograine

!!Lothraxion

* ShoutOut: Lothraxion is a demon who was turned from evil, had his horns sheared off and dedicates his life to being a HunterOfHisOwnKind to stop cosmic destruction. [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} Hellboy]], anyone?

[[folder:Rukhmar]]
!!Rukhmar the Sun Goddess

!!Adherents of Rukhmar

* HigherTechSpecies: The Adherents are the most technologically-advanced civilization on Draenor due to them unearthing, rebuilding, and repurposing the technology recovered from the [[RagnarokProofing Apexis Civilization]]. With the only ones that can pose a direct technological challenge to them being either [[MagiTek The Draenei]] or [[GivingRadioToTheRomans The Iron Horde]].

* MeaningfulName: The Argent Dawn were founded by remnants of the Silver Hand and Argent means silver in French. Meaning that they're the Silver Hand reborn.

* BloodBrothers: Grows into a close bond with Eitrigg and the two consider themselves brothers.

* HonorBeforeReason: Honor is a very important part of Tirion, but that very same honor is also what ended up ruining most of his life. But at least he [[IOweYouMyLife saved]] [[BloodBrothers Eitrigg]].

* IronicEcho: He echoes Arthas' last words when Lysonia summons him to join her in the Maw during the Kyrian campaign.

* SoulFragment: Shadowland Afterlives reveals that only part of his soul was taken by Frostmourne, the other part made it to Bastion. It left him with soul pains from the wound to his soul, allowing Devos to realize that Arthas had the power of the Maw, alarming her. [[spoiler:The fragment stolen by Frostmourne was drawn into the Maw and was later retrieved. Uther notes that the fragment did not contain his good or evil; rather it was as though his mind became trapped at the moment of death, unable to move on or escape the trauma]].

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Isillien's first appearance is the same quest in which he dies, with the rest of his appearances being as a minor character in supplementary materials and flashbacks. But his killing of Taelan would inspire Tirion to reform the Knights of the Silver Hand in order to oppose both the Scarlet Crusade and the Scourge. The Silver Hand would go on to merge with the Argent Dawn to form the Argent Crusade under Tirion's leadership, and the Argent Crusade would in turn lead the charge against the Scourge at Icecrown, with Tirion personally delivering the final blow to the Lich King and avenging Lordaeron.

** [[spoiler: Later returns as a posthumous character and once again a death knight (with Corrupted Ashbringer to boot), as a Baron in service of a Maldraxxian margrave, Krexus. However, he also retains all his positive qualities he had in life, with his service being fully voluntary as a result of his duty as Shadowlands' protector.]]

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Isillien appears in only a single quest in which he dies, with the rest of his characteriztion being as a minor character in supplementary materials and flashbacks. But his killing of Taelan would inspire Tirion to reform the Knights of the Silver Hand in order to oppose both the Scarlet Crusade and the Scourge. The Silver Hand would go on to merge with the Argent Dawn to form the Argent Crusade under Tirion's leadership, and the Argent Crusade would in turn lead the charge against the Scourge at Icecrown, with Tirion personally delivering the final blow to the Lich King and avenging Lordaeron.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: He turned on the Scarlet Crusade to be with his father, but was killed before he was able to see him again. His death led to the rebirth of the Knights of the Silver Hand, the creation of the Argent Crusade and his father would bring down the Lich King, avenging Lordaeron.

'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance The Alliance]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceStormwind Stormwind (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGilneas Gilneas (Humans/Worgen)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceKulTiras Kul Tiras (Humans)]] [[Characters/WarcraftJainaProudmoore (Jaina Proudmoore)]] - [[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 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)]]\\

* HeelFaceTurn: As of 6.2, many of them recognize the differences that set the arakkoa apart for years are trivial compared to the threat that Gul'dan poses to all of Draenor, and choose to aid the Alliance and Horde. That being said...

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: During the human campaign of ''Warcraft III'', Arthas orders Uther to purge the city of Stratholme on the pretense that everyone in the city only might be infected with the plague of undeath. When Uther refuses, Arthas pulls rank and orders Uther as a member of the royal family to purge the city. Uther again refuses, noting that Arthas isn't king yet; and even if Arthas was the king, Uther still wouldn't do it.
-->'''Arthas:''' Dammit Uther, as your future king, I order you to purge this city!\\
'''Uther:''' You are not my king yet, boy. ''Nor would I obey that command even if you were!''

Once he returned, however, the Scourge had already taken over Lordaeron, and so he led the remnants of the Silver Hand against the Scourge. Wielding the Ashbringer, Alexandros became legendary for the number of undead he slew, leaving only ashes behind him. Tragedy struck however, as his oldest son, Renault Mograine, thinking he's {{the unfavorite}} of the family, was manipulated by Balnazzar (in the guise of Dathrohan) into leading his father into a trap, before [[SelfMadeOrphan killing him]] with his own sword. Kel'thuzad eventually raised him as the mightiest death knight the Scourge had ever seen, though he was slain again, this time by his other son, Darion Mograine, when he came to Naxxramas in search of his father.

'''[[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)]]\\

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[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)]] | '''The Light''' | [[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]]\\
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M'uru was a naaru aboard Tempest Keep, their flying interdimensional fortress of which the draenei ''Exodar'' was a satellite. When the blood elves under Prince Kael'thas took Tempest Keep, they capture M'uru and sent him back to Silvermoon City where the elves there began draining him of his light to power their paladinorder, the Blood Knights.\\

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: During the human campaign of ''Warcraft III'', Arthas orders Uther to purge the city of Strathome on the pretense that everyone in the city only might be infected with the plague of undeath. When Uther refuses, Arthas pulls rank and orders Uther as a member of the royal family to purge the city. Uther again refuses, noting that Arthas isn't king yet; and even if Arthas was the king, Uther still wouldn't do it.

** In the afterlife, he forges another blade modeled after the (corrupted) Ashbringer and names it in a similar vein to its precedessor: Fatebringer.

* ThePowerOfFamily: Mograine in life drew his strength from fighting for his family. It's telling that being betrayed by one of his sons were something he never truly recovered from. [[spoiler: it's also why he's sent to Maldraxxus, as Bastion [[LossOfIdentity has its aspirants reliquish their memories of their former lives -- which in turn would render Mograine without his source of strength]]]].

* DefectorFromDecadence: The original Argent Dawn was this to the remnants of the Silver Hand, many of whom joined [[LightIsNotGood the Scarlet Crusade]]. Inside the Argent Crusade itself, some of their undead members are mentioned to have left the Forsaken because they were unhappy with their brethen's progressively more questionable actions.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Was arrogant and haughty at first, believing herself to be the epithome of grace and beauty and looked down on the creatures living on the ground. Despite this she cared deeply for the Kaliri that she viewed as her own children and for Anzu, as she searched for him a long time to thank him for warning her about Sethe's scheme and after failing to find him decided to create the Arrakoa civilization to honor his sacrifice.

* DeadAllAlong: Killed by Balnazzar, then used as a disguise.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Not only the Grand Master of the Silver Hand, but also the most powerful.

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftDracthyr Dracthyr]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | '''The Light''' | [[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]]\\

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[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)]] | '''The Light''' | [[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]]\\