History Characters / WarcraftTheLight

* Foil: To Arthas. Both of them "fell" but in Tirion's case it was for doing the right thing. In addition, Tirion didn't have a personal hatred for Arthas due to having lost everything, and his refusal to abandon his integrity makes him less vulnerable to Arthas's manipulations. As such he ultimately regains his connection and becomes a full fledged champion whereas Arthas falls to damnation.

All other significant Light users [[note]] ALL of the Draenei except Nobundo and Y'mera, King Anduin of Stormwind, Moira Thurussian of Ironforge, and High Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind of Elune for the Alliance, Sunwalker Dezco of the Tauren, Lady Liadrin of the Blood Elves, and Calia Menethil of the Forsaken for the Horde [[/note]] are under their respective race's page. [[spoiler: Except Archbishop Benedictus who is in the [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Old Gods]] Faction Page.]]

* TeamSwitzerland: The Argent Crusade has never taken sides in the Alliance-Horde conflict. During the Northrend campaign, they went to great lengths to keep the faction's war efforts pointed at the Lich King instead of each other, and were only partially successful in that.

** In Shadowlands they return, operating from the Argent Tournament Grounds to fight the released scourge, once again sending agents to Stormwind and Orgrimmar.

* KilledOffForReal: Slain by Arthas in the third game, though his spirit sticks on for a while until ''Wrath of the Lich King'' and [[spoiler: in Shadowlands, he returns while still being pretty much dead, while his spirit is assigned to Bastion, one of the more noble afterlives, where he ascends to become a Kyrian, although he ends up becoming a Forsworn for unknown reasons.]]

[[folder:Darion Mograine]]

[[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade See the Knights of the Ebon Blade's characters page.]]

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[[folder:Sally Whitemane]]

[[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade See the Knights of the Ebon Blade's characters page.]]

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!!Users of the light

All other significant Light users [[note]] ALL of the Draenei except Nobundo and Y'mera, King Anduin of Stormwind, Moira Thurussian of Ironforge, and High Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind of Elune for the Alliance, Sunwalker Dezco of the Tauren, Lady Liadrin of the Blood Elves, and Calia Menethil of the Forsaken for the Horde [[/note]] are under their respective race's page. [[spoiler: Except Archbishop Benedictus who is in the Warcraft/TheOldGods Faction Page.]]

All other significant Light users [[note]] ALL of the Draenei except Nobundo, King Anduin of Stormwind, Moira Thurussian, and High Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind for the Alliance, Sunwalker Dezco, Lady Liadrin, and Calia Menethil for the Horde [[/note]] are under their respective race's page. [[spoiler: Except Archbishop Benedictus who is in the Warcraft/TheOldGods Faction Page.]]

All other significant Light users [[note]] King Anduin of Stormwind, Moira Thurussian, Tyrande Whisperwind for the alliance, Sunwalker Dezo, Lady Liadrin, and Calia Menethil for the Horde [[/note]] are under their respective race's page. [[spoiler: Except Archbishop Benedictus who is in the Warcraft/TheOldGods Faction Page.]]

All other significant Light users are under their respective race's page. [[spoiler: Except Archbishop Benedictus who is in the Warcraft/TheOldGods Faction Page.]]

!Order of the Silver Hand

Bolvar Fordragon, Darion Mograine, and Sally Whitemane are listed in the [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights Of the Ebon Blade roster]].

All other significant Light users are under their respective race's page. [[spoiler: Except Benedictus who is in the Warcraft/TheOldGods Faction Page.]]

[[folder:Alexandros Mograine]]

The Order of the Silver Hand can be found on the [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron]] page.

!!The Argent Dawn/Crusade
[[folder:The Argent Dawn/Crusade as a whole]]

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[[caption-width-right:247:The Argent Dawn (left)[[labelnote:Note]]Still used by the Brotherhood of the Light[[/labelnote]] and Argent Crusade emblem (Right)]]

The Argent Dawn, as it was initially called, was born following the Third War as a result of the remnants of the Silver Hand being split in two: The before-mentioned Argent Dawn and the Scarlet Crusade. Led by [[EyepatchOfPower Lord Maxwell Tyrosus]], the Argent Dawn acted as a neutral force of Light against the Scourge and other threats, recruiting members of both the Alliance and the Horde.

In ''Wrath of the Lich King'', the Argent Dawn was forged together with the reformed Order of the Silver Hand under Tirion Fordring, making the Argent Crusade. The Argent Crusade then proceeded to lead the charge in Northrend to the very doorstep of the Lich King. Following the war against the Lich King, the Argent Crusade has settled in the Plaguelands, cleansing the land of both corruption and any Scourge remnants to be found.

* ArchEnemy: To the Scourge. They have been explicitly created to fight it.
* 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.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Inverted; despite being an unambiguously good faction, they are notably open-minded about who they recruit, and accept both Alliance and Horde species in their ranks. It's interesting to note that one of their high officers (Leonid Bartholomew the Revered) is undead.
* GoodCounterpart: To the Scarlet Crusade as they are heroic and noble unlike the KnightTemplar Scarlets. On a character basis is Argent Confessor Paletress, a nice variant of Inquisitor Whitemane, even wearing a similar stripperific outfit, though she is genuinely kind and caring.
* JoustingLance: While lances were in ''Warcraft III'', the Argent Tournament brings them into ''World of Warcraft'', being used in jousts and by their knights against the Scourge.
* LightIsGood: They are followers of the Church of the Light, and unlike their Scarlet Crusade counterpart, they are genuinely noble and heroic.
* TheOrder: The Argent Dawn and later Argent Crusade is a holy order dedicated to fighting evil across the world, with a particular focus on the Undead Scourge.
* OrderReborn: Founded by ex-members of the Silver Hand from the time of the Third War, and in ''Wrath of the Lich King'' Tirion Fordring proposed that the Argent Dawn unite with the current Silver Hand to form the Argent Crusade (though not all members of the Silver Hand joined, and they still exist as a separate group).
** In ''Legion'' they are the first group on the scene to fight the eponymous demonic horde when they make their latest incursion onto Azeroth (just as they were the last time in the leadup to ''Burning Crusade'') but this time they are overwhelmed and their numbers devastated. After the battle of the Broken Shore, the paladin campaign reveals that they have joined forces with the rest of the paladins of Azeroth in a new incarnation of the Order of the Silver Hand. Whether the Argent Crusade will continue to exist as a separate group is currently unclear.
** Their status becomes even less clear in Battle For Azeroth, as the Knights of the Silver Hand and Army of the Light are under Turalyon's leadership while the Blood Knights and Sunwalkers are under Lady Liadrin's command. However Sean Wilkers of the Argent Crusade is still active in Stratholme, so they operate in some capacity.
** In Shadowlands they return, operating from the Argent Tournament Grounds to fight the released scourge, once again sending agents to Stormwind and Orgrimmar.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Their relationship with the Knights of the Ebon Blade is strained, since they don't think highly of the more morally questionable actions their Death Knight allies do. Unlike the Alliance and the Horde, though, they can work together against the Lich King.
* TheTourney: They organise the Argent Tournament during the war in Northrend, consisting of jousting competitions and battles against monsters and other competitors to select the champions who will besiege Icecrown Citadel.

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

!!!'''Voiced by''': Floyd Van Buskirk (English), Alexander Novikov (Russian)
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->''"Too long have I sat idle, gripped in this haze... this malaise, lamenting what could have been... what should have been. Your death will not have been in vain, Taelan. A new Order is born on this day...an Order which will dedicate itself to extinguishing the evil that plagues this world. An evil that cannot hide behind politics and pleasantries. This I promise... This I vow..."''

Supreme Commander of the Argent Crusade and the Lich King's main enemy in ''Wrath of the Lich King''. His story started with when Eitrigg, an Orc veteran chose to save his life. Owing him a blood debt, Tirion later sacrifices his own Knighthood and was exiled for saving the Orc's life from being executed by the Alliance. Living as a hermit, he saw as his son Taelan grew up and joined the [[UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar Scarlet Crusade]]. Asking adventurers for help, he managed to reconnect with his son and convinced him to defect, though Taelan was soon after killed by Grand Inquisitor Isillien. Avenging his son, Tirion swore to reform the Knights of the Silver Hand and take up the mantle of Highlord of the Silver Hand.

He later confronts Darion Mograine, then a Death Knight serving Arthas. After managing to convince him to defect, Arthas comes along to finish them off. At this point Darion throws the corrupted Ashbringer to Tirion, who manages to purify it upon touch. Driving off Arthas, Tirion unites the Argent Dawn and the Silver Hand into the Argent Crusade. They eventually achieve victory atop Icecrown Citadel, Tirion personally shattering Frostmourne, leading to Arthas' death. In ''Cataclysm'' he now resides in and leads the Argent Crusade from Hearthglen.

* AchillesInHisTent: Stayed in exile in his house until Darion came and made him realize that he needed to step back out in the world.
* ArchEnemy: To Arthas. Notably, the Lich King actually returns the sentiment unlike the other people who consider themselves as such.
* ArsonMurderAndLifeSaving: After you kill TheMole inside his camp in a Western Plaguelands quest, he appears to be rebuking you, but then congratulates you for helping him out.
* BackForTheDead: Doesn't show up at all in the plot of any of the three ''World of Warcraft'' expansions that followed ''Wrath of the Lich King'' (he is just seen ruling Hearthglen in ''Cataclysm'' with little interaction with the players). [[spoiler:Then he dies at the start of ''Legion''.]] In fairness, his storyline had ended in ''Wrath of the Lich King''.
* BadassBeard: Has a full grown white beard.
* BadassCape: Ever since Wrath he has always shown up wearing a cape flowing behind him.
* BeingGoodSucks: One lesson he learned, especially after Eitrigg accused him of never having had to make any risks or sacrifices from his comfortable life to do the right thing.
* BigDamnHeroes: At least four times, when he rescued Eitrigg from execution, when he single handedly whacked [[BrokenPedestal Isilien]] and his EliteMooks, his timely arrival at the Battle of Light's Hope chapel, and finally breaking out of his icy prison and shattering Frostmourne, thus thwarting the Lich King's plans.
* BigGood: Of ''Wrath of the Lich King'', by virtue of being the leader of the coalition against Arthas' Scourge.
* BloodBrothers: Grows into a close bond with Eitrigg and the two consider themselves brothers.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Alternate timeline Gul'dan captures him after defeating the Argent Crusade and has him roasted by Krosus, a giant demon, for both the Alliance and the Horde to see during the first landings on the Broken Shore, which is part of the pre-expansion events leading to ''Legion''. He is then taken prisoner by the Legion and brutally tortured; he is rescued by Retribution paladins when they are searching for his sword, the Ashbringer, but dies of his wounds.]]
* CoolHelmet: Wears a unique recolored Paladin Tier 10 set helmet in Icecrown Citadel and at the Broken Shore.
%%* CoolOldGuy
* CoolSword: Wields the Ashbringer, one of the most powerful and iconic swords in the franchise. The sword is named such for burning any undead or demon it cuts through to ashes.
* DropTheHammer: His weapon before he picked up the Ashbringer.
* TheExile: Tirion was exiled for saving the orc Eitrigg.
* Foil: To Arthas. Both of them "fell" but in Tirion's case it was for doing the right thing. In addition, Tirion didn't have a personal hatred for Arthas due to having lost everything, and his refusal to abandon his integrity makes him less vulnerable to Arthas's manipulations. As such he ultimately regains his connection and becomes a full fledged champion whereas Arthas falls to damnation.
* GoodCounterpart: To Arthas. Whereas Arthas was a young paladin with a bright future who threw it away due to his flaws (notably an inability to control his anger) Tirion was an OldSoldier who lost everything due to doing the right thing who ultimately regains his power and prestige in part because he refuses to sacrifice his principles.
* HealingHands: As a paladin he is also a capable healer. When he rescued Eitrigg from Stratholme after seemingly losing his powers, the Light returns to him and healed Eitrigg's wounds.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: For the most part he forgoes wearing a helmet, but he surprisingly subverts it in [[FinalBattle Icecrown Citadel]] and at the Broken Shore by putting on a CoolHelmet.
* HeroicSacrifice: Is about to make one at the end of Icecrown Citadel, but Bolvar Fordragon shows up and convinces the former to let him do it.
* HolyHandGrenade: Tirion is a very powerful paladin and his entrance to the Battle of Light's Hope has him smiting undead left and right with Light.
* 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]].
* IOweYouMyLife: Towards Eitrigg. He later repays the favor.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Tirion is a heroic and selfless Knight of the Silver Hand, completely devoted to honor.
* KnightInSourArmor: During his time as an exile. He returns to being a KnightInShiningArmor after Darion convinces him to return to fight the Scourge and witnessing the death of his son.
%%* LargeHam
* LightEmUp: Tirion is a powerful wielder of the Light.
* MagicKnight: As a paladin, Tirion is both a warrior and a user of divine magic.
* MoralityChain: Appears to have been this for Darion and the Knights of the Ebon Blade by proxy. [[spoiler: Once he's dead, they cast any lingering affection for the Argent Crusade aside in their efforts to stop the Legion. Including attempting to bring Tirion back as a Death Knight. Although Mograine expresses minor hesitation, stating Tirion deserves the peace of death.]]
* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: The older hero to Arthas' younger villain in ''Wrath of the Lich King''.
%%* OldMaster
* OldSoldier: Tirion's been a knight for a long time and fought during the Second War. He isn't quite young anymore by the time of ''Wrath of the Lich King'', yet he's still powerful enough that his arrival single-handedly turns the tide of a battle where the Death Knights outnumbered them, almost instantly forcing them into surrendering.
* OrderReborn: He reforms the broken Order of the Silver Hand after Taelan's death, though it gets merged with the Argent Dawn when we see it again.
* ThePaladin: He is currently the greatest living paladin on Azeroth.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Against Isillien when he witnesses the [[OutlivingOnesOffspring death of his son]] at the hands of the former.
-->'''Tirion:''' May your soul burn in anguish, Isillien! Light give me strength to battle this fiend. Face me, coward. Face the faith and strength that you once embodied.
* RousingSpeech: Tirion is responsible for several of these in ''Wrath of the Lich King''.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Decides to save Eitrigg despite the Alliance considering him an enemy to be executed.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:One of the first major characters to die in ''Legion'', along with Warchief Vol'jin and King Varian Wrynn.]]
* ShadowArchetype: While a champion of the light when he leads the attack, he's pretty much the opposite of Arthas (old and experienced rather than young and reckless, and he had to climb his way to the top after losing it all while Arthas had it all but lost it due to his pride and ego.) Notably, there are two key differences. Firstly, since Tirion had already lost everything BEFORE the Scourge came he doesn't have the personal hatred that Arthas had before his fall. In addition, he refuses to abandon his principles despite the temptation, whereas Arthas ultimately sacrificed his principles.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Turalyon. Similar name, same occupation. At the time of classic ''World of Warcraft'' Turalyon was physically unavailable, and then did not make any direct appearances in ''Burning Crusade'', which led to Tirion becoming the focus of ''Wrath Of The Lich King''. Notably, in ''Legion'', Tirion dies, and Turalyon makes his first appearance since ''Beyond The Dark Portal''.
* SupportingLeader: During the later part of ''Wrath of the Lich King''.
* TakingTheKids: His wife did this in Of Blood and Honor, declaring that their son Taelan should not suffer for Tirion's actions.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: In the ''ComicBook/{{Ashbringer}}'' comic he saves Alexandros Mograine from an ogre by tossing a sword at the back of its skull during the Battle of Blackrock Spire.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** In order to repay what Eitrigg has done to him, he tried saving him from execution, which means he had to fight his fellow Alliance soldiers causing this reaction to many, including Uther.
** He delivers one to the factions after the "[=PvP=]" encounter in Trial of the Crusader, calling out the Alliance and Horde for bringing their ConflictBall and it resulting in the death of several powerful heroes, something that only Arthas could benefit from.
* WorthyOpponent: Despite hating him, Arthas also has genuine respect for him and is far less dismissive of him than he is towards his OTHER enemies.

[[folder:Maxwell Tyrosus]]
!!Maxwell Tyrosus
!!!'''Class:''' Paladin
[[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxwell_tyrosus_2_7370.png]]


The leader of the Argent Dawn before it became the Argent Crusade. Tyrosus was a Knight of the Silver Hand who fought alongside Alexandros Mograine after the fall of Lordaeron. When Mograine fell to the Scourge, Tyrosus left the remnants behind as they slowly were warped into the Scarlet Crusade. He founded the Argent Dawn as a result, leading it from Light's Hope Chapel within the Eastern Plaguelands, organizing efforts to counter the advance of evil all over Azeroth.

He led the defence of Light's Hope Chapel against the Death Knights of Acherus, and despite the odds, emerged victorious with Tirion's aid. When Tirion Fordring proposed the merging of his reformed Silver Hand and the Argent Dawn, Tyrosus stood aside to let him take over leadership. After the Scourge's defeat in Northrend, he continues to organise Argent efforts in the Eastern Plaguelands, and is recruiting new members to help cleanse the land of the Scourge remnants present there.
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* {{BFS}}: Wields an enormous curved sword in ''Legion'', [[http://www.wowhead.com/item=140558/greatsword-of-the-silver-hand which is also available]] to players in the Sanctum of Light.
* CoolHorse: Rides an Argent version of the paladin's charger into battle, with steel barding instead of gold.[[note]]Paladin players can actually obtain one of these via the Argent Tournament, though getting enough Champion's Seals is time-consuming.[[/note]]
* CoolSword: He initially carries a simple one-handed sword but his new weapon in ''Legion'' is an enormous curved sword with sapphires adorning the blade and pommel.
* DefectorFromDecadence: He personally defected from the remnants of the Silver Hand after the death of Alexandros Mograine, having deemed its remnants beyond saving.
* EyepatchOfPower: His most notable physical feature is the eyepatch he wears over his right eye.
* FightsLikeANormal: Despite being a former Knight of the Silver Hand, Tyrosus has never actually been seen using his powers of the Light until ''Legion''. Despite this, he's personally credited by the Scourge itself to have dealt such a terrible blow to a powerful lich that he can't take physical form again, and later led the defence of Light's Hope when the Death Knights of Acherus attacked.
* HolyHandGrenade: ''Legion'' shows him to be quite capable at smiting demons with the Light.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Maxwell Tyrosus was a Knight of the Silver Hand prior to forming the Argent Dawn, and is still a heroic individual devoted to keeping the world safe from all evil.
* LightEmUp: Finally gets to show off his Light-given powers in ''Legion''.
* MinorMajorCharacter: Despite his importance in leading the Argent Dawn, Tyrosus is mostly a minor character in ''World of Warcraft'', with Tirion taking over his role as leader of the Argent Crusade. He takes a far more prominent role in ''Legion'' where he organises Azeroth's paladins into a coalition under the player's leadership in the Silver Hand.
* ThePaladin: As a former Knight of the Silver Hand, he too is a paladin, though he didn't show any explicit Light usage until the events of ''Legion''.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Unlike the other remnants of the Silver Hand, Tyrosus was able to see the merits of asking for aid from the other races, even those outside the Alliance, and formed the Argent Dawn to that end.

[[folder:Darion Mograine]]

[[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade See the Knights of the Ebon Blade's characters page.]]

[[/folder]]

!!The Scarlet Crusade
[[folder:The Scarlet Crusade as a whole]]

An order of paladins and priests created to hunt all undead, including the Forsaken. They were quickly corrupted by the Dread Lords, who convinced them that ''everyone'' not in the Crusade was undead and needed to be destroyed.

* FantasticRacism: They look down upon not only undead but anyone who isn't human, seeing them all as unpure.
* 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.
* KnightTemplar: They believed anybody living not wearing their tabard to be an agent of the Scourge.
* LightIsNotGood: Despite being devoted worshipers of the Light, they commit several acts of evil.
* LoopholeAbuse: The stated reason as to why they can use the Holy Light is that they believe that their actions are just. It doesn't matter that they're evil in practice, the fact that they believe they're good is why they can harness the Holy Light.
* TheRemnant: The Crusade was originally formed from the remains of the Order of the Silver Hand and the people of Lordaeron.

[[folder:Saidan Dathrohan]]
!!Saidan Dathrohan

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One of the first paladins of the Silver Hand and Grand Crusader of the Scarlet Crusade, Saiden Dathrohan was originally a knight of Lordaeron who found faith and got closer to the Church of the Light, studying under the guidance of Archbishop Alonsus Faol. He was killed by the Dreadlord Balnazzar, who then possessed his corpse and impersonated the paladin, eventually founding the Scarlet Crusade.

* BadassBeard: Has a full grown greyish beard.
* BadassCape: The Ashbringer comic gives him a long red cape.
* ChurchMilitant: Originally a knight of Lordaeron, he became one of the first Knights of the Silver Hand, and later Grand Crusader of the Crusade.
* CoolOldGuy: While Balnazzar-as-Dathrohan is a despicable manipulator, the man himself is a noble and well-respected paladin, looked up to by his younger brethren.
* CoolSword: As a boss in Stratholme he wields a two-handed sword with a demonic red pattern engraved on the flat of the blade, which drops off him as [[https://www.wowhead.com/item=13348/demonshear Demonshear]].
* DeadAllAlong: Killed by Balnazzar, then used as a disguise.
* 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.
* GrandTheftMe: Dathrohan has been dead for a long time, his corpse possessed by the Dreadlord Balnazzar. He finally sheds Dathrohan's skin in ''Cataclysm''.
* LargeAndInCharge: The six-and-a-half foot Dathrohan was the leader of the Scarlet Crusade.
* OldSoldier: He's grey-haired and fought the orcs during the Second War.
* ThePaladin: One of the first paladins of the Order of the Silver Hand, along with Uther, Tirion and Turalyon.

[[folder:Isillien]]
!!Grand Inquisitor Isillien
!!!'''Class:''' Priest
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Grand Inquisitor of the Scarlet Crusade.

* BadassPreacher: The Grand Inquisitor is no slouch in combat, taking down Taelan Fordring with relative ease.
* HatOfAuthority: Wears a priestly hat matching his status.
* KilledOffForReal: Killed by Tirion Fordring in his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* LightIsNotGood: Uses the power of the Light, but admits to using Taelen as a pawn.
* TheSpymaster: Implied, as he had a number of assassins on the lookout for Tirion Fordring.
* StaffOfAuthority: Carried an ornate silver-and-gold staff adorned with the symbol of the Church.

[[folder:Brigitte Abbendis]]
!!High General Brigitte Abbendis
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->'''Class:''' Paladin

High General of the Scarlet Crusade, stationed in Tyr's Hand. Having received visions from what she believed to be the Light, she renamed her forces the Scarlet Onslaught and sailed to Northrend, leaving her besieged people behind. There she met the missing [[ChekhovMIA Admiral Barean Westwind]] (in reality a guise assumed by the assumed dead dreadlord Mal'ganis), who quickly assumed control of her forces.

* AnAxeToGrind: She favors a large one-handed axe as her weapon.
* AscendedExtra: In Classic, High General Abbendis was originally just a rare mob in Tyr's Hand in the Eastern Plaguelands. Come ''Wrath'' she was given a more prominent role in the story as the founder of the Scarlet Onslaught [[spoiler:manipulated by Mal'ganis]] and showed up during the Death Knight starting experience and in Dragonsblight, and she held a prominent role in the ''Ashbringer'' comic.
* KilledOffForReal: Killed by players in Northrend.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: She carries a shield emblazoned with the red flame of the Scarlet Crusade.
* OffWithHerHead: Players of both factions cut off her head to present it to their respective questgivers.
* ThePaladin: Like her father, she was a prominent member of the Silver Hand.
* ShouldersOfDoom: Switched to a pair of huge pauldrons in ''Wrath of the Lich King''.

[[folder:Taelan Fordring]]
!!Highlord Taelan Fordring
->!!![[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/taelan_fordring_1908.png]]
-> ''"I have dreams, stranger. In these dreams my father is with me. He stands proudly at my side as I am inducted into the Order. We battle legion of Scourge, side by side. We bring honor to the Alliance, to Lordaeron. I want not to dream anymore. Take me to him."''

Highlord Taelan Fordring was the son of the elder Tirion Fordring. Taelan was a former Knight of the Silver Hand and lord of Mardenholde Keep. After the creation of the Scarlet Crusade he became Highlord and ruled over Hearthglen, under the command of the Grand Crusader.

* BadassBeard: Grew a beard as Highlord of the Scarlet Crusade.
* CoolSword: He wields a two-handed sword with a demonic red pattern engraved on the flat of the blade, which drops off of Balnazzar in Stratholme as [[https://www.wowhead.com/item=13348/demonshear Demonshear]].
* DisappearedDad: Justified, as Tirion was exiled after his trial for saving Etrigg and his mother told him he had died.
* HealingHands: He is able to heal himself using the Holy Light ability.
* KilledOffForReal: Slain by Isillien and his personal guard.
* LetsGetDangerous: When he recognizes that he was used as an UnwittingPawn and that his father is alive, he [[HeelFaceTurn turns on the Crusade]] and fights his way out of Hearthglen to see him.
--> ''<Taelan falls to one knee, his heartbeat quickens. [[UnstoppableRage The fury of ages is about to be loosed upon this town.]]>''
* OneManArmy: Single-handedly rampaging through Hearthglen cemented him as this, especially back in the day when Hearthglen used to be filled to the brim with elite Scarlet Crusaders. Unfortunately, he meets his match when he dies fighting Isillien and his elite guards.
* ThePaladin: Follows in his father's footsteps and becomes a paladin.
* PietaPlagiarism: After his death, Tirion cradles his dead body.
* 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.
* TranquilFury: His lines after he turns on the Crusade are rather calm despite him being in a fury, killing every Scarlet Crusader in his way.
* UnwittingPawn: To Isillien and the Grand Crusader.
* YourSizeMayVary: Taelan's in-game model in Classic is absolutely giant, towering over players and [=NPCs=] despite there being no indication he is that big lore-wise.

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

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First born son of Alexandros Mograine and commander of the Scarlet Monastery.

* AntagonisticOffspring: He always resented his father for what he perceived to be Alexandros caring more about Darion than him. Dathrohan (who is actually the dreadlord, Balnazzar, at this point) eggs this on until it develops into full-blown hatred. Renault later manipulates his father into facing off with an entire army of undead and then kills him with the Ashbringer when Alexandros is too exhausted to even fight back.
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Darion's Abel.
* CarryABigStick: Wields a large two-handed mace, which players are able to get for themselves.
* TheChampion: Regarded as Whitemane's.
* OffingTheOffspring: He was killed by the ghost of his own father.
* OhCrap: He completely freaks out when Alexandros' ghost returns to exact revenge on Renault for murdering him, and begs his father to forgive him in terror.
* {{Patricide}}: He stabbed [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron his own father]] InTheBack.
* UnwittingPawn: Dathrohan/Balnazzar manipulated him into killing his own father.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Desperate for his father's attention and approval. Unfortunately, he's convinced that he's TheUnfavorite, and that his father cares far more for Darion than he does for him. He eventually looks for a new father figure in Dathrohan; [[GrandTheftMe too bad the real Dathrohan's actually dead...]]

[[folder:Sally Whitemane]]

[[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade See the Knights of the Ebon Blade's characters page.]]

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!!Unaffiliated users

[[folder:Lothraxion]]
!!Lothraxion

A Lightforged Nathrezim who comes to Azeroth on behalf of the Army of the Light.

* AscendedDemon: A Dreadlord who has been purified with the Light, becoming a holy crusader against his demon brethren.
* BaldOfAwesome: Unique amongst Nathrezim in that he possesses no horns, though his head has scars there they used to be, indicating they were removed.
* BlingOfWar: Decked nearly head-to-hoof in golden armor.
* CommandingCoolness: The High Commander of the Army of the Light.
* EyeBeams: He is able to shoot beams of Light out of his eyes.
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Zig-zagged: he still possesses standard dreadlord bat wings, but they shimmer with the Light.
* LightIsGood: He has been fighting alongside the Army of the Light since before Turalyon and Alleria joined.
* 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?
* TokenHeroicOrc: Normally, dreadlords are cunning, evil vampires that hold high rank in the Burning Legion; he's not.
* TouchedByVorlons: Like Lightforged Draenei, he was transformed by Xe'ra. [[spoiler:Speculation currently abounds as to whether it was willing or not. Evidence seems to suggest willing; he is able to remember his time serving the Burning Legion with regret, in the Warcraft universe at least some demons are aliens corrupted by dark magic and he's able to persuade Xe'ra not to kill Alleria for her Void use]].

!!Draenor
On the world of Draenor, the Light is touched through the goddess Rukhmar and her followers.

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

One of Draenor's Wild Gods. The high Sun Goddess of the Arakkoa, she aided Anzu the Raven God in battling the demigod Sethe and slaying him. Rukhmar is the creator of the arakkoa, having made them to embody her grace and Anzu's cunning. Rukhmar fears and hates the arakkoa cursed by Sethe, and her followers have engaged war on them in her name...at least that last part is what the Adherents would like everyone to believe. In truth, she was a largely benevolent deity who died long before the cursed arakkoa came to be.

* AMotherToHerMen: Considered the Kaliri and then the Arrakoa to be like her children and was very caring and protective toward them.
* BackFromTheDead: Some of the Anhar priests who worshipped her successfully brought her back to life, albeit as a weaker version of herself with the intelligence of an animal. It's this version of her that players encounter in ''Warlords of Draenor''.
* BreakTheHaughty: Anzu's sacrifice to protect her and prevent the curse of Sethe to spread and her unability to find him humbled her, causing her to sacrifice her own eternal life by giving some of her own life energy to create the Arrakoa.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being a Sun God, she has ''dark'' armor and head, which when coupled with the fire on her dark orange feathers give her an infernal appearance. She's still a benevolent Wild God, though.
* 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.
* LightIsGood: Despite her DarkIsEvil appearance she uses fire and embodies the sun, and is firmly good.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: She's a giant raven whose feathers are covered in flames, and was the noble demigod of the arakkoa before her death.
* PlayingWithFire: She uses this as a World Raid Boss.
* PowerOfTheSun: Which her Adherents use to burn the cities of Anzu's followers.

[[folder:Adherents of Rukhmar]]
!!Adherents of Rukhmar

The Adherents of Rukhmar are the brutal and oppressive ruling class of the Spires of Arak, homeland of the arakkoa.

All other significant Light users are under their respective race's page. [[spoiler: Except Benedictus who is under the Warcraft/TheOldGods minions section]]

All other significant Light users are under their respective race's page. [[spoiler: Except Benedictus who is under the Warcraft/TheOldGods minion section]]

The Order of the Silver Hand can be found on the [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron]] page, Bolvar Fordragon, Darion Mograine, and Sally Whitemane at the [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights Of the Ebon Blade roster]]. All other significant Light users are under their respective race's page.

The Order of the Silver Hand can be found on the [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron]] page

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