History Characters / WarcraftTheAllianceStormwind

* ArcherArchetype: He bites his lip with longing as he watches Shado-Pan Monks practice with bows. Archery is his passion.

* DropTheHammer: His appearance in the Karazhan chess event in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has him use a large two-handed hammer as his weapon.

* BattleCouple: With Alleria.

* DropTheHammer: Wields a hammer as his main weapon.

* DropTheHammer: Wields a two-handed hammer as his weapon, which also signifies his status as a paladin. Unusually for Warcraft paladins, his is somewhat smaller than what most of them favor.

* DropTheHammer: Ironfoe, a hammer forged by master Dark Iron architect Franclon Forgewright and the twin weapon to Ironfel. Crafted for Marshal Windsor's ancestor, Ironfoe was passed down generation through generation. It was taken from him by Emperor Dagran Thaurissan after his capture, and players can obtain it as a rare drop from him.

* FantasticRacism: His epiphany that allows him to fight at his full potential with the orcs is that, because they're not from Azeroth, they're not part of the Holy Light.

* AllLovingHero: Anduin is easily one of the most compassionate men in the Alliance, if not Azeroth. He always wishes to see the good in people first and foremost, which has allowed him to make friends from all walks of life, even Horde. Perhaps best shown in ''Before the Storm'', with his attempts to bridge the gap between human and Forsaken to reunite former loved ones and spark what might be a lasting peace.

* BreakTheCutie: In spite of CharacterDevelopment below, he was still a good-natured idealist at the start of ''Shadowlands''. [[spoiler: During that time, however, he was imprisoned in timeless {{Hell}}, tortured, and finally mind controlled and used to fight his closest friends and all he stood for. Unsurprisingly, even after he is liberated, the experience haunts him deeply and he still feels guilty for his actions while possessed.]] [[spoiler: The fact that his dounts caused him, as of ''The War Within'' opening, to [[DePower lose his connection to Light]] does not help.]]

* BeardOfSorrow: [[spiler:Not a full beard, but as of ''The War Within'' opening, he has a visible stubble, symbolizing both his maturing and his troubled mental state.]]

* AnimalMotifs: Stormwind's icon is that of a lion's head. Imagery of lions are prominently displayed as a result.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChrisMetzen (English), Vladimir Antonik (Russian)

'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance The Alliance]]:''' '''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)]]\\

* ShipTease: Many players interpreted his snark with Flynn Fairwind in various quests, mainly infiltrating the Zandalari treasury, as this. Later still, he has a conversation with Valeera Sanguinar where he admits he has feelings for an unknown someone, but wants to take it slowly, and she gently encourages him to go for it; possibly because people legitimately could not believe that that Blizzard would actually be hinting at a [[QueerRomance gay romance]], this led to speculation that Mathias was obliquely referring to Valeera herself. However, it was revealed that Mathias was, indeed, talking about Flynn, and they get a RelationshipUpgrade in the novel ''Shadows Rising'', [[ShipSinking sinking the potential Valeera ship]].

* BladeOnAStick: Wields a spear against the naga in Vashj'ir.

* BadassBaritone: Had a deep booming voice in ''Warcraft II''. Creator/TravisWillingham keeps to this in ''Legion''.

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] [[Characters/WarcraftArthasMenethil (Arthas Menethil)]]| [[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)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight 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]] | \\

'''Individual media''': ''[[Characters/Warcraft3Heroes Warcraft III]]'' [[Characters/Warcraft3Heroes Heroes]] | [[Characters/WarCraft2016 Film characters]] | ''[[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft Hearthstone]]'' [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft characters]] | ''[[Characters/HeroesOfTheStormWarcraftUniverse Warcraft]]'' [[Characters/HeroesOfTheStormWarcraftUniverse characters in]] ''[[Characters/HeroesOfTheStormWarcraftUniverse Heroes of the Storm]]'' ([[Characters/HeroesOfTheStormWarcraftAssassins Assassins]] - [[Characters/HeroesOfTheStormWarcraftWarriors Warriors]] - [[Characters/HeroesOfTheStormWarcraftSupport Support]])-]]]]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The King of Stormwind and one of the greatest human warriors.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Supreme Commander of the Alliance during the Second War and evidently the one with the greatest martial skill, as shown prominently in the novels.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: High General of the Alliance army following Lothar's death and one of Azeroth's most powerful paladins, and later High Exarch of the Army of the Light and Lord Commander of the Alliance.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The leader of [=SI:7=], and although he doesn't often go out in the field, when he does, he gets work done.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Unlike Lothar Llane refused to believe Khadgar when the young mage revealed that Medivh was a traitor and the one who brought the orcs to Azeroth and still put his faith in the Guardian though to be fair he wasn't totally wrong as Medivh was possesed by Sargeras and would have never betrayed his friends and Azeroth if he had his free will.

** Also one for Garrosh, Varian has a ''very good'' reason for his hatred of Orcs, given that his father was killed by one, his city razed by them, and he was turned into a gladiator by them, while Garrosh's reasons boil down to "someone told him they were bad" and "dad killed humans so they have to be bad". One of Varian's defining traits is his [[PapaWolf being a father to Anduin]] while Garrosh is heavily defined by being the son of Grom. Finally, Varian mellowed out to a degree by ''Mists of Pandaria'', while Garrosh's extremism peaked. Their narratives start out mirror eachother and separate slowly through Catacylsm and Mists, both being hot-headed warriors pushing their faction towards war with the other. Varian tames his anger and unites the Alliance while Garrosh is dominated by his hatred and fractures the Horde. Their deaths also foils one another. Where Garrosh died hated and is remembered as a villain. Varian died a hero and is remembered as such.

* HairTriggerTemper: Following the imperfect merging of his split selves as he begins to lash out towards his allies and especially towards the Horde to whete he takes this to highly irrational extremes. He eventually discards this with CharacterDevelopment, however.

* IrrationalHatred: Towards the Horde and orcs in general. While they have done wrong from bad leadership by many Warchieves who have caused many problems but he tends to take this out on them to illogical extremes as every problem in Azeroth must be the Horde's fault in his eyes but this makes no sense when most of their actions had been to make peace during his time as king especially with Thrall whom he also hates just because he is an Orc. Varian has been called out on this multiple times by Jaina and his son.

* LanternJawOfJustice: To the degree where '''[[MemeticMutation players actually regard his chin as a seperate entity.]]'''

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He stops Thrall from killing Garrosh at the end of the Siege of Orgrimmar raid, which eventually leads to the events that take place in ''Warlods of Draenor'', and in a roundabout way, leads to him getting killed by the huge Legion army alt-Gul'dan opens the way for in the ''Legion'' expansion. Vol'jin also died during the Legion invasion and named Sylvanas as his successor, which led to her burning down Teldrassil and starting an open war with the Alliance.

* SplitPersonality: Exaggerated. [[EvilChancellor Onyxia]] couldn't charm him due to his strong will, so she split him into two people: one calm and submissive and one hotheaded and dominant, and she attempts to kill the second half. Eventually, [[SplitPersonalityMerge they are reunited and subsequently merged.]] In ''The Shattering'', it is implied that they are becoming seperated again and that [[GollumMadeMeDoIt Lo'gosh has more control than Varian would like]]. However, as of ''Wolfheart'', he appears to have gained control of his rougher side.

** However while Arthas fell from his flaws and MoreThanMindControl, [[spoiler: Anduin doesn't turn, but is intead possessed by the Jailer using Domination runes to supress his wil.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Anduin turns to unsavory methods during the hunt for Sylvanas in ''Shadows Rising''. He defends Turalyon and Alleria's actions (shackling captives with the light, while using the void to invade their minds) to Jaina. And for a moment, Anduin subconsiously calls on a dark power when contemplating how to interrogate Sira for information on the Banshee Queen. He dismisses the power in an instant, but is left shaken by what he nearly did.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: By both Varians’ and her servants’ testimony, Tiffin was a kind woman. Anduin alledgedly inherited a lot of his qualities from his mother.

* ChildhoodFriend: He grew up with Llane and Medivh and the three were inseperable companions in their youth.

* TheStrategist: While most of his strategizing is off-screen, he was responsible for organizing the armies of Stormwind and the Alliance against the orcs, and also wrote books on the subject matter, one of which could be acquired in World of Warcraft.Chronicle reveals most of the tactics and strategy and tactics he used against the Horde in the First War and show that despite limited ressources and the lack of reinforcements from the other human kingdoms he managed to beat the orcs multiple times and to make Stormwind a formidable opponent for them despite their overwhelming numbers, inflicting them their first real defeat during the first siege of Stormwind and set a trap that could have killed Blackhand if not for the presence of two orcs warlocks that forced him to withdraw.

He was presumed dead for years until the events of ''Legion''. There it was revealed Turalyon and Alleria had joined the Army of the Light to battle the Burning Legion within the Twisting Nether itself. Eventually the Armies of Legionfall join the Army of the Light to make the last push against the Legion on Argus itself. Since that battle, Turalyon and Alleria rejoined the Allaince formally, bringing the Lightforged Draenei and Void Elves into the fold. Since ''Battle for Azeroth'', Turalyon was named Lord Commander of the Alliance forces.

* GoodPowersBadPeople: Discussed. In ''Shadows Rising'' he uses the Light to restrain prisoners while Alleria uses the Void to invade their minds for information. Jaina's distaste for this tactic is partially rooted in how Turalyon is using the usually benevolent Light magic to assist in what is essentially torture. Though he had already used it to interogate a Death Knight in ''Beyond the Dark Portal''.

* PutOnABus: He and Alleria vanish after the events of ''Beyond the Dark Portal'', and don't return even after the other Sons of Lothar reappear in ''Burning Crusade''. Their dissapearance was so well known and joked about it appeared on the loading screen tips for years. See TheBusCameBack above.

* TookALevelInBadass: He was a competent commander and a good fighter before Lothar's death, but the experience not only grants him full access to his holy powers, it also turns him into more of a badass. His time in the Army of Light with him having been infused with the Light and fought the Burning Legion for a millenia has only made him an even more formidable fighter.

* YouAreInCommandNow: After Lothar's death in the Second War. After ''Battle for Azeroth'', Anduin names him the new Highlord of the Alliance. [[spoiler:When Sylvanas kidnaps Anduin in ''Shadowlands'', Turalyon serves as the Regent over Stormwind in his absense. He remains this way even after the timeskip leading into Dragonflight, as Anduin is still WalkingTheEarth]]

* ShipTease: Many players interpreted his snark with Flynn Fairwind in various quests, mainly infiltrating the Zandalari treasury, as this. Later still, he has a conversation with Valeera Sanguinar where he admits he has feelings for an unknown someone, but wants to take it slowly, and she gently encourages him to go for it; possibly because people legitimately could not believe that that Blizzard would actually be hinting at a [[QueerRomance gay romance]], this led to speculation that Mathias was obliquely referring to Valeera herself. However, it was revealed that Mathias was, indeed, talking about Flynn, and they get a RelationshipUpgrade in the novel ''Shadows Rising'', [[ShipSinking sinking the potential Valeera ship]]. WordOfSaintPaul is that the treasury heist was in fact an intentional ShipTease, not Blizzard deciding to [[AscendedFanon run with fanon]].

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] [[Characters/WarcraftArthasMenethil (Arthas Menethil)]]| [[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)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight 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/WarcraftArthasMenethil (Arthas Menethil)]]| [[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)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight 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]] | \\

* PutOnABus: He and Alleria vanish after the events of ''Beyond the Dark Portal'', and don't return even after the other Sons of Lothar reappear in ''Burning Crusade''. See TheBusCameBack above.

* YouAreInCommandNow: After Lothar's death in the Second War. After ''Battle for Azeroth'', Anduin names him the new Highlord of the Alliance. [[spoiler:When Sylvanas kidnaps Anduin in ''Shadowlands'', Turalyon serves as the Regent over Stormwind in his absense.]]

'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance The Alliance]]:''' '''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)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight 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]] | \\

* HumansAreSurvivors: Despite the fact that most human kingdoms have been destroyed or ravaged at one point or another (Stormwind in the first War, Alterac in the Second War, Dalaran and Lordaeron in the Third War, Stromgarde sometime after the Third War, Gilneas in ''Cataclysm'', and Theramore in ''Mists of Pandaria''), they still comprise the majority of the Alliance and continue to fight.

* TheProtagonist: The remnant army of Azeroth (the original name for Stormwind) served as the protagonists of the Human campaigns for Warcraft: Orcs and Humans and three-quarters of Warcraft II (in the latter, they were supported by various other Human armies, but the player army was Azeroth in parts 1, 2 & 4).

* AnAxeToGrind: A flashback of his days of adventure with Lothar and Medivh show him fighting with an axe.