History Characters / WarcraftTheAllianceStormwind

* WeaponOfChoice: 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.

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her 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/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]] | \\

* KnifeNut: He is very fond of daggers and bonds with Kelsey Steelspark over their knife collections.

* KnifeNut: His preferred weapons are a pair of fancy daggers in gold and blue.

* KnifeNut: A pair of glowing green daggers.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Arathor, the ancient and powerful human nation that eventually splintered into the Seven Kingdoms.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Played with. He denies this in the face of Jaina's fears over him sanctioning and defending Turalyon and Alleria's methods in hunting down Sylvanas. But he seems to be aware of this on some level when he swiftly watched his companions for their reactions to him almost using some sort of dark magic on Sira in an attempt to compel her to tell him where Sylvanas was.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: A non-villainous example. Stormwind was the youngest, smallest, and most isolated of the Eastern Kingdoms, leaving it comparatively easy pickings for by the Horde during it's first invasion. However, after its reconstruction and the following destruction of Lordaeron in the Third War, as well as other human nations such as Gilneas and Stromgarde, Stormwind grew into the most powerful Alliance nation and one of the last bastions of humanity.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: A non-villainous example. Stormwind was originally the youngest and smallest of the Eastern Kingdoms and received little notice and assistance from the other human nations. The kingdom was also destroyed by the Horde during it's first invasion. However, after the destruction of Lordaeron in the Third War, as well as other human nations such as Gilneas and Stromgarde, Stormwind grew into the most powerful Alliance nation and one of the last bastions of humanity.

** Maintains his hyper-idealistic outlook despite living in a CrapsackWorld. Taken UpToEleven in ''Literature/WarCrimes'', where everyone fights evil versions of themselves. His is just kind of cowardly, and still pulls a HeroicSacrifice.

* PrettyBoy: Anduin is a very, ''very'' attractive young man, especially in the ''Battle for Azeroth'' cinematic.

** Doubling as an IntergenerationalFriendship, but he forms a strong bond with Varok Saurfang over the course of ''Battle for Azeroth''. Saurfang is an Orcish WarHawk, but still tempered veteran of ''all four'' Great Wars and a BloodKnight, while Anduin is a peace loving, young, human king. [[spoiler: Yet not only does Varok request that Anduin acts as his witness for his duel, the King gives him his father sword, acts as his pallbearer, and openly grieves him at his funeral.]] It's implied Anduin's immense respect for the elderly warrior is partially because he see's aspects of Varian within him.

* BaldOfAwesome: Depicted as being mostly bald during the Second War.

* ForeignCultureFetish: Turalyon is notably enamored with draenei culture. [[JustifiedTrope This is justified]] in that he spend a thousand years of [[YearInsideHourOutside Nether-time]] fighting side by side with the draenei's finest warriors.

One of the founding members of the Order of the Silver Hand and so the first paladins of Azeroth, Turalyon was Lothar's protégé, and served as his second-in-command through the Second War. While fighting the orcs, Turalyon nonetheless struggled to reconcile them with his religious beliefs; how could [[TheForce the Light]] be all-embracing and all people [[RousseauWasRight essentially good]] while the evil of the orcish Horde existed? By the end of the Second War he finally resolved these doubts and rallied the Alliance to victory against the Horde after Lothar's death.

* WreckedWeapon: In battle he still carries Lothar's sword that was broken by Orgrim Doomhammer, never choosing to reforge it... until we see him on Argus, where the missing part of the blade is replaced by golden HardLight. With his space marine theme, it is essentially a {{Lightsaber}}.

* BadassBeard: His large bushy beard dates back to the first game.

* BadassBeard: He initially has a completely shaven face, but grows a full beard in ''Battle for Azeroth''.

* BadassMustache: His in-game model has a long mustache that'd almost count as a beard. His cinematic model however shows him with a fancy handlebar mustache paired with a goatee.

* BadassMustache: A long one that'd almost count as a beard.

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* CoolSword: Retrieves his father's sword Shalamayne on the Broken Shore and wields it with surprising skill in ''Battle for Azeroth''. [[spiler: However Kingsmourne, is an EvilWeapon.]]

* CoolSword: Retrieves his father's sword Shalamayne on the Broken Shore and wields it with surprising skill in ''Battle for Azeroth''.

* 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]].

* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: One of his recorded voice lines when clicked on is, "It's Shaw. Mathias Shaw." Goes nicely with his [[TuxedoAndMartini general vibe]].

* FamousLastWords: ''"For the Alliance."''

* BadassGrandpa: Was 55 years old by the time of the Second War, which is considered to be an old age in medieval era, enforced by the fact that he had lost his hair and that his beard had become white. This didn't stop him from still being a phenomenal fighter and general.

* OldSoldier: Served his kingdom and the Alliance for many years in times of war.

** [[spoiler:Anduin deduces that this is why Sylvanas has been trying to [[BreakThemByTalking convince him to join her and the Jailer]]. His status as a pure idealist who even in the darkest times never loses hope makes him a HopeBringer for many - including the dormant shreds of the Ranger-General still deep within the Banshee Queen. If he lets go of hope, so can she.]]

* HumansAreLeaders: The only human member of the Army of the Light, as well as a central leader of the organization. Turalyon was also provided the impetus to form the Alliance of Lordaeron during the Second War - not quite an example of this trope yet since it was just Humans then, but they would later be joined by the Dwarves, Gnomes and High Elves.

* KnightInShiningArmor: Young, heroic and selfless to a fault.

* LastOfHisKind: As of ''Legion'', Turalyon is the only surviving of the first five Knights of the Silver Hand that were handpicked by Alonsus Faol[[note]]Uther and Gavrinrad - Killed by Arthas; Dathrohan - Killed by Balnazzar; Tirion - Killed after being tortured by the Legion.[[/note]].

* BlingOfWar: Most of his armor is actually pretty standard and plain, but upon his promotion in Northrend he gained a big pair of golden pauldrons, one shaped like an eagle. His brief appearance in the Paladin order hall sees him gain a new fancy set of armour, using a silver recolored version of the Mists of Pandaria challenge armor.

* ArchEnemy: Early on in Mists Of Pandaria, he and General Nazgrim were played up as Arch Rivals. However this was mostly dropped as their storylines diverged from each other entirely.

--> '''Marshal Windsor:''' As was fated a lifetime ago in Karazhan, monster - I come - and with me I bring justice.

* AscendedExtra: Originally just a questgiver for human rogues in ''Classic'', in Cataclysm she started giving quests to everyone, but she fully ascended in Mists of Pandaria when she was amongst the elite [=SI:7=] group picked to travel to Pandaria to find the missing Prince Anduin and became a recurring character through the Alliance campaign in the Jade Forest.

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Valerie Arem (English), Olga Zubkov (Russian)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Courtenay Taylor (English), Vasilisa Voronin (Russian)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaraPlatt (English), Polina Shcherbakov (Russian)

* ShipTease: Many players interpreted his snark with Flynn Fairwind in various quests, mainly infiltrating the Zandalari treasury, as this. Later he has a vague conversation with Valeera where he admits he has feelings for an unknown someone, but wants to take it slowly, with her encouraging him to pursue this person, leading many to assume he was talking about her. This was later followed by an announcement that an upcoming artbook, ''Exploring Azeroth: The Eastern Kingdoms'', would have a FramingDevice where he and Flynn would would be traveling the Eastern Kingdoms, adding more fuel to the fire. The two enter a relationship in the novel ''Shadows Rising'', while the Valeera ship [[ShipSinking never gets to leave port]].