Tirion Fordring Tirion Fordring was one of the first five Knights of the Silver Hand selected by Archbishop Alonsus Faol , and was one of the heroes of the Second War . He later became Lord of Mardenholde Keep in Hearthglen before being stripped of his title and exiled for defending an orc , Eitrigg . Following the death of his son Taelan Fordring , Tirion committed himself to refounding the order of the Silver Hand . He led the Argent Crusade , an organization consisting of the old Knights of the Silver Hand and the Argent Dawn , against the Lich King and the Scourge . He always remained good friends with the orc veteran Eitrigg . In " World of Warcraft : Wrath of the Lich King " , Tirion Fordring has a number of custom lines which are voiced . He is voiced by Floyd Van Buskirk . Biography . Eitrigg incident . As the governor of the Alliance principality of Hearthglen , Tirion lived a comfortable life , well - respected by his subjects and loved by his wife Karanda and son Taelan . Both a great warrior and a just ruler , Tirion was renowned throughout the Kingdom of Lordaeron . In spite of his acclaimed military prowess , Tirion ' s experience as a paladin during the orc ish invasions had taught him to value peace . After the wars were over , Tirion prayed every night that no conflict would ever bring harm to his subjects again . One day , he encountered an old orc hermit living in an abandoned tower . The two immediately battled and traded blows until a piece of the ruined tower collapsed on Tirion , knocking him senseless . He awoke in his bed days later and discovered that he had been found badly beaten , tied to his saddle , and had been healed by his ambitious second , Barthilas . Realizing that the orc had saved him , Tirion set out and retraced his steps back to the tower . The orc Eitrigg told Tirion that , before the coming to Azeroth , the orcs had been a noble society rooted in shaman ism . After the war , he had left the corrupt Horde . Tirion , seeing great honor in Eitrigg , promised to keep his existence a secret , returning to his people and informing them that the orc had been dealt with and was not a threat . Barthilas was not so confident , and called Saidan Dathrohan to come and settle the matter himself . Dathrohan picked up the trail and led a group of hunters into the woods , where they found Eitrigg . During the orc ' s capture , Tirion fought against Dathrohan ' s men , prompting Barthilas to gleefully note that his actions were treasonous . Tirion was brought to Stratholme to stand trial . Despite Karandra ' s pleas to forget his honor and tell the jury what they wanted to hear , Tirion , hoping to be an example to his son , told the court exactly what had happened . Ultimately , the jury of Admiral Daelin Proudmoore , Arch - Mage Antonidas , Archbishop Alonsus Faol , and Prince Arthas Menethil decided that since Tirion had assaulted Alliance soldiers , he could no longer be a member of the Knights of the Silver Hand and was doomed to exile . Uther the Lightbringer performed a ceremony to strip Tirion of his powers and sent him home to gather some supplies . However , as a last token of respect to his friend , Uther did not exile Tirion ' s family for his crime . Desperate to prevent Eitrigg from being executed for war crimes , Tirion rode back to Stratholme , where he attacked Eitrigg ' s guards . Surprised , they still managed to subdue him , until a group of orcs stormed into the city . Tirion used the distraction to free Eitrigg and flee the city . When they were in the wilds , Tirion saw that Eitrigg was near death , and did the only thing he could do ; call upon the powers of the Light to heal the orc who had saved him . To his surprise , he still had the powers blessed by the Light and Eitrigg was saved . They abruptly found themselves surrounded by orcs and a new Warchief , Thrall , who approached Eitrigg and invited him back into the Horde — which had since reverted to its shamanistic roots once more . Eitrigg was thrilled to accept . Before he left with his people , Eitrigg proclaimed that Tirion and he were brothers , bound by blood and honor . Through his actions , Tirion also gained the undying respect of Thrall , one of the few humans he holds in such high regard , and which continues to this day . Tirion remained in Lordaeron , to watch his son Taelan be inducted into the Silver Hand . His son later became the lord of Mardenholde . Tirion ' s wife told his son that Tirion had died , and even took him to a false grave at the Undercroft , where Taelan buried the toy warhammer his father had given him in his memory . Exile and Return . Tirion lived out his exile in a small farmstead , in the northwest of what became the Eastern Plaguelands , on the shores of the Thondroril River with his trusty horse , Mirador . During the Third War he often fought off the undead Scourge . He was dismayed to find later that his son , Taelan , joined the Scarlet Crusade , and even became the highlord of that order . Nonetheless , he kept watching his son from afar , and even enlisted some adventurers to help him as he and a few Crusaders became trapped in the small village of Cinderhome , surrounded by Scourge forces who were interrupting the Crusade ' s attempt to re - settle the area . Later , Tirion turned to adventurers yet again to have them collect mementos of his son ' s past which finally enabled him to convince his son to leave the Crusade , only to see him killed in the attempt . Spurred by his son ' s death , Tirion resolved to reform the original Silver Hand as a force of good in the world . In World of Warcraft . Tirion Fordring is a level 61 elite quest giver located by a cottage near the northwestern border of the Eastern Plaguelands on the eastern bank of the Thondroril River . He readily accepts help from both the Horde and Alliance in his quest line , in following his assertions that race does not dictate honor , and from what he learned from his encounter with Eitrigg . He starts the following quests : When all three above are complete , the following become available : In Burning Crusade . In " " , Tirion Fordring can be found in the Old Hillsbrad Foothills via the Caverns of Time as a level 55 NPC . Tirion can be seen in the Southshore inn wearing the same plate chest he wears nowadays and discussing Ashbringer with several of his fellow members of the Silver Hand . He was the first to refer to the future weapon by its legendary name . Sadly , most of the friends assembled here would later turn to bitter enemies , as they embraced the zeal of the Crusade they would later create . In Wrath of the Lich King . The Scarlet Enclave . In , the last quest of the Death knight starting area , the player joins Highlord Darion Mograine leading ten thousand Scourge against three hundred defenders of the Light at the Battle for Light ' s Hope Chapel . After a hundred or so defenders die , Tirion appears to confront Darion . Alexandros Mograine , Darion ' s father , also makes an appearance . After an interaction between Darion and Tirion , and then Darion and Alexandros , the Lich King will appear and cast a spell that incapacitates Tirion . Darion , wielding the Corrupted Ashbringer once held by his father , throws the sword to Tirion where it is purified . Tirion then charges towards Arthas who runs and eventually escapes . It is here that Tirion makes his vow to destroy Arthas , thus uniting the Argent Dawn and the Knights of the Silver Hand into the Argent Crusade . Darion also pledges his Knights of the Ebon Blade to the cause . Northrend . Tirion also appears at the port of Valgarde in Northrend ' s Howling Fjord as a level 73 quest giver titled Highlord Tirion Fordring . He is marked as " Supreme Commander of the Argent Crusade " . The Argent Crusade ( see involvement in the death knight quest chain above ) is the merging of the Argent Dawn and the Silver Hand . Tirion can also be found in Icecrown at the Argent Vanguard , talking to the Ebon Watcher . Through their dialogue with each other , you learn the Ebon Watcher is actually Darion Mograine . Darion Mograine talks pessimistically , saying they cannot win when the Lich King is not shackled to any virtues of the Light . Tirion states he will not lower himself to the Scourge ' s level ; they will do this with honor or else become the monster they are trying to kill . Crusader ' s Coliseum . Reasoning that a small force of elite combatants would fare better against the Scourge than a large army ( which would provide more bodies to raise ) , Tirion set up the Argent Tournament and Crusader ' s Coliseum in Icecrown , where he could test the best warriors the Alliance and Horde had to offer . Icecrown Citadel . Tirion leads the Ashen Verdict into Icecrown Citadel , and eventually faces the Lich King in battle at the Frozen Throne . Arthas freezes Tirion in a block of ice , slays the champions he brought with him , and prepares to raise them as agents of the Scourge . As the Lich King begins casting his spell , Tirion manages to break free of the ice and shatter Frostmourne with the Ashbringer . The souls that were trapped inside the runeblade turn on the Lich King , giving Fordring and his champions ( who are resurrected by the spirit of Terenas ) an opportunity to defeat him . In Cataclysm . After his victory over the Lich King , Tirion will return to Lordaeron to reclaim his old home , Hearthglen , from the remnants of the Scarlet Crusade . Tirion will be removed from his river - side hovel in the Eastern Plaguelands and will be located in Mardenholde Keep in Cataclysm . Personality . Rising from the ranks of a knight and later a paladin , Tirion Fordring was a man of honor — and his commitment to upholding his honor no matter the cost often brought him into conflict with his family and friends . His wife Karandra Fordring often lamented the sacrifices she had to make in order to adapt to her husband ' s tendency to place his personal honor above everything else - his family included . So , for instance , when Fordring attempted to explain to his wife and to his long - time friend Arden that his commitment to saving the life of Eitrigg was a matter of honor , he encountered , for the most part , a total lack of understanding , with both Arden and Karandra arguing that he also has a responsibility to his family and his subjects — a responsibility he should not neglect in the name of honor . Tirion ' s honor , therefore , was the ultimate cause of his downfall — during his trial , he was offered an opportunity to be restored to good standing within the Alliance if only he would renounce the vow he gave to Eitrigg . Tirion refused , saying that his honor precluded him from doing so . In the end , Tirion Fordring paid heavily for the honor he held in such high esteem . Not only was he stripped of his office and estates , but his family — Karandra Fordring and Taelan — refused to accompany him into exile , his wife stating that she would not let him ruin their lives as he had ruined his own . Thus , after his rescue of Eitrigg from the gallows in Stratholme , honor was very much the only thing Tirion still had . After his exile and the fall of Lordaeron to the Scourge , Tirion fell into inactivity , feeling there was no reason for him to fight . That all changed , however , with the . Filled with righteous anger at the loss of his beloved son , Tirion vowed to reestablish the Knights of the Silver Hand , to oppose the spread of evil in the world . Locations . Tirion has been seen in many places across both the Eastern Kingdoms and Northrend , spanning the original WoW and all three expansions . These are all of the places where he will appear : Quotes . Tirion ' s Story in his own words . After completing his first three quests , this conversation opens with Tirion , as part of the next quest in his chain : Dialogue with Varian and Jaina at the Crusaders ' Coliseum . King Varian Wrynn and Lady Jaina Proudmoore arrive at the Argent Tournament to observe the games : Dialogue with Thrall and Garrosh at the Crusaders ' Coliseum . Tirion also greets Warchief Thrall and Garrosh Hellscream as they arrive : Fall of the Lich King trailer . Tirion rides to Icecrown Citadel on an Argent Warhorse , and raising Ashbringer , rallies the Argent Crusade to break down the door via battering ram to Light ' s Hammer .