Luc Valonforth Captain Luc Valonforth was one of the Lordaeron captains ( the others being Falric and Marwyn ) who accompanied Prince Arthas Menethil to Northrend . Biography . When an emissary arrived from Lordaeron , it was Valonforth who met with him . The emissary ordered Valonforth to withdraw the army back home . Captain Luc Valonforth answered to King Terenas rather than Arthas , and prepared the army for its journey back to Lordaeron . However , Arthas sunk the ships that could return them home , and blamed it on his mercenaries . Valonforth had the mercenaries killed , and looked on as Arthas declared that they would finish what they started here or fall . His fate afterwards is unknown , but it can be assumed that when the final battle came , Valonforth fought alongside his Prince and achieved victory . Wrath of the Lich King . He made his first named appearance in " " . There is some speculation as to where the character division lies between Captain Falric and Luc Valonforth in representing the nameless Captain from Warcraft 3 . ( See Captain Falric : Character Division . ) He makes his debut in the quest , where he re - enacts the scene when the Alliance Emissary orders the troops to be recalled to Lordaeron . However unlike the rest of the Forgotten , he does not turn into a ghost form , he just vanishes like Muradin and Arthas . This might mean he is still alive . It is possible that unlike Marwyn and Falric , he was one of the captains to survive and found Valgarde , which bears a name similar to his . It is possible that Valgarde was named after him and he was its founder . One is also able to acquire , a trinket that was either a possession of Luc Valonforth or was forged in his memory . In addition , in the Halls of Reflection ( the third and last wing of the Frozen Halls , the 5 - man dungeons of Icecrown Citadel ) , Falric drops a set of caster shoulders called . Character division . In " " , an unnamed captain delivered his lines to an Alliance Emissary . This was because Christie Golden had originally not known about Luc Valonforth in Wrath of the Lich King . , a galley winner , noticed that there might be an inconsistency by having people believe that Falric and Valonforth might be confused , and pointed out the issue to Medievaldragon of Blizzplanet . Medievaldragon contacted Christie Golden and informed her about Luc Valonforth . She explained that since she finished writing the book before the release of Wrath of the Lich King , she had not known about the flashback quest involving Captain Luc Valonforth . Medievaldragon then contacted the editors and informed them of the possible inconsistency . The editors agreed to include Luc Valonforth in the book to ensure the clear difference between his character and that of Falric . Thus , it ' s now confirmed that The Captain from Warcraft III was divided into separate characters , though Falric remains the principal protagonist , retaining the most lines and appearances and being the only one playable in - game . Luc Valonforth was the captain who spoke to the emissary , which is why he appears in a flashback scene , while Falric was the captain unit that was usable during most of the campaign .