Vereesa Windrunner Vereesa Windrunner is an elven ranger who fought throughout the Second and Third War s . She is the youngest sister of Alleria and Sylvanas , widow of Rhonin Redhair , and mother of Giramar and Galadin . After becoming a ranger , she had met Rhonin in an escort mission and together they helped free the Dragon Queen Alexstrasza from the Dragonmaw clan . Nearly all of Vereesa ' s extended family were killed by orc s in the Second War and in Prince Arthas ' s invasion of Quel ' Thalas . Both of her sisters are alive , although Sylvanas is undead and Alleria ' s whereabouts are not known . Biography . Vereesa is a member of the prominent Windrunner family of the high elves . Her elder sisters Alleria and Sylvanas were Ranger Generals of Silvermoon City . She lost a younger brother , Lirath , and has at least one other brother . Her family lived at Windrunner Spire in the tranquil forests of Quel ' Thalas . During her early career , she was assigned by her superiors to escort the mage Rhonin to his ship at Hasic . This simple mission soon turned into a harrowing journey into Grim Batol where she eventually aided the mage in destroying the Demon Soul and freeing the Dragonqueen Alexstrasza . During this mission , Rhonin and Vereesa fell in love and they eventually married . Following the success of the mission , Vereesa was asked to act as an Alliance Ambassador by King Terenas and the Kirin Tor . She and Rhonin were tasked with touring the Alliance and reminding everyone that there were other threats in the world besides orc s that would have to be faced sooner or later . Along with Rhonin and Krasus , Vereesa was among the few well - known survivors of the Scourge that destroyed Lordaeron , Dalaran , and Quel ' Thalas after the corruption of Prince Arthas . The rest of her family was not so lucky . They were one of the hardest hit by the Scourge invasion into Quel ' Thalas . Sylvanas was killed by Arthas and raised as a banshee in his service , later becoming Banshee Queen of the Forsaken . The sisters ' grandfather had to battle his own son , their uncle , after he was turned into an undead . A younger brother was torn to pieces by their older brother who was then himself burned with the rest of the Scourge by elven resistance fighters . While she and her husband , Rhonin , were preparing for the birth of their twin offspring , Giramar and Galdarin , Rhonin was once again summoned by Krasus for help . As a reward for Rhonin ' s courage , Nozdormu allowed Rhonin to return to Vereesa at the moment she went into labor to ensure he would not miss a moment of the twins ' lives . Nozdormu also offered the children the friendship of the bronze dragonflight . A human named Jalia assisted in the birth . Her cousin Zendarin , a blood elf who hated humans , tried to kidnap her children as he believed the offspring of a high elf and a human mage would have a lot of magic power . He failed in this attempt . She appears again in the novel " Night of the Dragon " , where she braved the depths of Grim Batol , seeking revenge on Zendarin . Zendarin sought to steal the Demon Soul ( possibly as an alternate magic source having failed to take Dargonax , or as a secondary objective ) , the foul creation of Deathwing that had been destroyed by Rhonin years earlier . He would have pulled it off if not for Vereesa ' s intervention , which resulted in the destruction of the Demon Soul — and of Zendarin himself — when the stolen staff of the Naaru touched the artifact . Vereesa also assists Iridi , a draenei priestess , in destroying Dargonax , as redemption for Zendarin ' s murder of Iridi ' s comrade . In the novel " " , she , Rhonin , and some of the Kirin Tor , along with many Alliance members , assist Jaina Proudmoore in protecting her beloved city Theramore from the destruction of the Horde . They had won the battle , until Garrosh used the Focusing Iris , the magical artifact of the blue dragonflight , to obliterate Theramore . Rhonin , at the last minute , opened a portal and shoved Jaina through , telling her that she was the future of the Kirin Tor . He called the Mana Bomb that was fueled by the Focusing Iris to himself so it would not hurt Vereesa who was looking around for Thalen Songweaver ( who had betrayed the Kirin Tor during the war ) . Rhonin succeeded and Vereesa was not harmed . The only survivors of the mana bomb that rained down on Theramore were Jaina , Kalecgos ( leader of the blue dragonflight ) , Vereesa , Shandris Feathermoon , and their scouting parties . They found that Rhonin had died . Jaina took over his place of the leader of the Kirin Tor . World of Warcraft . In Wrath of the Lich king . Vereesa is located in the Violet Citadel of Dalaran along with Rhonin , Archmage Aethas Sunreaver , and Archmage Modera . She is the leader of the Silver Covenant , a militant group of high elves who oppose the inclusion of blood elves in the Kirin Tor . She is involved in the quest chain : The champions of the Silver Covenant will fight the forces of the scourge in the Frozen Halls and its Sunreaver counterpart in Dalaran to restore the magical blade Quel ' Delar from its defiled state by the Blood - Queen Lana ' thel . In Cataclysm . She can be found outside Zul ' Aman along with Halduron Brightwing and Vol ' jin in order to stop the united troll empires . However , her presence in Quel ' Thalas was not well received by Lor ' themar Theron who sent a messenger who demanded to know why Vereesa entered their land . Upon hearing this , Halduron stated that he invited her personally and that as a Ranger - General he has the power to do so . In Mists of Pandaria . Veressa Windrunner is the right hand of Jaina Proudmoore in her assault on the Isle of Thunder . She is also leading the Silver Covenant against the Sunreavers in the purge of Dalaran . Vereesa ' s main reason for joining Jaina was Rhonin ' s death caused by the Horde . In Legion . When Vereesa found out about Alleria ' s location , she travels to Broken Shore . On the Broken Isles , Vereesa united with Halduron Brightwing and Shandris Feathermoon in founding the Unseen Path , the union of all the hunter s of Azeroth . Personality . At first , Vereesa was unaware of Sylvanas ' fate . However , when she learned of her fate , Vereesa mourned her sister and was enraged when her cousin Zendarin recklessly called Sylvanas a Banshee . Vereesa may have animosity towards the blood elves , courtesy of her partnership with Rhonin and having pride in high elf traditions . This can be seen in " Night of the Dragon " and in . Vereesa shares most of her personality with her sister Sylvanas . She is competitive , a strategist , but she is less ruthless , and more trustable , although she did indeed consider joining the Horde , but ditched the idea because she didn ' t want to leave her children . She had turned slightly more harsh and grown more hatred for the Horde since the bombing of Theramore , but still loved her sister . The cause of her hate is mainly because of the death of her husband - Rhonin .