Uther's Tomb

Uther's Tomb is the monument and sepulcher of Uther the Lightbringer at Sorrow Hill. The Tomb is the chief holy site of the Church of the Holy Light under Grand Alliance control. Maintained by the high priests of the church, several holy orders, and countless pilgrims, the Tomb is a bastion of hope and Light - and Alliance superiority - in an otherwise dreary northern forest.
==History==
During the Battle of Andoral, Uther the Lightbringer, Ballador the Bright, and Gavinrad the Dire were felled by the hands of one of the Order of the Silver Hand's most treasured apprentices - Arthas Menethil. The battle was long and atricious, and the Silver Hand remnants were dangerously low in number.
Managing to spare their leaders' corpses from Arthas' plunder, the Silver Hand took to the hills south of Andorhal to the graveyard once maintained by Andorhal's caretakers. The paladins erected a series of large series of tombs on the hill to inter their heroes, especially Uther the Lightbringer, who would come to be venerated as something above even a saint.
Miraculously, the Scourge could not gain ground onto Sorrow Hill. Even as Caer Darrow fell from treachery within, the Tomb was destined to stand through Scourge, Undead pretention, Blood Knight Invasion, and even the Cataclysm. Establishing relationships with nearby villages and Aerie Peak, the order remnants were able to, with the help of Stormwind and the Argent Dawn, establish a village to assault Andorhal and maintain Uther's Tomb.
Since the erection of the Tomb, it has been sacked on three occasions by members of the Blood Knight Order. Once by a disgruntled apprentice, another by the Dominion of the Sun, and lastly by the Dawnfury Concordant. Since then, the Tomb has been militarized by the College of Canons. Remarkably, the Forsaken have not yet ventured to undo this bastion of Light.
On one occasion during the Second Sacking, an apparition of the Lightbringer was claimed by many onlookers to have exhorted those that would attack his resting place, ultimately ousting out his Blood Elven despoilers.
Annually, a great festival is held in honor of the Lightbringer. A major source of income from the Church of the Holy Light, the pilgrim festival attracts hundreds of people venturing from far and wide to honor the Lightbringer. The Church of the Holy Light claims that supplication at this pilgrim site grants Uther's favor in battle - a claim that seems to be supported by fact.
Recently, the Tomb has been beautified. The Tomb is a destination for pilgrims and for Lordaeronians that desire to see a purchase of their homeland that is truly as it once was. The Lightsworn of the Diocese of Lordaeron has recently relieved Stormwind paladins that were garrisoned.
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