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Magna Desertum

The **Magna Desertum** is the largest desert in Kalimdor, consisting of the regions of the deserts of Tanaris, Uldum, Silithus and Ahn'qiraj, and  prior to the Great Cataclysm of 623KY, the Thousand Needles. It is distinct from the Greater Barrens though the boundary regions offer significant similarities, as the Greater Barrens receives some rainfall, as opposed to the almost entirely dry Magna Desertum.

Though an inhospitable region, the Magna Desertum is home to two of the world's oldest societies: the strange Pharaonic Monarchy of the Tol'vir peoples, and the sinister insectoid hierarchy of the Qiraji. Both these peoples came as sudden and surprising revelations to the bulk of the world's scholars and peoples, having been sealed behind mystical walls prior to 620KY and 623KY respectively. The region is also home to a significant segment of the global Centaur population, the crumbling empire of Zul'farrak, the enigmatic and eternal Caverns of Time, and a number of Human, Orcish, Tauren and Elven settlements.

In a particularly unusual climate aberration, the fertile and untamed Un'goro Crater lies in the very middle of the Magna Desertum. A humid and rain-drenched depression in the landscape, the crater posed a significant puzzle to attempts to explain the formation of the Magna Desertum. The discovery of Titan ruins and power sources in the crater - and its counterpart, the Sholazar Basin in frigid Northrend - has resolved this apparent impossibility. The work of incomprehensibly advanced cosmic engineers and wizards, the Crater is a distinctly unnatural phenomenon and would likely be as dry as the rest of the Magna Desertum without the strange techno-sorcerors of the Titans.

## Geography

### Hydrography

One of the most defining characteristics of the Magna Desertum is its general paucity of potable surface water. The available water in the region is, consequently, the natural focus of agriculture, economics, and the political structures that have developed in the great sandy wastelands. Watersheds, oases, and aquifers provide much of the region's only available water, save for in Uldum, where the great Vir'naal River provides relative comfort to the Tol'vir peoples.

## Ecology

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### Cacti

Cacti are a relatively rare sight in the Magna Desertum, found only in areas of particularly plentiful water. Their presence is usually greeted with delight by the native peoples, as it indicates good rainfalls or water near enough to the surface to extract with handpumps or digging. The densest concenration of cacti in the wastes is in the Thistleshrub Valley of Tanaris, home to a species of ambulatory cacti able to harvest the dew from the cool breezes wafting over the mountains. These ambulatory cacti concentrate the dew into water laden with alkaloids with powerful deliriant effects - water that formed the basis for an early version of the Noggenfogger Elixir.

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Lordamere Internment Camp

File:Lordamere.jpg  The **Lordamere Internment Camp**was the smallest of the three primary internment camps established by the Alliance of Lordaeron in the aftermath of the Second War. Although the camp was orignally meant to rival the size of the far larger and more secure camps of Durnholde Keep and Hammerfall, a lack of funds due to the quick withdrawel of Gilneas from the Alliance forced the builders of the camp to settle on a far smaller and more modest design.The first and only Commandant of the camp was a paladin of the Silver Hand and veteran of the Second War, Erich Gottfried Manstein.

When Thrall, the future Warchief of the Horde, released the orcs from their internment camps, news was quick to spread of the incident to the commandant's office. Knowing that a full scale uprising was being contrived, Commandant Manstein feared the worst and acted upon a secret order issued many years before by Aedelas Blackmoore; Operation Frostfall. Frostfall was an emergency order drafted by Blackmoore and secretly given to the wardens of the prison camps. The orders detailed how the commanders were to, in case of a general uprising, do everything within their power to contain the possibility of the prisoners once more becoming an armed threat. Subsequently, Manstein ordered the wholesale execution of the entire orcish population of the camp as per the orders details in Blackmoore's instructions. Some of the orcs, however, did manage to escape the slaughter when a fire caught hold of the primary barracks building.

With the death of most of the prisoners and escape of the rest orcs from the camps under Thrall, the camp was mostly left to ruin. For some time the magi of Dalaran were known to have occupied the direlect facility, using it to house Forsaken prisoners in the years before the Cataclysm. It is speculated that the Magi of Dalaran eventually sold the parcel of land to a goblin, Brazi the Botanist, who deconstructed the old prison and erected a farm upon the land.

Today there remains no trace of the old camp, only the lush farm fields of the Brazi Homestead.
HMS Duskfeather

The **HMS *Duskfeather*** is a *Raven*-class ship-of-the-line constructed by Ashen Coast Engineering and Construction as an attempt to revive the *Raven*-class line. Due to the loss of the *Raven*-class designs in the Invasion of Gilneas, the HMS *Duskfeather* was built using salvaged notes, the memory of surviving builders of the ships, half legible designs and the salvaged remains of the destroyed HMS *Aderic*.
Guderian Manstein

**Guderian Manstein** is the disinherited son of the renowned elder statesman, Erich Gottfried Manstein and rogue of no small regard. A thorough drunkard, carouser, and womanizer, Guderian a man who stands in stark contrast with his rigid upbringing.

## Background

Guderian was born the first son of Erich and Wilhelmina Manstein shortly after the start of the Second War. At any early age Guderian was considered a highly intelligent and quick witted boy whose intellectual capacity often got him into more trouble than not with his tutors and elders.

Although his father wished him to be groomed to one day take his place as the head of the House of Manstein, Guderian harbored a rebellious and free loving nature that often put him at odds with his parents.

At fifteen years of age Guderian left his mother's home in Northdale, a small town in northern Lordaeron. Eloping to Southshore with a young peasant girl with whom he had become infatuated, Guderian soon was forced to provide for himself through various criminal means. Gambling, petty theft, and other con-schemes became the profession of the young would-be nobleman.

Disappointed with his inability to adequately provide for her, the young woman with whom Guderian had eloped returned home. Soon after, Guderian turned to heavy drinking and womanizing and lived the life of a low level criminal for many years before eventually returning to his father after hearing of his recent monetary gains.

### Return

Pitying his son, yet unwilling to take the risk of allowing the volitile and unreliable Guderian hold any responsibility or jeopardize his own political ambitions, Manstein began to search for a way for his son to become gainfully employed. It was in this way that Manstein came to an arrangement with Lord-Chancellor Asuryan Caernough of the Kingdom of Lordaeron Restored under Queen Madelynne I to install Guderian in a low level bureaucratic post within the Chancery of the Queen's government, thus exiling his son to the dark skies of Blackmarsh.

At first Guderian performed well in his post, applying his great intelligence and education to draft a report on the economic output of the Dread. His report, however, was met with little enthusiasm from the Chancery and soon Guderian fell once more into a vicious cycle of drinking and carousing in houses of ill-repute. For many months he remained in this state, receiving a small pension from his father and what little he earned at the Chancery to fuel his habits.

## Currently

On August 28, 623 K.C. Guderian was forced to flee the Dread when news reached him that his father had chastised and insulted the Queen, thus falling out of favor with the sovereign some weeks before his ultimate demise at Death's Door.

Now, Guderian wanders Blackmarsh under the several different aliases, using several seals and other bureaucratic implements stolen from the Chancery office to masquerade as a low level tax collecter and royal official.
Fenrus

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**Fenrus** is a bastard sword gifted to High Commander Berenal Grayblade of the Blades of Greymane by Lord Xavier Gregor for his leadership and service to the Kingdom of Gilneas.

## Description

Fenrus is a finely crafted blade, a wolf motif adorning the hilt of the sword. The blade is kept in impeccable shape and is of wonderful craftsmanship. The blade it's self has been reforged using elven steel by Ranger Lady Aeriyth Dawnsorrow following one of the battles to reclaim Gregor's Crossing from mercenaries that had besieged the town. The blade was revealed to have been made partially of Ash Iron; the odd metal only found in some family blades or armor of Ashen Coast families.

## Usage

Lord Grayblade has used the blade since being gifted it by Xavier Gregor. Following the damaging of Bite, Berenal's gun, during the Second Battle of Andorhal, Fenrus saw the commander through the rest of his time on the field. When deciding to refine his melee skills and learn how to fight in plate mail, the commander chose Fenrus as his weapon of choice. Though initially poorly skilled with the large sword, Berenal eventually became accustomed to its use. However, it was later shattered during the battle to reclaim the docks of Gregor's Crossing.

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Berenal had the blade reforged using elven steel by Ranger Lady Aeriyth Dawnsorrow. This was done as a sort of insurance policy, as elven steel blades are stronger when reforged, and would prove useful if the blade was ever shattered again. The Blade was shattered a second time during the Blades' excursion to Hath's Vigil, where Berenal used it to deflect several hard blows from a Forsaken wielding a large maul. The blade was broken after the commander was forced to use it to off set the oncoming blow. He later used the shattered half to viciously stab the undead to death with the jagged broken edge.

With Bite having been restored, Fenrus alternates between the commander's main weapon, being used when he dons plate mail into battle.
House of Avernus

The **House of Avernus**is a Gilnean Noblehouse based in the northern regions of the Ashen Coast. Their lands consist of the Earldom of the Veil, though destroyed following the Horde invasion. They have sworn vassalage to the House of Grayblade and are subsequently aligned (and a member of) the Blades of Greymane.

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The Avernus crest was changed by Lady Aya Avernus, the current lady of the House, following her interactions with the ancient Yim'nir. It now features a rising raven, where there was once a white gryphon.
Jonas di Hudson

**Sir Jonas di Hudson** is a member of the Household Guard of Aref Corelas and a former servant of Vargrinn the Bastard. Born and raised in the Kingdom of Alterac, he was the third-in-line for the Barony of Bishopstone prior to the collapse of the Kingdom and the loss of his rightful inheritances. Forced into exile, he joined the nascent Alterac Syndicate and remained in its service until the death of Aliden Perenolde, leading a small remnant of Alteraci troops to confront the heaviest pockets of resistance during the Syndicate's assaults on the Kingdom of Stromgarde. Following the death of Perenolde, he sided with the upstart Vargrinn the Bastard - supposedly the bastard son of a bastard son of a Trollbane king - and served as his right hand until his capture early in the Second Arathi Civil War. Converted to Reformism while a prisoner, he joined the Household Guard of Aref Corelas following the end of hostilities, taking the place of David the Strong - who he had cut down during the first major field battle of the war.
Gavin Malcolm

Argent Commander Gavin Malcolm was the overall unit Commander of the Argent Crusade and Mercenary force within Tempestus Valley during the First Battle of Tempestus Valley. He was slain in combat with Fargul Nerok. Following his death and the capture of Tempest Valley, the village that was settled in the valley was named after him, being known as Gavin's Fall.

In life, Gavin Malcolm served within the Argent Crusade, Argent Dawn, and the Scarlet Crusade, becoming a paladin. He was born in the Tirisfal Glades.
Liam's Cross

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**Liam's Cross** is a newer medal of honor rewarded by the Kingdom of Gilneas. Created following the Siege of Orgrimmar by King Genn Greymane in memory of his son, Liam Greymane, the medal replaced the Gilnean Cross of Valor as the highest military honor obtainable within the kingdom. Unawarded for some time, the medal was reserved for those whose bravery and commitment to the cause of the Kingdom of Gilneas on the frontlines **and** at home were unquestionable, and for remarkable bravery beyond the call of duty. The cross was first rewarded following the first excursion into the Blightlands to the inner circle of the Blades of Greymane. As with its predeccesor, the medal is exclusively awarded by the King. The medal has been shown to have a significant importance on aid to the home front (being that of Gilneas) rather than fronts outside, such as Draenor (though it still requires efforts outside of the region). It seems to count more recent efforts rather than past, as seen by the lack of Gilnean Liberation Front recipients. This is due to the more recent claims to Gilneas as of Garrosh's downfall.

The cross has been since criticized due to the importance placed upon it, to replace that of the Gilnean Cross of Valor as highest honor, only to be rewarded en masse to a group. At the same time, others have claimed it should be liberally rewarded to those who have continued on the home front. It has not been rewarded since the first presentation to the group and it is theorized it will be retired following the restoration of the Kingdom of Gilneas.
House of Whitbury

The **House of Whitbury** was a minor noble family in the Kingdom of Alterac during the late Warring Kingdoms Period and early Age of Chaos. Descendants of Sir John of Whitbury, a general in the service of the King in the mid 4th Century KY, the House of Whitbury lacked in funds and land from the beginning and became retainers and valued servants to a number of other Alteraci households, including the Royal House of Perenolde. They were extinguished in the wide-spread massacre of the Slaughter of Alterac, and no known members of the family survive today.

## Notable Individuals

### Sir Priam de Whitbury, the Butcher of Kaneton

Member of an infamous and bloody band in the late 6th Century's Alterac-Stromgarde border wars, responsible for the Kaneton massacre. Captured and hanged for the vile deeds committed that day.

## Linked Houses

### House of Vestfeldt

Linked by the 572KY marriage of Adrienne de Whitbury, third daughter of Sir Priam de Whitbury, to Arthur of Vestfeldt, son of Count Arthur of Vestfeldt. The family resided in Alterac City and were slaughtered in the great massacre of 597KY, leaving only Lorenzo, the middle child, alive. He died of his injuries two days later.
Kingdom of Lordaeron

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**Lordaeron** was a human kingdom that lead the Alliance of Lordaeron during the Second War. Its name is supposedly derived from a combintion of words stemming from the human, dwarvish, and elvish languages: "lorn" (in dwarven) meaning "land", "daer" (in common) meaning "people" and "ronae" (in Thalassian) menaing peaceful.

*"Here lies King Terenas Menethil II -- Last True King of Lordaeron.*

*Great were his deeds -- long was his reign -- unthinkable was his death.*

*May the Father lie blameless for the deeds of the son.*
*May the bloodied crown stay lost and forgotten."*

- Inscription upon King Terenas' Grave

# History

During the Second War, Lordaeron provided refuge to Lord Anduin Lothar and the people of Stormwind under his charge following that kingdom's destruction at the end of the First War. During the Second War, Lordaeron spearheaded the Alliance's campaign against the Orcish Horde of Orgrim Doomhammer. Lordaeron was almost entirely destroyed as a result of Prince Arthas Menethil's betrayal and subsequent invasion by the Undead Scourge during the Third War.
Flintridge Manor

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**Flintridge Manor** is the primary manorial estate of the County of Eastvale. Built by the House of Flintridge after the Second War the picturesque country home stood as the family's center of administration for many years. Eventually, as the wealth of the Flintridge's grew, the manor was converted into a summer home as the residents moved to Stormwind City.

The home was also the site of the Mistmantle Massacre, an incident where Stalven Mistmantle, the family's tutor, murdered the entire Flintridge family upon learning that the daughter he had been mentoring had no love interest in him. In the years after the murder of the Flintridges the house stayed under the charge of Marshal James Haggard, a retired military man from the Stormwind army who was assigned the task of administering the day to day activities of the county.

On January 31, 623 K.C. the County of Eastvale was released from the administration of the King and granted to Erich Gottfried Manstein, a baron from Stormwind and ruler of the nearby Barony of Faulkenburg. The manor has since become the residence of the House of Manstein in Eastvale, with Marshal Haggard staying on as executive administrator of the county's affairs.
House of Greyfield

The **House of Greyfield** is a longstanding Gilnean noble house based in the Ashen Coast of Gilneas. Their lands consist of the town of Brandon's Stead, which was destroyed when the Orcish Horde invaded Gilneas. They are currently sworn to House Grayblade, and are a part of The Blades of Greymane.

The house was once run by the last remaining known Greyfield, Lady Sieglinde Greyfield, until her mysterious death. After her demise, her bastard half brother was revealed to the public and legitimized to keep the bloodline of the family going. As the Lord Greyfield is still young, Lady Lilurah Lockewood has taken regency over the area until Lord Greyfield is fit to rule. Despite his legitimization made public, his name and appearance have yet to fully circulate and seems to be well guarded for the young lord's protection until the circumstance surrounding his sister's death is fully revealed.
Henry Sutton III

**Henry Sutton III** was the 7th Duke of Newcastle, and eldest son of Edward VII. He was the longest-lived Duke of Newcastle, and perhaps the most loved. Henry held the title from 526 K.C. to 579 K.C. Tragically, He would outlive two wives, and all three of his sons. His last surviving son, Edward VIII was slain in battle while serving as a Field Marshal at the age of 62 just three days before his own death, and the title passed on to his favorite, and eldest grandson, Henry Sutton IV instead. Close friends of the 7th Duke say that he simply lost the will to live after his only remaining son was killed.

Henry founded the Willowbrook Hunt Club in 571 K.C. He was 93 years old at the time, and although he could no longer ride, Henry shot three foxes during the first shooting party held at the beautiful Willow Manor estate, proving to his son and grandson that his eyes sight was not as bad as they thought. Henry died at the age of 101, and his funeral was the grandest ever seen in Newcastle County. His grandson later commissioned a memorial, depicting the 7th Duke astride his favorite mount, leading a cavalry charge. The memorial stands in the center of the courtyard at Castle Sutton.
Lordaeron (Subcontinent)

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Lordaeron is one of the northernmost subcontinents on the landmass known as the Eastern Kingdoms. It lies between the elven land of Quel'thalas and the dwarven land of Khaz'modan. Lordaeron consists of eight zones, four human nations, a dwarven settlement, and troll villages. Although, a large amount of its inhabitants are Undead, some remaining from the Scourge, and others spreading from the Forsaken Queendom beneath Capital City, the Undercity.

## Zones

Lordaeron is divided into eight parts, which include Tirisfal Glades, the Silverpine Forest, Gilneas, the Hillsbrad Foothills, the Arathi Highlands, the Hinterlands, and the Western and Eastern Plaguelands.

## Human Kingdoms

Although most of the human nations of Lordaeron lay in ruin, their people still live. Some of the Kingdoms include Lordaeron, Stromgarde, Gilneas, and Dalaran.
Gwen Greymane I

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Queen **Gwendolen Greymane I** (105 F.A. - 170 F.A.) was the first queen of Gilneas. Before that, she was the Queen-regent until her nephew Teran came of age. She was well-known for her harsh taxes during her time as queen-regent and again when she was crowned queen, although they were much more moderate in comparison. She had no movement of her left arm after an accident at childbirth that claimed her mother's life and was known to be a beautiful yet somber woman in her later years. She later died, four years into her monarchy, from the Grey Pox and was succeeded by her son Sebastian I.
Hearthglen

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**Hearthglen** is a town in the north of the former Kingdom of Lordaeron, in the region now known as the Western Plaguelands, and is located to the north of Andorhal. It currently acts as the stand in capitol for Argent Lordaeron until the city of Stratholme is fully restored. Once a principality, it was ruled by the Prince of Hearthglen, but at a certain point in time after the annexation of the lands, it was ruled by the Lord of Mardenholde Keep. Prior to the Third War, the town was ruled by Tirion Fordring, who was exiled for saving an orc sometime prior to the events of the war. For a time, the paladin Barthilas ruled the town, until his demise during an orcish raid on the city of Stratholme. It was later ruled by the son of the exiled paladin, Taelan Fordring, who would later join the Scarlet Crusade.

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It was later targeted by the Scourge during the Third War, when a plagued grain shipment from Andorhal arrived. The city was about to be attacked by the undead, and the soldiers in the town had already eaten the bread. Luckily for the inhabitants of the town, Prince Arthas Menethil had been tracking the plague shipments, and arrived with a force large enough to stop the spread of the plague and hold the town long enough for reinforcements to arrive. In an ironic twist, the future Lich King was the one who helped save the town, leading it to become a stronghold for former citizens of Lordaeron under the Scarlet Crusade, and later the Argent Crusade.

   Under Taelen Fordring, the town was used as a rallying point for the remnants of the Silver Hand, and was later used by the Scarlet Crusade as a base of operations until after Taelen's death and the return of the elder Fordring who reclaimed it along with the Argent Crusade. In the period between Taelen's death and Tirion's return, the town was ruled by High Commander Galvar Pureblood, who was presumably slain in the razing of the Scarlet Enclave.
Ethendral Kel'rasus

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**Ethendral Kel'rasus** is a Kaldorei Voidcaller who currently serves as the clandestine co-leader of The Long Shadow and is the ultimate successor to the former Pariah, Anvidar Hallowbark. In addition to his aforementioned duties, he serves in the 117th Division as Majordomo, though in practice only serves as an advisor to the division's leader.

Initially a con-artist and thief, Ethendral later worked as a sailor and fisherman before a series of continuous encounters with the Void and its servants led him down a darker path.

Spiraling down into madness, Ethendral moderates the immense forces utilizing his body as a vessel with strenuous meditation under the tutelage of his wife and mentor Iahri Kel'rasus. Struggling to hold on to reality, he has gradually become a danger to himself and others.

His deep affinity with N'Zoth has gifted him with great powers over the minds of others. After a harrowing campaign against The Dreamghost and the Twelve Students of Heyak'awa'han, Ethendral came under the influence of the horrific weapon named Sk'yahf Arwa, which continues to subtly drive the elf towards exceedingly dangerous acts.
Lordamere Lake

**Lordamere Lake** is the second largest lake in Lordaeron. Lordamere touches the shores of Lordaeron, Silverpine, Hillsbrad and Alterac. Due to its location, it was once a popular route of transport between Lorderon's provinces and the Kingdom of Alterac. In the middle of the lake, there is Fenris Isle, home to Fenris Keep. Prior to the closing of the Greymane Wall, Lordamere Lake bordered the kingdoms of Gilneas, Lordaeron, Dalaran and Alterac. With Ambermill's abandonment and Dalaran's movement, it now only borders Lordaeron and Alterac.

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Jayce Sanore

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Jayce Sanore was the second Lord Commander of the organization later known as the Argent Bulwark. He was promoted to the rank of Lord Commander following the death of Rovax Leth following his death due to pneumonia during the Bulwark's first expedition to Northrend. He was an experienced warrior and fought hard against the Undead Scourge following the Scourging of Lordaeron. Unfortunately he was slain in combat with the Scourge in the late months of 613 K.C. With his death, command was passed on to Gilmer Niel.
Maldraz Forest

The **Maldraz Forest**, also known as the **Tainted Forest**, is an expanse of the revitalized area in the Tainted Scar, created thanks to the efforts of a worgen druid named Marl Wormthorn. Wormthorn travelled to the Blasted Lands along with a number of Gilneans and founded the port town of Surwich along the coastline.

However, the area wasn't cleansed from the demonic presence in the lands, and soon after the regrowth of the forest was finished it became corrupted, and Wormthorn with it. He continued to reside in the great tree Maldraz, from which the forest takes it's name, surrounded by demons and continued to grow the corrupted forest until his demise.

As of late, the forest has been purged of its corruption due to the joint efforts of the Gilneans of Surwich, the Cenarion Circle, and the Reliquary of Silvermoon. Though the Reliquary's aid to the Gilneans was unintentional, the forest now acts as a minor holy site for those of the Old Ways as the Great Tree Maldraz has been purified. Following the Iron Horde Invasion of Azeroth, the region was left relatively untouched as the Iron Horde focused on the forces of the Alliance and Horde. Due to the intervention of heroes such as the great Archmage Khadgar, the Iron Horde was never able to advance into southern Blasted Lands.
Hector the Wretched

**Hector the Wretched**

   was a necromancer and minor historical figure in the Kingdom of Stromgarde, where he split from the Tower of Arathor's mage order in the pursuit greater temporal power and raided the Barrow Plains to create an army of the dead, with which he waged the brief-lived Skirmish of Dead Heroes. Seen in some circles as a remarkably Kel'thuzad-esque figure, he was nonetheless largely incompetent as a sorceror and was swiftly defeated by the Legion in 187KY, though his name resurfaced as one of the numerous accounts that prompted the Kirin Tor and the Tower of Arathor alike to ban the study and practice of Necromancy in their halls. By all accounts, he was unable or unwilling to embrace undeath himself, and died completely when his head was struck from his shoulders for the crime of making the dead walk, which conveyed on him full outlawry under the old laws of the Arathi Highlands.

## OOC Notes

* While the Scourge were the first major rise of the dead, there is no evidence or reason to believe that there was no experience with other undead risings throughout the history of Azeroth. With the practice of necromantic magic known as far back as the War of the Ancients by demons and the Troll Wars by human sorcerors, it's entirely possible that smaller, localized incidents had previously taken place.
House of Dayne

The **House of Dayne** was a Gilnean noble house that made it's home in viscounty of Rosefield in their seat of Ironwood Keep. The House was known to originate from the House of Darkoak from a legitimized bastard's line, and in turn has bloodlines that tie back to the original inhabitants of Gilneas who made their home in the Dark Woods. As homage to their origins, the house's crest is that of the Darkoaks with the colors inverted.

The Darkoak line eventually died out with Balaforth Darkoak and his son Galen Darkoak allegedly at the hands of Lord Berenal Grayblade, Galen's best friend. Reports of a survivor of the lineage outside of the wall have been made, but searches for the remaining Darkoak have turned up fruitless. Balaforth was known to have a brother and sister who lived outside of the wall, but his brother was found deceased in his home after the fall of Lordaeron. His sister's body was never found. As such, by order of Duke Berenal Grayblade, the Dayne line was granted the lands of Rosefield, which had been reduced to a barony, and made Lords of the region.

The house met its end when Lerren had petitioned to revive the legacy of the House of Darkoak, so his rule would be free from the stain of his family's betrayal. After it was approved by Lord Grayblade, the technical heir to all Darkoak holdings by way of his mother, the House of Dayne was absorbed back into the Darkoak family, thus ending the house and reviving their progenitors.
Jason Reynolds

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Jason Reynolds was the founder of the village of Sherfield and the founder of the House of Reynolds.

## History (Taken from the Book of Reynolds)

Jason Reynolds grew up on a farm in the Darrowmere Forests, now known as the Plaguelands, specifically the Eastern Plaguelands. In the year 364 K.C. He was the son of Travis Reynolds and Jessica Shayfield and was one of six. He spent most of his youth working on the family farm in the Darrowmere Forests until he was around the age of eighteen, when he and two of his older siblings enlisted within the armies of the Kingdom of Lordaeron. Though he never saw much of war or battle besides occasional bandits, he was able to save up plentiful amounts of coin and with his brothers eventually retired from the army when they were in their early to mid thirties. From there the Reynolds siblings moved south and with their coin started their own farms within the Hillsbrad Foothills. Over the next twenty years or so, more Reynolds and others from the Darrowmere Forests moved south and joined them, eventually the area growing to village status, and it was named Sherfield. Jason, though the youngest of the Reynolds living in the town, learned much of law and was able to study and increase his intelligence while in the Lordaeronian Army and he was elected to be the first Mayor of Sherfield, Later on in his life for their service in providing plentiful crops to the Kingdom of Lordaeron, Jason was elevated to minor nobility and the House of Reynolds was created, with their seat being made in Sherfield.

Jason died years later at the age of fifty six and the land of Sherfield was inherited by his eldest son Travis Reynolds. Jason had two sons, Travis, Steven Reynolds and a daughter, Alycia Reynolds
Iron Star Initiative

The **Iron Star Initiative** is a collaborative project by the Ironforge Military, Gnomeregan Military and 1st Royal Experimental Engineer Regiment of Stormwind created in the early days of the Iron War. With the rapid destruction of Alliance tanks of all makes by Iron Horde armour and artillery, the foremost mechanized divisions of each army agreed to work in conjunction to capture, dismantle, and analyze as many Iron Horde mechanical units as possible to develop counter-weapons and improve on their own designs. This initially informal and nameless project was quickly designated the Iron Star Initiative when it was discovered that the titular iron star sat at the heart of each Iron Horde war-machine, and given official sanction in its endeavours to adapt Iron Star technology to Alliance use.

While the Horde's Iron Stars are relatively crude, over-sized engines running on unrefined fuels, their destructive potential is undeniable. The Initiative hopes to miniaturize the technology by the use of the highly-refined fuels employed by the Gnomish military for aircraft and spider-tanks and via enhanced material construction. The potential uses of a centrifugal engine, once suitably perfected, are limitless.
Landen-class

The ***Landen*-class** was a first-rate ship-of-the-line design in the Kingdom of Azeroth in the years leading up to the Age of Chaos. Designed to counteract the naval superiority of the Kingdom of Kul Tiras, the *Landen*-class saw little conventional action until the Third War, where its aging design proved a liability.

### Ships of the Class

#### HMS *Landen*

* Ordered: 561KY
* Launched: 564KY
* Fate: Sunk in the Stormwind Exodus.

#### HMS *Forester*

* Ordered: 561KY
* Launched: 565KY
* Fate: Sunk in the Third War, potentially raised as the Forsaken *Enduring Wrath*.

#### HMS *Russ*

* Ordered: 565KY
* Launched: 571KY
* Fate: Sold to private interests in 620KY.

#### HMS *Ludgate*

* Ordered: 568KY
* Launched: 575KY
* Fate: Modernized in 624KY, still in service as a 50-gun heavy frigate.

#### HMS *Pride of Westfall*

* Ordered: 572KY
* Launched: 579KY
* Fate: Sunk in the Third War, potentially raised as the Forsaken *Abyssal Terror*.
HMS Russ

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The ***HMS Russ*** was a ship of the Stormwind Navy, sold out of the service to Red Line Shipping in 620KY to raise funds for the invasion of Draenor. It was demilitarized by its new owners, with its two lower gundecks being converted into additional cargo space, but lay largely unused from 625 - 627KY when Red Line were bankrupted by the loss of most of their ships during a disastrous attempt to trade with the Mogu of Pandaria. It has recently been purchased by Dornheim Ventures, Limited to serve as the flagship of the shipping line. It was the third *Landen*-class ship-of-the-line to be launched.

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Fizzbang, Cogscraper & Wert

**Fizzbottle, Cogscraper & Wert** is a small Gnomish engineering firm based out of Ironforge (and, prior to its fall, Gnomeregan.) It was established by the merger of Fizzbottle Munitions and Cogscraper Mechanical Conveyances in 588KY, with Tikker Fizzbottle and Rizzle Cogscraper emerging as senior partners in the nascent firm. A third partner emerged shortly after, a previously unknown figure in the engineering world - the wealthy James H. Wert, an Azerothian banker. The newly formed organization swiftly became an integral part of the greater Gnomish engineering world, manufacturing high-quality engine components and ammunition for Gnomeregan's slowly expanding mechanized divisions and private users. Following the fall of Gnomeregan, they relocated and purchased facilities in Ironforge and re-integrated with the Dwarven military-industrial complex, providing arms and parts for steam tanks.

The current focus of the firm is on collaboration with the 1st Royal Experimental Engineers on the RL-1 artillery project and with GCO Division 1937.
Longspear Tribe

File:Longspear.png  The **Tribe of Longspear** were descendants of the ancient Arathi tribe of humans, and were ennobled during the rule of King Thoradin. Their standard was a pair of spears crossed over a shield, and their ancestral seat was the Isle of Longspear. Though their male line ended with Loras Longspear many years before the rise of the house of Trollbane, the female line continues through the Marwyns due to a marriage between Lyra Longspear and Tytos Marwyn. All present day Marwyns are descended from this line, and their eldest son would become the first Jarl Marwyn.
Gavin Marwyn

**Gavin Marwyn** is a Knight of Stromgarde and a member of the Son's of Lothar. Having followed Danath Trollbane through the Dark Portal, Sir Gavin remains at Honor Hold, locked in perpetual combat with the burning legion. He and his wife Stephanie had two sons, Edryc and Varyc and though theirs was a happy marriage, it was cut tragically short when Stephanie died from complications less than a month after giving birth to their youngest son.
Krathyn Amberstorm

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Born as the third son in a minor noble house of Lordaeron, Krathyn Amberstorm (born Rafghalan) was a gregarious adventurer who lived almost three hundred years prior to the Orcish invasion of Azeroth. Although not the heir apparent, Krathyn made great strides in becoming beloved by those who pledged themselves to the House of Rafghalan & among the neighboring estates in eastern Hillsbrad. Behind the exterior of being a 'man of the people' was a calculating strategist who had hoped to gather popular support for his claim to leading the House.

A short but bloody struggle allowed Krathyn to rise to power. But the struggle itself and the unproven but very dangerous rumors about one of his brothers dabbling with demonic arts ultimately forced Krathyn to leave Hillsbrad. With a final victory over his two older brothers, he declared an end to the House of Rafghalan and the creation of the House of Amberstorm. Krathyn, his remaining family, and the House's remaining servants & soldiers pulled up roots & went west, into the Silverpine Forest.

Krathyn spent the next 70 years of his life engaged in helping build up the region of southern Silverpine & was heavily involved in efforts to promote greater cooperation between the Kingdoms of Lordaeron & Gilneas.

## Notes

* Krathyn was a trained footman who was proficient with most conventional bladed weapons.

* It is believed that the town of Ambermill is named after the family or possibly Krathyn himself.
* Krathyn kept note of any word of potential heirs of his brothers that may have survived the House's war. Although he died without proving or learning as such, he was ultimately correct & an heir survived. A family line still exists linking back to Tanloste, living in the eastern region of the Alterac Mountains.
Light's Dawn Cathedral

The **Light's Dawn Cathedral** of Gilneas City is one of the great cathedrals of the Church of the Holy Light. It was constructed during the industrialization period during the reign of King Archibald Greymane. Surrounded by the city's canals, it towers above the rest of the city. Unlike other cathedrals such as the Cathedral of Light in Stormwind, completely made out of stone, the interior of the cathedral was mostly made of woodwork designs and structures. The windows featured stained glass designs, and the cathedral contained several bookshelves which probably stored religious scripts. It is also the only cathedral in the Seven Kingdoms to be outside of the territories of Lordaeron and Stormwind. As the construction happened at the same time as the city's renovations, King Archibald may have wished to build a cathedral to rival that of Stormwind and Lordaeron's, so as to show Gilnean power.

It was also the location where former Northgate rebels, led by Lord Darius Crowley, made their last stand to hold off the Worgen invasion while the civilians were evacuated to Duskhaven, and it is where the 7th Legion set up their temporay base of operations after overwhelming Forsaken forces in the area.

The cathedral was the seat of the Archbishop of Gilneas, Seryl I and the head of the Diocese of Gilneas City. Seryl was unfortunately slain during the last stand of the Northgate rebels as he opted to remain behind to help as he could while the city was evacuated. There was no new archbishop appointed and the various diocese that were in Gilneas were eventually merged into the Diocese of Gilneas.

The current Bishop of Gilneas is Melchiz Tzedeck.
Gilnean Hill Country

The **Gilnean Hill Country** is a large, landlocked area in the South-West of the Kingdom of Gilneas; home to a number of major and minor settlements, several counties and baronies, and even the royal estate of the House of Greymane, Greymane Manor. It is inaccurate to speak of the Hill Country as unified or homogenous, as small industrialized towns sit in parallel valleys to backwater farming towns, hermit harvest witches, and even isolated gnoll, kobold and other 'savage' settlements. However, it may be broadly characterized as a rugged region where travel is somewhat difficult, leading to strong isolation and attendant divergence in culture, dialect, and practices.
Lutharias Riverwind

**Titles:**
General of the Phoenix Legion
Guinevere (Prescott) Riverwind (Mother)
Kaedella Riverwind (Wife)
Gavinaugh Lutharias Riverwind (Son)
Aethas Riverwind (Step-son)
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Grand Alliance of Lordaeron (Former)
Knights of the Silver Hand (Former)
Argent Dawn (Former)
Argent Crusade (Former)
 **Notable Conflicts:**
Third War
Argent Dawn Resistance
Incursion of Outland
Invasion of Northrend
Manstein's Campaign
*"Chivalry has no shades of gray."*

**Lutharias Earilmanduil Riverwind** is a Half Elven paladin, nobleman, and General of Quel'Athillien's Phoenix Legion.
House of Tauris

The **House of Tauris** are a fledgling noble household in the Kingdom of Azeroth. Feudal lords of County Forddham, the House of Tauris has its roots in Sir Eagean Tauris, a Knighted merchant's son from the region who fought with great distinction in the Orcish Wars and was rewarded with the Earldom following the extinguishment of the House of Coyle, its previous holders. Lacking the respect of many of their peers and subjects, and without any means by which to advance their lands, the House of Tauris occupy a dangerous precipice between success and utter calamity.

## Vassals

* The Baron of Whitewater.
* The Baronet of Rake.
* The Baron of Longstreet.
* Sir Alexander Mason, landed Knight and lord of Castle Colton.

## Notable Members

* Sir Eagean, 10th Earl of Forrdham.
* Sir Robert d'Tauris, 11th Earl of Forrdham. Born in 591KY, Robert d'Tauris was raised by his father to act for the sake of the family above all else, including the honour of the family or the sake of the Kingdom. He served as squire to Sir Patrick O'Brian, and was knighted in 605KY, in time to serve in the numerous conflicts of the Second Interbellum Period and the Fourth War. His greatest coup so far has been his successful attempt to sway the loyalties and affections of the honourbound and dignified House of Liefeld to favour supporting the **House of Tauris** by serving as the master to Denver de Leifeld during his time as a squire. With the wealth and ancient dignity of the family, Robert believes he may yet elevate the House of Tauris further.
Karin Blackmist

Lady **Karin Blackmist** is the current baroness of Blackfall Reach, a Gilnean town nestled in the Dark Woods of The Ashen Coast in the Kingdom of Gilneas. Known for her reclusiveness and somewhat abrasive attitude towards outsiders, Lady Blackmist is the last of her house and rules from her manor on the outskirts of Blackfall. Her house is sworn to the House of Grayblade and as such serves under Duke Berenal Grayblade and is a member of the Blades of Greymane. She is also known to have heterochromia, a rare genetic trait that has left her with one red eye and one green eye, though the red eye is often covered by a monocle.
Fields of Hardrew

File:Imaage.jpg  The fields of Hardrew refer to the area directly south of the Gilnean city of Duskhaven, located along the southern coast of the Gilnean peninsula. Hardrew is composed primarily of farmers and sailors, several small towns being the focus of population. Despite the total land mass only being about a fifteenth of Gilneas, the peoples of Hardrew constitute a unique subculture of Gilneas, primarily distinguished by their worship of Deus. At the time of the wall's constuction, Gilneans expressed an overwhelming belief in the Light, as seen by the gothic cathedral constructed at the center of Gilneas City.

The Fields of Hardrew are officially part of the King's Desmesne of Gilneas, which encompasses Duskhaven, Gilneas City, and portions of Stormglen. Hence the King can make descisions concerning the people of Hardrew without consulting the council of nobles. The fields are characterized by a lack of trees, mountains, rocky cliffs, and an abundance of ferns and peat.

Historically, its people have professed allegiance to the line of Kings of Gilneas, and the King has reciprocated in allowing for the various peoples of the territory to continue Dues-worship through the momentous changes that brought the Light to be the major religion of humans.
Isaiah Salter

**Isaiah Salter** was a Stromic gladiator in the late 5th Century, who - in the course of a lengthy and succesful career - became renowned as the Champion of Lordaeron's gladiatoral arenas for seven years before his death of an infected wound in 489KY, three years after his retirement. His wealth and prestige gained in the arena briefly saw the establishment of the Petty House of Salter in Capital City, though it was quickly squandered by his dozen children and the House's tenuous status as minor nobility evaporated with it. The majority of the extant Forsaken Salters claim descent from the Champion, as do a small handful of Azerothian Salters.

*This page is a stub for an expansion on gladiatoral combat*.
Margaret Sutton

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**Margaret Elizabeth Sutton** is the youngest daughter of Henry Sutton IV and his first wife, Katherine Maclear. She resides at Castle Sutton, where she spends much of her time with the family's horses. At just 22 years old, Margaret remains unmarried, and without children. Rumor has it that the Gilnean Earl of Ravensdale has asked her father's permission to court her, but the Duke has yet to grant permission.
Light's Shield Tower

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The **Light's Shield Tower** is a tower that sits in the middle of the Eastern Plaguelands, to the northwest of Corin's Crossing. It is currently manned by the Argent Crusade as one of their many footholds in the Plaguelands, although it's creation dates to several years before the Scourge outbreak.

The tower was originally built by the House of Lightpath to help protect the nearby villages. When the Scourge ravaged Lordaeron, the tower was deserted, although Lightpath symbols still mark it. When the Argent Crusade returned from Northrend and started pushing the Scourge back, the Lightpath family let them use the tower as one of their outposts in the Plaguelands along with the other four towers in the region.
House of Hudson

The **House of Hudson** was a minor noble house of the Kingdom of Alterac prior to the Purge of Alterac and the subsequent collapse of the Kingdom. Created in 401KY for the economic services rendered by its founder, Hud Edwardson, the House held the Barony of Bishopstone from 427KY until the early 7th Century KY, and today the family exists as landless vassals to the Corelas Clan in the Northern Hills of the Arathi Highlands in much diminished form, consisting of only five living members. Led by Sir Jonas di Hudson, the remnants of the House have formally petitioned the absentee-King of Stromgarde for recognition as a noble lineage in Stromgarde, and have reached out to the remnants of the House of Vestfeldt - their former neighbours - for support and financing.