The Red Sun

> *"Red Sun rises!"*
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## About

Whether referring to the Sunfury squadron callsign established in the *Dusts of Outland* campaign, the time-adventuring cohort whose legend grew during the *Sunfall* arc, or the player faction that fought in the *War of the Ancients*, the **Red Sun** tends to remain ever the same: an immutable constant in and of time.

Born out of a need to maintain anonymity and timeline integrity, the Red Sun name is often used in tandem with the aliases selected by the Phoenix Ring operatives. Just as their avian monikers disguised the elves' individual identities, the Red Sun served the same purpose but for the collectively encompassing Thalassian service.

## History

### Time Traveling Elves

The first occurence of the Red Sun moniker being used dates back to the Dusts of Outland campaign by the Phoenix Rin*g*, yet it was in reference to the unidentified group of Blood Elves that had suddenly found themselves in the middle of the yet unnamed Sunfury frontier camp. days before the Red Sun Squadron had been formed.

> *"Sergeant, it's my job to know every elf worth knowing that made it past the Dark Portal and on to this dead rock... and you look unfamiliar."*
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> *"We're the Red Sun."*
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### The Squadron

After the events at the *Gates of the Abyss*, the Sunfury expedition underwent military restructuring, which entailed field promotions and reassigments for most of the surviving Blood Elves. The disguised Phoenix Ring's heroics did not go unnoticed, and the distinguished combatants earned their autonomy via Falcon's promotion to the rank of Captain.

Under his direct command, the time traveling elves would all be selected to form a new wing to replace some of the lost talent. The new wing's name would echo the sentiment first given on the sands, and in short time the Sunfury army would come to know them all as the *Red Sun Squadron*.

### The Legend

Throughout their stay on Outland, the disguised Phoenix Ring utilized knowledge of future events to their advantage. Consequently, by the time the final confrontation at the Black Citadel occurred, several infamous (or legendary in their own rights) characters had worked closely with the individuals of the Red Sun. During the *Dusts of Outland* campaign finale, the timely escape of the player characters further reinforced the already heroic image they had fashioned for themselves.

During the *Sunfall* campaign, the Red Sun adhering characters would return to a bleak future they had inadvertedly helped create, where their infamy still ran deep, yet deeds of legend had been tainted by their prolonged absence as they travelled ten years back into the future.

Actions both upstream and downstream mended their public image and incidents such as Phoenix's resurgence in Shattrath rekindled and embellished the Red Sun's legend.

### The Faction

With the reappearance of the Tempest Keep above the Isle of Quel'Danas the Sin'dorei Resistance's base of operations on the shoreline had been consolidated. Before the final siege against the Palace's doors, however, Crow sought to bank on the amassed legendary goodwill earned throughout time and take the Red Sun to its next evolutionary stage.

Through Kairi and Owl's time-magic expertise a rift was created to bridge their current moment before the Sunwell Siege and the moment of the Tempest Keep's arrival after the Battle of Karabor. Through this portal the Red Sun ushered through the fleeing numbers of the Sunfury they had to forcibly abandon ten years ago, rescuing prominent figures such as Lady Malande and Pathaleon the Calculator (alongside the bulk of their forces) from certain demise at the hands of the vindictive Naaru.

As repayment to this life-debt owed to their timely rescuers, the Sunfury Group-Captains pledged themselves and their forces to the cause of the Red Sun, understanding that if events would have ran their natural course their lives would have ended long ago. Grateful for this second chance at a regular elven lifespan, the Sunfury troops would become the brunt of the Red Sun's forces and the prominent figures among them would end up as advisors to the Red Sun faction leaders (also referred to as a kingdom by the ancient Kaldorei during the events of the War of the Ancients), some going even beyond the line of duty in their actions.