Alderic Bradley

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## Alderic Bradley

### Relatives

Jonas Bradley (father, deceased)Patricia Dawes Bradley (mother, deceased)

Helen Bradley (sister, died infant)

Frank Bradley (grandfather, deceased)

Cpt. Elliot Bradley (uncle)

Louise Bradley (cousin)

Eleonor Stanwald (wife, deceased)

Anabelle Bradley (daughter)

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

Bradley Homestead, Westfall, Kingdom of Stormwind

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Nathaniel

Sir Alderic Bradley is a veteran soldier of the Stormwind Army, currently a senior commissioned officer at the illustrious rank of Knight-Champion, a highly decorated position at the top of knighthood ranks in the Stormwind military. Having participated in a few of the most important conflicts seen by Azeroth, Sir Bradley is a seasoned Warrior as well, also counting on the boons of the Runemaster path he learned during his time in the Northrend campaign.

Having been born a simple farmer, as a boy he was nurtured by stories of his grandfather about their family descending from ancient arathorian warriors that settled the Stormwindian lands millenia ago, which was what brought his father to insist with the young Alderic to enlist in the Stormwind Army. Fate eventually led Alderic to see the invasion of the Orcish Horde and the destruction of Stormwind, as well as all the chaos that followed up until the Alliance Expedition was sent to Draenor.

Locked in the orcish homeworld, Alderic saw the cataclysmic events that led to the world tearing apart and becoming the Outlands. For twenty years he fought side by side with the Sons of Lothar until his return to Azeroth after the events of the Invasion of Outland. As of nowadays, he has just gone through a long tour of duty in the cold roof of the world in the War against the Lich King.

## Description

Alderic is a tall, aging man with grizzly hair and a strong build, blue eyes and attentive look. His early years were spent in heavy farm work and horse riding and taming, so from early on Alderic had a good physique. Military service has brought changes to his body as it shifted between strong and weakened depending on the situations he was in, though nowadays he keeps good shape with something of a proper diet and exercises. Many scars paint the skin of the veteran, though only a few very notable and most hidden under his outfit.

He can usually be seen in full Stormwind Army uniform, but sometimes in his official plate with silk tabard and all his medals and awards attached. While off duty, he can either be seen in half uniformed or in commoner clothes with a dusty leather hat - the only heirloom he got from his father after he came back from Outland.

## Personality

Growing up in very simple and hard-working beginnings, Alderic has a farmer's heart and manners all over him to this day. He is a humble man with little mannerisms, though he retains a respectable and strict posture in line with his military persona. He is not beyond picking up tools and working hard, cutting meat, skinning an animal or helping raise a wooden post or nail a plank in a base camp.

As a leader, he is often thoughtful, examining all options before coming forth with a plan of action, due to having been hot headed previously in his career and learning the lesson on the importance of caution the hardest, most sorrowful way. He will be harsh with soldiers when necessary, not shying away from handing out a few lashes in line with standard dwarven discipline, but he is comprehensive and helpful to every man in the force, from Private to Marshal.

Once very hateful of the orcs and the Horde as a whole, Alderic attempts to comprehend their end of the story through study. The first time he learned of the orcish culture from the draenei in Outland, he was perplexed at how such an honorable people could've been turned into such monsters. Hate is still down there, way down the well, and might still be on reach, but he will keep a handle on it on most occasions.

Usually tormented by nightmares and visions of the horrors he endured while serving, Alderic can sometimes be very jumpy, or very angry without reason. There has been a few episodes though some of them were either during the night or in the heat of battle where he could dump all that rage and sorrow on the enemy. But in times of peace, there may be a need for good treatment, otherwise somebody can get hurt unjustly.

## Background

This area is best summarized into small paragraphs, split into different sub-headings for notable portions of their life:

### Early Life

Alderic was born on the year 570 by the King’s Calendar to Jonas and Patricia D. Bradley, a humble farmer couple, in a homestead located in the lands of a Baron Conrad Fraser, rich landowner known for his sinister nature and ruthless methods. In his childhood, Alderic was taught to write and read by his mother who happened to be a knowledgeable woman thanks to some years serving as a maid to a merchant family in Stormwind City. Once coming of age to work, the boy was brought to the crop fields with his father. As the years of hard labor in the farmlands went on, Alderic grew in age and strength thanks to the manual labor in the fields, herding livestock, among other jobs, becoming a healthy strong youngster.

At the age of 18, Alderic had built some recognition for his skills as a rider, even taming his own horse. The local lord hired him to tame a steed for his son at some point in those years. Jonas Bradley saw potential in his son and, influenced by the stories of Alderic’s grandfather Ol’ Frank Bradley about them being descended from ancient arathorian warriors, he had his son enlist in the Stormwind Army with dreams of seeing the young man as a knight riding by the King’s side much like it was in the times of Barathen Wrynn and the Gnoll Wars.

The young Alderic was reluctant at first; never having gone beyond Westfall’s borders let alone imagining what could military life bring him. Nevertheless, he was acquainted to the barracks and his fellow recruits as well as Sergeant Major Benjamin MacAllerton, a middle aged Redridge man famous for his dwarven-like discipline and skill as a duelist. The training process was arduous and the Sergeant Major was strict and severe, not sparing their backs from the whip if they went off trail under his watch. Even Alderic with all his endurance from the fields struggled under the harsh experience of military training under MacAllerton.

Basic training developed from building resilience to skill with weaponry. Alderic struggled to learn the ropes of swordfight as he was more used to swing pitchforks, scythes and hammers, not a blade aimed at an enemy’s weaknesses. After a few knocks and punches, the lad learned to wield the shortsword, even though a bit crimpy in style. MacAllerton remarked that “Bradley swings for an enemy like they’re a patch of wheat, whether good or bad; we only hope he can actually cut it down all the same”. Followed by the shortsword, the youngsters were trained with bastard swords, axes, spears and even some shooting lessons. Alderic appealed to the bastard sword, acquiring some expertise with it due to its weight and his less agile style and that earned him a few training lessons in horse riding which could lead to a possible cavalry assignment in the future, a fact that served to further magnify his father’s beliefs in the elder Frank Bradley’s stories.

As the long and arduous training came to an end, Alderic and his comrades were made Privates of the Stormwind Army and finally sent on their first assignment outside Stormwind City at the start of year 590 of the King’s Calendar.

### The First War

From the time Alderic became a Private to somewhere in year 592 by the King’s Calendar, road patrols and quelling bandit threats to sorting out troubling gnoll activities and handling drunks in the surroundings of the city were the tasks he was entrusted with. He visited his family in Westfall sometimes when he had his free time. But everything was to change, as the Dark Portal was opened in the Black Morass and the savage, demonic tainted Orcish Horde marched through and brought about the slow and progressive destruction of the unsuspecting Kingdom of Stormwind. Alderic requested his commanding officer, Sir Elwood Collins, to transfer him to the Fifth Regiment’s detachment that was to go to Westfall, which would allow him to get to his family and protect them.

Sir Collins was not very keen on tending to the young soldier’s request, but consented based on Alderic’s flawless record so far. On the farms near Westbrook Garrison, the Fifth Regiment engaged a force of orcish riders. The orcs had murdered many farmhands and the warlocks were doing rituals using their souls as fuel to their wicked spells and incantations. It was the first time Alderic faced the orcs. Although shaken by the imposing green skinned creatures, the team work taught by Master Sergeant MacAllerton was put in practice, and together the Fifth Regiment was able to go through. Alderic started to see the reality of war from that day onwards as the Fifth Regiment faced the orcs across the plains of Westfall almost daily, but in the end, the humans were not being able to stand up to the frenzied brutes, so Sir Collins counseled Commander Quinlan Albridge to retreat and join the main body of the Army in Elwynn.

Without wasting time, as the night fell, Alderic rode to his parents along with two other of his comrades who also had family in the region, those being Pvt. Johathan Hales and Cpl. Roger Oakes. Alderic rode hard to inform his parents of what transpired in the last few days and to quickly pack up whatever they could and return to the Army’s camp near Saldean’s Farm. Arriving at the camp, the three soldiers and their families encountered lots of other refugees as well as many wounded from Moonbrook – the once prosperous Westfallian town that had just recently fell to the Orcish Horde.

The exodus to Elwynn was a race against time and predicament as the orcish riders were hot on their heels. The human cavalry delivered severe blows to the orcish menace, and among those riders were Alderic Bradley and his bastard sword, earning himself some recognition already. Despite their best efforts, the orcish menace was beyond what the already trampled nation could stand up against. The last image young Alderic saw of Stormwind, among many others in the boat, was the flames consuming the capital of the once mighty kingdom as the orcish troops invaded and destroyed everything in their wake.

### The Second War

Once the survivors of Stormwind arrived in the shores of Lordaeron, King Terenas Menethil II was immediately briefed of the situation. Sir Lothar reunited with King Terenas and a council of war was called. From that, the Alliance of Lordaeron was formed. Betrayal would soon reveal itself as the King of Alterac allowed the orcs free pass over his mountainous lands in exchange for his safety, a treachery that brought the ire of the Alliance down on the small kingdom. Regardless of retribution being delivered, the damage was done.
Alderic secured his family in Southshore with the help of his uncle Elliot, a lieutenant in the Navy. It was mounted on a strong armored steed that Alderic earned his first promotion in the fields of Hillsbrad as he secured a group of farmers along with two other soldiers, he himself defeating more than a few orcs in a show of swordsmanship, although not without wounds, and some time out of action. His skill was growing with time and practice, but so was his desire to see the orcs out. The flame of anger that burned within the young soldier’s soul was lively as ever. Cpl. Alderic was then assigned to the 31st Regiment, one among many other units that formed Sir Lothar’s forces, but he was sent with Anvil Company under Knight-Champion Gerhard Steelbraid, a decorated veteran of Ironforge, to the isle of Crestfall, where the orcish fleet was landing and launching their attacks, pinning the Kul Tiran marines down.

Once they arrived, they launched an offensive against the orcish forces. The initial pushes from the Alliance’s side were successful, with very few dead thanks to Steelbraid’s professional management. But once the second wave of the Horde’s forces landed, accompanied by Stormreaver warlocks and the ogres of the Twilight’s Hammer, the lines started to crumble. Fighting as infantry in the frontlines, Alderic did his best as he ran forth with a clean banner of Lordaeron, shaking it, grabbing comrades by the arm and pointing forward, roaring encouragement to his comrades and slurs at the orcs. Many soldiers and marines lost their lives to the terrific power of the Warlocks, but the ferocity of the Alliance men was unmatched by Kirin Tor and Thalassian spellcasters, until the rear of the orcish force was shattered by blizzards and rains of fire. With a final artillery attack, Steelbraid finished the remaining orcs and ogres, while some fled back to their ships. For his courage in the face of the enemy, Alderic was made Sergeant by Knight-Champion Steelbraid.

In the weeks that followed the Battle of Crestfall, Alderic adapted to his new rank and saw to his comrades’ well being properly. Back in the continent, Sergeant Alderic and his comrades reported to the front – merely two days before the Battle of Thandol Spam, one of the greatest battles of the Second War. In this battle, Alderic served as a rifleman (despite having only basic training with guns) in Stonebrow Company led by Thane Ulgarf Anvilfire and formed mostly by dwarven riflemen. Entrenched in the peaks of southern Arathi, the Company would unleash rains of lead upon the orcish forces as they clashed with the Alliance army down in the bridge. Sergeant Alderic had difficulties, though. The team of dwarves serving him was severely upset by being led by younger man, a human nonetheless, instead of a fellow dwarf.

Struggling to successfully command the team of dwarves, he did what young men usually do when frustrated: something stupid. He moved along the hills after telling the dwarves to man their post (to which they hardly gave any attention), finding him a nest. Using of a gnomish scope, Alderic picked targets in the bridge and started firing on them. He missed a few of them, even with the scope, but it could not be helped considering the young human’s lack of shooting experience. Alderic did not expect the orcish artillery to get up the chain of hills that formed the northern border of the Wetlands, and it was on that point that the young Sergeant was nearly blown to shreds by a burning rock from an orcish catapult. Rolling down the hillside like a rock downhill, Alderic was bruised and without his gun. He grabbed an orcish axe and fought off a few grunts in his way, eventually catching up to his squad, which was descending the hills to join the fray on the bridge. Clashing against the orcs along with the other forces in the bridge, Alderic witnessed as the Orcish Horde was pushed back into the Wetlands, and from that point onwards, the Alliance had consecutive success up until many of the orcs were surrounded in Grim Batol – where the dragons were being kept.

It could not be helped though that Alderic shirked his duties and ignored orders. Thane Anvilfire was very angry and wished to see Alderic branded a coward and executed, but Knight-Champion Steelbraid interfered, urging the Thane to spare the Sergeant’s life and settle for a less extraordinary punishment. The Thane then settled for twenty lashes, delivering them himself and placing the man under temporary probation in camp duties. Alderic’s back bears the scars of the Thane’s harsh punishment to this day.

Following the consecutive defeats of the Orcish Horde in the north, the Battle of Blackrock Mountain was by far the greatest battle of the Second War, as well as one considered decisive. Anduin Lothar led the armies of the Alliance of Lordaeron to the burned lands of Southern Khaz Modan, marching confidently and fighting valiantly; groups of orcs were smashed under the mighty army, until they clashed with the Orcish Horde awaiting them in the mountain’s foot. The battle commenced and the great armies would struggle in combat for long and long hours, many deaths everywhere and the terrific sight of the newest Death Knights, courtesy of the mad warlock Gul’dan.

Alderic served with distinction despite the overwhelming odds in the battle by either ensuring a steady push, or an organized retreat. Losses on their side were unavoidable but wherever they could be inflicted upon the enemy, the young Sergeant took those opportunities. First on top of a horse, then on the ground shoulder to shoulder with his comrades, the memories of his peaceful existence in Westfall were now a far cry deep in his mind as he scowled at the blood, limbs and guts covering the ground like a gruesome carpet of death and terror. In the distance, in that moment of faraway wondering, Alderic and his comrades watched as Lothar was killed by Orgrim Doomhammer. Although their great hero and commander lay defeated, the Alliance army unleashed their rage on the orcs, beating them back even further and solidifying their triumph. Alderic was once more gratified for his efforts with the rank of Sergeant Major and a few medals.

The horrors of war that Alderic had faced from the start of the conflict in the lands of Stormwind up until they reached the scorched lands of the Burning Steppes changed the once innocent farmer’s son. Hatred slowly crawled into his being, ruthlessness becoming a mark of his combat, and coldness slowly made its way into his heart and behavior. The humility and honesty he was grown into is one of the few things he had not been robbed of by the horrors of the bloody fields of battle of the Second War. Pushed all the way back into the Morass, the Orcish Horde was defeated at every turn, until the Warsong Clan’s last stand to defend the Dark Portal.

### The Alliance Expedition

After the orcs were completely pushed back into Draenor, the Dark Portal was closed and the orcs that lived were rounded up and imprisoned before being taken north. Nethergarde Keep was erected to watch over the Portal for any more alien incursions. Alderic was assigned to one of the units escorting the greenskins back to Lordaeron, where they would be held captives in the Internment Camps. Back in Lordaeron, Alderic visited his parents in Southshore. Alderic’s uncle, Elliot, who offered his parents shelter, was now a Captain of his own vessel and distinguished hero of the seas hailed by Admiral Proudmoore himself with a commendation. Alderic spent some quality time with his family in Southshore until the next assignment would sound, which was anothe﻿r move southwards.

The Dark Portal was opened again by the orcish chieftain Ner’zhul, so King Terenas was convinced of a second invasion. The King gathered the greatest heroes the Alliance had to offer at the time: Archmage Khadgar, Ranger-General Alleria Windrunner, Sir Turalyon, Lord Danath Trollbane and Thane Kurdran Wildhammer. They were to lead the Alliance Expedition to the orcish homeworld of Draenor and put an end to their machinations once and for all. Alderic said his goodbyes to his family, thanked his uncle for his kindness and asked him to ensure that his parents were returned to their homes safe and sound once Stormwind had been rebuilt. Regrettably, this would be the last time Alderic would see his parents.

Marching towards the Dark Portal once again, the Alliance Expedition was led into the orcish homeworld, clashing against the remnants of the Orcish Horde in their own native soil.  Ner’zhul intended to open many portals to try and escape the demon lords’ wrath and for that purpose he had artifacts stolen from Azeroth. After establishing their base of operations in Hellfire Peninsula, that being Honor Hold, the Alliance Expedition marched through the orcish world, witnessing the many horrors left behind by the rampage of the orcs, the sacked draenei settlements and the atrocity known as the Path of Glory – a road paved with the bones of the murdered draenei. The effects of this alien world, the wrecks of a civilization destroyed by the orcs and the many atrocities and evils took their toll on the Sergeant Major. The more he saw, the more his sanity was put in check, and the more he wished them dead, the more he struggled and pushed himself against them in battle. His comrades noticed his bloodlust and attempted to warn him about the path he was carving for himself, but it could not be helped. His hatred pushed him to boundaries he never imagined he would be before.

### Beyond the Dark Portal - Perseverance

It was by that time period that Alderic was met by a skilled fighter, Sir Maxwell Riverbanks. Alderic would serve under the old knight’s squad as his aide, and main combatant. Sir Riverbanks was not worried, but impressed by Alderic’s skill in battle. As the Expedition chased Ner’zhul across Draenor, they came to surround the old orc chieftain in the old draenei necropolis of Auchindoun. Within its haunted halls, the mighty chieftain Kilrogg Deadeye was faced in single combat by Lord Danath Trollbane, a duel from which Trollbane came out victorious. But Kilrogg had been the distraction, much to their disappointment.

Ner'zhul won the time he needed to proceed on his twisted rituals, and the portals were opened. The many rifts in the fabric of reality endangered the planet with a cataclysm of unknown dangers, and, in fear of the Dark Portal linking that destruction to Azeroth as well, Archmage Khadgar would proceed to shut the Dark Portal from their side with the Book of Medivh in his hands. As Ner’zhul continued his machinations, the great cataclysm came, shattering the world of Draenor and twisting much of its landmass, turning the planet into an amalgamation of floating chunks in the Twisting Nether. The fate of the Alliance Expedition was sealed into being locked in that alien husk of a planet for the rest of their lives. Danath Trollbane then renamed themselves "Sons of Lothar" in honor of the great human hero.

In Honor Hold, Alderic would be trained by Sir Maxwell in the most venerable arts of the Warrior: the use of your inner rage and the power your body can harness through spirit and concentration, sending waves of physical power onwards to push your enemies off your path, the expertise with weaponry and the talent with defending and attacking. Alderic was awed by the Paladins, specifically Sir Oliver Lightborne. Legend had it that Sir Oliver was massacred by a band of furious orcs empowered by the wicked warlocks, but the Holy Light granted him a second chance and the paladin was resurrected, coming back to give the orcs what they deserved. The paladin denied Alderic though, stating that despite his appreciation for the Sergeant Major's desire for retribution, his bloodlust and brutality made him unworthy of the purity of the Holy Path.

Having being told the truth, Alderic was even more desperate and angry. The path of the Warrior was the sole option, so he took it with determination and dedication. Learning from Sir Maxwell to manage his inner rage and unleash hell upon his enemies, the otherwise average swordsman was turned into a war machine by the old knight, learning to harness his power into the weapon he wielded, then learning to use it while mounted on horseback. Many more scars were painted on the young soldier's skin simply from the training lessons and the crashes he had while on horseback. Time did not spare the Alliance Expedition, and the orcs continued their attacks almost daily. After the Orcish Horde was mostly shattered, its leadership almost entirely gone, a new evil took root in the shattered remains of Draenor (named Outland by those who inhabited it) in the form of the pit lord Magtheridon.

### Beyond the Dark Portal - Endurance

Waves of demons summoned by the Pit Lord and many lines of Fel Orcs were launched at the struggling Expedition. Slowly, the fortress started to crumble. The Expedition Armory had been torn apart by the cataclysm, so their supplement of ammunition and weaponry was scarce. Dwarven masters were put to work almost day and night to supply the army with what they could provide. Alderic had his share of work and slaughter in those battles, aside from the ones he did not partook due to being wounded or sick. The harsh environment never helped, but the barren wasteland helped the sight, which allowed the superior Alliance artillery and gunmen to clip much of the orcish and demonic forces.

The fight against Magtheridon's demons and the Fel Horde dragged itself for years and years to come. The Alliance Expedition had lost two of their main leaders (Alleria and Turalyon) while Lord Trollbane remained in charge of the Expedition's assets in Honor Hold and Allerian Hold in Terokkar. It would be discovered later that Kurdran had held his own in Wildhammer Stronghold on the wasteland known as Shadowmoon Valley. Along those years, the hope of many had all but vanished. Alderic lost many comrades to the enemy, but a good number of them were lost to madness. Some took their own lives in desperation and the sight of his closest friends losing their minds almost had the same effect on Alderic, but he resisted, prizing his newly acquired skillset as a way out of that madness. Each orc killed was one less chance of losing his mind, he thought. He was never hopeful or pragmatic, but returning to Azeroth and meeting his family was never a sight Alderic didn't think about. ﻿

### Beyond the Dark Portal - Reckoning

A decade or so of struggle had passed, much of the combatants already weary of the constant state of war and the skirmishes. Meanwhile, in Azeroth, much had changed with the coming of the Scourge, the return of the Legion and its eventual defeat. Some specific individuals came to Outland seeking refuge, led by the infamous Illidan Stormrage. To the Alliance veterans' surprise, Magtheridon was bested by the newcomers, but the torment was far from over. The armies of fel orcs led by the notorious Warchief Kargath Bladefist marched out of Hellfire Citadel and continued their attacks. Alderic at that point was an aging man and had lost more friends than he could count while the horrors he witnessed disturbed his sleep almost constantly. But something good brought a spark of happiness to him as he came into love with a fellow soldier, a descendant of a moderately important lineage in Stormwind, Dame Eleanor Stanwald. The couple had a daughter named Anabelle. Difficult were the times, so the upbringing of a child in such a desolate place was very difficult. Alderic once dreamed of becoming a Paladin, but his dreams could not come true, so he wished for his daughter to follow in the path he could not. He entrusted Anabelle's tutoring to a high elven paladin by the name of Sureyor, who would train Anabelle in the ways of the Holy Light and teach her how to wield a sword.

Eventually, the relationship between Alderic and Eleanor went sour due to his cold and distant manners, so Alderic moved on. His service was mostly exemplar, and the traits of leadership were slowly developing. Having saved and lost many, Alderic was finally made Knight on the suggestion of Sir Maxwell, whom was regrettably victim of a fatal wound and perished after some weeks of agony in a doctor’s care. Sir Alderic was sent west to make contact with Allerian Hold. In their path, Alderic and his fellows fought some fel orc warbands until they came across the Temple of Telhamat - an ancient Draenei structure holding some survivors untouched by Outland's twisting energies. The first contacts were then established, with Alderic finding himself in awe by such mysterious and intriguing race. Alderic would start to study their culture in order to better relate and communicate to them, growing great respect for the Draenei and their culture, even endeavoring to learn their dialect. Such activities helped greatly with subduing Alderic’s brutality and hatred as the man took on a more peaceful approach. During this time he also learned about orcish history and some of its language from the local draenei. All of what he learned in those days intrigued him profusely, even as far as to incite some sort of respect for the orcish culture pre-demon curse though that did not eliminate the festering hatred he felt for them who destroyed his homeland and way of life.

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