Behamahl

*"Your plan is ill thought out lieutenant, if I may, allow me to suggest a more effective strategy."*

**Behamahl** is a Darkglare who has quickly risen through the ranks of the demonic commanders of the Burning Legion through his exceptional magical and manipulation skills which has proven effective in spying and devastating the mortal strongholds. He is now the current commander of the Hellwrath Vanguard.

## Arathi Conflict

### **Behamahl's Arrival**

After the legion's defeat and wandering alone within the bowels of the Twisting Nether, Behamahl sensed a strong fel presence emanating from a sizable lone rift, wondering why a rift of this power and magnitude appeared in this unknown and empty region of the Twisting Nether he could not help but become curious and inspect the rift to try and find out why it had appeared in such a space. Once he had analyzed the rift and it's power he was struck by a great surprise and opportunity, he quickly found out that the rift was being created by a powerful demon who from Behamahl's many guesses was trying to reach out and summon as many demons from as many corners of the Twisting Nether as possible, perhaps even to the extent of trying to restore the Burning Legion to it's former glory. Even more curious as to what the purpose of the summoning was Behamahl quickly flew through and traveled into the rift without hesitation or abandonment, hoping to find out who this demon was, why this demon was summoning other demons and just what was on the other side of the rift.

After travelling through the rift from the bowels of the Twisting Nether Behamahl was greeted by a stable legion vessel as soon as he had arrived on the other side, he was most pleased that the vessel was so well kept — yet was also somewhat confused as to how they managed to garner the resources necessary to keep the vessel in such a condition within the conditions of the legion's defeat and Sargeras' imprisonment. Nevertheless he carefully examined and looked around the vessel with his beady gleaming eyes to take in it's craftsmanship, taking in as much details of it as possible, perhaps maybe to even admire it as well? However as he was doing so he was quickly stopped dead in his analytical tracks by a deep smoky voice which bellowed from below and uttered the sentence *"A darkglare? how curious."*, at that point Behamahl was quickly reminded that he needed to find out the purpose as to why the rift he traveled to appeared within that region of the Twisting Nether to begin with and why such a demon was summoning demons in the first place. Knowing this he turned his attention to the presence below and began asking important questions. Immediately recognizing that the presence below was an annihilan and most likely was the demon who opened the rift and attempted to summon him Behamahl asked *"What is this annihilan, why have I been summoned?"*, upon hearing this the annihlian quickly responded back by saying *"I should be asking the same question, why have you come?"*, Behamahl would then answer the annihilan's question by saying *"I sensed a strong fel presence from a sizable lone rift floating within the Twisting Nether as I was flying about there, any clues as to what that is about?"*, upon hearing those words it quickly clicked within the large demon's head as to what was going on and to why Behamahl was at the location he was in. As such the annihlian would quickly retort with the response *"Ah yes of course, the summoning process of which I was performing reached you and thus you were probably summoned from the bowels of the Twisting Nether to aid us."*, *"I see."* Behamahl replied gaining the knowledge as to how the portal opened. However Behamahl would then ask as to what it was he was aiding and what it's purpose was, guessing it was to destroy the mortals and their world in the name of Sargeras and the Burning Legion — with that most likely being the reason as to why he entered the rift in the first place as he would never deny an opportunity to show his might and test it among the weak mortal races, showing them just who the true master was and what he would do to their world. Upon hearing the darkglare's question the annihilan would reply by letting him know he was right and that was indeed the purpose of what he was aiding and that Behamahl's help would be a valuable asset in their operations to take the mortal world in the name of the Burning Legion and Sargeras. The annihlian would introduce himself as Gargoth and let Behamahl know that the cause he was aiding him and potential other demons, beasts and corrupted mortals was called the Hellwrath Vanguard. Gargoth would also tell Behamahl that the vanguard was formed from loose generals and demons of the Legion that were still loyal to Sargeras and who those said generals were. Gargoth would then also tell Behamahl that the vanguard was formed to avenge the dark titan after he was imprisoned and take revenge on the mortals that have caused great damage to the Burning Legion as a whole. Upon hearing these words Behamahl's suspicions on what the cause was was assured and that those words would relieve him in that he made the right decision to fly through the rift that he found present floating within the Twisting Nether, he would have fun tormenting the mortals and cause great suffering across the mortal world. Most pleased with what he had found Behamahl would stay on the ship and the mortal world to aid Gargoth and his demon servants, in which within that moment Gargoth had a task ready for Behamahl to carry out. Gargoth noted to Behamahl that he had great faith within his powers and capabilities and that the mission at hand for Behamahl would be swift and efficient, the mission being spying on the outpost of Hammerfall within the Arathi Highlands to gather information about the area and what was currently going on within it. Behamahl swiftly accepted and uttered the words "It shall be done annihilan." and flew off the spy on the area.

### **Spying on Hammerfall**

As Behamahl flew off to gather information about Hammerfall for Gargoth, the Fel Lord Kathulon noticed Behamahl flying within the Vanguard's potential airspace. Upon seeing this he would immediately question Gargoth as to who Behamahl was and if he was aiding their cause, also questioning whether he was or was not part of an independent demonic faction seeking to further their own agenda via the legion communicator, in which Gargoth would assure Kathulon that Behamahl was indeed with the vanguard's ranks. Upon receiving the mission Behamahl had also received a legion communicator of his own, of which he would use to inform Gargoth about the information and contents he found within the area. Upon performing his mission Behamahl would carefully examine each of his surroundings to gather as much information as possible, as he did not want to disappoint Gargoth by returning to the flagship vessel with nothing. Using his eyes to gaze upon Hammerfall he would immediately see orcish peons working within the confines of the outpost, constructing and repairing buildings and weapons and moving various resources around and outside the outpost in crates. As such Behamahl saw them as a none threat, however he would also take note of the orcish grunts that guarded the walls and the confines of the outpost, beings that could potentially be more of a threat — yet they were still no real threat to Behamahl. However this would raise concerns within Behamahl's mind that the outpost may have hidden traps prepared and set up such as cloaked shamans, magically imbued assassins and advanced contraptions ready to catch any naive unsuspecting foe off guard, Behamahl would take note of this and would be sure to let Gargoth know about the potential situation. Along with the various houses built within the confines of the outpost Behamahl would also notice other interesting beings further back of the outpost near a small cave, these being two forsaken and a goblin, at this moment of analyzing Behamahl knew that the outpost of Hammerfall was not your typical orcish workstation and was more than meets the eye.

At this point Behamahl had finished with the outpost and moved on to analyzing the wildlife surrounding it, taking in the area into his mind he learned that the wildlife consisted of raptors, spiders and all sorts of creatures. Upon analyzation Behamahl thought that these creatures could be of potential use to the vanguard's cause as there were not many demons to spare due to the legion's major defeat at the hands of the mortals, thus Behamahl kept them in mind.

Once he was done analyzing the wildlife Behamahl would move on to examine and analyze another area he saw in the distance that could be of potential interest to Gargoth, this being the Circle of East Binding. The circle was occupied by various water elementals and a corrupted water ascendant. Behamahl immediately knew from looking at it that the corrupted water ascendant was controlling all of the water elementals within the circle and that it was most likely also a servant of the Old Gods. Behamahl thought not to fight it at this current point and instead use it for another purpose, a purpose that he would alert to Gargoth as soon as he contacted him on the legion communicator device, which he shortly did after he had finished analyzing the area around the Circle of East Binding.

The mission was nearly complete, all that Behamahl had to do now was report all of the information he had found to Gargoth and plan with his advanced demonic mind, in which he did. Behamahl would activate the legion communicator and contact Gargoth. Gargoth would ask Behamahl what information he had found on his spying mission in which Behamahl would give, telling him everthing about what he found in the confines of Hammerfall and what it was being defended by. Behamahl would also ensure Gargoth knew about the various wildlife that surrounds the outpost and what it could be potentially used for, in which Gargoth gives a good answer as to what his plans were for the beasts. Gargoth is most pleased with the information Behamahl has reported so far — however what really impresses Gargoth is the information about the water ascendant and his elementals at the Circle of East Binding that Behamahl reveals to him. With Behamahl also mentioning that he had a plan in mind for the corrupted ascendant, Gargoth wanted to know what these plans were with the water ascendant and his elementals and how they could be used to destroy the outpost of Hammerfall, in which Behamahl gives three options. The first option being that the vanguard would use the corrupted water ascendant and his water elementals to do their work for them, by luring the Old God servants to Hammerfall and destroying it, which would allow for the vanguard to swoop in for the outpost's remains and take and occupy it with much more ease than they would have had previously should such a plan had not been enacted. The second option was to imbue the corrupted ascendant and his water elemental minions with fel energy, turning them to the side of the legion and the demons and placing them under the vanguard's direct command, allowing the demons maximum control over a potentially powerful asset. And then finally the third option that was suggested to Gargoth was to outright drain and destroy the corrupted water ascendant and his water elemental minions, using their power as fuel for the vanguard's war machines and it's demons, including the commanders. Gargoth was very pleased with this information and potential options regarding Hammerfall and would use his demonic mind to think them over. After much thought and consideration Gargoth chose the first option that Behamahl had proposed regarding Hammerfall's occupation as he felt it was the best course of action for the outpost and the vanguard's ravaging and pillaging of it, whether Behamahl agreed with such a decision was a entirely different matter entirely and one he was not planning to share with Gargoth anytime soon. And so with Gargoth supplied with the information and plans that Behamahl shared with him he deemed his task complete and called Behamahl back to the flagship vessel, a call in which Behamahl complied with and acted upon, flying back to the vessel and deactivating the legion communicator until the time to use it again arises.

Upon returning to the flagship vessel Gargoth was most pleased with Behamahl and found the information he had given on the spying mission very beneficial to the vanguard's cause. With the mission deemed a success Gargoth called Behamahl down below the demonic flagship vessel to gain something for a spying mission, something that Behamahl would learn about once he did perform such an action. Upon arrival Behamahl saw that Gargoth had a dead orcish peon with him that had been captured from the Hammerfall outpost. Gargoth told Behamahl that he would need to absorb the dead peon's shape and form into his mind to use as a disguise for an infiltration mission, something that intrigued Behamahl to a large degree and would want to enact as soon as possible and so would use his dark powers to absorb the image of the dead orcish peon into his mind, ready to be used as a disguise. Once Behamahl had finished absorbing the peon's image into his mind he was ordered by Gargoth to keep it within his mind until further notice as Behamahl's tasks were finished for the current time being and that he would have more tasks for Behamahl on the next day. Behamahl was disappointed that he would not be able to enact such a mission — however he knew that this had to be done in order for Gargoth to better prepare his forces for the future. Gargoth reassured Behamahl that more interesting things were to happen in the future and that Behamahl would get what he wanted. Knowing this Behamahl would leave the mortal world slightly aggravated to his rock within the Twisting Nether to prepare and concoct a plan and many potential scenarios for many different potential situations in the Arathi Highlands for the future. Upon seeing Behamahl leave Gargoth would also leave the mortal world towards the Twisting Nether to prepare his forces for the coming events.

### **Infiltration of Stromgarde Keep**

And so the next day had come and Behamahl would return from his rock from within the Twisting Nether to enact the task that was set out by Gargoth on the day before. Returning to the demonic flagship vessel the darkglare would be greeted by Gargoth who would be standing there, ready on his four strong demonic legs and feet. Gargoth assigned Behamahl the task of infiltrating Stromgarde Keep guised as Lord Thaelyn, who was captured and brought back to the demonic flagship vessel by the strong and powerful mo'arg brute, Smashfist. Lord Thaelyn was presented to Behamahl by Gargoth and Smashfist the Brute for the darkglare to absorb his image into his mind to guise as. And so on the prompt of Gargoth Behamahl used his dark magical powers to absorb the image of Thaelyn into his mind, ready to be used as a disguise to gain as much information about the keep as possible to aid in the vanguard's inevitable attack. Fel Commander Skelnixx also accompanied Behamahl in the infiltration as the orcish peon that Behamahl had absorbed into his mind on the previous day just after the mission of spying upon the outpost of Hammerfall. After absorbing Lord Thaelyn's shape and form into his mind, applying it to his physical shape as well as disguising Skelnixx as the orcish peon that he had absorbed into his mind previously, Behamahl departed with the fel commander to infiltrate Stromgarde Keep and gather information from it through the portal Gargoth had created. Once they had stepped through the portal and outside the demonic vessel, Gargoth closed the rift and eagerly awaited the return of Behamahl and Skelnixx with the desired information at hand.

### **The Battle of Stromgarde**

Behamahl was able to manipulate the survivors as their leader: Lord Thaelyn and eventually lead them outside their keep of Stromgarde while he and his demonic forces would destroy the keep and claim it for the Burning Legion. The plan almost went too perfectly hadn't it been for Feludus who betrayed the humans and allowed the old gods' minions to enter it; unable to face both enemies.. Behemahl and his forces retreated to their flagship to plan for their next move.

## Tirisfal Conflict

Behemahl would eventually pursue the mortals of Azeroth as they fled the Arathi Highlands into Tirisfal where the final battle that decides the fate of Azeroth would take place.