Darion Mograine

For his presence in Icecrown, see The Ebon Watcher.

Highlord Darion Mograine
Title	Highlord of the Ebon Blade
Gender	Male
Race	Human (Undead)
Level	?? Boss
Class	Death knight
Affiliation(s)	Knights of the Ebon Blade, formerly Silver Hand, Argent Dawn, and Scourge
Occupation	Highlord of the Ebon Blade
Location	Acherus: The Ebon Hold, Scarlet Enclave / Eastern Plaguelands
Status	Active
Relative(s)	Alexandros (father), Elena (mother), Renault (brother)

Darion Mograine is the Highlord of the Knights of the Ebon Blade, an order of death knights sent by the Lich King to the region east of Tyr's Hand. He is the son of Alexandros Mograine and a former knight of the Argent Dawn. He somehow came into possession of  [Corrupted Ashbringer] and used it to kill himself and free his father's soul. Although successful, he became a death knight of the Scourge.

He has a pronounced role in the death knight starting area.

It is unknown if he is the son previously believed to be in Outland (per the Scarlet Monastery event with Corrupted Ashbringer).

He is involved in the following quests in and around the Ebon Hold:

1.  [55] The Might Of The Scourge
2.  [55] Report to Scourge Commander Thalanor
3.  [55] Victory At Death's Breach!
4.  [55] The Will Of The Lich King
5.  [55] Scarlet Armies Approach...
6.  [55] The Scarlet Apocalypse
7.  [55] The Lich King's Command
8.  [55] The Light of Dawn
9.  [55] Taking Back Acherus
10.  [55] The Battle For The Ebon Hold
11.  [55] Where Kings Walk /  [55] Warchief's Blessing

Biography

Darion's father claimed he was a stillbirth, and that he did not truly live until Alexandros had plunged the newborn into a stream. Complications from the birth led to the death of Darion's mother, Elena.

In a battle within the plagued city of Stratholme, in which young Darion insisted on fighting, he took a serious wound from a powerful undead creature, falling unconscious for approximately a day. Upon awakening, the boy described his experience as being surrounded by darkness, before he was shown the way by the Light, which he followed.

Following the apparent death of his father, Darion briefly questioned the Light, but was soon found by Zabra Hexx who claimed to have developed a bond with his father through the Light. Upon being urged by Zabra to find allies and seek out his father in a fortress floating above a burning city, Darion joined the newly formed Order of the Argent Dawn.

With a handful of Argent Dawn volunteers and a mysterious mage known as Castillian (who one crusader believes to be a spy for the Forsaken), Darion infiltrated the fortress of Naxxramas. After besting the lords of Naxxramas and losing his entire party to the Four Horsemen, the  [Corrupted Ashbringer] comes into Darion's possession. As he comes to the Scarlet Monastery, unaware of the actual treachery of his brother, Renault Mograine, Darion is attacked by Renault who considers him the last link from his past, coming to torture him. The spirit of Alexandros Mograine then appears from the Ashbringer, beheading his traitor son and forgiving him afterwards.

After that Darion steals a steed from the Scarlet Crusade and runs away. Fairbanks visits him in a dream, telling him to go and find Tirion Fordring. Darion finds him and tells him what happened with his father, but not before arguing with him. Afterwards Tirion tells him of how he was banished. He tells Darion that nothing can be done and Darion leaves. When he has almost left Tirion yells behind him "An act of love" meaning that only an act of love greater than the act of evil can free his father's soul. Darion asks him to join the Argent Dawn but Tirion refuses. Darion than goes to Light's Hope chapel. He finds out that a Scourge army is going to attack it. Maxwell Tyrosus tells him why it is so important to protect the chapel. He tells him about the one thousand souls of the champions that died defending Capital City from Arthas and the Scourge and were later carried beneath the chapel. Darion says that he wants to fight and protect the holy chapel from the Scourge. He sleeps before the fight with the living corpses and has a terrible dream about a world without the light. In the morning the soldiers of the Argent Dawn fight with the Scourge. Kel'Thuzad joins the battle and says that even the Ashbringer is not powerful enough to stop him. At that very same moment Tirion arrives riding Mirador and saves a woman from an abomination. Darion realises what his words were. He takes the Ashbringer... and he plunges it through his heart with the words "I love you, Dad." The light destroys all of the undead in the area but Kel'Thuzad raises Darion as a death knight. He asks Darion "Who do you love?" He answeres "No one."

Quotes

Member of the Scourge

Darion as a child

Darion as a teenager

Darion as a new recruit in the Argent Dawn

Darion joining the Scourge

Greetings:

• "We exist only to serve him."
• "Ours is not to question, only to act."
• "His eyes are upon you, at all times!"
• "The life we had before is meaningless."
• "Obey, or be eliminated."

Farewell:

• "It will be done."
• "By his command."
• "The might of the Scourge will not be challenged!"
• "Go forth and wreak havoc!"
• "We will scour the living from this world."

Member of the Knights of the Ebon Blade

Greetings:

• "We are driven by a single purpose: retribution."
• "For us there is no peace, no rest."
• "All is not lost, not yet."
• "Harness your hate; make it useful."
• "We know much about sacrifice."

Irritated:

• "Dismissed."
• "One more nuisance I must deal with."
• "We Mograines aren't known for our restraint."
• "Patience is a virtue; one I no longer possess."
• "You are expendable."

Farewell:

• "The Knights of the Ebon Blade will not falter."
• "We will see it through, to the bitter end."
• "We must forge our own destiny."
• "A shadow of hope remains."
• "We are eternal. We are unyielding."

At Battle for Light's Hope Chapel

Before the fight:

• "Soldiers of the Scourge, stand ready! Prepare to unleash your fury upon the Argent Dawn!"
• "The sky weeps at the glorious devastation of these lands. Soon Azeroth's futile tears will rain down upon us."
• "Soldiers of the Scourge, death knights of Acherus, minions of the darkness, hear the call of the Highlord!"
• "Rise!"
• "Death knights of Acherus, the death march begins!"
• "The skies turn red with the blood of the fallen. The Lich King watches over us, minions. Leave only ashes and misery in your destructive wake!"

During the fight:

• "Kneel before the Highlord!"
• "You stand no chance!"
• "The Scourge will destroy this place!"
• "Your life is forfeit."
• "Life is meaningless without suffering."
• "How much longer will your forces hold out?"
• "The Argent Dawn is finished!"
• "Spare no one."
• "What is this? My... I cannot strike!"
• "Obey me, blade!"
• "You will do as I command. I am in control here!"
• "I can not... the blade fights me."
• "What is happening to me?"
• "Power... wanes..."
• "Ashbringer defies me!"
• "Minions, come to my aid!"

After the fight:

• "Stand down, death knights. We've lost. The Light... this place... no hope."
• "Save your breath, old man; it may be the last you ever draw."

The ghost of Alexandros Mograine appears:

• "Father!"
• "Agh, what is—"
• "Father, you have returned."
• "You've been gone a long time, father. I thought—"
• "Father, I wish to join you in the war against the undead. I want to fight, I can sit idle no longer!"
• "If I die, father, I would rather it be it on my feet standing in defiance of the Undead legions. If I die, let me die with you!"

To the Lich King:

• "You betrayed me. You betrayed us all, monster. Taste the might of Mograine!"
• "That day is not today."
• "Tirion!"

After the Lich King has fled:

• "So too do the Knights of the Ebon Blade. Although our kind has no place in your world, we will fight to bring an end to the Lich King. This I vow."

Trivia

• His deathcharger is called Iydallus and is found at the Argent Vanguard of Icecrown along with Mirador, Tirion's steed.
• He is wearing the Tier 8 Death Knight set.
• While The Ebon Watcher appears to have orange hair like his father and brother, Darion has blonde hair in the comic.
• After Darion gave up the Corrupted Ashbringer to Tirion Fordring, he dual wields two of  [The Hungering Cold] or  [Slayer of the Lifeless], considering that they both have the same model. Or he just wields two different swords with the same model as The Hungering Cold/Slayer of the Lifeless.