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| + | {{Licensing|NPC}} |
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| − | | image = Taelon.jpg |
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| − | | name = Highlord Taelan Fordring |
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| − | | titles = Highlord of The Scarlet Crusade, Lord of Mardenholde Keep |
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| − | | gender = Male |
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| − | | race = Human |
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| − | | level = 63 (Elite) |
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| − | | character = [[Paladin]], [[Fighter]] (deprecated) (RPG) |
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| − | | affiliation = [[Scarlet Crusade]] |
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| − | | occupation = Lord of [[Mardenholde Keep]], Highlord of the Scarlet Crusade |
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| − | | location = [[Mardenholde Keep]], [[Western Plaguelands]] |
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| − | | status = Deceased<ref name="indreams">{{Quest|In Dreams}}</ref> |
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| − | | relatives = [[Tirion Fordring|Tirion]] (father), [[Karandra Fordring|Karandra]] (mother) |
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| − | '''Taelan Fordring''' was a level 63 [[elite]] [[human]] [[paladin]] found in [[Hearthglen]] in the [[Western Plaguelands]]. Taelan was the son of [[Tirion Fordring]] and lord of [[Mardenholde Keep]]. He was the epitome of the powerful and good paladin warrior. Tall and powerfully built, he had long brown hair and blue eyes.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{ref book |author=Arthaus |title=[[Lands of Conflict]] |isbn=9781588469601 |pages=167}}</ref> |
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| − | Since the overhaul of [[Mardenholde Keep]] in [[patch 4.0.3a]], he has been removed due to his death.<ref name="indreams"/> |
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| − | ==History== |
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| − | Poor Taelan Fordring simply wanted to serve the [[Knights of the Silver Hand]], learning about how to serve the less fortunate with his pure soul and his sword. [[Isillien]] taught him about the [[Holy Light]] and what it was to serve. When he saw the [[Scourge]] destroy his home, he could only watch, powerless, as each friend he saw struck down rose again in undeath. Blind with grief and seeking guidance, he fell under his old tutor’s sway again and readily joined the new Crusade, eagerly offering his home to be their western base. He was honestly blind to the evil the [[Scarlet Crusade]] spreads and looks up to his leaders with respect and admiration. He regretted the innocent lives lost, but he had enough years of war to know that some innocents always die. And that’s what he considered this: war.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> |
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| − | Aside from protecting the principality of [[Hearthglen]], he was also tasked with a project to secure and rebuild parts of the [[Plaguelands]], for example the small village of [[Cinderhome]], in an attempt to resettle the territories of former [[Lordaeron]] that were razed during the [[Third War]] and thus expand the Crusade's influence.<ref>{{ref book |author=Arthaus |title=[[Lands of Conflict]] |isbn=9781588469601 |pages=111}}</ref> With the help of his [[Tirion Fordring|father]], he eventually recognized the corruption that had befallen the Scarlet Crusade and defected, but was killed by [[Grand Inquisitor Isillien]] for this betrayal while fleeing [[Hearthglen]]. However, [[Tirion Fordring|Tirion]], overcome with loss and outrage, avenged the death of his son by killing [[Isillien]], and resolved to reform the Silver Hand as a force of good in the world once again. |
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| − | ==Taelan's Legacy== |
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| − | {{Cata-section}} |
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| − | In Cataclysm Highlord Tirion Fordring returns to the [[Western Plaguelands]] and establishes [[Argent Crusade|Argent Crusade's]] base in city of [[Hearthglen]]. One of the [[Taelan's Tower|towers]] outside of city's walls is dedicated to Taelan's memory (it is the tower where Tirion and Taelan fought Isillien during [[Quest:In Dreams]]). |
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| − | Also [[Eligor Dawnbringer (Light's Hope Chapel)|Crusade Commander Eligor Dawnbringer]] sends players who venture into the Stratholme to reclaim [[Of Love and Family|painting]] of Taelen from the [[Scarlet Bastion]]. |
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| − | ==Quests== |
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| − | Taelan was involved in the following quests: |
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| − | * {{questfinish}} {{questlong|Neutral|60G|Scarlet Subterfuge}} |
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| − | * {{queststart}} {{questlong|Neutral|60G|In Dreams}} |
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| − | ==Quotes== |
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| − | *''I want not to dream anymore.'' — TCG |
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| − | ==Notes== |
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| − | *Aside from the quests, Highlord Taelan Fordring could also be killed for loot, although he had no unique drops. |
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| − | *Players who travel to [[Old Hillsbrad Foothills]] via the [[Caverns of Time]] can spot Taelan as a boy in an upstairs room of the inn in Southshore. He is holding the replica of Tirion's hammer which he received from his father on his 7th birthday. |
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| − | *Taelan's age seems to have undergone a retcon, given that he is only five at the time of ''[[Of Blood and Honor]]'', yet an epilogue shows him at the age of 20 being inducted into the Knights of the Silver Hand. However, given that less than a decade passes between ''Of Blood and Honor'' and ''World of Warcraft'', exactly how Taelan could have aged 15 years in this time is a mystery. This is further compounded by Tirion stating in a quest line that he gave Taelan the toy hammer when he was seven, the circumstances of which indicate that Taelan was aware that his father was still alive. During the time of ''Lands of Conflict'', which occurs around a year before ''World of Warcraft'', he was said to be 34 years old.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> |
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| − | ==Images== |
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| − | <gallery> |
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| − | Image:Taelan.jpg|Taelan seven years in the past. |
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| − | Image:Taelencomic.JPG|Taelan in the Ashbringer comic. |
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| − | </gallery> |
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| − | == See also == |
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| − | *[[Western Plaguelands NPCs]] |
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| − | ==References== |
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| − | {{Reflist}} |
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| − | ==External links== |
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| − | Have a nice day. :) --> |
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| − | {{Succession|[[Alexandros Mograine]]|'''Highlord of the Scarlet Crusade'''|[[Scarlet Highlord Daion]]}} |
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| − | {{Succession|[[Magistrate Barthilas]]|'''[[Mardenholde Keep|Lord of Mardenholde Keep]]'''|[[Tirion Fordring]]}} |
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| − | [[fr:Taelan Fordring]] |
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| − | [[Category:Humans]] |
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| − | [[Category:World of Warcraft: Ashbringer characters]] |
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Revision as of 00:21, 21 July 2011
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