 Arator the Redeemer | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Race | Half-elf |
| Level | 61 |
| Class | Paladin |
| Affiliation(s) | Alliance |
| Location | Honor Hold, Hellfire Peninsula |
| Status | Alive |
| Relative(s) | Alleria Windrunner (mother), Turalyon (father), Sylvanas Windrunner, Vereesa Windrunner (aunts), Rhonin (uncle) |
Arator the Redeemer is the half-elven son of the elven ranger Alleria Windrunner and the human paladin Turalyon. He can be found [54, 64] in Honor Hold in Outland's Hellfire Peninsula.
Arator was only a child when Turalyon and Alleria accompanied the Archmage Khadgar beyond the Dark Portal as part of the Alliance Expedition to Draenor. He was apparently well known by members of the Expedition, including Danath Trollbane, who called him "Little Arator". Turalyon and Alleria, along with the rest of the Expedition, were believed to have died when Khadgar sealed the Dark Portal. Twenty years later, Lord Kazzak reopened the Portal and crossed over into Draenor, now known as Outland. Arator accompanied the Alliance reinforcements from Stormwind and Nethergarde to Honor Hold, where he remains as he searches for his missing parents.
Arator is one of the few known half-elf characters, and the only known ingame half-elf (as Kalec is actually a dragon). Ironically, as the son of Alliance-loyal Alleria, he is the nephew of Horde leader Sylvanas Windrunner.
He has green eyes like his mother AlleriaTemplate:Cite, and many half-elves.Template:Cite
Interestingly enough, there is no mention of him in the novel Beyond the Dark Portal. It is possible that his birth has been retconned to after the expedition lost contact with Azeroth, as there never was any logical reason for a child to be part of such an undertaking.
Notes
- Arator's model is that of an in-game blood elf, however according to lore, a half-elf does not look like a full elf, showing a mixture of human and elven heritage (see half-elf article for an official example). The use of the blood elf model in game is a shortcut by Blizzard, so that they did not have to create a new model for the sole purpose of designing Arator. Kalec is another character in-game in the form of "half-elf", however, he has a human model (although it has special blue hair). This is consistent with portrayals of half-elves in other fantasy games, who are often modeled as either humans or elves, as opposed to having a separate model.