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| image = Sylvanas Icecrown.jpg
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| name = Elemental spirits
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| name = Sylvanas Windrunner
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| titles = The Dark Lady, Queen of the Forsaken, Banshee Queen of the Forsaken
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| capital = May depend on faction, [[Elemental Plane]] ([[Firelands]], [[Abyssal Maw]], [[Skywall]], [[Deephome]], [[Frostland]]).
  
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| faction = Varies
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| gender = Female
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| races = Unique undead<ref>{{ref web|url=http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/3p3/characters.xml|title=Major Characters in Icecrown Citadel|accessdate=2009-10-10}}</ref> (formerly [[Banshee]], [[High elf]])
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| creature = Humanoid
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| level = ?? (Boss)
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| homeworld = May vary, [[Elemental Plane]]
  
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| language = May vary, [[Kalimag]], [[Auran]], [[Ignan]], [[Terran]], [[Aquan]]
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| character = [[Dark ranger]] (WC3); [[Fighter]], [[Sorcerer]], [[Elven ranger]] (WCRPG); [[Warrior]], [[Mage]], [[Elven Ranger]] (WoWRPG)
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| affiliation = [[Forsaken]], [[Horde]], [[Quel'Thalas]]
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| leader = Varies by race or faction ([[Spirits of the wilds]], [[Watoosun of the Water]], [[Furies]], [[Templar]]s, [[Elemental Lord]]s)
  
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| faction = Horde
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| occupation = Queen of the Forsaken, Horde leader in the Eastern Kingdoms, Ranger-General of Silvermoon (formerly)
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| status = Active
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| location = [[Royal Quarter]], [[Undercity]]
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| health = 103,000,000
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| mana = 189,000
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| aggro = {{aggro|-1|1}}
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| relatives = [[Alleria Windrunner|Alleria]], [[Vereesa Windrunner|Vereesa]], [[Lirath Windrunner|Lirath]] (siblings), [[Rhonin]] (brother-in-law), [[Zendarin]] (cousin), [[Arator]], [[Giramar]] and [[Galdarin]] (nephews)
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| students = [[Nathanos Blightcaller]] (champion)
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| alignment = [[Lawful evil]]<ref name="Manual of Monsters, 186">''[[Manual of Monsters]]'', 186</ref>
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Once the [[Ranger-General of Silvermoon]], '''Sylvanas Windrunner''' was murdered by the [[death knight]] [[Arthas]] and brought back as a creature of undeath. After regaining her free will she rebelled against the [[Lich King]] and the [[Scourge]] and became the founder of the [[Forsaken]] faction of [[undead]], who are allied with the [[Horde]]. She has styled herself ''the Dark Lady, Queen of the Forsaken'', an expansion of her original title, "the Banshee Queen".
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The '''elemental spirit'''s (aka the spirits of nature or nature spirits, [[elemental]]s) are tied to [[shaman]]ism and a few other professions. Elemental spirits are the source of [[shaman]]s, [[geomancer]]s, [[trancendent]]s, and [[pandaren]] [[brewmaster]]s powers and the origin of much of their knowledge. The spirits of the elements are the shaman's to command.{{cite|WRPG|94}} The Spirits are neither patron deities, such as [[Elune]], nor are they a force to be tapped, such as the arcane. Rather, they are cosmic partners. Every world has its own elements, its own powers to call upon. {{cite|Unbroken|38}}
  
   
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As leader of the Forsaken and the Horde on the Eastern Kingdoms, Sylvanas is a military genius. The middle sister of [[Alleria]] and [[Vereesa]] [[Windrunner]], she was Ranger-General of the [[high elf]] kingdom of [[Quel'Thalas]]. She fought valiantly against [[Arthas]] when he invaded Quel'Thalas, but during the fall of [[Silvermoon]], Arthas raised her as an [[Banshee|undead minion]] as a form of petty revenge. When the [[Lich King]]'s hold on his minions weakened, Sylvanas, among other undead, regained her free will, and she led her forces against the [[dreadlord]]s who had taken hold over [[Lordaeron]], ultimately affirming her sovereignty by killing off two of the nathrezim and bending the third, [[Varimathras]], to her will. She renamed her force of self-aware undead the Forsaken and declared herself their queen.
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Elemental spirits are by nature chaotic and destructive, but also capable of reasoning and clever actions. The [[Earthen Ring]] was actually formed to keep the elemental spirits in check. They work to prevent the elemental forces from wreaking havoc on [[Azeroth]]{{cite|DF|148}}, otherwise, the world would be in danger. The group works hard to keep the elementals pacified, by talking to and dealing with them, thus ensuring they do not cause trouble in the world. Its main goal is to maintain the balance between the world and the elementals that dwell upon it. In this manner, the Earthen Ring prevents elementals from engaging in the chaotic destruction that would otherwise ensue.{{cite|DF|148, 149}} The [[Twilight's Hammer]] venerate the [[Old Gods]] and study the elemental spirits under them.{{cite|DF|165}} They work to anger the elementals and embolden them. The Earthen Ring believes they are not only unwise but also a great threat to Azeroth and their most dire enemy. Anyone who seeks to maintain the fragile balance of nature by keeping the elemental forces in check an ally.{{cite|DF|148, 149}} They also take similar actions on [[Outland]] eliminating or pacifying agitated or corrupted elemental spirits.<ref>[[Throne of the Elements]]</ref>
  
   
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Under her leadership the Forsaken have managed to not only fend off the [[Scourge]], but also the [[Scarlet Crusade]]. She has a certain mastery of leadership, military strategy, and the bow. She is also adept at demon magic — having the ability to drain life, create skeletons, and use mind control.<ref>http://classic.battle.net/war3/neutral/darkranger.shtml</ref> Sylvanas is the best archer on Azeroth<ref>''[[Manual of Monsters]]'', 189</ref> — she claimed she could hit a flying bird in the eye. She wields [[Sunstrider's Longbow]] — once owned by [[Dath'Remar Sunstrider]], it was passed on to Sylvanas when she became Ranger-General.<ref>''[[Manual of Monsters]]'', 175</ref>
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== Nature ==
  
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=== Range ===
  
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As related by [[Nobundo]], the Spirits are universal, existing upon all worlds which bear life. They stretch across the Void to these worlds, connecting them in ways unperceived by mortals. There are however, many worlds where the Spirits have no power, because true life does not exist on those worlds that have been consumed by the Burning Crusade.
  
   
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=== Alignment ===
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==Biography==
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[[File:Sylvanas-windrunner.jpg|Ranger Sylvanas|right|150px]]
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The Spirits care nothing of the battle between order and chaos, and have only a passing interest in the conflict of good and evil{{fact}}. Their role is one of cosmic balance{{fact}}, and the shamans are the mortal maintainers of that balance.
  
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===Ranger-General of Silvermoon===
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Sylvanas was a member of the prominent [[Windrunner]] family of the high elves. Her siblings were Alleria, Vereesa, and at least two other brothers. Her family lived at [[Windrunner Spire]] in the tranquil forests of Quel'Thalas. Sylvanas joined the [[ranger]]s and eventually became their leader, rising to the rank of Ranger-General of Silvermoon, military leader of all high elven forces.
   
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===The Second War===
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Recently, however, the Spirits appear to have taken sides: With the Burning Legion rampaging across the universe, the Spirits have revealed the secrets of shamanism to races who oppose the [[Burning Crusade]]; of Azeroth's inhabitants, the [[orcs]], the [[trolls]], the [[tauren]], and the [[draenei]], amongst others, may become shamans. All of these races hold a sense of balance and are dedicated to stopping the Legion from consuming their world.
  
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During the [[Second War]] the high elves initially sent only token support to the Alliance, though Sylvanas' older sister Alleria took her squad of rangers as well. Soon after the forests of Quel'Thalas mysteriously began to burn. Sylvanas and her rangers set out to discover the cause when she came across both her sisters being chased by a band of [[forest trolls]], whom they dispatched quickly. Alleria alerted Sylvanas of the coming orcish Horde, and that it was they who were burning Quel'Thalas with dragon fire. Sylvanas and her rangers moved quickly to meet the Horde and trap them between themselves and the Alliance forces under the command of the paladin [[Turalyon]]. The battle took many turns but ultimately the Horde abandoned Quel'Thalas. Sylvanas stayed behind to hunt down any remaining orcs. Shortly after, the Horde was defeated, the Dark Portal destroyed, and the Second War ended.
   
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===Invasion of the Undead Scourge===
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Orcs and tauren take a more symbolic approach to spirits. The spirits they encounter on the wild plains of [[Kalimdor]] are less specific, cover a wider range, and are more likely to be spirits of earth and fire than the essences of trees or animals.{{cite|WRPG|126}} Orcs and tauren believe that plant-spirits, nature-spirits and earth-spirits exist, and that everyone must treat these spirits with respect. One who denies the reality of nature spirits severs her connection with the earth.{{cite|HPG|91}}
  
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After the high elves withdrew from the [[Alliance]], Sylvanas and her Rangers were the primary guard against any would-be attackers on Silvermoon. Despite the odd forest [[troll]], [[murloc]], or [[gnoll]] every now and then, Sylvanas saw little action, and a peaceful tranquillity had descended upon the forests. She remained, however, ever vigilant, knowing that this peace — however refreshing — was tenuous at best.
   
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Her fears were soon realized when Arthas, the betrayer of Lordaeron, arrived unexpectedly on the doorstep of Quel'Thalas with a horde of [[undead]] at his back. He began to attack outlying villages and immediately, Sylvanas and her [[Ranger Corps]] moved against him. His superior numbers and tireless warriors always kept her in a state of retreat.
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==Tauren culture==
  
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Tauren live in careful balance with their environment. They worship the spirits and elements of the plains on which they live.{{cite|WRPG|52}} Instead of negotiating with individual spirits, tauren carve representative imagery on their totems and draw power from acting in a particular spirit’s name.{{cite|WRPG|126}}
  
   
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Arthas continued relentlessly towards the Elfgate, killing every elf who got in his way. Finally, despite Sylvanas' best efforts, he breached the Outer Elfgate. Sylvanas ordered the corps to immediately fall back to the Inner Gate, which was only passable with the use of the [[Key of the Three Moons]], assembled from the Mooncrystals hidden within the forest. Sylvanas destroyed the bridge leading to the Inner Gate to stay his advances. Despite her valiant efforts, Arthas managed to recover the Key of the Three Moons and destroyed the Inner Elfgate. Nothing stood in his way to Silvermoon.
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===Earth Mother===
  
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See [[Earth Mother]].{{cite|HPG|35}} Tauren revere a spirit they call the Earth Mother.{{cite|HPG|92}} The Earth Mother is the tauren ideal of all the spirits of nature. The Earth Mother lives in the rivers, trees, plains and mountains of Azeroth. She is the embodiment of nature. All lesser nature spirits come from the Earth Mother, and return to her upon death. While individual spirits represent a particular location, animal or object, such as the spirit of a single tree, or the spirit of a valley, the Earth Mother represents the land. River-spirits, sea-spirits, tree-spirits, rock-spirits and animal spirits all reflect one facet of the Earth Mother. She is everywhere life and nature is. The only spirits separate from the Earth Mother are the spirits of sentient creatures.{{cite|HPG|92}} When a tauren says life is sacred, he’s talking about a kind of spiritual energy that permeates the natural world. The Earth Mother represents that big spirit, and little spirits all inhabit rocks, trees and the like. That’s why the tauren don’t like mining and deforestation; it disrupts all those spirits and disrupts the Earth Mother.{{cite|HPG|148}}
  
   
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Sylvanas gathered her forces and went to warn Silvermoon, but Arthas blocked her passage at every turn, and murdered every runner she tried to get through. Sylvanas continued the resistance, but eventually, she was targeted directly. The two battled each other, and Sylvanas was struck a mortal blow.
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==Various Cultures==
  
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Orcs have a less organized philosophy than Tauren; they see all spirits as individuals connected in a greater whole, like members of a great clan.{{cite|HPG|92}} The shamans of the orcs find their power in the spirits of nature, forming an intimate connection with the very world that surrounds them. This awareness has led to even more revelations of their race’s true nature, as the orcs realize that they live more in harmony with the world itself than many of the races of the [[Alliance]] who would claim otherwise.{{cite|WoWRPG|46}} The orcish [[spirits of the wilds]] work in harmony with the magic of wind, water, sky, and land.{{cite|LotC|105, 106}} The earth and elemental spirits desire to aid and protect those who speak to them. Orc shamans have the power of nature in their fists, and earth, wind, and fire come to their call.{{cite|WRPG|155}} Shamans call upon the power of the elements, which will only be granted if it suits the purpose.
  
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File:Sylvannas LotH.JPG|The invasion of Quel'Thalas
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File:Sylvanasconfrontsarthas.jpg|Sylvanas confronts [[Arthas]]
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File:Sylvanashelf.jpg|Sylvanas battling the invaders
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File:Sylvanas high elf.JPG|The shadow of death
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===The Spirit of Earth ===
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===The Mindless Banshee===
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[[File:Bansheeritual.jpg|thumb|Banshee Ritual]]
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The Spirit of Earth{{cite|LotC|176}} is called upon to help crops grow and destroy enemy strongholds. It is warm and nurturing in personality, as well as a firm and persistent presence. Its voice is deep and slow.{{fact}}
  
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The official story given by the high elves of Silvermoon had the Ranger-General having perished valiantly in battle against the undead Scourge in the defense of Quel'Thalas, and her body being burned to ashes in the fire that had devastated half the capital.<ref name="The Well of Eternity 16-17">''[[The Well of Eternity]]'', pg. 16-17</ref>
   
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The true story was quite different. Sylvanas was not killed, but rather captured. Barely clinging to life, Sylvanas Windrunner was brought before Arthas in his dark temple. She protested, saying she deserved a clean death, but Arthas, having had to fight her every step of the way, responded by telling her after what she had put him through the last thing he would give her was the peace of death. She was tortured, mutilated, and finally killed for Arthas' pleasure. He desecrated her spirit, corrupting her body and soul, and brought her back as a whirlwind of torment and hatred. Thus Sylvanas Windrunner became the first of the high elven banshees. Sylvanas, now an undead banshee, was a complete and total slave of the [[Lich King]]. In her undeath, she aided Arthas in his assault against her own beloved Silvermoon in order to secure the legendary Sunwell for the Scourge.<ref name="The Well of Eternity 17">''[[The Well of Eternity]]'', pg. 17</ref> Her mangled body was sealed in an iron coffin by Arthas, as a way to further torture the ranger.
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===The Spirit of Air===
  
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The Spirit of Air{{cite|LotC|177}} (aka Spirit of the Air, and Spirit of the Wind) may grant a gentle breeze to a trading ship or a violent tornado. It was the wind who answered the prayers of Nobundo. Personality-wise, Wind is generally calm and talkative, endlessly whispering in the ears of the Shaman. At other times it can be as forceful and powerful as Fire.{{fact}}
  
   
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Sylvanas became one of Arthas' primary generals, and she remained behind in Lordaeron with [[Kel'Thuzad]] under the watchful eye of the dreadlords, whom had been left stationed in Lordaeron to protect it in the name of the [[Legion]]. When [[Archimonde]] was defeated at the [[Battle of Mount Hyjal]], Sylvanas would quickly learn of this news from Kel'Thuzad. As the months passed, the dreadlords were still ignorant of their masters' defeat. [[Varimathras]], [[Detheroc]] and [[Balnazzar]], the three prime dreadlords overseeing Lordaeron, were convening under Sylvanas' undead, watchful eyes when Arthas stormed into the stronghold, fresh from his journey to [[Kalimdor]]. He informed them of the Legion's failure and his intentions to take control of the [[Scourge]]. The dreadlords fled, outraged but unwilling to risk their lives by battling Arthas' army.
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===The Spirit of Fire===
  
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The Spirit of Fire{{cite|LotC|161}} is the most outwardly destructive though it has lighter sides such as a hearth or candle. Under its domain, shamans can call on the aid of heat, flame, and lighning. The Fire is also the granter of visions, thus [[Far Seer]]s scry using campfires. Fire tends to be the most unpredictable and undisciplined of the elements, barely deigning to speak to even seasoned Shamans unless it wishes to. Its voice is usually loud, passionate and rumbling, prone to outbursts.{{fact}}
  
   
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Arthas approached his servants, and ordered that Lordaeron be purged of all life as a tribute to [[Ner'zhul]]. Kel'Thuzad, however, informed him that human refugees had begun to flee from the outer villages, and that, should they escape into the mountain passes, they would be impossible to track. Arthas stationed himself and his two generals on the three possible escape routes and they each led detachments of undead troops against the fleeing humans while taking great pains to ensure that few, if any, made it past their blockade to safety. Despite the efforts of the paladin [[Dagren the Orcslayer]] and his companions, Sylvanas led her banshees into battle against the human refugees, aided in the destruction of all the remaining villages in her area, and slaughtered any human trying to escape. Finally, Sylvanas, Arthas, and Kel'Thuzad arrived at the central headquarters of the paladins and killed them all in a vicious battle, annihilating the last of the civilian presence in Lordaeron.
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The Spirit of Water{{cite|LotC|182}} is a nourishing element that can quench the thirst of a weary traveler or drown an army. Water tends to be least affected by severe cataclysms, adapting quickly. Water is perhaps the most personable of the Elements; calm, clear and possessing a wry sense of humor and mirth.{{fact}}
  
   
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===The Spirit of the Wilds ===
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===The Dark Ranger===
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[[File:Sylvanas-WC3.jpg|Dark Ranger Sylvanas|right|150px]]
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The Spirit of the Wilds{{cite|LotC|178}} is most nebulous and complex of the spirits of the wilds. In fact, no one is entirely certain of what the Wilds represent. It seems to embody the living souls of all living things, from the most humanoids, to animals to plants and even stones. The Wilds is by far the best friend and greatest enemy of the shaman; the Wilds can heal broken bodies and even restore beings to life... but only if it suits the balance. It is the Wilds that can make the shaman think he is a god - and show him that he's still mortal.{{fact}}
  
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Around this point, the weakened Ner'zhul began to lose control of the minds of Sylvanas and a number of banshees. She kept this discovery from Arthas and Kel'Thuzad while continuing to serve. The dreadlords contacted Sylvanas and explained that they knew the cause, and arranged a secret meeting with her. They told her that Ner'zhul's—and by extension Arthas'—powers were beginning to diminish. The [[nathrezim]] intended to use this opportunity to seize control of Lordaeron. Sylvanas tentatively agreed to assist, but under the condition that her aid would be provided on her own terms.<ref>{{ref game |title=Warcraft III |expansion=The Frozen Throne |campaign=[[Legacy of the Damned]] |mission=[[A Kingdom Divided]] |zone= |npc= |quote= |quest= }}</ref>
   
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The dreadlords planned on killing Arthas within the capital, but Sylvanas created a contingency plan in the case of Arthas' escape. She arranged for her banshees to feign allegiance and escort him to a place in the woods where she would be waiting for him.<ref>{{ref game |title=Warcraft III |expansion=The Frozen Throne |campaign=[[Legacy of the Damned]] |mission=[[The Flight from Lordaeron]] |zone= |npc= |quote= |quest= }}</ref> After Arthas survived the dreadlords' ambush and escaped the capital, Sylvanas' loyal sisters saw him to the arranged place, and then killed his bodyguards.<ref name=interlude2>{{ref game |title=Warcraft III |expansion=The Frozen Throne |campaign=[[Legacy of the Damned]] |mission=[[Sylvanas' Farewell]] |zone= |npc= |quote= |quest= }}</ref>
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===The Furies===
  
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*[[Gordawg]] (Fury of Earth)
  
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*[[Incineratus]] (Fury of Fire)
  
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*[[Kalandrios]] (Fury of Air)
  
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Sylvanas had at this point succeeded in using her abilities as a banshee to repossess the body that belonged to her in life. Sylvanas was now a corporeal undead creature.<ref>''[[Horde Player's Guide]]'', 150</ref> Hiding in the shadows, she struck him with an arrow she had crafted — a venomous sting that would paralyze him. Arthas was furious at her betrayal, and demanded that she finish him. But Sylvanas refused to show him the mercy of a quick death and intended to make him suffer — as he had made her suffer in undeath. She was about to begin her grisly work when Kel'Thuzad arrived and intervened, killing her banshees and chasing her off.<ref name=interlude2/>
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===Other named===
  
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*[[Watoosun of the Water]]
  
   
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Back in her physical body she realized that the natural world would never respond to her wishes again. Angered by this development, she turned to the arts that were becoming more and more natural to her: necromancy. She then altered her elven ranger teachings into a new form. Thus the [[dark ranger]]s were born.<ref>''[[Horde Player's Guide]]'', 41</ref>
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*[[Fouled Water Spirit]]
  
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*[[Charred Stone Spirit]]
  
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*[[Enraged Fire Spirit]]
  
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*[[Enraged Air Spirit]]
  
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*[[Enraged Water Spirit]]
  
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*[[Enraged Earth Spirit]]
  
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*[[Enraged Stone Spirit]]
  
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*[[Furios Stone Spirit]]
  
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*[[Rogue Flame Spirit]]
  
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*[[Corrupt Water Spirit]]
  
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*[[Captured Water Spirit]]
  
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*[[Crashing Wave-Spirit]]
  
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*[[Minor Air Spirit]]
  
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*[[Minor Fire Spirit]]
  
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*[[Minor Water Spirit]]
  
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*[[Minor Earth Spirit]]
  
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*[[Living Fire]]
  
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*[[Air Spirit]]
  
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*[[Fire Spirit]]
  
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*[[Water Spirit]]
  
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*[[Burning Spirit]]
  
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*[[Mesa Earth Spirit]]
  
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*[[Redrock Earth Spirit]]
  
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*[[Lake Spirit]]
  
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*[[Swamp Spirit]]
  
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*[[Tortured Earth Spirit]]
  
   
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===Queen of the Forsaken===
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==Pandaren culture==
  
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[[File:Sylvanasstitches.jpg|thumb|"Sylvanas" by [[Metzen]]]]
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Arthas left for [[Northrend]], having been summoned by the Lich King, and Kel'Thuzad went into hiding.<ref name=interlude2/> Sylvanas and her sisters were freed, but Sylvanas was still troubled. Though free from Ner'zhul, she and the other free-willed loyalists remained monstrous abominations in appearance.<ref name=mission3>{{ref game |title=Warcraft III |expansion=The Frozen Throne |campaign=[[Legacy of the Damned]] |mission=[[The Dark Lady]] |zone= |npc= |quote= |quest= }}</ref>
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Pandaren veil their beliefs in the trappings of a mystical and ancient method called geomancy. Geomancy is shamanistic.{{cite|MoM|79}} Geomancy teaches that the land is a reflection of the spirits, but that spirits are also a reflection of the land.{{cite|DF|16}} The fierce powers of the elemental spirits are for the transcendents and brewmasters to gain and command. They learn to channel the power of elemental spirits.{{cite|DF|56, 57, 71, 72}} Tales say that spirits and energies are at work in the cosmos — spirits and energy that define the essence of reality, and from these vital sources all things are formed. This is one of the central philosophies of pandaren geomancy, and no one is more intimate with these energies than the pandaren transcendent.{{cite|DF|69}}
  
   
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Her thoughts were interrupted as Varimathras arrived on the scene. The dreadlord invited the banshee to join him and his brothers in their new order. But Sylvanas was not so quick to relinquish what freedom she had just gained. She told him that her assistance was enough, and demanded to be left alone. Varimathras ominously warned that those who were not part of this new land would be cast aside, and that she had best not vex the new rulers of the Plaguelands. Sylvanas was adamant. As Varimathras departed, Sylvanas knew that an attack was imminent. But with only her banshees and some lesser undead to serve for her, Sylvanas was certain that she would soon fall. She needed to acquire an army.<ref name=mission3/>
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When the pandaren transcendent uses one of these abilities, her appearance changes to match the spirit she channels. For example, when she uses channel earth, her clothing becomes brown and she moves with slow and stately grace; when she uses channel wind, her clothing turns light blue and her movements are swift and airy. Many other possibilities exist. Upon attaining the power of the transcendent body, the pandaren transcendent finally learns to master the elemental spirits and energies under her control. Transcendents swear no loyalty other than to serve the pandaren and the spirits of their people.{{cite|DF|71, 72}}
  
   
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Scouting the outer wilderness, Sylvanas found a plethora of creatures who would serve her well, and with her banshees at her disposal, they would have little choice in the matter. She sent out her banshees to possess [[Mug'thol]] the leader of the local ogres, the [[Bandit Lord]] [[Blackthorn]], the gnoll ruler [[Snarlmane]], and the [[Murloc Puddle Lord]]. Those she did not possess were killed. With so many new allies, Varimathras was quick to fall before her. But after she defeated him, Varimathras begged for his life, saying that he could serve her well. He knew his brothers' tactics, and where their bases were located. Sylvanas knew trusting such an insidious creature was a risk, but felt that she could control him enough for her purposes.<ref name=mission3/> With Varimathras' assistance, they moved against Detheroc's forces.<ref name=mission5>{{ref game |title=Warcraft III |expansion=The Frozen Throne |campaign=[[Legacy of the Damned]] |mission=[[Dreadlord's Fall]] |zone= |npc= |quote= |quest= }}</ref>
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===Spirit of wisdom===
  
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The spirit of the universe. Pandaren revere transcendents as embodiments of wisdom made flesh, residing in the shell of a pandaren host.{{cite|DF|69}}
  
   
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Detheroc had acquired a human puppet, [[Garithos]], and his men, and was using them to protect himself. Sylvanas had his scouts possessed, and then infiltrated his base while their guard was down. As they slept, Sylvanas swept through the twin bases and slaughtered any before her. Though they eventually awoke and raised the alarm, it was too late. Sylvanas disabled the humans and ravaged Detheroc's forces, eventually coming to the dreadlord himself, and killing him swiftly. With the dreadlord dead, Garithos was freed from his mental control. Sylvanas saw him as arrogant and foolish, but felt that she could use him. She lied and promised to relinquish control of the Capital to him if he helped her kill Balnazzar.<ref name=mission5/>
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===Spirit of earth===
  
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The power of earth is that of resilience and malleability. A transcendent channels the spirit of earth to become an invulnerable juggernaut against all but the most potent weapons.{{cite|DF|71}}
  
   
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Garithos attacked from the rear entrance to the city as Sylvanas and Varimathras came from the front. As they moved into the city, Sylvanas found caches of items left by the Lordaeron royals, and used them to further the assault. Despite the dreadlord's demonic allies, his forces were destroyed, and, as a final test of loyalty, Sylvanas demanded that Varimathras kill Balnazzar. Varimathras froze, saying that it was forbidden for one Nathrezim to kill another. But she required Varimathras to prove his loyalty to her. Varimathras obeyed, and struck down Balnazzar.<ref name=mission6>{{ref game |title=Warcraft III |expansion=The Frozen Throne |campaign=[[Legacy of the Damned]] |mission=[[A New Power in Lordaeron]] |zone= |npc= |quote= |quest= }}</ref> However, whether by accident or design, Balnazzar survived, later re-emerging as a leader of the Scarlet Crusade. Varimathras was not so reluctant when Sylvanas ordered him to do the same to Garithos.<ref name=mission6/>
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===Spirit of metal===
  
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The power of metal is also resilient and mallable like the spirit of earth. A brewmaster channels the spirit of metal to become invulnerable against most weapons.{{cite|DF|57}}
  
   
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With all their enemies dead, Sylvanas made a proclamation to Varimathras. They would rule the Plaguelands as the [[Forsaken]], and would stake out their own destiny, where none would get in their way.<ref name=mission6/>
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===Spirit of fire===
  
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By summoning the spirit of fire to her breast, the pandaren is wreathed in flame.{{cite|DF|57, 71}}
  
   
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Interestingly, reports say Sylvanas moves to and from Northrend; it's unknown if she is scouting for a possible attack on the Lich King, or if she has darker plans. There are rumors that Lady Sylvanas Windrunner is setting up a Forsaken city up there somewhere. In any case, she remains an enigmatic figure — her motivations unknown even to her most trusted advisers.<ref>''[[Horde Player's Guide]]'', 180, 182</ref>
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===Spirit of thunder===
  
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By calling on the spirit of thunder the pandaren gains uncanny reflexes and can charge the air around her with voltaic energy.{{cite|DF|57, 72}}
  
   
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[[File:Manga Sylvanas.jpg|thumb|right|Sylvanas in [[Ghostlands (manga)|Ghostlands]].]]
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===Spirit of water===
  
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The healing properties of water are well known to the pandaren, for this is the spirit of regeneration and well-being.{{cite|DF|57, 71}}
  
   
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===Spirit of wind===
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===The Sunwell===
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Elevating her speed to an uncanny level, the pandaren wreathes herself in a vortex of living air.{{cite|DF|57, 72}}
  
   
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Sylvanas, the Banshee Queen, and leader of the Forsaken traveled to Quel'Thalas for her own reasons, but soon encountered the traitor [[Dar'Khan]], confronting him in the ruins of Silvermoon. She aided [[Kalecgos]] in attempting to stop the traitor from claiming the Sunwell's energies; though she was initially unsuccessful, she distracted Dar'Khan long enough for [[Anveena]] to regain her power and vaporize him. Sylvanas agreed to keep Anveena's identity a secret in the interests of preventing Arthas from gaining the Sunwell's power.
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==Quilboar culture==
  
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[[Quilboar]] thornweavers call upon vengeful spirits of nature, eschewing the peaceful spirits and the gentle side of the Earth Mother that most tauren revere.{{cite|DF|35}}
  
   
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==In World of Warcraft==
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*[[Storm spirit]]s, elemental spirits found in the Elemental Plane, and summoned as Lightning Guardians by Shamans.{{Cite|WoWRPG|315}}
  
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Now, she rules over the Forsaken from [[Undercity]]. Her goal is to one day take vengeance upon Arthas, and find lasting freedom for her cursed people. She sends promising warriors to train under her champion, [[Nathanos Blightcaller]].
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Lady Sylvanas Windrunner' is a level [[skull|??]] faction leader located in [[the Royal Quarter]] in [[Undercity]]. She is also the only racial leader who is not (technically) the same race as most of her people (she being a high elf in life, and most forsaken being known to be undead humans).
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She starts the following quests:
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*{{questlong|Horde|21|Meeting the Warchief}}
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*{{questclass|Horde|Paladin|52|Ancient Evil}}
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*{{questlong|Horde|56|The Champion of the Banshee Queen}}
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*{{Questlong|Horde|61+|The Crimson Courier}}
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And finishes the following quests:
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*{{questlong|Horde|15|Journey to Undercity}}
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*{{questlong|Horde|21|Envoy to the Horde}}
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*{{questclass|Horde|Paladin|52|Wisdom of the Banshee Queen}}
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===Hallow's End===
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Sylvanas also appears in the [[Hallow's End]] celebration, talking about the Forsaken's freedom.
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===The Burning Crusade===
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In death, Sylvanas still considers herself one of the foremost protectors of Quel'Thalas, and repeatedly offers assistance in the form of supplies and troops to the blood elves. This may be due in some part to the fact that the Dark Lady still grieves over her failure to protect Quel'Thalas from the Scourge invasion during the [[Third War]], when she fell in battle. Though the [[blood elves]] initially declined most of Sylvanas' offers, fearing a trick, the beleaguered elves eventually allowed Sylvanas to station Forsaken soldiers in their lands, most prominently in the village of [[Tranquillien]]. Sylvanas played a large part in convincing [[Thrall]] to accept the blood elves into the [[Horde]].
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===Wrath of the Lich King===
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[[File:Sylvanas-ringofvalor.jpg|thumb|Sylvanas in [[Orgrimmar]], shortly before the Scourge attack.]]
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Sylvanas Windrunner's appearance has been updated for [[patch 3.0.2]]. Her model before [[patch 3.0.2]] was a female [[night elf]]. Her model is now almost unique; [[Alexstrasza]]'s [[humanoid]] model is very similar.
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One of the new Forsaken camps in Northrend is [[New Agamand]]. It is here that the plague the [[Royal Apothecary Society]] has been developing to combat the Scourge will be tested, as indicated from this section of the Howling Fjord background on the official site:
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''On the eastern shore, the Forsaken have arrived, carrying a plague of their own to unleash upon the Lich King. Queen Sylvanas has been methodically and patiently overseeing the formulation of this contagion for several years, and the time has come at last to test its effectiveness against the Scourge.''
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[[File:Sylvanas Battle Undercity.jpg|thumb|left|Sylvanas in the Battle For The Undercity.]]
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====Battle for the Undercity====
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{{main|Battle for the Undercity}}
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As the combined Horde and Alliance forces began their assault upon [[Angrathar the Wrathgate]], an uprising broke out within the Undercity. Varimathras and hordes of his demonic brethren overran the city, slaying all those who would not submit to their dark rule. Sylvanas herself nearly died in the coup, but managed to escape with a number of loyalists and fled to [[Orgrimmar]]. Determined not to allow the [[Nathrezim|dreadlords]] a foothold in Horde territory, Thrall and Sylvanas planned an immediate counter-attack. In the midst of their planning however, [[Jaina Proudmoore]] arrived with terrible news: in the wake of [[Bolvar Fordragon]]'s death, [[Varian Wrynn]] had ordered an assault on the Undercity to bring [[Putress]] to justice and liberate [[Lordaeron]] for the Alliance.
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Sylvanas returned to the Undercity at the head of a Horde army, determined to retake her city. Along with Thrall and [[Vol'jin]], she led the assault into Undercity itself, [[Lament of the Highborne|a cry for her people]] upon her lips. In the Throne Room, Sylvanas fought and finally slew Varimathras, retaking her throne. However, how much power remains in her hands is currently unknown, and Thrall has sent [[Kor'kron]] elites to the Undercity to watch the Forsaken.
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====The Frozen Halls====
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[[File:Sylvanas and Uther.jpg|thumb|right|Sylvanas meets with the spirit of Uther in the Halls of Reflection]]
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Sylvanas leads Horde forces to the [[Frozen Halls]] inside [[Icecrown Citadel]], to confront the [[Lich King (tactics)|Lich King]] and gain her vengeance against Arthas for destroying Quel'Thalas and damning her to undeath. Upon reaching his private chambers in the [[Halls of Reflection]] and standing so close to [[Frostmourne]], Sylvanas felt the pain of her death to this blade renewed. Nonetheless, she attempted to commune with the spirits within the sword, hoping that "salvation lies within". At that point, the spirit of [[Uther the Lightbringer]] appeared, warning her that the Lich King was on his way, and of the foolishness of attempting to defeat him there. He reveals that even if Arthas were to be destroyed, there must be someone to take his place as master of the Scourge, lest they wash across the world like locusts, consuming everything in their path. To defeat the Lich King, Uther said, he must be destroyed at the place he was created: The Frozen Throne.
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Just then, the Lich King arrives and reclaims his blade, consuming the soul of Uther within it. He summons [[Falric (tactics)|Falric]] and [[Marwyn (tactics)|Marwyn]], his two top lieutenants, to kill the intruders. While her escorts (the players) battle the pair and the ghosts they summon, Sylvanas and [[Dark Ranger Loralen]] give chase as the Lich King flees to his [[Shadow Throne|inner sanctum]]. Upon defeating the death knights and their ghostly allies, the party finds Loralen dead in the hallway and the sounds of battle coming from the chamber before them - Sylvanas and the Lich King in single combat. Realizing he was too powerful to confront there, as Uther had warned, Sylvanas and her escorts flee, breaking through the ice walls and packs of undead minions the Lich King summons to slow their progress. As they reach the outside, they realize that it is a dead end, and resolve themselves to dying in battle against the Dark Lord. Just then, the gunship ''[[Orgrim's Hammer]]'' arrives on scene to rescue them. As they flee the Halls of Reflection, Sylvanas realizes that the Lich King's powers have increased tenfold, and that to defeat him, a mighty army was needed, one greater than even the Horde could muster.
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====Fall of the Lich King====
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[[File:Sylvanas Raneman.jpg|thumb]]
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With the death of the Lich King, an adventurer bearing {{item|Shadowmourne}} finds a {{item|Sealed Chest}}, containing various items, among them a vial of blood. The adventurer brings the vial to Sylvanas, waiting in [[Light's Hammer]].
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|So, it is done.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|I had not dared to trust my senses - too many times has the Lich King made me to be a fool.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Finally, he has been made to pay for the atrocities he imposed upon my people.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|May Azeroth never fail to remember the terrible price we paid for our weakness... for our pride.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|But what now, hero? What of those freed from his grasp, but still shackled to their mortal coils?}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Leave me.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|I have much to ponder.}}
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===Cataclysm===
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In an interview [[Chris Metzen]] revealed that Sylvanas was ordered to move south into [[Gilneas]] because the Horde wanted a port in northern [[Lordaeron]]. Metzen mentioned Sylvanas was "in the dog house" with the Horde after the Wrathgate events and has to move when the leadership of the Horde orders her to do so.
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[[File:Sylvanas and friends at the Sepulcher.jpg|thumb|Sylvanas and her val'kyr]]
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Sylvanas has been resorting to increasingly unscrupulous tactics ever since the Wrathgate. Despite orders from the new Warchief, [[Garrosh Hellscream]], to cease production of the [[new plague|Forsaken Blight]] that was used by Putress, she continues to use it against her enemies, including in the [[invasion of Gilneas]] and against the town of [[Southshore]] in [[Hillsbrad Foothills|Hillsbrad]]. She has also conscripted the [[val'kyr]], the ascended vrykul women who once served the Lich King, and uses them to raise dead enemies as Forsaken as a solution to the undead not being able to procreate.
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As during the [[Invasion of Gilneas]] the tide was turning against Sylvanas, she used her dark powers to stun every one in the immediate area and aimed a poisoned arrow at [[Genn Greymane]]. His son Liam jumped in front of the bowshot, saving his father from certain doom. As Sylvanas fled the scene, Liam died with the knowledge that the city had been freed from Forsaken control.
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Sylvanas personally takes to the battlefield in [[Silverpine Forest]], leading her army against the [[Alliance]] counterattack from Gilneas. The Forsaken come under heavy fire from the [[Gilneas Liberation Front]], backed by the [[Bloodfang]] pack and the [[7th Legion]] troops. While the Forsaken forces begin to push forward with the help of their allies, old and new ([[Orcish]] reinforcements and the [[Val'kyr]], respectively), the latter efficiently bringing in the fallen to bolster their ranks, Sylvanas devises a plan to end the battle in victory- beginning with the resurrection of [[Lord Godfrey]].
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After Godfrey captures [[Lorna Crowley]] and delivers her to Sylvanas, Sylvanas heads towards the shattered [[Greymane Wall]] and gives [[Darius Crowley]] a choice: the surrender of the Gilneas Liberation Front or Lorna becomes one of the Forsaken. Darius decides to surrender and Sylvanas allows him to leave with his daughter and his men. Shortly afterwards she is killed by Godfrey, who quickly flees to [[Shadowfang Keep]]. [[High Warlord Cromush]] orders the [[val'kyr]] [[Agatha]], [[Arthura]], and [[Daschla]] to fix her. After a moment of thought the three val'kyr sacrifice themselves and give Sylvanas life once more. This convinces Sylvanas beyond a shadow of a doubt that the val'kyr are the future of her people.<ref>{{quest|Cities in Dust}}</ref>
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The Dark Lady and her forces are eager to conquer the [[Arathi Highlands]], and the fallen (and resurrected) Prince [[Galen Trollbane]], now a member of the Forsaken, along with [[Dark Ranger Alina]] are presiding over the possible conflict.
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During the [[Battle for Andorhal]], Sylvanas disguises herself as [[Lindsay Ravensun]]. She expresses dissatisfaction with how [[Koltira Deathweaver]] deals with the Alliance - especially after the Alliance forces assault the Forsaken's side of [[Andorhal]], despite Koltira's apparent truce with the enemy commander, [[Thassarian]]. Sylvanas steps in to turn the battle around, unleashing the Val'kyr to secure a safe victory.
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After the Alliance is defeated, Sylvanas confronts Koltira about his ill-fated truce with Thassarian, and scolds him for being weak. A portal to the Undercity is opened and Koltira is pulled through by a hooked chain, where Sylvanas will attempt to purge him of his compassion for Thassarian and make him more of a servant of the Horde - more specifically, a servant of Sylvanas and the Forsaken.
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Lady Sylvanas later sends [[Lady Cozwynn]] to the [[Twilight Highlands]], to serve as the Horde liason to the new [[Dragonmaw]] Chieftan, [[Warlord Zaela]], in order to improve her relations with the Warchief and "mend broken fences".
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==Tactics==
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[[File:Sylvanas Wei.jpg|thumb|Sylvanas Windrunner by ''Wei Wang'']]
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Battle with the Dark Lady can prove disastrous if certain steps are not taken to ensure the raid's survivability. Sylvanas now pulls with her [[Battlemaster]]s regardless of which side of her platform is taken, and she engages with a [[Forsaken Bat]] along with a scaled [[Bragor Bloodfist]] and [[Aleric Hawkins]]. Though Hawkins is easily disposed of, her other allies in the [[Royal Quarter]] are formidable and hit hard. The best tactic is to use two tanks, one to hold the Battlemasters and guard spawns, and one to keep on Sylvanas and her skeleton minions.
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Sylvanas uses a variety of abilities- her multi-shot, regardless of range, is capable of hitting up to ten targets at once for a moderately powerful 15-17k. She can use a [[DOT]] curse (a special version of [[Black Arrow]]), to inflict 20k shadow damage every three seconds on a target. The potency of her summon skeleton ability has been increased, and now brings forth five level 85 skeletons each with 84,000 HP. She has also retained her [[vanish]] ability, though even one application of [[Faerie Fire]] is enough to disallow her its use. The moment she is pulled, every other NPC in the room including her elite [[Royal Dreadguard]]s will come to her aid.
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Due to the large amount of enemies, speed is a key factor in downing the Dark Lady. If allowed to vanish and not picked up immediately after, there is an infrequent glitch where she will reset to 100% HP, wasting valuable time. Focusing on her over her allies, while a second tank holds them, is the best strategy to employ.
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Sylvanas was often considered the most powerful faction leader, having battled alongside [[Varimathras]] until ''Wrath of the Lich King''. More recently, this position has been disputed by the encounter with [[Garrosh Hellscream]].
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==Quotes==
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===The Frozen Throne===
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*'''Balnazzar:''' ''The lich, Kel'Thuzad, is far too loyal to betray his master. But you, on the other hand...''<br />'''Sylvanas:''' ''Hate him. I have my own reasons for seeking vengeance. Arthas murdered my people and turned me into this...monstrosity''.
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*'''Sylvanas:''' ''You walked right into this one, Arthas. It's time to even the scales.''
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*'''Arthas:''' ''Finish me, then.''<br />'''Sylvanas:''' ''A quick death...like the one you gave me? No. You're going to suffer as I did. Thanks to my arrow, you can't even run. Give my regards to hell, you son of a bitch.''
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*''(After promising to let the human forces reclaim their land in exchange for joining her against Balnazzar)''<br />'''Varimathras:''' ''Come now, you have no intention of giving them their lands back.''<br />'''Sylvanas:''' ''Of course not. The humans are simply a means to an end.''<br />'''Varimathras:''' ''You sound more like one of us with every passing day, my lady.''<br />'''Sylvanas:''' ''Watch it, dreadlord''.
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*''(After conquering the capital city and the killing of Balnazzar and Garithos, Sylvanas says to Varimathras)''<br />'''Sylvanas:''' ''We will find our own path in this world, dreadlord, and slaughter anyone who stands in our way!''
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===World of Warcraft===
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;Aggro
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*Let none survive! (Also Said in WCIII: Frozen Throne)
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*May my aim be true.(Also Said in WCIII: Frozen Throne)
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;Greetings
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*We are the Forsaken. We will slaughter ''anyone'' who stands in our way.
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*What are we if not slaves to this torment? (Also Said in WCIII: Frozen Throne)
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*What joy is there in this curse? (Also Said in WCIII: Frozen Throne)
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*I have no time for games. (Also Said in WCIII: Frozen Throne)
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''Note: After [[Patch 3.2.0]] Sylvanas has appeared to have gotten a new voice actor, her quotes all remain the same however. She is currently voiced by P.J Mattson, best known for her voice of Catwoman in the game "Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe".''
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[[File:The Dark Lady.jpg|thumb|The Dark Lady during Hallow's End.]]
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;During Hallow's End:
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:{{text|yell|Children of the Night, heed your Queen's call!}}
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:{{text|yell|I join you in celebration of this most revered of nights - the night we Forsaken broke the Scourge's yoke of oppression!}}
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:{{text|yell|It is this night that our enemies fear us the most. It is THIS night that we show our enemies what it means to stand against the Forsaken!}}
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:{{text|yell|We burn the effigy of the Wickerman as a symbol of our struggle against those who would oppose us. We wear the ashes of the burnt Wickerman as a symbol of our neverending fight against those who would enslave us.}}
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:{{text|yell|Now is the time to shake the world to its foundations! NOW is the time to remind those who would enslave us that we shall never yield!}}
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:{{text|yell|NOW is the time of the Forsaken! Power to the Forsaken - NOW AND FOREVER!!!}}
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;During [[Quest:The Battle For The Undercity|The Battle For The Undercity]]:
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*{{text|say|Beg for your miserable life!}}
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*{{text|say|ON YOUR KNEES!}}
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*{{text|say|The Banshee Queen has plans for you!}}
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*{{text|say|The Horde will be victorious!}}
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*{{text|say|The penalty for treason is death!}}
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*{{text|say|You dare befoul my sanctum! Pay with your blood!}}
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*{{text|say|You disgust me.}}
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*{{text|say|You will be reunited with your master soon - in the afterlife.}}
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====Sound Files====
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/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\SylvanasWindrunner\\SylvanasWindrunnerAggro01.wav")
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/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\SylvanasWindrunner\\SylvanasWindrunnerAggro02.wav")
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/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\SylvanasWindrunner\\SylvanasWindrunnerGreeting01.wav")
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/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\SylvanasWindrunner\\SylvanasWindrunnerGreeting02.wav")
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/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\SylvanasWindrunner\\SylvanasWindrunnerGreeting03.wav")
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/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\SylvanasWindrunner\\SylvanasWindrunnerGreeting04.wav")
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===Meeting in Silverpine===
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Where is that ogre-headed buffoon?}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Ah, speak of the devil ...}}
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:''Portals from Orgrimmar arrive with Hellscream, Hellscream's elite, and High Warlord Cromush.''
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:''Hellscream jumps from the portal down to Sylvanas.''
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:{{text|say|Garrosh Hellscream|This better be important, Sylvanas. You know how I detest this place and its foul stench. Why have you called for me?}}
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:{{text|say|Garrosh Hellscream|And more importantly, what are those Scourge fiends doing here?}}
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:''Garrosh makes a gesture at the Val'kyr.''
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Warchief, so glad you could make it.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|With the death of the Lich King, many of the more intelligent Scourge became...unemployed. Those 'fiends,' as you so delicately put it, are called val'kyr. They are under my command now...}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|...and they are part of the reason that I asked to see you.}}
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:{{text|say|Garrosh Hellscream|Get on with it, Sylvanas.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Very well, Warchief. I have solved the plight of the Forsaken!}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|As a race, we Forsaken are unable to procreate.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|With the aid of the val'kyr, we are now able to take the corpses of the fallen and create new Forsaken.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Agatha, show the Warchief!}}
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:''The Val'kyr Agatha proceeds to resurrect fallen corpses as Forsaken.''
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:{{text|say|High Warlord Cromush|ABERRATION!}}
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:{{text|say|Garrosh Hellscream|What you have done here, Sylvanas... it goes against the laws of nature. Disgusting is the only word I have to describe it.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Warchief, without these new Forsaken my people would die out ... Our hold upon Gilneas and northern Lordaeron would crumble.}}
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:{{text|say|Garrosh Hellscream|Have you given any thought to what this means, Sylvanas?}}
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:{{text|say|Garrosh Hellscream|What difference is there between you and the Lich King now?}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Isn't it obvious, Warchief? I serve the Horde.}}
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:''Sylvanas mockingly salutes Garrosh.''
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:{{text|say|Garrosh Hellscream|Watch your clever mouth, bitch.}}
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:{{text|say|Garrosh Hellscream|Cromush, you stay behind and make sure the Banshee Queen is well "guarded." I will be expecting a full report when next we meet.}}
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:{{text|say|High Warlord Cromush|As you command, Warchief!}}
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:{{text|say|Garrosh Hellscream|Remember, Sylvanas, eventually we all have to stand before our maker and face judgment. Your day may come sooner than others...}}
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===Lordaeron===
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|I have not always been the Banshee Queen, <name>.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|And my people have not always been the Forsaken.}}
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:''Sylvanas and the player leave [[Forsaken High Command]] on skeletal horseback. Sylvanas slays any nearby [[Worgen]] fighting the [[Forsaken Trooper|Forsaken Troopers]] with [[Sunstrider's Longbow]].
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Long ago this land comprised the northern kingdoms of Lordaeron, ruled by King Terenas Menethil.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Terenas had a son, named Arthas.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Arthas... even saying his name makes my body quiver in rage.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|This man-child, Arthas, took for himself a cursed blade known as Frostmourne.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Through Frostmourne, Arthas killed his own father and razed this land along with every living creature in it!}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|My own death came at the hands of Arthas when he and his armies sacked my homeland, Quel'Thalas, and murdered my people.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|In his vast cruelty, Arthas severed my spirit from my body and raised me as a banshee to serve in his Scourge army.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|A similar fate befell all that would die to the Scourge war machine.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|In death, they were reborn as mindless undead.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|But Arthas was not invincible! With each passing day his power waned - his grip over the will of the damned loosening.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|It was when Arthas was at his weakest that I struck!}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|And though the hour of his atonement had come, the worm managed to escape his fate, returning to the frozen wastes of Northrend.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|With Arthas gone, so too was the control he held over the undead masses of Lordaeron. After recovering my body, I freed the remaining Scourge that were left behind.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|From the cruelty and mercilessness of Arthas, the man who would be the Lich King, the Forsaken were born.}}
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:''Sylvanas reaches the [[Sepulcher]], and two large rows of Forsaken [[Dreadguard|Dreadguards]] salute the Dark Lady and the player as they pass.
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Our goal... Our sole purpose was to destroy the Lich King. We threw our lot in with the Horde and began our journey towards redemption.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Now the Lich King is dead and we have returned.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|The people who called this land their home in life, do so in death as well.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|But the Alliance does not recognize our rights. They claim this land as their own while attempting to invalidate the claims of the founders of this kingdom.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|I will never allow it... Never!}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Lordaeron belongs to the Forsaken - always and forever.}}
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===The Battle for Andorhal===
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:{{text|yell|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Koltira! Your queen summons you!}}
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:''Koltira walks downstairs from the courtyard of the Forsaken base and kneels before Sylvanas.''
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:{{text|say|Koltira Deathweaver|Your highness, I deliver to you... Andorhal.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Enough of this insolence. Do you think that I'm blind to everything that goes on outside of the Undercity?}}
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:{{text|say|Koltira Deathweaver|I... your majesty, we were victorious!}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|No thanks to you. Andorhal should have been ours days ago, when we defeated the Scourge.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|I know your secret, Koltira. I'm aware of your friendship with the Alliance death knight, Thassarian.}}
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:{{text|say|Koltira Deathweaver|Y... your majesty...}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Arthas clearly failed when he created his death knights. You are still weak.}}
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:''Sylvanas opens a portal to the Undercity.''
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Fortunately, I have agents that can help you... erase this weakness. Beneath the Undercity you go.}}
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:{{text|yell|Koltira Deathweaver|NO!}}
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:''A hooked chain lashes out from the portal, grasping Koltira and completely immobilizing him.''
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|Shh... quiet, death knight. When I'm finished with you, your fear will be gone.}}
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:{{text|say|Lady Sylvanas Windrunner|You can thank me later.}}
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:''Koltira is pulled into the portal...to whatever fate awaits him.''
   
 
==Notes==
  
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*As long as the Lich King survives, it is impossible to destroy Sylvanas' spirit completely. Her "destroyed" spirit restores itself within a few days. The only way to get rid of her for sure is first to destroy the Lich King and then destroy her. Her existence became linked to his during her initial creation as a banshee.<ref name="Manual of Monsters, 188"/>
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*A shaman can learn to capture an elemental spirit within a weapon he wields. A shaman can imbue a weapon with either flames or frost.{{cite|WoWRPG|72}}
  
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*An epic ring, {{loot|epic|Band of the Ranger-General}}, drops from [[Kael'thas Sunstrider]] in the Eye of Tempest Keep. The description of the ring clearly states that it was formerly worn by Sylvanas.
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*Like the shamans of the [[Horde]], hunters call upon the spirits of the land, wind, and fire to aid them in their hunts and tasks.{{cite|WRPG|82}}
  
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*[[Sylvanas' Cunning]] is named after her.
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*With an imperious blow of an tauren totem, one can command the spirits of air and earth to batter his opponents.{{cite|WRPG|115}}
  
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*Sylvanas was originally voiced by [[Piera Coppola]].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1223651/</ref> Her current voice actress is P.J. Mattson.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3196898/</ref>
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*A mighty blow to the ground from a tauren totem frightens the spirits of the earth, causing them to shake the ground in their haste to escape.{{cite|WRPG|112}}
  
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*''Silva'' (or ''silua''; it is pronounced 'sil-wa') is the Latin word for forest, and ''Silvanus'' (''or Siluanus''; 'sil-wa-nus') is a god of uncultivated land in Roman mythology. Both the word and the name are often invoked in regards to elves and elven characters.
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*Ancient tauren shaman learned the secret of channeling nature spirits into creatures to boost their abilities or grant them temporary physical changes.{{cite|HPG|98}}
  
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*Sylvanas' mount appears to be a [[Red Skeletal Warhorse]], as seen in {{quest|The Battle For The Undercity (Horde)|the Battle for the Undercity}}. She is later seen atop a [[Forsaken Warhorse]] in [[Gilneas]] and [[Silverpine]].
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*The tauren have tales of legendary kodo beasts, gifted by the spirits of the sky and bound to the power of the storm. These legendary beasts are known as lightning lizards or thunder lizards.{{cite|HPG|219}}
  
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*Sylvanas has three official wallpapers.<ref>http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper69.html</ref><ref>http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper70.html</ref><ref>http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper131.html</ref>
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*Tauren claim the existence of salamanders is further proof of spirits of the elements on earth, representing the burning fury of fire.{{cite|HPG|219}}
  
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*In Dalaran, a rare fishing drop from the fountain is {{loot|common|Sylvanas Windrunner's Gold Coin}}, which was, as it says, once owned by Sylvanas (likely in life).
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*Sylvanas is featured in DC Unlimited's ''World of Warcraft: Series 6'' action figure set.
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===Sylvanas's form===
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[[File:Sylvanas model comparition.jpg|thumb|right|Sylvanas model comparison]]
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* Though in life Sylvanas was a [[high elf]], her original model in the World of Warcraft was that of a tall female [[night elf]], but this is because that was the closest model available before ''[[The Burning Crusade]]''. During the ''[[Wrath of the Lich King]]'' beta she was given a retextured blood elf model, and by [[patch 3.0.2]] she was given a unique undead high elf model more reminiscent of how she appeared in ''[[Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne|The Frozen Throne]]''. Interestingly, the outfit she wears in [[the Sunwell Trilogy]] is more similar to those of [[Sentinel]] archers than the high elf rangers in the same book.
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:*In ''[[Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos]]'', Sylvanas's living model was simply retextured from [[Shandris Feathermoon]], while her undead model is the standard [[Banshee (Warcraft III)|Banshee]] model. In ''[[Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne]]'', her undead model is shared with the [[Dark Ranger]] hero unit.
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*Though Arthas turned her into an incorporeal [[banshee]] when he killed her, Sylvanas was later able to regain her original (albeit dead) body.<ref name="Manual of Monsters, 186"/><ref>''[[Horde Player's Guide]]'', 41, 150, 206</ref> [[Ghostlands (book)|Ghostlands]] and the [[Manual of Monsters]] both depict her in her original body, with the abilities of both a dark ranger and a banshee.
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* In ''[[Warcraft III]]'', Arthas defeats Sylvanas in the [[Eversong Woods]] and turns her into a banshee on the spot. Both [[Ghostlands]] and the [[Lament of the Highborne]] video would later depict Arthas placing Sylvanas' body on an altar, and performing a ritual that pulls her spirit from her body, while the [[Rise of the Lich King|Arthas]] novel returned to the Warcraft III version of the scene.
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===Lament of the Highborne===
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Sylvanas sings the [[Lament of the Highborne]] in the Burning Crusade.<ref>http://www.blizzplanet.com/content/651</ref>
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===Respawn time===
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Sylvanas, like [[Lor'themar Theron|most]] capital city leaders, has a 2-hour respawn timer after being killed by an Alliance raid.<ref>http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081217012619AAzRZWF</ref>
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==Gallery==
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File:Queen Sylvanas Windrunner.JPG|Sylvanas in the TCG
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File:Sylvanasmanga.JPG|Sylvanas from the cover of [[Ghostlands (book)|Ghostlands]]
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File:Sylvanas Windrunner.jpg|Sylvanas Windrunner concept
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File:Sylvanas Action Figure.jpg|The Sylvanas Windrunner action figure
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===Fanart Gallery===
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File:Sylvanas.jpg|Fanart; "Sylvanas Locked in Thought"
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File:Lament of the Highborne.jpg|Fanart by Jiao Qiao
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File:Sylvanas by Yao Ren.jpg|Fanart by Yao Ren
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File:Dark Lady by Hujianing.jpg|Fanart by Hujianing
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*{{Patch 4.0.3a|note=Updated for level 85.}}
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HordeSylvanas Windrunner
Image of Sylvanas Windrunner
Title The Dark Lady, Queen of the Forsaken, Banshee Queen of the Forsaken
Gender Female
Race(s) Unique undead[1] (formerly Banshee, High elf) (Humanoid)
Level ?? (Boss)
Class Dark ranger (WC3); Fighter, Sorcerer, Elven ranger (WCRPG); Warrior, Mage, Elven Ranger (WoWRPG)
Reaction Alliance Horde
Affiliation(s) Forsaken, Horde, Quel'Thalas
Occupation Queen of the Forsaken, Horde leader in the Eastern Kingdoms, Ranger-General of Silvermoon (formerly)
Location Royal Quarter, Undercity
Status Active
Relative(s) Alleria, Vereesa, Lirath (siblings), Rhonin (brother-in-law), Zendarin (cousin), Arator, Giramar and Galdarin (nephews)
Student(s) Nathanos Blightcaller (champion)
Alignment Lawful evil[2]

Once the Ranger-General of Silvermoon, Sylvanas Windrunner was murdered by the death knight Arthas and brought back as a creature of undeath. After regaining her free will she rebelled against the Lich King and the Scourge and became the founder of the Forsaken faction of undead, who are allied with the Horde. She has styled herself the Dark Lady, Queen of the Forsaken, an expansion of her original title, "the Banshee Queen".

As leader of the Forsaken and the Horde on the Eastern Kingdoms, Sylvanas is a military genius. The middle sister of Alleria and Vereesa Windrunner, she was Ranger-General of the high elf kingdom of Quel'Thalas. She fought valiantly against Arthas when he invaded Quel'Thalas, but during the fall of Silvermoon, Arthas raised her as an undead minion as a form of petty revenge. When the Lich King's hold on his minions weakened, Sylvanas, among other undead, regained her free will, and she led her forces against the dreadlords who had taken hold over Lordaeron, ultimately affirming her sovereignty by killing off two of the nathrezim and bending the third, Varimathras, to her will. She renamed her force of self-aware undead the Forsaken and declared herself their queen.

Under her leadership the Forsaken have managed to not only fend off the Scourge, but also the Scarlet Crusade. She has a certain mastery of leadership, military strategy, and the bow. She is also adept at demon magic — having the ability to drain life, create skeletons, and use mind control.[3] Sylvanas is the best archer on Azeroth[4] — she claimed she could hit a flying bird in the eye. She wields Sunstrider's Longbow — once owned by Dath'Remar Sunstrider, it was passed on to Sylvanas when she became Ranger-General.[5]

Biography

Ranger Sylvanas
In Warcraft III

Ranger-General of Silvermoon

Sylvanas was a member of the prominent Windrunner family of the high elves. Her siblings were Alleria, Vereesa, and at least two other brothers. Her family lived at Windrunner Spire in the tranquil forests of Quel'Thalas. Sylvanas joined the rangers and eventually became their leader, rising to the rank of Ranger-General of Silvermoon, military leader of all high elven forces.

The Second War

During the Second War the high elves initially sent only token support to the Alliance, though Sylvanas' older sister Alleria took her squad of rangers as well. Soon after the forests of Quel'Thalas mysteriously began to burn. Sylvanas and her rangers set out to discover the cause when she came across both her sisters being chased by a band of forest trolls, whom they dispatched quickly. Alleria alerted Sylvanas of the coming orcish Horde, and that it was they who were burning Quel'Thalas with dragon fire. Sylvanas and her rangers moved quickly to meet the Horde and trap them between themselves and the Alliance forces under the command of the paladin Turalyon. The battle took many turns but ultimately the Horde abandoned Quel'Thalas. Sylvanas stayed behind to hunt down any remaining orcs. Shortly after, the Horde was defeated, the Dark Portal destroyed, and the Second War ended.

Invasion of the Undead Scourge

After the high elves withdrew from the Alliance, Sylvanas and her Rangers were the primary guard against any would-be attackers on Silvermoon. Despite the odd forest troll, murloc, or gnoll every now and then, Sylvanas saw little action, and a peaceful tranquillity had descended upon the forests. She remained, however, ever vigilant, knowing that this peace — however refreshing — was tenuous at best.

Her fears were soon realized when Arthas, the betrayer of Lordaeron, arrived unexpectedly on the doorstep of Quel'Thalas with a horde of undead at his back. He began to attack outlying villages and immediately, Sylvanas and her Ranger Corps moved against him. His superior numbers and tireless warriors always kept her in a state of retreat.

Arthas continued relentlessly towards the Elfgate, killing every elf who got in his way. Finally, despite Sylvanas' best efforts, he breached the Outer Elfgate. Sylvanas ordered the corps to immediately fall back to the Inner Gate, which was only passable with the use of the Key of the Three Moons, assembled from the Mooncrystals hidden within the forest. Sylvanas destroyed the bridge leading to the Inner Gate to stay his advances. Despite her valiant efforts, Arthas managed to recover the Key of the Three Moons and destroyed the Inner Elfgate. Nothing stood in his way to Silvermoon.

Sylvanas gathered her forces and went to warn Silvermoon, but Arthas blocked her passage at every turn, and murdered every runner she tried to get through. Sylvanas continued the resistance, but eventually, she was targeted directly. The two battled each other, and Sylvanas was struck a mortal blow.

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    The invasion of Quel'Thalas

  • Sylvanas confronts Arthas

    Sylvanas confronts Arthas

  • Sylvanas battling the invaders

    Sylvanas battling the invaders

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    The shadow of death

The Mindless Banshee

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Banshee Ritual

The official story given by the high elves of Silvermoon had the Ranger-General having perished valiantly in battle against the undead Scourge in the defense of Quel'Thalas, and her body being burned to ashes in the fire that had devastated half the capital.[6]

The true story was quite different. Sylvanas was not killed, but rather captured. Barely clinging to life, Sylvanas Windrunner was brought before Arthas in his dark temple. She protested, saying she deserved a clean death, but Arthas, having had to fight her every step of the way, responded by telling her after what she had put him through the last thing he would give her was the peace of death. She was tortured, mutilated, and finally killed for Arthas' pleasure. He desecrated her spirit, corrupting her body and soul, and brought her back as a whirlwind of torment and hatred. Thus Sylvanas Windrunner became the first of the high elven banshees. Sylvanas, now an undead banshee, was a complete and total slave of the Lich King. In her undeath, she aided Arthas in his assault against her own beloved Silvermoon in order to secure the legendary Sunwell for the Scourge.[7] Her mangled body was sealed in an iron coffin by Arthas, as a way to further torture the ranger.

Sylvanas became one of Arthas' primary generals, and she remained behind in Lordaeron with Kel'Thuzad under the watchful eye of the dreadlords, whom had been left stationed in Lordaeron to protect it in the name of the Legion. When Archimonde was defeated at the Battle of Mount Hyjal, Sylvanas would quickly learn of this news from Kel'Thuzad. As the months passed, the dreadlords were still ignorant of their masters' defeat. Varimathras, Detheroc and Balnazzar, the three prime dreadlords overseeing Lordaeron, were convening under Sylvanas' undead, watchful eyes when Arthas stormed into the stronghold, fresh from his journey to Kalimdor. He informed them of the Legion's failure and his intentions to take control of the Scourge. The dreadlords fled, outraged but unwilling to risk their lives by battling Arthas' army.

Arthas approached his servants, and ordered that Lordaeron be purged of all life as a tribute to Ner'zhul. Kel'Thuzad, however, informed him that human refugees had begun to flee from the outer villages, and that, should they escape into the mountain passes, they would be impossible to track. Arthas stationed himself and his two generals on the three possible escape routes and they each led detachments of undead troops against the fleeing humans while taking great pains to ensure that few, if any, made it past their blockade to safety. Despite the efforts of the paladin Dagren the Orcslayer and his companions, Sylvanas led her banshees into battle against the human refugees, aided in the destruction of all the remaining villages in her area, and slaughtered any human trying to escape. Finally, Sylvanas, Arthas, and Kel'Thuzad arrived at the central headquarters of the paladins and killed them all in a vicious battle, annihilating the last of the civilian presence in Lordaeron.

The Dark Ranger

Dark Ranger Sylvanas
In Warcraft III

Around this point, the weakened Ner'zhul began to lose control of the minds of Sylvanas and a number of banshees. She kept this discovery from Arthas and Kel'Thuzad while continuing to serve. The dreadlords contacted Sylvanas and explained that they knew the cause, and arranged a secret meeting with her. They told her that Ner'zhul's—and by extension Arthas'—powers were beginning to diminish. The nathrezim intended to use this opportunity to seize control of Lordaeron. Sylvanas tentatively agreed to assist, but under the condition that her aid would be provided on her own terms.[8]

The dreadlords planned on killing Arthas within the capital, but Sylvanas created a contingency plan in the case of Arthas' escape. She arranged for her banshees to feign allegiance and escort him to a place in the woods where she would be waiting for him.[9] After Arthas survived the dreadlords' ambush and escaped the capital, Sylvanas' loyal sisters saw him to the arranged place, and then killed his bodyguards.[10]

Sylvanas had at this point succeeded in using her abilities as a banshee to repossess the body that belonged to her in life. Sylvanas was now a corporeal undead creature.[11] Hiding in the shadows, she struck him with an arrow she had crafted — a venomous sting that would paralyze him. Arthas was furious at her betrayal, and demanded that she finish him. But Sylvanas refused to show him the mercy of a quick death and intended to make him suffer — as he had made her suffer in undeath. She was about to begin her grisly work when Kel'Thuzad arrived and intervened, killing her banshees and chasing her off.[10]

Back in her physical body she realized that the natural world would never respond to her wishes again. Angered by this development, she turned to the arts that were becoming more and more natural to her: necromancy. She then altered her elven ranger teachings into a new form. Thus the dark rangers were born.[12]

Queen of the Forsaken

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"Sylvanas" by Metzen

Arthas left for Northrend, having been summoned by the Lich King, and Kel'Thuzad went into hiding.[10] Sylvanas and her sisters were freed, but Sylvanas was still troubled. Though free from Ner'zhul, she and the other free-willed loyalists remained monstrous abominations in appearance.[13]

Her thoughts were interrupted as Varimathras arrived on the scene. The dreadlord invited the banshee to join him and his brothers in their new order. But Sylvanas was not so quick to relinquish what freedom she had just gained. She told him that her assistance was enough, and demanded to be left alone. Varimathras ominously warned that those who were not part of this new land would be cast aside, and that she had best not vex the new rulers of the Plaguelands. Sylvanas was adamant. As Varimathras departed, Sylvanas knew that an attack was imminent. But with only her banshees and some lesser undead to serve for her, Sylvanas was certain that she would soon fall. She needed to acquire an army.[13]

Scouting the outer wilderness, Sylvanas found a plethora of creatures who would serve her well, and with her banshees at her disposal, they would have little choice in the matter. She sent out her banshees to possess Mug'thol the leader of the local ogres, the Bandit Lord Blackthorn, the gnoll ruler Snarlmane, and the Murloc Puddle Lord. Those she did not possess were killed. With so many new allies, Varimathras was quick to fall before her. But after she defeated him, Varimathras begged for his life, saying that he could serve her well. He knew his brothers' tactics, and where their bases were located. Sylvanas knew trusting such an insidious creature was a risk, but felt that she could control him enough for her purposes.[13] With Varimathras' assistance, they moved against Detheroc's forces.[14]

Detheroc had acquired a human puppet, Garithos, and his men, and was using them to protect himself. Sylvanas had his scouts possessed, and then infiltrated his base while their guard was down. As they slept, Sylvanas swept through the twin bases and slaughtered any before her. Though they eventually awoke and raised the alarm, it was too late. Sylvanas disabled the humans and ravaged Detheroc's forces, eventually coming to the dreadlord himself, and killing him swiftly. With the dreadlord dead, Garithos was freed from his mental control. Sylvanas saw him as arrogant and foolish, but felt that she could use him. She lied and promised to relinquish control of the Capital to him if he helped her kill Balnazzar.[14]

Garithos attacked from the rear entrance to the city as Sylvanas and Varimathras came from the front. As they moved into the city, Sylvanas found caches of items left by the Lordaeron royals, and used them to further the assault. Despite the dreadlord's demonic allies, his forces were destroyed, and, as a final test of loyalty, Sylvanas demanded that Varimathras kill Balnazzar. Varimathras froze, saying that it was forbidden for one Nathrezim to kill another. But she required Varimathras to prove his loyalty to her. Varimathras obeyed, and struck down Balnazzar.[15] However, whether by accident or design, Balnazzar survived, later re-emerging as a leader of the Scarlet Crusade. Varimathras was not so reluctant when Sylvanas ordered him to do the same to Garithos.[15]

With all their enemies dead, Sylvanas made a proclamation to Varimathras. They would rule the Plaguelands as the Forsaken, and would stake out their own destiny, where none would get in their way.[15]

Interestingly, reports say Sylvanas moves to and from Northrend; it's unknown if she is scouting for a possible attack on the Lich King, or if she has darker plans. There are rumors that Lady Sylvanas Windrunner is setting up a Forsaken city up there somewhere. In any case, she remains an enigmatic figure — her motivations unknown even to her most trusted advisers.[16]

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Sylvanas in Ghostlands.

The Sunwell

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Sylvanas, the Banshee Queen, and leader of the Forsaken traveled to Quel'Thalas for her own reasons, but soon encountered the traitor Dar'Khan, confronting him in the ruins of Silvermoon. She aided Kalecgos in attempting to stop the traitor from claiming the Sunwell's energies; though she was initially unsuccessful, she distracted Dar'Khan long enough for Anveena to regain her power and vaporize him. Sylvanas agreed to keep Anveena's identity a secret in the interests of preventing Arthas from gaining the Sunwell's power.

In World of Warcraft

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Now, she rules over the Forsaken from Undercity. Her goal is to one day take vengeance upon Arthas, and find lasting freedom for her cursed people. She sends promising warriors to train under her champion, Nathanos Blightcaller.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner' is a level ?? faction leader located in the Royal Quarter in Undercity. She is also the only racial leader who is not (technically) the same race as most of her people (she being a high elf in life, and most forsaken being known to be undead humans).

She starts the following quests:

And finishes the following quests:

Hallow's End

Sylvanas also appears in the Hallow's End celebration, talking about the Forsaken's freedom.

The Burning Crusade

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In death, Sylvanas still considers herself one of the foremost protectors of Quel'Thalas, and repeatedly offers assistance in the form of supplies and troops to the blood elves. This may be due in some part to the fact that the Dark Lady still grieves over her failure to protect Quel'Thalas from the Scourge invasion during the Third War, when she fell in battle. Though the blood elves initially declined most of Sylvanas' offers, fearing a trick, the beleaguered elves eventually allowed Sylvanas to station Forsaken soldiers in their lands, most prominently in the village of Tranquillien. Sylvanas played a large part in convincing Thrall to accept the blood elves into the Horde.

Wrath of the Lich King

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Sylvanas in Orgrimmar, shortly before the Scourge attack.

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Sylvanas Windrunner's appearance has been updated for patch 3.0.2. Her model before patch 3.0.2 was a female night elf. Her model is now almost unique; Alexstrasza's humanoid model is very similar.

One of the new Forsaken camps in Northrend is New Agamand. It is here that the plague the Royal Apothecary Society has been developing to combat the Scourge will be tested, as indicated from this section of the Howling Fjord background on the official site:

On the eastern shore, the Forsaken have arrived, carrying a plague of their own to unleash upon the Lich King. Queen Sylvanas has been methodically and patiently overseeing the formulation of this contagion for several years, and the time has come at last to test its effectiveness against the Scourge.

Sylvanas Battle Undercity

Sylvanas in the Battle For The Undercity.

Battle for the Undercity

Main article: Battle for the Undercity

As the combined Horde and Alliance forces began their assault upon Angrathar the Wrathgate, an uprising broke out within the Undercity. Varimathras and hordes of his demonic brethren overran the city, slaying all those who would not submit to their dark rule. Sylvanas herself nearly died in the coup, but managed to escape with a number of loyalists and fled to Orgrimmar. Determined not to allow the dreadlords a foothold in Horde territory, Thrall and Sylvanas planned an immediate counter-attack. In the midst of their planning however, Jaina Proudmoore arrived with terrible news: in the wake of Bolvar Fordragon's death, Varian Wrynn had ordered an assault on the Undercity to bring Putress to justice and liberate Lordaeron for the Alliance.

Sylvanas returned to the Undercity at the head of a Horde army, determined to retake her city. Along with Thrall and Vol'jin, she led the assault into Undercity itself, a cry for her people upon her lips. In the Throne Room, Sylvanas fought and finally slew Varimathras, retaking her throne. However, how much power remains in her hands is currently unknown, and Thrall has sent Kor'kron elites to the Undercity to watch the Forsaken.

The Frozen Halls

Sylvanas and Uther

Sylvanas meets with the spirit of Uther in the Halls of Reflection

Sylvanas leads Horde forces to the Frozen Halls inside Icecrown Citadel, to confront the Lich King and gain her vengeance against Arthas for destroying Quel'Thalas and damning her to undeath. Upon reaching his private chambers in the Halls of Reflection and standing so close to Frostmourne, Sylvanas felt the pain of her death to this blade renewed. Nonetheless, she attempted to commune with the spirits within the sword, hoping that "salvation lies within". At that point, the spirit of Uther the Lightbringer appeared, warning her that the Lich King was on his way, and of the foolishness of attempting to defeat him there. He reveals that even if Arthas were to be destroyed, there must be someone to take his place as master of the Scourge, lest they wash across the world like locusts, consuming everything in their path. To defeat the Lich King, Uther said, he must be destroyed at the place he was created: The Frozen Throne.

Just then, the Lich King arrives and reclaims his blade, consuming the soul of Uther within it. He summons Falric and Marwyn, his two top lieutenants, to kill the intruders. While her escorts (the players) battle the pair and the ghosts they summon, Sylvanas and Dark Ranger Loralen give chase as the Lich King flees to his inner sanctum. Upon defeating the death knights and their ghostly allies, the party finds Loralen dead in the hallway and the sounds of battle coming from the chamber before them - Sylvanas and the Lich King in single combat. Realizing he was too powerful to confront there, as Uther had warned, Sylvanas and her escorts flee, breaking through the ice walls and packs of undead minions the Lich King summons to slow their progress. As they reach the outside, they realize that it is a dead end, and resolve themselves to dying in battle against the Dark Lord. Just then, the gunship Orgrim's Hammer arrives on scene to rescue them. As they flee the Halls of Reflection, Sylvanas realizes that the Lich King's powers have increased tenfold, and that to defeat him, a mighty army was needed, one greater than even the Horde could muster.

Fall of the Lich King

Sylvanas Raneman

With the death of the Lich King, an adventurer bearing Inv axe 113 [Shadowmourne] finds a Inv ingot 04 [Sealed Chest], containing various items, among them a vial of blood. The adventurer brings the vial to Sylvanas, waiting in Light's Hammer.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: So, it is done.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: I had not dared to trust my senses - too many times has the Lich King made me to be a fool.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Finally, he has been made to pay for the atrocities he imposed upon my people.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: May Azeroth never fail to remember the terrible price we paid for our weakness... for our pride.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: But what now, hero? What of those freed from his grasp, but still shackled to their mortal coils?
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Leave me.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: I have much to ponder.

Cataclysm

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In an interview Chris Metzen revealed that Sylvanas was ordered to move south into Gilneas because the Horde wanted a port in northern Lordaeron. Metzen mentioned Sylvanas was "in the dog house" with the Horde after the Wrathgate events and has to move when the leadership of the Horde orders her to do so.

Sylvanas and friends at the Sepulcher

Sylvanas and her val'kyr

Sylvanas has been resorting to increasingly unscrupulous tactics ever since the Wrathgate. Despite orders from the new Warchief, Garrosh Hellscream, to cease production of the Forsaken Blight that was used by Putress, she continues to use it against her enemies, including in the invasion of Gilneas and against the town of Southshore in Hillsbrad. She has also conscripted the val'kyr, the ascended vrykul women who once served the Lich King, and uses them to raise dead enemies as Forsaken as a solution to the undead not being able to procreate.

As during the Invasion of Gilneas the tide was turning against Sylvanas, she used her dark powers to stun every one in the immediate area and aimed a poisoned arrow at Genn Greymane. His son Liam jumped in front of the bowshot, saving his father from certain doom. As Sylvanas fled the scene, Liam died with the knowledge that the city had been freed from Forsaken control.

Sylvanas personally takes to the battlefield in Silverpine Forest, leading her army against the Alliance counterattack from Gilneas. The Forsaken come under heavy fire from the Gilneas Liberation Front, backed by the Bloodfang pack and the 7th Legion troops. While the Forsaken forces begin to push forward with the help of their allies, old and new (Orcish reinforcements and the Val'kyr, respectively), the latter efficiently bringing in the fallen to bolster their ranks, Sylvanas devises a plan to end the battle in victory- beginning with the resurrection of Lord Godfrey.

After Godfrey captures Lorna Crowley and delivers her to Sylvanas, Sylvanas heads towards the shattered Greymane Wall and gives Darius Crowley a choice: the surrender of the Gilneas Liberation Front or Lorna becomes one of the Forsaken. Darius decides to surrender and Sylvanas allows him to leave with his daughter and his men. Shortly afterwards she is killed by Godfrey, who quickly flees to Shadowfang Keep. High Warlord Cromush orders the val'kyr Agatha, Arthura, and Daschla to fix her. After a moment of thought the three val'kyr sacrifice themselves and give Sylvanas life once more. This convinces Sylvanas beyond a shadow of a doubt that the val'kyr are the future of her people.[17]

The Dark Lady and her forces are eager to conquer the Arathi Highlands, and the fallen (and resurrected) Prince Galen Trollbane, now a member of the Forsaken, along with Dark Ranger Alina are presiding over the possible conflict.

During the Battle for Andorhal, Sylvanas disguises herself as Lindsay Ravensun. She expresses dissatisfaction with how Koltira Deathweaver deals with the Alliance - especially after the Alliance forces assault the Forsaken's side of Andorhal, despite Koltira's apparent truce with the enemy commander, Thassarian. Sylvanas steps in to turn the battle around, unleashing the Val'kyr to secure a safe victory.

After the Alliance is defeated, Sylvanas confronts Koltira about his ill-fated truce with Thassarian, and scolds him for being weak. A portal to the Undercity is opened and Koltira is pulled through by a hooked chain, where Sylvanas will attempt to purge him of his compassion for Thassarian and make him more of a servant of the Horde - more specifically, a servant of Sylvanas and the Forsaken.

Lady Sylvanas later sends Lady Cozwynn to the Twilight Highlands, to serve as the Horde liason to the new Dragonmaw Chieftan, Warlord Zaela, in order to improve her relations with the Warchief and "mend broken fences".

Tactics

Sylvanas Wei

Sylvanas Windrunner by Wei Wang

Battle with the Dark Lady can prove disastrous if certain steps are not taken to ensure the raid's survivability. Sylvanas now pulls with her Battlemasters regardless of which side of her platform is taken, and she engages with a Forsaken Bat along with a scaled Bragor Bloodfist and Aleric Hawkins. Though Hawkins is easily disposed of, her other allies in the Royal Quarter are formidable and hit hard. The best tactic is to use two tanks, one to hold the Battlemasters and guard spawns, and one to keep on Sylvanas and her skeleton minions.

Sylvanas uses a variety of abilities- her multi-shot, regardless of range, is capable of hitting up to ten targets at once for a moderately powerful 15-17k. She can use a DOT curse (a special version of Spell shadow painspike [Black Arrow]), to inflict 20k shadow damage every three seconds on a target. The potency of her summon skeleton ability has been increased, and now brings forth five level 85 skeletons each with 84,000 HP. She has also retained her Ability vanish [Vanish] ability, though even one application of Spell nature faeriefire [Faerie Fire] is enough to disallow her its use. The moment she is pulled, every other NPC in the room including her elite Royal Dreadguards will come to her aid.

Due to the large amount of enemies, speed is a key factor in downing the Dark Lady. If allowed to vanish and not picked up immediately after, there is an infrequent glitch where she will reset to 100% HP, wasting valuable time. Focusing on her over her allies, while a second tank holds them, is the best strategy to employ.

Sylvanas was often considered the most powerful faction leader, having battled alongside Varimathras until Wrath of the Lich King. More recently, this position has been disputed by the encounter with Garrosh Hellscream.

Quotes

The Frozen Throne

  • Balnazzar: The lich, Kel'Thuzad, is far too loyal to betray his master. But you, on the other hand...
    Sylvanas: Hate him. I have my own reasons for seeking vengeance. Arthas murdered my people and turned me into this...monstrosity.
  • Sylvanas: You walked right into this one, Arthas. It's time to even the scales.
  • Arthas: Finish me, then.
    Sylvanas: A quick death...like the one you gave me? No. You're going to suffer as I did. Thanks to my arrow, you can't even run. Give my regards to hell, you son of a bitch.
  • (After promising to let the human forces reclaim their land in exchange for joining her against Balnazzar)
    Varimathras: Come now, you have no intention of giving them their lands back.
    Sylvanas: Of course not. The humans are simply a means to an end.
    Varimathras: You sound more like one of us with every passing day, my lady.
    Sylvanas: Watch it, dreadlord.
  • (After conquering the capital city and the killing of Balnazzar and Garithos, Sylvanas says to Varimathras)
    Sylvanas: We will find our own path in this world, dreadlord, and slaughter anyone who stands in our way!

World of Warcraft

Aggro
  • Let none survive! (Also Said in WCIII: Frozen Throne)
  • May my aim be true.(Also Said in WCIII: Frozen Throne)
Greetings
  • We are the Forsaken. We will slaughter anyone who stands in our way.
  • What are we if not slaves to this torment? (Also Said in WCIII: Frozen Throne)
  • What joy is there in this curse? (Also Said in WCIII: Frozen Throne)
  • I have no time for games. (Also Said in WCIII: Frozen Throne)

Note: After Patch 3.2.0 Sylvanas has appeared to have gotten a new voice actor, her quotes all remain the same however. She is currently voiced by P.J Mattson, best known for her voice of Catwoman in the game "Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe".

The Dark Lady

The Dark Lady during Hallow's End.

During Hallow's End
Children of the Night, heed your Queen's call!
I join you in celebration of this most revered of nights - the night we Forsaken broke the Scourge's yoke of oppression!
It is this night that our enemies fear us the most. It is THIS night that we show our enemies what it means to stand against the Forsaken!
We burn the effigy of the Wickerman as a symbol of our struggle against those who would oppose us. We wear the ashes of the burnt Wickerman as a symbol of our neverending fight against those who would enslave us.
Now is the time to shake the world to its foundations! NOW is the time to remind those who would enslave us that we shall never yield!
NOW is the time of the Forsaken! Power to the Forsaken - NOW AND FOREVER!!!
During The Battle For The Undercity
  • Beg for your miserable life!
  • ON YOUR KNEES!
  • The Banshee Queen has plans for you!
  • The Horde will be victorious!
  • The penalty for treason is death!
  • You dare befoul my sanctum! Pay with your blood!
  • You disgust me.
  • You will be reunited with your master soon - in the afterlife.

Sound Files

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Meeting in Silverpine

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Where is that ogre-headed buffoon?
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Ah, speak of the devil ...
Portals from Orgrimmar arrive with Hellscream, Hellscream's elite, and High Warlord Cromush.
Hellscream jumps from the portal down to Sylvanas.
Garrosh Hellscream says: This better be important, Sylvanas. You know how I detest this place and its foul stench. Why have you called for me?
Garrosh Hellscream says: And more importantly, what are those Scourge fiends doing here?
Garrosh makes a gesture at the Val'kyr.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Warchief, so glad you could make it.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: With the death of the Lich King, many of the more intelligent Scourge became...unemployed. Those 'fiends,' as you so delicately put it, are called val'kyr. They are under my command now...
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: ...and they are part of the reason that I asked to see you.
Garrosh Hellscream says: Get on with it, Sylvanas.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Very well, Warchief. I have solved the plight of the Forsaken!
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: As a race, we Forsaken are unable to procreate.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: With the aid of the val'kyr, we are now able to take the corpses of the fallen and create new Forsaken.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Agatha, show the Warchief!
The Val'kyr Agatha proceeds to resurrect fallen corpses as Forsaken.
High Warlord Cromush says: ABERRATION!
Garrosh Hellscream says: What you have done here, Sylvanas... it goes against the laws of nature. Disgusting is the only word I have to describe it.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Warchief, without these new Forsaken my people would die out ... Our hold upon Gilneas and northern Lordaeron would crumble.
Garrosh Hellscream says: Have you given any thought to what this means, Sylvanas?
Garrosh Hellscream says: What difference is there between you and the Lich King now?
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Isn't it obvious, Warchief? I serve the Horde.
Sylvanas mockingly salutes Garrosh.
Garrosh Hellscream says: Watch your clever mouth, bitch.
Garrosh Hellscream says: Cromush, you stay behind and make sure the Banshee Queen is well "guarded." I will be expecting a full report when next we meet.
High Warlord Cromush says: As you command, Warchief!
Garrosh Hellscream says: Remember, Sylvanas, eventually we all have to stand before our maker and face judgment. Your day may come sooner than others...

Lordaeron

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: I have not always been the Banshee Queen, <name>.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: And my people have not always been the Forsaken.
Sylvanas and the player leave Forsaken High Command on skeletal horseback. Sylvanas slays any nearby Worgen fighting the Forsaken Troopers with Sunstrider's Longbow.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Long ago this land comprised the northern kingdoms of Lordaeron, ruled by King Terenas Menethil.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Terenas had a son, named Arthas.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Arthas... even saying his name makes my body quiver in rage.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: This man-child, Arthas, took for himself a cursed blade known as Frostmourne.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Through Frostmourne, Arthas killed his own father and razed this land along with every living creature in it!
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: My own death came at the hands of Arthas when he and his armies sacked my homeland, Quel'Thalas, and murdered my people.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: In his vast cruelty, Arthas severed my spirit from my body and raised me as a banshee to serve in his Scourge army.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: A similar fate befell all that would die to the Scourge war machine.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: In death, they were reborn as mindless undead.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: But Arthas was not invincible! With each passing day his power waned - his grip over the will of the damned loosening.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: It was when Arthas was at his weakest that I struck!
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: And though the hour of his atonement had come, the worm managed to escape his fate, returning to the frozen wastes of Northrend.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: With Arthas gone, so too was the control he held over the undead masses of Lordaeron. After recovering my body, I freed the remaining Scourge that were left behind.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: From the cruelty and mercilessness of Arthas, the man who would be the Lich King, the Forsaken were born.
Sylvanas reaches the Sepulcher, and two large rows of Forsaken Dreadguards salute the Dark Lady and the player as they pass.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Our goal... Our sole purpose was to destroy the Lich King. We threw our lot in with the Horde and began our journey towards redemption.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Now the Lich King is dead and we have returned.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: The people who called this land their home in life, do so in death as well.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: But the Alliance does not recognize our rights. They claim this land as their own while attempting to invalidate the claims of the founders of this kingdom.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: I will never allow it... Never!
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Lordaeron belongs to the Forsaken - always and forever.

The Battle for Andorhal

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner yells: Koltira! Your queen summons you!
Koltira walks downstairs from the courtyard of the Forsaken base and kneels before Sylvanas.
Koltira Deathweaver says: Your highness, I deliver to you... Andorhal.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Enough of this insolence. Do you think that I'm blind to everything that goes on outside of the Undercity?
Koltira Deathweaver says: I... your majesty, we were victorious!
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: No thanks to you. Andorhal should have been ours days ago, when we defeated the Scourge.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: I know your secret, Koltira. I'm aware of your friendship with the Alliance death knight, Thassarian.
Koltira Deathweaver says: Y... your majesty...
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Arthas clearly failed when he created his death knights. You are still weak.
Sylvanas opens a portal to the Undercity.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Fortunately, I have agents that can help you... erase this weakness. Beneath the Undercity you go.
Koltira Deathweaver yells: NO!
A hooked chain lashes out from the portal, grasping Koltira and completely immobilizing him.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: Shh... quiet, death knight. When I'm finished with you, your fear will be gone.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner says: You can thank me later.
Koltira is pulled into the portal...to whatever fate awaits him.

Notes

  • As long as the Lich King survives, it is impossible to destroy Sylvanas' spirit completely. Her "destroyed" spirit restores itself within a few days. The only way to get rid of her for sure is first to destroy the Lich King and then destroy her. Her existence became linked to his during her initial creation as a banshee.[18]
  • An epic ring, [Band of the Ranger-General], drops from Kael'thas Sunstrider in the Eye of Tempest Keep. The description of the ring clearly states that it was formerly worn by Sylvanas.
  • Inv misc cape 18 [Sylvanas' Cunning] is named after her.
  • Sylvanas was originally voiced by Piera Coppola.[19] Her current voice actress is P.J. Mattson.[20]
  • Silva (or silua; it is pronounced 'sil-wa') is the Latin word for forest, and Silvanus (or Siluanus; 'sil-wa-nus') is a god of uncultivated land in Roman mythology. Both the word and the name are often invoked in regards to elves and elven characters.
  • Sylvanas' mount appears to be a Ability mount undeadhorse [Red Skeletal Warhorse], as seen in the Battle for the Undercity. She is later seen atop a Ability mount undeadhorse [Forsaken Warhorse] in Gilneas and Silverpine.
  • Sylvanas has three official wallpapers.[21][22][23]
  • In Dalaran, a rare fishing drop from the fountain is [Sylvanas Windrunner's Gold Coin], which was, as it says, once owned by Sylvanas (likely in life).
  • Sylvanas is featured in DC Unlimited's World of Warcraft: Series 6 action figure set.

Sylvanas's form

File:Sylvanas model comparition.jpg

Sylvanas model comparison

  • Though Arthas turned her into an incorporeal banshee when he killed her, Sylvanas was later able to regain her original (albeit dead) body.[2][24] Ghostlands and the Manual of Monsters both depict her in her original body, with the abilities of both a dark ranger and a banshee.
  • In Warcraft III, Arthas defeats Sylvanas in the Eversong Woods and turns her into a banshee on the spot. Both Ghostlands and the Lament of the Highborne video would later depict Arthas placing Sylvanas' body on an altar, and performing a ritual that pulls her spirit from her body, while the Arthas novel returned to the Warcraft III version of the scene.

Lament of the Highborne

Bansheeritual2

From Lament of the Highborne

Main article: Lament of the Highborne

Sylvanas sings the Lament of the Highborne in the Burning Crusade.[25]

Respawn time

Sylvanas, like most capital city leaders, has a 2-hour respawn timer after being killed by an Alliance raid.[26]

Gallery

  • Sylvanas in the TCG

    Sylvanas in the TCG

  • Sylvanas from the cover of Ghostlands

    Sylvanas from the cover of Ghostlands

  • Sylvanas Windrunner concept

    Sylvanas Windrunner concept

  • The Sylvanas Windrunner action figure

    The Sylvanas Windrunner action figure

Fanart Gallery

  • Fanart; "Sylvanas Locked in Thought"

    Fanart; "Sylvanas Locked in Thought"

  • Fanart by Jiao Qiao

    Fanart by Jiao Qiao

  • Fanart by Yao Ren

    Fanart by Yao Ren

  • Fanart by Hujianing

    Fanart by Hujianing

Patch changes

  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Updated for level 85.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14):
    • Updated with a new model.
    • Updated for level 80.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Updated for level 70.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.7.0 (2005-09-13): Racial "Leaders" have been strengthened, and are now worth slightly less honor.

References

 
  1. ^ Major Characters in Icecrown Citadel. Retrieved on 2009-10-10.
  2. ^ a b Manual of Monsters, 186
  3. ^ http://classic.battle.net/war3/neutral/darkranger.shtml
  4. ^ Manual of Monsters, 189
  5. ^ Manual of Monsters, 175
  6. ^ The Well of Eternity, pg. 16-17
  7. ^ The Well of Eternity, pg. 17
  8. ^ "Legacy of the Damned: A Kingdom Divided", Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Blizzard Entertainment.
  9. ^ "Legacy of the Damned: The Flight from Lordaeron", Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Blizzard Entertainment.
  10. ^ a b c "Legacy of the Damned: Sylvanas' Farewell", Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Blizzard Entertainment.
  11. ^ Horde Player's Guide, 150
  12. ^ Horde Player's Guide, 41
  13. ^ a b c "Legacy of the Damned: The Dark Lady", Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Blizzard Entertainment.
  14. ^ a b "Legacy of the Damned: Dreadlord's Fall", Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Blizzard Entertainment.
  15. ^ a b c "Legacy of the Damned: A New Power in Lordaeron", Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Blizzard Entertainment.
  16. ^ Horde Player's Guide, 180, 182
  17. ^ Cities in Dust
  18. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Manual of Monsters, 188
  19. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1223651/
  20. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3196898/
  21. ^ http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper69.html
  22. ^ http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper70.html
  23. ^ http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/wallpapers/wallpaper131.html
  24. ^ Horde Player's Guide, 41, 150, 206
  25. ^ http://www.blizzplanet.com/content/651
  26. ^ http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081217012619AAzRZWF

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