
It was decided that from this crystal a weapon would be forged that would smite the undead with such power that only a cloud of ash would remain in its wake - The Ashbringer.Īfter Saidan Dathrohan informed them of the Culling of Stratholme and Prince Arthas' suspension of the Silver Hand, Mograine and Fairbanks traveled to Ironforge to ask King Magni Bronzebeard to forge the mighty blade. Unexpectedly, the crystal absorbed the spell and became its antithesis, the very crystal of pure light that Mograine suggested moments before, and even restored life to his mangled hand.

Mograine's peers, appalled at the sight of this dark crystal, attempted to destroy it with a holy spell. He revealed it to several other members of the Silver Hand, suggesting that they search for the orb's polar opposite - a manifestation of the Holy Light itself - to be used against the impending undead holocaust. Mograine kept the orb a secret until the Scourge reached Lordaeron. Though describing the orb as the "living embodiment of shadow," he was still curious as to what power it might hold and kept it in an iron chest. After the warlock's death, Mograine went to claim it for the Alliance, but his hand was badly mangled as soon as he touched it. Years later, during the siege of Blackrock Spire in the Second War, Highlord Mograine of the Silver Hand witnessed an orcish warlock channeling magic through a dark orb. However, the joy his father felt quickly turned to grief as his wife died due to complications from the birth. On the day of Darion's birth, Alexandros rushed in a hurry the stillborn baby to a nearby stream, as he wasn't breathing, and from the freezing water Darion Mograine entered the world. Īt some point, he met and married his wife Elena, with whom they had two children: Renault and Darion. In his youth, Alexandros Mograine spent months training and praying in the Monastery of Tirisfal Glades. In Shadowlands, he appears as a quest giver in the Maldraxxus storyline and the Necrolords Campaign. He was originally encountered in Naxxramas as the leader of the Four Horsemen, but was replaced by Baron Rivendare in Wrath of the Lich King. His soul was ultimately freed by the sacrifice of his younger son Darion, and he now resides in the afterlife Maldraxxus as a baron of the House of the Chosen. He was murdered by his older son Renault with the sword and raised as a death knight by Kel'Thuzad. Īlexandros Mograine, also known as the Ashbringer, was one of the Highlords of the Knights of the Silver Hand and the original wielder of the Ashbringer.

Alexandros to Fairbanks, after using the blade for the first time against the Scourge. It is purely, truly an instrument of destruction a beautifully lethal creation that leaves nothing but charred bone in its wake. it feels as much a part of me as the blood that runs through my veins.
