Tirion Fordring, a paladin of the Knights of the Silver Hand, has spent his life fighting orcs. On his lands in northern Lordaeron he comes across an old orc warrior, Eitrigg, living in hiding, and an unexpected act of honor from the orc forces Tirion to choose between the law he serves and what he thinks is right.
What this adds if you've played the games
A novella you can read in an evening, and the first Warcraft story published as a book. It gives you Tirion's past, his son Taelan and Eitrigg, all three of whom turn up in the original game's Eastern Plaguelands quests, and Eitrigg stands beside Thrall in Orgrimmar for years after. Tirion leads the Argent Crusade in Wrath, so it keeps paying off. Metzen's writing is rough in places.
Where it fits
- Read beforeWorld of Warcraft
Tirion and Eitrigg's story continues in the original game's Eastern Plaguelands quests, set years later. Read the novella first and those quests land harder.
Editions
Pocket Books paperback
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