The First Battle for Light’s Hope

Darion returned to the defenders of Light’s Hope Chapel with the corrupted sword. The Scourge sought more than a military victory: the remains of Lordaeron’s fallen champions rested beneath the chapel, beyond its grasp. The defenders could not hold indefinitely against the approaching army.

Remembering Tirion’s counsel, Darion drove the blade into his own heart. His sacrifice freed his father’s soul and awakened a devastating response from the champions buried beneath the chapel. The defenders survived, but Kel’Thuzad recovered Darion and the still-corrupted weapon. Darion was raised as a death knight.

The Trust Betrayed

The phylactery recovered from Naxxramas was delivered to Father Inigo Montoy at Light’s Hope Chapel. The place represented resistance to the undead. Entrusting the vessel to a priest there seemed to place the unfinished task in friendly hands.

Montoy instead returned it to the Lich King. Kel’Thuzad could regain his form because the means of preserving him had survived the very expedition meant to stop him. The betrayal turned the recovery of a dangerous object into the condition for another campaign.

Montoy’s betrayal left Kel’Thuzad’s phylactery beyond the victors’ control.