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Knights of the Silver Hand

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Founded during the Second War, the Silver Hand united martial training with devotion to the Holy Light. Uther and his fellow paladins defended Lordaeron, but Arthas’s betrayal fractured their order and legacy.

Knights of the Silver Hand

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Before the Second War

The First Paladins

The First War had shown the danger faced by the servants of the Light on a battlefield. Alonsus Faol helped answer that loss by forming an order whose members could wield weapons as well as holy power. The Silver Hand made protection a fighting vocation.

Its first paladins were Uther, Turalyon, Tirion Fordring, Saidan Dathrohan and Gavinrad. Their induction at Alonsus Chapel in Stratholme established the generation from which the order’s later traditions would grow.

The same fellowship would be tested by more than battles against the Horde. Its members would eventually face the question of whom their duty required them to protect, and what remained of that duty when their kingdom fell.

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c. 15 ADP · induction

A Paladin and a Prince

At nineteen, Arthas entered the Silver Hand. Uther served as his paladin mentor, adding another duty to the prince’s future kingship. His relationship with Jaina also deepened in these years. These personal ties would be tested by the choices he made in his kingdom’s defense.

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