Category:Blood Knight Order

With the help of Rommath and Magister Astalor Bloodsworn, Liadrin forged a link with M'uru. And through the captured naaru, she was able to channel the Light. There was no joy in it, no warmth, no love -- but there was power that could be wielded and used. This is where the blood knights began. The paladins of the elven race weren't born of some altruistic notion of compassion and benevolence. They were blades tempered by unspeakable loss and sorrow, born of vengeance and blood. And in this process, they were no longer servants of the Light -- they were its masters, cold, analytical, and breathtakingly efficient.

But the practice was not without its cost. M'uru's voice was described by some as the sound of shattering glass, riddling some knights with headaches, others with madness. Some elves were suffused with pain throughout the process, others dealt with raw emotion suddenly being reawakened. And the new order, while effective in battle, was not met with immediate acceptance or accolades by the rest of the blood elves. Many viewed the blood knights with suspicion and even outright derision, wary of the practices used to wield the Light.

In an almost odd twist of circumstance, Liadrin and her fellow blood knights, and how they were viewed by the rest of blood elf society, were a mirror of the way that blood elves were viewed by their new Horde allies. The blood knights had to prove themselves to their kin, prove that they held merit and strength, just as the blood elves themselves had to prove themselves to the Horde. And in the end, it was Liadrin and the blood knights that showed the Horde that their race had power and strength enough to be a viable contribution to the Horde as allies, even if they weren't anywhere near as readily accepted by their own kin.