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One of the founding members of the Order of the Silver Hand and so first paladins, Turalyon was Lothar's protégé, and served as his second-in-command through the Second War. While fighting the orcs, Turalyon nonetheless struggled to reconcile them with his religious beliefs; how could [[The Force|the Light]] be all-embracing and all people [[Rousseau Was Right|essentially good]] while the evil of the orcish Horde existed? By the end of the Second War he finally resolved these doubts, and in turn led the Alliance Expedition into Draenor, the orc homeworld. There Turalyon helped to save Azeroth from destruction again, though he was thought lost when Draenor was destroyed. He was discovered to have survived in ''The Burning Crusade''; while not present in the game, his son, a half-elf paladin, was discovered alive in the remnants of Draenor.
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* [[Badass]]: The Alliance player base considers him this.
* [[Badass Army]]: He ends up being the leader of one.
* [[Badass Preacher]]: Was a priest before being a paladin, in fact he prefers to be a priest because he doesn't have to deal with the horrors of war which leads to:
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* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: He runs an orphanage after the war.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: With Alleria Windrunner.
* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: Young, heroic and selfless to a fault.
* [[Never Found the Body]]: After Draenor's destruction.
* [[Number Two]]: To Lothar.
* [[The Paladin]]: Among the first on Azeroth, though he carried a lot more doubt in his faith than his fellow paladins at the time.
* [[Pillar of Light]]: When he uses his holy powers. In the battle with Doomhammer, he was glowing so brightly that the surrounding orcs couldn't bear to look at him. Normally the light is blinding to his enemies but is inspiring and gentle to his allies.
* [[Player Character]]: Turalyon is the player in the Alliance campaign of ''Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness''.
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* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: Her biggest fear. Like Queen Azshara before her, Tyrande is a respected, beloved leader with incredible gifts. Queen Azshara eventually grew proud, caused the invasion of the Burning Legion, and became Queen of the Naga. You might be a tad worried about turning into her, too.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]
* [[Lady of War]]: Graceful in combat, with her magic and bow.
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: She and Malfurion is one of the better examples in the lore.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: At first when she led the Night Elf sentinels to fight the allied Horde and Alliance troops that are otherwise fighting the Scourge and the Burning Legion. She slowly turned away from this after Malfurion was awakened.
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* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Not only the Grand Master of the Paladin Order, but also the most powerful.
* [[Badass Beard]]: In Warcraft III.
* [[Badass Cape]]: Wears a long cape split in two over his pauldrons.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: ''*sigh*'' "I'm getting too old for this."
* [[Dead Person Conversation]]: In ''Wrath of the Lich King'', the player character, along with Jaina or Sylvanas, has one of these with the spirit of Uther in the Halls of Reflection. It's Uther who first gives the warning that there must always be a Lich King, lest the Scourge will run rampant and out of control.
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* [[The Messiah]]
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Combat-wise is slow like every paladin, but can endure a lot of pain.
* [[Old Soldier]]: Served from the Second War onwards, living until old age in the Third War.
* [[Perma-Stubble]]: Young Uther in Warcraft II.
* [[The Paladin]]: First of them, in fact.
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* [[Animal Stereotypes]]: Often compared to a wolf for his [[Big Badass Wolf|ferocity]] and [[Papa Wolf|protectiveness]], and the orcs and tauren nicknamed him Lo'gosh, after a revered wolf ancient.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type III. He's fighting to protect his people, and has sought peace numerous times, but does not hesitate to go Lo'gosh on somebody's ass when appropriate.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: The King of Stormwind and one of the greatest human warriors.
* [[Badass Normal]]: He's just a normal human warrior, yet manages to go toe-to-toe with orcs and ogres on his own, and even slays Onyxia by himself.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Do not harm or threaten Anduin's life in any way, or his reaction will be very unpleasant. On a more minor note, {{spoiler|the petrified Magni Bronzebeard}} is also a sore spot for him.
* [[Blood Knight]]: Lo'gosh, at least, would be perfecly happy as a gladiator for life if he didn't have responsibilities as a king and father.
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'''Varian''': "Bravery"? The definition must be different in Gilneas from what it is in most other lands... the very opposite, I'd say. }}
** He's particularly prone to snarking as and under the influence of Lo'Gosh.
* [[Determinator]]: Varian's nigh impossible to keep down and will use every ounce of his strength to win even if he dies.
* [[Double Standard Rape (Sci Fi)]]: It's all but made explicit that Katrana Prestor/Onyxia was having sex with Varian while she was controlling his mind. Never explored in canon, probably thankfully.
* Expy: To Ragnar Blackmane from the Warhammer40000 universe. Both are hot headed, "young kings", have wolf motiffs, sports a ponytail... here is a photo for comparison: [http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/File:Ragnar_Blackmane_-_On_The_Hunt2.jpg\]{{Dead link}}
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* [[Jerkass]]/JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sort of more one or the other depending on which personality is dominant at the moment. Jaina specifically notes in ''The Shattering'' that the Lo'Gosh half of Varian will do anything to gain ground, including fighting dirty. However, he does often force back his own harsh desires for the greater good, and is a very [[Papa Wolf|loving father]] to Anduin.
* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: When Onyxia split him into two people, his more fierce self escaped, but washed up on the shores of Durotar with no memory of whom he was.
* [[Manly Tears]]: When the [[Player Character]] brought to him Bolvar's shield, he did shed a [[Single Tear]].
* [[Never Speak Ill of the Dead]]: Gets angry when Anduin says that {{spoiler|Magni was not the best parent}}.
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* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Twice because Anduin was kidnapped (the second time ended when Anduin himself stopped him) and another when he heard of Bolvar's death in the hands of Putress.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Shonen Hair]]: That fox-tail is unusually spiky.
* [[Split Personality]]: Exaggerated. [[Evil Chancellor|Onyxia]] couldn't charm him due to his strong will, so she split him into two people: one calm and submissive and one hotheaded and dominant, and she attempts to kill the second half. Eventually, [[Split Personality Merge|they are reunited and subsequently merged.]] In ''The Shattering'', it is implied that they are becoming seperated again and that [[Gollum Made Me Do It|Lo'gosh has more control than Varian would like.]]
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Lo'Gosh gives Jaina one in ''The Shattering'', calling her "weak" for continuing to vouch for peace despite everything the Horde's done.
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* [[Good Shepherd]]: In a way. He chose exile and "betray" someone he loved as a brother rather than see all of his race changed into demons. Also in his backstory he heals people once he understands he needs to live more in the now than in the past or the future.
* [[The Messiah]]: For the Draenei.
* [[Prophecies Are Always Right]]: Averted in ''Warlords of Drainer'': Velen can see the most likely way things will go, according to what he says, and depending on the outcome, he can take steps to either bring it to pass or avoid it.
* [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]]: A ''[[Our Angels Are Different|godlike being]]'' went ''willingly'' into torturous enslavement because Velen knew it would happen.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: With Lady Liadrin during the Sunwell event and Illidan Stormrage in ''Legion''.
* [[White Magic]]
* [[Wizard Beard]]: Has a long, flowing white beard.
* [[You Can't Go Home Again]]: Because there are a bunch of demons there that want to kill you horribly. And it's not fully clear that his people even ''have'' a home to go back to (considering the damage the Orc warlocks did to Draenor, one can only imagine what became of Argus).
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A very ambitious and influential noble from Gilneas, Lord Vincent Godfrey controlled the northlands of the kingdom behind the Greymane Wall. It was due to his political scheming that Gilneas ever offered any support, if only token, to the Alliance during the Second War and that the Greymane Wall cut off Darius Crowley from his lands, in a deliberate play for power. While the king saw through this, he nonetheless agreed with his proposal. Godfrey has a fierce hatred for the Worgen and fiercely defends Gilneas from them. Unfortunately, when Genn Greymane himself turned out to be one of the worgen, he tries to trade him to the Forsaken in exchange for Gilneas. The Worgen player foils this and he commits suicide by jumping off a cliff. The Forsaken later raise him as one of their own, and he proves instruemental in defeating the Gilneas Liberation Front as well as the 7th Legion. Unfortunately for the Forsaken, he held no actual loyalty to them and so {{spoiler|shot Sylvanas in the back}}, before being forced to flee to Shadowfang Keep with his companions.
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* [[Ambition Is Evil]]: Very open with his ambitions to increase his power, which doesn't earn him many friends.
* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]
* [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]]: Commits suicide after his allies are defeated.
* [[Came Back Wrong]]: Being brought back as a Forsaken did not make him any better.
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: First he betrays Gilneas by capturing Genn Greymane, promising to hand him over if the Forsaken let Gilneas alone, a deal very unlikely to go through. After he is foiled, he commits suicide, before being raised as a Forsaken, betraying Gilneas for real. After essentially winning the battle for Silverpine Forest for the Forsaken, he {{spoiler|'''kills''' Sylvanas, though only [[Back from the Dead|temporarily]]}}, before running off with his companions and taking over Shadowfang Keep.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: But it didn't last.
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* [[Jerkass]]: Mostly towards the player and Crowley, both of which he doesn't like. The player for becoming a worgen, and Crowley for being a rebel and political rival before that.
* [[Necromancer]]: Somehow learns necromancy after becoming undead.
* [[Nice Hat]]: He first starts out wearing a very fancy top hat, but after being raised into undeath, he switches it out for a wizard's pointed hat.
* [[Royal Rapier]]: His main weapon before his death and resurrection as one of the Forsaken.
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: The glasses he wear obscures his eyes to others.
* [[Smug Snake]]: Arrogant and condescending, completely certain he will have things his way. Once they don't, he reacts very badly. Like jumping off a cliff.
* [[The Strategist]]: Seems likely to be one.
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