Anterias the Lightwielder

=Personality= Anterias has come off as abrasive and rude at times, almost senile at others. A life of war has made him bitter and resentful, however he still maintains a strong faith in the Light and the ways of the Paladin. He has little trust for Draenei and Death Knights, believing Draenei to be the same as Eredar and Death Knights but spies of the Lich King. However, as he is heavily involved with the Argent Crusade, he still works with them, albeit grudgingly. He is stalwart Paladin of the Alliance nonetheless, and carries a seething hatred for the Scourge. In recent times he has seen the benefits of working with the Horde, but still distrusts them, feeling they are still the same beasts they were during the wars.

=History=



Prior to the First War, Anterias was was but a simple farm boy. His father, Sir Resiment the Steadfast, a fierce warrior under the tutelage of Lord Anduin Lothar, was heavily involved with the Stormwind military and was away much of the time on political and military affairs. As reports of orcish attacks hit close to home, his father was appointed to an outpost near the Black Morass to monitor activity. Having very little else to do, Anterias spent much of his time studying with fellow people his age, eventually working as a scribe at the Abbey.

However, as the First War hit and the Abbey was overloaded with wounded soldiers, Anterias quickly began to tend after the wounded and began to be able to heal the warriors and mages that came to him. It was here that he first felt the presence of the Light, and here that he quickly became and adept priest and adept at calling upon the Light. However, as the war raged on the Abbey had to be abandoned, and he was brought to Stormwind for refuge. It was here he finally met with his father again, who was gravely wounded. Anterias however nursed him back to health. In the days where Resiment was posted to Stormwind, he trained his son briefly the way of the sword.

As the green wave of destruction surged through Stormwind, Anterias saw firsthand the bloodlust and rage of the Orcs. He watched in horror as his child hood friends were slain brutally and mercilessly at the hands of the barbarians, and witnessed the defiling of the Northshire Abbey. In a desparate act, he and his father fled to Lordaeron with the remaining survivors lead by Lothar. On that perilous trek, Anterias swore revenge that one day he would avenge the fallen.



Upon his landing in Lordaeron, he and the other refugees were greeted by King Terenas and his infant son, Arthas. As Lothar and Terenas, along with the other leaders of the Alliance, debated on what actions should be taken about the Horde, Anterias quickly began to practice more of his fighting technique, rather than attempting to bestow upon the others the blessings of the Light that the surviving Priests were so keen to do. However, when Alonsus Faol and Lothar had decided to form the first vestiges of The Knights of the Silver Hand, Anterias was quick to join. Being hand-picked by Lothar himself along with Turalyon, Saidan Dathrohan, Uther the Lightbringer, Corran the Lightsworn, Tiron Fordring, and Gavinrad the Dire, Anterias was quick to excel at the ways of the Paladin. He was soon after placed in Turalyon's command, while his father, Resiment, aided Lothar with vital military intelligence.

Shortly after his arrival in Quel'thalas with Turalyon and Alleria, Anterias again witnessed the horrible magics of the Horde. When the orcish warlocks were first unleashed upon Anterias' small unit of soldiers on the outskirts of Quel'thalas, Anterias struck them all down in a terrible rage of holy light and fury. He struck them down without mercy or remorse as he had deemed them an abomination of nature and a bane to the world. However as the demonic waves pushed on, he was saved by a small group of Wildhammers. Thankful, he vowed then to repay the favor to any Dwarf he would meet from that day on.

Following the betrayal of Perenolde and the suspension of Alterac, Anterias's squad met up with Turalyon and pushed south into Khaz Modan. After the liberation of Iron Forge, the new-found dwarven allies and Anterias squad moved further south, engaging the Horde in small skirmishes until the climactic battle at Blackrock Mountain. As Lothar battled with the mighty Orgrim Doomhammer, Anterias found himself surrounded by a wave of orcish attackers. While he fought valiantly, he ultimately suffered a violent wound, resulting in the loss of his right eye. As he fought half blinded, prepared to die for his men, his salvation came from a spear thrust through his attackers chest. As the orc fell, he saw again his father fighting as bravely as he had so many years ago during the First War. Revitalized in moral and strength, Anterias pushed on into the battle, wielding the Light with devastating force, inspiring all those around him as well. However, in the final moments of the battle, his father, Resiment, was assaulted by an Orc warlock's demon, while Anterias was locked in battle against one of Teron's Death Knights. Unable to do something, he watched his father was overcome by demons. Infuriated, Anterias slaughtered both the Death Knight and the Warlock.







=Friends & Associates=
 * Shanshalla, Druid of The Silver Ordinance


 * Migli, Warrior and personal war-friend of The Silver Ordinance