Lodgallin Silvervein - Before the Twisting Nether

LODGALLIN SILVERVEIN

RACE:

Ironforge Dwarf

AFFILIATION:

Ironforge

PLACE OF BIRTH:

Thandol Valley

CLASS:

Paladin

Holy major

Protection minor

PROFESSIONS:

Armorsmithing

Mining

BIOGRAPHY

The Silverveins once maintained a farmstead just north of the Thandol Span, renowned not for its bean harvest but rather its status of being the last bastion of Ironforge hospitality before entering the northlands held by the humans. The door was always open to the weary traveler, and many dwarves stopped there on their way to or from Khaz Modan. Lodgallin grew up listening to the stories these travelers told.

During the Second War, Lodgallin's parents both enlisted in the army of Ironforge to fight the orcs alongside the newly crowned Alliance of Lordaeron. Her father was trained as a paladin in the field by the human holy men, while her mother became a supply officer. Lodgallin, then a teenager, remained at the farm to maintain and protect it.

Her parents both returned home, and her father taught her the skills he had learned. Lodgallin appreciated the strictures of the Light both in philosophical and practical terms, and she used her discipline to cure infections and diseases in the livestock and to purify tainted grain supplies.

Lodgallin's pride and joy was the white ram she named Summersnow. When he matured, she begged her parents to allow her to display him at the Darkmoon Faire's livestock events. They conceded, and she left to meet the Faire while it was in Dun Morogh. Summersnow was a fine specimen, and the judges awarded her the blue ribbon. Elated, she returned home, only to find that the Scourge had destroyed everything.

The fall of Lordaeron heralded chaos and lawlessness in the human lands, and the Dark Iron dwarves were quick to take advantage, with spurious attacks against Ironforge. Lodgallin lacked the resources to rebuild the farm, and as it was unsafe for her to remain, she fled back to Khaz Modan, suddenly destitute. Though shaken, Lodgallin quickly resolved that she would have to make her way somehow, and began looking for work. She attempted to be a farmhand, but found the experience depressing, reminding her of her home. She instead used the opportunity to build on the basic training her father had given her and develop her skills as a paladin. She began to hire herself out as a mercenary and healer, in the hopes of amassing enough money to hire a team of builders and return to the site of her farm.

The going, unfortunately, was slower than she had expected, in part do to her compassionate and sympathetic nature, which saw her frequently offering her services to those who required it and accepting meager rewards for her work.

She began to grow desperate, and it was this desperation which forced her to accept a mission she otherwise would not have with Ana Verona to exhume the remains of Holia Sunshield. However, after traveling to the Tirisfal Glades, they found that the exhumation was unnecessary, as their true quarry, Beltheris, still lived.

Though she emerged from her battle with Beltheris victorious, Lodgallin was disturbed by the ordeal, as she related to a gnome bard when she returned to Menethil Harbour.

FRIENDS AND FOES

SUMMERSNOW

White Ram

Summersnow was born on the Silvervein farmstead in the Thandol Valley, and a teenaged Lodgallin assisted in his birth. Her parents made her completely responsible for his upbringing, and Lodgallin took to the task with enthusiasm and diligence. She raised Summersnow, training him, feeding him, teaching him tricks, until finally he was one of the most productive rams on the farm. Eager to showcase her success, Lodgallin convinced her parents to allow her to travel to Dun Morogh to display Summersnow competitively at the Darkmoon Faire. Though Summersnow was awarded the blue ribbon, when they returned home, the farm was destroyed. Summersnow has served as her mount since then.

BELTHERIS

Nathrezim Dreadlord

Beltheris was a demon within the ranks of the Burning Legion. For a time, she served under her fellow nathrezim Mullioch, much to her disdain, alongside three other demonic lieutenants. They served him well during the occupation of Xoroth, after which he was promoted and they were reassigned elsewhere. Beltheris came under investigation as a possible defector, and Cattola was assigned her case. Knowing this, Beltheris abandoned her plans to leave the Legion, and continued to toil for her masters. When the time came to take Azeroth, Beltheris was given a contingent of demonic followers and sent as one of the enforcers used to police the Scourge in Lordaeron. Though she survived both Archimonde and Balnazzar's defeats, she was hunted down by the Scarlet Crusade, and her forces did battle with theirs. Eventually, Beltheris faced Holia Sunshield in single combat, and though she defeated Holia, she used the opportunity to fake her own death, and went into hiding, accompanied by her contingent's only survivor, the imp Abaqua. Together, they lured members of the Scarlet Crusade from their fellows, killed them, and subsided on their lifeblood. They lived this way for several years, until Verona and Lodgallin tracked her down. Beltheris first attempted to parlay, but they battled anyway, and Beltheris was killed.

APPEARANCES

The Shard of Lies

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