Visiting Ambassador Fairbanks in the back yields the following conversation:
At last, the curse is lifted. Thank you, hero.
>Curse? What's going on here, Fairbanks?
You mean you don't know? The sword that you carry on your back - it is known as Ashbringer; named after it's original owner.
>Mograine?
Aye, the Highlord Mograine: A founder of the original order of the Scarlet Crusade. A knight of unwavering faith and purity; Mograine would be betrayed by his own son and slain by Kel'Thuzad's forces inside Stratholme. It is how I ended up here...
>What do you mean?
It was High General Abbendis, High Inquisitor Isillien, and Highlord Mograine that formed the Crusade. In it's infancy, the Crusade was a noble order. The madness and insane zealotry that you see now did not exist. It was not until the one known as the Grand Crusader appeared that the wheels of corruption where set in motion.
>I still do not fully understand.
The Highlord was the lynchpin of the Crusade. Aye, Mograine was called the Ashbringer because of his exploits versus the armies of the Lich King. With only blade and faith, Mograine would walk into the whole battalions of undead and emerge unscathed - the ashes of his foes being the only indication that he had been there at all. Do you not understand? The very face of death feared him! It trembled in his presence!
>Incredible story. So how did he die?
The only way a hero can die, human : Through tragedy. The Grand Crusader struck a deal with Kel'Thuzad himself! An ambush would be staged that would resulting the death of Mograine. The type of betrayal that could only be a result of the actions of one's most trusted and loved companions.
>You mean...
<High Inquisitor Fairbanks nods.>
Aye, the lesser mograine, the one known as the Scarlet Commander, though - what I suspect - the dealings of the Grand Crusader. He led his father to the ambush like a lamb to the slaughter.
>How do you know all of this? |