

With a handful of Argent Dawn volunteers and a mysterious mage known as Castillian, Darion infiltrated the fortress of Naxxramas. After being counseled by the troll to search out his father in a fortress floating above a burning city, Darion joined the newly formed Order of the Argent Dawn. įollowing the death of his father, Darion began to question the Light before being confronted by the troll priest, Zabra Hexx. Upon awakening, the boy described his experience as being surrounded by darkness, before being shown a light that he followed back to life. In a battle within the plagued city of Stratholme, in which young Darion insisted on fighting, he took a serious wound and fell unconscious for a day. With Renault, Darion secretly attended their father's meeting with the members of the Knights of the Silver Hand at the inn of Southshore, where they learned about the situation in Lordaeron, the growing number of undead, and witnessed the purification of what would later become the heart of the Ashbringer.Īlong with his brother, he joined the Silver Hand at a relatively young age soon after the end of the Third War. When the first hint of the plague of undeath started to spread around Lordaeron, he lived in a farmhouse in Brill. However, the joy his father felt quickly turned to grief as his wife and mother of his children, Elena, died due to complications from the birth. His father Alexandros, in a hurry, rushed the baby to a nearby stream, and from the freezing water, Darion Mograine entered the world. On the day of Darion's birth, he was stillborn. After the Jailer's ultimate defeat, Darion vowed to lead the Ebon Blade and return to Northrend to keep the Scourge in check.ĭarion fighting the Scourge alongside Lord Maxwell Tyrosus at Light's Hope Chapel. Following the Fourth War and the destruction of the Helm of Domination, Darion and his Horsemen seconded Highlord Bolvar Fordragon in their war against the Jailer in the Shadowlands.

During the third invasion of the Burning Legion, Darion come to an agreement with Bolvar, he and his knights willingly acted as the Lich King's agents against the Legion, if the Scourge remained contained to Northrend. Under the leadership of Darion, the Ebon Blade spearheaded the attack against the Scourge alongside the Argent Crusade during the war against the Lich King, temporarily allied with them to form the Ashen Verdict and topple the Lich King.Īfter Bolvar Fordragon became the Jailer of the Damned, Darion continued to lead his knights in keeping all of Azeroth safe, helping the Alliance and Horde stop threats beyond the Scourge.
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After defeating the Scarlet Crusade in the Scarlet Enclave, he and his fellow death knights broke free from the Lich King's control during the Battle for Light's Hope Chapel and founded the order of renegade death knights known as the Knights of the Ebon Blade. įollowing the battle, the Archlich Kel'Thuzad raised him as an undead, while the Lich King made him the Highlord of Death Knights of Acherus and the ruler of Acherus: The Ebon Hold, once again wielding the corrupted Ashbringer. During the First Battle for Light's Hope, Darion used the sword to kill himself, destroying the Scourge forces and releasing his father's soul.

After his father was murdered by his brother Renault Mograine, he came into possession of the corrupted Ashbringer, and tried to save his father's souls inside.

The son of Alexandros Mograine, one of the Highlords of the Knights of the Silver Hand and the original wielder of the Ashbringer, Darion was a paladin of the Silver Hand, and later of the Argent Dawn. This I vow.”ĭarion Mograine is the leader of the Four Horsemen and the former Highlord of the Knights of the Ebon Blade. “Although our kind have no place in your world, we will fight to bring an end to the Lich King.
