Arator the Redeemer



Arator Windrunner (pronounced "EH-ruh-tohr"), commonly known as Arator the Redeemer, is the half-elven son of the high elven ranger Alleria Windrunner and the human paladin Turalyon. He became a paladin just like his father and spent much time after becoming independent searching for his missing parents.

One of the few known half-elf characters, Arator can be found at Honor Hold in Outland's Hellfire Peninsula, and following the death of Tirion Fordring during the Battle for Broken Shore, he moves as a champion of the Silver Hand to the Sanctum of Light beneath Light's Hope Chapel.

Biography
Arator was only a child when Turalyon and Alleria accompanied Archmage Khadgar beyond the Dark Portal as part of the Alliance Expedition to Draenor. Once, during a frosty winter day, Arator played in the courtyard of Stormwind Keep with a wooden sword, aiming at a frog but hitting a pillar instead. His mother watched him sadly and told him war was not glory. He was apparently well-known by members of the Expedition, including Danath Trollbane, who called him "Little Arator". Turalyon and Alleria, along with the rest of the Expedition, were believed to have died when Khadgar sealed the Dark Portal. With his parents gone, Arator was raised by his aunt Vereesa and uncle Rhonin. Vereesa described him as a blessing in their home and in time, a guide for her own children, Giramar and Galadin.

When his mother Alleria left, Arator was still very young. A few years later, he was present at a ceremony in the Valley of Heroes in Stormwind City, sitting on the shoulders of a Knight of the Silver Hand and looking up at the statue of his mother, a face he couldn't remember. Alleria was observing this from aboard the Xenedar, the vessel of the Army of the Light, and sent her feelings to Arator through the Light. When he received her emotions the young Arator looked around, smiled, and then reached out to her statue. He would return again and again to the Valley of Heroes to see her face, knowing she would always love him.

The Burning Crusade
Eighteen years after the Alliance Expedition left, Lord Kazzak reopened the Portal and crossed over into Draenor, now known as Outland. Arator, who has grown up to become a paladin in his father's footsteps, accompanied the Alliance reinforcements from Stormwind and Nethergarde to Honor Hold, where he remains as he searches for his missing parents. There, he met Father Malgor Devidicus who told him that he and his father were the best of friends, as he was the one who took care of keeping Turalyon healthy, before breaking down in tears, feeling responsible for Turalyon's disappearance. Arator asks the innkeeper Sid Limbardi to keep an eye on him and make sure he is sober next time, as he is the only link between him and his parents.

Since Danath Trollbane was a family friend, he pledged his sword to Danath and the Sons of Lothar.

Legion
Following the death of Tirion Fordring during the Battle for Broken Shore, Arator moves to the Sanctum of Light where he attends the rebirth of the Order of the Silver Hand and the presentation of its new Highlord of the Silver Hand during the third invasion of the Burning Legion. He can be seen kneeling before a statue of his father Turalyon.

Following the discovering of the Light's Heart, that crashed towards the coast of Suramar, and listening to the message of the High Exarch Turalyon to save Azeroth by bringing the heart of the naaru Xe'ra to the Prophet Velen, Arator was summoned at the request of Lord Grayson Shadowbreaker to be present during the meeting of the Silver Hand, as a leader of the Order, where he says he heard rumors that they have recently found a message from his parents.

When Arator approached the Light's Heart, it felt his presence and revealed a message from his father, he learned that for him it has been "ages" that he and Alleria have fought the Burning Legion across the stars, and that he had a message for his son: the Legion was coming to Azeroth and Balnazzar had been ordered to destroy everything Turalyon held dear. Turalyon told Arator that he must gather the defenders of the Light and fight, or all would be lost.

Following the Battle for the Exodar and the discoveries on Balnazzar 's Codex of Command, the Knights of the Silver Hand were mobilized by Arator, Aponi Brightmane, and Delas Moonfang to launch an attack on the Felblaze Ingress in Azsuna and destroy a Legion portal, but they were captured and imprisoned on Niskara. They would be freed by the Highlord of the Silver Hand and the High Priest of the Conclave, and learned from a Mysterious Stranger that Balnazzar and his armies were about to attack the Netherlight Temple, headquarters of the Conclave, hidden deep within the Twisting Nether.

During the battle at the Netherlight Temple, he is present with the troops of the Silver Hand who came to support the priests of the Conclave. He fought against the hordes of demons summoned by Balnazzar, until Lothraxion and the Army of the Light came and help them to eliminate the dreadlord for good.

Arator later travels with his aunt Vereesa aboard the draenei's new dimensional ship, the Vindicaar, to Argus. He reunites with his parents and questions why they did not reach out to their people or to him. His mother responds that every choice they made was to keep him safe, and that it broke their hearts to be apart from him. She vows that, now that they are reunited, she will not let them separate again. He has a conversation with Vereesa regarding the fate of Sylvanas and what Vereesa will tell Alleria, to which Vereesa responds that the thought of the conversation fills her with dread and the truth will break Alleria's heart.

Arator can also be found at Darkfall Ridge where he fights demons seeking to reach the Vindicaar.

After Sargeras is imprisoned by the Pantheon at the Seat of the Pantheon, Arator expresses uncertainty despite his joy of at long last finding his parents. The people who gave him life have been absent for it, and despite their fights to keep him safe they cannot suddenly become a happy family. They know next to nothing about him, and he has only legends of them. Alleria, Turalyon, and Arator have much to learn about one another and many wounds to heal, but at least they will do it together.

Before the Storm
Just before the Gathering, Turalyon told Anduin Wrynn that he and Arator were very similar, and that he'd ask his son to come to Stormwind soon.

Battle for Azeroth
An alternate version of Arator appears in the Vision of Stormwind. Within the vision, Alleria has fallen to the madness of the void and is orchestrating the downfall of Stormwind from the Cathedral of Light. There, Turalyon is killed by Alleria as the former attempts to reason with her, dying just as adventurers enter into the vision, begging them to save his son. The adventurers are ultimately unsuccessful, as Alleria consumes Arator into a portal of the void before engaging the adventurers and being ultimately defeated; with no resolution to Arator's fate, though this is inconsequential as it is ultimately not real.

Quests

 * Champion: Arator the Redeemer

Objective of

 * Needs to be spoken with in Meeting of the Silver Hand.
 * Needs to be rescued in Allies of the Light.

The Burning Crusade
When spoken to:
 * I was only an infant when my father was deployed to this wasteland. All that I have ever known of him is what others have told me. Do your dreams change, ? Mine do not. I have one dream: A crimson skyline envelops me as Legion, numbering beyond comprehension, battle in the distance. I kneel before the body of a man, presumably my father, and weep. As he is gasping for air, his body wholly crushed, he whispers something. Despite every effort, I am unable to hear what he is trying to tell me.

Arator and Malgor

 * say
 * say
 * emote
 * say
 * emote
 * say
 * emote
 * say
 * say
 * say

Arator and Danath

 * say
 * say
 * emote
 * say
 * say
 * say

Legion

 * Highlord, for many years I sought to follow the footsteps of my father, Turalyon.


 * In you, I see an exemplary leader, one who can still teach me so much. In you, I see a champion rivaling my father himself.


 * I would gladly lay down my life and fight for the Order of the Silver Hand.


 * Greeting
 * Good day to you.
 * Light bless you.
 * Greetings.
 * Peace friend.
 * Honor to you.


 * Pissed
 * Yes?
 * What can I do for you?
 * Do you have a question?
 * You're testing my patience!
 * I am not usually vengeful, but I may have to make an exception.
 * Are you testing my wrath?!
 * Stop... or I will make YOU disappear.


 * Farewell
 * Do not lose faith.
 * May the light guide you.
 * Carry on the Crusade.
 * For justice.
 * May your heart be true.
 * Steady travels.
 * Do not give up the fight.

Combat ally

 * Aggro
 * say
 * say
 * say


 * Killed a mob
 * say
 * say
 * say


 * Defeated
 * say
 * say

Battle for Azeroth

 * Vision of Stormwind
 * yell
 * yell

Notes and trivia

 * Arator's age when his mother Alleria left for war is inconsistent. Originally described in A Thousand Years of War as "a few months old" when Alleria journeyed to Draenor in Year 8, which would make him 24 years old during the third invasion of the Burning Legion in Year 32. However, Shadows Rising instead described him as a young kid running after frogs, wielding a wooden sword, while being watched by Alleria.
 * In the game, he initially had green eyes like his mother Alleria. However, following patch 3.1.0, his eyes were made blue similar to normal high elves. This was changed again with the launch of Battle for Azeroth, where he was given golden eyes.
 * Arator's depiction in Three Sisters shows him with green eyes once more.
 * In Shadows Rising, his eyes are described as "like the sun".
 * Arator used the model of a blood elf until patch 3.1.0, at which point he was changed to use the model of a high elf. Like other male high elven models in the game, Arator's on-click quotes were from one of the night elf male voice sets.
 * Although half-elf NPCs are rare in World of Warcraft, Arator is nonetheless the only one who uses a high elf model. Alodi and Kalec use human models.
 * As a bodyguard, he is seen by other players with the name Silver Hand Templar.
 * Arator is voiced by Yuri Lowenthal starting with Legion.
 * His name is possibly a reference to J. R. R. Tolkien's Aratar, the eight greatest of the Valar.

Speculation

 * Interestingly enough, there is no mention of him in the novel Beyond the Dark Portal, even though his parents' relationship is explored in detail. Alleria was inexplicably cold toward Turalyon near the beginning of Beyond the Dark Portal, and her pregnancy and Arator's birth between Tides of Darkness and Beyond the Dark Portal might have been the reason.
 * He may have been named after Arathor, the first united human nation that also formed an alliance with the high elves.