Knights of the Ebon Blade

The Knights of the Ebon Blade are an organization of renegade death knights. Freed from the grasp of the Lich King during the Battle for Light's Hope Chapel, they regrouped under the banner of Highlord Darion Mograine and cooperated with the Argent Crusade to defeat Arthas Menethil during the Scourgewar.

After getting their vengeance, the death knights found themselves without a cause and without a home. One by one they trickled into the land of the living in search of a new purpose. They dedicated themselves to the protection of Azeroth, and some of their members rejoined ranks of the Alliance and Horde, of which they were members before their death against the Scourge.

During the third invasion of the Burning Legion, the Ebon Blade, aided by the new Lich King Bolvar Fordragon, fought alongside the other orders, and moved their order hall and floating necropolis of Acherus above the Broken Isles. Following the Fourth War, the Ebon Blade is now led by Highlord Bolvar Fordragon, after he was defeated by Sylvanas Windrunner who destroyed the Helm of Domination, piercing the veil between Azeroth and the Realm of the Dead. Under his command, the death knights entered the Shadowlands in order to stop the Jailer.

Wrath of the Lich King
The Knights of the Ebon Blade were originally an army of Scourge death knights trained in the halls of Acherus and were under the direct command of the Lich King. They were supposedly trained for the specific purpose of destroying both the Scarlet Crusade and the Argent Dawn, the last bastions of Light in the Plaguelands.

They managed to destroy Havenshire, New Avalon, and the Scarlet Crusade presence in the Scarlet lands before turning on Light's Hope Chapel.

Battle for Light's Hope Chapel
During the Battle for Light's Hope Chapel, Highlord Darion Mograine, wielding the Corrupted Ashbringer, leads Orbaz Bloodbane, Koltira Deathweaver, Thassarian and a force of 10,000 Scourge against 300 Defenders of the Light and the Argent Dawn leadership located at Light's Hope.

The Scourge forces pound hard and take out an entire third of the Argent Dawn defense, but Mograine starts having problems attacking further defenders with the arrival of Tirion Fordring. The paladin emerged to defend Light's Hope Chapel, and along with the paladins of the Order of the Silver Hand and the Argent Dawn, he unleashed his holy fury against the invading armies of undead. Fordring's Light-given powers overpower and defeat Mograine, as well as immediately kill the Scourge forces in the immediate area, causing Orbaz Bloodbane to flee. The Light overwhelmed the might of the Scourge, and the death knights knew defeat. Darion orders the remaining death knight forces to stand down while Fordring berates him for his foolishness and tells him that Arthas sent him and his death knights on a suicide mission.

As they await the paladin's judgment, they witness a vision of Mograine's father, Alexandros, the legendary Ashbringer himself. He told his son that he would one day wield the Ashbringer and use it to mete out justice, but "that day is not today".

The Lich King himself arrives not long afterwards and confirmed that the attack on Light's Hope Chapel was merely a ploy to strike at Tirion. Realizing the depths of his betrayal, Darion was enraged that he had been used as fodder, and he lashed out at his master with his wrath. However, the Lich King easily cast him aside, and incapacitated Darion and the other death knights. He then focuses his attention on Fordring, incapacitating him with a crippling spell and knocking back the Argent soldiers who charged in. Remembering the words spoken by his father, Mograine throws the corrupted Ashbringer to Fordring, whose powers of the Light succeed in purifying it. With the purified blade in hand, Fordring charges into the Lich King and throws him back. Aware that even he stands little chance against the Ashbringer near the Chapel, the Lich King retreats, promising that the next time he meets Fordring, it will not be on holy ground.

After Arthas' departure, Fordring calls for the union of the Argent Dawn and the Order of the Silver Hand into the Argent Crusade, intended to bring the war to Icecrown itself. Mograine pledges himself and his knights to the same cause, naming his new order the Knights of the Ebon Blade. With their free will restored, Mograine and his death knights return to Acherus and capture it, destroying the Scourge remnants within. With their new base secured, Mograine then sends his knights to rejoin their people, sending them to throw themselves at the mercy of either King Varian Wrynn in Stormwind (if their race belonged to the Alliance) or Warchief Thrall in Orgrimmar (if they belonged to the Horde).

The surviving death knights that remained loyal to the Scourge formed the Host of Suffering with Orbaz Bloodbane, who fled when the Scourge was defeated at Light's Hope, as their leader.

Northrend invasion
When the War against the Lich King began, the Ebon Blade launched the invasion of Northrend alongside the Alliance, the Horde, and the Argent Crusade. Following the Battle of Angrathar the Wrathgate, only the Ebon Blade and the Argent Crusade had remained fully dedicated to the war against the Scourge. The two neutral factions had rallied their forces and readied themselves to unleash a new offensive against the Lich King and his servants across the continent.

Working in tandem, the death knights and paladins focused their attention on Zul'Drak, entrenching themselves in the region.

Icecrown Citadel
As armies began to prepare for the assault on Icecrown Citadel, the Argent Crusade and the Knights of the Ebon Blade launched preliminary attacks on its defenses. In the lead up to the final battle, the Argent Crusade forged a new alliance with the Knights of the Ebon Blade, one which would lead the assault on the Icecrown Citadel's defenses, the Ashen Verdict was born; united, they gathered in the mighty fortress's shadow to begin the assault. Having swept aside opposition and seized the Citadel's entrance, the gates were battered down and the Ashen Verdict secured a foothold just inside the entrance, from which they would push deeper into the complex.

Cataclysm
Although the members of the Argent Crusade still stand by the Forsaken heroes who joined them in the battle against the Scourge, Sylvanas Windrunner's actions since the slaying of Arthas Menethil had deeply concerned the crusaders. They, along with certain members of the Ebon Blade, decided to watch Sylvanas and the Forsaken very closely, as similarities between her and the Lich King kept increasing in number by the day.

Warlords of Draenor
The death knights of the Ebon Blade offered their aid to the commander of the Alliance or Horde's forces and joined their garrison. Having an exalted status with the Ebon Blade even offered the commander the possibility to have death knights defend their base.

Taking the chance to discover the secrets of, Darion Mograine had traveled to alternate Draenor and could be found in the Lunarfall Inn (Alliance) and the Frostwall Tavern (Horde). Though the Lich King had been defeated, Darion claimed that they were no closer to unlocking the secrets of the Frozen Throne than they were when jousting pointlessly at the Argent Tournament. Bolvar remained resigned to his fate. Darion believed that perhaps there was something there that could aid their cause. Ner'zhul was not always the Lich King, he explained. Once, he was a mere orc dabbling in dark powers beyond his comprehension. He asked the commanders of the Alliance and Horde's forces to find whatever they could of Ner'zhul's early studies, and they returned with a Dark Parchment from the Shadowmoon Burial Grounds, which Darion brought back to the Ebon Hold.

A death knight adventurer also appeared in Spires of Arak.

Legion
Following the return of the Burning Legion, the Knights of the Ebon Blade come to an agreement with the new Lich King, Bolvar Fordragon: The Ebon Blade will willingly act as the Lich King's agents against the Legion, if the Scourge remains contained to Northrend. The Lich King offers powerful weapons to champions of the Ebon Blade, directing students of to the world of Niskara to defeat  and take the Maw of the Damned, and sending the students of  to the catacombs beneath Karazhan to obtain Apocalypse from the Dark Riders. For those trained by, the Lich King summons them directly to Icecrown Citadel, where they gather the broken shards of Frostmourne to forge into a pair of new weapons, the Blades of the Fallen Prince. Once these three weapons are obtained, the death knights wielding them are brought to the Frozen Throne and granted the Lich King's blessing, empowered to act in his name against the Legion.

The Knights of the Ebon Blade set out to reform the Four Horsemen, adding new powerful champions into their ranks.

At one point, the champions of the Ebon Blade entered the Monastery in order to retrieve the saddle of Thomas Thomson's steed, killing Faralis the Fanatic in the process.

Later they assaulted the Scarlet Monastery, now led by High Commander Goodchilde, in their quest to resurrect Sally Whitemane as a member of their new Four Horsemen. Thassarian declared they would not leave until every last crusader had been killed and every banner burned.

The Knights of the Ebon Blade aided in the war against the Burning Legion by sending out packs of ghouls to fight against the demons, as well as creating new death knights from the casualties of the Alliance and the Horde.

Thassarian also asked death knight champions to aid him in rescuing Koltira Deathweaver from his imprisonment in the Undercity. Koltira is successfully rescued after the two death knights fight through the guards.

Battle for Azeroth
Under Bolvar's command, the Four Horsemen acquired fallen champions of both the Horde and Alliance through the battlefields and graveyards of Azeroth.

Thus the Knights of the Ebon Blade welcomed a new generation of death knights into their fold, being raised by the Lich King in preparation for times ahead. They were then sent by Darion Mograine to travel to Orgrimmar or Stormwind.

Following the Fourth War, Mathias Shaw's reports mentioned that the Scarlet Crusade was effectively totally wiped out by the Ebon Blade.

Shadowlands
After Sylvanas Windrunner destroyed the Helm of Domination, Bolvar was no longer the Lich King. As the rift between the Shadowlands and Azeroth was opened, Bolvar took the direct leadership of the Knights of the Ebon Blade as their new Highlord. Sally Whitemane and Nazgrim became the Ebon Blade's emissary to the Alliance following the return of the Scourge, while members of both factions were called to Icecrown Citadel to work against Sylvanas and the Jailer within the Shadowlands.

Aboard Acherus, them and Lord Darion Mograine went atop the Citadel where the rest of the Knights of the Ebon Blade and Bolvar were waiting alongside the leaders of the Alliance and the Horde. After explained how dire the situation was, the Highlord directed the adventurers to use the shattered fragments of the Helm of Domination to conjure a portal to enter the Maw with the troops of the Ebon Blade.

However, the chaotic energies of this place have scattered the death knights, and their forces were already depleted after only mere moments there. They had to face the Mawsworn forces, losing a large number of their troops during their advance, enough for Jaina Proodmore to be shocked at the few death knights remaining.

Having no choice but to continue to advance before enemy reinforcements arrive, Darion led the Ebon Blade's charge alongside an adventurer to save the captured leaders of the Horde and Alliance. When they finally arrived at the exit, the Jailer's forces attacked them and only the adventurer made it out, with the others including Darion captured.

Later, Bolvar managed to travel to Oribos, alongside other Ebon Blade death knights, where they united with the denizens of the city to defend the Shadowlands. In time Darion was rescued, and joined his fellow death knights within Oribos.

As the covenants rallied together to defend Ardenweald from Sylvanas and the Mawsworn, the Knights of the Ebon Blade remained behind in Orbis to defend the city.

Troops
They deploy pack of ghouls, zombies, geists, skeletons, gargoyles, wights, banshees, abominations, Ebon Knights, Ebon Ravagers, and Ebon Knights Frostreavers.


 * Though individually frail and unintelligent, ghouls serve the Ebon Blade as fodder, overwhelming their enemies with sheer numbers.


 * Raised from the grave by the Lich King, Ebon Knights are made for one purpose: Kill or be killed.


 * Hardened veterans, Ebon Ravagers have survived many wars, slain many enemies, and are the epitome of the Ebon Blades's fiercest soldiers.


 * On the frozen wings of their steeds they fall upon their victims with fury and vengeance. Those who face the Frostreavers quickly learn to fear the sky above them.

Reputation
All players, with the exception of death knights, start out at with the Knights of the Ebon Blade. Upon the completion of The Light of Dawn (quest), death knights are raised to reputation.

Reputation with Knights of the Ebon Blade can be earned by completing the following daily quests:
 * At the Shadow Vault:
 * Leave Our Mark (250 reputation)
 * Vile Like Fire! (250 reputation)
 * Shoot 'Em Up (250 reputation)
 * At Death's Rise:
 * From Their Corpses, Rise! (250 reputation)
 * Intelligence Gathering (250 reputation)
 * No Fly Zone (quest) (250 reputation)

Additionally, as with some other factions, reputation can be gained through Championing via the, or by trading 1 Emblem of Triumph for 1 Ebon Blade Commendation Badge at the Emblem of Triumph Quartermaster in Dalaran.

Rewards
These rewards can only be purchased after completing the It's All Fun and Games (Alliance) | It's All Fun and Games (Horde) questline in Icecrown. The questline is available starting at level 77 from on the The Skybreaker,  on the Orgrim's Hammer, or from  at the Shadow Vault.

Rewards are bought from  at the Shadow Vault.

Quests
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Shadow Vault
9442 Reputation
 * 1) It's All Fun and Games (Alliance) / It's All Fun and Games (Horde) (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 2) I Have an Idea, But First... (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 3) Free Your Mind (+350 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 4) If He Cannot Be Turned (Alliance) / If He Cannot Be Turned (Horde)
 * 5) The Shadow Vault (Alliance) / The Shadow Vault (Horde) (+10 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 6) The Duke (+10 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 7) Honor Challenge (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 8) Shadow Vault Decree (quest) (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 9) Get the Key (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 10) Let the Baron Know (+25 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 11) * Crush Dem Vrykuls! (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 12) ** Vile Like Fire! (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 13) * Vaelen Has Returned (+10 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 14) ** Ebon Blade Prisoners (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 15) * Leave Our Mark (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 16) * Vandalizing Jotunheim (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 17) * Shoot 'Em Up (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)


 * 1) Parting Gifts (+10 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 2) *From Whence They Came (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 3) *An Undead's Best Friend (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 4) *Honor is for the Weak (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 5) *Seeds of Chaos (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 6) *Amidst the Confusion (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 7) Vereth the Cunning (quest) (+75 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 8) New Recruit (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 9) The Vile Hold (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 10) *Generosity Abounds (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 11) *Matchmaker (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 12) *Stunning View (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 13) *The Rider of the Unholy (+350 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 14) *The Rider of Frost (+350 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 15) *The Rider of Blood (+350 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 16) The Fate of Bloodbane (+500 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 1) *The Rider of the Unholy (+350 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 2) *The Rider of Frost (+350 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 3) *The Rider of Blood (+350 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 4) The Fate of Bloodbane (+500 Knights of the Ebon Blade)

Light's Breach

 * 1) In Search Of Answers
 * 2) Orders From Drakuru (quest)
 * 3) The Ebon Watch (+25 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 4) Kickin' Nass and Takin' Manes

Ebon Watch

 * 1) An Invitation, of Sorts... or Darkness Calling (+150 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 2) Near Miss or Close Call (+75 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 3) You Can Run, But You Can't Hide or Silver Lining (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 4) Dressing Down or Suit Up! (+150 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 5) *Feedin' Da Goolz
 * 6) Infiltrating Voltarus (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 7) *Dark Horizon or Reunited
 * 8) So Far, So Bad (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 9) *It Rolls Downhill
 * 10) Hazardous Materials (quest) (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 11) *Zero Tolerance
 * 12) Sabotage (+250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 13) Fuel for the Fire (quest)
 * 14) Disclosure
 * 15) Betrayal (+500 Knights of the Ebon Blade)

Death's Rise
3211 Reputation Optional daily side quests: Started from a drop:
 * 1) To the Rise with all Due Haste! (+10 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 2) The Story Thus Far... (+10 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 1) * Intelligence Gathering +250 Knights of the Ebon Blade
 * 2) * From Their Corpses, Rise! +250 Knights of the Ebon Blade
 * 3) Blood in the Water (quest) +250 Knights of the Ebon Blade
 * 4) You'll Need a Gryphon +250 Knights of the Ebon Blade
 * 5) No Fly Zone (quest) +250 Knights of the Ebon Blade
 * 1) The Grand (Admiral's) Plan +250 Knights of the Ebon Blade)
 * 2) In Strict Confidence +250 Knights of the Ebon Blade
 * 3) Second Chances +350 Knights of the Ebon Blade
 * 4) The Admiral Revealed +350 Knights of the Ebon Blade

Notes and trivia

 * The title of the short story Silver Hand, Ebon Blade by Raphael Ahad, that won the 2010 Blizzard Global Writing Contest, is a direct reference to the Knights of the Silver Hand and the Knights of the Ebon Blade.