Alexandros Mograine

For his pre-Wrath of the Lich King encounter, see Four Horsemen (Classic). For the steward in Bastion, see Alexandros (steward).

Alexandros Mograine
Title	The Ashbringer, Scourge of the Scourge, Baron Formerly: Highlord, Commander
Gender	Male
Race	Human (Humanoid / Undead)
Class	Death Knight, Paladin (formerly)
Reaction	Alliance Horde
Affiliation(s)	House of the Chosen, Undying Army
Former affiliation(s)	Four Horsemen, Scourge, Knights of the Silver Hand, Kingdom of Lordaeron, Alliance of Lordaeron
Occupation	Baron of the House of the Chosen
Former occupation(s)	Knight of the Silver Hand, Leader of the Four Horsemen, Champion of Kel'Thuzad
Location	Various
Status	Deceased
Relative(s)	Elena (wife), Renault, Darion (sons)
Student(s)	Ramaladni
Companion(s)	Fairbanks (advisor), Marrow (mount)

Alexandros Mograine, also known as the Ashbringer, was one of the leaders of the Silver Hand and the original wielder of the Ashbringer. He was murdered by his older son Renault with the sword and raised as a death knight by Kel'Thuzad. His soul was ultimately freed by the sacrifice of his younger son Darion, and he now resides in the afterlife Maldraxxus as a baron of the House of the Chosen.

He was originally encountered in Naxxramas as the leader of the Four Horsemen, but was replaced by Baron Rivendare in Wrath of the Lich King. In Shadowlands, he appears as a quest giver in the Maldraxxus storyline and the Necrolords Campaign.

Background

The Ashbringer

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During the siege of Blackrock Spire in the Second War, Highlord Mograine of the Silver Hand witnessed an orcish warlock channeling magic through a dark orb. After the warlock's death, Mograine went to claim it for the Alliance, but his hand was badly mangled as soon as he touched it. Though describing the orb as the "living embodiment of shadow," he was still curious as to what power it might hold and kept it in an iron chest.

Mograine kept the orb a secret until the Scourge reached Lordaeron. He revealed it to several other members of the Silver Hand, suggesting that they search for the orb's polar opposite - a manifestation of the Holy Light itself - to be used against the impending undead holocaust. Mograine's peers, appalled at the sight of this dark crystal, attempted to destroy it with a holy spell. Unexpectedly, the crystal absorbed the spell and became its antithesis, the very crystal of pure light that Mograine suggested moments before, and even restored life to his mangled hand. It was decided that from this crystal a weapon would be forged that would smite the undead with such power that only a cloud of ash would remain in its wake — The Ashbringer.

Under the command of Saidan Dathrohan, Mograine and Fairbanks traveled to Ironforge to ask King Magni Bronzebeard to forge the mighty blade. Magni, having only just learned of his brother's apparent demise, was more than willing to craft a weapon to battle the undead, and described it as the greatest creation wrought by his hand.

Mograine and the other Knights of the Silver Hand banded together to continue the war against the Lich King during the next years. Alexandros was appointed Highlord and the Ashbringer was the Order's greatest weapon. However, the blade caught the attention of Kel'Thuzad. Striking a deal with Balnazzar, who had covertly taken control of the Order by possessing Dathrohan and wished to use it against the Lich King, the two planned to kill him. To do so, Balnazzar corrupted Mograine's son Renault and had him lead his father into a trap. Renault led his father and High Inquisitor Fairbanks to Stratholme where an army of undead waited for them. Renault fled and Fairbanks, being the first to fall, was trapped under the pile of undead corpses. Mograine stood alone against the undead, yet managed to destroy all sent at him. In fatigue, Alexandros dropped his blade. Renault returned and killed Mograine with his own sword, corrupting the Ashbringer. Unable to use the blade, Renault left it with his father's corpse.

However, Kel'Thuzad raised the Ashbringer's corpse turning him into a death knight of the Scourge, and reclaimed his blade. Now one the finest warriors the death knights had ever seen, Kel'Thuzad took Mograine back to Naxxramas to have him serve as one of his royal Horsemen. Later, led by nightmares of his father's tortured soul, Darion led a small group of Argent Dawn members into Naxxramas to free him. Darion was the only one to survive the assault, escaping with the blade but forced to leave his father's body behind.

When Darion returned to the Scarlet Monastery with the blade, Alexandros's corrupted spirit manifested and confronted Renault, accusing him of murder before mercilessly killing him. Later, during a Scourge assault on Light's Hope Chapel, Darion plunged the Ashbringer into his own chest in an act of self-sacrifice that obliterated the Scourge armies and seemingly freed Alexandros's soul of the Scourge's corruption. In doing so, however, Darion damned himself into undeath and was escorted off the battlefield by Kel'Thuzad.

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  Alexandros wielding The Ashbringer.

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  Alexandros fighting the Scourge.

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  Alexandros stands amongst the Four Horsemen and Kel'Thuzad.

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  Alexandros' death depicted in A Cleansing Fire.

Wrath of the Lich King

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During the Battle for Light's Hope Chapel, Darion - now a death knight himself and wielding the Corrupted Ashbringer - led an attack against Light's Hope Chapel but he was defeated by Tirion Fordring. During the dialogue between Darion and Tirion, Alexandros's spirit appeared and a dialogue between father and son - evidently a flashback of some kind - took place. Alexandros mentioned that Darion would one day wield Ashbringer. However, their reunion was cut short by the arrival of the Lich King, who claimed Alexandros's soul with Frostmourne.

As a result of his story advancement since his original in-game appearance, Alexandros did not return in Naxxramas with the rest of the Four Horsemen. According to Commander Eligor Dawnbringer's lecture in Wintergarde Keep, Alexandros "was the finest warrior that the Death Knights had ever seen. However, after the events in Azeroth, he vanished without a trace. Kel'Thuzad has appointed Baron Rivendare in his place."

In the  [Unsealed Chest] taken from the Lich King after he is defeated by a raid in which someone is wielding  [Shadowmourne], an item known as  [Alexandros' Soul Shard] is found. When returned to Darion, Alexandros's spirit appears for the final time, thanking Darion for saving him from damnation.

Shadowlands

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Alexandros and Darion reunited in the Maw.

Alexandros confronting Vyraz.

Following being freed from Frostmourne, Alexandros' soul was sent to the Shadowlands realm of Maldraxxus, home to the Necrolord Covenant. He felt only horror and rage when he first awoke in the realm, for he perceived the Necrolords as being no different from the Scourge. However, Margrave Krexus of the House of the Chosen eventually showed him that the Maldraxxi were honorable. Mograine eventually rose through the ranks to become one of the two barons of the Chosen, the other being Vyraz. After he was named baron, he had Bonesmith Heirmir craft him a new sword called Fatebringer, modeled after the Ashbringer. Alexandros fought hard to come by some of the materials used in its crafting, including a skull of unknown origin.

At some point, Vyraz—who was secretly working with the traitorous House of Constructs and House of Rituals—betrayed Mograine and trapped him within the Maw, the realm of eternal torment. Draka later took Mograine's place as baron. While Draka and the Maw Walker were absent, Vyraz worked with the House of Constructs to kill Margrave Krexus. When Draka and the outsider returned, Vyraz blamed the deed on the constructs and sent the Maw Walker to rescue Mograine from the Maw. In truth, however, Vyraz did not expect the hero to return. The hero traveled into the Maw and first rescued Darion Mograine, who had been captured during an earlier assault on the realm. The two subsequently encountered the broker Ve'nari, who guided the outsiders to Perdition Hold, where they found Alexandros being held captive. Darion was shocked by the revelation of the baron's identity, as he had not expected to ever see his father again. With Ve'nari's help, Darion and the Maw Walker freed Alexandros and traveled to Oribos, where Alexandros informed Draka and the hero of Vyraz's betrayal. Before the two barons and the Maw Walker returned to Maldraxxus, Darion told his father that he would stand by his side once more when he could, and Alexandros promised his son that they would have time to speak again later.

While Draka warned the Chosen's allies at the Seat of the Primus, Alexandros and the Maw Walker confronted Vyraz at the House of the Chosen to punish him for his betrayal. However, the treacherous baron and his guards proved to be too powerful. Meanwhile, the Seat of the Primus came under attack from Vyraz's allies, and Draka brought Alexandros and the Maw Walker there to defend it. The Maw Walker subsequently used the Blade of the Primus to open the way into the Seat, unleashing the Primus' power and forcing Vyraz's forces to retreat, as well as revealing a message from the Primus.

He also participates in the Ember Court.

With the Corrupted Ashbringer

The subject of this section was removed from World of Warcraft in patch 3.0.2 but is present in Classic Era.

Players who obtained the [Corrupted Ashbringer] from the original version of Naxxramas could take it to the Scarlet Monastery and see a special event in which Alexandros Mograine returned, killed his son, and frees Fairbanks' spirit from his undead form. With the updated lore in the comics and the expansion, however, this event and the information given by Fairbanks regarding the Ashbringer have mostly been retconned out.

Locations

Notable appearances
Location	Level range	Health range
Four Horsemen (Classic)	??	2,160,000
Old Hillsbrad Foothills	52	2,371
[8-30] The Light of Dawn	??	13,945,000
[30] Mograine's Reunion	??	13,945,000
Maldraxxus	60 Elite

Abilities

For his abilities from the Four Horsemen encounter, see Four Horsemen (Classic).

During  [53-60] In Death We Are Truly Tested

•  Taunt — Taunts the target to attack the caster for 5 sec.
•  Wake of Ashes — Stuns all enemies in front of the caster, rendering them unable to move or attack for 5 sec. Inflicts Shadowflame damage to all enemies in front of the caster.

Quotes

Ashbringer comic

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Mograine during Battle for Light's Hope Chapel.

• Ready yourselves, men! If it is blood these green-skined heathens crave then it is blood they shall have! Come you, knights! Raise hammers, bare steel! We fight to the end, we die if we must! For Lordaeron! FOR THE KING! ATTACK!
• I love you, Elena! I always have loved you!
• I love you, Darion!
• I... Loved you, Renault.

At Light's Hope Chapel:

• I love you, son. With all that I am... All I was... All I ever will be.
• My soul will forever bear the weight of your sacrifice, my son. And just as you never gave up on me, I shall never give up on you. For you've taught me the most valuable lesson of all: Hope... Never dies.

World of Warcraft

This section concerns content related to the original World of Warcraft.

Main article: Four Horsemen (Classic)#Quotes

Main article: Corrupted Ashbringer#Will of the Ashbringer

Main article: Corrupted Ashbringer/Scarlet Monastery Event#Event Script

The Burning Crusade

This section concerns content related to The Burning Crusade.

Main article: Ashbringer/Old Hillsbrad Ashbringer event

Wrath of the Lich King

This section concerns content related to Wrath of the Lich King.

Main article: The Light of Dawn (quest)#Quest dialogue

Main article: Mograine's Reunion#Notes

Shadowlands

This section concerns content related to Shadowlands.

Dialogue

Main article: Delving Deeper#Notes

Main article: Wake of Ashes (quest)#Notes

Main article: Maw Walker (quest)#Notes

Main article: A Soul Saved#Notes

Main article: In Death We Are Truly Tested#Notes

On-click

Greetings

• Even in death, we must fight.
• My blade is ready.
• Orders?
• This land festers. We must cauterize the wound.
• We have little time to waste.
• What do you need?
• What is my task?

Irritated

• Cease your prattling!
• I have little patience for these games!
• I AM NOT ABOVE TURNING YOU TO ASH!

Farewell

• Ambition is nothing without honor.
• Ashes to ashes.
• Krexus' will be done.
• I await the next battle.
• I will not suffer this corruption any longer!
• It is in death that we are truly tested.
• Trample our enemies! Leave nothing but ash.

Gossip

Seat of the Primus after  [53-60] The Door to the Unknown

This corruption... I had come to expect as much from the vile force of Death.

I felt only horror when I awoke here. Horror and rage. But in time, Margrave Krexus showed me that the Maldraxxi were not the Scourge: honor presided among the Chosen.

But he has been slain by his own subordinate. The other margraves advance upon us. The hunger for dominance has starved what little honor remained.

I will purge this wretched place.

Notes and trivia

• Alexandros used to wear the helm  [Justice Gaze].
• Alexandros is remembered by the Silver Hand and his statue is located in the Sanctum of Light. His plaque says: The beginning of a legend still spoken of in hushed whispers. His memory will never be forgotten, just as the forces of darkness will never forget his blade.
• In World of Warcraft, it was stated that Alexandros Mograine was known as the "Scarlet Highlord" and was one of the three founders of the Scarlet Crusade. The Ashbringer comic depicts the formation of the Crusade occurring after Alexandros' death, in which case he would have never been a member.
• Alexandros can be seen during the Old Hillsbrad Ashbringer event.
• Alexandros is voiced by Marc Graue in Wrath of the Lich King and Richard Epcar in Shadowlands.
• During the days of The Burning Crusade it was a common speculation that David Wayne would eventually end up being revealed as the second son of Alexandros. It all began with the Corrupted Ashbringer Scarlet Monastery event which mentioned another Mograine living in Outland and who might be able to forge Ashbringer anew. David's relative youth for a member of the Sons of Lothar, his isolation, his blacksmithing skills and dialogs all led people to think he was the one High Inquisitor Fairbanks was speaking about, but Wrath of the Lich King eventually revealed that the other son was actually Darion Mograine. The Ashbringer sword was thus purified by the Light of Dawn instead of being recreated.
• An unused NPC representing a modern version of Alexandros Mograine was added roughly at the same time as matching versions of the three other original Horsemen, all presumably meant to appear in World of Warcraft: Legion. He and these other NPCs didn't make it out of the Legion alpha stage. It is notable that Mograine was still called "The Ashbringer" and that he was wearing the Dreadnaught's Battlegear set, an armor that was originally made exclusively for him.
  • The Dreadnaught's Battlegear set can be briefly seen in the Ashbringer comic, worn by Mograine's ghost.
• According to A Cleansing Fire, Alexandros died four years after the death of Terenas. In the current timeline his death occurred two years after Terenas' death.
• A passage from Alexandros' libram reads: My brothers, my sisters, join me now in battle, join me now in victory, and we shall ride forth to the Light’s embrace together.

Gallery

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  Mograine as a death knight in Naxxramas.

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  Alexandros in Old Hillsbrad Foothills.

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  Mograine in Darion's flashback.

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  Mograine in Icecrown Citadel.

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  Mograine's ghost in the TCG.

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  Mograine's ghost wearing the Dreadnaught's Battlegear in Ashbringer.

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  Unused Mograine NPC as seen in Wowhead.

Fan art

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  Mograine by Pulyx45699.

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  The Ashbringer by Hipnosworld

Patch changes

• Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): Replaced by Baron Rivendare, now seen as a ghost.
  
• Patch 1.11.0 (2006-06-19): Added.
  

External links

Alexandros Mograine	Ember Court faction
Wowhead WoWDB	Wowhead WoWDB

Preceded by: Uther Lightbringer

Position: Leader of the Silver Hand

Succeeded by: Tirion Fordring

Preceded by: Possibly Sir Zeliek

Position: Leader of the Four Horsemen

Succeeded by: Baron Rivendare

Preceded by: Sword forged

Position: Wielder of the Ashbringer

Succeeded by: Darion Mograine