Vandermar Village



Vandermar Village was a Lordaeron village situated northeast of Lordamere Lake near the City of Lordaeron.

History
During the Third War, many acolytes of the Cult of the Damned lived in hiding in Vandermar Village. The village was safe from aggressors (save for a handful of bandits) and for a long period of time, Vandermar Village remained unscathed while the Scourge rampaged through Lordaeron.

After returning from Northrend and succeeding his father through regicide, Arthas Menethil was summoned by Tichondrius to the outskirts of Vandermar Village. Tichondrius instructed Arthas to rally the acolytes of the Cult of the Damned in order to reanimate Kel'Thuzad. Arthas gathered the Cult of the Damned, destroying the village in the process. During his battles with Vandermar's garrison of soldiers, Arthas bolstered his forces by reanimating the dead bodies recently laid to rest in the Vandermar Village cemetery. As such, it was likely the first village in the Eastern Kingdoms he destroyed.

In World of Warcraft
Vandermar village is not present in World of Warcraft in any identifiable form. Given its relative position on Warcraft III maps, it is likely to be either in the eastern area of the Tirisfal Glades, the northern area of the Alterac Mountains, or in a portion of the Western Plaguelands west of Andorhal.

However, locations of a few settlements in Warcraft III, such as Brill, are known to differ significantly from their positions in World of Warcraft, so it is possible that this village is located elsewhere. Considering those changes, it could be presumed that it is Deathknell, the Forsaken starting area, or it may have been destroyed entirely by the Scourge or the Burning Legion.