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Tathlyn is one of the more prominent and battle-hardened of Blood Elves to have graced the training grounds of Silvermoon. An proficient bladesman, his skill was further improved upon when he undergone the initiations into the Order of the Blood Knights, being granted the ability to utilize the Light not only to shield and assist his allies, but to make it an extension of his combative prowess. As a Knight-Lord of the Order, he has considerable responsibilities to his fellow Knights, Initiates or Adepts alike, teaching them both on, and off the field of battle.

Early Life
Tathlyn was raised within the noble court of Silvermoon, the child of Ayrianna and Tamaril. Ayrianna was a benevolent priestess, a woman that seemingly held respect for everyone around her, with the grace of a healer's touch. His father, however, was more of a person to put his work at the forefront of his mind, even moreso considering the insult it was to have a magister's son with no aptitude for the Arcane.

As the years pass, Tathlyn found more comfort from his mother's teachings as a priest, having a talent to manipulate divine magic, but never could focus the energy to mend wounds with any degree of skill. Disappointed, Tathlyn stopped his studies of the divine arts, turning his focus into martial weaponry. His talent and appreciation of the blade was enough to garner the attention of a weapon master, who would be able to shape him into a master armsman.

When all seemingly felt right, something terrible was bound to happen. After his final training, he came to his home to find his mother in tears. Apparantly, there was an alchemical explosion in Tamaril's lab at one of the outer arcane sanctums, which claimed his life. The official word is that the incident was the result of an experiment gone awry. Some, however, hint that there was more to his death than a mere accident. Unfourtanately, the matter would be left with no answers, only questions.

The Fall of Quel'Thalas
After the end of the Second War, a war that cost the lives of so many (and one that he was not a part of), Tathlyn insinuated himself into the ranks of Silvermoon's military forces, where his training would be put to use against the enroaching Amani troll remnants. A group of elven soldiers, a group Tathlyn was part of, marched to the southern edges of Quel'Thalas. However, much darker events were taking place outside of its borders.

Arthas, once the Crown Prince of Lordaeron, now a Death Knight of the Lich King, pushed a massive horde of Undead Scourge into the elven kingdom. Arthas marched his army of the dead towards Silvermoon, and the Sunwell, itself, laying waste to everything and everyone in his path. By the time news had spread to the outermost reaches of the borders, it would have already been far too late. Tathlyn's warband rushed to Silvermoon, following the edge of Blighted land, to see the city gates crumbling apart, pushing past them to his home, finding it in shambles, his mother dying within. With what strength she had, slowly draining away, Aryianna spoke softly of what transpired. In her final moments, she passed along a picture of herself, and his father, saying that they were always proud of him.

Rise of the Blood Knights
From the official Burning Crusade website:


 * Not long ago, in Outland...


 * Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider and his blood elves waited until the newly arrived naaru departed Tempest Keep. He had little interest in what the naaru hoped to accomplish on this shattered world: it was Tempest Keep that had brought him here. At the prince's signal the elves stormed the dimensional fortress, quickly defeating its automated defenses and claiming its satellite structures. The only real threat the elves discovered was a lone naaru who had stayed behind to maintain the keep's defenses. With some difficulty, Kael'thas subdued the energy being and sent it to Quel'Thalas so that the magic-addicted blood elves could feed upon it.


 * Back in the capital city of Silvermoon, Magister Astalor Bloodsworn was not content with this idea. After long months of study and experimentation, he and his fellow wizards learned how to manipulate and corrupt the naaru's luminous energies. In the end the wizards devised a process by which the powers of the Light could be transferred to recipients who had not earned such abilities. Instead of feeding upon the naaru's magic, the blood elves would wield the naaru's Light-given powers themselves.


 * Lady Liadrin, formerly a priestess, had recently renounced her vows, for she felt the Light had abandoned her people. She learned of the wizards' achievement and volunteered to be the first to bend the stolen powers to her will. With her decision a new order was born: the Blood Knights. These renegade paladins are able to harness the sacred powers of the Alliance's noblest heroes.

Following in with Liadrin, Tathlyn took the initation into the Blood Knights, and has since dedicated his services to the Order.

Present Day
After the defeat of the Lich King within his fortress of Icecrown Citadel, Tathlyn has since returned home to Silvermoon. The memory of his family and homeland avenged, though not unscarred by the nightmares plagued by those events. He still blames himself for the destruction of his home, even though he knows there was nothing that could have been done to change the outcome. However, with the uprising of the Twilight's Hammer, it is more than likely that he will find himself returning to the battlefield, in service of the new Warchief, Garrosh Hellscream.