Lady Liadrin

Lady Liadrin is the Matriarch and supreme leader of the Blood Knight order. She was once found within Silvermoon City, though was relocated to Shattrath and later the Sunwell.

Background
Lady Liadrin was once a priestess of the light, though became highly disenchanted after it seemingly "abandoned" the sin'dorei people. This led Liadrin to ultimately renounce her vows to it. Some time after, however, the blood elven scion Kael'thas Sunstrider had a gift delivered to his people in Silvermoon - the subdued naaru, M'uru. Originally nothing more than a being of great power to sate their magic addiction with, a magister named Astalor Bloodsworn was dissatisfied with this notion. After much studying and experimentation with his fellow magisters, he was finally able to devise a radical new method of transferring the light itself - against its will - to individuals who had not "earned" the right to wield it. Thus, the sin'dorei found themselves capable of wielding the light once more.

Liadrin became aware of this turn of events, and volunteered to become the first Blood Knight. As such, a new chapter in Quel'Thalas' history was born. Under the leadership of Liadrin herself, the Blood Knights quickly gained popular support within Quel'Thalas; their iron will and ability to manipulate the light being seen as a testament to the sin'dorei's power to some, though greatly disdained by others.

Burning Crusade
Lady Liadrin resided within the Blood Knight headquarters in Silvermoon City, next to the subdued M'uru. She oversaw the training of new members of the Blood Knight order, and in an attempt to assert their authority over the light to all the "so called paladins" of the world, Liadrin tasked high ranking members with burning and defiling the Alonsus Chapel.

Treachery of the Prince
The Blood Knights' dominion would soon be tested, as Kael'thas Sunstrider himself attacked his homeland and stole M'uru for his own nefarious ends. With the order now without its source of power, a desperate Lady Liadrin travelled to Shattrath City to meet with its leader - another naaru, A'dal. Though given a cold reception, A'dal allowed her to speak. A'dal informed her that M'uru was well-aware of his fate, giving himself willingly to the blood elves, and that Prophet Velen of the draenei had learned of it some time ago. Liadrin renounces her loyalties to the Sunstrider dynasty, pledging the blades of the Blood Knights to stopping their maddened prince and his new master, and finally to restoring Silvermoon to its greatness.

In her absence, Lord Solanar Bloodwrath has taken on the role of training aspiring Blood Knight masters within Silvermoon. Without Liadrin personally present to put the Blood Knights' political interests on the table, Grand Magister Rommath represented them in Sunfury Spire in her place.

Meeting with A'dal

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Fury of the Sunwell
Following the death of Kael'thas, along with the darkened M'uru and the defeat of Kil'jaeden, Liadrin travels to the sight of the defiled Sunwell alongside Prophet Velen. She laments that the blood elves may never be able to atone for the sin they committed in damning M'uru to his fate, though Velen acquires the "heart" of M'uru, and channels it into the Sunwell. In a massive blaze of light, the font of power is restored, to which Velen notes may be the start of rebirthing the soul of a nation.

The Path to Redemption
During the quest to restore Quel'Delar, adventurers are admitted access to the Sunwell by Halduron Brightwing. Within, Lady Liadrin is seen speaking to groups of blood elf pilgrims about the battles the sin'dorei have yet to face, and how it felt to see the Sunwell restored.


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Battle with Lady Liadrin
Her solitude could be an underestimation of her power. Once you enter battle, her speed is immense and her attack power is high enough to take a well-geared level 70 player down in a matter of seconds. Although, with a well-geared healer and a high amount of mana per 5 seconds, you can take Liadrin down with three people. A tank, a healer, and a dps or two. Be aware that with three people it is a very long fight, around 15–20 minutes, but the reward is great. She drops anywhere from 60 gold to 100 gold.

The being M'uru, also in the chamber, was a friendly unit to Alliance members though would not aid in the attack, even if the beams from the magi were broken.

Trivia

 * Lady Liadrin is wearing the tier 3 Redemption Armor.
 * Lady Liadrin is probably named after Liandrin from Robert Jordan's the Wheel of Time series.
 * She will change her tabard from the Blood Knight Tabard to the Tabard of the Shattered Sun during her conversation with A'dal. Few NPCs change their appearance in such a way.
 * The Horde Paladin tier 9 sets are named after her, as is Lady Liadrin's Conviction, a reward from the Horde version of.
 * Liadrin apparently noticed the talent of the blood elf orphan Salandria, and personally adopts her.
 * Currently, Liadrin can only be seen interacting with blood elf pilgrims at the Sunwell during the phased Quel'Delar quest chain. She was removed from Silvermoon City following the events surrounding M'uru, and her routine exchange with A'dal has since been stopped (with the removal of portals to Silvermoon City), though she will occasionally spawn in front of him after a Verdant Sphere is turned in, albeit with with no dialogue.