User:JaykobTheYellow

Jaykob the Yellow, Knight Marshal of Lords of the Realm and Paladin of the Silver hand

In his childhood Jaykob lost his parents at a young age. His mother died before he knew her. At age eleven his father left to fight with Arthas against the Plague. He fought side by side with Arthas and Uther and other paladins, until the battle for Stratholme. He left with Uther and Jaina, and return home to his son, who was staying with his father's friend, Tyrankore. Unfortunately, his father heard to call to arms again all too soon. He was slain when Arthas murdered Uther and the Silver Hand paladins. A group of thirty-five ghouls raided Tyrankore's home a week later. Tyrankore got all of the children out through a safe tunnel. (Tyrankore had been watching over many kids at the time.)He killed nine ghouls, until finally one struck him down. His blade fell backwards. Jaykob had hid and was thought dead by the others emerged from inside the chimney. He took up Tyrankore's sword and empowered by the light struck down the attacking Scourge. Tyrankore had called for aid using an old horn from his days of fighting the Horde... and help arrived soon. They saw the power within the child and took him to the safety of Ironforge to be trained by the mighty Brandur Ironhammer. Brandur was one of the many who saw potential in the child. For eleven years he trained with Brandur.

At the age of twenty two, Jaykob left Ironforge to seek a new home within Northrend Valley, believing the wars of the world over and no place to be had for him. He was wrong. Upon arriving his aid was requested in slaying the raiding Defias Brotherhood. This brought him honor among the residents of Elwynn Forest. He soon moved to Goldshire, where the Marshal there needed his help in the Kobold threat. Soon he was a hero among the Humans of Stormwind.

A year later he traveled to Westfall to lend aid against the Defias Brotherhood. He was soon revered with the People's Militia of Sentinel Hill. His fame was rising fast. He was then sent into the Deadmine's to end this Brotherhood once and for all. He returned hours later, beaten and bloody, with the head of Edwin VanCleef. Jaykob still wanted more... He wanted to save his people from a real threat. The threat of the Scourge. He took his request to the Stormwind throne room, just to be declined by Lady Katrana Prestor. In his anger he left for Redridge Mountains, where he planned to secede from the Alliance. He would travel north, to the plageulands where he lived so many years ago. On his way he passed into Lakeshire, where the soldiers would not let him pass. They told him a Blackrock Orc army was blocking the road. So, Jaykob stayed a week in the local inn. Finally... The Orcs were reinforced by an army of two thousand Blackrock Orcs. He had nothing but a two handed sword and yellow cloth clothes. He joined the eight hundred Stormwind soldiers lined along the outskirts of the city. He waited as did the other Humans... Until finally the Orc captain gave the order to fire. Arrows fell upon their shields. Jaykob quickly called upon the power of the light to conjure a divine shield that surrounded him and saved him from what should have been his death. The Orcs charged. Jaykob swung his sword and cut down the first orc. He fought bravely, but soon found himself surrounded. He was scared. He was angry. Suddenly the ground burst with holy energy and took the lives of all the surrounding orcs. An orc catapult suddenly brought down the bridge of Lakeshire. This bridge kept the northern human territories of Azeroth connected to the southern... Along with half of the human army at Lakeshire. Jaykob and the other humans were left to die... Then Jaykob got an idea. Once again he called upon the light and summoned a hammer of holy wrath and launched it at the mountains overlooking the valley into Lakeshire.. the valley that the Orcs flooded in from. The rocks fell and crushed the Blackrocks. Jaykob had saved the town and possibly Elwynn, Duskwood, and Westfall, from the Blackrock army. The citizens called this Paladin dressed in yellow C'elüs... The Yellow Death in the Darnassian tongue.