Kirin Tor

The Kirin Tor
Main leader	The Six Jaina Proudmoore; Karlain; Khadgar; Modera; Ansirem Runeweaver; Aethas Sunreaver;
Secondary leaders	Vargoth
Race(s)	Human; High elf; Gnome; Dwarf; Blood elf; Half-elf
Capital	Dalaran
Other major settlements	Nethergarde Keep, Kirin'Var Village, Ambermill
Theater of operations	Dalaran, Eastern Kingdoms, Northrend
Language(s)	Common (presumed)
Affiliation	Independent, The Violet Eye, Sorcerers' League, Mages' Guild
Reputation
Quartermaster	Archmage Alvareaux
Tabard

The Kirin Tor (also known as Magus Senate (of Dalaran)^[1]) is a council of the most powerful mages on Azeroth, leading the city-state of Dalaran. The organization is a faction in World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.

History

Following the establishment of the city-state of Dalaran, the magocrats formed the Kirin Tor as a specialized sect that was charged with cataloging and researching every spell, artifact, and magic item known to mankind at the time.^[2]

The Kirin Tor became the city’s ruling power. The Kirin Tor’s headquarters was the Violet Citadel, an impressive building so named for its stone walls which gave off a faint violet light. The ruling council, six members in all, met in the Chamber of the Air, a room with no visible walls — the gray stone floor with its central diamond symbol stood beneath an open sky that shifted and changed rapidly, as if the time sped past within the chamber.

Even the Kirin Tor, however, found itself powerless to stop Prince Arthas and his forces when he led the Scourge through Lordaeron. Arthas acquired the spellbook of Medivh and Kel'Thuzad used it to summon Archimonde, who destroyed Dalaran. The city was left in ruins. Some felt the devastation was well-deserved, since Kel’Thuzad had himself been one of the Kirin Tor (before he left to form the Scholomance). Since Kel’Thuzad was responsible for creating the Plague of Undeath and releasing the Scourge upon the world, many felt the Kirin Tor should share in the blame and the consequences.

The Kirin Tor refused to abandon their home, however. They returned to the ruins months later, destroying those few undead creatures that remained, and reclaimed their city. They erected a glowing dome around the entire city, powerful enough to destroy anyone who touches it, while they worked to rebuild their fallen city.^[3]^[4]

Wrath of the Lich King

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Eventually, the mages were able to lift the whole city from its site, leaving only a crater in its place. The Kirin Tor decided to move their floating city to Northrend, where they still rule over the reconstructed Dalaran. The Kirin Tor proclaimed themselves neutral in the conflict between the Horde and the Alliance, and instead sought to help bridge the gaps between the two factions -- starting with reaching out to Quel'Thalas for magical support against Malygos, the crazed Aspect of Magic.^[5]

The presence of the Kirin Tor was indeed met with deep-seated revilement from the crazed Malygos, who made numerous attempts to destroy the city.^[6] Malygos, whose war on mortal magic users reached its crux during the war against the Lich King, would ultimately be put to death before his vengeance against the Kirin Tor could be fulfilled.

The elven population of the Kirin Tor underwent something of a split: the portion of the elves who converted to the blood elven philosophy took up the name "the Sunreavers," named for their leader, Aethas Sunreaver, the only non-human on the Council of Six. Conversely, some high elven members opposed the notion of allowing the sin'dorei back into the Kirin Tor's ranks, and formed the Silver Covenant to oppose it. Its leader, Vereesa Windrunner, however, held no political sway within the city, thus leading to the blood elves officially being readmitted as members of the Kirin Tor.^[7]

The Kirin Tor also assisted in the assault on Ulduar, working closely with Brann Bronzebeard and his Explorers' League to this end.

Tides of War

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Jaina Proudmoore urged the Kirin Tor to support Theramore against the Horde armies massing at Northwatch Hold. The council agreed to send mages to help defend the island nation. Aethas Sunreaver cast the decisive vote in support of Theramore, reasoning that to do nothing would be to implicitly support the Horde's expansionism.

When Garrosh's true plan: to detonate a mana bomb over Theramore, is revealed; Rhonin sacrifices his life by teleporting Jaina and a few wounded defenders to safety. Rhonin pulls the bomb into the Theramore Tower, minimizing the damage caused by the explosion.

In the aftermath, Jaina replaces Rhonin on the Council of Six. Due to Thalen Songweaver's betrayal at the defense of Theramore, the Sunreavers' credibility has been damaged.

Mists of Pandaria

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After Jaina Proudmoore discovered that Sunreavers helped Garrosh Hellscream steal the [Divine Bell] by using Dalaran portals to infiltrate Darnassus, Jaina mobilized the Kirin Tor and the Silver Covenant to purge the Horde from Dalaran. After which, Jaina pledges the Kirin Tor to the Alliance.

Organization

The Kirin Tor is also referred to as the Magus Senate or Magocracy of Dalaran. It is made up of 120 members.^[3] They are divided in several levels of importance and influence.

The Kirin Tor has a ruling council of six archmagi, sometimes known as the Council of Six.^[4] One of the members of the council is appointed the Head or the Leader of the Kirin Tor. He is seen as "Kirin Tor's true ruler, and the Sect's public face".^[4]^[8]^[9] Except for the Head of the Kirin Tor, the rest of the ruling council member's identities are kept secret from everyone outside the council, with few exceptions.

Beneath the ruling council are the archmagi, each of whom is given tasks as the council sees fit. Archmagi do not hold specific positions or responsibilities, beyond the general loyalty to the Kirin Tor and to the world, and the standing obligation to study new human magic whenever it appears. In reality, however, some archmagi have been given the same tasks so often they have essentially assumed responsibility for those jobs. Thus one archmage might be in charge of cataloging all wands, while another handles researching and cataloging all illusions. Several work to monitor and maintain the city’s protective dome.^[4]

Magi are the lowest members of the Kirin Tor, and answer to the archmagi. Any archmage in the sect can issue orders to a mage, provided the instructions still fit within the organization’s goals. As with archmagi, however, most magi settle into specific positions and tasks and work exclusively for one archmage. The ruling council can change this at any time but rarely does so, unless they feel a mage has become a problem in his current position, or if they need him for a different task. Most magi are allowed the freedom to pursue their tasks and studies in whatever manner they choose. Despite the fact that they are the lowest members in the hierarchy, many magi possess great power.^[4]

Though their numbers have diminished, the remaining members of the Kirin Tor still rule over the remains of Dalaran.

One of the tasks of the Kirin Tor was to safeguard and wield the Eye of Dalaran in defense of their city. However, it was captured by the Horde for Ner'zhul, shortly after the end of the Second War.

Membership

RhoninTCG — Archmage Rhonin, former leader of the Kirin Tor.

Before the Scourge came, any human mage was welcome in Dalaran. They found peers and a place to stay and to work in peace. Magi with an eye for detail and a strong focus on research were offered membership in the Kirin Tor. This process could take anywhere from a few months to several years — the ruling council did not invite magi until it was sure of their abilities and allegiances. The Kirin Tor became even more cautious about admittance after Kel'Thuzad defected and took many other magi with him.^[4]

Leaders of the Council of Six

Antonidas (killed in the Scourge invasion of Dalaran)
Rhonin (killed in the mana bomb explosion in Theramore)
Jaina Proudmoore (current)

Reputation

Aside from championing, Kirin Tor reputation can also be gained by completing Dungeon and Heroic Dungeon dailies, and Dalaran (cooking, jewelcrafting and fishing) dailies.

Most classes start at a neutral standing with the Kirin Tor. Mages, however, automatically start at friendly level with them. Because of this, it is possible for a mage to obtain the [Tabard of the Kirin Tor] at level 1.

	Neutral	Friendly	Honored	Revered	Exalted	Rep	Notes
Daily Fishing Quests	Quest:The Ghostfish (R)					325	Sholazar Basin
	Quest:Jewel Of The Sewers (R)					325	Dalaran (Underbelly)
	Quest:Dangerously Delicious (R)					325	Wintergrasp
	Quest:Disarmed! (R)					325	Dalaran (Violet Hold)
	Quest:Blood Is Thicker (R)					325	Borean Tundra
Drop Item Quests	Quest:Sealed Vial of Poison (R)					325	From [Bag of Fishing Treasures]
Daily Cooking Quests	Quest:Sewer Stew (R)					195	Crystalsong Forest
	Quest:Cheese for Glowergold (R)					195	Dalaran
	Quest:Convention at the Legerdemain (R)					195	Dalaran
	Quest:Infused Mushroom Meatloaf (R)					195	Dalaran (Underbelly)
	Quest:Mustard Dogs! (R)					195	Dalaran
Daily Jewelcrafting Quests	Quest:Shipment: Blood Jade Amulet (R)					32.5	Dalaran
	Quest:Shipment: Bright Armor Relic (R)					32.5	Dalaran
	Quest:Shipment: Glowing Ivory Figurine (R)					32.5	Dalaran
	Quest:Shipment: Intricate Bone Figurine (R)					32.5	Dalaran
	Quest:Shipment: Shifting Sun Curio (R)					32.5	Dalaran
	Quest:Shipment: Wicked Sun Brooch (R)					32.5	Dalaran
Quests	Borean Tundra, Dragonblight, Coldarra and Dalaran					~11k	See below

When you reach exalted status with the Kirin Tor, the achievement The Kirin Tor is awarded.

Rewards

Archmage Alvareaux
<Kirin Tor Quartermaster>
	Item	Cost	Type
Friendly	[Tabard of the Kirin Tor]	1	Tabard
Honored	[Helm of the Majestic Stag]	25 80	Leather Head
	[Lightblade Rivener]	65 96 36	Dagger
	[Shroud of Dedicated Research]	19 86 36	Cloak
	[Spaulders of Grounded Lightning]	31 21 30	Mail Shoulder
Revered	[Flameheart Spell Scalpel]	74 12 9	Dagger
	[Girdle of the Warrior Magi]	26 37 52	Plate Waist
	[Mind-Expanding Leggings]	37 86 93	Leather Legs
	[Stave of Shrouded Mysteries]	92 98 20	Staff
Exalted	[Boots of Twinkling Stars]	46 13 26	Mail Feet
	[Fireproven Gauntlets]	36 5 39	Plate Hands
	[Ghostflicker Waistband]	25 42 75	Leather Waist
	[Robes of Crackling Flame]	40 53 90	Cloth Chest
	[Design: Brilliant Scarlet Ruby]	4	Jewelcrafting
	[Pattern: Sapphire Spellthread]	5	Tailoring

Named

Being a collection of the greatest mages in the land, the Kirin Tor naturally has many members who have had significant effects on the history of Azeroth, including both great wizards and those who delved too deeply into necromancy, demonology, and other warlock magics.

Name	Role	Condition
Alec		Alive
Allistarj (former)	Former member of the Kirin Tor, enslaved by Razelikh the Defiler	Killable
Alonda	Maintained the Kirin Tor bestiaries	Unknown
Alvareaux	Kirin Tor quartermaster	Alive
Antonidas	Leader of the Kirin Tor during the Second and Third Wars; killed by Arthas Menethil	Deceased
Anzim		Alive
Nielas Aran	Court Conjurer of Stormwind, and archmage of the Kirin Tor, and Acolyte of the Order of Tirisfal.	Deceased, Undead
Gunther Arcanus (former)	Thinking to be the only free undead, he's hiding in Gunther's Retreat.	Alive
Archus		Alive
Arrexis	Member of the Order of Tirisfal; killed by demons	Deceased
Arugal (former)	Former member of the Kirin Tor, responsible for summoning the Worgen; later turned to the Scourge	Killable
Ataeric	Overseer of Ambermill	Undead
Austin		Alive
Baratea	Recent member of the Kirin Tor	Alive
Librarian Belleford		Alive
Belmara (former)	Abjurist of Kirin'Var Village, killed by Kael'thas' forces	Undead
Calandra		Alive
Charles Pratt	An Arcane Reforger in the Undercity still serving the Kirin Tor.	Undead
The Chooch		Alive
Corla, Herald of Twilight (former)		Killable
Dath'omere		Alive
Dathric (former)	Battle-Mage of Kirin'Var Village, killed by Kael'thas' forces	Undead
Dalar Dawnweaver (former)		Undead
Delth	Requested tomes of elven history from Medivh's library	Unknown
Dieworth (former)	Killed by Kael'thas' forces in Kirin'Var Village	Undead
Donathan		Alive
Drenden	Member of the Six	Unknown
Elandra		Alive
Fabioso the Fabulous		Alive
Emeline Fizzlefry		Alive
Bitty Frostflinger		Alive
Cohlien Frostweaver (former)	Mage of Kirin'Var Village, killed by Kael'thas' forces	Undead
Garren		Alive
Ginsberg		Alive
Goldlilly Gleamingfell		Alive
Fansy Goodbringer		Alive
Grezla the Hag		Alive
Guzbah	Khadgar's first instructor; killed by demons	Deceased
Haelenai		Alive
Halister		Alive
Han'al	Master Lorekeeper	Alive
Hollister		Alive
Bethor Iceshard (former)	Killed by the Scourge, now a Forsaken.	Alive
Corla (former)	Twilight's Hammer cultist in the Blackrock Caverns.	Killable
Ilsudria		Alive
Kaelana		Alive
Karlain	Current member of the Council of Six	Alive
Karina		Alive
Linda Ann Kastinglow		Alive
Kath'leen		Alive
Kel'Thuzad (former)	Member of the Six, turned to the Scourge	Killable
Khadgar	Current member of the Council of Six, Apprentice to Medivh, Supreme Commander of the Alliance Expedition, advisor to A'dal	Alive
Koreln		Alive
Korrigan	Chief Librarian of the Violet Citadel	Unknown
Krasus	Former member of the Six, Consort of the Dragonqueen Alexstrasza	Deceased
Lan'dalock		Alive
Lukems		Alive
Luminrath (former)	Conjurer of Kirin'Var Village, killed by Kael'thas' forces	Undead
Melindra		Alive
The Magnificent Merleaux		Alive
Joboba Mezbreaker		Alive
Crafticus Mindbender		Alive
Modera	Current member of the Council of Six	Alive
Moran		Alive
Morran (former)	Killed by Kael'thas' forces in Kirin'Var Village	Undead
Mumplina		Alive
Naberius (former)	Former apprentice to Archmage Vargoth, responsible for the undead ones in Kirin'Var Village	Killable
Nelphi		Alive
John Nicholas		Alive
Norlan	Chief Artificer of the Violet Citadel	Unknown
Phin Odelic	Former mage of the Kirin Tor who once resided in Southshore, later became a worgen	Deceased
Pentarus		Alive
Phaelista		Alive
Preston		Alive
Jaina Proudmoore	Current leader of the Kirin Tor, apprentice of Antonidas, former ruler of Theramore	Alive
Ravandwyr	Kirin Tor Apprentice of Archmage Vargoth, who survived the explosion in Kirin'Var	Alive
Thule Ravenclaw (former)	Sold his soul to the Scourge, now ruling Fenris Keep.	Killable
Rheaume		Alive
Rhonin	Leader of the Kirin Tor after Antonidas	Deceased
Rhydian		Alive
Ansirem Runeweaver	Current member of the Council of Six, Archmage of the Kirin Tor	Alive
Sarina		Alive
Sathera	Kirin Tor Mage	Deceased
Silva		Alive
Ulrik von Stromhearth		Alive
Kat Sunflower		Alive
Aethas Sunreaver	Member of the Council of Six	Alive
Kael'thas Sunstrider (former)	Member of the Six and Prince of Quel'Thalas, turned to the Illidari (and later the Burning Legion)	Killable
Tenaj		Alive
Teronus III		Alive
Tiare		Alive
Timear		Alive
Natalie Tootiblare		Alive
Tyr'ganal		Alive
Ur	Killed by the Scourge while defending Dalaran.	Deceased
Varenthas		Alive
Vargoth	Leader of Kirin'Var Village, in what is now Netherstorm in Outland. Can also be found in Dalaran, locked away in the mage tower.	Alive
Watkins		Alive
Weinhaus		Alive
Whirt the All-Knowing		Alive
Yurias		Alive
Baroness Zildjia		Alive

Title

NPC members of the Kirin Tor should also have the <Kirin Tor> title, or <The Kirin Tor> in some rare cases.

Notes

While the Kirin Tor officially condemns torture, its members are not always opposed to using information obtained by others through it.^[10]

References

^ Quest:Contact from Dalaran
^ The Seven Kingdoms
^ ^a ^b Alliance Player's Guide, pg. 154
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Alliance Player's Guide, pg. 155
^ In the Shadow of the Sun
^ Mage (manga)
^ Tides of War
^ Tides of Darkness, pg 45
^ Tides of Darkness, pg. 73
^ Quest:The Art of Persuasion

External links

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[MS-1] Quest:Contact from Dalaran

[2] The Seven Kingdoms

[APG_154-3] Alliance Player's Guide, pg. 154

[APG_155-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Alliance Player's Guide, pg. 155

[5] In the Shadow of the Sun

[6] Mage (manga)

[7] Tides of War

[ToD_45-8] Tides of Darkness, pg 45

[ToD_73-9] Tides of Darkness, pg. 73

[10] Quest:The Art of Persuasion

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