Knights of Mardenholde

"With the death of Mograine, this once noble Crusade has fallen deep into fanaticism and unconscionable zeal. In the eyes of the Light, we are the last true bastion of purity within this forsaken Order. We are Mograine's legacy, we are Crusaders of flame. The Silver Hand remains with us, brothers and sisters. Let not Dathrohan's strangeness twist your mind, for then truly this Crusade shall die."

- Cedrus Abragand addressing his Knights in secret The Knights of Mardenholde was a small pidgin group of auxiliary forces within the Scarlet Crusade sanctioned by Taelan Fordring and parented by the Hand of the Unblinded that existed during the Golden Age of the Crusade. The Order was formed by Cedrus Abragand in response to the Crusade's descent into fanaticism. It willed the extermination of all Undead and the purification of Lordaeron, as did the Crusade under the leadership of Alexandros Mograine. Not ilk its parent, the Knights of Mardenholde adhered to the beliefs of the Church of the Holy Light and discriminated against the tyranny and fanaticism of the greater Scarlet Crusade. For the entirety of the Order's existence, the greater Crusade and the Hand of the Unblinded were unaware of its true intentions. After Abragand defected from the Crusade, the Hand of the Unblinded absorbed the Order, rendering it defunct.