Mage-Priest

"I've come to cleanse this land."

- -High Elven Priest

OOC Note
This article is entirely fan made, if you have any inquiries feel free to contact the writer (Serana Dawnsinger). Anybody is welcome to contribute to the project (just make sure to ask me before deleting anything here!). Do not take this as concrete lore and if you wish you may ignore this page entirely - it is simply my love letter to the Mage-Priest NPC introduced to us in Wrath of the Lich King.

Overview
The Mage-Priests are a specialization of Priest which manipulates a combination of arcane and holy magic. This type of holy caster originated during the Second War.

After the Third War, teachings of the Mage-Priests spread quickly to the Scarlet Crusade and later the New Horde. Currently Mage-Priests are a common practice in their respective factions, especially regarding the Scarlet Crusade.

Abilities
WIP!

Users
Grand Alliance: The Grand Alliance deploys Mage-Priests in many of their Silver Covenant divisions. They generally serve the Alliance on the back lines, empowering other casters and healing the wounded. Alliance Mage-Priests are almost exclusively Quel'dorei.

New Horde: The New Horde's use of Mage-Priests is somewhat similar to the Alliance. However it draws distinction from their counterparts by more commonly placing a Mage-Priest in their mid lines to bolster melee combatants. Horde Mage-Priests are exclusively Sin'dorei.

Scarlet Crusade: Scarlet Mage-Priests are solely offensive based, manipulating the arcane and holy light to create conjured holy flames. The Crusade's goal with their Mage-Priests is not to inspire their allies but instead deliver sweeping and devastating flames over their undead opponents. These scarlet casters are infamous for their ferocity and in turn, highly respected by the crusade. Scarlet Mage-Priests are almost exclusively human.

Races
High Elf: During the Second War, many of the High Elven Priests found themselves incapable of self-defense from the Orcish Horde. However unlike the other races of the Alliance, a number of elven priests decided to manipulate their magical aptitude rather than take upon the ways of a Paladin. These priests became the first Mage-Priests (many of whom remained in the Alliance of Lordaeron to heal the wounded.) Currently High Elven priests stand by their Alliance comrades or remain their neutrality, healing the wounded and if needed smiting their foes with magical might.

Blood Elf: The Blood Elven Mage-Priests are mostly comprised of Mage-Priests from the Second War who remained loyal to Anasterian and the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas. Like their other Blood Elven kin, they either joined the New Horde, a neutral organization or became independent. Many Blood Elven Mage-Priests (like the Blood Knights) siphoned power from M'uru until the reclamation of the Sunwell.

Human: WIP

Gnome: WIP