Aurious Hightower

Aurious was the first born son of Lord Marco Hightower and Lady Julianne Hightower. Being born into an affluent family, Aurious was given opportunity, convenience, and anything he desired. At the age of eighteen, he departed from his home in Stratholme and became a cleric under Archbishop Alonsus Faol in the Holy Order of Northshire Clerics. At the age of thirty, he was inducted into the Knights of the SIlver Hand as one of the first paladins and was a part of the Argent Dawn and is currently within the Argent Cruasde.

Background
Aurious was born about two and a half decades before the beginning of the First War to Lord marco Hightower and Lady Julianne Hightower in the city of Stratholme. When he turned eighteen, he left his home and became a Cleric under Archbishop Alonsus Faol in the Holy Order of Northshire Clerics where he served during the First War. In the year 597 by the King's Calender, 5 years after the beginning of the First War, he was inducted into the Knights of the Silver Hand as one of the first paladins behind the more notable such as Uther the Lightbringer, Saidan Dathrohan, Tirion Fordring, Turalyon, and Gavinrad the Dire. Like many within the Knights of the Silver Hand, Aurious served in the Second War.

The Culling of Stratholme.
Aurious was one of the Knights within the Order of the Knights of the Silver Hand to accompany Uther the Lightbringer to Stratholme along with Prince Arthas Menethil. As a result, due to Prince Arthas' command, he along with the other Knights of the Silver Hand were suspended from service. It was here, at the Culling of Stratholme, that the majority of the Hightower family were confirmed killed. There are many reports of missing family members, but as far as Aurious knows, everyone within his family was killed during the Purging.

After the Third War
Aurious, much like the remaining paladins of the Knights of the Silver Hand followed Lord Commander Saidan Dathrohan and Highlord Alexandros Mograine, the wielder of the Ashbringer, in their fight against the Scourge within the Plaguelands from their base at Hearthglen in what is now known as the Western Plagueland. Worried about the Forsaken entrenching themselves in the Ruins of Lordaeron, Aurious, along with the other Knights, established a base in what is now known as the Scarlet Monastery in Tirisfal Glades. However, with Balnazzar possessing Lord Commander Saidan Dathrohan and the betrayal of Renault Mograine, which led to the death of Highlord Alexandros Mograine, Aurious, along with the other paladins that were disgusted with the Scarlet Crusade's zealotry, formed the Argent Dawn.

Service in the Argent Dawn
Aurious' service in the Argent Dawn was virtually uneventful; however, during his service, Aurious met Dilan Ravenshield, who had defected from the Scarlet Crusade after realizing their corruption had taken root and wished to join the Argent Dawn. The two became close friends and served together in the Dawn; however, after the Battle of Light's Hope Chapel, when Lord Tirion Fordring merged the Argent Dawn and the remaining Knights of the Silver Hand to form the Argent Crusade, the two split and would not be reunited until the Battle of the Wrathgate.