Talk:Lotharian Calendar/@comment-26581666-20151213015825/@comment-7263041-20151213045606

Considering that Alonsus was the Leader of the Order of Northshire Clerics, I highly doubt that he somehow travelled to Lordaeron where he found Uther.

Even wow.gamepedia.com isn't clear on the exact facts. Some pages say that Alonsus fled with the survivors of Stormwind to Lordaeron, other pages say he was already in Lordaeron when he learned about the attacks. What is clear though is that Uther wasn't a knight. The only two sources that 'claim' that he was, don't actually claim that. The first, the Warcraft II manual says this about Uther:

"Apprentice to the aged Archbishop Alonsus Faol who was the leader of the Holy Order of Northshire Clerics that guided the kingdom of Azeroth during the First War, Uther Lightbringer learned first hand that faith alone would not defeat the terrible Horde. Many of the Clerics were slain during the First War, and so the Archbishop devoted himself to rebuilding the Order as to provide the citizens of Lordaeron with hope and faith. Knowing that this war with the unholy Orcs could not end soon, Uther discerned that the Archbishop’s new Order must be able to defend the people as well as heal them. Thus, young Uther took up sword and shield and issued the call to the most pious amongst the Knights of Lordaeron."

If he was already a knight at the time that the Paladins were formed, he would not have needed to 'take up the sword and shield' because he would have already been doing so. The second source, is the WoW RPG, which as we know is non-canon.

So we know he wasn't a Knight, that he was an apprentice cleric during the events of the First War. We also know that he saw the brutality of the Horde first hand. Again, the Warcraft II manual says that he 'learned first hand that faith alone would not defeat the terrible Horde.' If he was in Lordaeron, he could not have learned anything of the Orcs first hand.

While there isn't an exact agreement on if he was or was not fighting in the First War. Current canon information certainly seems to imply it.