Miralyne Valetender

"If there are any questions magic and technology cannot answer, I have yet to find them. But then, perhaps I have not been asking the correct questions."

Valetender Family History
The Valetender family name's earliest records show their origins to date as far back as landfall when the Highborne, led by Dath'remar Sunstrider, first made landfall on Eastern Kingdoms long before the First War. The family name of Valetender in more recent history is known for having the some of the most knowledgeable botanists of their time. Unlike many other High Elves (predating the moment where many High Elves took up the name of Blood Elves), many of the ancient ancestors of the Valetenders preferred to be outside, had a strong interest in nature both magical and mundane, and had a keen love of the forests of Quel'Thalas.

The Troll Wars
Long before the armies of the Horde had ever stepped foot onto Azeroth, the Valetender family rose up to fight the trolls during the Troll Wars. This event took place roughly twenty-eight thousand (2,800) years before the opening of the Dark Portal on Azeroth. During the desperate war between the High Elven Kingdom and the Troll nations, many of the Valetender family name perished in battle. While they were well-known through the many members of the Valetender family that had distinguished themselves as illustrious alchemists and shrewd diplomats, the family proved to be just as capable in battle. The men and women of the Valetender family gladly marched to war to defend their people and their forests.

Every single member participated in the war effort in their own way, though most participated by fighting directly. In the end, the dwindling numbers of the Elves forced even some of the usually peaceful Valetenders to take up arms against the Troll threats. Their love for the forests led them to create their estate near the outer edges of Elven-held lands in Quel'Thalas, which left them vulnerable to troll incursions. In less than a week, the Valetender estate quickly became overwhelmed. A sudden troll raid broke their defenses and slaughtered all inside: young and old, man, woman and child. After such a tragic loss, fewer than ten Valetender family members remained.

Seronis and Therasi Valetender, sons of the late Vendrasi Valetender, fought valiantly in the Battle of the Alterac Mountains. For many days, both brothers cut down many trolls, Seronis with his spear and shield, Therasi with his bow, arrows and daggers. Sadly, in the latter days, Therasi would be grievously wounded. He perished in the the most savage moments of the battle, though the last remaining son of Vendrasi Valetender, Seronis, would live on to continue the family line as the new Lord of the Valetender family line. His spear and shield would become family heirlooms, passed down through generations of the Valetender family line. Therasi Valetender's bow and daggers were never recovered, though his body was.

Few held the humans in such a high regard as the Valetender family after this day. They were no fools: they knew in time, the Elven Kingdom would have fallen to the sheer numbers of the Troll nations. While many Elves were content to let the humans enjoy the magic gifted to them in aid for the service against the Trolls, the Valetenders often welcomed the families of the humans into their estate. It is important to note, however, that they only invited those who had come to personally earn their respect through fighting alongside them. A lasting friendship developed between the Valetender family and many human families. Through this friendship, many Valetenders became diplomats serving the interests of both Quel'Thalas' Elves and their human allies.

The Wildhammer Clan and the War of the Three Hammers
Two-hundred thirty (230) years before the First War, the Valetenders and other Quel'dorei would earn a close friendship with that of the Wildhammer clan during the War of the Three Hammers. The Valetenders did not fight in this war, but they did enjoy open trade with this particular clan of Dwarves. What started as a lucrative business opportunity to supply Dwarves with valuable elixirs and potions became a blossoming friendship between this family of Elves and this clan of Dwarves. While Dwarves tended to have more abrasive personalities, their cultural aspects held close parallels with that of the Valetender's. Their mutual appreciation for nature was one of the major catalysts which helped to spark the close friendship that continues to this day between the last daughters of the Valetender line and the Wildhammer clan in Hinterlands.

The First and Second Wars
The Valetender family line had prospered in the peace that followed the end of the Troll Wars. Seronis married and had many children, focused on rebuilding their family and their estate. Seronis had an heir named Kiranos, and Kiranos would continue to see their family prosper until he passed the title of Head of the Valetender House to his son, Ferardrin, who in turn had an heir named Ralidros. They would enjoy their roles as botanists, diplomats and merchants once more. Many years later, when the humans called upon the High Elves to honor their pledge of loyalty and friendship against a new threat, as well as to honor their debt of gratitude the humans had earned during the time of the Troll Wars, the Valetenders would again find themselves fulfilling their more ancient role: protectors of their kin and lands alike.

Their warrior-like ancestry had not been forgotten, and would be one of the defining factors taken into account when Cerilin was made part of the initial token army pledged to Anduin Lothar. The threat had not been taken seriously by the Elves early on in the war, and certainly not by the Valetenders. It was only after the Orcs and Trolls succeeded in infiltrating Quel'Thalas, burned the borders of Quel'Thalas, slaughtered many High Elves and corrupted the Runestone at Caer Darrow did the Valetender family finally perceive this new Horde to be a true threat. It took little time for the family to prepare for war and march to it, as their ancestors had done before them.

Ferardrin, the Lord of the family and the most skilled warrior among the Valetenders at the time, wielded the family's legendary runed spear, "Shaon'othah," (Thorn Shower in the Common tongue) in battle. The spear held the unique magical effect of being able to split the small blade atop the spear into five separate blades. One remained attached while the other four could be magically launched. Lyrielle, the Lady of the family, accompanied him and wielded the family's legendary shield known as "Daandon Dalore" (Silvered Shield in the Common tongue). This shield held immense anti-magic enchantments capable of turning away even some of the most powerful of arcane spells. Lyrielle was a different kind of warrior than her husband: a Spellbreaker, her purpose to counter the dark magics employed by the Horde's Warlocks.

Cerilin, the Lord's younger brother and the most skilled botanist of the family, did more than just survive his initial days of war. Cerilin's alchemical knowledge helped to save many Alliance lives after battles. For this, he received many honours among the Alliance military. He eventually would fight beside the prodigal son of Feradrin: Ralidros. Ralidros, the oldest child and first-born son, showed immense skill with magic from an early age. From the moment he became noticed by the Magisters, they began grooming him to one day join them. Despite his strict magical schedule, what little free time he had was spent studying under Cerilin as a botanist. While Ferardrin was his true father, this time spent with Cerilin led Ralidros to see his uncle as more of a father figure. Most skilled in pyromancy, Ralidros fought viciously with fire magic.

Miralyne, the first daughter and second eldest child of Feradrin and Lyrielle, used her keen eye, steady hand and knowledge of poisonous herbs to great effect as a Ranger of the Farstriders. In her younger days, she served as an Outrunner, delivering messages and using her free time to explore the forests of Quel'Thalas. As she grew, her explorations became scouting the forests for troll activity. Her skill in navigating the forests, as well as her ability to dispatch trolls with a bow in minor skirmishes eventually landed her under the tutelage of a Farstrider, and in time, she would become one herself.

Lastly, Seras, the youngest child who was named after their distant ancestor Seronis, was initially pushed into learning Spellbreaking by her mother. They wanted to see her become the warrior that Seronis had been in tales of old, but instead, she surprised them all when she decided on a more peaceful path: Priesthood. Seras took up prayer and became a Priestess of the Light. During these conflicts, she avoided battle as much as she could, preferring to save lives rather than focus purely on ending them.

During the later battles of the war, Lyrielle would lose her life attempting to protect her husband. She threw herself between Ferardrin and an Ogre mercenary's maul. The shield shattered and Lyrielle fell, her body as broken as Daandon Dalore. The death of Lyrielle drove Ferardrin into a bloodlust none knew the Valetenders to be capable of. It made him reckless and careless. Though he slew many Orcs, Trolls and the Ogre mercenary who took his wife's life, his behavior would nearly cost him his life near the end of the Second War. His wounds were so severe that it was said he would never again return to battle. In sorrow, he returned to his estate to oversee the burial of his late and, then retired to the life of botany and alchemy. Shaon'othah, the family spear, was passed down to Cerilin.

Miralyne, Ralidros and Seras would all develop an intense hatred of the Horde after the loss of their mother. Their obsession with seeing the Horde destroyed nearly mirrored Alleria's hatred of Orcs. In the last moments of the Second War, Mira would depart Azeroth as one of the elven rangers traveling with Alleria Windrunner on the other side of the Dark Portal. When the Dark Portal was brought down with no sign of Miralyne and no confirmed report of her death, the Valetender family refused to have a funeral ceremony, not wishing to accept that she had perished. In secret, they mourned in their estate over the loss of the two eldest women of the Valetender family.

Aftermath of the Second War
Politically speaking, most of the Valetender family still supported the Alliance during this time. Many cousins, uncles, aunts and other distant relatives were split in their loyalties, as the majority believed the Alliance to be incompetents who failed to outwit the brutish Orcs. Some blamed human tactical incompetence for the burning of their forests. Feradrin and his remaining children remained fiercely loyal toward the Alliance and their human allies, staunch in their belief that all of Quel'Thalas might have seen further destruction not for the timely intervention of the Alliance. The political disagreement created a schism between many members within and without the Valetender Household.

Ralidros and Cerilin would leave Silvermoon for Dalaran soon after, disgusted that many of their kin viewed the Alliance in such a way. They planned to remain in Dalaran and continue to openly express their allegiance to the Alliance through the Kirin Tor. Seras supported the Alliance as well, though not so openly, as she still remained in Quel'Thalas to tend to their father, Feradrin, at their estate. His war wounds had been so grievous that he could scarcely walk without a limp anymore, and his body remained heavily scarred. The Head of the Valetenders searched for any alchemical concoction that would return his strength to him in Quel'Thalas, while Ralidros and Cerilin aimed to use Dalaran resources to find such an remedy.

The Fall of Quel'Thalas
When Arthas and the Scourge marched on Quel'Thalas, Ralidros and Cerilin would return through use of the magical Ley Lines to Quel'Thalas, reunite with Seras and Feradrin, and then rush to aid in the defense of Quel'Thalas. As luck would have it, Cerilin and Ralidros' efforts had not been in vain: they succeeded in developing a mixture that they believed would renew Feradrin's strength. They had been returning to give it to him in person when they discovered the undead marching on their lands. Ralidros quickly conjured a portal to Silvermoon City as their estate was overrun, but they discovered that the gates had already been breached. Feradrin tried to help with the defenses initially, but his body needed more time to recover. It took Seras' urging, but he eventually conceeded to flee into the eastern parts of the city under the guise of protecting those who could not protect themselves.

After Feradrin was convinced to go to safety, Ralidros and Seras met up with other like-minded individuals to turn back the tide of corpses ravaging their great homeland. While they were certainly not nearly as organized as the official military of the High Elves, this small group devoted their efforts to holding back the Scourge so that others could flee northwest to Sunstrider Isle. Meanwhile, Cerilin rushed to the defense of the Sunwell immediately as he was still an official member of their military. It was too late to stop them from breaching the gates, but the Sunwell had not been taken just yet. There was still hope in that moment, though their hopes would fail them as wave after wave of undead crashed against them and they fell one by one. They were soon overwhelmed and their lines began to break under the relentless advance of the undead.

They fought until all that remained of their small resistance group consisted of Ralidros, Seras and a Farstrider who had known Miralyne personally: Celtanis Silverdawn. Sensing death to be near for the three of them, Ralidros teleported Seras and Celtanis away just as the Scourge closed in. He vanished under a large group of ghouls, zombies and skeletons, but a moment later, there was an explosion of flame. Where once stood Ralidros, there existed nothing but scorched ground and traces of ash. Seras was lucky to be delivered to other defenders desperately attempting to hold the last area of safety: Sunstrider Isle.

Sunstrider Isle was so far out of the way of Arthas' goal of the Sunwell that Scourge attack on it was far lighter than that seen at the main city. It became a rallying point for refugees and what remained of the Elven military during the most chaotic moments of the battle. Seras and Celtanis were severely wounded and barely conscious, but still alive and uninfected. They would be brought deeper into Sunstrider Isle to have another tend to there wounds, where Ferardrin himself would be waiting. Ferardrin tended to his daughters wounds as he awaited the return of his brother and his son, not yet knowing of Ralidros' demise.

In the aftermath of the battle, they were surprised and relieved to find that Cerilin had survived. When defeat was certain, Cerilin and a few others teleported to Sunstrider Isle to escape the swarms of Scourge. Cerilin had seen the corruption of the Sunwell from a distance. With what little magic they had left, they escaped. When Seras finally recovered enough to tell the last moments of her time with Ralidros, they learned that their lands and city were not all that were taken from them. The news of Ralidros' death struck Cerilin the hardest, but likewise, inspired him to strike back the hardest.

There was little time to mourn. Many undead still lingered, the city needed to be rebuilt and worst of all: the Sunwell was gone. They all slowly felt the effects of magic withdrawal develop soon after. Kael'thas, last of the Sunstrider dynasty, returned from Dalaran to take control of the situation. Ferardrin, unable to be swayed to inaction any longer, took the family spear back from Cerilin and left to join Kael'thas and his loyal forces. Cerilin gladly returned it, stating that the spear always belonged to the greatest warrior of the Valetenders, and even crippled, he could see that Ferardrin surpased him in this regard. The Scourge advance on Quel'Thalas had severely depleted the Elven armies of Warriors and Spellbreakers: they would need every blade they could get.

Times were difficult for Cerilin and Seras, who spent much of their time attempting to tend to refugees or protecting their estate. Looting was common, and the Scourge still existed in significant numbers all throughout Quel'Thalas. When it seemed like it could not possibly be worse, Feradrin sent word that Garithos of the Alliance condemned Kael'thas and the Elves to death for allying with the Naga to survive. Outraged, Feradrin had departed to Outlands with Kael'thas while Cerilin and Seras could only read these letters in shock, horror and disbelief.

Feradrin would later accompany Illidan to Northrend in an attempt to destroy the Lich King. Despite being crippled from the end of the Second War, he fought valiantly. Some would say that he fought as savagely as he had when he lost his wife. The most significant quote would come from a fellow survivor and soldier, who said: "His body may be broken, but the warrior spirit he possesses will never die." Though they were ultimately defeated and forced into a retreat, Ferardrin proved himself once more as the warrior that he had once been told he could never again be.

The Burning Crusade
In the end, Illidan was defeated by Arthas and the former Prince of Lordaeron merged with Ner'zhul to become the new Lich King. They were forced to return to Outlands in failure. Ferardrin could see what Kael'thas had become with these new allegiances to demons and wanted to leave behind this madness behind to return to his family. In time, the opportunity for desertion presented itself. A Legion of Sin'dorei marched on Shattrath with orders to take it by force from the Draenei. Feradrin was among them, and gladly laid down his spear in surrender that day, on the condition that it would be returned to him again.

Feradrin became part of the Scryers, and much later, part of the Shattered Sun Offensive, eventually earning the rank of Lieutenant and later advanced further, attaining the rank of Captain. He redoubled his efforts to aid the Alliance, though his suspicions with the Horde grew. He had been shocked to learn that the Blood Elves had aligned themselves with Orcs, Trolls and Undead, three of their most hated enemies. He attempted to send letters back to Quel'Thalas to learn the fate of his brother and youngest daughter while he simultaneously scoured Outlands in search of Miralyne.

While Feradrin was away, Cerilin and Seras were fighting back the remnants of the Scourge left behind in Quel'Thalas. They had already reclaimed the estate and meant to take back all of Quel'Thalas from the grip of the Scourge. They later participated in battling the Scourge in Ghostlands. Most notably, Seras would join the Blood Knights, despite much protest against such an idea by her uncle. Cerilin saw this as a drastic shift from her Priestly behavior, but Seras saw Liandrin as an idol and mimicked her every choice. Though Seras still meant to mend wounds, she bent the Light to her will now, something Cerilin did not approve of.

After their duties in the Ghostlands came to an end, they began receiving letters from their father. They had feared that Feradrin had either perished or betrayed their people with Kael'thas. When they learned of the truth, Cerilin and Seras rushed to Shattrath and reunited with Feradrin. Feradrin explained that he rushed into Outland with Kael'thas hoping he would find Miralyne. He eventually discovered rumor of her whereabouts at Allerian Stronghold, but could not meet her due to his servitude to Kael'thas. His loyalties were to his people, his children and to his home, not to demons. At long last, they could finally find the truth behind Miralyne's disappearance.

Miralyne had long since heard that the Alliance and Horde had returned to Outlands by this time, but her duties at Allerian stronghold prevented her from returning home. Ferardrin, Cerilin and Seras would track her down and reunite with a surprised and ecstatic Miralyne. The bliss of seeing family again was short-lived; they were quick to inform her of what had occurred since her disappearance. Even with so many years passed, Miralyne's hatred for Orcs and Trolls had not vanished or even diminished in the least, though now her hatred extended to the undead as well. Miralyne would be reassigned from her post at Allerian Stronghold to join her family in the battles throughout Outlands.

The meeting of the Valetender family at Allerian Stronghold was not the happy reunion Miralyne had hoped it to be. After learning of the loss of Ralidros, the destruction of their city and near-extinction of their race, Miralyne's fury grew further, her hatred extending to that of all undead and Burning Legion. Miralyne and Seras also had many disagreements about the Alliance and Horde, as Seras had personally fought alongside Forsaken against Scourge. Miralyne also fiercely opposed the idea of the Blood Knights, stating that she could not see the kind-hearted sister she once knew. The beginning of the schism between these sisters began with this moment.

In terms of the campaigns in Outlands and the Valetender family's involvement in it, they would all fight in battles all across Outlands. Feradrin would be among those who fought through Shadowmoon Valley. Despite his wounds, he proved to be an invaluable ally to the Wildhammer Dwarves at their stronghold there. Miralyne would find herself in both small skirmishes and major battles in the Blade's Edge Mountains and Netherstorm, hunting down any kin who had chosen to ally themselves with demons. Much later, she would be called to fight in Shadowmoon Valley by her father's side to aid in the siege on the Black Temple.

To their shock and horror, they discovered that a few of their cousins had became botanists in servitude to Kael'thas within Botanica. Their twisted experiments disgusted Miralyne, and she made it a personal goal of hers to hunt down every family member who had betrayed them. Despite this rage, Miralyne would not desecrate the bodies of her kin. She ensured every body was returned to their estate to be buried in the Valetender tombs. Mira had become quite cold, but she was not heartless, and hoped that in whatever existence they had in death would let them see the error of their ways. Miralyne brought them peace, or at least, this is how she justified her actions.

Meanwhile, Seras and Cerilin would participate in the battles against the Naga in Zangarmarsh. They used their combined knowledge of mending wounds both magically through the Light and non-magically through alchemical restoration mixtures to tend to injured Cenarion Druids after battles with the Naga. Seras would not remain in Zangarmarsh for the entirety of the campaign against Lady Vashj and her Naga. She would later join her father in Shadowmoon Valley while Cerilin stayed behind in Zangarmarsh to study the unique fungal growth with the Cenarion Circle and uncover why the Naga so desperately wanted to drain Zangarmarsh.

Conflict on Quel'Danas
After the fall of Lady Vashj and Illidan, most of the Valetender family would return to Silvermoon together. Unfortunately, their stay would be brief. Kael'thas and his Felbloods would emerge, gain entrance to Silvermoon City, steal M'uru and rush to the Isle of Quel'Danas in an attempt to restart the Sunwell for the purpose of summoning Kil'Jaeden to Azeroth. Seras would be alongside other Blood Knights and Lady Liandrin when they renounced the leadership of Kael'thas and pledged their support to A'dal and the Sha'tar.

The Valetenders would be called to fight on Quel'Danas soon after. Feradrin spoke just as he arrived on the Isle of Quel'Danas, famously quoted as saying "Will there never be a respite from these wars, or shall we see it until we are all consumed by it?" Feradrin took his place among the Shattered Sun Offensive while Seras served the Blood Knights. Cerilin had heard his brother's words and decided he had had enough of war. He was too old to keep up with his brother, and did not possess the passionate fighting spirit his brother did to make up for that age.

Cerilin chose peaceful methods of aiding others on the Isle of Quel'Danas by creating powerful chemicals using the knowledge gained from defeating Kael'thas' forces at Botanica and the time he spent with Cenarion Druids. With an expanded mind on the subject of botany, he began to create amazing mixtures and concoctions would make him friends with an odd Forsaken he had served alongside in the Ghostlands: Periwyn Calderson. Their chemicals became a blessing to their allies and a blight on their enemies.

Miralyne's Journey Across Azeroth
After the restoration of the Sunwell, the Valetenders finally let themselves enjoy a small period of peace. Though Ferardrin eventually conceded that their place in the Alliance was forfeit, Miralyne had refused to give up on them. She had survived alongside the Sons of Lothar and her loyalties were still quite strong with Humans and Dwarves. It took time, but she recognized that this Alliance differed vastly from the Alliance she knew in her time. Wanting to know the extent of the changes Azeroth had undertaken in her absence, and not content with mere hearsay alone, she ventured beyond Quel'Danas and traveled south.

Ever since learning of the events of the world since her disappearance, she always believed the death and destruction to be extreme exaggerations. Her mind simply could not comprehend that their people would so terribly fall to corpses, or that their lands would lay in shambles in an irreparable state. Even seeing Quel'Danas in its state, still she refused to believe that the condition existed elsewhere in the heart of their Elven lands. All those doubts were removed when she saw the true state of affairs for herself.

It is said she mourned her lands and her kin for a month's time, never straying beyond the borders of Quel'Thalas. This was her longest stay in Quel'Thalas, and one of the last times she would revisit her homeland. She had never traveled beyond the borders of Quel'Thalas under times of peace, but the pain she suffered to see her homeland reduced to such a deplorable state left her with a desire to leave it behind, if only temporarily. She could not find peace in her homeland, so she sought it out elsewhere. She traveled south via dragonhawk, observing the plaguelands from the skies.

Seeing the Plaguelands in complete Scourge control forced her to fly further south, but not without being noticed by a pack of gargoyles. They came upon her quickly, seeming to come from every direction. Soaring into the skies above the Plaguelands proved to be a dire mistake. She urged her dragonhawk into a dive, hoping to lose the Gargoyles by continuing south, but the sheer number of the gargoyles soon led her to be overtaken and overwhelmed. Her quiver ran empty and the gargoyles tore her dragonhawks wings asunder. Luckily, she fell near Light's Hope Chapel, and her struggles in the skies had been noticed by the Argent Paladins. The Argents arrived in time to destroy the gargoyles, then rushed her back to the safety of Light's Hope Chapel to mend her wounds.

After recovering, they urged her to travel further south into Hillsbrad and follow the river to the Alliance town of Southshore, as the Plaguelands were far too dangerous to travel. After thanking them as best she could, she departed Light's Hope. Refusing to let her travel alone, a pair of Paladins escorted her to the border between the Plaguelands and Hillsbrad. They ensured she had a ready supply of food and water to reach the town, then departed to return to their own.Eventually her travels brought her to Hillsbrad where she met a peculiar Gnome, Binxie Fizzlespark, who introduced her to engineering and gave Mira the purpose in life she needed.

They became fast friends and soon Miralyne would depart Southshore to travel to Ironforge with Binxie. Miralyne spent many months there, learning all she could of Engineering from the Dwarves and Gnomes. When she found herself with a hunger for technical knowledge, she tppl the Deeprun Tram to Stormwind at Binxie's recommendation. Unfortunately, Binxie's optimistic views of human engineers did not compare to the reality: Gnomish and Dwarven engineers were generally far more innovative, knowledgeable and experienced than humans. Disappointed after a two weeks of searching Stormwind for an engineer who could teach her something she did not yet know, she returned to Ironforge until she received a strange letter from Seras urging her to return to Quel'thalas.

Wrath of the Lich King
Oddly enough, on his way to Silvermoon City one day, Ferardrin had vanished. Cerilin and his Forsaken friend had been accompanying him through Ghostlands, escorting him as Ferardrin too wished to see the state of their lands. An investigation was conducted by Seras and a few Blood Knights who tracked them through the Ghostlands border and into the Plaguelands. Two bodies were found in the Plaguelands near the pass that would lead to Ghostlands. Cerilin's body had been mostly eaten and torn apart. The Forsaken had been torn limb from limb and burnt until all that remained was a charred skeleton. Several Scourge corpses littered the ground around them, and yet, Feradrin's body was nowhere to be seen. When Miralyne returned, she contacted her Argent friends for aid.

After a two months of searching with no clues or leads, the Argents and the Blood Knights finally gave up their investigation onto the whereabouts of Ferardrin Valetender. Record books were updated to mark him officially as killed in action, though a note was left that his body was never recovered. Both Miralyne and Seras refused to believe their father was truly gone. Just as they had reacted when Miralyne disappeared, they refused to believe him dead until they could find the truth. They oversaw the burial and mourned the loss of their uncle, but they worked together to continue the search for their father. When the Scourge attacked Stormwind and Orgrimmar, Seras and Miralyne were forced to temporarily abandon their search to aid in fighting back the Scourge. Arthas had struck out against the Alliance and Horde, and the two sisters needed to separate to fight for their respective factions.

Feradrin had been defeated, abducted and turned to serve the Lich King as a Death Knight. His prowess in battle had not gone unnoticed by the gaze of the Cult of the Damned. With his will no longer his own, the family spear spilled the blood of Scarlet Crusaders, and later, Argents at the Battle for Light's Hope Chapel. To Miralyne's horror, she later learned that her father had been present at that battle and had killed many of the Argents friends she once knew. When Ferardrin regained his senses, he became obsessed with seeing the Lich King's downfall. He knew he had become a true monster and hid from his daughters, as best he could manage.

It was only a matter of time before his daughters would find him, though. When they did, he surprised them with one last act of compassion: the restored shield of their house, the very shield his wife used years prior to save his life at the cost of her own. This shield was gifted to the daughters, and they mutually agreed that Seras should wield it in the campaigns of Northrend. With the beginning of the Nexus War, both would participate against the Blue Dragonflight, but details of their involvement in this conflict are kept among the records in Dalaran and are unavailable to the public.

After the fall of Arthas, Feradrin vanished yet again. Initially, it was assumed he perished in the siege of Icecrown Citadel, but his body was never recovered. Seras would go into seclusion, seeming to vanish in what remained of the family estate to remain isolated within for months at a time. Miralyne would become obsessed with Engineering, using it as a distraction to help her cope. In time, a constant flow of letters would begin arriving in both the Horde and Alliance, addressed to Seras and Miralyne. At least one letter would arrive at the end of every month, but often they'd see up to three within a week.

In time, these cryptic letters led them to learn the writer was their father, too ashamed to ever let his face be seen again in their homeland and worried that the families of those lives he had taken would seek vengeance against him. He did not fear for his life, but the lives of other innocents. Miralyne attempted to track the source of the letters, but as soon as she began this, the letters ceased. Seras became outraged at Miralyne for this, blaming her for severing the last contact they had with their father. It was something that Seras could never forgive, and only added to the list of things dividing the sisters.

Cataclysm
Seras and Miralyne would only reappear when the threat of Twilight cultists proved too great: when the Cataclysm that shattered Azeroth. Understanding the urgency of this new threat that could end all life on Azeroth, the sisters marched to war against Deathwing's followers: the Twilight cultists. In previous wars, Seras had been known to focus more saving lives instead of taking them, but something had awakened the Valetender warrior spirit in her. She fought with a savagery that rivaled her father, his father and all other great warriors known to the Valetender family. Miralyne aided initially, but she found herself changing as well. Rather than focusing on hunting down and destroying, she set her sights on creating devices to aid heroes in their efforts against Deathwing and the cult.

When the conflict between the Alliance and Horde began to escalate, Seras would have no part in it. Miralyne would unfortunately become indirectly involved with it despite her best efforts to avoid it, often receiving work orders to create weapons of war. With Deathwing's defeat, Seras retreated to her estate and shut herself away from the world once more. The rumors of an island hidden in the mists did not interest Seras. Miralyne, on the other hand, had always had a wanderlust in her heart. She felt she could not resist the pull of this strange new land.

Mists of Pandaria
During her time in Pandaria, she learned much from the Pandaren. Though the Shado-Pan proved to be difficult to reason with, she eventually found a way through the wall to see the Mantid and their strange sonic technology. She soon discovered the Klaxxi, a splinter group of Mantid non-hostile toward the Alliance and Horde. She spent much time with them earning their trust so that she could learn of this sonic technology. In order to coerce the Klaxxi into sharing their secrets of sound, she attempted to create a sonic rifle capable of peacefully inducing a calming effect in the Mantid. The Klaxxi agreed to this endeavor and aided her in her efforts.

Unfortunately, Mira's impatience after months of attempting to gain Klaxxi favor and her own elven pride led her to use the prototype too soon. Instead of producing a calming effect, the device caused Mantid in the near vicinity to literally lose their heads. The sensitive antennae of the Mantid and the overtuned power and frequency of the sonic rifle caused their heads to violently explode. With the Klaxxi now hostile toward her and intent on destroying her for betraying them, Mira fled Pandaria and returned to Stormwind in shame.

In the coming days, Miralyne and Seras would be at odds with each other, eventually severing all ties. Miralyne proclaimed that her sister was lost the moment she joined the Blood Knights and agreed to sap power from M'uru, though her hatred for Seras was in the fact that Seras allied with the Horde, and more specifically, the Orcs, Undead and Trolls. Oddly enough, the sending of letters from their father resumed during this time, encouraging both to set aside their differences and restore the family name to its former glory. Unfortunately not even their father's words could overwhelm their pride.

The Isle of Thunder
Seras was still a Blood Knight though, and she would answer the call to arms and battle the Trolls and Mogu on the Isle of Thunder. Seras served under the Sunreavers, but often clashed with Silver Covenant forces. On more than one occasion, Seras got into battles with Silver Covenant. She never killed kin, but she left them blooded and bruised in hostile territory, expecting them to find their own way out after provoking her. Her hatred for the Alliance only seemed to grow more and more with each passing day.

Miralyne aided the Silver Covenant on the Isle of Thunder with all manner of gadgetry. She helped in setting up magical wards, repairing and maintaining sentry constructs and more. Her engineering knowledge became invaluable, but when asked to aid in calculating mana bomb positioning to sabotage Sunreaver activity, Miralyne outright refused. As a volunteer and not an official member of the Silver Covenant yet, there was no official punishment, yet still she held the ire of High Elves and Blood Elves alike for her odd stance: Elf should not fight Elf.

It was here on the Isle of Thunder that the sisters would nearly come to blows, but due to the intervention of the Shado-Pan, the High Elves and Blood Elves would be stopped from tearing each other apart. Attempts would be made by both Miralyne and Seras to reconciliate their differences after the Pandaren's words so deeply affected them, but each time it would end in harsh words and hot heads. A few times, it would nearly lead to a fight between the two, but the wisdom of their father and the Pandaren were not lost on them. They knew when to walk away.

Garrosh's increased aggression made both Seras and Miralyne fear that the war would end with the death of either the Alliance or the Horde. With civil war looming on the horizon for the Horde, Seras felt that losses incurred from the civil war would be too great and what remained would be no match for the Alliance. These sentiments were shared by Miralyne. After much encouragement from her father, Miralyne reluctantly sent a letter to Seras, saying that she would shelter her sister within Alliance lands if necessary. Seras rejected the offer immediately. If the Alliance continued the war afterward, the Horde would surely fall, but Seras refused to show any form of weakness to the sister she had grown such a fierce hatred for.

Despite the strength of the Horde, a civil war would tear them apart, and both sisters could see this. Continued war with the Alliance after a civil war would lead to the death of the Horde. When it was announced that the Alliance had given an offer of peace to the Horde following the defeat of Garrosh, Seras and Miralyne might have been able to finally relax. Neither sister could find any comfort, however, as instead of executing Garrosh on the spot, the Pandaren demanded he be put to trial in Pandaria. The Valetender sisters feared that Garrosh would somehow escape, and their fears would become reality.

Warlords of Draenor
In more recent history, Miralyne would aid the efforts of the Alliance, finally officially joining the Silver Covenant under the Highguard after meeting a Half-Elf by the name of Alnara Dawnfist. Seras was among those to charge the Dark Portal and fight back the Iron Horde alongside other Blood Knights in an order rivaling the Highguard known as the Dominion of the Sun. Seras became increasingly sadistic, even being called no different than a Forsaken by her own allies within the Horde when she suggested using the spores of Gorgrond to turn Alliance dogs at each other's throats. Mira strived to create defensive devices and devices of comfort and convenience rather than weaponry, her most popular and famous invention to date being Coffee Cat, a mechanical kitten capable of producing a variety of coffee flavours and even hot cocoa for those who did not enjoy coffee.

While Seras returned to the isolation of the Valetender estate to reflect on what she had become, Miralyne took to the skies in her tinkered gyrocopter known as Spitfire and aided the Draenei order known as Te Amun in battling Iron Horde Rylak Riders in fierce dogfights. Though she nearly perished in that battle, she completed her objective of bombing the Iron Horde ship in Shattrath's harbor by directing her damaged gyrocopter on a collision course with it. At the last second, she was quoted as saying "Send me out... with a bang."

Despite these words hinting toward her death, she ejected at the last possible moment and parachuted to safety, hoping that if any Iron Horde were smart enough to tap into their communications channel, they would believe her to be dead. She soon after reported herself to be alive and hidden, letting the others ping her beacon to find her location as she awaited rescue. Following the battle, she began constructing a larger gyrocopter known as Spitfire 2.0, capable of evacuating injured personnel from battle. It served this purpose later on in Tanaan when Miralyne personally evacuated a near-dead Quel'dorei ally after a fierce firefight.

During the Tanaan campaign against the new Fel Horde, Miralyne attempted to avoid conflict as much as she could, hoping to serve as someone to set up and maintain defenses, as well as evacuate wounded from skirmishes and battles. Later in the campaign, she found herself accompaying the Draenei of Te Amun once more, seeking to take back an area held by Ereder in servitude of the Burning Legion. After pushing inward, they chanced upon a cavern and needed to search it for Legion activity.

Once inside, they were taunted before a swarm of Fel spiders surrounded their company. During the intense fighting, the massive mother spider flung web at her from the ceiling and snatched her up. As fortune would have it, the webbing did not bind her lips, and her shrieks of terror alerted the Grand Alliance Vanguard to the threat of the mother spider above. Miralyne was quite the lucky elf, as the mother spider did not have time to consume her. Her allies reacted quickly enough to save her life, though this event traumatized her toward all spiders.

Blasted Lands Campaign
Following the Tanaan campaign, the Highguard witnessed a long period of peace. Miralyne could finally enjoy time tinkering with devices without being called to build for the purpose of destroying. As things wrapped up in Draenor, Miralyne returned with her lover, Alnara Dawnfist, to Dalaran and finally relaxed. Seras has spent all of this time locked within her manor, refusing to leave. Her servants fetch her meals and handle the day-to-day maintenance of the estate, but the Blood Knight has not been seen in nearly a year.