Lords of the Tombstones

The Lords of the Tombstones (also known as The Seven Lords) were a cabal of four Death Knights and three Necromancers along with several dozen minions, both living & undead, who attempted to secure control of the former Kingdom of Alterac in the waning days of and in the months after the Third War. Their leader was Lord Anthrath, a High Elf Death Knight who had secured control of his family heirloom, the Crown of Will in order to fully break free of the Lich King's control & to secure the freedom of the six others who would become fellow Lords. Their plan to pit the various groups within Alterac against one worked but their plan was ultimately foiled by a group known as the Argus Wake, leading to the deaths of five of the seven Lords & the destruction of their would-be undead Kingdom.
 * Lord Anthrath. An undead High Elvf Death Knight who owned the Crown of Will & freed the others who would become Lords. Expert necromancer and adept (although not an expert) with the sword. Slain by multiple Argus Wake casters who burned him to ashes with fel fire.
 * Lord Rorren. An undead but burly Human Death Knight and the first to be freed following Anthrath's mission to find able comrades & minions. Known among the Crushridge as 'Makor Gamog-ra' or translated into Common 'The Anvil Without Fire'. A native to Lordaeron and one of the two survivors of the assault on the Lords' castle at the end of the Crushridge-Syndicate War. Was later slain in Duskwood by a Necromancer who lorded over the Raven Hill Cemetary.
 * Lord Blightguard. A living Human Death Knight and former trainee at Scholomance. He was eventually captured by several Argus Wake magi & ultimately revealed the location of the Lords' castle on the far western edge of Alterac before being killed & his body burned to ash and scattered into the winds.
 * Lord Death's Mercy. A living Elven Necromancer who formed the first of the trio of Necromancers among the Seven Lords. An expert in summoning skeletal minions, her vindictiveness towards the Syndicate & their Argus Wake allies earned her a long, painful death at the hands of the Argus Wake's demon minions. Despite being the sole female of the group, she took the title 'Lord' along with the rest of the group.
 * Lord Cryptar. The only non-human/non-elf of the Lords, Lord Cryptar was an undead Forest Troll Necromancer & fellow student of Scholomance along with Lord Blightguard. Formerly a witch doctor, his practices of raising the dead for secret & cruel (even for Amani standards) branded him as a deathbound & was being hunted when Cult of the Damned acolytes found him. He had a noted hatred of Lord Death's Mercy & Lord Degell but appeared to lack any of the same malice towards Lord Anthrath, even attempting to defend Anthrath so the Lords' leader could escape, although the effort proved in vain.
 * Lord Degell. A living Human Necromancer. Other than bringing in the majority of the Acolyte minions for the Lords' plan, little is known of Degell's past. He was apparently attempting to build a Necropoli for the Lords' use and was crushed beneath its unfinished hulk during the Argus Wake's assault. His staff was taken as a trophy by one of the warlocks.
 * Lord Svorrek. A Human Death Knight who favored creating Abominations and along with Lord Rorren became a feared creature by the Crushridge known as a 'Faceless Phantom' due to his white featureless mask & his ability to blend into the snow and granite hideaways in the Alteraci mountains. Along with Lord Rorren he survived the Argus Wake attack & fled to Duskwood. Lord Rorren was eventually slain, leaving Svorrek as the last survivor until he too met his end. Unlike Rorren, Svorrek was slain by the living Night Watch of Duskwood, thus ending the Lords of the Tombstones.