Hand of the Goddess

The Hand of the Goddess is a primarily Kaldorei organization that seeks to spread the teachings of Elune while integrating themselves within the politics and factions within the Grand Alliance. With their dedication to the Alliance, they have taken up arms against the New Horde.

''Rumors begin to spread among the people of the Kaldorei, whispers fly from ear to ear along the wind that reach even the nations farthest away. There is a force that moves beneath the trees, in moon and sun, their voices praise the one true Goddess. Seen among battle is the flash of a green tabard with a dead white tree in the center, long ears twitch your way and you are met with a ferocious smile…the blood of the Horde dripping from their weapon. A gruff roar greets you from behind, along with the sound of a distinct clip clop from hooves, a whirring noise, a shout with an unmistakable accent that yells, “Chaaarrgee!” and finally the swish of a green cloak with the same emblem passes by. Worgen, Draenei, Gnome, Dwarf, and Human…all wearing the same colors of green and white join in the fight with their Kaldorei brothers and sisters. To protect, to laugh, to live, and most of all…to be with each other, if you can understand this, you can hear the words of the whisper…and it tells you, “This is the Hand of the Goddess.”

=History=

In the beggining the elves were immortal, seperate from the world around them. Even after the Sundering they were an isolated racist people. Now they have joined the Alliance. Most elven orders remain traditional and seperate, this is the story of one that welcomed all the Alliance races.

The Will of Elune
Darnassus: A young Kaldorei city by elven standards had two large orders called Tal Shanthalas and the Ashenvale Sentinels. Both were led by proud and strong leaders whose names have been forgotten but their deeds will live on forever. As these two orders fell to time, two new orders arose from the ashes. One of was called The Moonblade led by Myleria, and the other was called Will of Elune led by a young Captain; Priestess Elliistra Elena Thera’dorei. Ellistra Also had ties with another order, Order of Malorne, which was on neutral terms. Elliistra was old friends with the Order of Malorne leader Isowen. Order and Will usually left each other alone in terms of methods and politics, save in times of need. Moonblade Leader name: Melyria. Moonblade was -very- traditionalist, while Will of Elune felt that Elune showed her benevolence towards all, basing their order on tolerance.

These two orders did not get along very much and argued about affairs large and small; the biggest of these quarrels was about the races allowed into their orders. The Alliance had just gained a new faction called the Gilneans, strong humans who had fallen prey to the curse of Goldrinn and live as both wolf and human. The Moonblade preferred the traditional style and did not allow men into their system as Sentinels, nor Death Knights into their ranks…the walking dead. The Will of Elune argued the Gilneans case, as it was the Kaldorei who saw fit to save them in the first place and give them a new home. So the rift grew…

As the two orders bickered and squabbled over their internal affairs something bigger was happening than all of them combined. Both were summoned by an order whose reputation preceded them; The Lineage of the Moon lead by Ash’anamaleth Mistbloom who was the leader until her death at the hands of orcs. The world of Azeroth was falling into chaos and one of the major naval ports was in jeopardy of being lost. Theramore had always had close ties to the Kaldorei and so, many showed to defend it from the orcs who were bent on breaking a peace that had lasted years. This was the first time the Will of Elune had stepped beyond its’ borders for someone else, and it was their first test.

The battle for Theramore was long and arduous as orcs were long standing foes of the Kaldorei and every race from Goblins to Draenei fought to the death. In the end it was a glorious victory for the Alliance and the orders all returned home, unaware of the treachery of Garrosh who bombed the city to ruins not a few days later. However, despite this, it opened the young Captains mind who had seen firsthand the talents of the Draenei and Gilneans. Despite all her arguing with Myleria the Will of Elune had Draenei but they were always low ranked.

Gilneans both cursed and unaffected joined with open arms along with the Draenei into the Will of Elune, embracing the Goddess and their elven brethren. They added their talents, their skills, their culture, and their personalities to the order and gave it a new breath of life. The order forever changed and became more accepting and understanding, even allowing their Risen kin into the order and give them a home and a family. Not long after, the new continent of Pandaria was revealed through the mists and Pandaren ambassadors were allowed within the order as well. It was good too for their strength was sorely needed when the Will of Elune decided to become a part of the world.

The order was split into three major sections at the time, the Clergy who ranked above everyone else, the Sentinels who fought, defended and trained, and the Scholars who kept history and lore. The Clergy at the time was led by a Druidess named Whisperwaltz who had taken note of a certain druid within the Sentinels. The Sentinels were led by a risen kin, the first risen who had been in the order since its birth despite risen kin at the time not being allowed in. Her name was Sylassanna and she was regarded as the most talented fighter within the orders ranks aside from the Captain herself. The Scholars were led by a Highborne mage named Ysaria Silverspire who was regarded as the most magically talented within the order and the most regal and sophisticated.

The order, despite allowing men into their Sentinel ranks were all lead by women and had been since the dawn of its creation, there were no high ranking men within the order. Whisperwaltz however had seen a certain talent within a druid who was ranked the lowest in the Sentinel Division. She called upon him one evening and convinced him that his place was in the Clergy. The druid never knew at the time that Whisperwaltz was seeking a replacement for her retirement. When Whisperwaltz left however, the Clergy Division did not go to the male druid but to Elliistra who instead made the druid her second in command of the Clergy.

The Clergy rapidly grew and the druid began a new system of allowing the Clergy and Sentinel divisions to mingle at their trainings and circle gatherings…a thing that was normally always separate. The Sentinel leader Sylassanna did not trust the druids new ways however she allowed them to pass. All was well until a figure appeared one day into Darnassus, that entities presence changed the order forever. Her name was Ithilwen Shimmerwind, mother of the druid rising in the ranks of the predominantly female order Will of Elune.

The druid left with his mother upon request for dinner to Winterspring where she resided in a large manor. After several weeks of not hearing from him the order decided to look for him. They discovered that his mother was holding him captive and panning to use him for a ritual sacrifice. Deep into the dungeon barrows they found them just in time before Ithilwen carved out her own sons heart to summon a large and powerful demon. Their worst fears were realized when they found out his mother had turned from the arcane arts to the demonic ways of a warlock.

The order was then plagued by a series of kidnappings from the druids mother. Several hunts took place ranging all over Azeroth and even into Outland were they fought a pit lord and lost one of their pandaren ambassadors Shenssansu to the demon. Eventually, the lady Ysaria was captured as well. During that time the order had a new mission after discovering the potential of finding an artifact that would be useful to defeat the warlock. Sylassanna re-forged the Blade of Anira and used it to kill the warlock in a cave off the cost of Sithilis. Ysaria was rescued by the rest of the order but the warlocks body was not destroyed. The druid took her body and buried her outside of the cave, leaving her to rest for what he thought would be for good. The order returned to normal and everyone praised Elune for their success.

The Alliance had a separate organization, run by a Gilnean order called the Blades of Greymane. Its leader was Lord Berenal Grayblade and he founded and organized the Bulwark. The Bulwark was an organization through invite only and it compiled the most elite forces the Alliance had to offer to fight against rising threats of the hordes own elite factions. The druid who was second in command of the clergy within the Will of Elune, strongly wished for their own orders participation, however, it would not be so easy for leadership was changing.

Elliistra Thera’dorei stepped down and gave leadership to another Priestess named Tzipara Nightwald who was the orders Lamentress. A Lamentress job was to mourn for lost souls and pray for the dead and give them their honors due upon rest. The Lamentress agreed with the druid to attain the orders rank within the Bulwark. Elliistra did not approve very much and left the order several months later and founded a new order called Dor Nor Shanre. The Will also had a spy faction at one point, a subsection of the Scholars. During the turbulence of leadership changes and an effort to override Ysaria’s orders, all of the spies had been killed or captured despite Ysaria’s attempts to track them down herself, thus obliterating that faction in the order. Ysaria retired due to that final blow to her tolerance of Elliistra, and because a lady such as herself was above such things. Sylassanna retired due to rage at Elliistra not long after. Ysaria remained a close associate of the order. Tzipara promoted the druid to leader of the clergy and sentinel both, a thing quite unheard of especially for being male and not a priestess.

The druid went to great lengths and finally succeeded getting the Will of Elune into the Bulwark. Eager to prove their worth and with the permission of the new leader Tzipara he signed the order up for the defense of Andorhal against the undead. The Sentinels within the order deployed for the second time to the Eastern Kingdoms. Again the Alliance won victory over Andorhal but lost the farms in return to the undead and the Forsakens close allies the Sin’dorei.

The Will of Elune went home to Darnassus, victorious again with proving their worth on the battlefield and they gained many new allies, and with new allies…new foes as well. During this time the order went through a small era of peace, and the orders name was changed to Hand of the Goddess.

Hand of the Goddess
The orders participation in the bulwark soon drew the attention of one of the largest Sin’dorei orders known to Azeroth. They called themselves the Dominion of the Sun, led by Setrien Dawnlight a young blood elf youth following in the footsteps of his father. Colius, the leader of their own clergy of sorts led a mission deep into the heart of Ashenvale, territory to the Kaldorei. The Sentinels went to stop them and beat the Sin’dorei back but too late to realize that the vile deed had already been done. The moonwell was poisoned and tainted with demonic blood. The druid took the clergy to purify the moonwell.

While the clergy was off tending to the moonwell, the scholars of the order had found an interesting digsite and began excavation despite the druids warnings to take the sentinels for protection they ignored his wishes. The site was attacked by cultists and a messenger of the old gods, one of the orders oldest members died to protect the scholars. They laid her to rest in her victory, nothing was left of her body save but one arm. Her name was Indiri Skyshield and she was a risen kin.

Meanwhile Azeroth itself went through a major change with Garrosh finally revealing his evil nature and causing both horde and alliance to work together once more after the trolls rebellion. The Hand of the Goddess deployed out to Ratchet where a large meeting took place between many of the great leaders of both Horde and Alliance. During this meeting the Alliance leaders Berenal and Galondel who was an Arch Druid took offense of the Forsakens appearance and want of participation. However, the druid in the Hand saw their potential as allies and spies. He struck a deal with the leader of the Undercity Nexus, she called herself Umbra and she was a Forsaken rogue.

The Hand spent many months in Ratchet until they moved location to Tiragarde Keep in southern Durotar. They participated in a major supply run with the rebels of the horde, delivering war goods across the plains of the Barrens and worked together with a Kor’kron spy. After such they assaulted the docks with a hit and run team of the Alliance and even knocked on the doors to the great orc fortress of Orgrimmar before being beaten back. Not all was simply done south of Orgrimmar as the Hand caught wind of a supply movement in Azshara going to aid the loyalists. They fought with the Dominion of the Sun again on the sky rail, destroying the caravans. The Hand attempted to the force the Sin’dorei out of Azshara but the blood elves managed to keep their base in the mines.

When larger forces came to Durotar the Hand was relieved of its duty and went on a mission different than war. The scholars had learned of the seven relics of Shen’dralar which was an ancient Highborne city that had been long lost to the Sundering. Over the course of several months the Hand recovered three total artifacts, Tal’Kierthan’anar, Ringwe’nuru, and the Yarenstone. The Yarenstone went into the possession of one of the Hands affiliates Kael’thassar Owlsight. The two runeblades of fire and frost went into the orders vault to never be used. They would not discover the whereabouts of the other artifacts until months later.

Dissent among the order rose eventually with the male druid being in command of both the Clergy and the Sentinel divisions. Realizing that a break would happen within the order the druid relinquished the Clergy to the orders leader Tzipara. Satisfied he had done what was right the druid settled into focusing entirely on the Sentinel unit, for the first time, men began to rank up within the system under the druids watchful eye. Yet while the Sentinels rose, the scholars began to decline without their true leader Ysaria and eventually they merged with the Clergy. This gave birth to a new division called the Merchants, as the order began to recruit entirely non-fighters and healers, realizing the need to obtain goods, smiths, leatherworkers, and tailors for their armor and robes.

With no new information on the relics and the war abated with the defeat of Garrosh the Hand of the Goddess settled on a new outpost outside of the city of Darnassus. They chose Feathermoon Stronghold in Feralas to base out of, feeling it would be better to get away from city life and give more time to themselves, training, and the natural forests. However, a call came from one of the Gilneans of the order, her name was Cherilendra and she attained permission from the druid to deploy the order to Gilneans to address a disturbing problem. There in the dead of night in abandoned forests and towns the order was plagued with visiting nightmares that made them grow increasingly insane. After finding clues to release themselves from the night horrors they eventually defeated a spirit gone mad and returned light and sanity to the area.

After the return from Gilneas to Feathermoon it was not long before the order had to return to those lands again. Reports had been gathered by Alliance leaders that members had begun disappearing at an alarming rate. The Hand was sent to investigate after attending a meeting with the Alliance leaders and they ventured into Pyrewood Village. They were ambushed by the Undercity Nexus and narrowly escaped but not without loses. Two of their members had gone missing, Talrendor and Penthe a Kaldorei and Draenei were taken in the confusion of battle and brought deep into the dungeons of the Undercity. One of the orders affiliates, a Sin’dorei under the protection of the orders Warden Raeyna Silverdust was captured trying to rescue the two members. Her name was Phaedrea Dawnreaver.

This began the campaign of the Dance of the Dead, the Hand joined the Alliance to push back the undead out of the graves of Ravenhill in Duskwood. Then the druid recruited the help of a mercenary order called the Pyrebird Soldality lead by Kenyth Seyne. With their new allies they deployed to Chillwind Camp in the Western Plaguelands and went on several missions of spying and skirmishing with the undead.

Eventually the whole of the Alliance went to the Eastern Plaguelands were they discovered all the prisoners would be released at and hunted. The rescue mission began with great success; most of the captured were recovered including the two taken from the Hand. However, this had done one major thing; it had broken the pact between the Undercity Nexus and the Hand of the Goddess resulting in the druid almost killing their leader Umbra.

Before returning to Feralas the order spent some time recuperating in Gilneans. During this time the leader of the order Tzipara handed over leadership to the druid entirely, making him the first male leader of the order since its creation. Accepting the position with grace and humility the druid lead their forces back to Feralas where they learned an unsettling truth in less than a month. The order stopped to camp at the ruins of Durnhole where they began to be attacked by demons which they learned had been sent from a former and long thought dead enemy. The druids mother had returned and sent them cryptic warnings through her consort Kielendes Firerunner, a blood elf paladin.

Since then the order has had little rest in Feathermoon with the constant attacks of demons, the realization that spies have been watching the order. In light of this, the druid sent out a team to Eversong to bring back information where they discovered that Ithilwen carried on her Mordo’uner and Enkinen, the Blade of the Abyss and the Mirror of Thoughts, two of the seven relics of Shen’dralar. They have also learned that Talrendor was once again captured. After the same team followed one of the spies out of Feralas and brought down a Den of mercenaries and murderers and thieves the druid created the Spec ops team. The current members are the druids second in command of the sentinel division Avurya Moonsong, Arothel the Demon Hunter, Nimarr Shadowstorm, Zilcar Montessa, and a female Kaldorei named Fingers.

Soon after the Dens downfall Talrendor had returned without a scratch claiming to be off training with monks in Kun’lai. The order however noticed a difference in the monks actions and they were suspicious that he had truly been captured by Ithilwen and tampered with. It took an attempt on the druids life for the monk to break through the warlocks curse and come to his aid. Penthe and Nimar successfully captured the offending mercenary assassin Orlah Poisonleaf. After successfully convincing the assassin to work for them instead the order leaders received a summons to the great halls of Ironforge to hold Council for War at the Thanes request, the leader of the Dwarven Vanguard.

During the Council many orders gathered, such as the time when the Bulwark flourished. Berenal. Grayblade with his order stood proudly next to the Dwarves during the long meeting. The Thane proposed a war against the remaining Dragonmaw Orcs who were pushing for territory in the Wetlands and in the Twilight Highlands. In the history of war meetings the druid had attended, never had he seen such full support given to a campaign. Every order present pledged either their Iron, their Bow, or their Medical support.

Right before the order went to war, the druid left the order in the hands of Avurya Moonsong, his Lieutenant, and Kael'thassar Shadowfury an ambassador to lead the order into battle. Meanwhile, he left on a journy in search of his Second in Command, Tzipara Nightwald who had been missing for over a month on a spiritual journy and had not yet returned. Upon going to Stormwind however, he found the scent of a woman whom the order had captured before after breaking into his office. Following it he was lead into the mountains of Elwynn where he stumbled upon a meeting of the Pyrebird Sodality.

The druid overheard them talking strangely about his own order in the meeting. Deciding it was a bad omen he attempted to leave. He was stopped by a young druidess Corawen De'Feyne who stalled him long enough for the Pyrebird to surround him. The Leader Kenny Seyne accused the druid of being a cultist leader and had him placed in a prison of sorts. With the betrayal of the Pyrebird it is certain that if the order survives the Dragonmaw, they will be put to the test fighting against those they had called friend.

The order resides now in the Greenwarden's Grove in the Wetlands where they countered an orc attack and saved it from being burned to the ground. After their victory, the rest of the orders joined them after staving off attacks of their own in various strategic areas.

=OOC Information=

Hand of the Goddess is recruiting! Our website: handofthegoddess.shivtr.com

Hand of the Goddess is a level 25, Kaldorei-based guild currently stationed in Feathermoon Stronghold, though our missions take us all over the world.

Though we are Kaldorei-based, we accept all races in a diplomatic capacity. We accept all classes, though Warlocks are taken on a case-by-case basis. Have a good case.

We are divided into three units: Sentinels, Clergy, and Merchants. The Sentinels are our warriors and protectors. Traditionally the Sentinels are made up only of female night elves, though a resolution was passed allowing males and even other races into the ranks, due to a need for more soldiers on the front line of defense against Hellscream. The Clergy is made up of priests, druids, monks, scholarly-types, and other non-combat roles. Though clergy will assist the sentinels after a battle, their primary function is to care for the spirituality of the Order and Kalimdor as a whole. The Merchant division is in charge of running the bi-annual Merchant Bazaar, an IC event open to the community in which they play a major role as vendors of popular items and sell them for cheap to other players in the roleplay community.

Structure: Our leader is Maethor, known as the Arch Druid who commands the Sentinels. Tzipara the Lamentress is second in command and leads the Clergy. Other officers are Thrilalia, Kaelthessar, Talrendor, and Reayna.

Special classes/races: This guild accepts demon-hunters and wardens on a case by case basis, Highborne, and Quel'dorei. Halfbreeds may be considered but generally we do not accept NPC races or unplayable classes.

FAQ
Q: How do I join?

A: To join is quick and simple! Simply go to our website listed at the top. Go under our forums and find the public forum. Click on the guild member application thread and fill it out in a separate document, then create a new thread and copy paste your application into it. Once it has been reviewed and accepted, you will be contacted in-game by an officer and receive an IC interview.

Q: Do you pvp or raid at all?

A: Our guild is primarily a roleplay guild only. We do not have arena or rbg teams. We do on occasion however partake in grand scale cross faction campaigns that involve rp-pvp. We do not have a current content raiding team; however we will do any and all old content raids to help obtain pets, mounts, titles and rp gear.