Mereldar (priestess)
- This article is about the person. For the lake, see Lake Mereldar. For the city, see Mereldar.
 Mereldar | |
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| Gender | Female |
| Race | Human |
| Class | Priestess, formerly warrior |
| Affiliation(s) | Unnamed tribe, Empire of Arathor |
| Location | Unknown |
| Status | Deceased |
| Relative(s) | Lordain (brother), Kelsing |
Mereldar was one of the first human priests to come into contact with the Holy Light after the Troll Wars. She was the sister of General Lordain.
Biography
Mereldar was originally a renowned warrior who fought in the Arathorian army during the Troll Wars. She was among the soldiers saved when her brother Lordain selflessly sacrificed himself to hold off an overwhelming force of Amani trolls. When the war ended, Mereldar dedicated her life to caring for humanity's wounded veterans. It was she who first spoke to other humans about visions of the Light. In her dreams, Mereldar saw five strange, inhuman forms thrumming with holy power that filled her mind with the wisdom of holiness, protection, justice, retribution, and compassion. When she put their wordless teachings into practice, power seemed to flow through her, miraculously curing wounds and illnesses.[1] Although they did not know it, Mereldar and other humans who had seen these visions had actually communed with the naaru in the Great Dark Beyond.[2]
Mereldar met with others who had also reported seeing the visions, and together they codified and wrote down the wisdom of this higher power, based on the tenet of selflessness and a belief that the Light dwelled in all things. The movement sparked widespread faith in the Light and became the predominant human religion, and centuries later the different Light-based traditions and belief systems were codified by Lordaeron's leaders into the Church of the Holy Light.[1]
The capital of the Hallowfall Arathi is named Mereldar in her honor, as is Lake Mereldar in the Eastern Plaguelands.
Speculation
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- The codices written by Mereldar and the other human prophets likely became the five librams given to the first Knights of the Silver Hand, as these librams were described as some of the church's most ancient relics, and they represented the same virtues as the ones taught to Mereldar by the naaru (holiness, protection, justice, retribution, and compassion).[3]
- Kelsing, Lordain's nephew, was either Mereldar's son or nephew, as it is unknown if there was a third sibling or not.
References
- ^ a b World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 2, pg. 126
- ^ World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1, pg. 142
- ^ World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 2, pg. 154