Order of the Broken Temple

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NeutralOrder of the Broken Temple
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Main leader  The Grandmaster
  Formerly  Grand Master Hight †
Secondary leaders  Iron-Body Ponshu
 Number Nine Jia
 Fearsome Jang
 Wise Scholar Lianji
Race(s) PandarenPandaren Pandaren
HumanHuman Human
DwarfDwarf Dwarf
GnomeGnome Gnome
Night elfNight elf Night elf
DraeneiDraenei Draenei
High elfHigh elf High elf
OrcOrc Orc
TrollTroll Troll
TaurenTauren Tauren
UndeadUndead Undead
Blood elfBlood elf Blood elf
GoblinGoblin Goblin
Hozen Hozen
VrykulVrykul Vrykul
Character classes Monk, Brewmaster, Scholar
Capital Monk Temple of Five Dawns
  Formerly Peak of Serenity †
Other major settlements Mandori Village, Tian Monastery
Theater of operations Pandaria, Wandering Isle, Broken Isles
  Formerly Argus
Affiliation Armies of Legionfall, Independent
Status Active
Reputation
Quartermaster  Caydori Brightstar

“Monks, our greatest challenge still lies ahead. Under our new master, we will send a message of defiance to our enemies. They will not take our home without a fight!”

— Number Nine Jia[1]

The Order of the Broken Temple (also referred to as the Broken Temple)[2][3] is an order of monks founded after the destruction of the Peak of Serenity in Pandaria. Following the Legion's assault on their monastery, and the subsequent death of Master Hight, the survivors rallied on the Wandering Isle which happened to be traveling nearby at the time. Under the leadership of their Grandmaster, the monks set up their order hall within the Temple of Five Dawns and fought alongside the other class orders, united as the Armies of Legionfall, during the third invasion of Azeroth. They are the bringers of hope to a dim future.[4]

Since the end of the Argus Campaign, the Order of the Broken Temple remains active and trains young monks in the ways of martial arts.

History

Mists of Pandaria

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Main article: Peak of Serenity

Prior to the third invasion of the Burning Legion, the monks of the Peak of Serenity in Kun-Lai Summit were part of an unnamed order,[5][6] whose monastery served as a training ground for monks of any race who wished to train and hone their skills in the martial arts. Under the leadership of Grand Master Hight, their ranks included several senior monks who mastered and taught their students the art of various crafts, including the practice of chi, hand-to-hand fighting, healing, meditation, and weapon mastery.[7]

Legion

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The Peak of Serenity after the Legion's assault.

Following the Battle for Broken Shore, Grand Master Hight requested all senior monks to return to the Peak of Serenity, including the monk adventurer. The meeting was held there to establish a strategy against the threat posed by the Burning Legion, however, they were soon assaulted by an army of demons led by Lady Keletress, an man'ari eredar who had made her personal mission to wipe out the monks of Azeroth, seeing their quest for balance and order as an affront to the Legion.[5] Despite their resistance, the monks were ultimately overwhelmed and had to evacuate to the Wandering Isle on Shen-zin Su, who happened to be traveling nearby. Along with Master Hight, the monk hero stayed behind to close a large portal opened by Portal Master Jorvinax, which they managed to destroy at the cost of the grand master's life.[8]

At the Temple of Five Dawns, the survivors renamed themselves the "Order of the Broken Temple", and the monk hero was chosen as their new leader. This decision was made by several masters who judged them as someone who had shown strength, wisdom, courage, valor, and kindness beyond measure.[1] In order to fight the Legion, the Grandmaster began their quest to collect several legendary artifacts mentioned in the order's scrolls, including  [Fu Zan, the Wanderer's Companion],  [Sheilun, Staff of the Mists], and the Fists of the Heavens:  [Al'burq] and  [Alra'ed].[9]

After successfully recovering all the legendary weapons, the Order of the Broken Temple began to mobilize their monks on the Broken Isles,[10][11] where they notably saved the renowned trainer Tianji,[12] who quickly began the training of their forces.[13] They later hired other masters, such as Gin Lai.[14] At the request of Iron-Body Ponshu, the Grandmaster also recruited Li Li and Chen Stormstout as champions.[15][16] At some point, the Kirin Tor gave the order a permanent portal to Dalaran, as well as one from the magical city back to the Temple of Five Dawns.[11]

After they heard from all their temples on Pandaria, except for Tian Monastery in the Jade Forest,[17] Chen Stormstout was sent to investigate and discovered they had come under attack by the Legion.[18] With the help of the Order of the Broken Temple, the monastery's defense was led by Taran Zhu and the Shado-Pan, with the support of the The Monkey King and the Tian Pupils.[19] During the counterattack, the monks destroyed the Fel Spreaders, put out the fel fires across the area,[20] and eventually killed Skola Greatsword at the head of the invading forces,[21] but not before Lady Keletress abducted several monks in her escape.[22] In the aftermath, the Monkey King and Taran Zhu pledged themselves as champions to the Grandmaster and their cause.[23][24]

High Elder Cloudfall, master of the Tian Monastery, later traveled to the Wandering Isle to lend his help in making the Temple of Five Dawns a solid base of operations.[25] Before he could build their defenses, he tasked the Grandmaster to help Lao Shu replenish their stocks of bandages and food for the wounded.[26] Meanwhile, the order's scouts discovered that their kidnapped allies have been taken to Stormheim. The monks were eventually dispatched on multiple missions to gather intelligence on the Tideskorn vrykul, particularly regarding their numbers and the presence of Legion forces at the Gates of Valor.[27]

Once ready, the Grandmaster began a rescue operation at the Gates of Valor with the help of Angus Ironfist.[28] Together, they saved the monk prisoners, but also Sylara Steelsong[29][30] andHiro[31] who have been captured, beaten and tortured by the demons. All of them later joined the ranks of the Order of the Broken Temple as devoted champions.[32][33][34]

When the monks learned of the Storm Brew created by a vrykul named Melba, they wished to convince her to share the secret recipe in order to gain a significant advantage over the enemy. However, they soon learned from her apprentice Aegira that the legendary vrykul brewmaster had been assassinated two years ago.[35] With the help of the Grandmaster, Aegira avenged her master and recovered the Storm Brew recipe from Morjirn, the head brewer of the Tideskorn.[36] After several missions across the Broken Isles,[37] and meeting Melba in the Halls of Valor to recover Odyn's Cauldron,[38] the monks were able to make Storm Brew, which they used to repel the Legion assault on the Wandering Isle and ultimately kill Lady Keletress.[39]

In the aftermath, the Broken Temple gathered at Morning Breeze Village where Chen Stormstout gave a speech in honor of the fallen, to celebrate the dawn of their order, and eventually toasted to friendship and fellowship. Meanwhile, the Grandmaster's deeds motivated the monks to double their efforts and develop a technique that would awaken their artifact weapon to its true potential at the Forge of the Roaring Mountain.[40]

Legionfall

Following their victory, the Order of the Broken Temple, represented by Iron-Body Ponshu,[41] eventually joined the other orders to discuss the Pillars of Creation and form the Armies of Legionfall. Their monks later helped to repel the legion's assault on Dalaran, and could be found fighting demons from Deliverance Point during the Assault on Broken Shore.

At some point, Brewmaster Blanche was killed by Varagol the Coercer, who stole her form and poisoned her Celebration Brew to weaken the Order of the Broken Temple. In time, the Grandmaster made their way to the Stormstout Brewery, where they repelled the Legion invaders and detoxed the diseased brewers. Although they managed to defeat the nathrezim, Varagol informed them that the poisoned brew had already made its way to the Wandering Isle.[42] With the help of Brewer Almai and the spirit of Blanche, a cure was eventually made and the affected monks were able to recover from the fel poison.[43]

During the Argus Campaign, the monks were present on Argus under the Grandmaster's orders, and protected the Vindicaar from the Legion at Darkfall Ridge. When Sargeras impaled Azeroth with his sword, gravely injuring its world-soul, a monk champion among other heroes drained the sword of its corruption with one of their artifacts, using it as a vessel for its vast power.[44]

Shadowlands

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After the Fourth War, the order made its appearance in the Training Hall of Stormwind and the Barracks of Orgrimmar, with Juisheng Halfclaw, Katrina Long, and Huinli Wingpaw as monk trainers.

Organization

The Temple of Five Dawns on the Wandering Isle.

Following the Legion's invasion of the Peak of Serenity, the surviving monks evacuated on the nearby Wandering Isle, where they made the Temple of Five Dawns their new headquarters.

Leadership

The Order of the Broken Temple is under the leadership of the Grandmaster (or Grand Master),[9] a monk adventurer who succeded Grand Master Hight at the head of the unnamed order based at the Peak of Serenity in Pandaria. This decision was made by the masters of the order who judged them as someone who had shown strength, wisdom, courage, valor, and kindness beyond measure.[1] Each senior master is at the head of a monk discipline whose names represent each of the August Celestials:

The champions of the Broken Temple are chosen by the Grandmaster to carry out perilous missions and act as representatives of the order.[45]

Membership

The Broken Temple's scouting map.

The ranks of the Order of the Broken Temple are made of monks of various races from all over Azeroth. Among ther recruiters, Tianji is a renowned trainer in the ox school style of martial combat.[12] Gin Lai is a monk famed for his experience in the ways of the tiger, who train initiates to strike swiftly and precisely on the field of battle.[14] They also received training from Instructor Mossthorn of the Shang Xi's Academy.

In order to devise their strategies and missions on the Broken Isles, Master Hsu had set up a scouting map in the Temple of Five Dawns for the Grandmaster.[10][11]

On the battlefield, the order deploy Ox Initiates, Ox Adepts, Ox Masters, Tiger Initates, Tiger Adepts, Tiger Masters, and Masters of Serenity.[46]

As a well-respected scholar, Number Nine Jia used her knowledge to help improve the order hall after many of her important scrolls were recovered from the Peak of Serenity.[47][48]

Lorewalker Cho and his researchers[49] are in charge of learning more about the artifacts' lore and power,[50] and record the information into The Chronicle of Ages.

The innkeeper Lao Shu is in charge of the order's supply inventory at the Laughing Crane inn of Mandori Village.[25]

The Forge of the Roaring Mountain allows one with great focus to shape chi within magical objects, notably for the Grandmaster to improve the abilities of their artifacts.[51]

Notable members

Main article: Members of the Order of the Broken Temple
Artwork of the Grandmaster, riding Ban-Lu and wielding  [Fu Zan, the Wanderer's Companion].
Name Role(s) Status
Neutral  Aegira Champion and Vrykul brewmaster Alive
Neutral  Chen Stormstout Champion of the Broken Temple Alive
Neutral  Cloudfall High Elder of Tian Monastery Alive
Horde  Ji Firepaw Master of the Huojin Pandaren Alive
Neutral  Li Li Stormstout Champion of the Broken Temple Alive
Neutral  Lorewalker Cho Head Archivist of the Broken Temple Alive
Neutral  Master Hsu Mission Master of the Broken Temple Alive
Neutral  The Monkey King Champion and King of the Hozen Alive
Neutral  Mossthorn Instructor of the Shang Xi's Academy Alive

Notes

Gallery

References

 
  1. ^ a b c N Monk [10-45] The Dawning Light
  2. ^ The Chronicle of Ages
  3. ^ N Monk [45] Storm Brew - Lady Keletress says: [...] Come out and face me. I will destroy what is left of the Broken Temple!
  4. ^  [Soul of the Grandmaster]
  5. ^ a b N Monk [10-45] Before the Storm - Lady Keletress says: I see you, monk! Your struggle is for naught. My forces will purge your order from the face of this world!
  6. ^ N Monk [10-45] The Dawning Light - Number Nine says: The attack at the Peak of Serenity shows that the Burning Legion wishes to shatter our order.
  7. ^ N Monk [10-35] Begin Your Training: Master Cheng
  8. ^ N Monk [10-45] Before the Storm
  9. ^ a b N Monk [10-45] Prepare To Strike
  10. ^ a b N Monk [10-45] A Matter of Planning
  11. ^ a b c N Monk [10-45] The Fight Begins
  12. ^ a b N Monk [10-45] Tianji of the Ox
  13. ^ N Monk [10-45] Building Our Troops
  14. ^ a b N Monk [10-45] The Way of the Tiger
  15. ^ N Monk [10-45] Champion: Li Li Stormstout
  16. ^ N Monk [10-45] Champion: Chen Stormstout
  17. ^ N Monk [10-45] Report from Tian Monastery
  18. ^ Campaign Investigate Tian Monastery
  19. ^ N Monk [10-45] The Defense of Tian Monastery
  20. ^ N Monk [10-45] Storm, Earth, and Fire
  21. ^ N Monk [10-45] Desperate Strike
  22. ^ N Monk [10-45] The Hand of Keletress
  23. ^ N Monk [10-45] Champion: The Monkey King
  24. ^ N Monk [10-45] Champion: Taran Zhu
  25. ^ a b N Monk [10-45] Appropriations
  26. ^ N Monk [10-45] An Ample Stockpile
  27. ^ N Monk [10-45] Tracking the Tideskorn
  28. ^ N Monk [45] The Iron Fist
  29. ^ N Monk [45] The Master of Swords
  30. ^ N Monk [45] No Monk Left Behind
  31. ^ N Monk [45] Zero to Hiro
  32. ^ N Monk [45] Champion: Hiro
  33. ^ N Monk [45] Champion: Sylara Steelsong
  34. ^ N Monk [45] Champion: Angus Ironfist
  35. ^ N Monk [45] The Mead Master
  36. ^ N Monk [45] Stolen Knowledge
  37. ^ N Monk [45] Freya's Spring
  38. ^ N Monk [45] Halls of Valor: Odyn's Cauldron
  39. ^ N Monk [45] Storm Brew
  40. ^ N Monk [45] A Hero's Weapon
  41. ^ World of Warcraft: Legion - Patch 7.2 – The Tomb of Sargeras Trailer
  42. ^ N Monk [45] A Brewing Situation
  43. ^ N Monk [45] A Time for Everything
  44. ^ N [110] The Power in Our Hands
  45. ^ N Monk [10-45] Rise, Champions
  46. ^ Class Hall followers
  47. ^ N Monk [10-45] Scrolls of Knowledge
  48. ^ N Monk [10-45] Tech It Up A Notch
  49. ^ N Monk [110] Furthering Knowledge
  50. ^ N Monk [110] Knowledge is Power
  51. ^ N Monk [98-110] Purity of Form
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