Sir Thomas
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 Thomas Thomson | |
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| Title | Son of Thomas, Sir |
| Gender | Male |
| Race | Human (Undead) |
| Level | 1-70 |
| Class | Paladin |
| Reaction | Alliance Horde |
| Affiliation(s) | Himself |
| Former affiliation(s) | Scarlet Crusade, Knights of the Silver Hand, Kingdom of Lordaeron, Alliance of Lordaeron |
| Occupation | Knight |
| Location | Scarlet Monastery |
| Status | Deceased |
| Relative(s) |
Thomas Thomson (father) Suzannah (wife) Joel (son) Gina (daughter) |
Sir Thomas Thomson (aka Sir Thomas) was once a Knight of the Silver Hand and hero among his fellow paladins. Driven insane within the Scarlet Monastery, he was cursed after his death by the nathrezim Balnazzar under the disguise of Grand Crusader Dathrohan, and became the creature known as the Headless Horseman.
Believing that he was alive and that everyone alive was dead, his fervor no longer served the Light, and he began to spread gloom and fire across the villages of Azeroth with the coming of Hallow's End. After his headless form was defeated by adventurers, he appeared in his true but ghostly form, asking them for forgiveness and that his holy tome was brought back to a Costumed Orphan Matron.
Years later, he sought help from adventurers to find the soul of his wife Suzannah, only to be transformed back into the Headless Horseman by Jerome Hayton who had set the trap. At Suzannah's request, Thomas was defeated for the last time in the monastery, and his soul was then finally able to rest in peace with his family.
Biography
A Cleansing Fire
Thomas Thomson and his family owned and worked a pumpkin farm in Tirisfal Glades, just southwest of Agamand Mills. He was one of the paladins who witnessed - and agreed with - Uther the Lightbringer and Jaina Proudmoore's rejection of Prince Arthas Menethil's proposal to purge Stratholme. He was present throughout as the Scourge destroyed Lordaeron. He witnessed Baron Rivendare's betrayal when he sent a large supply of plagued grain to a village he was defending. He received word that Prince Arthas returned from Northrend and murdered his father; Thomas believed that the foundation for the crime had begun long before he'd sailed for Northrend, if Stratholme was any indication. Five days later he was informed that Arthas had murdered Uther and many other paladins had been killed.
Desperate to keep his family safe, he ordered his wife to flee to Kalimdor, following Jaina, while he remained in Lordaeron with the Silver Hand to destroy the Scourge. Over the next four years, alongside the other paladins following the Ashbringer, Alexandros Mograine, Thomas constantly fought against the Scourge under Saidan Dathrohan's wing, a man he looked up to. Eventually, though the Silver Hand was broken when Renault Mograine murdered his father with the Ashbringer, and the founding members of the Argent Dawn, heeding High Inquisitor Fairbanks's testimony, left. Thomas stayed to join the Scarlet Crusade.
One day, however, Saidan Dathrohan led Thomas and others to a town full of refugees, who let them in under the assumption that it was just another plague check. Dathrohan gradually convinced Thomas that the population was infected, and unlike Stratholme, Thomas helped to slaughter the refugees.
He then accidentally killed his own family before he realized it was them, his daughter turning to look him in the face just as his sword struck her down last. He came to the conclusion that when he had put them on the last ship fleeing to Kalimdor, a storm that had been approaching at the time must have arrived sooner than expected and damaged it before it could leave. With Lordaeron in chaos, there would have been no shipwrights to repair it, and the other ships would have been too full, forcing the former passengers to hide wherever they could.
Broken, he was taken back to the Scarlet Monastery where he finally went mad. Believing the entire world to be infected and speaking in rhyme, he alone was the only being that could save them. After killing many of his former comrades on Hallow's End, he was confronted and beheaded. Dathrohan decided to give the fallen crusader an honorable burial. Once entombed and alone with the body, Dathrohan (who in truth was Balnazzar disguised as the fallen general) used his own blood and fel energies to raise Thomas' corpse creating the Headless Horseman with his own mad free will.[1]
World of Warcraft
Years later, Sir Thomas's spirit was set free by adventurers of the Alliance and Horde after the Headless Horseman's defeat inside the Scarlet Monastery, allowing him to rest.[2]
Dragonflight
Following the awakening of the Dragon Isles, Thomas reached out to the adventurers who set him free years ago and met him in front of the monastery.[3] He sought atonement for his sins, starting with his family. He had found out that the spirit of his wife, Suzannah was missing and resolved to find clues at the monastery.[4] In time the pair discovered Suzannah, only for her to warn that it was a trap. Before they could react, Jerome Hayton trapped Thomas in shadows, while declaring that the Headless Horseman was meant to cleanse this world by Grand Crusader Dathrohan's will. Thomas was subsequently once more transformed into the Headless Horseman and swiftly killed Hayton before retreating into the Scarlet Monastery.[5]
Determined to save him, Suzannah implored adventurers for aid. After the Headless Horseman was defeated and Thomas restored, husband and wife reunited.[6] In the aftermath, he thanked adventurers for their aid, penned the end of his story in his tome, and then departed with his wife for the afterlife.[7]
Quests
[25-70] Free at Last! 
[10-70] A Ghostly Message 
- [10-70] Shades of Scarlet
- [10-70] No Laughing Matter
Quotes
- Gossip
For ages, I was lost. Now, finally, I see how dark my soul had become...
Notes
- His generic name during [10-70] Shades of Scarlet is Helpful Shade. He rides a spectral horse.
Gallery
Sir Thomas' soul in World of Warcraft.
Suzannah and Thomas reunited after the Headless Horseman encounter.
Patch changes
Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): Added.
References
- ^ Legends: A Cleansing Fire
- ^ [25-70] Free at Last!
- ^ [10-70] A Ghostly Message
- ^ [10-70] Shades of Scarlet
- ^ [10-70] No Laughing Matter
- ^ [10-70] The Headless Horseman, Returned
- ^ [10-70] The Tale of Sir Thomas
External links
| Sir Thomas | Generic name |
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