Warcraft Wiki:Featured articles/The Ashbringer
The Ashbringer is a powerful sword known for its legendary uses against the undead. It shares its name with its original wielder, Alexandros Mograine, former Highlord of the Silver Hand, who was known as "The Ashbringer" for his feats. Reports vary as to whether the sword was named after Mograine, or vice-versa.
Alexandros' oldest son, Renault, betrayed and murdered his father using the sword, transforming it into the [Corrupted Ashbringer]. Alexandros was resurrected as a death knight and kept the sword in his possession until his younger son Darion Mograine was forced to kill him. Darion then used the sword to kill himself, attempting to free his father's soul which became trapped in the sword, and consequently became a death knight himself. The sword was purified after Darion betrayed the Lich King. He later relinquished the sword to Tirion Fordring.