The Mage's Knight in Cold Armor: Apprentice to The Betrayer

Hours earlier before Alyssana's arrival...

It felt like the pain I endured during my final moments had come back but a thousand times worse...
I had failed my master, but at the cost of losing someone I had loved...
I didn't think she'd be so powerful and neither did I think she wouldn't follow along with my plans for our freedom but at the same time, I regretted falling for her...
But when I did, of course one thing lead to another, but even when I burnt to death, the look in her eyes...I can never forget them...

Her eyes!

I've never felt so guilty, yet I don't think I've ever had my heart broken like that...
She was so full of love and her personality, so bubbly and happy...
But when my time came, she changed...

When I was awakened, the pain I felt as I died came back, but even more worse than before. It felt as if my now dead skin was singed to the bone and yet, when the pain subsided, I instantly felt cold.

I looked at my surroundings to see a figure fully armored and as soon as he turned around, he spoke. "All that I am; anger, cruelty, vengeance, I bestow upon you, my chosen death knight."

It was as if I was immobilised, just listening to his words.

"I have granted you immortality so that you may herald a new, dark age for the Scourge." he continued. "Gaze upon the lands below us. The Scarlet Crusade scurries to undo my work, while Light's Hope stands defiantly against us, a blemish upon these Plaguelands. They must all be shown the price of their defiance. You will become my force of retribution. Where you tread, doom will follow. Go now and claim your destiny, Soulterror."

I never remembered my name, but I do remember that the Lich King is my master. Once I had emblazoned a blade for myself, I met up with the three San'layn Princes, Valanar, Keleseth and Taldaram and I did my tasks to please the Lich King and bring an end to The Scarlet Crusade. Countless times, I've been told that I was once a ruthless man before I became undead and they weren't kidding. Although, there was one person that almost threw me off my ruthlessness.

"Wait! Don't you recognise me? We used to go to Dalaran to visit some girl you liked! She's become a woman now and she's changed a lot ever since your death! But everyone's afraid of her now! Please, spare me! If you kill me, you may never know who you truly are!"

After killing him, I couldn't stop thinking about what he said. Some girl I liked? Everyone's afraid of her now? You can be sure that I may not have any idea who this woman is, but I'm certainly not afraid of her! However, when he mentioned a place named Dalaran, I started having mini-flashbacks of my life as part of the living. That girl...she definitely looked beautiful but everything else was a blur! I felt frustrated when I couldn't remember who I was in my past life, but that doesn't matter right now. Highlord Darion Mograine had heard of my amnesia after I was awakened and he summoned me to talk to some peasant boy that could help jog my memory. I doubted it but I went to see this boy anyway. As soon as I saw him, that mini-flashback I had of that girl came back! Their features looked the same...perhaps a relative?

"Get me out of here! Let me out!" the boy screamed.

"Not while you're under watch by me." I scoffed. "Who are you?"

"Does it really matter to you, death knight?" the boy retaliated. "Know this, my mother will come and save me! I've heard of how powerful she's become and she will not hesitate casting a spell or two of pain upon you!"

"Oh, she's a warlock? A mage perhaps? I'm so scared!" I laughed with sarcasm.

"You should be scared!" the boy squeaked. "Even though she's been away for 5 years after she killed my dad, I've been told that she never stopped thinking about me. She stayed away out of fear that I might hate her for killing my dad. But knowing who he is and what he was planning to do with me as soon as I would be born, I'm glad he's dead. I'm glad mama killed him!"