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The Scarlet Crusade
Main leader	Unknown, formerly Grand Crusader Saidan Dathrohan (corpse possessed by Balnazzar), Highlord Taelan Fordring, High General Abbendis
Secondary leaders	Brigitte Abbendis, Renault Mograine; formerly Crusader Lord Valdelmar, Demetria, Grand Inquisitor Isillien
Membership	12,000 as of Dark Factions
Race(s)	Humans (majority), once had Dwarves and High Elves
Capital	Tyr's Hand
Other major settlements	The Scarlet Monastery; formerly Hearthglen and the Scarlet Bastion in Stratholme
Theater of operations	Tirisfal Glades; formerly Eastern Plaguelands, Western Plaguelands, Desolace
Language(s)	Common
Affiliation	Hostile, Independent, formerly Alliance
Status	Collapsed, reformed into the Scarlet Onslaught In decline; see also The Risen

The Scarlet Crusade is a religious organization dedicated to the eradication of the undead. They are a major adversary of the Forsaken, and several quests in Tirisfal Glades involve attacks on Scarlet Crusade troops, leaders, and strongholds. The Scarlet Crusade maintains several bastions throughout the former lands of Lordaeron, namely the Scarlet Monastery, and up until the Shattering, Hearthglen, Tyr's Hand, the fortified cathedral of Stratholme, and several smaller camps and watchtowers spread throughout the area.

It was also, before the Shattering, the only hierarchy left of the Kingdom of Lordaeron after its destruction by the Scourge. After the attack on the Scarlet Enclave, the Scarlet Crusade renamed itself to the Scarlet Onslaught and operated in Northrend.

Since the fall of the Lich King, the Scarlet Crusade has experienced a major downfall, losing most of its holdings in the now-recovering Plaguelands to the Argent Crusade, and many of its surviving members, ironically, to undeath.

General information

The Scarlet Crusade has adopted the symbol of Lordaeron as one of their standards.

The Scarlet Crusade is a group of maddened zealots so dedicated to the removal of all undead that they commonly attack the living. In the Western Plaguelands, the Scarlet Crusade strikes against the Scourge from Hearthglen. Many Knights of the Silver Hand remained on Lordaeron for several reasons ranging from missing the fleeing boats, to a sense of duty to clear their homeland of the undead. With the destruction of Lordaeron in front of them and the knowledge that Arthas had betrayed them, some knights actually went mad. They hunt the undead in Lordaeron with a zeal that frightens. Many innocent mortals have been killed through misunderstandings, or simply "just making sure". These paladins have a frightening policy: When in doubt, assume the person is undead and kill him. These knights would never admit that they walk the same dark road that led to Arthas’s damnation, but few of them continue to follow the three virtues. Those who question their leaders are assumed to be undead sympathizers and are slain. Many serve the Scarlet Crusade out of fear, as to speak up means instant death.

The Scarlet Crusade is what happens when mad zealots take over a good cause. While the Alliance is in agreement that the Scourge needs to be eradicated from Lordaeron so they can return home, few Alliance members would agree with the methods used by the Scarlet Crusade. The Crusade’s members are mostly soldiers — many are Knights of the Silver Hand — who saw such devastation wrought by the Scourge that they resort to extreme measures to destroy the undead. This includes killing any mortal they assume to be undead, killing mortals to get to undead or killing mortals who may sympathize with undead. “Sympathizing with the undead” is how Crusaders interpret someone arguing that their methods are severe. They are the natural enemies of the Scourge and the Forsaken, but they are also the enemy of anyone who cannot prove that he is alive — usually within ten or so seconds. The Crusade has indeed destroyed several undead encampments on Lordaeron. They may end up alone on the continent — or more likely, die trying. The Scarlet Crusade sees no difference between the Forsaken and the Scourge and battle the Forsaken zealously.

Despite its excesses, the Crusade is a powerful force in the eastern kingdoms, having already destroyed several undead encampments in Lordaeron and defeated a number of dangerous Liches as well as the Dreadlord Beltheris. They are expected to continue battling until either the Scourge are driven from Lordaeron or the Crusade itself is destroyed.

The Scarlet Crusade distrusts any non-humans although they once had other races, such as High Elves and Dwarves, in their ranks.

History of the Crusade

File:Scarlet Crusade Tabard.jpg

Symbol of the Light, Scarlet Crusade variation

Early history

After Lord Uther the Lightbringer was betrayed and killed by his former apprentice Arthas Menethil, the Knights of the Silver Hand were decimated by the Scourge's undead armies.

Isillien was formerly a priest of the [Holy Light] in Lordaeron, assigned to be the liaison for the Knights of the Silver Hand. There he worked closely with the elder High General Abbendis (the father of the younger Abbendis) and his youthful charges, tutoring the young paladins in their quest for truth. Priests and paladins fought as the Scourge attacked the city, but they fled as Lordaeron fell around them. Some whisper it was the wounds both men received in battle, or perhaps just the shock of seeing their whole purpose destroyed, but since that day both Isillien and Abbendis had become quite insane. Isillien and Abbendis wandered the area as the Scourge defiled the land, destroying what undead they could, gathering what warriors would join them. They had but one concern: eradication of all that had destroyed Lordaeron.

Among the group were the high-ranking officers Isillien, the Abbendises (father and daughter), Renault Mograine, Taelan Fordring and Balnazzar (who had possessed the corpse of Saidan Dathrohan) have been said to have helped found the Scarlet Crusade, an order of knights focused on the singular goal of defeating the Scourge in all its forms.

Taelan Fordring, one of Isillien’s protégés, adored his tutor and his general. He offered his family’s keep and land, untouched by the undead, for their base of operations. The Crusade gained members whose lives had been ruined by the Scourge. Most members have seen a loved one die and, more often than not, be raised to fight alongside her murderer. Isillien became the spokesman for the group, his ravings gaining more followers than repelling them — and who could argue with the man that the undead were evil?

Some had reason to pause when Isillien’s young page was found with Isillien’s knife through his heart, and the priest calmly reported that the page had died that afternoon while hunting, and the undead had raised him and sent him back as an assassin. He was so convincing that the incident cemented the fear for most: if a freshly killed and raised undead can look just like a regular human, they had no idea who among them may or may not be with the Scourge. After a month of quarantine, all priests and warriors with the Crusade were declared clean. The elder Abbendis and Isillien felt that although they had a good base, they really needed to attack the Scourge where they were the thickest: in the Eastern Plaguelands. Isillien took on the title of Grand Inquisitor and control of the Western Crusade, while the elder Abbendis led the majority of the forces to Tyr’s Hand in the east to strike at Stratholme. As they established their bases and took in many more warriors, they destroyed any undead they found.

Frequently, groups of refugees fleeing the undead also fell beneath their furious swords. As the Grand Inquisitor claims, one cannot be too careful. All undead — good, evil or neutral, Scourge or Forsaken — are the rivals of the Scarlet Crusade. The undead are abominations and must be destroyed before the land and the people can heal. They count the Alliance and the Church of Holy Light as their allies, but these organizations quickly distance themselves from these fanatics, and instruct all travelers to give a wide berth to any Crusaders.

Not long after its formation, the Crusade attempted a strike against the Scourge base in Northrend, and built a fleet specifically for that purpose. The attempt failed, although the Crusaders reached as far as the mouth of Icecrown Glacier. There were many casualties among the high ranks of the Crusade, including its first and only Grand Admiral, first Captain General and first Chief Assassin.

Wrath of the Lich King

This section concerns content related to Wrath of the Lich King.

There was, however, one region of the Eastern Plaguelands which had been remarkably untouched by the plague that had despoiled the remainder of northern Lordaeron. This region was appropriately known as the Scarlet Enclave, consisting of the Scarlet capital of Tyr's Hand and the towns of Havenshire and New Avalon. These towns came under the protection of the Crusade forces stationed in Tyr's Hand, led by High General Brigitte Abbendis - the last survivor of the Crusade's original founders.

All that changed with the arrival of Acherus in the skies above the Enclave. In short order, the Scourge had established a base camp in the Ebon Hold's shadow and began their campaign of destruction. As the death knights of Acherus began to march on Havenshire, Abbendis claimed to receive visions from the Light, instructing her to take the most faithful of her troops and journey to Northrend. This became known among the Scarlet troops as the "Crimson Dawn", a revival of the Crusade and its "holy mission".

The Fall of the Scarlet Enclave

By that point, the death knights had laid waste to Havenshire and were now seeking to find out more about this "Crimson Dawn" mentioned in New Avalon's registry, taken from the town hall after they murdered New Avalon's Mayor Quimby. They discovered that a courier had been sent from Hearthglen by High Commander Galvar Pureblood, informing Abbendis that an army of Crusaders from Hearthglen and Tirisfal were being assembled to reinforce the Enclave and battle the forces of Acherus. One of the death knights, disguised as the courier (having murdered the real courier, taking his clothing and Pureblood's message), delivered the message to Abbendis. Realizing that the Plaguelands were lost, Abbendis ordered "the courier" to return to Pureblood, inform him to turn his armies around and prepare for the journey to Northrend. She gave "the courier" a copy of her diary, claiming it would explain everything. It was at this point that she declared that the Scarlet Crusade was no more - that they were now the Scarlet Onslaught.

The message never reached Pureblood, and his forces were annihilated by the Scourge as a result. With the combined army marching to their doom, High General Abbendis boarded her flagship, the Sinner's Folly, and set sail for Northrend, leaving the Crusade to its fate.

Decline

While not officially stated, it would appear that the Scarlet Crusade and the Scarlet Onslaught have seen their last days. With various Horde and Alliance raids on Scarlet outposts (throughout quests involving the various zones and instances in the Eastern Kingdoms and in Northrend), many of the leaders of this organization are dead. The Upper Echelon has been completely destroyed, while the Lower Echelon, whose only remaining member is Grand Admiral Barean Westwind, has been completely annihilated with the revelation of who he really is, and his subsequent retreat. Indeed, out of all the named characters that make up the Crusade and the Onslaught (grand total of 49) all but 14 have been killed in various quests (or in pre-WoW lore in the case of the first High General Abbendis). With the deaths of the majority of the leadership, it remains to be seen who will lead what is left of the Crusade/Onslaught.

Cataclysm

This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

With the exposure of Balnazzar and Mal'Ganis, the senior leadership eliminated, the Lich King's defeat, and Tirion Fordring retaking his old town of Hearthglen for the Argent Crusade, the Scarlet Crusade has become a shadow of its former self. Due to the decline of the Scarlets in the Plaguelands, the Argent Crusade has become the strength in the region, effectively succeeding the Scarlets as the new hierarchy of the former Kingdom of Lordaeron. In hindsight, the Scarlet Crusade has proven to be far more of a hindrance than a help in the war against the Scourge.

It has been discovered that the Crusade has completely lost Stratholme, with Balnazzar shedding his disguise and killing the remaining Scarlet Crusaders within the city. Balnazzar then used his necromantic powers to resurrect them, as the Risen. A similar fate has befallen the Scarlet presence in Tyr's Hand, including the members formerly found at Light's Hope Chapel. Hence, in an ironic twist of fate, most of the Scarlet holdouts in Lordaeron have literally become what they sought to destroy.

What is known is that the Scarlet Crusade have expanded their fortifications to the west of the Solliden Farmstead, in a new, small area called the Scarlet Palisade. and that they managed to keep the Scarlet Monastery in their control. Thus, the Tirisfal Glades appear to be the last remaining bastion of living Scarlet Crusade activity.

Organization

Brother Crowley.

The Scarlet Crusade is structured much like the military. The male Abbendis and Isillien were the leaders. Abbendis was the official head of the Scarlet Crusade. He considered himself the arm of the Crusade while Isillien is the heart. Abbendis guided the military attacks of the Crusade from Tyr’s Hand in the Eastern Plaguelands, communicating frequently with Isillien, who guides the priests in the Crusade in their new roles as inquisitors, based in the Western Plaguelands. He is in charge of questioning undead and mortals alike to ferret out whatever information he can on the movement and settlement of the undead. Isillien acts as the leader of the priests and guides the inquisitions in the west along with his impressionable paladin Taelan, while Abbendis controlled the warriors in the east. The Crusade has thirteen generals leading the lower ranks: 2,000 troops based in Hearthglen and 10,000 based in Tyr’s Hand. The generals were not only chosen by the ranks they had in the war, but also by their dedication to the cause. Few make it very high in the ranks if they do not have a burning fervor to destroy all undead. Veterans who have fought the Scourge before are quickly promoted. Any dissent in the ranks is considered to be caused by undead infiltration, for the Crusade cannot fathom a reasonable mortal having any disagreement with the elimination of the undead. Such individuals are considered to be undead themselves, or worse, deranged undead sympathizers. Thus the organization of the Scarlet Crusade is flawless, as the crusaders work with one mind towards one goal. If they do not work with total agreement, it is at least complete fear of their superiors that keeps them in line. It's based in the Plaguelands, but hunts undead everywhere it can in northern Lordaeron. With the death of the elder Abbendis fighting the scourge, his daughter took over as High General.

Currently, the head of the Scarlet Crusade is Grand Crusader Saidan Dathrohan. Serving beneath him are Demetria (the Scarlet Oracle), High General Abbendis, Grand Inquisitor Isillien, Highlord Taelan Fordring, and Crusader Lord Valdelmar. The grand crusader handles the grisly, prolonged siege of Stratholme. Abbendis commands military assaults and assists the grand crusader in the siege, while Isillien handles interrogations and intelligence in the west.

Membership

Membership in the Scarlet Crusade is high, relative to the human population of the region. The strong sense of abandonment, futility and fear runs high in all humans on Lordaeron, and the Scarlet Crusade feeds that fear with reassurance that the evil will fall while the good remain untainted. The Crusade attracts mostly warriors, people who find in this post-war state that living by the sword is the only way to survive. They feel the need for a strong community where their skills will be utilized, and the Scarlet Crusade maintains that they need strong warriors for their cause. Some priests are drawn to the righteous eradication of the undead, but they often see the Crusade for the zealots they are and rethink their entry. This, of course, is considered suspicious, and they are often slain for their misgivings. The biggest problem prospective members encounter is assuring the Crusaders that they are not undead themselves. Since the Grand Inquisitor was almost killed by his own page (so the story goes), the group is incredibly paranoid about the undead infiltrating their ranks. There is however one undead in there ranks (High Inquisitor Fairbanks) however he has been locked away in an secret room, why the crusaders haven't killed him yet remains a mystery. The supposedly common knowledge that undead are hideously deformed and easy to discern from the living makes no difference to these people; they believe necromancers are capable of disguising the undead as living. Thus, new members (if they survived alerting the Crusade to their desire to join) are quarantined for 30 days to see if they begin to exhibit signs of the plague or being an undead. They are visited by the Grand Inquisitor or the High General during this time and are "questioned". No Scarlet Crusader discusses his quarantine and initiation.

Membership is comprised chiefly of human warriors, ex-paladins, priests and paladins (dark or otherwise), scarlet knights, scarlet inquisitors, Scarlet Chaplains, Scarlet Crusaders and scarlet battle mages professions, although hunters and mages also exist among their ranks.

Military

Despite their increasingly small numbers, the members of the Scarlet Crusade never falter, turn aside, or retreat. The Scarlet Crusade fights directly and it fights to the death.

Most military forces fight conservatively and hoard their members, but the crusaders take no care for their own lives. They wade into battle with zealous fervor, slashing and hacking until they either fall or vanquish all enemies.

Only the backing of the priests and paladins keep the order alive, both literally and figuratively. The impassioned speeches and charismatic leadership of the order’s healers motivates their troops into battle, and their healing magic keeps their zealots whole. The military training of the order’s paladins serves the crusade well, as the paladins train the members in basic troop formations and simple tactics that increase their odds of survival.

Generally, members of the Scarlet Crusade don’t bother flanking their enemies, as they’re used to fighting undead that are slow and easy to strike and immune to backstabs. Scarlet Crusade units fight in tight formations. They form rings whenever possible, standing shoulder to shoulder, so no one member risks being surrounded by a shambling mob of undead. If forced to disperse, members try to pair up and fight back to back.

Paladins and priests freely use their healing abilities and spells in combat, not only to bolster their own troops, but to harm undead enemies. Paladins and priests try not to use their turn undead ability, as their goal is to destroy their enemies, not scatter them. If overwhelmed by superior numbers, though, or confident in their ability to destroy nearby undead with a turn attempt, the commanders call upon their holy power. Many Scarlet Crusade priests can rebuke undead; they force their undead foes to cower long enough for the knights to do their work.

When fighting living opponents, the Scarlet Crusade varies its tactics only slightly. The Crusade rarely takes on hordes of living enemies; when they do engage the living, it is usually to target individuals or small groups. Members of the Crusade do use flanking maneuvers when fighting the living. They’re most concerned with preventing the escape of their prey, as living opponents move much faster than undead, and often panic. Mounted knights run down fleeing enemies, while the foot soldiers remain behind to engage slower targets. Foot soldiers also use trip attacks to reduce the odds that their prey will escape.

Crimson Legion

An elite force of the Crusade is the Crimson Legion, led by the Grand Crusader himself. Throughout the Scarlet Crusade, three different symbols are persistent. The Crusade's official banner is a modified flag of Lordaeron, with the "L" painted in red to symbolize the blood of the living. This "L" letter looks like "C" on the Scarlet Crusade flags. The modified Symbol of the Light seems to mark sanctuaries and holy places. Additionally, whilst the organization counts many non-combatants and line soldiers amongst its ranks, real Crusaders can be identified by the Scarlet Flame on their tabard.

Locations

Halls of the Scarlet Monastery

The Western Crusade’s headquarters are in the rural area of Hearthglen, the inheritance of Taelan Fordring. Their main headquarters are in the Eastern Plaguelands in the small community of Tyr’s Hand. They command from the Scarlet Basilica. The community is also host to several churches including a newly built Scarlet Monastery, a massive building that draws refugees looking for safety.

Most Crusaders are based in Tyr's Hand where Isillien has declared the Eastern Plaguelands to be the focus of the Crusade's attacks. In the ruins of Stratholme the Scarlet Crusade has established a more or less permanent foothold from which it wages constant battle upon the Scourge within the city in the small outpost known as the Scarlet Bastion.

In Tirisfal Glades a peaceful Monastery was converted into a stronghold of the fanatical Scarlet Crusade, Scarlet Monastery. The Crusaders are intolerant of all non-human races, regardless of alliance or affiliation. They believe that any and all outsiders are potential carriers of the undead plague - and must be destroyed. Reports indicate that adventurers who enter the monastery are forced to contend with Scarlet Commander Mograine - who commands a large garrison of fanatically devoted warriors. However, the monastery's true master is High Inquisitor Whitemane - a fearsome priestess who possesses the ability to resurrect fallen warriors to do battle in her name.

Relations

"The Alliance races have many problems currently, the greatest of which is the loss of their homeland to the undead, the Horde, the demons and various monsters. Their once proud populations are either dead, undead or in hiding. They don’t even have much of a base to call their own except for the remote city of Stormwind, too far away to deal with the problems of Lordaeron with any real effectiveness. The elimination of the Scourge is any reasonable mortal’s goal, but the Scarlet Crusade considers the many mortals it kills in its quest as acceptable losses. To the Alliance, the Crusade’s single-mindedness is madness. So, no, the Alliance does not condone the Scarlet Crusade’s actions, but sees the problems caused by this organization as akin to having a stain on your shirt while your house is on fire. Until the greater problems are dealt with and the homeland is retaken, the Crusade will be free to act as it wishes. Besides they are, despite their mad zealotry, doing a good job with eradicating the undead from Lordaeron">

Though the Crusade's ranks are all human, it is not openly welcomed by the Alliance. However, its mission appeals to most within the Alliance, who generally agree that the undead need to be removed from Lordaeron so its citizens can return home. As news of the Crusaders' rising madness compete with tales of their good deeds and names of heroes amongst their ranks, especially the less informed peasants of regions far away from former Lordaeron still view this organization as a stalwart defender against the undead threat. In part, this is true, as the Crusade has indeed rescued refugees and defended civilian settlements in the Plaguelands many times, including a project to re-settle villages that have been destroyed by the Scourge during the war. Also, Scarlet Crusaders are protecting the Solliden Farmstead and its inhabitants, making it one of the few places in northern Lordaeron where the native farmfolk have survived to this day and also one of the few places in Lordaeron where they can get food that unaffected by the plague of undeath.

Generally, the actions of the Scarlet Crusade are tolerated out of ignorance, and both the Alliance and the Church of Holy Light distance themselves from the Crusade's activities officially, but without trying to interfere. In fact, the Scarlet Crusade, who counts both the Alliance and the Church amongst their allies, maintains contacts to both by several emissaries - examples can be found in the Cathedral of Light in Stormwind and in the Alliance outpost of Nijel's Point.

The Scarlet Crusade has killed countless refugees fleeing the horrors of the Scourge, regarding them as possible carriers of the plague or even undead sympathizers, and their growing zealotry has started to make the Crusade enemies all over Azeroth. Most Crusaders tend to think that anyone unassociated with their cause should have no business in the Plaguelands and thus are behaving suspiciously if they enter this region. Travellers are advised to stay clear of Scarlet Crusaders regardless of whether any undead are in the party. The Scarlet Crusade can be friend or foe, but it is generally the enemy of anyone who cannot prove that he or she is alive — qualifications and interpretation being subject to change without notice.

Books and other texts

•  [News From The North]
•  [Priestly Preening: Be Like Your Betters]
•  [Turning the Other Cheek]
•  [Musings of the High General]

Scarlet Crusader

Corruption from Within

There are those that claimed that the Scarlet Crusade really had a more sinister purpose, that it was being used for darker reasons than the honorable - if misguided - cause of clearing the Plaguelands from the taint of the Scourge. This may have been correct, as not only was Highlord Mograine betrayed and murdered by his own son, but also the Crusade was actually headed by the Dreadlord Balnazzar, possessing the corpse of Grand Crusader Saidan Dathrohan.

No one in the Crusade is aware that Dathrohan is a demon - they simply believe him to be a holy knight obsessed with the destruction of the undead. To maintain his charade, Balnazzar keeps a low profile, letting Isillien and Abbendis run the Scarlet Crusade. His agents actively recruit new members for the crusade, and his ranks grow steadily. Should anyone find out his true nature, however, the Scarlet Crusade could potentially fall apart overnight ... and the undead would become the only power in the Plaguelands. However, it seems that Abbendis has started to suspect him being more than a human.

Some Crusaders who had begun sensing the corruption within the Crusade have left the ranks of the order to found the Argent Dawn. These warriors are generally regarded as traitors by the Scarlet Crusade, especially since the Argent Dawn also counts Forsaken amongst its ranks - but Kel'Thuzad's recent assault on Azeroth has forced the two organizations into a reluctant alliance with each other. Both sides have been able to shelve their mutual dislike in order to fight back the new horrors of the Scourge in Naxxramas, but tensions are high and there is only a superficial allegiance between them.

During the war against the Lich King, Admiral Barean Westwind, once believed to have perished in the Third War, made an unexpected return in Onslaught Harbor. As with Balnazzar, few were aware of Westwind's true form until adventurers slew High General Abbendis and cornered Westwind in a nearby cave.

Unintentional Corruption?

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It's possible that the Scarlet Crusade had become corrupted for reasons other than bad leadership. While Grand Inquisitor Isillien himself seemed to have become corrupted from his once-holy path, as shown in the quest In Dreams. High General Abbendis seemed to remain pure, and she knew of the impurity of her troops, wishing she could afford to use only the holy. In addition to this, Saidan Dathrohan was secretly Balnazzar in disguise, so it was likely he was attempting to bend the Crusade to his will. As noted in Do Unto Others, Admiral Barean Westwind stated after Abbendis dies that she "served her purpose". In addition to this, Abbendis seemed to think there was something "odd" about him. Thus, while the original intentions of the leadership seemed to have been pure, a failure to purify their upper echelons seemed to have been their undoing. How they managed to take these positions is unknown, as it was well documented that the Crusade often purged their own ranks. Surely even the upper ranks would have been checked.

Notable Members of the Scarlet Crusade

Leadership, Upper Echelon

Name	Location
Grand Crusader Saidan Dathrohan (Corpse possessed by Balnazzar)	Scarlet Throne, Scarlet Bastion	Stratholme
Scarlet Oracle Demetria	Last seen on road from Tyr's Hand to Stratholme	Eastern Plaguelands
High General Abbendis (Died fighting the scourge.)
High General Brigitte Abbendis	New Hearthglen	Dragonblight
Grand Inquisitor Isillien (Killed by Tirion Fordring)	Hearthglen	Western Plaguelands
Highlord Taelan Fordring (Killed by Grand Inquisitor Isillien)	Mardenholde Keep, Hearthglen	Western Plaguelands
Crusader Lord Valdelmar (now undead)	Scarlet Basilica, Tyr's Hand	Eastern Plaguelands

Leadership, Lower Echelon

Name	Location
Grand Admiral Barean Westwind (Originally thought Killed in Action, actually possessed by Mal'Ganis)	New Hearthglen,	Northrend
Captain General Orman of Stromgarde (Missing in Action)	Icecrown Glacier,	Northrend

Priestly Branch

Name	Location
High Abbot Ferren Marcus (Killed in Action)	Scarlet Monastery,	Tirisfal Glades
High Abbot Landgren (Archbishop later)	Scarlet Monastery,	Tirisfal Glades
High Inquisitor Fairbanks	Scarlet Monastery,	Tirisfal Glades
High Inquisitor Sally Whitemane	Scarlet Monastery,	Tirisfal Glades
High Inquisitor Valroth	Scarlet Hold,	Scarlet Enclave
High Priest Benedictus Voss	Scarlet Watch Post,	Tirisfal Glades
Brother Anton (deceased)	Nijel's Point	Desolace
Brother Crowley	Cathedral of Light, Cathedral Square	Stormwind City

Military Branch

Name	Location
Scarlet Commander Marjhan (now undead)	Light's Hope Chapel,	Eastern Plaguelands
High Commander Galvar Pureblood
Scarlet Commander Renault Mograine (Killed during Corrupted Ashbringer Event)	Crusader's Chapel, Scarlet Monastery,	Tirisfal Glades
Lord Paladin Harthal Truesight (Missing in action)		Stratholme
Malor the Zealous (now undead)	Scarlet Bastion	Stratholme
Scarlet Commander Rodrick	Scarlet Hold,	Scarlet Enclave
High Protector Lorik	Mardenholde Keep, Hearthglen	Western Plaguelands
High Protector Tarsen	Northridge Lumber Camp	Western Plaguelands
Cavalier Durgen	Northridge Lumber Camp	Western Plaguelands
Ranger-Captain Fellari Swiftarrow (Missing in action)	Silverpine (Last seen)
Captain Melrache		Tirisfal Glades
Captain Perrine		Tirisfal Glades
Captain Vachon		Tirisfal Glades
Scarlet Champion Herod	Hall of Champions, Scarlet Monastery	Tirisfal Glades
Cannon Master Willey (now undead)	Armory, Scarlet Bastion	Stratholme
Houndmaster Loksey	Library, Scarlet Monastery	Tirisfal Glades
Huntsman Leopold (now undead)	Light's Hope Chapel	Eastern Plaguelands
Huntsman Radley	Hearthglen	Western Plaguelands
Dorgar Stoenbrow (Missing in action)		Alterac
Holia Sunshield (Killed in action)
Lieutenant Sanders		Tirisfal Glades
Meven Korgal	Deathknell	Tirisfal Glades
Valea Twinblades (Missing in action)		Eastern Plaguelands
Crusader Michael Goodchilde

Others

Name	Location
High Wizard Arellas Fireleaf (Locked in eternal combat with Diesalven)
Arend
Archivist Galford	Stratholme,	Eastern Plaguelands
Arcanist Doan	Scarlet Monastery,	Tirisfal Glades
Stable Master Kitrik	Havenshire Stables,	Scarlet Enclave
Shill Dinger	Halls of the Law,	Blackrock Depths
Chief Assassin Invar One-Arm (Missing in Action)		Northrend
Chief Assassin Yana Bloodspear (Missing in Action)		Tirisfal Glades
Rohan the Assassin (now undead)	Light's Hope Chapel,	Eastern Plaguelands
Interrogator Vishas	Scarlet Monastery,	Tirisfal Glades
Foreman Jerris	Hearthglen,	Western Plaguelands
Foreman Marcrid	Camp west oft Northridge Lumber Camp,	Western Plaguelands
Sir Bestor
Pantak

Ex-Members

Name	Location
Alexandros Mograine	Military Quarter,	Naxxramas
Raleigh the Devout	Southshore,	Hillsbrad Foothills
Renee Lauer	Brill,	Tirisfal Glades
Lilian Voss	Deathknell,	Tirisfal Glades

Ranks and Classes

Abbot Adept Admiral Archmage Augur Avenger Beastmaster Bodyguard Brother Captain Cavalier Centurion Champion The Scarlet Champion Chaplain

Cleric Commander Conjuror Convert Courier Crusader Curate Defender Disciple Diviner Emissary Enchanter Evoker Executioner Fleet Defender

Fleet Guardian Gallant Grand Crusader Grand Inquisitor Gryphon Rider Guardsman High Clerist High Inquisitor Highlord Hunter Huntsman Infantryman Initiate Inquisitor Interrogator

Invoker Judge Knight Lord Lumberjack Mage Magus Marksman Medic Miner Missionary Monk Myrmidon Neophyte Oracle

Paladin Peasant Praetorian Preacher Preserver Priest Protector Scout Scryer Sentinel Sentry Smith Soldier Sorcerer Spellbinder

Torturer Trainee Trooper Vanguard Warder Warrior Wizard Worker Zealot

Items

• [Recovered Scarlet Onslaught Cape]
• [Aegis of the Scarlet Commander]
• [Scarlet Boots]
• [Scarlet Chestpiece]
• [Scarlet Leggings]
• [Scarlet Gauntlets]
• [Scarlet Belt]
• [Scarlet Wristguards]
• [Tabard of the Scarlet Crusade]
• [Scarlet Initiate Robes]

Speculation

This article or section includes speculation, observations or opinions possibly supported by lore or by Blizzard officials. It should not be taken as representing official lore.

Sanctioned?

Interestingly, whereas Commander Marjhan pointed out the cooperation of her troops with the Argent Dawn was not sanctified by the Grand Crusader, she also made clear that she was not acting on her own but has been sent to help. Since Isillien was already dead at that point, this left only High General Abbendis as a possible source of this order. It might have been that the General was starting to secretly work against the Grand Crusader, maybe influenced by the recent death of her long-time partner Isillien and/or a rising suspicion against the Grand Crusader.

Argent Dawn

The Argent Dawn, despite its "alliance" with the Scarlet Crusade, seemed to hate the Scarlet Crusade more than the Scourge. At Chillwind Camp Nathaniel Dumah told you how he fled from the Scourge when they attacked his family's Lumber Mill, and when the Scarlet Crusade drove them all away he returned for revenge against the Scarlet Crusade, however why he wanted revenge against the Crusade for driving out the Scourge from his family's lumber mill didn't quite make sense. At the same time Duke Nicholas Zverenhoff seemed to also want to undermine the Scarlet Crusade in the face of an overwhelming Scourge offensive. This seemed illogical if the Scourge really was in a position to sweep aside all opposition, to destroy its most dedicated enemy during the offensive. Why people who claimed that they have only one goal, destroying the Scourge would want to destroy their only reliable official ally in that quest during a vital battle against a Scourge offensive seemed to indicate the Scourge might not have as much power as is generally thought, especially because Duke Nicholas Zverenhoff also said that the Scarlet Crusade wasn't doing any good for anybody. On the other hand if the Scourge was as World of Warcraft and players said it was this could just indicate that the Argent Dawn was not as pure as it believed itself to be.

In the end, however, the Argent Dawn was ultimately proven right, on no less than two occasions — firstly in the Plaguelands, and secondly in Northrend.

Another example of Scarlet Crusade/Argent Dawn hostility is in the Death Knight quest A Special Surprise. In this quest after raiding a Scarlet Crusade prison house, you discover that there are a number of Argent Dawn prisoners there, with apparently most of them already dead.

Leadership?

Korfax references idiocy and a lack of leadership in the Scarlet Crusade, which may indicate the Balnazzar really has been doing nothing and High General Abbendis and Grand Inquisitor Isillien have sole leadership of the Crusade, as if there was no Grand Crusader.

This is further supported by the fact that it is well established that other leaders — namely High General Abbendis is a shrewd leader.

Naaru teachings

Kirrik the Awakened in Terokkar Forest speaks of the Naaru's teachings of the Light in a more radical way than its Azeroth followers admit - that all non-Light worshipping beings ought to be destroyed. This appears to support the Scarlet Crusade's open hostility towards races other than humans. Where they have previously been seen as far too zealous, perhaps the Crusade is following its religion better than the Light-worshippers in the Argent Dawn, Sha'tar, and even Alliance.

"... Those who have not given themselves over to the Light are mere servants of evil.

They must be destroyed."