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The Kirin Tor
Main leader	Rhonin
Secondary leaders	Modera, Ansirem Runeweaver, Aethas Sunreaver, Vargoth.
Membership	120
Race(s)	Human High elf Gnome Blood elf
Capital	The Violet Citadel of Dalaran
Other major cities	Nethergarde Keep, Kirin'Var Village, Ambermill
Main language	Common (presumed)
Secondary languages	Gnomish, Thalassian (presumed)
Theater of operations	Dalaran, Eastern Kingdoms, Northrend, Magic
Affiliation	Independent, although the Kirin Tor and many of its members (both past and present) have strong ties to the Alliance
Alignment	Lawful neutral
Reputation
Quartermaster	Archmage Alvareaux

The Kirin Tor (aka Magus Senate)^[1] is a lawful neutral collection of the most powerful mages on Azeroth. The organization is a faction in World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.

Contents 1 History 2 Organization 3 Membership 4 Reputation 5 Rewards 6 Named 6.1 Council of Six 7 Quests 7.1 Borean Tundra 7.2 Coldarra 7.3 Dragonblight 7.4 Dalaran 8 Title 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

History

Long ago, most wizards lived in Strom. Things were difficult there, though, so some of them fled north, where they created the city of Dalaran with the help of the high elves. More wizards followed, and the city became a haven for magi and a center of arcane study. They used their arts to make Dalaran magnificent and to protect it and its more mundane residents, who in return provided basics like food and trade. Unfortunately, with nobody to control them the magi cast spells whenever they liked, and the constant magic tore at reality. These tears acted as beacons to the Burning Legion, luring them back to Azeroth. Demons slipped through the gaps, terrorizing the locals until the ruling Magocrats were forced to turn to the elves for aid. Elf wizards quickly realized what had happened and warned that humanity would have to give up magic to avoid the threat completely. The Magocrats didn’t like that, and instead proposed selecting a mortal champion to protect them from the Legion. This Guardian would have access to all their might, and would form a secret defense for the world. The elves agreed and, through the newly formed Order of Tirisfal, provided guidance in the selection. At the same time, the Magocrats sent some of their number to research and catalog all human magic. These wizards became the Kirin Tor.

Before Dalaran’s destruction, the Kirin Tor was the city’s ruling power. Dalaran was not a large city, but it was a beautiful place of towering spires and glittering streets, and the people there were happy and well protected. The Kirin Tor’s headquarters was the Violet Citadel, an impressive building so named for its stone walls which gave off a faint violet light. The building had many libraries, research chambers, testing rooms, classrooms, meeting alcoves, and bedrooms. The ruling council, six members in all, met in the Chamber of the Air, a room with no visible walls — the gray stone floor with its central diamond symbol stood beneath an open sky that shifted and changed rapidly, as if the time sped past within the chamber.

Even the Kirin Tor, however, found itself powerless to stop Prince Arthas and his forces when he led the Scourge through Lordaeron. Arthas acquired the spellbook of Medivh and Kel'Thuzad used it to summon Archimonde, who destroyed Dalaran. The city was left in ruins. Some felt the devastation was well-deserved, since Kel’Thuzad had himself been one of the Kirin Tor (before he left to form the Scholomance). Since Kel’Thuzad was responsible for creating the Plague of Undeath and releasing the Scourge upon the world, many felt the Kirin Tor should share in the blame and the consequences.

The Kirin Tor refused to abandon their home, however. They returned to the ruins months later, destroying those few undead creatures that remained, and reclaimed their city. They erected a glowing dome around the entire city, powerful enough to destroy anyone who touches it, while they worked to rebuild their fallen city. ^{APG 154-155}

Recent reports from nearby concerned Alliance citizens have spread far and wide; the shield bubble surrounding Dalaran has weakened, leaving only a crater in its place. Further news has spread from the newly discovered wintry ports in Northrend that the city of Dalaran can now be seen floating above the continent! Little is yet known, however expect further tales of the Kirin Tor and Dalaran to be added to the legend books.

Organization

Following the establishment of the city-state of Dalaran, the magocrats formed the Kirin Tor as a specialized sect that was charged with cataloging and researching every spell, artifact, and magic item known to mankind at the time.

The "Head of the Kirin Tor", Antonidas, was the leader of the Kirin Tor. He was a member of the ruling council and was seen as "Kirin Tor's true ruler, and the Sect's public face".^{APG 155 ToD 45, 73} After his death at the hands of Arthas, he was succeeded by Ansirem Runeweaver.^{LoC #?} With the war against the Blue Dragonflight beginning and the war with the Scourge intensifying, Rhonin has come forward and has replaced Runeweaver as leader of the Kirin Tor.

The Kirin Tor has a ruling council of six archmagi. The council meets to discuss important issues and vote on matters — no single member holds sway, and the majority vote decides every issue. In case of a tie, the members reconvene a day later, during which interval each member considers his or her vote and all relevant information.^{APG 155}

Beneath the ruling council are the archmagi, each of whom is given tasks as the council sees fit. Archmagi do not hold specific positions or responsibilities, beyond the general loyalty to the Kirin Tor and to the world, and the standing obligation to study new human magic whenever it appears. In reality, however, some archmagi have been given the same tasks so often they have essentially assumed responsibility for those jobs. Thus one archmage might be in charge of cataloging all wands, while another handles researching and cataloging all illusions. Several work to monitor and maintain the city’s protective dome.^{APG 155}

Magi are the lowest members of the Kirin Tor, and answer to the archmagi. Any archmage in the sect can issue orders to a mage, provided the instructions still fit within the organization’s goals. As with archmagi, however, most magi settle into specific positions and tasks and work exclusively for one archmage. The ruling council can change this at any time but rarely does so, unless they feel a mage has become a problem in his current position, or if they need him for a different task. Most magi are allowed the freedom to pursue their tasks and studies in whatever manner they choose. Despite the fact that they are the lowest members in the hierarchy, many magi possess great power.^{APG 155}

The Kirin Tor is also referred to as the Magus Senate or Magocracy of Dalaran.

One of the tasks of the Kirin Tor was to safeguard and wield the Eye of Dalaran in defense of their city. However it was captured by the Horde for Ner'zhul.

Currently, the remaining members of the Kirin Tor strive to rebuild their once-magnificent capital following its destruction by Archimonde.

The Kirin Tor is made up of 120 members.^{APG 154}

Membership

Before the Scourge came, any human mage was welcome in Dalaran. They found peers and a place to stay and to work in peace. Magi with an eye for detail and a strong focus on research were offered membership in the Kirin Tor. This process could take anywhere from a few months to several years — the ruling council did not invite magi until it was sure of their abilities and allegiances. They became even more cautious about admittance after Kel’Thuzad defected and took many other magi with him.^{APG 155}

Reputation

Aside from championing, Kirin Tor reputation can also be gained by completing Dungeon and Heroic Dungeon dailies, and Dalaran (cooking, jewelcrafting and fishing) dailies.

Most classes start at a neutral standing with the Kirin Tor. Mages, however, automatically start at friendly level with then. Because of this, it is possible for a mage to obtain the Tabard of the Kirin Tor at level 1.

	Neutral	Friendly	Honored	Revered	Exalted	Rep	Notes
Daily Fishing Quests	[80] The Ghostfish (R)					250	Sholazar Basin
	[80] Jewel of the Sewers (R)					250	Dalaran
	[80] Dangerously Delicious (R)					250	Wintergrasp
	[80] Monsterbelly Appetite (R)					250	The Frozen Sea
	[80] Blood is Thicker (R)					250	Borean Tundra
Drop Item Quests	[80] Sealed Vial of Poison (R)					250	Dalaran
Daily Cooking Quests	[65] Cheese for Glowergold (R)					150	Dalaran
	[65] Convention at the Legerdemain (R)					150	Dalaran
	[65] Infused Mushroom Meatloaf (R)					150	Dalaran
	[65] Mustard Dogs! (R)					150	Dalaran
Daily Jewelcrafting Quests	[65] Shipment: Blood Jade Amulet (R)					25	Dalaran
	[65] Shipment: Bright Armor Relic (R)					25	Dalaran
	[65] Shipment: Glowing Ivory Figurine (R)					25	Dalaran
	[65] Shipment: Intricate Bone Figurine (R)					25	Dalaran
	[65] Shipment: Shifting Sun Curio (R)					25	Dalaran
	[65] Shipment: Wicked Sun Brooch (R)					25	Dalaran
Daily Dungeon Quests	[78] Timear Foresees Centrifuge Constructs in your Future! (R) normal instance daily					75	Dalaran; Can reward a +250 Reputation Token
	[78] Timear Foresees Infinite Agents in your Future! (R) normal instance daily					75	Dalaran; Can reward a +250 Reputation Token
	[78] Timear Foresees Titanium Vanguards in your Future! (R) normal instance daily					75	Dalaran; Can reward a +250 Reputation Token
	[78] Timear Foresees Ymirjar Berserkers in your Future! (R) normal instance daily					75	Dalaran; Can reward a +250 Reputation Token
	[80] Proof of Demise: Anub'arak (R) heroic instance daily					75	Dalaran; Azjol-Nerub
	[80] Proof of Demise: Cyanigosa (R) heroic instance daily					75	Dalaran; Violet Hold
	[80] Proof of Demise: Gal'darah (R) heroic instance daily					75	Dalaran; Gundrak
	[80] Proof of Demise: Herald Volazj (R) heroic instance daily					75	Dalaran; Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom
	[80] Proof of Demise: Ingvar the Plunderer (R) heroic instance daily					75	Dalaran; Utgarde Keep
	[80] Proof of Demise: Keristrasza (R) heroic instance daily					75	Dalaran; The Nexus
	[80] Proof of Demise: King Ymiron (R) heroic instance daily					75	Dalaran; Utgarde Pinnacle
	[80] Proof of Demise: Ley-Guardian Eregos (R) heroic instance daily					75	Dalaran; Oculus
	[80] Proof of Demise: Loken (R) heroic instance daily					75	Dalaran; Halls of Lightning
	[80] Proof of Demise: Mal'Ganis (R) heroic instance daily					75	Dalaran; Culling of Stratholme
	[80] Proof of Demise: Sjonnir The Ironshaper (R) heroic instance daily					75	Dalaran; Halls of Stone
	[80] Proof of Demise: The Prophet Tharon'ja (R) heroic instance daily					75	Dalaran; Drak'Tharon Keep
Quests	Borean Tundra, Dragonblight, Coldarra and Dalaran					~??	See below

Rewards

Archmage Alvareaux <Kirin Tor Quartermaster>
	Item	Cost	Type
Friendly	[Tabard of the Kirin Tor]	1	Tabard
Honored	[Arcanum of the Flame's Soul]	150	Arcanum
	[Helm of the Majestic Stag]	25 80	Leather Head
	[Lightblade Rivener]	65 96 36	Dagger
	[Shroud of Dedicated Research]	19 86 36	Cloak
	[Spaulders of Grounded Lightning]	31 21 30	Mail Shoulder
Revered	[Arcanum of Burning Mysteries]	150	Arcanum
	[Flameheart Spell Scalpel]	74 12 9	Dagger
	[Girdle of the Warrior Magi]	26 37 52	Plate Waist
	[Mind-Expanding Leggings]	37 86 93	Leather Legs
	[Stave of Shrouded Mysteries]	92 98 20	Staff
Exalted	[Boots of Twinkling Stars]	46 13 26	Mail Feet
	[Fireproven Gauntlets]	36 5 39	Plate Hands
	[Ghostflicker Waistband]	25 42 75	Leather Waist
	[Robes of Crackling Flame]	40 53 90	Cloth Chest
	[Design: Runed Scarlet Ruby]	4	Jewelcrafting
	[Pattern: Sapphire Spellthread]	5	Tailoring

Named

Being a collection of the greatest mages in the land, the Kirin Tor naturally has many members who have had significant effects on the history of Azeroth, including both great wizards and those who delved too deeply into necromancy, demonology, and other warlock magics.

Name	Role	Condition
Allistarj (former)	Former member of the Kirin Tor, enslaved by Razelikh the Defiler	Killable
Alonda	Maintained the Kirin Tor bestiaries	Unknown
Alvareaux	Kirin Tor quartermaster	Alive
Antonidas	Leader of the Kirin Tor during the Second and Third Wars; killed by Arthas Menethil	Deceased
Arrexis	Member of the Order of Tirisfal; killed by demons	Deceased
Ataeric	Overseer of Ambermill	Killable
Arugal (former)	Former member of the Kirin Tor, responsible for summoning the Worgen; later turned to the Scourge	Killable
Baratea	Recent member of the Kirin Tor	Alive
Lady Delth	Requested tomes of elven history from Medivh's library	Unknown
Drenden	Member of the Six	Unknown
Vargoth	Leader of Kirin'Var Village, in what is now Netherstorm in Outland. Can also be found in Dalaran, locked away in the mage tower.	Alive
Ravandwyr	Kirin Tor Apprentice of Archmage Vargoth, who survived the explosion in Kirin'Var	Alive
Naberius (former)	Former apprentice to Archmage Vargoth ,responsible for the undead ones in Kirin'Var Village	Killable
Cohlien Frostweaver (former)	Mage of Kirin'Var Village, killed by Kael'thas' forces	Undead
Belmara (former)	Abjurist of Kirin'Var Village, killed by Kael'thas' forces	Undead
Dathric (former)	Battle-Mage of Kirin'Var Village, killed by Kael'thas' forces	Undead
Lieutenant-Sorcerer Morran (former)	Killed by Kael'thas' forces in Kirin'Var Village	Undead
Custodian Dieworth (former)	Killed by Kael'thas' forces in Kirin'Var Village	Undead
Luminrath (former)	Conjurer of Kirin'Var Village, killed by Kael'thas' forces	Undead
Guzbah	Khadgar's first instructor; killed by demons	Deceased
Han'al	Master Lorekeeper	Alive
Kel'Thuzad (former)	Member of the Six, turned to the Scourge	Killable
Khadgar	Apprentice to Medivh, Supreme Commander of the Alliance Expedition, advisor to A'dal	Alive
Korrigan	Chief Librarian of the Violet Citadel	Unknown
Krasus	Member of the Six, Consort of the Dragonqueen Alexstrasza	Alive
Modera	Current member of the ruling council	Alive
Nielas Aran	Court Conjurer of Stormwind, and archmage of the Kirin Tor, and Acolyte of the Order of Tirisfal.	Deceased, Undead
Norlan	Chief Artificer of the Violet Citadel	Unknown
Phin Odelic	Former mage of the Kirin Tor, resides in Southshore	Alive
Sathera	Kirin Tor Mage	Deceased
Jaina Proudmoore	Apprentice to Antonidas, Special Agent of the Kirin Tor, Ruler of Theramore	Alive
Rhonin	Current leader of the Kirin Tor	Alive
Ansirem Runeweaver	Former leader of the Kirin Tor	Alive
Aethas Sunreaver	Current blood elven member of the Council of Six	Alive
Kael'thas Sunstrider (former)	Member of the Six and Prince of Quel'Thalas, turned to the Illidari (and later the Burning Legion)	Killable
Ur	Killed by the Scourge while defending Dalaran.	Deceased
Thule Ravenclaw (former)	Sold his soul to the Scourge , now ruling Fenris Keep.	Killable
Bethor Iceshard (former)	Killed by the Scourge , now a Forsaken.	Alive
Gunther Arcanus (former)	Thinking to be the only free undead , he's hiding in Gunther's Retreat.	Alive

Council of Six

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The novel Day of the Dragon describes a meeting of six members of the ruling council and mentions three by name, Drenden, Modera, and Krasus. The Last Guardian does not give the names of the members of the Six, but gives the names of five members of the Kirin Tor. Krasus, Antonidas, Kel'Thuzad, Rhonin, Modera, and Aethas Sunreaver are the only members of the council mentioned in the games.

The last Guardian of Tirisfal, Medivh, was not a member of the Kirin Tor, but rather the Order of Tirisfal. However his apprentice, Khadgar, was indeed a member of the Kirin Tor, but not one of the six.

The novel Tides of Darkness gives more of an indication of who the six members of the ruling council were at the time of the Second War, as they question Khadgar on the events in Karazhan (chronicled in The Last Guardian). Antonidas, Krasus, Kel'Thuzad, and Kael'thas are named; the other two — based on what lore has been established — may be Drenden and Modera, but they are not referred to by name. It is possible that the members of the ruling council at the time of Tides of Darkness may not have been the same ones at the time of The Last Guardian or include the exact same members as seen in Day of the Dragon.

Quests

Several quests provide reputation with the Kirin Tor.

Borean Tundra

•  [71] Nick of Time
•  [71] Too Close For Comfort
  •  [71] Prison Break (+250 rep)
    •  [71] Abduction (+250 rep)
      •  [71] The Borean Inquisition (+25 rep)
        •  [71] The Art of Persuasion (+150 rep)
          •  [71] Sharing Intelligence (+10 rep)
            •  [71] A Race Against Time (+250 rep)
              •  [71] Reforging the Key
                •  [71] Taking Wing (+10 rep)
                  •  [71] Rescuing Evanor (+250 rep)
                    •  [71] Dragonspeak (+75 rep)
                      •  [71] Traversing the Rift (+150 rep)
•  [71] Monitoring the Rift: Cleftcliff Anomaly (+150 rep)
  •  [71] Monitoring the Rift: Sundered Chasm (+150 rep)
    •  [71] Monitoring the Rift: Winterfin Cavern (+350 rep)

Coldarra

•  [71] Reading the Meters (+250 rep)
  •  [71D] Postponing the Inevitable (+350 rep)
•  [71] Nuts for Berries (+250 rep)
  •  [71] Keep the Secret Safe (+250 rep)
•  [71] Secrets of the Ancients (+250 rep)
  •  [71D] Quickening (+250 rep)
•  [71D] Have They No Shame? (+350 rep)

Dragonblight

•  [72] A Strange Device (Alliance) (+75 rep)
•  [72] A Strange Device (Horde) (+75 rep)
  •  [72] Projections and Plans (Alliance) (+250 rep)
  •  [72] Projections and Plans (Horde) (+250 rep)
    •  [72] The Focus on the Beach (Alliance) (+250 rep)
    •  [72] The Focus on the Beach (Horde) (+250 rep)
      •  [72] Atop the Woodlands (Alliance) (+250 rep)
      •  [72] Atop the Woodlands (Horde) (+250 rep)
        •  [72] Search Indu'le Village (Alliance) (+250 rep)
        •  [72] Search Indu'le Village (Horde) (+250 rep)
          •  [72] The End of the Line (Alliance) (+350 rep)
          •  [72] The End of the Line (Horde) (+350 rep)
•  [72] Your Presence is Required at Stars' Rest (+10 rep)
•  [72] Your Presence is Required at Agmar's Hammer (+10 rep)
  •  [72] Rifle the Bodies (Alliance) (+250 rep)
  •  [72] Rifle the Bodies (Horde) (+250 rep)
    •  [73] Prevent the Accord (Alliance) (+350 rep)
    •  [73] Prevent the Accord (Horde) (+350 rep)

Dalaran

•  [77] Discretion is Key
  •  [77D] Containment (+500 rep)
•  [74] The Magical Kingdom of Dalaran (+10 rep)
  •  [74] Learning to Leave and Return: the Magical Way (+10 rep)

Title

NPC members of the Kirin Tor should also have the <Kirin Tor> title, or <The Kirin Tor> in some rare cases.

See also

• The Guardians of Tirisfal (part of the History of Warcraft)

References

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