When was theramore founded

After all the commotion, Aegwynn had taken the role of adviser and replaced Kristoff. Theramore Isle is the home of Jaina Proudmoore and the remaining Alliance forces who followed Medivh's advice before the Burning Legion's invasion and evacuated to Kalimdor.

Theramore soldiers can also be found guarding Northwatch Hold. Though the people of Theramore have managed to secure a livelihood within the borders of their city, the Grimtotem tribe plotted the demise of any Theramore citizen who ventured outside the safety of the city's walls. However, Theramore lost control of the roads in the marsh when the Stonemaul ogres of Brackenwall Village took over [14] and cut off from the protection of the Theramore Guard , Shady Rest Inn and James Hyal's family were terminated by the Grimtotem tauren of Direhorn Post.

It appears that despite Jaina's efforts, some people in Theramore continue to desire ill upon the orcs [17] and the Horde. Lieutenant Caldwell also displays a hatred for Horde and executed Paval Reethe for alleged involvement with the Horde. Gavis Greyshield , a former lieutenant of the Theramore militia, believes it was wrong of them to turn against Admiral Daelin Proudmoore and has been leading Theramore deserters in trying to denounce Lady Jaina Proudmoore's rule via a propaganda war.

But despite these feelings, the people of Theramore, regardless of race, are deeply loyal to Jaina Proudmoore; especially those who fought under her in the Third War and would not act on their opinions. As seen in the novel, Cycle of Hatred , a single comment of speaking ill about the lady would have led to a fight. Theramore as seen in The Comic. Before the War against the Lich King , Theramore was very busy.

At first, a person who was, in fact, the long-missing Varian Wrynn visited the city. However, the meeting was interrupted by the Twilight's Hammer cult as they attacked the city and its visitors.

Later on, a series of attacks occurred in the city. First, the Scourge attacked and Garona used the diversion to escape from Theramore. When Baine was forced to flee his homeland, he saw that the best course of action was to travel to Theramore and ask Jaina for help.

The mage welcomed the young Chieftain with open arms and the isle soon became Baine's meeting place. Along with Jevan Grimtotem he would meet up with Jaina and discuss the best course of action. On one such meeting, Anduin Wrynn appeared at Jaina's tower by using her [ Hearthstone ] , the one she gave him to visit her whenever he wanted. While hesitant at first, Baine began to enjoy the prince's company for in him he saw himself.

A prince who has a crown to bare. On one meeting sometime before the assault to retake his city, Anduin presented him Fearbreaker to use in the upcoming battle. While small for a tauren Baine believed it was special because like it did with Anduin it glowed, meaning that it liked him.

According to Jaina, the Cataclysm damaged the city but was quickly rebuilt. Since Warchief Garrosh wants to defeat the night elves and conquer the whole of Kalimdor under the banner of the Horde , offensives into the Southern Barrens have been sent in response and secured territory once belonging to the Horde for Varian and his allies.

The humans of Theramore have sent their army and tried to establish a military line between night elf territory and Theramore. During the events of Tides of War , Theramore becomes fortified and received the aid of top Alliance commanders following the fall of Northwatch Hold.

Soon afterwards, the city itself comes under a three tongued assault from the Horde, with attacks coming from the harbor, the west gate and the north gate. While the Horde navy fails to gain control of the harbor, the West Gate being assaulted by Horde forces under the command of Malkorok remains strong. The north gate is not so fortunate.

Due to the treachery of Thalen Songweaver , the northern gate was weakened and Horde forces under Warchief Garrosh Hellscream's command was able to storm into the city. However, the Alliance, with assistance from the blue dragon Kalecgos , were able able to force the Horde to retreat.

Thinking they had won, Vereesa Windrunner and Shandris Feathermoon each took a small force of their own warriors, west and north respectively, to find the traitor Songweaver, who was rescued by Horde adventurers during the end of the battle.

Those who remained within the city were taken completely by surprise when a mana bomb , empowered by the stolen focusing iris , was used to destroy Theramore. The only survivors of Theramore's destruction were those looking for Songweaver, Jaina Proudmoore due to the actions of Rhonin , Kalecgos who was thrown out to sea from the explosion , and a ship full of civilians, mostly children, who evacuated Theramore before the fighting started.

In the Theramore's Fall scenario, which leads the game into Mists of Pandaria , Theramore is destroyed by the Horde , and the leaders of the Alliance , outraged at this matter, completely devote themselves into the war. The Theramore's Fall scenario was opened to level 85 characters on September 17, When Mists launched on September 25, it became a level 90 scenario. Completing the scenario results in Theramore appearing in ruins on the player's world map via phasing , with a large graveyard set up opposite the existing one just outside the city.

It was planned that in patch 5. Adventurers that have completed the scenario will see the outcome unless they speak to Zidormi. The only known survivors of the attack are Jaina, Vereesa and a handful of night elf Sentinels led by Shandris; [34] all of them were outside the city at the moment of the explosion.

Some citizens including children survived the destruction of the city, and were captured and tortured by Garrosh's Horde - possibly from the ship full of Theramore civilians sent to Tanaris by Jaina thanks to Baine Bloodhoof's warning, and captured after the Horde's naval victories near the region.

Please add any available information to this section. After Jaina Proudmoore left the Kirin Tor and Dalaran at the beginning of the war against the Legion , she returned to the ruins of Theramore to collect her thoughts.

There, she opened a portal to Kul Tiras. She later returned here again to collect Daelin Proudmoore's pendant. Proudmoore flagship. Alliance and Horde forces scouted the ruins of Theramore to assess its viability as a base. Among them were Instructor Duskwalker and Magister Zaedana. The effects of the mana bomb still lingered. Feeling that Sylvanas has gone too far Baine, with the help of Thomas Zelling , sought to liberate the resurrected Derek Proudmoore from her and return him to his family.

Seeking to prevent Sylvanas from realizing what they had done Zelling took their stolen ship from the coast of Theramore to the Chandlery Wharf , which had been recently been taken by Irontide pirates in order to make it seem as if the ship was taken in a pirate raid gone wrong.

The city was made up of a roughly rectangular wall dotted by cannon towers encircling most of the isle perimeter, save the harbor, which was protected by two scout towers. An inner fortification composed of a wall encircling Jaina's Tower was located in the center of the isle. The rest of the buildings surrounded this complex.

Map of Theramore in Tides of War. Also known as the Guard Quarters , [42] was the city's military center. People trained at the Training Grounds at its doors: the guards against practice dummies and the young recruits against each other. Many merchants and their families dwelt in an inn in Theramore.

Also known as the Citadel , [42] this mage tower was Theramore's tallest structure. Theramore's local harbor. The docks has a harbor crane to unload cargo from friendly vessels. For defenses, it has numerous ballistae and cannons to sink enemy naval vessels. It has two boats constantly docked there: one being the Bleeding Sparrow , and the other unnamed.

The cobblestone streets that formed a lattice amid the buildings of Theramore were designed to provide reinforced ground for people, mounts, and wheeled conveyances to travel without risking getting mired in the swampy ground the city had been built on.

Most people walked on them rather than the muck and grass on either side. A lumber mill , stables , a blacksmith and several houses can be found in the streets of Theramore. The population of the city was never stated, but it is known that Foothold Citadel , the Inn and Jaina's Tower could house everyone who lived in Theramore. Theramore's citizens formed a closed community: everyone knew most everyone else, and if they didn't, they knew someone else who did.

The Theramore Guard is the military organization protecting the city. At one occasion, Kristoff sent them to Northwatch Hold to face the Horde. There were two training teams - Red Team and Blue Team. Northwatch Hold and its expeditionary unit are under the command of Theramore. The anchor device on Theramore's banner perhaps has a double meaning: most obviously that Theramore is a port city; and that Theramore is a kind of anchor for the Alliance in Kalimdor and will not waver.

The banner also displays a solar disk with rays and three stars appear below the anchor. The meaning for those are not certain. Some banners also display the "L"-like symbol of the Alliance of Lordaeron , clearly indicating the city's roots. The similarity between Theramore's banner and the flag of Kul Tiras stems from this relationship. The tabard that Theramore guards wear bear the anchor device only. It appears only on the front, and instead of using blue, on the tabard it is gold. In-game map in Act Two of the Bonus Campaign.

In-game map in Act Three of Bonus Campaign. The cool island breeze is revitalizing, but a sense of threat still permeates the salty air. Though originally claimed by Jaina Proudmoore and her human forces, Theramore Isle holds dangers and secrets of its own. As the orcs begin their slaughter, years of oppression at human hands fills them with hatred and rage as they begin their final push towards Admiral Proudmoore himself.

In both cases it appeared as a grand city, with several cathedrals , parks, military districts and a harbor able to house many battleships. The first Kul Tiran landing party was made up of swordsmen , snipers , chaplains , hydromancers , crusaders and contained a mountain king , two archmagi and two paladins.

The isle was defended by the Theramore Guard , the infrastructures of which were overtaken by the Kul Tiran forces during Admiral Proudmoore 's coup. The city was also threatened by a group of criminals led by a bandit lord.

Loading screen in Act Two of the Bonus Campaign. Despite these differences of opinion, King Varian Wrynn's return helped bolster relations between Stormwind and Theramore; additionally, the 7th Legion , which was created by Theramore and fought on Mount Hyjal under Jaina Proudmoore 's command, gained great respect in the eyes of the people of the Eastern Kingdoms.

They became the Alliance 's primary force in the War against the Lich King. The Alliance places a high value on law and order in Theramore, and city guards make regular patrols to maintain the peace. When skirmishes break out between high elves and night elves or a dwarf gets too rowdy, the guards are quick to round up the offenders for a speedy trial at the Foothold Citadel and imprisonment in Ironclad Prison, the dungeons of which are along tunnels dug deep into the rock of the island.

Sentences for fighting and disturbing the peace tend to be light usually only a few days' incarceration , but sentences for more serious violations of the Alliance's code of law, such as high robbery or murder, can be much more severe.

Theramore Isle is the Home of Jaina Proudmoore and the remaining Alliance forces who followed Medivh's advice before the Burning Legion's invasion and evacuated to Kalimdor. Several Knights of the Silver Hand , who travelled to Kalimdor together with Jaina Proudmoore, also have a small paladin lodge in the city. It appears that despite Jaina's efforts, some people in Theramore continue to desire ill upon the orcs. Lieutenant Caldwell also displays a hatred for Horde and executed Paval Reethe for alleged involvement with the Horde.

But despite these feelings, the people of Theramore regardless of race are deeply loyal to Jaina Proudmoore especially those who fought under her in the Third War and would not act on their opinions. As seen in the novel, Cycle of Hatred a single comment of speaking ill about the lady would have led to a fight.

This section concerns content exclusive to Cataclysm. Since the breaking of the world, Theramore's role as a military base of operations has been renewed. Thrall , Jaina's staunchest ally within the Horde, has stepped down as Warchief , leaving Garrosh Hellscream in charge. Soon after, with Garrosh's invasion of Ashenvale Forest, Theramore was forced to abandon their unofficial truce with the Horde.

No longer a human sanctuary and peaceful trading port, it has become the launching point of every incursion into the Barrens. This has, in a fortunate turn of events, been made easier by the fracturing of the land itself. With the Southern Barrens nearly completely cut off from any aid from Orgrimmar, the battle for control of the strategic grasslands is already underway. To aid in this effort, the Alliance has begun construction of a massive highway from Theramore through Dustwallow Marsh and into the Southern Barrens, thus allowing the Alliance to more quickly move supplies and troops deep into Horde territory.

Ironically, the same Cataclysm that helped their invasion into the Southern Barrens has greatly hampered their ultimate goal of joining with their Night Elf allies in the north. This of course threatens their very survival, and it is reflected in their increasingly desperate tactics. They have destroyed Camp Taurajo , and have fortified Northwatch Hold as a second stronghold against what will no doubt be a merciless retaliation by the Horde.

This section concerns content exclusive to Mists of Pandaria. It was revealed that one of the major sparks in the war will be an attack on Theramore by the Horde, where the Horde, under Garrosh Hellscream , completely destroys the town.

It is revealed in the novel Tides of War , that the city is destroyed by a manabomb created by the blood elves using the Focusing Iris and dropped from a goblin zepplin. The blast kills most of the Alliance defenders, including Rhonin , the 7th Legion , and many of its commanders.

Jaina's gnome apprentice, Kinndy , is also killed in the blast. Jaina's eyes and hair were mostly turned white due to the blast and the violence brought on by it. The ruins of Theramore are described in the novel to have a purple-pink hue around it, having been caused by the manabomb. This particular manabomb is described as the biggest in Azeroth's history. This event caused the upcoming war between the Alliance and Horde, in the expansion "World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria". Despite Theramore's destruction, an agent of the Caverns of Time can be seen outside of the current ruins of Theramore who will offer to reverse time and allow the player to view Theramore before it was destroyed.

After Theramore's Fall. View original post. The anchor device on Theramore's banner perhaps has a double meaning: most obviously that Theramore is a port city; and that Theramore is a kind of anchor for the Alliance in Kalimdor and will not waver. The banner also displays a solar disk with rays and three stars appear below the anchor. The meaning for those are not certain.

Some banners also display the "L"-like symbol of the Alliance of Lordaeron , clearly indicating the city's roots. The similarity between Theramore's banner and the flag of Kul Tiras stems from this relationship. The tabard that Theramore guards wear bear the anchor device only. It appears only on the front, and instead of using blue, on the tabard it is gold. Theramore as seen in World of Warcraft: The Comic. Post away! Log in , it's free! An alternative version of this wiki is now operational and ready for use.