Today in World of Warcraft #3

Steamwheedle Cartle server - Carrara - level 70 Bllod Elf Paladin

This weekend, I took my Horde paladin Carrara, and went through the burning city of Stratholme with my wife's priest, Skullfraxen.  We cleared the entire place, except for the last boss, Baron Rivendare. We had him down to 4%, but just didn't have quite enough DPS.

   

The city of Stratholme was the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, and was the city where the Order of the Silver Hand was founded.

The Scourge’s capital in Lordaeron, Stratholme is a city of evil and dark magic. Once a great human city, the mad Prince Arthas ravaged Stratholme in the Third War and the undead moved in soon after. Kel’Thuzad raised undead structures among the human ruins and his necropolis, Naxxramas, floats above the city and pours its foul vapors into the streets. Undead and necromancers control the city while gargoyles and frost wyrms patrol the sky. Noxious orange mist oozes from the buildings and poisons living creatures, transforming them into servants of the Scourge. Kel’Thuzad’s rule here is absolute, and from here he stretches his skeletal hands to control the surrounding plaguelands.^{WoWRPG 20}

The largest city after Lordaeron's capital, Stratholme was destroyed by Prince Arthas in the opening hours of the Third War, as he massacred the city's citizenry after they were infected by the Plague of Undeath. Stratholme burns to this day, and its districts have been split between the overzealous Scarlet Crusade led by Grand Crusader Dathrohan, and the Scourge forces led by the death knight Baron Rivendare.

After we finished there, Skullfraxen had reached level 58, so we took her to collect her first Outland quests in Hellfire Peninsula. She's finally stepped through the Dark Portal for real!