Thus it was that the Forsaken came to be, with Sylvanas as their queen.

Vowing to avenge her death, Sylvanas gathered other renegade undead and set out to wage war against the Scourge. When the Lich King's control over his minions weakened, Sylvanas broke away from her tyrannical master's control and reclaimed her body.

Rather than honor the ranger-general with a quick death, Arthas ripped out her soul and transformed it into a banshee: a cunning and vengeful agent of the Lich King empowered by hate. Ultimately, however, Sylvanas fell in battle. During the Third War, she bravely defended Quel'Thalas from a Scourge invasion led by the death knight Arthas Menethil. In life, Sylvanas was the ranger-general of Silvermoon, whose leadership acumen and martial prowess were without equal. Lady Sylvanas Windrunner, formerly styled 'the Dark Lady' and 'the Banshee Queen', is the former Warchief of the Horde and former supreme ruler of the Forsaken, one of the most powerful factions of undead on Azeroth. Mawsworn Forsaken ( Hand of Vengeance), Horde Scourge ( Sylvanas' Forces) Quel'Thalas ( Farstriders), Alliance of LordaeronĪlly of the Jailer, Warchief of the Horde, Queen of the Forsaken, Banshee of the Scourge, Ranger-General of SilvermoonĪlleria, Vereesa, Lirath (siblings), Rhonin (brother-in-law), Zendarin (cousin), For other uses, see Sylvanas Windrunner (disambiguation). For the novel, see World of Warcraft: Sylvanas.

For the Sanctum of Domination raid encounter, see Sylvanas Windrunner (tactics).

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