Stratholme, the second-largest city in the Kingdom of Lordaeron after Lordaeron itself, was more prosperous and more populous than the capitals of other human kingdoms. Its trade with the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas had also made it wealthy.
On this day, Stratholme was especially lively, with countless residents gathered outside Alonsus Chapel.
Alonsus Chapel had been named in honor of Archbishop Alonsus Faol of the Church of the Holy Light. It was here that Archbishop Alonsus Faol had used the power of the Holy Light to create the first five Paladins.
Within this grandest chapel of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, regarded as holy ground by both the Church of the Holy Light and the Silver Hand, Uther Lightbringer would preside over the judgment of his former colleague and friend, Lord Tirion Fordring of Hearthglen.
Such a momentous matter naturally drew a vast crowd of onlookers.
"Did you hear? Lord Tirion has actually been charged with treason. How could that be possible? He's a hero of our Alliance, one of the first five Paladins. There must be something wrong with this. Lord Tirion must have been framed!"
"I heard about it too. They say Lord Tirion conspired with an Orc and even attacked his own subordinates to protect that Orc. I don't understand why Lord Tirion would protect an Orc. During the two Orc Wars, how much harm did they cause us? If you ask me, King Terenas was far too merciful. He should have slaughtered every Orc instead of building those internment camps. Wouldn't that have solved everything once and for all? And now look at this—the Orcs in the south have rebelled again, and countless camps have fallen."
"What do you know? One of my relatives serves in Hearthglen. He told me that Paladin Balthasar did all this to frame