Rain poured over the woodland. After months away, the people of Stratholme finally crossed the Northern Lands of Lordaeron and returned home.
Uther led the people heading south to Light's Hope Chapel, where Archbishop Alonsus Faol arranged for the Argent Dawn to provide the refugees with shelter.
Maxwell had grown up in the Argent Dawn, and his first vocation had been that of a priest.
Drawing on the experience gained from the first paladins, Archbishop Alonsus Faol focused on training physically strong priests to replenish the Order of the Silver Hand, ensuring that its leadership remained faithful to the holy light doctrine.
The results proved Archbishop Alonsus's measures highly effective. The council of bishops continuously supplied the Silver Hand with talented recruits and paladins, largely shielding the Order of the Silver Hand from corruption by the kingdom's nobles.
In fact, when humans first embraced the holy light, they had not used faith to place restraints on its power.
The First Holy Light Users compared this pure golden energy to the arcane energy wielded by mages, classifying it as a form of magic to be studied.
At the time, the holy light went through a dark age of experimentation in the Eastern Kingdoms.
As early as the era of the Arathor Empire, the holy light had begun to distinguish itself in warfare.
Healers who commanded holy light power were conscripted into the army to treat the wounded.
As the war between humans and trolls expanded, holy light power was no longer confined to a small circle. Soon, hundreds of people had mastered its use.
In ancient human society, power meant authority and wealth.
Humanity's thirst for power eventually unlocked the forbidden depths beneath holy light power.
A small number of holy light healers were dissatisfied with its limited offensive capabilities. They,