Bard Hero

The original minstrel and bards of humanity were a small group of emigrating wizards during the founding of magical city-state, Dalaran. These wizards’ obsession with magical manipulation was only exceeded by one other fixation – music. Realizing their twin passions, the decision was made to stray from the customary teachings and form a small sect within Dalaran.

This splintered branch, later to be known as the Order of the Quixotic Verse, began researching the possible unification of music and magic through the means of enchanted instruments. The most successful combination occurred within charmed harps, although flutes, piccolos, and choral rhyme were later developed. During the Second War, focus was expanded in the bolstering of comrades in the fray, aiding in the defenses and zeal of the Alliance Forces. Although the numbers of the Order never increased significantly, their numbers were sustained by the induction of prodigious children discovered by heads of the Order.

Heeding the rallying call of Jaina Proudmoore, the senior bard council made the decision to abandon the lost cause that was Lordaeron and join the refugees escaping the Scourge’s wrath. However, due to poor navigation, the ships that carried the members of the Quixotic Verse strayed too close to the Maelstrom, losing a number of ships in the process. Those that escaped the Maelstrom’s grasp suffered slight organic deformities due to the supreme magical forces emitted from the Maelstrom (the same magical power that twisted and warped the Night Elf Highborne and Queen Azshara into the reptilian Naga during the sundering of the world).

Following the Burning Legion’s decent on Kalimdor, the remaining bards, now homeless in a world rent asunder, chose to finally make their stand with the remnants of humanity. Using the teachings of their order, the bards were able to supplement the defenses of the Night Elf realm, easing the woes of those lost, recovering lost morale in the darkest hour. With victory attained, the last surviving bards, now known as Harmony’s Serenaded, amass the history that was the Reign of Chaos, for the future generations of humanity.