Grand Admiral Daelin Proudmoore

In the Blizzard Entertainment computer game Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne, Daelin Proudmoore was the supreme commander of the Alliance Navy, and ruler of the nation of Kul Tiras; he was also a boss in the Orc Bonus Campaign.

Grand Admiral Proudmoore is the father of Jaina Proudmoore and Tandred Proudmoore. He is also the father of an illegitimate child Finnall Goldensword, with Kilnar Goldensword. During the days of the second war, he, Uther Lightbringer, and Anduin Lothar were three of the finest human leaders.

The Grand Admiral appears in the bonus campaign in the Warcraft III expansion Frozen Throne, "The Founding of Durotar." Despite the tentative alliance between the Humans and the Orcs at the end of Warcraft III, the scars of the old Horde's past atrocities still ran deep with Proudmoore. The Grand Admiral's hatred of the Horde escalated into paranoia, which led him to launch an unprovoked attack on the Horde's new nation of Durotar in Kalimdor. Because of this danger, Thrall had Rexxar, one of the Mok'Nathal, speak with the Trolls living on the Echo Isles, the Tauren in Mulgore, and the Stonemaul Ogres in order to form another alliance to destroy the threat of Kul Tiras. Jaina had tried to convince him of the reformed ways of the orcs, but to no avail and eventually would conspire with the orcs to kill him.

Thrall had told Jaina that they had no choice but to kill her father to preserve the safety of Durotar and all the innocents who lived there. Jaina said she understood, and told Thrall to "do what you must." Later on, the Horde stormed Proudmoore's citadel of Tiragarde Keep, south of Orgrimmar, and the orcs fought their way through the citadel, through waves and waves of humans, until they finally reached the Grand Admiral Proudmoore. Proudmoore was slain by a group of heroes that consisted of Rexxar, Rokhan (a troll from the Darkspear Tribe), the tauren Chief Cairne Bloodhoof (a powerful priest and warrior) and Chen Stormstout, a Pandaren.

Though Jaina understood that her father had been driven insane by his hatred, and his death was necessary for the survival of the Horde in Kalimdor, she still grieved. Later Rexxar explained to Jaina that despite her father's misguided ways, he still fought for what he believed in, and died an honorable warrior's death in battle.

A statue of Proudmoore resides within the Stormwind Keep.

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