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Nielas Aran was a human mage and the father of Medivh, the child chosen by Aegwynn to inherit her Guardian powers. Aegwynn chooses Nielas Aran and gives birth to Medivh, inheritor of Guardian power and Sargeras’s influence. Medivh's extraordinary gifts carried a peril that neither parent fully understood.
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Nielas Aran was a human mage and the father of Medivh, the child chosen by Aegwynn to inherit her Guardian powers. Medivh's extraordinary gifts carried a peril that neither parent fully understood. When the boy's powers erupted, Nielas died amid the crisis. His death stands at the beginning of the tragedy that would later draw Stormwind into war with the orcish Horde.
Aegwynn chooses Nielas Aran and gives birth to Medivh, inheritor of Guardian power and Sargeras’s influence. A childhood surge of inherited magic overwhelms Medivh; his father Nielas Aran dies during the crisis. The original manual describes Northshire clerics struggling to contain the outburst.
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