Thandol Span Incident

The Thandol Span Incident
Shortly after the reformation of The Arclight Association following its brief time as a rogue operation. Ermalina Sparkblade the new Superintendent would rally both pardoned rogue members of the association and a few new members to show their commitment to the Alliance. With reports of Horde movement on the other side of the Thandol Span, Ermalina would order the Association to move into the Wetlands to scout the area out.

Following a brief encounter with The Rotgarde and the taking of an Orc prisoner the scope of the enemies movements would become clear. This was not just a mere probing force but a full on assault. Alliance and Horde forces would rally to either end of the Thandol Span where a series of fights would ensue, losses were mounting on both sides with holding of the Span changing hands several times. However one final charge by the Horde was soon to break the Association.

One notable encounter to slow down the Horde assault was using Kobolds and disguised boxes of medical supplies filled with explosives. When the Horde engaged the Kobolds and looted the medical supplies, the following explosion would decimate the Hordes medical hut and the gathered supplies within including a number of wounded. It was only through the intervention of Ermalina Sparkblade that the Justicars of the Alliance did not bring in a new upcoming recruit of the Association in for questioning, Lyra Steamsmith

The Alliance held onto the Thandol Span along with the Gnomes of Arclight, unknowing of a massive Horde force on the move. In the ensuing retreat Ermalina Sparkblade and Lexi Fizzlespring would be taken prisoner. Held up high their executions were announced and subsequently performed with the Stormwind forces present would retreat from the fight abandoning Arclight to the Horde's fate. In the following retreat a few more Arclight members would be horrifically injured at Dun Modr and only spared by the kindness of "Boush" a Goblin member of the assault. While these injured members would eventually recover and make their way back to HQ, they returned to the news of two colleagues deaths. This would create a bitter resentment of the Alliance that would continue to fester within Arclight for a long time.