Sylvanas Windrunner (Light of Lordaeron)

Queen Sylvanas Menethil née Windrunner, the Elf Queen of Lordaeron, is a high elf of the Windrunner dynasty and Queen of Lordaeron under Arthas Menethil's rule. During the Third War, Sylvanas was the ranger-general of Silvermoon whose leadership acumen and martial prowess were without equal, allowing her to bravely defend Quel'Thalas from the Scourge and narrowly save her kingdom and the Sunwell from being annihilated. Concurrently, she struck up a relationship with Arthas Menethil, Crown Prince of Lordaeron, and joined him on his quest to defeat Mal'Ganis. Following the war, the pair married and Sylvanas retired as ranger-general to tend to her newfound duties as Arthas' consort, who was crowned King of Lordaeron not long after following King Terenas' abdication. The marriage produced two children: Alleria, Crown Princess of Lordaeron, and Uther, Prince of Stratholme.

During her marriage to Arthas, she was rather popular with Lordaeron's citizenry thanks to her status as a hero of the Third War, but she battled some prejudice at different times owing to her being an elf presiding over a human kingdom. Regardless, she was generally regarded in high esteem and she spent her time as queen training a new generation of Lordaeronian bowmen, known as the Menethil Rangers. She fought alongside Arthas in small skirmishes and was part of the Alliance Expedition that aided the Orcs against the Burning Legion. On the homefront, Sylvanas participated in Alleria's training as a ranger, and was very supportive of her perspective relationship with Anduin Wrynn, and was dismayed at his continued descent into fanaticism while part of the Scarlet Crusade.

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner, also referred to as "the Dark Lady" and "the Banshee Queen" during her rule, as well as "the Banshee" following the Fourth War, is the former Warchief of the Horde and former supreme ruler of the Forsaken, one of the most powerful factions of undead on Azeroth. In life, Sylvanas was the ranger-general of Silvermoon, whose leadership acumen and martial prowess were without equal. During the Third War, she bravely defended Quel'Thalas from a Scourge invasion led by the death knight Arthas Menethil. Ultimately, however, Sylvanas fell in battle. Rather than honor the ranger-general with a quick death, Arthas ripped out her soul and transformed it into a banshee: a cunning and vengeful agent of the Lich King empowered by hate.