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| - While the ranks of the Knights of the Blackened Claw contains a number of powerful Death Knights, they are not the majority of its numbers. The orgnaisation's rank and file is made up of a number of "lesser" Death Knights, culled from the ranks of those who had the misfortune to fall before the Scourge. Reborn as Death Knight Initiates, these unfortunate individuals have no choice but to serve their undead masters. As a Death Knight trainers, Karl Baarfden uses his position to locate recruits for his personal order. His choices are primarily based on those who impress him with their skills or at least potential, however, on occasion he has recruited an initiate for some less obvious reasons. Regardless of his reasons, all are expected to follow him (and his other knights) unquestioningly. Even though they are "lesser" Death Knights raided form the dead rather then chose who chose to serve, these initiates are still a powerful force to be reckoned with, far more capable then even the strongest skeleton or ghoul. However, in the end, they are ultimately considered to be expendable, just as much as the lesser Scourge they control.
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