In the movie, Anduin Lothar is shown as King Llane's brother-in-law, brother to the queen, Lady Taria and uncle to the future King Varian Wrynn. He has a son, Callan, who is a soldier in the Stormwind army. As in the games, Lothar is commander of Stormwind's military, and he personally leads a group of soldiers to investigate rumors of invading Orcs. It is on this expedition that he encounters Khadgar, a young Kirin Tor mage. Khadgar convinces Lothar that the dead humans have traces of fel magic, as well as capturing an Orc spy named Garona. Lothar returns Garona to Stormwind.