someone her father would never approve of. One of the footmen, that’s all the description we get, which makes some people wonder if there’s perhaps a connection between Calia, Bolvar and Taelia...but to describe Bolvar as just a footman in that time period...it’s not impossible, but I don’t think it really fits. Either way, Calia fell in love and after begging for a very long time, they were wed by a priestess blessing their union in the Light. When she was certain that she was carrying, she told her mother Lianne everything. She was furious of course, but could also tell that this was a true love and decided to help her daughter. Calia gave birth in the more remote parts of the kingdom. A beautiful little girl she could take care of for a few weeks before it was decided that her husband would raise the child, away from Lordaeron and ignorant of her birthright. When the time was right – when Arthas had finally married and produced an heir – they could acknowledge her daughter and perhaps elevate her husband to a nobleman’s status so that her name would be unsullied.
That day never came. But the scourge surely did.
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The events described above do not take place in-game, but you can read more about them in the novels Arthas: Rise of the Lich King and Before the Storm