Van'Kor Valin'Tier is a ferocious and formidable Death Knight. He is still loyal to the Lich King and is ranked 'Commander' in the Scourge.
Van'Kor was raised in the Arathi Highlands during the time wehn Danath Trollbane was king of Stromgarde. He and his family then moved to Lordearon after The Blackrock Clan burned Stormwind to the ground when he was 10. When he was 23, he met a beautiful girl named Shelliss. One year later, they were married and she then gave birth to two twin girls named Priya and Celia.
Five years after, he then joined the Lordaeron army to fight against the Scourge. He fought on the battlefield with fierce, and swift moves. After Uther the Lightbringer's death. Van'Kor came home to find out that his wife and children had been killed by Scourge. Angered, he swung his sword wildly and killed a person next to him, blinded by rage, he killed the guards that were going to arrest him, he was then stabbed in the back by his closest friend, Mattson Arintor. His corpse was quickly thrown into a hole. His soul was not able to rest in peace. When Arthas conquered all of Lordaeron, Van'Kor's body rose from the grave and came to Arthas, swearing his undying loyalty to him.
Present time, Van'Kor Valin'Tier is commander of a group of Death Knight's known as 'The Shadow-Death Raiders' and is currently in Icecrown, hovering over the lands on his Frost Wyrm. He is followed by his most powerful soldiers said to be over a hundred strong.
His old friend, Mattson, is now working for the Argent Crusade, not knowing of his friend being a Death Knight.