Talk:Hecarim/Background/@comment-220.255.2.81-20121124092013/@comment-5606883-20121227171227

He doesn't have to be "stronger" in another form. I don't know where you get that mentality, because right now he is evil, so my guess is that he was previously a knight fighting for good.

The common belief is that Hecarim was once a knight that served the Queen and King of the Shadow Isles (aka the west and east alters, respectivly.) and then a disaster struck the Shadow isles which made it what it is now. The disaster also corrupted all those in it in some way- binding the queen and king into the alters, and turning Hecarim into the Shadow of War. Thus, the queen saying "Remember who you once were, Hecarim!" because she is generally reguarded as being the "nice" or "benevolent" alter.