It was then that the great northern lord [[Leoric]] came unto the lands of [[Khanduras]] and, in the name of [[Zakarum]], declared himself King. [[Leoric]] was a deeply religious man and had brought many Knights and Priests with him that comprised his Order of the Light. [[Leoric]] and his trusted advisor, the Arch Bishop [[Lazarus]], made their way to the city of [[Tristram]]. [[Leoric]] appropriated the ancient, decrepit Monastery on the outskirts of the town for his seat of power and renovated it to match its time-lost glory. Although the free people of [[Khanduras]] were not pleased with being placed under the sudden rule of a foreign King, [[Leoric]] served them with justice and might. Eventually, the people of [[Khanduras]] grew to respect the kind [[Leoric]], sensing that he sought only to guide and protect them against the oppression of Darkness.