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In the fictional Warcraft universe, Dalaran is a small, magocratic nation led by a group of Wizards and Archmagi collectively known as the Kirin Tor. The capital of the nation of Dalaran is the Violet Citadel, located at Cross Island. Dalaran was founded several hundred years before the events of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans took place, by the first humans to learn magic.

They travelled to Cross Island, a nexus of powerful ley-energies, and built a home far from the prying eyes of the conservatives who governed the kingdom of Arathor. The fabric of reality in and around Cross Island was so warped that the magi of Dalaran were able to build enchanted spires and towers of impossible height.

The city soon became a desired target of the Burning Legion, who sought the potent magics of the region. The Order of Tirisfal was thus founded between the Kirin Tor and the High Elves to combat the demons in secret, away from the prying eyes of the public.

During the second war, Dalaran pledged to support the Alliance and gave heavy amounts of aid, mages, and sorcerers to the war effort. Before the second invasion of the Burning Legion, Dalaran was the home of an incredibly large library of books and tomes, in addition to many of the greatest sorcerers of the day including Archmage Antonidas, Khadgar, and Kel'Thuzad.

However after the Scourge was unleashed upon the land one of their primary targets was Dalaran. It was the site of horrific battle between the Kirin Tor and the forces of Arthas, resulting in the death of Antonidas. And eventually after his summoning, Archimonde single-handedly laid waste to the city by creating a magical effigy out of dust through an ancient curse and crushing the effigy like a sandcastle; the mighty towers of Dalaran fell simultaneously.

Soon after the defeat of the Burning Legion, however, Alliance forces under the command of Grand Marshal Garithos regained the ruins of the city; some refugees from Lordaeron eventually made their way there as well. The surviving magi of the Kirin Tor later returned with the intent of rebuilding, and erected a large, magical shield (rumored to also be a sort of time-space distortion) around the city to ward off a new attack while they slowly regain their strength.

Now the lands around the ruins of Dalaran are the site of a guerrilla war between the Alliance and the Forsaken. Dalaran is present in World of Warcraft, and as of patch 2.1 the shield still surrounds the city preventing any player from entering (without glitching).

Dalaran is also an East coast server in the game World of Warcraft.

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
In World of Warcrafts second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, the Blue Dragonflight, led by Malygos, have declared war on all mortal magic users. In the light of this event, the Kirin Tor have used their magic to transport the new city of Dalaran to the skies of Northrend. Now the Kirin Tor are recruiting members of both the Alliance and the Horde to aid them against the Blue Dragonflight. Although Dalaran will be suspended in mid air, it will be accessible by both land and flying mount.

Anglo-Saxon economy or Anglo-Saxon capitalism (so called because it is supposedly practiced in English-speaking countries such as the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia) is a capitalist macroeconomic model in which levels of regulation and taxes are low, and government provides relatively fewer services. In addition, Anglo-Saxon economies are stated to be more 'liberal' and free-market oriented than other capitalist economies in the world by proponents of the term. One major point of criticism is that the economies of the Anglosphere differ as much from each other as they do from continental European economies. The British welfare state, for example, is more comparable to that of the Netherlands, Portugal or Spain than it is to the United States.



Most countries on continental Europe (such as France, Italy and Germany) possess a macroeconomic model called continental capitalism (also called Rhenan capitalism). Yet, some such as Katinka Barysch, see Spain and Portugal as examples of "Anglo-Saxon" economies. The debate amongst economists as to which economic model is better, circles around perspectives involving poverty, job insecurity, social services, and inequality. Generally speaking, their advocates argue that more liberalised economies produce greater overall prosperity, while defenders of continental models counter that they produce lesser inequality and lesser poverty at the lowest margins.

Disagreement over meaning
The term Anglo-Saxon to denote the English-speaking world originated from the standard French idea of le monde anglo-saxon. The term refers to a particular culture in which capitalism and protestantism (in the case of the UK, some form of Anglicanism) are the main elements leading to a particular socio-economic culture. A link between protestantism and capitalism was described by Max Weber in his observation of 19th century Germany, entitled The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.

A common usage of "Anglo-Saxon" in the English-language media relates either to the language spoken in the area which would become England, or the people of these areas, after the arrival of Germanic tribes, primarily Angles and Saxons, in the 5th century. This usage has only tenuous links at best with the use of "Anglo-Saxon" to refer to modern economic models.

The relevance of the concept of the "Anglo-Saxon economy" is controversial. The UK has a higher level of taxation than the US and spends far more on the welfare state as a percentage of GDP. For example the UK spends 21.8% of GDP on welfare and state-funded healthcare, significantly lower than France or Germany, but still higher than Spain, Portugal, or the Netherlands, all in mainland Europe, and far higher than the USA's 14.8%.

Lilarcor is the name of a fictional sword in the Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn computer role-playing game in the Dungeons & Dragons setting, created by Bioware. As an enchanted talking sword, it serves as a comic relief, with its various wisecracking comments, as well as its insatible thirst for blood, battle, and glory.
According to the Gamespy interview, Minsc has said that his preferred weapon is one that actually enjoys fighting evil as much as Minsc, Lilarcor.

He is voiced by Jason Marsden.

Lilarcor will only talk if he is wielded by a character, or alternately if a character asks him for advice. Please see WikiQuote link above for individual quotes.

Mods
The sword reappeared in a mod for the PC game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Again, it would either insult the player or tell stories as you carried it, or would insult enemies as you beat them to death with it. The Lilarcor Mod was created by Craig Critchfield and is currently hosted at .

Lilarcor initially resembles a steel claymore and is sitting in Arrille's Tradehouse in Seyda Neen, although it will not appear if the player has not downloaded and run the Lilarcor Mod. As you use the sword, it would change to other sword styles and become more powerful.

The Lilarcor Mod in Morrowind is not an official mod, it was created by a fan or player, thusly it should not be assumed that there is an actual Lilarcor in the actual game.

Lilarcor has also to the next in the Elder Scrolls series (Oblivion)

Lilarcor even appeared as a lightsaber mod for the game Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. It included many of the taunts present in Baldur's Gate.


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