Infiltration of the Temple of the Red Crane

The Temple of the Red Crane is the home of the August Celestial Chi-Ji, the celestial embodiment of hope, located in south-central Krasarang Wilds, in Pandaria. From within the temple’s ornate halls, the Red Crane wings out to oppose the despair that spread through the murky Krasarang Wilds like a cancer. The Sha of Despair and its minions have infested the area from the temple's basement, where Chi-Ji resides, but was later cleansed by Prince Anduin Wrynn and heroic adventurers. With the recent arrival of Horde occupation forces, the sacred site has become a fortification, and the Crane’s servants hostages.

In April of 31 ADP, the Horde still held onto the fortress tightly as Alliance outsiders began to besiege it. Under strict orders of Lieutenant Commander Horatio Bladeforge, Velkron Blackstone snuck under the defenses of the Horde perimeter turrets and into the Temple itself, where he found a collaborator of Cavil Blackstone's. The collaborator was later brought out of the Temple and interrogated, and soon after used as a bargaining tool to move the Horde out of the Temple.

The Temple of the Red Crane (storywise) now belongs to the Pandaren and Chi-Ji oncemore. During the infiltration and quick exit from the Temple, Velkron sustained a massive leg injury from a deep gash that later became infected from the murky swamp waters surrounding temple. He was hours away from an amputation when an Alliance Druid healed his leg of its ailments.