SI:7

SI:7
"Target acquired. Moving in."
Main leader	Master Mathias Shaw
Secondary leaders	Renzik "The Shiv"
Race(s)	Human  Dwarf  Gnome  Night elf  Worgen  Draenei  Goblin
Capital	SI:7, Old Town, Stormwind City
Theater of operations	Azeroth
Language(s)	Common
Affiliation	Kingdom of Stormwind, Alliance, Uncrowned (allied)
Status	Active

“Agents of SI:7 undertake clandestine tasks for the good of Stormwind and its citizens.”

— SI:7 Assassin card

SI:7 (Stormwind Intelligence), also spelled SI-7, is a secretive military force of Stormwind's sovereign monarch. It includes rogues specializing in special operations, espionage, assassination and stealth tactics. It is referred to as Alliance's intelligence agency and Azeroth's most elite spy organization.

The organization is currently led by Master Mathias Shaw. SI:7 is located in the building with the same name in the Old Town quarter of Stormwind City. They have operatives all throughout the Eastern Kingdoms who carry out secret missions for Stormwind, such as Renzik "The Shiv" and Flint Shadowmore. They also have some operatives in the Kalimdor region, such as Andello Porter.

The black stallion is rumored to be favored by the SI:7 for night missions due to its dark coat.

History

Their earliest known activities date to the time before the Third War, when King Varian Wrynn used SI:7's elite, Reigol Valdread, to spy on the kingdom of Lordaeron.

World of Warcraft

This section concerns content related to the original World of Warcraft.

SI:7 underwent reconnaissance efforts for many agents of the Alliance regarding matters as far apart as the Defias Brotherhood, the subversive traitors who seek to destroy Stormwind, from within, and to the Undead Scourge.

SI:7 was instrumental in the Lescovar Incident in which agent Tyrion uncovered Lord Gregor Lescovar's treachery to Stormwind and aided in assassinating the traitor.

Andello Porter uncovered a secret alliance involving the Forsaken and the Grimtotem tribe.

Agent Kearnen was sent to Westfall to spy on Klaven's Tower. Five agents were also sent to investigate the missing corpse of Nathanos Marris. Only Flint Shadowmore survived the investigation.

Cataclysm era

This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

Varian Wrynn and the SI:7 infiltrate Ironforge.

Before the Shattering of the world, a group of eighteen SI:7 assassins led by Owynn Graddock and Varian Wrynn infiltrated Ironforge to liberate it from the hands of the Dark Iron dwarves.

In World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, SI:7 is located in a green area just outside the Old Town, roughly where the Command Center was in vanilla.

A group of SI:7 members battled against the Bilgewater goblins on the Lost Isles. They also operated in Southern Barrens and Stonetalon Mountains.

They also spied on the Dark Iron dwarves in the Searing Gorge.

Master Mathias Shaw takes the field and leads SI:7 operatives in the war against the Twilight's Hammer in the Twilight Highlands.

Mists of Pandaria

This section concerns content related to Mists of Pandaria.

A team of elite SI:7 agents consisting of Rell Nightwind, Mishka, Sully "The Pickle" McLeary, and Amber Kearnen are sent to find the shipwrecked Anduin Wrynn and Admiral Taylor. Brought by the Skyfire, the team finds themselves on the lost continent of Pandaria.

The term "the White Pawn" was SI:7's code name for the lost prince.

Another groups of SI:7 agents were brought as a part of the Landfall campaign against the Horde in Krasarang Wilds.

SI:7 Field Commander Dirken and SI:7 Rangers were sent to spy on Horde activity in Ragefire Chasm.

Warlords of Draenor

This section concerns content related to Warlords of Draenor.

SI:7 has quickly established a presence throughout Draenor. Bodrick Grey was directing their assistance to the war effort from the Commander's Garrison in Lunarfall and Jeanine Amrell was sent to Nagrand to spy on the Iron Horde leadership. Owynn Graddock spied on the Bloodmaul ogres in Frostfire Ridge. Amber Kearnen was seen in battlefield in Tanaan Jungle.

Legion

This section concerns content related to Legion.

Before the Alliance and Horde arrived on the Broken Shore, SI:7 were there and discovered that there was a trap set by the Burning Legion. Before they could warn the approaching armies, Detheroc ambushed the agents and captured Mathias Shaw before impersonating him. As Amber Kearnen was a witness to this, Detheroc had her killed before she could warn the Uncrowned.

With Detheroc in command, the Uncrowned began looking into SI:7's recent suspicious activity. They discovered the truth about the nathrezim, and the Uncrowned freed the real Shaw from Felsoul Hold, sneaked into Stormwind, and exposed and defeated Detheroc.

Although officially not a part of the Uncrowned, several members of the SI:7 are seen in the Hall of Shadows and Mathias Shaw himself is allied with them.

SI:7 later led the Alliance's operations in Silithus in their race against the Horde to claim Azerite. Shaw himself personally oversaw the battle on the Seething Shore.

Battle for Azeroth

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During the Battle for Lordaeron, SI:7 infiltrated the Undercity alongside Druids of the Claw while battle was being waged on the surface. Renzik "The Shiv" stole intel from the city during the attack.

SI:7 later was assigned to aid the 7th Legion from the shadows in their efforts to secure Alliance footholds on Zandalar.

Known members

Name	Role	Status	Location
Master Mathias Shaw	Leader of SI:7	Alive	Old Town	Stormwind City
Commander Arrington	Leader on the Lost Isles	Killable	Alliance Beachhead	Lost Isles
Darkblade Cyn	Leader on the Lost Isles	Killable	Alliance Beachhead	Lost Isles
Jasper Fel		Alive	various	Stormwind City
Fredo	Spy on the Blightcaller	Deceased	The Marris Stead	Eastern Plaguelands
Calia Hastings		Unknown	Theramore Isle	Dustwallow Marsh
Agent Amber Kearnen	Lieutenant, sniper	Deceased	Dust Plains	Westfall
Lucius		Alive	Lakeshire	Redridge Mountains
Sloan McCoy		Alive	various	Stormwind City
Renn McGill	Salvage Diver	Alive	Dreadmurk Shore	Dustwallow Marsh
Doc Mixilpixil		Alive	Old Town	Stormwind City
Alexi Silenthowl	Leader on the Lost Isles	Killable	Alliance Beachhead	Lost Isles
Osborne the Night Man	Trainer	Alive	Old Town	Stormwind City
Andello Porter	Spy on Direhorn Post	Alive	Tabetha's Farm	Dustwallow Marsh
Renzik "The Shiv"	Second-in-command	Alive	Old Town	Stormwind City
Lord Tony Romano	Trainer	Alive	Old Town	Stormwind City
Arthur Huwe	Trainer	Alive	Old Town	Stormwind City
Rutger	Spy on the Blightcaller	Deceased	The Marris Stead	Eastern Plaguelands
Flint Shadowmore	Spy on the Blightcaller	Alive	Chillwind Camp	Western Plaguelands
Elling Trias	Information gatherer	Alive	The Trade District	Stormwind City
Turyen	Spy on the Blightcaller	Deceased	The Marris Stead	Eastern Plaguelands
Tyrion	Spy on Lord Gregor Lescovar	Alive	Stormwind Keep	Stormwind City
Brink Spannercrank	SI:7 Assassin	Alive
Owynn Graddock	SI:7 Assassin Strike Team Leader	Alive
Jack Bauden	SI:7 Agent	Unknown	Cathedral Square	Stormwind City
Keryn Sylvius	Trainer	Alive	Goldshire	Elwynn Forest
Sern Hallows	Trainer	Alive	Sentinel Hill	Westfall
Brubaker	SI:7 Scout	Deceased		Redridge Mountains
Garon Grey	SI:7 Operative	Alive	Victor's Point	Twilight Highlands
Rell Nightwind	Commander of Pandaria rescue team	Alive	various	Pandaria
Sully "The Pickle" McLeary	Engineer	Alive	various	Pandaria
Nodd Codejack	Explosives Expert	Alive	various	Pandaria
Nimm Codejack		Alive	various	Pandaria
Mishka	Medic	Alive	various	Pandaria
Agent Connelly	Spy	Alive	various	Pandaria
SI:7 Field Commander Dirken	SI:7 Operative	Alive	Ragefire Chasm	Orgrimmar
Barkeep Townsley	Spy on Agent Connelly	Alive	Bizmo's Brawlpub	Deeprun Tram
Scout Pazerp	Scout	Deceased		Blasted Lands
Bodrick Grey	SI:7	Alive	Lunarfall	Shadowmoon Valley
Jeanine Amrell		Deceased		Nagrand
Kia Herman		Alive		Nagrand
Chris Clarkie	Operative	Alive		Ashran
Mirabelle	Operative	Alive		Undercity

Units

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• Barrens Operative
• SI:7 Agent
• SI:7 Assassin
• SI:7 Infiltrator
• SI:7 Marksman
• SI:7 Operative
• SI:7 Squad Commander

People in touch with SI:7

Name	Role	Status	Location
Baros Alexston	Stormwind City Architect	Deceased	Cathedral Square	Stormwind City
Watcher Backus	Night Watch Militia	Alive	Manor Mistmantle	Duskwood
Kirsta Deepshadow	Spy on the Scarlet Crusade	Alive	Northridge Lumber Camp	Western Plaguelands
Bishop DeLavey		Alive	Stormwind Keep	Stormwind City
Jorgen		Alive	Valley of Heroes	Stormwind City
Mikhail	Bartender (Former rogue)	Alive	Menethil Harbor	Wetlands
Commander Samaul		Alive	Theramore Isle	Dustwallow Marsh
Gryan Stoutmantle	Westfall Brigade	Alive	Sentinel Hill	Westfall
Wiley the Black		Alive	Lakeshire	Redridge Mountains
Jorik Kerridan	Trainer	Alive	Northshire Abbey	Elwynn Forest
John J. Keeshan	Bravo Company	Alive	various	Redridge Mountains

In the RPG

A Stormwind Assassin in action.

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

Originally, the Warcraft RPG called the Stormwind rogue faction as the Stormwind Assassins. With the release of the World of Warcraft RPG the rogue organization was referred to as SI:7 and the Stormwind Assassins.

SI:7, or the Stormwind Intelligence Agency, is an Alliance organization. It is one of the most active organizations in the Alliance. It is described as a union of thieves. It was rumored that King Wrynn employed the secret society. The assassins were spies and saboteurs wielding royal carte blanche.

The Stormwind Assassins are a neutral group of elite assassins dedicated wholly to the Alliance's goals, but willing to do the dirtier jobs. Their membership counts to 2,500.

Introduction

The Stormwind Assassins are one of the oldest surviving organizations on Azeroth. Long before any of the wars, the Alliance faction of Stormwind felt it was unable to do everything it wanted to within the law. One of the leaders, Erwill Youngton, secretly approached a thief in their prisons. Pathonia Shaw had been imprisoned by the Alliance repeatedly for theft. Caught perhaps three times, she was notorious for scores of high profile crimes. Youngton offered her clemency if she agreed to form a society to take care of the Alliance’s dirty work quickly and cleanly. She agreed at once — and added that she would find a way to do it with a sense of style as well. The Stormwind Assassins began that day, with the agreement of Erwill Youngton, she combed the prisons for her fellow thieves to bring into the family, as they were called, and soon built a small force to serve the Alliance. The Assassins were there when the orcs poured from the Dark Portal, taking out stray scouts; yet they found it difficult to make a true dent in the enemy forces because of the Horde’s sheer numbers and the Assassins’ lack of military training. The Assassins work best one-on-one, they quickly discovered, and concentrated more on aiming for the Horde’s leaders.

Shaw had been a thief for the thrills and was not necessarily evil. Once she was allowed to do her favorite thing in the world and still get paid for it, she became a loyal Alliance fighter. She made sure to hammer this home in her recruits: one does not steal from the hand that feeds. If the thrill of the stolen goods and the secret kill, along with a steady salary, was not good enough for her thieves, they were not initiated into the Assassins. The message was clear: only commit the crimes sanctioned by the Alliance. Shaw had one other requirement when she built the society: secrecy was a must. The thieves did not normally walk around claiming to be thieves, and they had no reason to do so once they were legitimate assassins either. The leader of Stormwind is the only one with a full list of the Stormwind Assassins, and when one was assigned to be part of a larger operation, as happened in the three wars, her true purpose was not revealed to the other troops. They passed as fighters or scouts, even wizards from time to time, but still did their primary jobs of stealing and killing when needed. Their commanders would know of their secret when needed, but often only the assassin knew of her true reason for being in the field.

The population of Stormwind knows the Assassins exist, and the public relations machine has taken their reputation to the extreme: these are glamorous fighters, too talented to serve with the mere warriors in the army; they are stealthy people who work by the night, shrouded in mystery and barroom tales. Some children — even wealthy types — become thieves in the hope that someday they can be Stormwind Assassins too. No one knows who they are, but almost everyone claims to have seen them at work, although this is highly unlikely.

Shaw retired 10 years ago and put her grandson Mathias in charge. She had groomed him for the job from when he was an infant, testing his speed and dexterity on a physical level and making sure he understood the difference between doing what was right and doing what was necessary, and how those two do not always mix. The Cathedral of Light understands that the Stormwind Assassins must exist for the good of Stormwind and the Alliance, but the priests do not condone assassination. They choose simply to look the other way.

The Stormwind Assassins are based in Stormwind, but often travel to other Alliance-held lands in Azeroth. They have influence in Elwynn, Redridge, and Westfall. They have done jobs in other areas, such as Duskwood and Deadwind Pass, but they almost never go further south.

A young woman of the Stormwind Assassins rescued Antonio Kremen.

Organization

The Stormwind Assassins view themselves as a hand grasped around a knife, forming the organization into five branches. Mathias Shaw and his group of leaders make the thumb, dealing with the management and leadership. The leadership consists of about 30 older rogues, many of whom knew Pathonia, some of whom were appointed by her. They are familiar with how she wished the organization to be run, and often steer the young Mathias on the correct path. The other leaders are in charge of the other four Fingers, leading, training, taking reports, and even running the books and making sure salaries are distributed.

The next two Fingers of the hand are made up of the highest-level members and consist of about 500 rogues each. The First Finger, the highest level an assassin can reach before leaving the life behind to become a leader in the Thumb, is dedicated to assassination, targets being anyone from rival military leaders to corrupt priests. The Second Finger is dedicated to “acquisitions” of material, either taking already stolen material to give to its rightful owner, or taking a particularly powerful item from a person it would be politically uncomfortable to kill outright.

The 500 or so rogues who make up the Third Finger excel in espionage, often working with rogues from the First and Second Finger to gather information, read and remember scrolls without stealing them, and serve as lookouts and diversions while the others do their jobs. The Fourth Finger rogues make up the largest and lowest level. These 1,000 rogues are the jacks-of-all-trades: they commonly handle burial of victims (and Stormwind Assassins), body-hiding, and alibi-establishing. It is their job to make sure the Stormwind Assassins’ identities do not get discovered. They are also in charge of recruitment.

Membership

Every rogue and thief in Stormwind wants to be part of the Stormwind Assassins. The entire city views their work as necessary and admirable. It is a difficult organization to join, however, as the leaders of Stormwind do not want to endorse the Assassins’ way of life. The organization began by a judicious picking through of the prison for “trustworthy” rogues, and word spread. Some thieves attempted to get caught just for the chance of getting picked (and the pardon didn’t hurt either). When Stormwind found the Stockade filling with hapless, eager-faced thieves, King Anduin Wrynn approached Mathias and demanded he do something about it. Mathias assigned the Fourth Finger of the Stormwind Assassins to recruit others, training a handful of rogues to recognize talent and discreetness (something the rogues in the city had left behind in their eagerness to join the Assassins). A rogue from the Fourth Finger will follow a rogue and leave him a note card with a place and a drawing of an open hand on it. If the rogue arrives alone at the meeting place, he meets with the Fourth Finger rogue. If the meeting goes well, the rogue will then receive another note card with another meeting place and a closed fist on it, indicating his acceptance.

Some of the rogues under Pathonia wanted to show their pride with tattoos of the fist that is the organization’s symbol, but she did away with that thought, warning that they should make no permanent indication on their bodies that they belong to the Stormwind Assassins. They instead took to wearing one piece of white clothing with a single red thread carefully sewn in, looking like a stray piece of lint. Stormwind Assassins know what to look for, while others would not notice. Initiation is difficult. The rogue is tested in everything from skills to morals. Many of the tests are subtle: the rogue must be entirely trustworthy, for without trust among the rogues, the entire organization of the Assassins will fail. Morality and a desire to serve the city of Stormwind are two of the most important aspects in an Assassin, and these qualities are understandably difficult to find. When prospects are rejected, they leave with only the face of their recruiter in their minds — if even that. The society does not feel the unveiling of a Fourth Finger’s identity will hurt them too much, so this is an acceptable risk. Upon full acceptance, the new Fourth Finger is given dirty work to do, all the while training, buffing his skills, working to become a Third Finger. Even accomplished rogues, thieves and assassins must start at the bottom and work their way up.

Notable members

• Waltion Freemore
• Forthisal D'Neve
• Mathias Shaw

Notes & trivia

• Some believe  [Experiment 12-B] is the result of a covert SI-7 initiative.
• It is unknown if SI:1-SI:6 even existed, let alone what happened to them. SI:7 appears to be a clever reference to MI5 and MI6, the remaining sections of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence. SI:7's operations are similar to those of MI6 in that they deal with cloak-and-dagger external affairs.
• In the Russian version of the game, this organization is called ШРУ (ShROO, Shotrmgradskoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye - Stormwind Intelligence Agency) as reference to US CIA (ЦРУ in Russian).

Speculation

This article or section includes speculation, observations or opinions possibly supported by lore or by Blizzard officials. It should not be taken as representing official lore.

Stormwind Assassin's Guild may be an alternate name for SI:7, its subgroup or completely another group.

Videos

• The Story of SI:7 Agent

See also

•  [SI:7 Standard Issue Vest]
•  [SI:7 Special Issue Dagger]
•  [SI:7 Special Issue Facemask]
•  [SI:7 Operative's Manual]