Silithus Desert Raiders

The Silithus Desert Raiders are a specialist regiment of the Azerothian Guard operating near exclusively on the Throneworld of Azeroth in the Silithus Theater. Numbering 4,000 strong, the Silithus Desert Raiders stand as experts of desert warfare, siege assaults, and hit-and-run tactics.

The Silithus Desert Raiders were originally named the 4th Specialist Regiment and established by the Kingdom of Stormwind after the Void Wars as a faction-neutral military unit, with enlisted men from every corner of Azeroth. The 4th Specialists were co-opted into the larger Azerothian Guard after the Great Exodus from Azeroth, and have since served as a Specialist Regiment of the Guard.

The Desert Raiders maintain a keen watch over the deserts of Silithus, Tanaris, and Uldum, often striking out to destroy rogue Silithid and Aqir nests within the region. Due to the nature of the theater of war they find themselves in day after day, the Desert Raiders have become experts in hit-and-run tactics, as well as sieges due to the assaults they must sometimes enact on larger hives.

The Raiders are highly self-reliant, individual soldiers trained to live off the scare resources of the deserts. Due to this, they are also notably selfish and strict with the use of supplies. Other members of the Guard working alongside Raider officers regularly remark, negatively, on the scorn with which the Raiders view "unnecessary use of equipment", be it everything from ammunition to drinking water.

The Silithus Desert Raiders are commanded by General Sindex, Sun-Priest of Ramkahen, and Thalon Pharosis of Uldum.