Loregasm: Random Lore Musings and Other Geekery

A Beginning, Let’s Talk Worgen…

August 16, 2009 at 12:48 am (WoW Lore) (Lore, Speculation, Worgen, World of Warcraft)

So what initially made me decide to create this blog, was the fact that I occasionally go on these WoW Lore related rants on my guild forums. It turns out that honestly the rest of my guild is not as interested in talking lore, or rather they don’t like using the forums for such discussions. So here’s where this blog comes on. I can rant on all these lovely lore speculations or just generally what I enjoy about the things I choose to have in my life.

Enough off topic though, lets get down to the nitty gritty.

Worgen as a possible Alliance race in the next expansion, and why I think it could be lore feasible.

Others have probably had similar musings, honestly I’ve only skimmed over other websites reporting the possibility. So this is my take on things.

Worgen are located in 4 locations in Azeroth, in the northern part of Ashenvale, the Eastern portion of Duskwood, Silverpine Forest, and The Grizzly Hills in Northrend. We can group these 4 locations into 2 groups. The ones brought into Azeroth by the Scythe of Elune, and the ones brought in by Arugal. It is never actually stated (as far as I have looked into it) that Arugal used the Scythe, so for the sake of the speculation I’m going to say he did not.

Now shrug off those Worgen in Ashenvale and Duskwood. We’re going to focus on Arugal’s boys. Compared to the other Worgen in the world, Arugal’s minions (sons) can actually shift between the wolf-man form and human. Pyrewood, the village at the foot of Shadowfang Keep, is actually very friendly with alliance players during the daylight hours, only to become a town of slavering wolf-men at night. Arugal, in his experimentation, seemed to have found a way to control the curse which the Worgen bestowed on men. Right next door to Pyrewood and Shadowfang Keep is the Greymane Wall. The people of Gilneas are considered to be in favor of their isolation. What if they agreed with Genn Greymane’s wall to keep themselves from spreading an infection. Perhaps the denizens of Gilneas were cursed with becoming Worgen like their neighbors. Yes, yes I know this is an old rumor, and has recently been brought up again, but I think it has a valid foundation due to geography and the fact that the people of Gilneas were followers of the Light.

Why bring up that they are followers of the Light? Perhaps during the waking hours of the day, when the people there did not turn into slavering wolf-men they worked to control their curse. Perhaps the holy men of Gilneas were able to free its people from the blood thirst inherent to the curse that afflicted them all. In doing so, it would allow for them to once again venture from their wall, and rejoin the world at large. What about Genn? Well, at this point in the story perhaps Genn has finally passed on and his successor is ready to open the gates finally.

Going back to the people being able to free themselves of the curse, at least that which makes them evil and malicious, I can use an example of the trapper and his wife during a quest in the Grizzly Hills. It’s obvious that the trapper cares about his wife (both are infected Worgen), but he would rather see her and himself dead than to give up information about Arugal. He would rather spare her and himself whatever torture Arugal would inflict on them both for betraying him by allowing them both to be killed. To me that shows that they still hold human emotional attachments, and thus opens up the possibility of willpower overcoming the evil of the curse.

I suppose in the end though, its all a matter of perspective. Do I really think there will be a playable Worgen race in the next expansion? I don’t know, but it sure is fun to think about.