- This page is about the Wolfcult in Gilneas. For the the Wolfcult in Northrend, see Wolfcult.
 Gilneas Wolfcult | |
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| Main leader | Ralaar Fangfire |
| Race(s) | Humans, Worgen |
| Other major settlements | Gilneas |
| Theater of operations | Gilneas |
| Language(s) | Common |
| Affiliation | Independent |
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The Gilnean Wolfcult, featured in the comic Curse of the Worgen, was created by Ralaar Fangfire in order to search for the legendary Scythe of Elune, which has made its way to Gilneas. Knowing he could not find the scythe by himself Ralaar began inducting humans into the cult and turning them into worgen after they perform gruesome murders on innocent people, which came to be later known as the Starlight Slasher murders. The cult and its leader then allied themselves with the Forsaken and launched an attack on Gilneas City to weaken the nation's defenses for the Forsaken invasion. Though the Forsaken discovered the where about of the scythe, Ralaar's machinations were foiled by the worgen player when the scythe was retaken and returned to Priestess Belrysa.[1]
The Gilneans and Priestess Belrysa's night elves uncovered the wolfcult's plans and tried to use the scythe to banish Ralaar's worgen back to the Emerald Dream. Before Belrysa's spell could be completed Ralaar was rescued by forsaken Dark rangers. Soon afterwards Ralaar led the cult in an assault on Belrysa to gain the scythe but was ripped to shreds by a spirit wolf who turned out to be the ghost of Arvell. Following their leader's death, the remains of the wolfcult that survived were forced to disperse and went into hiding.[2]