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Worgen

Worgen will be the new playable class for the Alliance in the Cataclysm expansion, as such here is a small brief history as we know it of this mysterious fierce race.

The Worgen on their home world are a dark and treacherous race. There they battle the Lords of the Emerald Flame in a vicious war. The mages of Dalaran became interested in this race and Ur one of the mages did research on the Worgen. Angered by the destruction of Dalaran by the Scourge and against the advice of his peers, Archmage Arugal decided to summon an army of the Worgen from their world by using Ur’s research. The summoned Worgen fought against the Undead armies for a while, but it wasn’t long before they then turned on the wizards themselves. Driven mad with guilt, Arugal adopted the Worgen as his children and retreated to the newly dubbed Shadowfang Keep, where he then cursed the village people of Pyrewood to turn into Worgen whenever the sun went down.

At around the same time, the Night Elf Sentinel Velinde Starsong was given the task of clearing Felwood of demons. She prayed to Elune and was granted a magical Scythe which could summon Worgen. She summoned larger numbers to fight at her side against the demons. Later Velinde began to notice that some of her forces were unaccounted for. So she ordered the remaining Worgen to stay at the Shrine of Mel’Thandris in Ashenvale and began to search for Archmage Arugal, whom she had heard also summoned Worgen. From that point her fate was unknown, but it was rumoured that she was killed in Duskwood and lost the Scythe of Elune. Black Riders from Deadwind Pass came to Duskwood looking for the Scythe and murdered a family of farmers in the search to find it. It is also known that the dark mage Morganth was searching for the Scythe of Elune, and stole Ur’s Treatise on Shadow Magic as well.

So as you can see there seems to have been two sources of power summoning Worgen from their home planet to Azeroth.

In World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Arthas discovered Arugal’s activities and brought him back from the dead to work for him. This meant that there are a lot of Worgen allied with the Scourge in Northrend and in particular, the Grizzly Hills.
In World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, the Worgen curse has spread into the secluded Kingdom of Gilneas, transforming its inhabitants into Worgen. Recent evidence suggests that their true origin might have a connection to the Night Elves and a secretive druidic order from Kalimdor’s distant past, but this information remains speculative. Many believe that a treatment for the Worgen curse may exist, although others have nearly given up, fearful that if the barricades should fall, their humanity will be lost forever. The Worgen will join the Alliance, but details of their inclusion are not known for now.

So in conclusion it would seem that the Alliance Worgen will have originated from the Kingdom of Gilneas inhabitants who were cursed but somehow have managed to cure this and still retain the Worgen abilities, it will be interesting to see how this new addition unfolds.

Classes playable by Worgen will be:-

Druid, Hunter, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Warlock, Warrior, Death Knight

Worgen Racials in Cataclysm will be:-

Viciousness -
+1% damage
Dark Flight –
70% run speed for 10 seconds, 3 minute cooldown
Aberration (Passive) –
Length of Curses and Diseases are reduced by 15%.
Flayer –
Skinning skill increased by 15 and allows you to skin faster. Skinning knife not required for skinning.
Two Forms –
Switch to your currently inactive form. 1.5 second cooldown. This is a cosmetic switch that transforms you from Worgen to Human, or Human to Worgen in Cataclysm. In combat you will always remain a Worgen.