Gilnean Wolfcult


 * ''This page is about the Wolfcult in Gilneas. For the the Wolfcult in Northrend, see Wolfcult.

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, an enemy of Gilneas and the Alliance, who also had an interest in obtaining the Scythe of Elune. With Gilneas distracted by political divisions, the cult had been secretly afflicting Gilneans with the worgen curse; bolstering the worgen population and using their numbers to build a feral worgen army that would be used to launch an attack on Gilneas City. The devastating attack had weakened the nation's defenses and paved the way for the Forsaken invasion.

Though the Forsaken discovered the where about of the scythe, unbeknown to Ralaar, their machinations were foiled by the worgen player when the scythe was retaken and returned to Priestess Belrysa. Believing that the Gilneans and Priestess Belrysa's night elves no longer wielded the scythe, Ralaar led his wolfcult to attack Belrysa's forces at Tal'doren. To his surprise, Belrysa unveiled the Scythe of Elune and tried to use the scythe to banish Ralaar's worgen back to the Emerald Dream. Before Belrysa could complete the spell, Ralaar was saved by Forsaken Dark rangers. Ralaar led his wolfcult to attack Belrysa for the scythe but was ripped to shreds by a spirit wolf who turns 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.