Vincent Godfrey

Lord Vincent Godfrey is a renegade nobleman from Gilneas who opposed his king, Genn Greymane, after discovering that Genn and many of his people had been afflicted with the worgen curse. After committing suicide rather than acknowledge a worgen as his lord, Godfrey's body was recovered and reanimated by the Forsaken, but after turning on them as well, he fled into the abandoned ruins of Shadowfang Keep, where he and his followers remain.

Biography
Lord Vincent Godfrey spent his life defending the kingdom of Gilneas. When the worgen curse ravaged this land, Godfrey was one of the first Gilneans to take up arms against the beasts.

During the evacuation of Gilneas City Godfrey argued with Genn about rescuing Lord Crowley and prefer leaving the traitor to be killed by the worgen rather than saving him.

Following the evacuation of Gilneas City, the cursed Gilnean hero is confronted by Godfrey in a cage in Duskhaven, who reminds them of what they were before the curse and revealing that they were spared because the Gilneans still hoped that they can be saved, wondering if there is still a shred of humanity left within them. Later the hero is found to have been put in stocks and Godfrey tells Krennan Aranas that it is "time to put this one down" in accordance with protocol. However, King Greymane intercedes, asking if those who gave their lives so the survivors could escape were following "protocol". This interaction and later actions reveal that Godfrey is prejudiced against those that have been afflicted with the worgen curse.

During the climax of the worgen starting experience, Godfrey - joined by other eastern lords (Baron Ashbury and Lord Walden) - turns on the Gilnean defenders after he discovers that King Greymane is a worgen, too. He kidnaps Greymane and holds him for ransom, believing he would be able to save Gilneas if he turned the king over to the Forsaken. Afterwards, once Genn is saved by players, Godfrey commits suicide by jumping off a cliff, preferring to die rather than have a worgen as his king.

After death
Lord Godfrey is later raised as a Forsaken himself by the Val'kyr. Once he returned to "life," he led the attack against Pyrewood Village, where Lord Crowley and other survivors of Gilneas had settled. He later kidnaps Crowley's daughter Lorna and holds her for ransom as commanded by Sylvanas Windrunner, where he would rather kill her and raise her as a member of the forsaken, hoping to force a ceasefire between the Gilneas Liberation Front and the Forsaken. After Crowley surrenders to Sylvanas at the shattered Greymane Wall Godfrey betrays her, shooting and killing the Banshee Queen (who is shortly afterward resurrected by the Val'kyr). Now wanted by both the Alliance and the Horde, Godfrey made a run for nearby Shadowfang Keep.

Shadowfang Keep
Surrounded by remnants of the Scourge and the whispering ghosts of those who've met their end in the keep over the years, Godfrey now plots the downfall of both the Alliance and Horde within Shadowfang Keep.

Lord Godfrey replaces Archmage Arugal as the final boss of Shadowfang Keep in both normal and heroic modes. Both Deathstalker Commander Belmont and Ivar Bloodfang want him dead.

As a quest giver
In Gilneas City:

In Duskhaven:

In Silverpine Forest:

As a quest objective
In the Ruins of Gilneas:

In Shadowfang Keep:

Quotes
From the worgen cinematic after :


 * Look at what you've become. Those cursed beasts...they've left you nothing more than just another wretched mongrel. Do you even remember what you did to your friends? Your kind...haunting the wilds unchecked...until we found you. They've kept you alive, because they still believe you can be saved. To which I must ask: Is there even a shred of humanity left within you? Perhaps...we will find out, soon enough.


 * No... I'd sooner die than have one of your kind for a king!


 * My kingdom? My kingdom is no more.
 * Your father and Greymane saw to that... No, Gilneas died when they allowed murderous beasts to reign free. Unchecked.

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