The Forsaken are a rebel group of undead, once part of the undead Scourge. When the Lich King's power began waning and his control over the Scourge began to fall, Sylvanas Windrunner, a banshee created from one of his enemies during the battle with the high elves, regained her sense of free will. She harbored an intense hatred for Arthas Menethil, and planned to kill him as revenge for condemning her to an eternity of undeath. After failing to kill him, she gained the support of a dreadlord, Varimathras (who, along with the Royal Apothecary Society, betrayed Lady Sylvanas Windrunner, and the Horde in the Wrath of the Lich King Expansion).
The Forsaken control the western parts of the former human Kingdom of Lordaeron, namely the Tirisfal Glades and Silverpine Forest. Much of these lands were tainted by the mark of undeath left behind by the plague and The Scourge, so the lands themselves are haunting, dark and deathly in appearance. Tirisfal was once a beautiful forest, but is now a dark place under a corpse like sky. But the Forsaken have other scattered holdings in the Northlands such as Tarren Mill in the Hillsbrad Foothills, and in the Alliance lands, they have a presence in Duskwood, the shadowy forest beyond Stormwind's southern border. Sylvanas and the Forsaken have joined the Horde. Though they are said to care little about the alliance, they seem to show sympathy for the blood elves. This could be because of Sylvanas' undying love for her ancestral homeland. In life, she was a devoted soldier and the Ranger-General of Silvermoon, and fought valiantly against the horrors of the Scourge. Her lust for vengeance upon the Scourge could imply that the desecration of Quel'thalas affected her deeply, and that even though she is Queen of the Forsaken, somewhere in her soul she is still Sylvanas the High Elf of Quel'thalas. Their ultimate goal is establishing a place for themselves in a world that hates them, and creating a plague capable of wiping out the undead Scourge; they will wipe out anyone who stands in their way. They harbor no allegiance to their former allies, and vice versa. The Forsaken's alliance with the Horde is one of mere convenience.
The Forsaken control the western parts of the former human Kingdom of Lordaeron, namely the Tirisfal Glades and Silverpine Forest. Much of these lands were tainted by the mark of undeath left behind by the plague and The Scourge, so the lands themselves are haunting, dark and deathly in appearance. Tirisfal was once a beautiful forest, but is now a dark place under a corpse like sky. But the Forsaken have other scattered holdings in the Northlands such as Tarren Mill in the Hillsbrad Foothills, and in the Alliance lands, they have a presence in Duskwood, the shadowy forest beyond Stormwind's southern border. Sylvanas and the Forsaken have joined the Horde. Though they are said to care little about the alliance, they seem to show sympathy for the blood elves. This could be because of Sylvanas' undying love for her ancestral homeland. In life, she was a devoted soldier and the Ranger-General of Silvermoon, and fought valiantly against the horrors of the Scourge. Her lust for vengeance upon the Scourge could imply that the desecration of Quel'thalas affected her deeply, and that even though she is Queen of the Forsaken, somewhere in her soul she is still Sylvanas the High Elf of Quel'thalas. Their ultimate goal is establishing a place for themselves in a world that hates them, and creating a plague capable of wiping out the undead Scourge; they will wipe out anyone who stands in their way. They harbor no allegiance to their former allies, and vice versa. The Forsaken's alliance with the Horde is one of mere convenience.
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