Corrupted ancient

Corrupted ancient
	; Ancient corrupted by the Emerald Nightmare.
Faction/Affiliation	Emerald Nightmare, Burning Legion, Independent
Homeworld	Azeroth, Draenor
Environment	Forest
Language(s)	Common, Darnassian

Corrupted ancients are ancients and Draenor ancients that have been twisted by dark magic. Although it originally referred specifically to ancients corrupted by the fel of the Burning Legion, ancients have also been corrupted by the Emerald Nightmare,^[1] Decay,^[2] the arcane,^[3] and shadowflame.

Named

Corrupted Caretaker <Agronox>
Tendris Warpwood
Old Ironbark, corrupted before being redeemed
Nightmare Aberration
Blackleaf, rare ancient found in Blasted Lands
Ironbranch <Ancient of War>
Oakheart <Father of the Glade>
Treemouth

Types

In Warcraft III

As seen in Warcraft III.

This section concerns content related to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos or its expansion The Frozen Throne.

The Corrupted Ancients were a group of satyrs, corrupted ancients, corrupted treants and skeletons in service of the Burning Legion commanded by the dreadlord Tichondrius.

Corrupted ancients also later appeared in the Beast Den alongside satyrs.

Corrupted Tree of Life
Corrupted Tree of Ages
Corrupted Tree of Eternity
Corrupted Ancient Protector
Corrupted Ancient of War

In the RPG

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

The great tree is warped, with rotted black bark sickly yellow leaves. The twisted face in its trunk snarls in hatred, a putrid stench roilling from its maw. Its rootlike legs and gnarled, branch-like arms smash though the underbrush as it lunges through the forest.^[4]

Once stalwart defenders of nature, the corrupted ancients fell before the might of the Burning Legion. They were corrupted by demonic energies and now seek to spread their sickness and hatred among all living creatures. The great tree is warped, with rotted black bark and sickly yellowed leaves. The twisted face in its trunk snarls in hatred, a putrid stench roiling from its maw. Its root-like legs and gnarled branch-like arms smash through the underbrush as it lunges through the forest. Corrupted ancients are driven by demonic energies to destroy everything in their path. Foes who do not fall before the corrupted ancient's overwhelming strength are exposed to the deadly poison the creatures exhale. Unlike the trees that produce life giving oxygen, a corrupted ancient exhales a poison gas.^[4]