Curse of the Worgen

For the virulent curse, see worgen curse.

Curse of the Worgen
2019 cover
Author(s)	Micky Neilson, James Waugh
Artist(s)	Ludo Lullabi, Tony Washington
Pages	160
Publisher(s)	NA: DC Comics (2011)  Blizzard Publishing (2019) UK: Titan Books (2011)
Publication date	NA: October 25, 2011  October 9, 2012 (Paperback)  February 28, 2019 UK: December 16, 2011
Format(s)	Hardback, Paperback, Digital
Retail price	US: $22.99  $14.95 (2019) UK: £16.99
ISBN 10	NA: 1-4012-3267-1  194568352X (2019) UK: 0-85768-877-4
ISBN 13	NA: 978-1-4012-3267-2  978-1945683527 (2019) UK: 978-0-85768-877-4

Curse of the Worgen is a five-part comic mini-series. This mini-series fleshed out the background and the druidic history of the worgen and "really dig deep" to explain "exactly how they came about," and "where they came from." It included the creation of the Scythe of Elune.

It was written by Micky Neilson and James Waugh with art from Ludo Lullabi and Tony Washington (issue 1).

Background

Original

A series of grisly, animalistic murders have rocked the walled town of Gilneas. A famous detective sets out to discover the perpetrators and finds far more than he bargained for. To find the truth, he must delve through years of twisted history – both the history of his family and Gilneas itself.

Hardcover

Collecting the 5-issue Curse of the Worgen miniseries in which a series of grisly, animalistic murders have rocked the walled town of Gilneas. A famous detective sets out to discover the perpetrators and finds far more than he bargained for. To find the truth, he must delve through years of twisted history – both the history of his family and Gilneas itself.

Books

• Issue 1
• Issue 2
• Issue 3
• Issue 4
• Issue 5

The hardcover version features five additional pages of story dealing with Velinde Starsong and the Scythe of Elune.

Characters

• Arvell
• Genn Greymane
• Halford Ramsey
• Ralaar Fangfire
• Belysra Starbreeze

Epilogue

• Velinde Starsong
• Mel'Thandris Starsong
• Varkas
• Arugal (mentioned)
• Fandral Staghelm (mentioned)
• Valstann Staghelm (mentioned)
• Malfurion Stormrage (mentioned)

Locations

• Ashenvale
  • Raynewood Retreat
• Gilneas
  • Gilneas City
  • Stormglen
  • The Blackwald
    • Tal'doren
• Duskwood

Other

• Starlight Slasher
• Staff of Elune

Notes

The beta tabard and armor design used erroneously throughout the comic.

The guard wearing not only the wrong tabard, but the beta design of the Gilneas City Guards, note the helmet.

• In Curse of the Worgen Issue 4, a representation of the worgen player character appears briefly in human form behind Lord Godfrey before transforming into their worgen form and cornering him with Genn Greymane; just as it is done in game during   [1-30] Betrayal at Tempest's Reach.
• The various guards and soldiers are colored incorrectly, instead of using the blues, browns and blacks of the guards in game; they use a mixture of brown, steel, and most strangely, green on their tabards. This seems to be a remnant of mixed references provided; as Gilnean guards used pieces of the Heavy Mithril set mixed with an unused tabard for the Kvaldir in the betastages of Cataclysm. In the earliest issues of the comic, they use this armor entirely, including the wrong helmet design.
  • One of the guards can be briefly seen with the boat tabard in the background.

Gallery

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  Original hardback cover
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  Curse of the Worgen art preview
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  Issue 1 cover sample
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  Issue 2 cover sample
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  Issue 3 cover sample
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  Issue 4 cover sample
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  Issue 5 cover sample

External links

Blizzard Gear Curse of the Worgen Paperpack

Amazon 2019

Amazon 2012 (Paperback)