Felguard

For other uses, see Felguard (disambiguation).

Felguard
Faction/Affiliation	Burning Legion
Character classes	Warrior
Racial leader(s)	Sargeras
Homeworld	Unknown world in the Twisting Nether
Language(s)	Eredun

Felguard (or Fel Guard and sometimes pluralized as felguards) are demons of the mo'arg race that serve as the Legion's rank and file demonic soldiers and front-line troops. They are fearless and unwaveringly loyal to their master's godlike will. They are almost always seen with heavy, two-handed weaponry. They are slow to strike, but hit quite hard, and are more agile than they look. Felguard are among the demons Sargeras fought against while he was still part of the Pantheon of Order.

During the Battle for the Broken Shore which marked the beginning of the Burning Legion's third invasion of Azeroth, felguard units managed to injure both leaders of the Alliance and the Horde, High King Varian Wrynn and Warchief Vol'jin. The former was impaled and held for Gul'dan, while the latter was fatally poisoned with fel through a spear wound.

Appearance

An uncorrupted Sargeras fighting several demons, including felguard.

The felguard are tall, broad-shouldered, muscly celestial warriors who wield weapons of a generally twisted, curving variety. The felguard's skin ranges from blue, red, yellow/orange to various shades of these colors and black. The majority have large horns or spines protruding from their backs, and smaller ones on their forehead.

Felguard armor tends to cover their right arm, legs, back, and head, and they seem to choose from a small variety of giant, cruel-looking axes or swords and have not been reported to use shields or other types of weapons. The felguard legs are always covered in armor when they are in combat.

Speculated by some scholars of the Legion to be an evolved version of the common felguard, the fel lords serve as enforcers in the direct service of Archimonde. Their cruelty is matched only by their brute force.

Notable

Main article: Felguard NPCs

•   Aggonis
•   Felcular
•   Klinfran the Crazed
•   Taragaman the Hungerer
•   Rathorian
•   Tzerak

In Warcraft III

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

A felguard in The Frozen Throne.

• Felguard
• Bloodfiend
• Overlord

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  Overlord in Warcraft III: Reforged.

In the RPG

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

Felguard art used in the Manual of Monsters.

The demonic being stands about 8 feet tall. It has well-defined muscles under red scaly flesh, its legs, and in cloven hooves. Three small horns protrude from its head, while two long horns protrude from its back. It wields a strangely shaped greatsword in both hands; the blade is formed of odd angular cuts, curves, sharp points, and barbs.

Description

The felguard are the Legion's basic foot soldiers. They operate under doom guards, pit lords, and other Legion commanders and generals. Felguard are treated as fodder, driving the Legion's hold on the universe forward like a relentless force of nature.

Combat

Felguard are trained only to fight, so that's about all they do. In combat, they split up to take on as many foes as possible. At first glance, this tactic might seem like a mistake since it divides their power, but this is just for a short while. The felguard use this tactic to locate weakness in the enemy lines. Once a weak opponent has been located, all nearby felguard retarget to this individual. Felguard are good at coordinating their attacks and flanking their opponents.

While most other demons rely to some extent on magic and trickery, felguard eschew these subtleties, instead relying on sheer strength to overwhelm their foes. While under the command of a higher-ranking demon or a warlock, a felguard makes the perfect soldier. Each is a disciplined follower outside of combat, calm and patient. When commanded to fight, however; they become wild and merciless, an army of raging felguard is a terrifying sight. A raging felguard is reckless, but not stupid. It coordinates well with its allies and usually obeys orders (if it can hear them over its deafening battle cries). A felguard loves battle, sometimes refusing to flee from a combat that it believes it has a chance of winning. Demonic generals know and accept this limitation, and plan their strategies accordingly.

Felguard elite

Main article: Felguard elite

Speculation

This article or section includes speculation, observations or opinions possibly supported by lore or by Blizzard officials. It should not be taken as representing official lore.

The felguard are members of the mo'arg race, but bear only a passing resemblance to their engineering brethren; possessing a straighter posture, greater musculature and lacking the level of mechanical prowess that mo'arg and gan'arg engineers are known for. The reasons for this have not been made entirely clear by Blizzard. Since felguard have existed since before Sargeras' fall, it is possible that the mo'arg race has always had these subspecies. It's also possible that felguard are the original mo'arg race and Sargeras transformed some of them into the smaller engineering types for his Burning Legion, or the other way around. The lack of the engineers' presence in events predating those in The Burning Crusade would seemingly support them being a recent addition. However, the developer insight for the Iron Reaver fight reveals that the mechanized side of the Legion isn't typically deployed until later stages of an invasion.

One would assume them to have feet akin to humanoids because of their leg structure, which doesn't seem to support hooves.

Gallery

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  Felguard model before patch 6.2.
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  Felguard model after patch 6.2.
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  Foot drill during the Legion Invasions.
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  Unique Starcraft II editor remodeled asset from Warcraft III.

Trading Card Game

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  Felguard Haaroon
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  A felguard holding a soul hostage for his master
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  Felguard minion of Narmak Doomratchet