Shadowsworn

Shadowsworn
Main leader	Archmage Allistarj †  Lady Sevine †
Race(s)	Human  Orc  High elf  Tauren  Jungle troll  Forsaken  Goblin  Demon  Ogre
Character classes	Cultist, Warrior, Warlock
Base of operations	Blasted Lands
Language(s)	Common, Orcish, Eredun, Various languages
Sub-group(s)	Dreadmaul tribe
Affiliation	Burning Legion
Status	Defeated

The Shadowsworn (also spelled the shadowsworn) was a cult of demon worshipers working out of the Blasted Lands. Under the leadership of Archmage Allistarj and Lady Sevine, the organization was made up of various races and had control over one of the remaining Altar of Storms left in Azeroth, as well as Serpent's Coil, a large cave system found in the northeastern area of the Blasted Lands.

As of the Ironmarch invasion and the Burning Legion's third invasion, there are no Shadowsworn members present in the Blasted Lands, implying their defeat against the adventurers.

Background

World of Warcraft

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In exchange for their servitude, Razelikh the Defiler granted Lady Sevine and Archmage Allistarj of the Shadowsworn, along Grol the Destroyer of the Dreadmaul ogres, nearly unlimited power. Each of them received a third of an amulet which was needed to summon the nathrezim on Azeroth. The amulet pieces were each attuned to the lifeforce of their owner, granting them immortality as long as they remained within the Blasted Lands. While they couldn't be slain and their life spans extended until the end of days, however, the price was also imprisonment and eternal servitude, tainting their minds to only serve and protect the demon.

At some point, Lady Sevine built the Altar of Storms in the region.

There was only one way to harm the demon and his minions, a weapon of power forged to bear his true name: Rakh'likh. Once it was forged with the help of Galvan the Ancient and the demon hunter Loramus, the adventurers used it to defeat the cult's leaders and claimed their shards of the amulet in order to reform the Ward of the Defiler. At the Rise of the Defiler, the heroes managed to kill the dreadlord, sending him back to the Twisting Nether while one of his horns was used to the destroy the amulet.

Cataclysm

This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

By the time of the Cataclysm, though his servants were slain, Razelikh the Defiler planned to return to the Blasted Lands with the help of the Shadowsworn cultists, planning to overwhelm Azeroth with his legions of demons. The demon hunter Loramus sought to put an end to Razelikh but was slain by Grol the Destroyer, one of Razelikh's fallen servants. With the help of Bloodmage Lynnore or Kasim Sharim, adventurers later revived and empowered Loramus, and the two united to battle against Razelikh. During the fight, Loramus sacrificed his own life in order to help trap Razelikh's soul, claiming he would battle Razelikh in the next world.

Forces

 Razelikh the Defiler

• Servants of Razelikh
• Shadowsworn Spellblades
• Shadowsworn Occultists
• Enthralled Cultists
• Shadowsworn Obstructors

 Archmage Allistarj

•  Kirith the Damned
• Servants of Allistarj
• Shadowsworn Adepts
• Shadowsworn Ritualists
• Shadowsworn Thugs

 Lady Sevine

•  Dreadscorn
• Servants of Sevine
• Shadowsworn Dreadweavers
• Shadowsworn Enforcers
• Shadowsworn Warlocks

 Grol the Destroyer

• Servants of Grol
•  Dreadmaul Brutes
•  Dreadmaul Maulers
•  Dreadmaul Ogres
•  Dreadmaul Ogre Magi
•  Dreadmaul Warlocks

Others

•  Plague Demonsoul

Notes

• Shadowsworn mobs specifically at the Altar of Storms are known to have a bug that they wear what they drop. In other words, if a Shadowsworn Enforcer is wearing a hammer that looks like  [Hand of Edward the Odd], instead of its normal two-handed sword, it has a good chance of dropping that. The same applies to all Shadowsworn mobs.
• As of patch 2.0.5, the blood elves' and high elves' models were changed. Oddly, the high elves in the Shadowsworn cult are unchanged. With the removal of the high elves from revamped Scholomance, they and the ghost high elves in Ghostlands are the few last remaining high elves that use that model.

Speculations

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• The orcs Shadowsworn Netherguards in Felwood are likely a part of the cult and probably confirm the connection between the Shadowsworn and the Shadow Council.
• There are also eredar, Shadowsworn Defilers, Shadowsworn Heretics, Shadowsworn Ritualists, Shadowsworn Betrayers, and Shadowsworn Harbingers, as well as Shadowsworn Drakonid and Shadowsworn Invaders. The connection, if any, is unknown.

See also

• Fel-sworn