History Characters / WarcraftTheAllianceGilneas

* KickTheSonOfABitch: In almost any other context destroying a desperate ruler's last hope at saving her race and dooming said race to extinction would be considered an unambiguously evil act of genocide. However [[spoiler:when said ruler is [[KarmaHoudini Sylvanas]] [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Windrunner]] and said race is [[TokenEvilTeammate the Forsaken]], who murdered his son and attempted to exterminate his people (among other acts of evil)]] it is somewhat hard to find any moral issue.
-->'''Genn''': [[spoiler: You took my son's future. And now, I've taken yours]].
** Reinforced by the fact that said "hope" involved [[spoiler: enslaving a noble warrior goddess to create valkyr slaves for Sylvanas]].

!!Princess Tess Greymane

* TookALevelInKindness: How about a dozen? He first went from a major {{Jerkass}} to a CoolOldGuy who willingly swallowed his pride and asked for assistance, from there he became a [[UndyingLoyalty loyal member of the alliance and a close friend of Varian.]]

* GovernmentInExile: Both the people of Gilneas and its leaders have been displaced from their homeland, yet they continue to organize efforts to take it back.

** This ends up being addressed many years later in "Dragonflight", where after the Worgen and the Forsaken have brokered peace at the end of "Shadowlands", both factions take part in recovering Gilneas from remnants of the Scarlet Crusade, who have since taken over the city as their newest base of operations. At the end of the questline, Gilneas is restored to a fully-functional city.

* ArchEnemy: With the Forsaken who have invaded their kingdom in their moment of vulnerability during the Cataclysm, with Sylvanas having killed their prince Liam Greymane, and who blighted Gilneas after they were pushed back by the gilneans.

* {{Pride}}: One of the proudest characters in franchise, especially early on, believing Gilneas to be strong enough to handle everything -- including the Horde -- on its own, without any help or interference from other nations.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: During moments of transformation, the appearance of a character's transformation into a different race are determined by the customization choices for that character's native form. This goes double for Gilneans; should they be transformed back into a human outside of their "Two Forms" ability (usually by a visit to the "Culling of Stratholme" dungeon or from a toy such as the Atomic Recalibrator), a Worgen will not only retain the customization options they've chosen for their human form, but their voice as well.

* BadassLongcoat: Depicted with an awesome longcoat in [[http://www.wowpedia.org/File:CurseWorgen4CoverSample.jpg official]] [[http://www.wowpedia.org/File:Glowei_Worgen_Greymane.jpg artwork]], which initially wasn't carried into ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' itself because of model limitations. In Legion he finally gets to wear a longcoat into battle, though a brown one instead of black.

'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance The Alliance]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceStormwind Stormwind (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron (Humans)]] - '''Gilneas (Humans/Worgen)''' - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceKulTiras Kul Tiras (Humans)]] [[Characters/WarcraftjainaProudmoore (Jaina Proudmoore)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceHumanKingdoms Other Human Kingdoms]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceIronforge Ironforge (Dwarven Clans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGnomeregan Gnomeregan (Gnomes)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceQuelThalas Quel'Thalas/Telogrus Rift (High Elves and Void Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceDarnassus Darnassus (Night Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceExodar The Exodar (Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceTushui Tushui (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceVindicaar Vindicaar (Lightforged Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceMechagon Mechagon (Mechagnomes)]]\\
'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde The Horde]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOrgrimmar Orgrimmar (Orcs)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeDarkspearTribe The Darkspear Tribe (Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeThunderBluff Thunder Bluff (Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeTheForsaken The Forsaken (Undead)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeQuelThalas Quel'Thalas (Blood Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeBilgewaterCartel Bilgewater Cartel (Goblins)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordePandaren Huojin (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeHighmountain Thunder Totem (Highmountain Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeSuramar Suramar (Nightborne)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeZandalariEmpire Zandalari Empire (Zandalar Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeVoldunai Voldunai (Vulpera)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOther Other (non-playable races)]]\\

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: In the "Culling of Stratholme" dungeon, all non-human, dwarf, and gnome players take on the forms of those races with randomized appearances, as this event takes place before the Alliance made contact with Kalimdor and the party works undercover to protect Prince Arthas from the Infinite Dragonflight. Worgen players take on their human forms instead, with their customization choices intact.

'''Individual media''': ''[[Characters/Warcraft3Heroes Warcraft III]]'' [[Characters/Warcraft3Heroes Heroes]] | [[Characters/WarCraft2016 Film characters]] | ''[[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft Hearthstone]]'' [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft characters]] | ''[[Characters/HeroesOfTheStormWarcraftUniverse Warcraft]]'' [[Characters/HeroesOfTheStormWarcraftUniverse characters in]] ''[[Characters/HeroesOfTheStormWarcraftUniverse Heroes of the Storm]]'' ([[Characters/HeroesOfTheStormWarcraftAssassins Assassins]] - [[Characters/HeroesOfTheStormWarcraftWarriors Warriors]] - [[Characters/HeroesOfTheStormWarcraftSupport Support]])-]]]]]

** To the blood elves: Similar to the above, they are a bestial, savage-looking species with a DarkIsNotEvil theme in a faction of LightIsGood human-looking races, whereas the blood elves are a human-looking attractive species with a LightIsGood theme in a faction of monstrous looking DarkIsNotEvil races.

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] [[Characters/ArthasMenethil (Arthas Menethil)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]] | \\

'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance The Alliance]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceStormwind Stormwind (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron (Humans)]] - '''Gilneas (Humans/Worgen)''' - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceKulTiras Kul Tiras (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceHumanKingdoms Other Human Kingdoms]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceIronforge Ironforge (Dwarven Clans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGnomeregan Gnomeregan (Gnomes)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceQuelThalas Quel'Thalas/Telogrus Rift (High Elves and Void Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceDarnassus Darnassus (Night Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceExodar The Exodar (Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceTushui Tushui (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceVindicaar Vindicaar (Lightforged Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceMechagon Mechagon (Mechagnomes)]]\\

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]] | \\

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Mutated into an entirely different creature by infectious druidic magic, they have a slightly less buff version of the WolfMan design, though they can [[RunningOnAllFours run on all fours]]. They can transmit their condition both via bite and by making people drink their blood. The transformation originally was irreversible and made them mindless beasts, but Gilneans managed to temporarly restore their human minds through potions, and the night elves eventually helped them make the control permanent, granting them in the process the ability to revert back to human form, though they still turn back into worgen when excited. Finally, they are [[NoSell immune]] to being raised as undead.

* PromotedToPlayable: Worgens technically exist since the first ''World of Warcraft'' game released in 2004 (they were brought to Azeroth by Arugal, and could be fought at Shadowfang Keep). Along with major redesigns, they became playable in 2010 with the ''Caztaclysm'' expansion.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Has this in spades towards the Night Elves for aiding his people repeatedly during their darkest hours, to the point of UndyingLoyalty. He even takes offense when Anduin assumes following the Horde's attack on Teldrassil in Battle for Azeroth that he would withold Gilnean support in order to try to retake their homeland as opposed to aiding the Kal'dorei.

* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:Following the end of the 4th War, he objects to the peace treaty by saying the Horde can't be trusted to honor the armstice and will attack again. One of the major inciting moments of the 4th War was Genn himself ignoring the then peace treaty between the factions and attacking the Horde in Stormheim.]]

* SadisticChoice: He and Ivar Bloodfang give Hillsbrad Refugees who reside in Fenris Keep an ultimatum, to join them voluntarily or be forcibly converted to the Forsaken. Most of the refugees chose the former, but not all. A few, like Godfry, Walden and Ashbury, preferred death ''and'' undeath to [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain becoming something they despised.]]

* RunningOnAllFours: The worgen's "Running Wild" racial ability, which replaces the racial mount for them. It allows them to get on their four limbs and run like actual wolves with a speed rivalling a horse, removing the need for an actual mount.

** To the Forsaken: They are a race of cursed humans who still maintained their previously held Gilnean cultural habits despite becoming werewolves, meanwhile the Forsaken are cursed humans who changed their culture in response to what they became. The Worgen were also accepted back as part of the Alliance despite their curse, likely due to their ability to still retain their human form, whereas the Forsaken were rejected outright. In a sense, the worgen are what the Forsaken ''could'' have been if they had been treated differently.

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftDracthyr Dracthyr]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\

* PoisonousFriend: Several shades more ruthless than Crowley or Greymane.

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Which lends itself to the idea that Crowley's darker moments during the storyline were at least partially caused by hanging out with a feral worgen the whole time.

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\

* VampireVannabe: She turns out to be the Werewolf version of this in ''Battle For Azeroth''. She believes she has to become a Worgen to understand her cursed countrymen if she was to be queen one day, not understanding the downsides that come with it, to the point of saying if Genn won't do it, she'll have the Worgen player character do it. They manage to talk her down by having some Night Elves invoke Goldrinn, who grants Tess her wish temporarily by throwing her into a WhatIf of the invasion of Gilneas if she had also been bitten alongside Genn and Liam. [[spoiler: While she loves it at first, she quickly begins to be overwhelmed by her new senses and the Inner Beast starts to dig at her. She quickly becomes more vicious and obsessive with killing Nathanos, to the point where she eventually loses herself to it and has to be snapped out of it by the player character - just in time [[YouCantFightFate to see Sylvanas kill Liam]]. After it's all said and done, she's thankful she got to empathize with her cursed countrymen, but also decides after seeing just how bad it can get if it goes out of control declines to seek to turn herself further.]]