
Mages are definitely useful for removing curses, but not necessary, depending on the skill, level and class makeup of the rest of the group. Though the 'Holy Trinity' of Warrior + Priest + Mage is considered to be a thing of the past, necessity in a group here is solid tanking, decent to good healing, reasonably sound pulling, and a good use of crowd control couldn't hurt. Recklessness here would result in repeated wipes and player frustration. A well-defined pull order was still highly desirable, (if marks were not actually used) as was an appropriate level of attention and caution. In addition to the volume of mobs present, several of the mobs here cast various curses, nearly every type of worgen had some sort of special ability (active or passive) that affects a group's ability to deal with them, and the undead Humans made use of Silence, which means that a tank could be caught without healing in some fights if the healer(s) gets hit with it.Īnother major issue with this instance is the tendency of players leveling alts to underestimate the level of difficulty present here, and who thus believe that the mobs here could simply be chain pulled without regard to the consequences. Shadowfang Keep is the first vaguely challenging instance that players are likely to encounter, especially for Horde players who were less likely to get to Deadmines. He went mad after this and now accepts them as his "children." His worgen run rampant throughout much of the forest. During the Third War, Arugal made these Worgen as allies but they could not be controlled and turned on him and the other soldiers. The worgen that stalk the Keep, as well as the cursed villagers of Pyrewood are the doings of this madman.

Pyrewood Village is shadowed to the north by Shadowfang Keep, once a bastion of Alliance power but now the dark residence of a mad former mage of the Kirin Tor, named Arugal. It's said he still resides there, protected by his massive pet, Fenrus - and haunted by the vengeful ghost of Baron Silverlaine. Driven mad with guilt, Arugal adopted the worgen as his children and retreated to the newly dubbed 'Shadowfang Keep'. Situated above the tiny hamlet of Pyrewood, the keep quickly fell into shadow and ruin. The worgen sieged the keep of the noble, Baron Silverlaine. The feral wolf-men slaughtered not only the Scourge, but quickly turned on the wizards themselves. Arugal's summoning brought the ravenous worgen into the world of Azeroth. Frustrated by their lack of progress (and against the advice of his peers) the Archmage, Arugal elected to summon extra-dimensional entities to bolster Dalaran's diminishing ranks. When the wizards of Dalaran died in battle, they would rise soon after - adding their former might to the growing Scourge.

During the Third War, the wizards of the Kirin Tor battled against the undead armies of the Scourge.
