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Ghoul (Warcraft)

GamesUndeadShamblesSorcery2000 to 2009

The foot soldier of the Scourge in Blizzard's Warcraft III. Ghouls were ordinary townsfolk before the plague; in the game they are the faction's basic melee unit, and they eat the dead on the battlefield to recover.123

Battle it
First appeared
2002
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002)
Source work
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002)
Blizzard Entertainment
Made in
USA
What causes it
Sorcery
The plague of undeath spread by the Lich King's Scourge kills its victims and raises them as undead.
How you become one
Raised by necromancers and death knights; in Warcraft III ghouls are described as zombies that have completed the passage into undeath.
How it moves
Shambles
Described as lumbering.
Intelligence
Some intelligence

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today2002

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002)

field notes

What the sources say

1

The basic warrior of the Undead Scourge in Warcraft III123

2

Heals itself by eating corpses, friend or foe123

3

Also gathers lumber for the Scourge, carrying twice as much per trip as a human peasant123

4

Undeath twists the body and grows fangs and claws123

5

Can speak, mostly about meat123

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (shambles), not a measurement.

Ghoul (Warcraft) about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
You, walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
You, jogging about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h (15 mph)
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. Ghoul - Warcraft Wiki
  2. Zombie - Warcraft Wiki
  3. Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos - Wikipedia

Every fact on this page comes from these sources, written in our own words. Spotted a mistake? Tell us at [email protected].

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