The Cult of the Damned: Living Servants of the Lich King
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The Cult of the Damned is a secret sect of living humans who willingly serve the Scourge. It was the cultists who spread the plague of undeath across Lordaeron under promises of immortality. Without them the Lich King could never have toppled an entire kingdom so quickly.
Kel'Thuzad and the cult's founding
Its founder was Kel'Thuzad — a mighty mage exiled from the Kirin Tor for his experiments with necromancy. Hearing the Lich King's call, he journeyed to Northrend, knelt before the Frozen Throne, and was tasked to found an order of living servants in Lordaeron.
Recruitment and deceit
The cult worked with cunning. It recruited the desperate, the sick and the ambitious, promising:
- immortality among the Lich King's chosen;
- power over life and death through necromancy;
- salvation from the coming apocalypse.
| Method | Aim |
|---|---|
| Sermons of immortality | Draw in the desperate |
| Handing out tainted grain | Quietly spread the plague |
| Necromantic rites | Raise the first undead |
Spreading the plague
The cult's key weapon was the plague of undeath. Cultists laced it into grain shipments bound for the villages of Lordaeron. The infected died and rose as Scourge undead, swelling the Lich King's army without a single battle.
Many cultists genuinely believed they served a higher good — and therein lay the deepest danger of the deception.
Kel'Thuzad, Naxxramas and Vanilla
For his loyal service the Lich King raised Kel'Thuzad as a lich, granting him the flying citadel Naxxramas. In the Vanilla era the cult and its creation are direct raid content: players storm the necropolis and battle Kel'Thuzad himself. Opposing the cult stands the Argent Dawn in the Plaguelands.
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FAQ
Who founded the Cult of the Damned?
The necromancer Kel'Thuzad, on the Lich King's command. An archmage exiled from the Kirin Tor, he sought immortality and became the cult's first high priest.
How does the cult differ from the Scourge?
The Scourge is undead, while the Cult of the Damned are living humans who willingly serve the Lich King hoping for immortality and power. They spread the plague among the populace.
How is the cult tied to Naxxramas?
Kel'Thuzad, the cult's head, was raised as a lich and given the flying citadel Naxxramas — the Scourge's chief stronghold and the pinnacle of Vanilla raiding.