Gnarlpine tribe

Gnarlpine tribe
Main leader	Ursal †  Ferocitas †
Race(s)	Furbolg
Capital	Gnarlpine Hold
Other major settlements	The Cleft
Base of operations	Starbreeze Village, Ban'ethil Barrow Den
Theater of operations	Teldrassil
Language(s)	Furbolg
Affiliation	Independent
Status	Destroyed

The Gnarlpine tribe was a corrupted furbolg tribe that dwelled atop the great world tree of Teldrassil. Though originally peaceful, the insidious effects of  [Fel Moss] caused the Gnarlpines to go berserk and attack their former allies, the night elves. Apart from living in Gnarlpine Hold and their other traditional villages in the south and west of Teldrassil, the Gnarlpines also invaded Ban'ethil Barrow Den and Starbreeze Village, driving out or slaying the local inhabitants.

The most dangerous of these corrupted feral beasts included Ferocitas the Dream Eater, Ursal the Mauler, and Uruson. They were led by Ursal and Ferocitas.

After the Cataclysm, their corruption returned. As the tribe made their home exclusively on Teldrassil, assuming they were not already wiped out by the night elves, the destruction of the world tree would have seen the tribe's end.

Members

Named

•   Ursal the Mauler
•   Ferocitas the Dream Eater
•   Uruson
•   Grimmaw

Unnamed

Corrupted Gnarlpine   Gnarlpine Ambusher   Gnarlpine Augur   Gnarlpine Defender   Gnarlpine Gardener   Gnarlpine Instigator

Gnarlpine Mystic   Gnarlpine Pathfinder   Gnarlpine Shaman   Gnarlpine Totemic   Gnarlpine Ursa   Gnarlpine Warrior

The subject of this section was removed from World of Warcraft in patch 4.0.3 but is present in Classic Era.

•   Gnarlpine Avenger

In the RPG

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

In Teldrassil one can find a few camps of furbolgs and wildkin. Unlike their cousins in the rest of Kalimdor, the ones here are uncorrupted but can nevertheless be dangerous. Despite this, the night elven Starbreeze Village became overrun by corrupted furbolg, an indication of the demonic infection that bleeds into Teldrassil.

Notes

• According to Rexxar, the furbolgs turned hostile because they were unprotected from the Void corruption that festered in Teldrassil's roots, seemingly referring to the Emerald Nightmare.