Rogues
Spies, thieves, scouts and assassins. A rogue's best work is the work nobody ever finds out about, and their loyalty lasts as long as the contract does.
Who can be one, and where they learn
Alliance: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, High Order Skyborne (new in Forever). Horde: Orc, Undead, Troll, Windshaper Skyborne (new in Forever).
Trainers (Classic's data) in Darnassus, Ironforge, Stormwind City, Orgrimmar, Undercity.
The client's character-creation text: Rogues are most successful when their deeds never come to light. Fond of poisons and silent projectile weapons, rogues rely on a blend of stealth and minor mysticism. Usually in the employ of rich nobles or local governments, the rogue redistributes wealth or eliminates designated targets. A rogue's allegiance lasts only as long as the latest contract.
Who they are
Rogues work in the shadows: stealth, poison, a knife in the dark, a lock that opens when it shouldn't. They serve whoever pays, and the client doesn't pretend otherwise.
Usually in the employ of rich nobles or local governments, the rogue redistributes wealth or eliminates designated targets. A rogue's allegiance lasts only as long as the latest contract.
From the game client: Rogue, the class description in the WoW Forever client
Their place in Azeroth now
Year 1 is full of work for rogues: a child king's court in Stormwind with factions scheming around him, the Syndicate in the Alterac hills, the Defias in Westfall, the Forsaken's deathstalkers, goblin ports where everything is for sale. The client's Ravenholdt faction, a guild of thieves and assassins that takes only the best, is the rogue's elite; the Syndicate its criminal rival. Forever's Powderfuse port in the Riverglades has its back-alley dealers too.
Warcraft background: Stormwind's spies are SI:7, the kingdom's intelligence service. The Defias Brotherhood began as stonemasons cheated of their pay after rebuilding Stormwind and turned to banditry. Ravenholdt Manor hides in the Alterac hills. Among the Forsaken, deathstalkers serve as Sylvanas's scouts and assassins; among trolls and orcs, rogues are often scouts and raiders.
In WoW Forever
In WoW Forever: Both Skyborne orders can be rogues. Rogue abilities have been reworked in places: see what changed.
RP hooks and character ideas
- An SI:7 agent posted to the Riverglades to watch the Brotherhood of the Horse.
- A former Defias whose family was cheated by Stormwind's nobles, now working for one of them.
- A Ravenholdt hopeful doing one impossible job after another to earn an invitation.
- A Forsaken deathstalker who spies on the Horde's other races for the Dark Lady.
- A Skyborne scout from Zephras Isle who learned stealth among the Shadowgale Forest's shadows.
- A goblin-trained fence in Booty Bay who knows the price of everything.