Royal Apothecary Society The Royal Apothecary Society is an alchemical society based in the Apothecarium in Undercity . It was created by Lady in order to create a new Undead plague to wipe out the scourge and other forms of life . Its members are all Forsaken or other types of Undead beings who joined Sylvanas ' cause . They are constantly brewing up new plagues to unleash upon Sylvanas ' enemies . The other races of the Horde believe they are working on a remedy to cure their " illness " . Members of the Apothecary society are called Apothecaries . Due to repeated failures by the society to make a new plague of undeath , Sylvanas has recruited necromancer s to find other means of raising slain enemies to her cause . If the society cannot finish their master plague soon , they may find their society disbanded by Sylvanas . Background . Originally based in the Apothecarium in Undercity , the Royal Apothecary Society was active in Tirisfal Glades and Silverpine Forest . They can also be found in Outland , and Northrend . Wherever there are Forsaken , there are Society members . Undead tinkers , rogues and wizards continued their studies of science to eradicate the humans and Scourge from the area . When Lady Sylvanas shrugged off the control of Arthas and the Scourge and began to free the Forsaken , they staked out an area of Lordaeron for their own and attempted to exist in the ruins of Lordaeron City . The Forsaken burned with a desire to eradicate the Scourge , seeing it as the reason behind their undeath and misery . Attacks from humans forced them to realize they truly had no friends in this harsh post - war world . The Scarlet Crusade and the Scourge were their greatest enemies ; both refused to let the Forsaken exist as they are . When the Scourge began attempting to control Lady Sylvanas ' subjects after she had freed them , she knew drastic measures were needed to protect the Forsaken ’ s way of existence . The Scourge had a limitless supply of warriors : any mortal they killed could be raised as an undead to be controlled . The Forsaken do not have that level of necromantic power at their disposal , and the Lady realized she needed another way of dealing with the threats . Then she discovered that mortals , particularly the zealots of the Scarlet Crusade , did not believe that the Forsaken were not like the Scourge , and destroyed any undead they found regardless of affiliation . When her scouts didn ’ t return from their missions around human territory , Lady Sylvanas correctly assumed the worst and began making plans for defenses against humans as well . The Forsaken queen initially chose two brilliant minds to lead her new Apothecary Society . Faranell , a human wizard who excelled in magical potion creation , and Oni ' jus , a half - elf infiltrator who was a master of mundane poison concoction ( and whose idea it was to add " Royal " in front of their fledgling group ’ s name ) . A dwarf tinker , , later rounded out her three leaders , with Faranell leading the three . They were set to build a society dedicated to researching ways to protect the Forsaken from both mortal and Scourge attacks using toxins and poisons . Lady Sylvanas has ordered her Master Apothecary to construct a plague to match the one Ner ’ zhul brought to Azeroth , only killing undead as well as mortals . This impressive feat has not been accomplished yet , in large part because of the lack of necromancers in the Royal Apothecary Society . Yet has the best minds under him working on the problem and they slowly make progress . Their plague still kills mortals without giving them undeath , but Faranell promises results in the future . The Royal Apothecary Society has grown to 3 , 500 members now . Its top minds are making deadlier and more destructive toxins as Lady Sylvanas works to free more beings from the Scourge ’ s control . The Forsaken , and the Society , are alone in the world , liked by neither mortals nor their fellow undead , but they will fight to maintain their freedom from both . The base of the Royal Apothecary Society is in Lady Sylvanas ’ Throne Room in the Undercity , where the three leaders can meet with their queen and discuss plans of attack and reported Scarlet Crusade and Scourge movements . The laboratories and testing rooms of the Society are also located in the Undercity . Organization . The Royal Apothecary Society is broken into three groups : Research and Development ; Testing ; and Implantation . R & D is staffed by wizards and rogues with a talent for mixing poisons . They make a variety of toxins from run - of - the - mill nerve gas , delayed poison and flesh dissolving sprays , to more magical potions such as fire potion ( which burns the drinker from the inside ) , and even one that makes the drinker insane , assuming the mannerisms of another race . They are also in charge of roaming the countryside to look for ingredients for their foul concoctions . This group resides solely in the Undercity and reports directly to Master Apothecary Faranell . Testing is comprised of the more daring undead , many who were fighters and rangers in their lives . Their job is to scout the area of Tirisfal Glades and Silverpine Forest for subjects on which to test what comes out of R & D . Mortals or Scourge , it doesn ’ t matter as long as they ’ re not Forsaken . They must take these beings alive , and preferably as unharmed as possible , and return them to the Undercity . Here the Testing department applies the various potions the R & D department has concocted , seeing if they have the desired effects . The desired effects are commonly horrific — the best mortals can hope for is that a potion merely kills them instead of having its intended effect . Quick death is rarely the goal of these vile brews . The Scourge have it a little easier , as potions may commonly have little to no effect , as there is no life to be taken away . However , if they survive a round of tests , they will be present for the next round . It is very unlikely these unwilling test subjects will return alive — or undead . Master Apothecary Oni - jus heads this area in addition to aiding the R & D department . The third group , Implantation , is dedicated to getting the finished toxins to their target , which is primarily the job of tinkers , rogues and other crafty types . Some devise mechanisms to deliver toxins or design and forge weapons for the job ; others have the more dangerous job of administering the toxins personally , wielding the weapons or sneaking into the dwellings of the targets . This group reports to Master Apothecary Brightflame Masjenal . Membership . The Royal Apothecary Society originally was created from those Forsaken with poison - concocting skills : wizards and rogues . The Forsaken had no claim to necromancers — they were all closely guarded by the Scourge — so Sylvanas freed as many mages and rogues as she could , although they were few and far between . She was best at freeing fighters and barbarians to follow her . Later , the Society became large enough to find places for anyone who felt qualified to join , as the brawnier undead were needed to catch test subjects and the more intellectual were needed to develop the toxins and the delivery mechanisms . As Sylvanas must free every undead she can ( being picky isn ’ t an option ) , the Society is not particular as to who joins . A willingness to work hard , a talent that can be utilized and a deep - seated hatred for the Scourge is all that is needed . Lady Sylvanas does not prefer one race over another , despite her high elf roots . The Forsaken , and therefore the Society , are mostly human because the undead who existed around Lordaeron City were human . As it grows , dwarves , high elves , half - elves , and even some orcs and trolls have joined the Society . An undead who wishes to join the Royal Apothecary Society only has to inform an existing member , usually identified by an armband with a flask and crown embroidered on it , of their interest . The Society member will inform the leader , one of the Master Apothecaries , who sets up an interview with the interested party . If Sylvanas manages to free a wizard or sorcerer from the Lich King ’ s control , she will invite him or her to the Society herself . Structure of the Royal Apothecary Society . The society is led by , and is divided into three departments : In World of Warcraft . In addition to the lore above , most member NPC s in - game will have the title . The Society is also one of the factions present for the Battle of Angrathar the Wrathgate . In Patch 3 . 3 . 0 , Warchief Thrall has dispatched a contingent of Kor ' kron guards to keep watch on the Society after the Wrathgate plague incident . This organization was previewed at BlizzCon 2007 as a potential reputation faction for players , but was removed before the Wrath of the Lich King .