Demon cults During the reign of the Burning Legion , mortals from great lords to lowly peasants who followed demonic ways received power unlike any they had known before . Although this power was ripped away , they are determined to get it back . Many of these power hungry mortals gather secretly to practice the forbidden arts of demonology and to summon demons from the Twisting Nether . They seek to usher in a new era of power at the hands of the Burning Legion . While cultist s follow a unified agenda to regain their power , a great deal of distrust lingers between the races . As such , demon cults seldom include members of more than one race . Demon cultists obsess over gaining magic or political power of any kind . They infiltrate communities and political structures to deceive key individuals in an attempt to gain wealth for their fellow cult members , to position themselves in places of authority , or even elimnate a threaty that comes to close to learning the presence of a cult . Cult members in public are polite , well dressed , and very difficult to find , sometimes beign high members of tribal councils or governing bodies . Primarilty businessmen , traders , merchant s , smugglers , and clerks comprise a cult ' s ranks ; soldiers are uncommon but not unknown in thier ranks . Cult members carry on normal lives seperate from the one another in the town s and cities in which they live . They hold thier meetings in the wilderness just beyond civilization , in dark glades and deep caves where the creasm of their victims - offerings to the demon lords , test subjects for new warlock magic , or unfortunates who tumbled upon thier secret - cannot be heard . Each cultist bears an identifying mark hidden on his body that indicates his status and the cult to which he belongs . For instance , the Marapor cultists who reside along the coast region of Desolace have a brand in the shape of a six - sided star hidden under the hair on thier scalp . Underblade cultists in the far reaches of the Ashenvale Forest have a small tatoo of a dripping dagger inked to the heel on the right foot . Other cultists have various marks and signs on thier bodies . One of the greater challenges when dealing with demon cults involves not how to destroy them , but how to find them . Not only do they take great pains to blend in with the populace , but cult members practice a rauthless and deadly system of keeeping felllow cultists ' tongues silent about their dark activites . Once a person joins a cult , she cannoc leave except on pain of death ( or worse ) . This creates a system based on respect steeped heavily in fear . A powerful warlock stands as the head of each cult . This figure , skilled in summoning magic and able to communicate with the demons trapped in the Nether , is rarely found without the protection of cult members , a Fel stalker , or some other kind of fodder he can dispose to kill those who oppose him . . . or to buy him enough time to escape . Even without such servants , a warlock poses a dangerous threat . Yet the rest of the cult must never be forgotten , for even if the warlock is slain , the cult simply hides until a new warlock emerges to lead it . Demon cultists are rarely trained warrior . Stealth and terror are their primary weapons . They do not exist to fight , but to act as the means by which the great demon hosts will someday return to Azeroth . That does not mean they don ' t indulge in violence , however - just in the controlled ( and depraved ) application of it : torture , poison , assasination , on other silent deaths .