Forged

The **Forged** are those that have been infused with so much magical energy that their physical attributes are altered drastically to the point that they change species and gain immortality. The type of "forging" that occurs depends on the type of magical energy infused into the individual. Changes often include (but are not necessarily limited to) glowing eyes and tattoos. Changes in skin tone are also likely.

The only confirmed variety of Forged in canon are the Lightforged, individuals infused with the power of the Light. This is shown shown most commonly in the form of Lightforged Draenei. However, there are many other beings in canon that might be in this category as well.

The Blood War campaign experiments with the idea of other types of forging, showing multiple examples throughout the campaign.

## Types of Forged

**Lightforged**

* Physical changes:
	+ Glowing golden eyes & tattoos
	+ Alabaster skin
* Examples:
	+ Lightforged Draenei
	+ Lothraxion
	+ Turalyon

**Lifeforged**

* Physical changes:
	+ Unknown
	+ Amber/green eyes (likely)
	+ Animalistic body parts (likely)
* Examples:
	+ Malfurion (likely)

**Arcaneforged**

* Physical changes:
	+ Unknown
* Examples
	+ Ethereals (possibly)

**Voidforged**

* Physical changes:
	+ Unknown
	+ Tentacles (likely)
* Exmaples:
	+ Void Elves (possibly)
	+ Alleria Windrunner (possibly)

**Deathforged/Soulforged**

* Physical changes:
	+ Glowing cold blue eyes & tattoos
	+ Tattoos shift (like Bwonsamdi's)
	+ Pale skin
* Examples
	+ Lord Reginald Havenswood
	+ Arthas Menethil (likely)
	+ Death Knights (possibly)

**Felforged**

* Physical changes:
	+ Eyes burned out & replaced by Felfire
	+ Fel-green tattoos
	+ Horns, hooves, & wings
* Examples
	+ Demon Hunters

**Elementforged**

* Physical changes:
	+ Unknown
* Examples:
	+ Ascendants (possibly)

## Notes

* We have seen exposure to large amounts of Nature magic (typically via extended time within the Emerald Dream) change the appearance of characters like Broll Bearmantle and Malfurion Stormrage, giving them animalistic physical traits as well as amber-green eyes. Malfurion however fits the likely "Lifeforged" category the most, as he also possesses tattoos (though these may not be magical in nature) as well as having the most physical changes of any druid. The one issue with this is that Malfurion is supposedly just as mortal as the rest of the Night Elves after Nordrassil was damaged in the Third War, poking a hole in the theory.
* Void Elves were drastically transformed due to being infused with large amounts of Void magic, resulting in blue/violet skin, glowing blue eyes, and hair-tentacles. However, they do not have tattoos like Lightforged & demon hunters, and we do not know if they are immortal. Alleria was infused with (likely) even more Void power when she consumed a fallen Naaru, but seems to have received no permanent physical transformation due to this.
* While The Blood War has given an example of a definite "Soulforged" in the form of Lord Havenswood, it is possible that Deathforged individuals already exist in canon. Death knights share many traits with forged individuals (glowing eyes, immortality, etc), and the ritual required to create death knights has not been revealed to us. However, they are described as undead, and death knights typically die before becoming death knights. Arthas, however, never truly died. He went straight from living to death knight without spending any time as a corpse, just because of Frostmourne. If any Deathforged exists in canon, it would be Arthas.
* While not referenced as "Felforged," demon hunters are infused with large amounts of Fel magic, to the point where they have demonic immortality. They also have orbs of Felfire in place of eyes and Fel-infused tattoos. They are basically Felforged in all but name.
* While sharing little in common with standard Forged, Ethereals and Ascendants were both created from massive influxes of Arcane or Elemental magic respectively.