The Dark Lady and Her Forsaken - a Guide for Forsaken Roleplay!

Looking to set out into the dark world of the Forsaken and their fearsome Queen? Or maybe you're already an established Forsaken Roleplayer wanting to brush up on what you think you know..? If so, read on!
This Guide is intended to inform and entertain anyone looking to enjoy Forsaken RP!

NOTE: This is -not- just an RP ‘guide’ in the traditional sense, while I have included many parts from established Lore (both in-game and, yes, the now ‘non-canon’ RPG Books) I also include several personal speculations, interpretations or considerations of this extraordinary race. I will do my best to indicate when I move from established Lore to my own fan-theories. Furthemore, while this might help you create a character, I do not wish to dictate to anyone 'how to RP'. This thread is a source of information, not a check-list for creating '-the- Forsaken character' (there is no such thing).

This is a LONG 'Guide' and I do not expect anyone to read all of it (though that'd be nice!), there's a list below to help people find their way about and read what they're interested in. I've written it in a way that will allow people to skip to sections of interest (the history section, in particular, is quite long and detailed - if you're already familiar with Lore then feel free to skip over it). So... Yes, it may be a case of 'tl;dr', if that's so then I'd simply encourage you to read the bits that interest you the most, the rest can wait for another time.

Feedback is very welcome!

CONTENTS:

1. INTRODUCTION

2. HISTORY

- Timeline
- Betrayal
- Terror
- Freedom
- Redemption
- Vengeance
- War

3. THE STATE OF UNDEATH

- Physical Torture
- Mental Despair

4. CULTURE

OUTLOOK

- The Blessing of Freewill
- The Raging Envy
- Means to an End

FAITH

- The Shadow & the Light
- The Echo of Life
- Destiny & the Dark Lady

CUSTOMS

- Festivals
- Art
- Law & Morality

MISCELLANY

- Skeletal Horses
- The Undercity
- Professions

LANGUAGE

- Gutterspeak/Forsaken & Common
- Orcish
- Common Phrases
- Names

5. CLASSES

6. RELATIONS

- The Horde
- The Alliance

7. USEFUL TERMINOLOGY

8. FORSAKEN A-Z: NOTABLE FORCES & PEOPLE

SOURCES
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/game/race/forsaken
http://www.wowpedia.org/
'Travels through Azeroth and Outland' - http://destron.blogspot.com/
'Wacraft II & III'
'WoW Insider - Know Your Lore' - http://wow.joystiq.com/category/know-your-lore/
'World of Warcraft / The Burning Crusade / Wrath of the Lich King / Cataclysm'
'World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game'
'Horde Player's Guide' / 'Alliance Player's Guide'
'Warcraft Legends - Volume I'
'Arthas: Rise of the Lich King'

Compiled: 08/2011
Last Updated on 20/08/2011