Thistlefur tribe

Thistlefur
Main leader	Dal Bloodclaw
Race(s)	Furbolg
Character classes	Warrior, Shaman, Hunter, Druid
Capital	Thistlefur Hold
Base of operations	Thistlefur Village
Theater of operations	Ashenvale
Language(s)	Furbolg
Status	Active

The Thistlefur tribe (or the Thistlefur Clan)^[1] are a tribe of hostile corrupted furbolgs who reside in Ashenvale. They reside primarily in Thistlefur Hold in the westcentral area of Ashenvale and in Thistlefur Village to its south.

History[]

Scouts of the Sentinels spied on the corrupted furbolgs and reported that their numbers have grown greatly over the past few months. To eliminate this growing threat, Raene Wolfrunner sent young adventurers to kill as many of them, but most importantly to bring her the skull of their chieftain, Dal Bloodclaw.^[2]

The Thistlefur and Foulweald furbolgs pilfered Horde shipment of rope.^[3] They are viewed as an annoyance by the Horde since their village blocks the way to Splintertree Post, giving the Alliance an extra expansion path. Karang Amakkar sent Horde adventurers to quell their numbers in their village and planned to send more troops there afterward.^[4]

They were corrupted by the Idol of Remulos until it was cleansed by Broll Bearmantle, thus freeing them from its corruption during the events of the invasion of Outland.^[1]

This freedom did not last long. According to the night elves and trolls, a group of Thistlefur furbolgs killed a group of Darkspear trolls traveling to Zoram'Gar and stole their troll charms.^[5] Conversely, Vear Darksnout claims that the trolls gave the charms as a token of friendship. As troll charms are dangerous for non-trolls this corrupted the furbolgs again. Eventually, the night elves and their worgen allies removed the troll charms, hoping that the Thistlefur would learn not to steal objects of power that don't belong to them.^[6]

Conflicting stories[]

While the troll Mitsuwa and the worgen Hephaestus Pilgrim both say the Thistlefur stole the troll charms from the Darkspear, the former even sends begging adventurers to recover the troll charms.^[5]^[6] However, the furbolg Vear Darksnout says that the trolls tricked the tribe into accepting the charms under the pretense of them being a gift. In The Comic, the corruption is explained to be caused by the Idol of Remulos.

With these conflicting stories, the truth about how the Thistlefur became uncorrupted is currently unknown as Vear Darksnout could be mistaken and Mitsuwa and Hephaestus Pilgrim could be acting under faulty intelligence.