Genn Greymane

King Genn Greymane
Title	King of Gilneas
Gender	Male
Race	Human (Humanoid)
Class	Warrior, Fighter (RPG)
Affiliation(s)	Alliance, Kingdom of Gilneas Alliance of Lordaeron (formerly)
Occupation	King of Gilneas
Location	Throughout Gilneas (worgen starting quests) Stormwind Keep, Stormwind City
Status	Alive
Relative(s)	Mia (wife), Liam (son), Tess (daughter)

Lord Genn Greymane (sometimes spelled as "Graymane") is the king of the nation and kingdom of Gilneas. He is a large bearish man, with thick features, and a heavy beard, and black and gray armor. He is a brawny warrior who must be in his seventies, and has ruled Gilneas for decades.

Biography

This section concerns content related to the Warcraft novels, novellas, or short stories.

Genn Greymane was one of the human leaders who met at the council to form the Alliance of Lordaeron. He was hesitant about joining, and was difficult about it, and less sincere when he agreed to it. However, he pulled Gilneas from the Alliance after the Second War. He was also deeply influenced by the House of Prestor, which was actually led (at the time) by Deathwing in human form.

When Alterac's rulership was removed, he had his eye on that land there, even though he had no right to it. He supported Aiden Perenolde's nephew's claim to the throne. Lord Genn Greymane never supported the Lordaeron Alliance in the Second War. Thus, after the war, he constructed the Greymane Wall: a massive barrier spanning the entire northern border on the edge of Gilneas and Silverpine Forest. He joined the Alliance in the Second War, but offered only token support. Thus Gilneas had essentially remained separate from the Alliance of Lordaeron. As ruler of one of the strongest Human nations, Genn Greymane was convinced that his own armies could deal with any threat, and therefore remained unmoved by Lord Lothar’s pleas for unity. Despite his apparent disdain for the Alliance, the denizens of Gilneas harbored no fondness for the Orcs or their allies and were prepared to meet them blade for blade.

A small group of soldiers known as the Gilneas Brigade joined the Human Expedition led by Jaina Proudmoore during the Third War, but they likely were not sent by Genn Greymane as Gilneas was secluded from the rest of Lordaeron since the end of the Second War.

Cataclysm

This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

Genn Greymane will make his debut in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. He is one of the first people Worgen players meet during the spread of the Worgen Curse in Gilneas. After the player turns, Greymane saves the player from a executioner's blade by injecting them with a serum that gives them control of themselves. Genn himself, has also been affected by the curse, yet he prefers to remain in his human form most of the time.

After the fall of Gilneas, Genn can be found in Stormwind Keep, standing next to King Varian Wrynn.

Genn's personality in-game seems drastically different from that shown in the novels, appearing as a kinder, understanding ruler instead of the gruff, impatient king.

The people of the Alliance remember the king of Gilneas as a proud, strong-willed, cunning, and arrogant man. He and his armies stood by the Alliance during the Second War, but in the aftermath it became clear to Genn Greymane that the Alliance needed Gilneas more than Gilneas needed the Alliance. He ordered that the Greymane Wall be closed to all outsiders, effectively sealing off his kingdom from the outside world and its conflicts. But fate, it seems, was intent on teaching the king a lesson in humility: although the wall succeeded in isolating Gilneas from the rest of the world, it also served to damn the kingdom's people forever. As the worgen curse swept the nation and early attempts at containment failed, Greymane found himself fighting a battle for his people's very humanity.

 

See also: Gilneas NPCs

Quests

In Gilneas City:

•  [5] Old Divisions
•  [4] The Rebel Lord's Arsenal
•  [4] Save Krennan Aranas
•  [11] Slowing the Inevitable
•  [11] Knee-Deep

In Duskhaven:

•  [5] Last Chance at Humanity

In Greymane Manor:

•  [7] Alas, Gilneas!
•  [7] Exodus

Quotes

• "Damn the orcs, damn the Alliance, and damn you! The last thing Gilneas needs is sponges from other nations drawing from our resources, Dalaran wizards meddling with our affairs, and someone else's enemies killing our soldiers! Gilneas is its own nation and it always will be. This is the last time I'll ever talk to you, Terenas, so I hope you were listening." (Greymane's last known speech, as recorded by Mystrum Runedance, presumably at one of the Alliance councils)

• "Pah, the fountains in Gilneas could grant ten times as many wishes as Dalaran's!" ( [Genn's Copper Coin])

Duskhaven

Wow.com provided a blogged transcript of a conversation between King Greymane, Royal Chemist Krennan Aranas, and Lord Godfrey, officially confirming Greymane's presence in the upcoming expansion:

Krennan Aranas says: I'm not giving up on you, <player>. I don't have a cure for the Curse yet... but there are treatments. You'll have control again.

Lord Godfrey says: Give it up, Krennan. It's time to put this one down. It's protocol.

King Genn Greymane says: Tell me, Godfrey. Those that stayed in Gilneas City so that we could live. Were they following protocol?

King Genn Greymane says: I didn't think so. Now hand me that potion, Krennan... and double the dosage.

Gallery

• GennGreymane Ingame.png

  King Genn Greymane in World of Warcraft.

• Genn Greymane on horseback in Gilneas City.jpg

  King Genn Greymane on horseback in Gilneas City in World of Warcraft.

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  King Genn Greymane in worgen form

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  Genn Greymane standing at the side of King Varian Wrynn in Stormwind

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB

Preceded by: Unknown

Position: Ruler of Gilneas

Succeeded by: Incumbent