Shadow priest
- "Shadow Priest" redirects here. For the specialization, see Priest#Shadow. For the Legion NPCs, see Shadow Priest (NPC).
The Light in which many priests bathe is brilliant and effervescent, granting them immense holy power. But the brightest light casts the darkest shadow—and from within this blackness, a rival power dwells. Shadow priests (or shadowpriests) fully embrace this opposing polarity, their faith equally resolute as their holy counterparts—but focused on shadowy magics and mental manipulation. Like all priests, they dedicate much of their lives to worship—but they derive their power from the Void, straying dangerously close to the domain of the Old Gods. To truly understand such ancient, corruptive influence is to be driven mad. This is the state in which these dark priests thrive, embracing insanity and feeding off of the minds of their opponents to reach terrifying new limits.[3]
During the Burning Legion's third invasion, many shadow priests joined the Conclave in the Netherlight Temple.[4]
Contents
Background
- Main article: Cult of Forgotten Shadow
In the RPG
A single shadow priest serves as a bishop for a community.[5] There are also shadow priests among the trolls, they find Forsaken to be kindred spirits, supporting them because they are evil.[6] There are also shadow priests that follow Kil'jaeden.[7]
Known
Named
Natalie Seline
Shadow Priestess Vandis
Shadow Priestess Shai- Shadow Priestess Malia
Shadow Priest Sarvis- Shadow Priest Allister
Unnamed
Smolderthorn Shadow Priest - Lower Blackrock Spire
Cabal Shadow Priest - Shadow Labyrinth 
Shadowmoon Dark Priestess - Shadowmoon Valley 
- Shadowmoon Void Priestess - Shadowmoon Valley
Shadow Priest (NPC) - Netherlight Temple 
- Defiler Shadow Priest - Arathi Highlands
See also
References
External links
Icy Veins Shadow Priest Raiding Guide (Mists of Pandaria)
