Priests are the masters of healing and
preservation, restoring their wounded allies, shielding them in
battle, and even resurrecting their fallen comrades from death.
While they have a variety of protective and enhancement spells to
bolster their allies, priests can also wreak terrible vengeance on
their enemies, using the grand powers of the Holy Light to smite
and purge their enemies, or the devastating powers of the Shadow to
decimate their minds. They are a diverse and powerful class, highly
desirable in any group and capable of fulfilling multiple
roles.
The Priest is perhaps the best healing class with a surprisingly
strong damage potential as well (should the player choose to
enhance this aspect of the class). Their ability to heal and buff
allies, avoid aggro, dispel buffs on enemies, dispel debuffs on
their allies, and Resurrect fallen comrades makes them an important
member of any group, whether it's PvP or
PvE.
Priests practice a complex, organized form of
spirituality that embraces moralistic philosophies, the worship of
a particular deity (such as Elune) in some cases, and/or idol
worship, rather than the reverence of the elements that shamans
practice, or the close divine connection with animals and the
wilderness that Druids maintain. Priests serve not only as
influential religious figures in their respective societies, but
also as powerful practitioners of divine magic, which they use to
heal and protect, or harm and weaken.
Devotion to the faiths of Azeroth leads many Priests to the
paths of courage and heroism. In dark times, priests carry the
light of faith with them as a reminder of the powerful forces at
work beyond the comprehension of the peoples who walk the land.
Powerful healers with an intimate connection to the divine, Priests
are empowered with abilities that aid them in times of dire
need.
Priests comprise a very varied group in
Azeroth. A female priest is called a "priestess". Many are
followers, in some manner, of the Holy Light.
Some priests choose to be pyremasters or Priestesses
of the Moon, while some of the most experienced become epic
Priests.
The Clerics of Northshire were human priests who served the
kingdom of Stormwind during the First War. The clerics served as
healers on the battlefield, but were ill-prepared for the hazards
of combat, and thus suffered heavy casualties. This order was
largely destroyed, and the Second War saw fragile Priests replaced
on the battlefield by armored paladins; The
Knights of the Silver Hand, established by the Clerics' leader
Archbishop Alonsus Faol, and his apprentice Uther
Lightbringer.
During events of the Third War, despite the high
elves' official departure from the Alliance, some elves
still remained true to their former human and dwarven allies. The
altruistic Priests of Quel’Thalas refused to
abandon their roles as healers and agreed to remain in Lordaeron
despite the edicts from their reclusive masters in Silvermoon. The high elven Priests used their Light-given
powers to heal the wounded and bolster the spirits of Lordaeron’s
fighting elite. A holy field medic, these padres roam the
battlefield curing the wounds of fallen comrades.
We are Martyrs. We are Saviors. We are Vindicators.
We are Corruptors. We are Priests.
