Introduced in the Burning Crusade expansion pack. The Wretched are blood elves who have failed to control their magical addiction. The Wretched are currently scattered throughout Eversong Woods and lack any general leadership, but a few notable Wretched have stepped up and organized raids. The Wretched have infiltrated the Ruins of Silvermoon, the Sunsail Anchorage, and even the Falthrien Academy on Sunstrider Isle. Interestingly, their basic character model is that of the Forsaken (see above), not the blood elves. This new “kind” of blood elves is believed to be relatively new considering the fact it has to be after the corruption of the Sunwell.

Note that Wretched, regardless of in-game model, are the same species as blood elves and high elves.

Gershala Nightwhisper feared this transformation might occur before the events of the Burning Crusade. He even sent adventurers in Blackfathom Deeps to get corrupted brain stems from Naga and Satyr. The Wretched can be compared to both Naga and Satyr because their magical dependence caused them to undergo physiological changes. Unlike those two races, this transformation can occur in an instant (as soon as the Blood Elf succumbs to his or her thirst for magic) as Magistrix Elosai’s transformation into the Wretched shows. However, the fact that she only stayed a Wretched for a short period might imply that the mutation is reversible or even curable.