Dreadfather Nurglitch, known in life as Bishop Lanforth, was the leader of a small sect of the disorganised Cult of Forgotten Shadow during the war against the Lich King. His calm and grandfatherly demeanour earned him much respect through the early rise of the disorientated Forsaken undead. However his passive stance regarding the uniting of the Cult's fragmented sects allowed ambitious, younger shadow priests to ruthlessly push him aside. Nurglitch made his return after the betrayal of Varimathras and sought to provide solace to the Forsaken after the defeat of the Lich King.