World of Warcraft

Featured Welsh Content

Caer Darrow is a location in this game, and also appears in other entries of the Warcraft series.

Caer is a Welsh word meaning “fortress, stronghold, castle”.

Uther the Lightbringer is a character that shares his name with the legendary Welsh figure Uther Pendragon, commonly interpreted as King Arthur’s father.

A location appears in the game known as Uther’s Tomb.

The character Arthas Menethil could be said to draw inspiration from King Arthur.

There are references to King Arthur’s legendary sword Excalibur, known as Caledfwlch in Welsh, with items and weapons such as Excaliberto and X’caliboar.

The item Merlin’s Robe may be a reference to the legendary Welsh bard Myrddin Wyllt, commonly known as Merlin the wizard in Arthurian tales.

Characters with Welsh or Welsh-like names include Aegwynn, Cymerdi, Gwyn, Gwyndra, Gwynlan, Llangystor, Marwyn, Morgan, Morganna, and Tirion.

The character Lloth’wellyn’s name bears a strong resemblance to the popular Welsh name Llewellyn (also spelled Llywelyn, Llewelyn).

The female Welsh name Gwyneth appears in the weapon name of Gwyneth’s Runed Dragonwand.

Gwynceirw, one of the vorkai race characters, derives their name from a combination of Welsh words. Gwyn means “white”, while ceirw is the plural of carw, the Welsh word for “deer”.

This also seems to be a reference to Geralt from The Witcher, since his nickname in that series is “Gwynbleidd”, another mixture of Welsh words meaning “White Wolf”.

Welsh Corgis can be found within the game, with some being companion pets.

Welsh actress Siân Phillips voices Overseer Kah-Delen in the Shadowlands expansion.