Wendigo, along with ice trolls, were among the races enslaved by the newly created Lich King shortly after the Frozen Throne crashed into the Icecrown glacier. Adventurers who do not wish to be added to the wendigo's bone-mounds would be wise to run at the sound of their savage bellows. Dwelling in bone-littered caves and venturing out only to hunt, they are ferocious and aggressively defend their lairs, food supply, and young from any perceived threat. Though rarely seen, the existence of the northern wendigo is evidenced by the fierce, primal roars that echo across Northrend's mist-shrouded peaks.
They differ in appearance from their southern cousins, being significantly larger with more ape-like builds and curved horns. The wendigo of Northrend are believed by many to be the primordial cousins of the southern variety that dwell in Dun Morogh. They are highly territorial and do not take kindly to intruders strumbling into their hunting grounds. Cannibalistic, savage and exceedingly voracious, wendigo are solitary by nature and rarely live amongst others of their kind. They are indigenous to Northrend but can also be found in the mountains of Dun Morogh. Wendigo (sometimes pluralized as wendigos) are large, furry, horned humanoids similar to yeti and sasquatch. Concept art for wendigo and yeti in Battle for Azeroth.
