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Subject One: Lady Moonberry
Reason: Super sus. Super creepy. Makes light out of traumatic situations and inflicts inconveniences on others for fun. Moonberry’s sadistic tendencies are in line with common dreadlord personality types. Also has wings. Never trust anyone with wings.
Subject Two: Ji Firepaw
Reason: It is scientifically impossible to be this much of a derp. The world has written off Ji as some sort of irrelevant but lovable doofus, yet this is precisely what makes his infiltration as a dreadlord particularly effective. Nobody pays any attention to Ji Firepaw these days, and he doesn’t seem to have that much to do. But that’s exactly what he wants you to think.
Subject Three: Zekhan/Zappiboi
Reason: Zappiboi showed up out of nowhere one day and instantaneously became beloved through the power of memes. Except it wasn’t memes: it was dreadlord mental domination.
Subject Four: Basic Campfire
Reason: Similar reasoning to Zappiboi. Basic Campfire enjoys a great deal of popularity within the community, but hasn’t actually done anything to earn it due to reasons of being a basic campfire. So why does everyone love it? Dreadlord mental domination.
Subject Five: Varok Saurfang
Reason: Saurfang used to be the chaddest of all orcs. Random travelers in the Barrens would make up stories of his exploits, but his most recent appearance has changed his character into a gigantic sad-sack. It is likely he was replaced with a dreadlord who was a theater major in college in order to garner sympathy and ultimately split the Horde in half. As he was a theater major, this was literally the only gig he could land that paid well. He succeeded, but was so committed to his role that he accidentally got merced by Sylvanas. Oops.
Subject Six: Mal’Ganis
Reason: Sort of looks like a dreadlord, but results are inconclusive. Needs additional data.
Subject Seven: Meerah the Vulpera
Reason: Meerah initially attempts to exert psychic dominance over adventurers during the Vol’dun storyline through her “enchanting” song, but her attempt is interrupted by the zandalari troll in the wagon. Frustrated by this, she invents a toy that projects a more complete version of her song and sends them to random people in Azeroth. Anyone who plays it is complicit in aiding Meerah’s goal of achieving complete psychic domination over Azeroth.
Subject Eight: Scrollsage Nola
Reason: How do you lull potential victims into a false sense of security? By pretending to be old, slow, and helpless. By all accounts, Scrollsage Nola seems like she wouldn’t hurt a fly, but she has no qualms against sending you to wreak absolute havoc against the populations of prey/predator populations and even hires you to assassinate mercenaries on Mechagon island. Scrollsage Nola might cheer when other turtles make it to the water, but this turtle has certainly made it to the slaughter.
Subject Nine: T’paartos
Reason: T’paartos!
Subject Ten: Baine Bloodhoof
Reason: Nobody likes this guy, but he insists on being a main character anyway, and we are powerless to say “No, Baine, we don’t want to do things with you.” Pretty sus.