Fandral Staghelm is a fictional character in the computer game World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft (WoW) is a class-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment. ...

One of Malfurion's top lieutenants, Fandral is a clever druid who has trained many of the newest generation of druids of the wild. His hot temperament has sometimes clashed with the more restrained Malfurion. Fandral believes that the future of the night elves demands more expansionism and military planning. His radical beliefs and aggressive demeanor often lead him to quarrel openly with the High Priestess, Tyrande. Regardless, to this date, Fandral has proven to be an effective replacement for the missing Malfurion. Malfurion Stormrage (or sometimes just Furion Stormrage) is a Night Elf druid from the Warcraft Universe. ... In Celtic Polytheism, the word Druid denotes the priestly class in ancient Celtic societies, which existed through much of Western Europe north of the Alps and in the British Isles. ... Tyrande Whisperwind is a Night Elf priestess from the Warcraft Universe. ...

Part of the controversy surrounding Fandral stems from the creation of Teldrassil. He was the leader of a group of druids who wished to plant a new World Tree in order to regain their recently lost immortality. Malfurion insisted that such a selfish act would never achieve nature's blessing. However, when Malfurion was lost in the Emerald Dream, Fandral went ahead with the plan, and the new tree was planted without the consecration of nature. Thus the new tree was innately corrupt, and soon agents of the Burning Legion were spotted among its tranquil boughs. Teldrassil is a fictional tree in the Warcraft Universe. ... In certain Indo-European religions there was a belief in a world tree, such as Yggdrasil, in Norse mythology, an Oak in Slavic mythology and in Hinduism, a banyan tree. ... In the Warcraft series, the Emerald Dream is the universe where the Night Elf druids slumber during their period of meditation. ... The Burning Legion is the huge demonic army created by the titan Sargeras in the fictional Warcraft universe. ...