Defias renegades (often called thugs or brigands) are those individuals who left society to join the Defias Brotherhood. There are two ways someone is typically introduced to the Defias Brotherhood. Some are traveling through central Azeroth and suddenly find themselves surrounded by cloaked figures demanding their valuables in exchange for passage. Others, despite their skills and talents, get caught in desperate situations — and find a member of the Brotherhood stepping forward to assist them, then vanishing back into the night.