Gul'dan is one of Warcraft's most notorious villains, an orc warlock who traded his people's freedom for demonic power and manipulated events from behind the scenes across the games and the 2016 Warcraft film. His distinctive laugh has become shorthand online for scheming and evil triumph, shared in gaming clips, memes and reaction edits whenever a cunning plan succeeds. Because the character is instantly recognisable to Warcraft fans, the short laugh still works years later as a quick villain cue without needing any context.