A video featuring a paladin named Leeroy Jenkins of the guild Pals for Life from the Laughing Skull Server became one of the first major World of Warcraft memes. In the video, a paladin foolishly runs into a nest of eggs which ends up killing his entire party in the Upper Black Rock Spire Rookery.
While neither drinking or the use of drugs are signs of an abusive personality, heavy drinking or drug abuse may be a warning sign and do increase the risks of abuse, especially violence, taking place. Often an abusive person will blame the drink for his/her abuse.
The Need For Control. Relationship partners who are abusive often have a high need for control. This need for control can stem from low self-esteem or jealousy. Sometimes abusers come from backgrounds in which women are seen as inferior to men and they assert their dominance over their partner through abusive behaviors.