The story then had a few months pass, before Arthas returned home with a somewhat deeper voice and mad eyes. He killed his father, the human king, and ran away, gaining followers in the form of The Cult of the Damned. He led the mindless Undead Scourge around Azeroth and ended up creating the sex-hungry mana-spilling Blood Elves by wrecking that Sunwell they bleat on about - in fact using it to bring a necromancer back to life and half-destroying Silvermoon City in the process.

Arthas then got passed a message from his newly reanimated necromancer buddy that the Burning Legion’s master, Archimonde, could be summoned through a spell book residing in peaceful environs of Dalaran. Cue summoning of big nasty demon, cue destruction of the city-state of Dalaran (at least until it returns as a flying city in Lich King). At this point the WarCraft III expansion pack, The Frozen Throne, enters the catalogue of lore. Due to mysteriously fading Lich-puppet powers, a splinter group broke away from the Undead Scourge and called itself the Forsaken. Concerned, Arthas headed north, where the Frozen Throne of Northrend was under attack by the Blood Elves.

Arriving in Northrend, Arthas battled away: annoying Dwarves and the claret-eyed Elven forces of Illidan Stormrage (who ultimately becomes the corrupted boss of the first WoW expansion pack The Burning Crusade). The last you saw of Arthas was him walking toward the Frozen Throne, where he put on the Lich King’s helm and fused with the Lord of the Undead, creating a physical form for the long-ethereal creature. So, basically you should get leveling, because he’s not going to kill himself, is he?  

Be sure to check back tomorrow, and each day this week as we delve deeper into this monster expansion.

Jan 29, 2008