Good story?Oh yeah, fighting "dark energies" and jurassic park...and Garrosh alone getting so powerful that he is a treat to both ally and horde..only to be killed 1v1 by Thrall alter.PvP..was the worst...ever.The music was good thou, i agree on that one, but overall mop was the worst and not in just my opinion.At least cata brought some new and refreshing stuff along with more cool music, stories and 2 new cool races. The Eye
amog10 I thought the story was good, it lingered with dark subjects in a way that wow never did before. All other expansions villains were demons, zombies, dragons, and such, yet in Pandaria, the big villain was war, the alliance and the horde, and by consequence, the player. It dealt with heavy themes, such as genocide, slavery, racism, segregation, totalitarianism, torture of civilians, mass murder weapons, etc. This things still happen in our world, so they feel more real than demons from space or the evil dead. That's why I liked Pandaria's story, but it is just my opinion, you can disagree.
One of the most beautiful pieces of music I've heard. I love the mix of the organic choirs and the deep, echoing modulation. It really gives it this strong sense of loss and... I dunno, it just kinda screams that sort of "This is the end of it all" feeling in terms of Arthas' story.
I love how the music from the cinematic (Arthas, my son: If anyones interested in the name?) is interspersed with this piece. So clever. I can't believe so many people just disable the music of WoW, when most of it is a masterpiece...
A spine-chilling tune from 4:00 onward. Especially knowing now what I never guessed then; that the faint and fading voice singing may as well have been WoW itself, giving its last cry before falling to the rubbish that was Cata and now MoP. Wrath was WoW's swan song and this melody was Wrath's swan song. Oh bitter, bitter - this day. Times of glory in Northrend - now so far away.
Want to know why? Because the Lich King actually had a plan and a story which didn't involve doing the work himself, unlike Deathwing who is just all 'RAWR I'M AN ANGURY DARGUN, PHEER MEH'. LK kills the entire raid party against him in an instant near the end, simply because he's done playing with them. Deathwing couldn't, or at least didn't, in his final fight. Hell, he couldn't even get off that last spell because we kept slapping his hands and telling him no. Literally.
The echoes of the past continue to reverberate in the present. The Lich King shall never be truly gone, so long as there are those to still remember him...
I love the echo-y ambience. It makes me feel like I am standing in the middle of a blizzard at night in the middle of nowhere, looking at the northern aurora lights.
Input appreciated, Laan. It's true that as of today, there is no cure for the Scourge. However, there are other factors to consider: (i) The old Dalaran had far more magical resources and a greater population of experienced mages than the new one does. (ii) A fully mobilised Silver Hand, backed by the Lordaeron army, would have been well able to control Stratholme. Stratholme may have been a big city, but the undead of Stratholme were a bunch of -zombies-. More a blow to morale than a threat.
And whilst many people fight about the best expansions and whatever more, the rest of us shall listen to the music and focus on that, after all, it's what we came here for? I adore this soundtrack, when listening too it you can imagine the snow and icy terrain, and that mystic other worldly feel as your walking through it. The fact that WoW has it's ups and downs is irrelevant to this video, so instead of fighting it out about this, that and the other, enjoy the soundtrack! C:
every day has it's night, every light has it's shadow, even a candle's light can be snuffed out and so the brightest life!!! "ner'zul"(lich king) saying, i love it. he whispered that to arthas everytime arthas would puss out
Happy and sad indeed! I still recall the first time hearing the words: "Father! Is it over?" "No king rules for ever, my son." "I see.. only darkness.. before me.." :((((((
"Let them come... Frostmourne hungers!" Gave me a chill down my spine. Ah, the fond memories of Arthas babbling on every time you told him to go somewhere in Warcraft III. "Finally. As you wish. Frostmourne hungers! Finally. Frostmourne hungers!"
can you feel it my son , closing in all around you , the lights justice has been awakened , you will be called to account for all the horror you let loose opon this world , and the dark acient powers you've enslaved. tho ym soul was one of the first to be devourd by your evil , but there are thousants more bound within this blade and the cry out for release , look now to your defences my son , for the champions of light gather at your gate!!!
@TriniKnight01 Arthas is a typical tragic protagonist of the Greek Tragedy, which is most probably what Blizzard wanted him to be. He has the "Aristotlian flaw" which brings about his downfall, which was his strong devotion to the protection of his people that made him take Frostmourne and so on. It is sad what happens to his father and the kingdoms he destroyed, but most of the tragedy is still centred around Arthas, just like the character of Hamlet in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
I don´t know why but when i had my first kill of the Lich King in Heroic i kinda heard this Track much more clear doing the Fight. It was kinda haunting because it was my first time seeing him in Heroic but it was an amazing Experience anyway
@rockintoot I've thought about ending of WoW and it can look like this: You see an ancient creature, who fed himself on power of all bosses: Lich King, C'thun, All Black Dragons, Malygos, Sindragosa, Sapphiron, Kel'Thuzad, All Elementals and a lot more. While draining their powers he weakened them but himself became one big creature who shatters Azeroth into pieces!=>Servers shut-down, "thank you for playing" :P.
He is, he's free to die, his spirit has been released by the grip of the Lich King. So has Ner'zhuls. The evil of Kil'jaeden holding all those souls togethor has been banished
@xenonecromera In the game's perpective, yes. But all those gnomes, cows, dogs and goats fit into the lore, and have a grimdark background. The Pandas are just an utopic funfun race living in a happyland full of butterflies. They were originally just meant as a joke...
@TriniKnight01 It also caused his death as the Lich King. He needed to see the champions of life and order march up his doorstep, best all his own champions, just to see if he could defeat them himself, and raise them as his own. He could have ended us on a number of times. Dalaran was placed horribly, and could have been destroyed by wyrms at any moment. Pride is the death of all greatness, and the bane of even the most holy beings.
@TriniKnight01 Yeah, you are right. This is especially apparent in his last exchange with Muradin Bronzebeard. First he talks about how he will gladly bear any curse to save his people, then he gives up the pretense and just says nothing will stop him from getting his revenge.
@Deyyhayederaned I have no doubt we'll be empowered in some way for the fight anyway but really by the time we fight him our characters will be incredibly strong. The thing about WoW lore is that even members of the regular races can become gods because their increase in power never ceases. And let's not forget that the Old Gods were rivals to the Titans and we've already killed 2 possibly or at least killed 1 and badly wounded another.
A lot of people felt let down how they ended Wrath. I haven't played really since. I was there at the beginning. I even played some before it went on line. I knew my lore, I knew Arthas's story, and was thrilled to go to the place that damned him in ice and the grave. I could stomach Cataclysm, at least Death Wing has his own lore. But, I just can't swallow this whole Pandoria thing. I don't threaten to never play again, I loved this game. However, it started to die when they killed Arthas.
Yes, though the big difference here is that Deathwing was a Dragon Aspect, the very Aspect of Death, whilst Arthas was simply a prince gone haywire because of the Lich King's various actions.
@Alexhackedone Mal'ganis was simply toying with Arthas in Stratholme. That was made clear by his ability to leave after the culling. His real goal there was to lure the prince to Northrend and take up Frostmourne. The people of Stratholme wouldn't have made much difference in the long run; as can be seen now, the city is under complete control of the scourge.
@DokmoBros Actully Deathwing did do something pretty Big. But was mostly during the War of Ancients 10k years ago. He almost wiped out the entire Blue Dragonflight during his betrayal, it's one of the roots that made Malygos so pissed and crazed that he started the Nexus War. He also made the Demon Soul, which led the Old Horde, and himself to some events in the Second War. But yes, I agree that Arthas > Deathwing, actully > all in terms of Warcraft Lore.
Arthas didn't sacrifice everything to save his people. He sacrificed everything to save his ego. As an untested, barely-trained paladin, he thought he was better than Uther or any of the older heads of the Silver Hand. It was his hubris that brought the tragedy about, not his "heroism". He more than deserved his fate. If you need to mourn, do so for the dead king and betrayed people of Lordaeron, not the spoiled prince who authored their end and made wise-cracks while doing it.
@ArkBlanc, actually Arthas would've called in the Vrykul, Val'Kyr, a couple million undead, and a few more of his servant races. Deathwing would've shot fireballs. Deathwing is powerful but he's just a former dragon aspect that got corrupted.
@LongClawzHidden But they did, Yogg Saron was the only thing the scourge were truly terrified of. They hated Yogg Saron. Yogg Saron even predicted Arthas' death. Arthas was badass, but I can't say he could take on Old Gods, they're eternal, and he's dead. I really don't know what kind of alliance they had, because the scourge even had a faceless one prisoner in the saronite mines
His flaw was NOT his pride. As he said to Muradin before he took Frostmourne "I'll bear any curse to save my homeland from the scourge" that doesnt show that hes doing this for pride, it shows he wants the best for his people.
@ShieldMaidenBLS Everything is possible. But the difference was, Arthas was still very young, and he was basically desperate to defend his people, which in the end lead to his own downfall. Bolivar withstood days of torture and refused to let go and join the scourge. But who knows, really? I think Bolivar seems like a really decent and noble man.
@Rapatz100 No not blindfolded, hell I always thought it was odd we could kill any of the undead in the game. but oh well. Arthas was once one of the most powerful Paladin's ever. It was Arthas that disbanded the Knights of the Silver Hand (look it up). If he couldn't contain the evil of the Lich King (Ner'zhul is technically no more), how can Bolvar? Perhaps because Frostmourne was destroyed, to. There is a lot of confusion in the lore, now.
its just so beautiful :') the image especially. Amazing artwork. the way i see things TBc - green fel energies- Kael Thas and power. WotLK - Blues, ice cold, northrend arthas and the undead. Cata- Red- Fire- DW - freedom and revenge. Then MoP - relaxing colours- peaceful race - Helping wow recover from Dws destruction... Cause this expansion hasnt been announced with an Evil terror.. ^_^
@DargorV WoW hit it's peak in Wrath, and once the peak is reached the only way to go is down. If anything the numbers are reverting back to how it was pre-Wrath.
Does any1 realise that Arthas was defeated by mistake?? If he had turned in that second to see what is Tirion doing, he could have saved Frostmourne. And this happens after: He is weakened because his heart is destroyed;he is weakened by the hero who entered Frostmourne;he is weakened because he is near the fronzen throne, the singular place where he can be destroyed; he is weakened because Shadowmourne made his armor impenetrable no longer....and yet he killed all the heroes...Arthas-Invincible
K. Like, the entire points where another song intersects the background is invincible, :) just like in the summit music, this includes the vocals of the recent release. The music at 4:00 is also invincible, but from the wotlk game cinematic. Amazing stuff.
@Deyyhayederaned Depends on how powerful those raiders are. With each expansion they've bigged players up more and more. In WoW we were just "adventurers", in TBC we were "veterans" and in WotLK we were "heroes" and the "greatest fighting force the world has ever known" (in LK's words). And a few of the quests in Cata label players as "legends" aswell. By the time we're ready to face Sargeras, player characters will be powerhouses in their own rights.
he just simply wanted to prove that he was not weak which he grew up thinking he was since the desctruction of SW in w1 he cried because varyan's dad died and and varyan did not ever since then he thought he was weak for that
I think Arthas' flaw was only partualy Pride, He did want to save his home and would do anything to save it. Unfortunitly his Pride did not let him what was realy going on. He was always leap before you look and ended up jumping into the chains of the Scourge.
The only thing that saddens me about the death of tLK, Arthas, was the way it was done. It could've been more, It could've been harder. He deserved only to die at the hands of the true Champions of the Crusade, and not just someone with the Title.
@OverlordMD It seems almost like Arthas' heart is still there... just covered up by layers and layers of ice and corruption. That's what I'm thinking when I hear this. "Invincible" in the background is like Arthas' heart, covered up by layers of icy music, so that it is near impossible to reach it.
@nile1love She was probably afraid that she'd get the word treason spat in her face aswell. She probably loved him so much that she could not bare the thought of being hurt by him. Just my mere 5 cents.
His "flaw" was his pride, NOT his devotion to the protection of the people of Lordaeron. EVERY main good character in that campaign was devoted to the people of Lordaeron. Arthas would never have culled Stratholme if his pride wasn't hurt in Hearthglen. He wouldn't have gone north if Mal'ganis didn't challenge that pride in Stratholme. He was clearly ungrounded in the Light, based on his interchange with Uther in the first mission. In his own words: "I am in command. I KNOW what I'm doing."
Naxxramas, also a scourge area, gives you the feeling that you're in a giant unbeatable citadel, and is extremely interesting. To me, ICC feels like the same hallway over and over (The Shadowvaults copy and paste), minus the blood elf area.
Arthas was the weak point in the equation. There's a reason why things were engineered not only to draw him north, but to -keep his father from finding out what was going on-. King Terenas was older, wiser and more experienced, having led the Old Alliance during the Second War, and would have definitely handled it in a way that was less hasty and didn't involve anyone sacrificing his conscience. Still, it worked out. The fall of Lordaeron drove Jaina east to Hyjal. And the world was saved.
Ugh I so wished he could have lived, I remember back when in wrath at the end of it anyways people said that in cata he would be saved but still a DK just not under the control of the LK and he would not be accepted into the alliance so thrall allowed arthas to join the horde not as a major leader but to try and regain some decensy and honor
Also, as a reply to your statement in your first reply (I know that it's stated in World of WarCraft as well) - the thing that all of Azeroth would be consumed by the Scourge had there not been a Lich King to control them - that's complete bull. If the Scourge went on a mindless rampage, they'd all be in complete disorder and easy to pluck, had they been countered by Alextrasza, her dragons and the other dragons- also, don't forget the Horde and the Alliance - they've held them off before.
@Nemesis921 A conflict between Deathwing and Arthas would be in Arthas's favor, actually. No matter the environment, Arthas is still stronger than Deathwing simply because Deathwing is in a weakened state at the moment, while Arthas was at his full strength. Not to mention a long, drawn-out battle would be in favor of Arthas for two reasons: Arthas is unrelenting while Deathwing actually needs to rest and look after the cracks in his body to make sure the Demon Soul doesn't tear his body apart.
The valkyries would sting like mosquitoes to Deathwing, and guess what; Deathwing can fly! Zomg :o And he can shoot fireballs! Omg! :O While I did see Arthas resurrecting a few thousand undeads and some frost wyrms, I still haven't seen him destroying entire settlements and cracking continental plates simply by passing through ;') Deathwing would simply be like: "Oh, didn't see you Arthas, my apologies... didn't mean to scorch you to a crisp, was only passing by D: "
I would have liked an Emerald Dream expansion. It's got a lot of lore never touched on, and instead they went for completely changing the Pandaren Lore and putting in Farmville.
a game with 8million subs n has been out for more than 9 years n u say its a faillure u do relieze nothing lasts forever at all no matter how good it is
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WotLK was the most atmospheric expansion imo.
deathknight2400 mop good?eh?what?how?
+amog10 Good story, good music, decent content. It was the third best expansion after BC and LK. Cata and WoD are just awful.
Good story?Oh yeah, fighting "dark energies" and jurassic park...and Garrosh alone getting so powerful that he is a treat to both ally and horde..only to be killed 1v1 by Thrall alter.PvP..was the worst...ever.The music was good thou, i agree on that one, but overall mop was the worst and not in just my opinion.At least cata brought some new and refreshing stuff along with more cool music, stories and 2 new cool races.
The Eye
amog10 I thought the story was good, it lingered with dark subjects in a way that wow never did before. All other expansions villains were demons, zombies, dragons, and such, yet in Pandaria, the big villain was war, the alliance and the horde, and by consequence, the player. It dealt with heavy themes, such as genocide, slavery, racism, segregation, totalitarianism, torture of civilians, mass murder weapons, etc. This things still happen in our world, so they feel more real than demons from space or the evil dead. That's why I liked Pandaria's story, but it is just my opinion, you can disagree.
@@amog10 Really Jurassic Park and MoP? Jurassic Park was introduced in Classic named Un'goro Crater
I love how you can hear "invincible" underneath the main sound. Very haunting.
Yeah! I love at 4:00 you can hear "Arthas my son" aswell.
Every time I listen to Arthas my son... I tear up just a little bit, brings back some good memories
One of the most beautiful pieces of music I've heard. I love the mix of the organic choirs and the deep, echoing modulation. It really gives it this strong sense of loss and... I dunno, it just kinda screams that sort of "This is the end of it all" feeling in terms of Arthas' story.
"Whomsoever takes up this blade shall wield power eternal. Just as the blade rends flesh, so must power scar the spirit."
The runes on the pedestal
I love how the music from the cinematic (Arthas, my son: If anyones interested in the name?) is interspersed with this piece. So clever. I can't believe so many people just disable the music of WoW, when most of it is a masterpiece...
4:00 so beautifully haunting, like everything is destroyed but the sound of the past.
A spine-chilling tune from 4:00 onward. Especially knowing now what I never guessed then; that the faint and fading voice singing may as well have been WoW itself, giving its last cry before falling to the rubbish that was Cata and now MoP. Wrath was WoW's swan song and this melody was Wrath's swan song. Oh bitter, bitter - this day. Times of glory in Northrend - now so far away.
4:00 makes me cry, really, it is so saaaaaaaaad "cry"
"Return the Blade.....Complete the Circle.....RELEASE ME FROM THIS PRISON!"
"We are now ONE"
chilling .....
indeed =/ Its amazing how Blizz made us pity him and how sad it actually was when he died =/ ..... I miss Wotlk.... In all of its Glory.....
Soon a pink radiating light will purify these deathly hallows. With the Ashbringer in tow, Cries of undeath will toll.
Want to know why? Because the Lich King actually had a plan and a story which didn't involve doing the work himself, unlike Deathwing who is just all 'RAWR I'M AN ANGURY DARGUN, PHEER MEH'. LK kills the entire raid party against him in an instant near the end, simply because he's done playing with them. Deathwing couldn't, or at least didn't, in his final fight. Hell, he couldn't even get off that last spell because we kept slapping his hands and telling him no. Literally.
The echoes of the past continue to reverberate in the present. The Lich King shall never be truly gone, so long as there are those to still remember him...
I love the echo-y ambience. It makes me feel like I am standing in the middle of a blizzard at night in the middle of nowhere, looking at the northern aurora lights.
Input appreciated, Laan. It's true that as of today, there is no cure for the Scourge. However, there are other factors to consider:
(i) The old Dalaran had far more magical resources and a greater population of experienced mages than the new one does.
(ii) A fully mobilised Silver Hand, backed by the Lordaeron army, would have been well able to control Stratholme. Stratholme may have been a big city, but the undead of Stratholme were a bunch of -zombies-. More a blow to morale than a threat.
And whilst many people fight about the best expansions and whatever more, the rest of us shall listen to the music and focus on that, after all, it's what we came here for? I adore this soundtrack, when listening too it you can imagine the snow and icy terrain, and that mystic other worldly feel as your walking through it. The fact that WoW has it's ups and downs is irrelevant to this video, so instead of fighting it out about this, that and the other, enjoy the soundtrack! C:
every day has it's night, every light has it's shadow, even a candle's light can be snuffed out and so the brightest life!!! "ner'zul"(lich king) saying, i love it. he whispered that to arthas everytime arthas would puss out
I love how you can just hear the echoes of the song Invincible in the background, it makes for an eerily familiar callback...
Happy and sad indeed!
I still recall the first time hearing the words:
"Father! Is it over?"
"No king rules for ever, my son."
"I see.. only darkness.. before me.."
:((((((
"Let them come... Frostmourne hungers!"
Gave me a chill down my spine. Ah, the fond memories of Arthas babbling on every time you told him to go somewhere in Warcraft III. "Finally. As you wish. Frostmourne hungers! Finally. Frostmourne hungers!"
love the echo. suits perfectly with frostmourne and all the memories echoing
can you feel it my son , closing in all around you , the lights justice has been awakened , you will be called to account for all the horror you let loose opon this world , and the dark acient powers you've enslaved. tho ym soul was one of the first to be devourd by your evil , but there are thousants more bound within this blade and the cry out for release , look now to your defences my son , for the champions of light gather at your gate!!!
i can feel the frostmourne curse upon me!!
this is the most epic history in all warcraft,the history,the music,the zone....is just....the best work of blizzard
@TriniKnight01 Arthas is a typical tragic protagonist of the Greek Tragedy, which is most probably what Blizzard wanted him to be. He has the "Aristotlian flaw" which brings about his downfall, which was his strong devotion to the protection of his people that made him take Frostmourne and so on. It is sad what happens to his father and the kingdoms he destroyed, but most of the tragedy is still centred around Arthas, just like the character of Hamlet in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
just gives you a sense of majesty that your feeble mind can only begin to comprehend
I don´t know why but when i had my first kill of the Lich King in Heroic i kinda heard this Track much more clear doing the Fight. It was kinda haunting because it was my first time seeing him in Heroic but it was an amazing Experience anyway
a simple prince commanding an amy of undead, demon forged armor, runeblade, plagues, etc.
@rockintoot I've thought about ending of WoW and it can look like this: You see an ancient creature, who fed himself on power of all bosses: Lich King, C'thun, All Black Dragons, Malygos, Sindragosa, Sapphiron, Kel'Thuzad, All Elementals and a lot more. While draining their powers he weakened them but himself became one big creature who shatters Azeroth into pieces!=>Servers shut-down, "thank you for playing" :P.
I think Icecrown Citadel is his own twisted version of his old kingdom, the music representing innocence lost.
He is, he's free to die, his spirit has been released by the grip of the Lich King. So has Ner'zhuls. The evil of Kil'jaeden holding all those souls togethor has been banished
yet the most badass character in wow
love 00;21-1:00. you can hear the song invincible in the background gone all spooky and it just sounds awsome
yes, his spirit is in the blade, forever.
....and now my room feels a lot colder after listening to this.
@xenonecromera In the game's perpective, yes. But all those gnomes, cows, dogs and goats fit into the lore, and have a grimdark background. The Pandas are just an utopic funfun race living in a happyland full of butterflies. They were originally just meant as a joke...
@TriniKnight01 It also caused his death as the Lich King. He needed to see the champions of life and order march up his doorstep, best all his own champions, just to see if he could defeat them himself, and raise them as his own. He could have ended us on a number of times. Dalaran was placed horribly, and could have been destroyed by wyrms at any moment. Pride is the death of all greatness, and the bane of even the most holy beings.
@howard95 Yeah, aound the four minute mark. They're using a phaser to make the melody have that eerie beyond-the-grave sound.
this is such an unbelievable piece, i just glade it's more clear in invincible lol
@TriniKnight01 Yeah, you are right. This is especially apparent in his last exchange with Muradin Bronzebeard. First he talks about how he will gladly bear any curse to save his people, then he gives up the pretense and just says nothing will stop him from getting his revenge.
What a wicked blade.....
@Deyyhayederaned I have no doubt we'll be empowered in some way for the fight anyway but really by the time we fight him our characters will be incredibly strong. The thing about WoW lore is that even members of the regular races can become gods because their increase in power never ceases.
And let's not forget that the Old Gods were rivals to the Titans and we've already killed 2 possibly or at least killed 1 and badly wounded another.
First time I listened to this, almost made me cry. Very well done
A lot of people felt let down how they ended Wrath. I haven't played really since. I was there at the beginning. I even played some before it went on line. I knew my lore, I knew Arthas's story, and was thrilled to go to the place that damned him in ice and the grave. I could stomach Cataclysm, at least Death Wing has his own lore. But, I just can't swallow this whole Pandoria thing. I don't threaten to never play again, I loved this game. However, it started to die when they killed Arthas.
i love the blurred "invincible" song in the background =D
@Lamentfordeath I agree. I love vikings and the gothic feel. I also like who the lich king WAS.
Yes, though the big difference here is that Deathwing was a Dragon Aspect, the very Aspect of Death, whilst Arthas was simply a prince gone haywire because of the Lich King's various actions.
@Alexhackedone Mal'ganis was simply toying with Arthas in Stratholme. That was made clear by his ability to leave after the culling. His real goal there was to lure the prince to Northrend and take up Frostmourne. The people of Stratholme wouldn't have made much difference in the long run; as can be seen now, the city is under complete control of the scourge.
Complete... The circle... Release me, From this prison! ..... Nooow, We, are, one!
The Lich King is not dead, nor will he be. Arthas, however is gone.
Arthas' rule shall reign eternal! ALL HAIL THE LICH KING!
When you were born, the very forests of Lordaeron whispered the name...
Arthas...
@DokmoBros
Actully Deathwing did do something pretty Big. But was mostly during the War of Ancients 10k years ago. He almost wiped out the entire Blue Dragonflight during his betrayal, it's one of the roots that made Malygos so pissed and crazed that he started the Nexus War. He also made the Demon Soul, which led the Old Horde, and himself to some events in the Second War.
But yes, I agree that Arthas > Deathwing, actully > all in terms of Warcraft Lore.
Arthas didn't sacrifice everything to save his people. He sacrificed everything to save his ego. As an untested, barely-trained paladin, he thought he was better than Uther or any of the older heads of the Silver Hand.
It was his hubris that brought the tragedy about, not his "heroism". He more than deserved his fate. If you need to mourn, do so for the dead king and betrayed people of Lordaeron, not the spoiled prince who authored their end and made wise-cracks while doing it.
Sounds great with Snowstorm in the background!
@ArkBlanc, actually Arthas would've called in the Vrykul, Val'Kyr, a couple million undead, and a few more of his servant races. Deathwing would've shot fireballs. Deathwing is powerful but he's just a former dragon aspect that got corrupted.
@LongClawzHidden But they did, Yogg Saron was the only thing the scourge were truly terrified of. They hated Yogg Saron. Yogg Saron even predicted Arthas' death. Arthas was badass, but I can't say he could take on Old Gods, they're eternal, and he's dead. I really don't know what kind of alliance they had, because the scourge even had a faceless one prisoner in the saronite mines
His flaw was NOT his pride. As he said to Muradin before he took Frostmourne "I'll bear any curse to save my homeland from the scourge" that doesnt show that hes doing this for pride, it shows he wants the best for his people.
i love your video's descriptions
@ShieldMaidenBLS Everything is possible. But the difference was, Arthas was still very young, and he was basically desperate to defend his people, which in the end lead to his own downfall. Bolivar withstood days of torture and refused to let go and join the scourge. But who knows, really? I think Bolivar seems like a really decent and noble man.
Agreed. It was both a sad day and a day of triumph when I took down Arthas. A huge piece of Warcraft lore and history died that day.
world of warcraft, your the greatest game. the BEST game i've ever play--ee--ayed. oh oo oh oo ohh i cant wait to log in, and hop on a gryphon!!!!!!!!
a big round of applause for Jason hayes
Death to the forsaken and death to the living!
Long live King Arthas Menethil!
@Rapatz100 No not blindfolded, hell I always thought it was odd we could kill any of the undead in the game. but oh well. Arthas was once one of the most powerful Paladin's ever. It was Arthas that disbanded the Knights of the Silver Hand (look it up). If he couldn't contain the evil of the Lich King (Ner'zhul is technically no more), how can Bolvar? Perhaps because Frostmourne was destroyed, to. There is a lot of confusion in the lore, now.
4:00 Onwards is enchanting, and I haven't played WoW for years now.
its just so beautiful :') the image especially. Amazing artwork. the way i see things TBc - green fel energies- Kael Thas and power. WotLK - Blues, ice cold, northrend arthas and the undead. Cata- Red- Fire- DW - freedom and revenge. Then MoP - relaxing colours- peaceful race - Helping wow recover from Dws destruction... Cause this expansion hasnt been announced with an Evil terror.. ^_^
@DargorV WoW hit it's peak in Wrath, and once the peak is reached the only way to go is down. If anything the numbers are reverting back to how it was pre-Wrath.
Does any1 realise that Arthas was defeated by mistake?? If he had turned in that second to see what is Tirion doing, he could have saved Frostmourne. And this happens after: He is weakened because his heart is destroyed;he is weakened by the hero who entered Frostmourne;he is weakened because he is near the fronzen throne, the singular place where he can be destroyed; he is weakened because Shadowmourne made his armor impenetrable no longer....and yet he killed all the heroes...Arthas-Invincible
:o Cmoon the Final Battle of the gods! Sargeras VS The Titan Council! :O twould be a battle of truly Unimaginable Proportions...
K. Like, the entire points where another song intersects the background is invincible, :) just like in the summit music, this includes the vocals of the recent release. The music at 4:00 is also invincible, but from the wotlk game cinematic. Amazing stuff.
@Deyyhayederaned Depends on how powerful those raiders are. With each expansion they've bigged players up more and more.
In WoW we were just "adventurers", in TBC we were "veterans" and in WotLK we were "heroes" and the "greatest fighting force the world has ever known" (in LK's words). And a few of the quests in Cata label players as "legends" aswell. By the time we're ready to face Sargeras, player characters will be powerhouses in their own rights.
Project Titan has been Delayed until 2016 so we can still hope :)
he just simply wanted to prove that he was not weak which he grew up thinking he was since the desctruction of SW in w1 he cried because varyan's dad died and and varyan did not ever since then he thought he was weak for that
Cette musique est magnifique, les Blizzards a travaille tres bien!
I think Arthas' flaw was only partualy Pride, He did want to save his home and would do anything to save it. Unfortunitly his Pride did not let him what was realy going on. He was always leap before you look and ended up jumping into the chains of the Scourge.
@ShieldMaidenBLS it did....Illidan and Arthas were 2 main pillars in the Warcraft Lore...
The only thing that saddens me about the death of tLK, Arthas, was the way it was done. It could've been more, It could've been harder. He deserved only to die at the hands of the true Champions of the Crusade, and not just someone with the Title.
@OverlordMD It seems almost like Arthas' heart is still there... just covered up by layers and layers of ice and corruption. That's what I'm thinking when I hear this. "Invincible" in the background is like Arthas' heart, covered up by layers of icy music, so that it is near impossible to reach it.
@nile1love She was probably afraid that she'd get the word treason spat in her face aswell. She probably loved him so much that she could not bare the thought of being hurt by him. Just my mere 5 cents.
Let them come. FROSTMOURNE HUNGERS.....
You can fly around Icecrown all you want :P
His "flaw" was his pride, NOT his devotion to the protection of the people of Lordaeron. EVERY main good character in that campaign was devoted to the people of Lordaeron.
Arthas would never have culled Stratholme if his pride wasn't hurt in Hearthglen. He wouldn't have gone north if Mal'ganis didn't challenge that pride in Stratholme. He was clearly ungrounded in the Light, based on his interchange with Uther in the first mission.
In his own words: "I am in command. I KNOW what I'm doing."
jaina: stand back touch that sword and your soul is damned for all eternity.
party: (all jump against the sword).
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Naxxramas, also a scourge area, gives you the feeling that you're in a giant unbeatable citadel, and is extremely interesting.
To me, ICC feels like the same hallway over and over (The Shadowvaults copy and paste), minus the blood elf area.
We lost Arthas...and in return we will get a rage-quit dragon along with a bunch of pandas.
Wonderful, isn't it?
Arthas was the weak point in the equation. There's a reason why things were engineered not only to draw him north, but to -keep his father from finding out what was going on-. King Terenas was older, wiser and more experienced, having led the Old Alliance during the Second War, and would have definitely handled it in a way that was less hasty and didn't involve anyone sacrificing his conscience.
Still, it worked out. The fall of Lordaeron drove Jaina east to Hyjal. And the world was saved.
Ugh I so wished he could have lived, I remember back when in wrath at the end of it anyways people said that in cata he would be saved but still a DK just not under the control of the LK and he would not be accepted into the alliance so thrall allowed arthas to join the horde not as a major leader but to try and regain some decensy and honor
Also, as a reply to your statement in your first reply (I know that it's stated in World of WarCraft as well) - the thing that all of Azeroth would be consumed by the Scourge had there not been a Lich King to control them - that's complete bull. If the Scourge went on a mindless rampage, they'd all be in complete disorder and easy to pluck, had they been countered by Alextrasza, her dragons and the other dragons- also, don't forget the Horde and the Alliance - they've held them off before.
absolutely amazing
God damn, if Blizzard can do anything right, it's make an incredible musical score for their games.
@DramaTiqq true, but if he had some sort of a resistance to hunger for power in his Will..i doubt that Frostmourne would have possessed him
its 70 degrees in my house and im shivering
@Nemesis921 A conflict between Deathwing and Arthas would be in Arthas's favor, actually. No matter the environment, Arthas is still stronger than Deathwing simply because Deathwing is in a weakened state at the moment, while Arthas was at his full strength. Not to mention a long, drawn-out battle would be in favor of Arthas for two reasons: Arthas is unrelenting while Deathwing actually needs to rest and look after the cracks in his body to make sure the Demon Soul doesn't tear his body apart.
The valkyries would sting like mosquitoes to Deathwing, and guess what; Deathwing can fly! Zomg :o
And he can shoot fireballs! Omg! :O
While I did see Arthas resurrecting a few thousand undeads and some frost wyrms, I still haven't seen him destroying entire settlements and cracking continental plates simply by passing through ;')
Deathwing would simply be like: "Oh, didn't see you Arthas, my apologies... didn't mean to scorch you to a crisp, was only passing by D: "
I would have liked an Emerald Dream expansion. It's got a lot of lore never touched on, and instead they went for completely changing the Pandaren Lore and putting in Farmville.
a game with 8million subs n has been out for more than 9 years n u say its a faillure u do relieze nothing lasts forever at all no matter how good it is
let's hope blizzard stops making expensions, so no-one will ever be able to mindless solo our true king. R.I.P arthas menethil.