The 10-year conflict known as the War of the Spider ultimately ended with the Lich King's first major triumph (while the nerubians were immune to the plague, their corpses could still be reanimated). The Lich King entered a war with the kingdom of Azjol-Nerub, whose ancient inhabitants were immune to his plague of undeath. Thus, his powers began growing at an exponential rate a fact that the dreadlords were well aware of and kept a good eye on him. As he devoured more and more souls, he only grew in power as the individual undead under his control gave him "much needed nourishment". Thus, using his psychic and necromantic powers, he was able to conquer much of Northrend. The plague of undeath that came from the Frozen Throne transformed each of them into his undead servants. Within the Frozen Throne, the Lich King experimented with his psychic powers and enslaved the local indigenous life forms. Sent to watch over him were the dreadlords, led by Tichondrius himself. This new army would not fall victim to the petty infighting that had caused the orcs to fail in conquering Azeroth earlier. Here, he would begin the formation of the Undead Scourge and in the process weaken the world in preparation for the Burning Legion. The Lich King was sent to Azeroth through the Great Dark Beyond, landing in Northrend where the ice that encased him formed into the shape of a throne, The Frozen Throne. Ner'zhul ceased to exist, and the Lich King lord of the dead was created. Kil'jaeden granted him increased power, including that over death itself. Kil'jaeden ravaged and destroyed his body, but kept his spirit alive and encased it in a block of ice from the Twisting Nether. When Ner'zhul attempted to escape Draenor, he was immediately apprehended by the demon lord Kil'jaeden, who enacted the blood pact that Ner'zhul had sworn many years earlier. 2.5.1 Icecrown Citadel: The Frozen Halls.2 In World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.The Lich King is voiced by Michael McConnohie.
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She then destroyed the crown, and presumably, the lich king along with it.
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When Frostmourne was destroyed and Arthas perished, Bolvar Fordragon became the new Lich King, imprisoning the master of the Scourge within the Frozen Throne once more in order to protect the world from future threats.įollowing the events of Battle for Azeroth, Sylvannas Windrunner traveled to Icecrown to fight Bolvar, eventually tearing the helm from his head. Initially trapped within the Frozen Throne with Frostmourne, the Lich King eventually betrayed Kil'jaeden and merged with the human Arthas Menethil. Kil'jaeden created the Lich King ages ago from the spirit of the orc shaman Ner'zhul to raise an undead army to conquer Azeroth for the Burning Legion. The Lich King is the master and lord of the Scourge, which he rules telepathically from the Frozen Throne atop the Icecrown Glacier. The Lich King Icecrown Citadel and other points throughout Northrend (see "In World of Warcraft")