Arthas, the degenerate who killed kings and fathers, the culprit who destroyed the Sunwell, the monster who turned the entire Lordaeron into a paradise for the dead, and the infamy that scares all living people.
——The Lich King!
Yes, this was the path Arthas was supposed to go through, and his final ending was also in the Ice Crown Fortress in Northrend, where he was killed by the first-generation Paladin Tirion Fordring holding the Ashbringer.
The Fallen's life was over, and Arthas's crime would forever be etched in the history of Azeroth.
Just thinking about all this gave Arthas a headache - he was Arthas of Lordaeron, but in a sense, he was not Arthas.
When he was born and opened his eyes, he still couldn't understand what the adults in his ears were saying. He was picked up by a man wearing a crown until he heard a familiar pronunciation.
"Arthas!"
Arthas was born in the palace of Lordaeron, but some of his thoughts and memories did not know where they came from. He only knew that he clearly remembered an experience in another world.
This matter was one of the two secrets Alsace kept, and no one knew about it except himself. But he still lives on guard and caution every day, not because the palace of Lordaeron is unsafe, but because his identity is unsafe.
The identity of the prince did not bring any sense of security to Alsace, but instead increased his sense of crisis.
The full name of the planet he was born on is Azeroth. In ancient times, there was only one continent on this planet: Kalimdor.
It means "the land of eternal starlight", but after a cataclysm that shattered the earth, the ancient continent of Kalimdor collapsed into several pieces. The two largest pieces are now called Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdom, Alsace. He is the prince of the most powerful human kingdom on the Eastern Kingdom continent.
Everything sounds good, but in fact it is completely wrong. The fate of this planet, in the eyes of Alsace, a semi-outsider, can be called despair within despair.
The bodies of their own supreme gods, the Titans, have all fallen long ago, and only the remaining souls are imprisoned and tortured by the Burning Legion of the fallen Titan Sargeras. This fallen Titan god is always thinking about destroying Azeroth.
He can't come to Azeroth yet, but that doesn't mean he never can. Arthas knew that within twenty or thirty years, the Burning Legion and their master would come sooner or later.
In addition to the endless demons of the Burning Legion, Azeroth itself is not safe. Its planet contains ancient gods that are equally terrifying and invincible to mortals.
These evil gods are like maggots attached to bones. The guardians and seals left by the Titans have long been corroded by them like a sieve. Once something goes wrong, these ancient gods alone can destroy all living creatures on Azeroth and destroy them. This became their kingdom of God on earth.
When all of his family's thighs are destroyed and his hometown is still suffering from internal and external troubles, it stands to reason that the so-called Son of Destiny should appear, change his fate against the will of heaven, become a master of martial arts, and defeat all powerful enemies.
Unfortunately, although Azeroth has a relatively mature extraordinary system, mortals are mortals (referring to their own personalities here), let alone them, even the demigods of Azeroth, as far as the ancient gods and legions are concerned, It's just a slightly bigger ant.
What's worse is that even the five-color dragon king who inherited the power and responsibility of the Titan Guardian is now completely crazy, and there is also a mentally disturbed blue dragon king. The remaining three are basically ignorant of the world. I'm afraid they have to wait until the Burning Legion They will only take action when they knock on the door, or the threat of the ancient god is close at hand.
The biggest and most ridiculous threat that Arthas is currently worried about comes from one of the Five Colored Dragon Kings - the Bronze Dragon King, Nozdormu.
This dragon king who guards the timeline of Azeroth is so paranoid about the so-called correct timeline. If he or his bronze dragon army discovers it, they don't have to wait for others to take action. They will have to take action on him first. The "abnormal" prince was raised.
Therefore, Alsace has been cautious during these nineteen years, trying not to do too many things that are inconsistent with what Alsace should have experienced, but he also knows that this is mostly self-deception.
He is convinced that he will never be able to embark on the path of depravity in the future, so it will be a matter of time for the Bronze Dragon to find himself. According to their approach, they will probably find a time when they start to become abnormal and relatively weak, and first promote themselves. Lost or washed away the memory, no matter what kind of Alsace can accept.
However, in the past nineteen years, Alsace had never seen a toy dinosaur, let alone a bronze dragon. He began to wonder if the bronze dragon responsible for his timeline had deserted and fallen asleep?
Fortunately, looking at it now, Arthas himself is quite powerful. He is still confident that he can handle the ordinary bronze dragon, but if an ancient dragon of the same age as Nozdormu comes, he will probably be disappointed.
Arthas did have the idea of hiding it for as long as he could, but he was not the kind of person to sit back and wait for death or for others to save him. He said he had done nothing, but in fact he had made various plans for the future.
After gaining the ability to protect himself as the first step and becoming an official Paladin, Arthas had been preparing for a long time and finally could officially implement the various tasks.
Not only to survive future disasters, Arthas also hopes to do more, such as making Lordaeron strong again.
Although Lordaeron is still the most powerful among the human kingdoms over the years, in the face of the imaginary enemy of Arthas, Lordaeron is at best finished one day later than other kingdoms.
King Tenaris is old. Compared with his wisdom and decisiveness more than ten years ago, the old king is still as arbitrary and strong in parliament and diplomacy as before, but his skills and vision are far behind.
Coupled with the trauma caused by the orc war back then, and the subsequent burden of building and maintaining a large number of orc prisoner of war camps, it has been very rare for Lordaeron to be able to maintain its national power without declining in recent years.
This is the reason why Arthas presides over many important affairs. Perhaps this is also the best thing about the old king Tenaris in his later years-he trusts his son more and more.
Although this originally sent him and the entire kingdom into the abyss, everything is different now. Arthas has restored Lordaeron from its gradual decline. Next, he only needs to deal with the problems caused by the orc shelter. A huge burden, it's only a matter of time before Lordaeron becomes more powerful than ever.
This is a very important part of his plan. The alliance that controls a human kingdom or even the entire Eastern Kingdom continent will be very beneficial to the next plan.
As for the orcs, Arthas said he didn't care at all. Maybe under the leadership of their upcoming new leader, they could become powerful cannon fodder against the Legion?
As Arthas sat in the banquet, the composition in his mind became clearer and clearer - solving the orc problem would become a springboard for him to strengthen himself.
