The Lich King is the big cheese behind the legions of scourge undead and now that he’s awakened he wants Azeroth stone cold. If you’re a follower of Blizzard’s real-time strategy series Warcraft then it’s likely you’ll know all about the underhanded dealings of the scourge. One major difference that’s evident throughout this expansion to the icy realm of Northrend is the leap in theatrics and storytelling. The quests themselves are more varied and it’s now quite common to find specially scripted events between the more common kill and loot ones.

One quest had my warlock enter into a village where I was asked to enter into the realm of shadow to find out some of the goings on. Aside from having to dodge spirits as otherwise I’d get booted out, there’s an entirely scripted scene with the Lich King but some may never even be discovered. Curious and believing this is what I went there for I got just a little too close to his majesty and he more than let me know it. He pulled me close and pinned me to the ground, then had a little chin wag with his spirit wenches before having a good laugh and killing me, yeah, thanks buddy.

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