Hiya Folks! Please help share & support! The amount of work that has gone into this is immeasurable, and is dedicated to the undying legacy of Arthas Menethil, a character that holds a special spot in the heart of every player from us to you, from Warcraft 3 to World of Warcraft. Soon, the dream will be realized where we receive a movie trilogy dedicated to his story. Chapters: 0:00 Lich King Arthas: Always Remember 5:50 The Scourge of Lordaeron 11:58 Crown Prince Arthas Meets Jaina Proudmoore 15:11 Kel'thuzad & Culling of Stratholme 23:43 Arthas Finds Frostmourne & Kills Mal'ganis 27:19 Arthas Slays King Terenas 32:30 Arthas Kills Uther 35:30 Arthas Kills Sylvanas & Sacks Silvermoon 43:02 Kel'thuzad Ressurected 47:02 Arthas Kills Antonidas 50:50 Archimonde Destroys Dalaran 53:52 Arthas Fights Illidan After 10000 Years 57:23 KING Arthas Returns 59:59 Sylvanas Betrays Arthas & Lich King 1:11:11 Sylvanas Kills Garithos & Takes Lordaeron 1:16:06 Arthas Enters Azjol'Nerub 1:20:25 The Lich King's Plan 1:24:18 Arthas vs. Illidan: Final Battle 1:26:50 Arthas Ascends Frozen Throne 1:29:52 Arthas Descends Frozen Throne 1:32:40 Ashbringer: Return of Tirion Fordring 1:40:24 Wrathgate: Bolvar vs. Lich King 1:46:48 Sylvanas & Jaina Face Arthas 1:52:22 Fall of the Lich King 2:04:11 Arthas Death & Rise of Bolvar 2:11:11 Arthas Thrown Into Maw 2:12:12 Sylvanas Breaks Lich King Bolvar 2:17:22 Arthas & Anduin vs. Sylvanas & Jailer 2:23:54 Kel'thuzad vs. Kael'thas Ending 2:27:15 Sylvanas Betrays Jailer 2:32:08 Uther Enters Sylvanas 2:34:58 Arthas Fate Revealed 2:37:38 Jailer's Defeat & Eternity's End 2:40:07 Sylvanas Damned To Maw 2:44:25 Calia Menethil Takes Lordaeron 2:46:13 Kael'thas Final Words 2:47:41 Uther & Jaina Love Arthas 2:48:15 Icecrown: Darian & Bolvar 2:51:55 Lich King Arthas FOREVER
Good day,i did see your Mail i shall Respond if that not a problem tomorrow,but i will give you may email if you want,i don't know what is Going on,but txs anyway I will do as you ask En Taro Arthas!., And have a great day!.
Arthas, and illidan are probably the best characters to have come out of the entire Warcraft franchise. Each taken thier own paths wether good or evil have ended in a satisfying way. Though wish arthas had a more affect in the shadowlands.
@@immortalkillah1187 how was he ruined? he stayed in character, wasnt a mary sue like sylv, khadgar got more of an important role than him in legion, or did you play something else?
I was ready to throw hands with Blizzard's writing team before I watched this video. After looking into his story, I don't think anything could have redeemed Arthas. There's truly nothing he could do to redeem all of the horrors he's done. (I think Sylvanas got out a bit easy, too. She was really just tasked with undoing her mistakes. Is that all Tyrande could think of???) Arthas wasn't redeemed, but at least he wasn't denied rest. Death isn't an end in the WoW universe, so the writing team made sure he could never be brought back this way. The villain finally got the rest he deserved, and I think this is a fitting end to his story. How many Sylvanas-like community service hours could have scratched the surface of his redemption? He deserved this end.
@@elizabethc1782 Rest he deserves? He got told to fuck off by someone that committed a genocide against her own people and then faded into nothingness. He didn't even have a soul left after Zovaal tortured it. Arthas' life had been one giant manipulation from the jump and this condescending monster who CHOSE to do some of the most evil acts in warcraft lore sits in judgement of him and then dismisses him from existence like he was nothing. Blizz writers are garbage and probably only felt comfortable completely unmaking Arthas because he was a white straight male. No other villain from Warcraft has been as mightily fucked over both in the actual story and by a compromised writing staff.
And even they managed to fuck up the story, Uther's character made a complete 180* when he said "this is the memory I choose to remember him as" to "nOt jUstICe, venGeaNcE"
Always felt that Arthas did the right thing. When you arrive to a place and find that all the citizens are doomed not just to die, but to have their souls captured and tormented by Demon Worshippers, and you know for absolutely certain that you cannot find a alternative in time to save those souls from eternal suffering, the only option would be to kill and liberate those souls before they can be claimed, not just to keep them from being used as enemy soldiers against their own kingdom, but to protect the most sacred aspect of life, the soul. Jaina truly failed him in that she both knew of this alongside Arthas, but with her magical knowledge would have had a stronger understanding of the capabilities of a soul being corrupted and captured, and had personally seen the torment of those turned to undeath as she traveled with Arthas. Uther, someone with holy capabilities, would also be fully aware of how souls can become corrupted against their will, but may not have seen the same evidence as Arthas and Jaina so had a more reasonable reason to reject doing so, but should have been more willing to listen considering he HAD come across the undead before this point and knew of the damning effects. The main failure was Jaina, who, had she been on Arthas's side, could have convinced Uther, with the entire group being able to 'save' far more and possibly even get a foot up on Mal'Ganis, though he probably had a plan for that anyways.
I can see how Arthas' solution was Cruel, to some degree! the Question is: did either Uthor o r Jaina have an alternative plan, that would deal with the threat of the scourge? if not,, then what?
And that would prevent Arthas being so obsessed with revenge and killing Malganis to the point of obtaining the cursed sword and later kill everything even his own father and become the new King except for the undead
I always thought the same way and saw Arthas as a hero of his people, and a martyr because he knew what he did will forever be a stain on him but even when claiming Frostmourne he did so as he said "to save his people". Up to that point he was free and there was no flaw in his reasoning. He was a Hero till the end of his will. He was however betrayed, cursed, played by a Dread Lord, the Lich King, the demons, then finally the Jailer. No one actually saved him and till the last spark of his tormented soul his once friends, and the ones who either knew and shared his suffering or played part in his decisionmaking and pushed him down this path agreed he should be forgotten. What Sylvanas, Uther, Jaina did makes me sick.
From what i've seen from shadowlands content, Uther just seems like a bad dude that got his faith twisted almost like a cultist. Arthas end with the soul fragment were so poorly done, felt like a bunch of bullies shit talking him as the last goodness of his soul fades.
Arthas also never really had the redemption like Anakin did, in a way he represents what would happen if Anakin truly embrace the dark side like sidious, making him more tragic.
Ah yes, Star Wars. Another story of one born of an immaculate birth, who dared to defy the Jews, and suffered for it. The story of a Goblin and an Orc who tried to stop the chosen one from within the council every step of the way, so that they could greedily hang onto their own power that they wielded using a Good Cop / Bad Cop psychology. I bet you idiots believe that the Goblin Yoda was worthy of the Council of Paladins, merely because he learned how to hit the [Release Spirit] button. It's sad that Anakin had to side with an Ally who fell into practicing Elemental Shamanism, due to the Horde controlling the Paladins. Everything was backwards, upside down, and corrupted by Stephen Spielberg's influence. Another story of one born of an immaculate birth, who dared to defy the Jews, and suffered for it.
Most of the people that wrote WotlK aren't in the company anymore, those are not the people that shared the same feeling with Arthas as we and the old devs did.
@@crad5476 They basically reduced one of the most, if not the most, iconic character in Warcraft lore down to a pawn, a lackey, a pussy. Not to mention they retconned a whole bunch of shit to make the shadowlands story actually make sense. But even then it still didn't make much sense. We will never forget Arthas or the lich king.
Now i look at it. Uther and Jaina were terrbile friends. Arthas had simple choice - either purges the city of ALREADY dead people who can become an unstoppable horde of undead or he lets them become just that and allow far more deaths to happen. If only they stayed with him and helped him get through it everything could've turn out different but they just literally ran. They were too cowardish to make that decision and proposed no alternatives. Because of that, Arthas had an enormous burden to bear alone and that was what destroyed him. To even think that later Uther still tosses him to the Maw out of vengance (I don't believe in this "justice" of his) is making me hate Uther even more.
- Mal'Ganis wanted Arthas, not Stratholme. He was using the plague to weaken Arthas and turn him to the dark side. - The zombies (and whole undead army) were too weak to destroy the city, especially with reinforcements awaiting outside. - Uther was unsure if the zombies spread the plague, so he argued with Arthas about it. He just wanted Arthas to study it more before getting into action. - Arthas knew that zombies do not spread the plague, as he had seen that in Hearthglen. However, he decided to purge the city anyway in order to fool everyone into thinking he was saving them. He wanted to be seen as a hero. - Jaina knew the zombies didn't spread plague, but she didn't speak up. She has always been one to stay silent and observe, and she didn't want to get involved in Arthas's madness. In short, Arthas knew that the zombies were not a threat, but he purged the city anyway in order to gain power and status. He was willing to sacrifice innocent lives for his own personal gain. I am very willing to debate with anybody on this topic.
We are led to believe it is the only way due to the narrative placed in front of us. We never consider that Uther Light Bringer may have had resources that had not been tapped yet. Or that the Archmages did not have any either.
You dont know the story. So shallow, your response is. Jaina left cause she was waiting for Arthas to clap her when he got back to her place. She didnt want Uther to know whay they were doing. Clap clap clap
Terrible friends, but good people. They saw it was wrong to kill people not yet transformed by the scourge. Just because a friend of yours is doing something doesn't mean you have to, or that it's morally good.
Yeah he was totally loyal to Arthas, considering that it started with a kill. Thus it wasn't merely loyalty unto death but way beyond death to eternity.
Again 2:09:00 another retcon, Uther forgives Arthaz and remembers him in a positive light in the legendary questline, but in the Shadowlands, they've completely forgotten about that.
that's because Uther in Shadowlands is 1 half of his soul while Uther in ICC is the other part that was trapped in Frostmourne...confusing and stupid just like the whole Shadowlands expansion
I watched the human campaign playthrough for the original Warcraft III and it's really telling in what a cash-grab the remaster is that so much of the direction and clever presentation -- especially for in-game story beats -- is missing and didn't translate. It's of course nothing that the animators did wrong, it just seems like whoever was overseeing these scenes had no appreciation for how simple but effective the direction was. If you want to see for yourself just compare the original's Frostmourne chamber scene with the remaster and see. It's so dynamic! Each moment of Arthas behaving in a concerning way throughout the campaign incrementally adds stress and tension and it finally culminates in this scene. The original is able to communicate this, and is able to get across how far gone Arthas has become, how shocking it is that he has crossed a final threshold, how disturbing it is that he lingers looking at Muradin's body just long enough to let us see it sink in that he finds himself unable to care about what just happened. It's an important moment but it isn't overshadowed by its own importance. The remaster, by contrast, is a sequence of events, set to a bombastic soundtrack, that tries to sell how legendary we all know this moment is -- but it feels so disjointed because the tension doesn't finally snap at this moment. Muradin falls over and Arthas takes the sword and leaves. Muradin might as well have slipped on ice and Arthas might as well have left the chamber because he remembered that he left his car unlocked.
WC3 remaster was completely outsourced to a Chinese company. Blizz didn't have anything to do with it, they were just a publisher. To be fair though, they should've just not published the game as it's the worst remaster ever.
Anduin in SL is what Arthas could have been if people gave a shit about him. Jaina "I cant watch you purge the city" Proudmore turning into Jaina "purge everyone, no one is innocent" Proudmore If they tried to help Arthas he wouldn't have become the Lich King
İ remember when i saw first short animation of arthas when warcraft was out ,i wanted to play wow just because of that animation and the wow became only game that i would play,i had some break but i couldn't find any game that would satisfy me and now after more than 15 years i still wanted to know details about arthas,and i do still play the classic versions of this game.thanks for collecting all these.
So many people are hating on the writing but I absolutely loved it. Sure its not as tidy as it couldve been but the general story and any and all plot points were amazing. The character arcs were absolutely incredible, for better for worse. This video too was also extremely well put together it satisfied my desire for knowledge on this topic and answered so many questions. Thank you for all the hard work!
Knowing what happend in the Shadowlands and what the Dreadlords really were, I begin to think that there was a spirit within Frostmourne. When Arthas touched the sword his soul went into the blade and the spirit went into his body and took over. I allways thought that Deathknight Arthas was a diffrent character. The few seconds on top of the Icecrown Citadel was the first time since then we saw the real Arthas and Uther ultimatly doomed him to ethernal death by sending him into the hands of the Jailor who scard and destroyed what was left of his damage soul
It’s genuinely baffling to me that some people cannot wrap their heads around the fact that Arthas ceased to be Arthas the moment he laid his hands on Frostmourne. Even when he went to heal Muradin from the ice shard that impaled him, Frostmourne’s pull was such that it hypnotised Arthas into abandoning Muradin and taking it up. Shadowlands never happened. Remove it out of your mind and prevent it from ruining Warcraft lore for you.
"Is it truly righteousness that drives you? I wonder..." This may seem like a weird line to anyone who pays close enough attention. Well, because it is. I didn't realize it when I first did the ICC raid, but he was talking about us, the players. Questioning whether we were there because we were doing the raid for the story (in which case I'd assume most people would want to stop the Lich King if they had a chance to) or if we're there to just get sick loot. So cool.
malfurion was ungrateful. if my brother sacrificed himself to save our home, I'd be devastated and would try to honor him, and help him find peace. Banishing Illidan made him into a monster, it wasnt the fel.
I am playing through a Blood Elf beginning area, and this video is literally the perfect thing to accompany me as I grind my way to to level 20 and out of here. Your work is precious and wonderful! Don't ever quit!
Awesome! This was a whole movie. Thank you so much for creating this. Arthas will always be the best character in WoW lore for me. I wished for his redemption arc...
Arthas' actions have shaped and traumatized so many people/heroes, we can see that before and after his death as the Lich King, the decisions he made are still echoed within the characters and game world. This is why I am still sad that his soul was reduced to nothing but a flicker of himself and then faded away. I understand, he was always a tragic hero and it is tragic what happened to him. But I find myself wondering if that spark, could have just you know for a moment changed shape, turn from a boy to his adult self and just faded away in his paladin form, he did not need to say anything ... I think that would still deliver a better gut punch than getting belittled by Sylvanas... it would underline the tragedy and perhaps made the player think about how things could have been ... if only he wasn't consumed by vengeance and took up Frostmourne.
Even so, he could've been redempted ... If Sylvanas was, everyone can be ... They just decided they didn't want him in anymore because he outshined all other characters.
Nothing about Arthas is tragic or heroic. People simp for him because they find his actions justifiable, when he was selfish and entitled from the very beginning. It was never about saving his homeland; it was about seizing absolute authoritative power and a name for himself. Even before Frostmourne, he culled Strat with no authority or notification to the king, destroyed his fathers ships so his soldiers couldn't go back to the Eastern Kingdoms, betrayed every merc on their trip to Northrend....and THEN he mortally wounded Muradin by ignoring his friends' pleas/warning to not pick up the cursed blade, then played knowingly into every plight he found himself in. He went looking for trouble, power, and notoriety and got nothing but darkness in return for it, as he deserved.
@@AndrewLanski He didn't look for power in the first place, he was protecting his people from the Orcs, then from the undead. He lost so many and in order to save what remained, due to a lack of power, he lost himself. He was a good hero gone bad, he deserved a lots of things, but denying the good things he did or his good intentions is not deserverd nor fair.
@@nelcorazs Why would we utilize 3rd party literature when we already have the direct source from the RTS game and the MMO to properly encompass the story for us and the character? Frankly I find your attitude is more tunnel visioned then anything.
2:37:33 is the point in time where Wow lore comes to an end for me. I know everybody is hyped about Wotlk classic nowadays, but for me that was the greatest in it's time, when many said it was crap. And they completely destroyed Arthas' legacy when they transmuted the Helm of Domination into that lame golden piece of sh!t. I got, literally, all the books, novels and the, relevant to me, comics, but nothing stands out like the Arthas book does. Sad. Thanks for the compilation, I didn't believe I'd spend almost 3 hours watching this, but I did.
Played WoW for years. Never played any of the RTS games before it. Never cared or understood the story. However, I can see why people were so upset with Shadowlands. The moment the video reached that part, I was like "...Wait, what?" lol
You know what’s most jarring and kinda cool, when arthas kills mal’ganis it was ofc implied he was referring to ner’zhul the lich king as the “dark lord” when asking arthas what he frostmourne was telling him, but in reality he meant zovaal, not realizing ner’zhul and by extension arthas had broken free of his domination and thus his utter confusion and dismay when he says “what?! He couldn’t possibly mean…” because he couldn’t fathom zovaal letting arthas kill him as it was the first step to the undermining of his own plans. I love it!
For me as someone who played Warcraft 1+2+ Beyond the Dark Portal for countless hours, Arthas was the biggest frustration that came with the WotlK Exp. I really liked the whole Ner'zhul plot in Wc2 and was shocked when the undead in Wc3 praised his name. To me Warcraft3 was his story, to me it was like watching star wars, knowing Palpatine but not Anakin/Vader. And every inch of Warcraft 3 + TFT felt like his mastermind being the big winner in the end. Arthas was nothing like a pawn, just a Vader copy - not even a single moment did I think he would play any role in the continuation of the story after TFT ending. And damn - instead it was Ner'zhul that got deleted like he was never there. Oh and yes: This new Lichking became a lot dumber than the OG.
Great video, great job! Amazing story of a truely amazing game character. Sadly this shows how terrible Shadowlands was lorewise for both Arthas and the game in general GOT season 7+8 flashbacks.
Just Awesome. Youhave make an awosme work to tell us the full story of one of the mighty world of warcraft's character and clearly one of the most iconic video game's villain. I have a little question about the music, expecialy the cover of Arthas my son in the first chapter and the final song in the very and of the video. Is it possible to have a complete remix of them because they are so powerfull, so emotionnal and the audio quality is just awesome like the amazing theme you have make for Arthas 2 week from ago. And with the next WOW extention, i hope than we will have more information about the Tyr, dragons, Deathwing's history
Story of Arthas is an excellent study of Blizzards decay. From captivating story, mesmerizing music and best in class cinematics to talentless Tom and Jerry style animated scenes, naive watered down narrative and pathetic full on cash grab. “Such a tragic end”.
I fucking hate the Sylvanas cutscene where she usher's Arthas's soul away. No, Arthas's name will remain as the best villain and villain arc in Warcraft's history, Sylvanas will be remembered as a true villain who was Marry Sued back to the good side with absolutely no narrative reason.
Only now do I realize, the voice talking when Arthas is kneeling before his father, isn't actually Arthas to his father, but Frostmourne itself talking to Arthas
Listen up you donkeys. Arthas ceased to be Arthas the moment he picked up Frostmourne. Frostmourne was so powerful that it even managed to hypnotise Arthas before he even touched it, and prevent him from healing a dying Muradin; to wrench him from his dying friend and mentor and to take it up instead.
20:08 - Et tu, Jaina? Now seriusly, if Jaina and Uther would have supported Arthas in that moment, there is a chance that everything that happened later could have been avoided. But it seems that presenting no other choice and LEAVING Arthas and the people of Stratholme to their luck was a better option to them.
who knows, maybe it wasnt even arthas' soul bound to the blade but someone else, how could uther know that its him.. maybe and only maybe, we will get to see arthas once again and he gets his redemption arc. As far as DF is going on, maybe blizz took steps into the right direction and gona repair things they fd up in the past
What people refuse to understand is... You will become different person the moment you kill your own. Arthas heart become even more blackened and he turn to evil path and no longer knows the different between saving his people or delivering them into the devil's hand. This is where the line between right and wrong blurred.
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Hiya Folks! Please help share & support! The amount of work that has gone into this is immeasurable, and is dedicated to the undying legacy of Arthas Menethil, a character that holds a special spot in the heart of every player from us to you, from Warcraft 3 to World of Warcraft. Soon, the dream will be realized where we receive a movie trilogy dedicated to his story.
Chapters:
0:00 Lich King Arthas: Always Remember
5:50 The Scourge of Lordaeron
11:58 Crown Prince Arthas Meets Jaina Proudmoore
15:11 Kel'thuzad & Culling of Stratholme
23:43 Arthas Finds Frostmourne & Kills Mal'ganis
27:19 Arthas Slays King Terenas
32:30 Arthas Kills Uther
35:30 Arthas Kills Sylvanas & Sacks Silvermoon
43:02 Kel'thuzad Ressurected
47:02 Arthas Kills Antonidas
50:50 Archimonde Destroys Dalaran
53:52 Arthas Fights Illidan After 10000 Years
57:23 KING Arthas Returns
59:59 Sylvanas Betrays Arthas & Lich King
1:11:11 Sylvanas Kills Garithos & Takes Lordaeron
1:16:06 Arthas Enters Azjol'Nerub
1:20:25 The Lich King's Plan
1:24:18 Arthas vs. Illidan: Final Battle
1:26:50 Arthas Ascends Frozen Throne
1:29:52 Arthas Descends Frozen Throne
1:32:40 Ashbringer: Return of Tirion Fordring
1:40:24 Wrathgate: Bolvar vs. Lich King
1:46:48 Sylvanas & Jaina Face Arthas
1:52:22 Fall of the Lich King
2:04:11 Arthas Death & Rise of Bolvar
2:11:11 Arthas Thrown Into Maw
2:12:12 Sylvanas Breaks Lich King Bolvar
2:17:22 Arthas & Anduin vs. Sylvanas & Jailer
2:23:54 Kel'thuzad vs. Kael'thas Ending
2:27:15 Sylvanas Betrays Jailer
2:32:08 Uther Enters Sylvanas
2:34:58 Arthas Fate Revealed
2:37:38 Jailer's Defeat & Eternity's End
2:40:07 Sylvanas Damned To Maw
2:44:25 Calia Menethil Takes Lordaeron
2:46:13 Kael'thas Final Words
2:47:41 Uther & Jaina Love Arthas
2:48:15 Icecrown: Darian & Bolvar
2:51:55 Lich King Arthas FOREVER
Good day,i did see your Mail i shall Respond if that not a problem tomorrow,but i will give you may email if you want,i don't know what is Going on,but txs anyway I will do as you ask En Taro Arthas!., And have a great day!.
Magnificent work, Athelarius.
This is a wonderful tribute and a precious masterwork for the community.
Great job Athelarius, thanks for making this awesome video
@Athelarius what is the song playing at 47:32. It sounds like 'Arthas, my son' but the vocals are much deeper.
Arthas, and illidan are probably the best characters to have come out of the entire Warcraft franchise. Each taken thier own paths wether good or evil have ended in a satisfying way. Though wish arthas had a more affect in the shadowlands.
Have grown to dislike Illidan simply because of the DH class and the people who play it haha
they sorta ruined illidan in legion with him becoming the next green jesus
Illidan is ruined from Legion onwards
Mfer is just Green jesus like Thrall was now
@@immortalkillah1187 Nah Illidan is the literal GOAT of WoW. Let's just accept it.
@@immortalkillah1187 how was he ruined? he stayed in character, wasnt a mary sue like sylv, khadgar got more of an important role than him in legion, or did you play something else?
Everyone wanted an Arthus redemption arc in shadowlands and as usual, blizz's reply was, "You think you do, but you don't!".
And that is dumb. They turned him into a wisp.
Blizzard team was too busy getting drunk and causing scandal for the whole company's reputation. Can you really blame them?
I was ready to throw hands with Blizzard's writing team before I watched this video. After looking into his story, I don't think anything could have redeemed Arthas. There's truly nothing he could do to redeem all of the horrors he's done. (I think Sylvanas got out a bit easy, too. She was really just tasked with undoing her mistakes. Is that all Tyrande could think of???)
Arthas wasn't redeemed, but at least he wasn't denied rest. Death isn't an end in the WoW universe, so the writing team made sure he could never be brought back this way. The villain finally got the rest he deserved, and I think this is a fitting end to his story.
How many Sylvanas-like community service hours could have scratched the surface of his redemption? He deserved this end.
I insured from wow and all blizzard stuff cuss of overwatch
@@elizabethc1782 Rest he deserves? He got told to fuck off by someone that committed a genocide against her own people and then faded into nothingness. He didn't even have a soul left after Zovaal tortured it. Arthas' life had been one giant manipulation from the jump and this condescending monster who CHOSE to do some of the most evil acts in warcraft lore sits in judgement of him and then dismisses him from existence like he was nothing. Blizz writers are garbage and probably only felt comfortable completely unmaking Arthas because he was a white straight male. No other villain from Warcraft has been as mightily fucked over both in the actual story and by a compromised writing staff.
This is the Arthas movie we all needed.
Agreed
Agree!!!
they ruined him Blizzard, DESTROYED this character
Yes agreed!
Nope, I still need a AAA Blockbuster Arthas Movie :D
When did the passion from Blizzard fall so far from what they once were. The lore that went into the old warcraft was just pure gold.
The day Activition took over blizzard all went to shit
Corporate greed , microtranactiobs and mobile "games" happened
And even they managed to fuck up the story, Uther's character made a complete 180* when he said "this is the memory I choose to remember him as" to "nOt jUstICe, venGeaNcE"
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@@LD-hy1ps and the marketing department took the helm
Arthas full life story is like a Lord of the Rings level movie. Just awesome
Actually I was thinking more about Star Wars as Arthas path is very similar to Anakins - from prime noble to prime evil
arthas is older than LOTR :))
More like Ring of Power 🙄
@@alinmarginean1993 ???
@@adamzemek8337 was thinking the same thing
A single character that did so much and effected so many characters that he alone gets almost a 3 hour video. What a legend
Arthas was the main character of WC3.
@@abhabh6896 That is exactly why they should've ended the story after Arthas died.
Always felt that Arthas did the right thing. When you arrive to a place and find that all the citizens are doomed not just to die, but to have their souls captured and tormented by Demon Worshippers, and you know for absolutely certain that you cannot find a alternative in time to save those souls from eternal suffering, the only option would be to kill and liberate those souls before they can be claimed, not just to keep them from being used as enemy soldiers against their own kingdom, but to protect the most sacred aspect of life, the soul.
Jaina truly failed him in that she both knew of this alongside Arthas, but with her magical knowledge would have had a stronger understanding of the capabilities of a soul being corrupted and captured, and had personally seen the torment of those turned to undeath as she traveled with Arthas.
Uther, someone with holy capabilities, would also be fully aware of how souls can become corrupted against their will, but may not have seen the same evidence as Arthas and Jaina so had a more reasonable reason to reject doing so, but should have been more willing to listen considering he HAD come across the undead before this point and knew of the damning effects. The main failure was Jaina, who, had she been on Arthas's side, could have convinced Uther, with the entire group being able to 'save' far more and possibly even get a foot up on Mal'Ganis, though he probably had a plan for that anyways.
I can see how Arthas' solution was Cruel, to some degree! the Question is: did either Uthor o r Jaina have an alternative plan, that would deal with the threat of the scourge? if not,, then what?
yeah maybe if those two supported arthas he may have never sought out the frostmourne and never becoming the lich king thus saving more people
And that would prevent Arthas being so obsessed with revenge and killing Malganis to the point of obtaining the cursed sword and later kill everything even his own father and become the new King except for the undead
I always thought the same way and saw Arthas as a hero of his people, and a martyr because he knew what he did will forever be a stain on him but even when claiming Frostmourne he did so as he said "to save his people". Up to that point he was free and there was no flaw in his reasoning. He was a Hero till the end of his will. He was however betrayed, cursed, played by a Dread Lord, the Lich King, the demons, then finally the Jailer. No one actually saved him and till the last spark of his tormented soul his once friends, and the ones who either knew and shared his suffering or played part in his decisionmaking and pushed him down this path agreed he should be forgotten. What Sylvanas, Uther, Jaina did makes me sick.
From what i've seen from shadowlands content, Uther just seems like a bad dude that got his faith twisted almost like a cultist.
Arthas end with the soul fragment were so poorly done, felt like a bunch of bullies shit talking him as the last goodness of his soul fades.
Arthas/Lich King is like Darth Vader/Anakin, they are the icons of their respective stories
Feel the same,but at least Anakin married his loved girl and had two children, poor Arthas had only to be abandoned by Jaina
Indeed. And this is how Blizzard treated the legacy of WoWs most influencial character:
2:37:10
Arthas also never really had the redemption like Anakin did, in a way he represents what would happen if Anakin truly embrace the dark side like sidious, making him more tragic.
Ah yes, Star Wars.
Another story of one born of an immaculate birth, who dared to defy the Jews, and suffered for it.
The story of a Goblin and an Orc who tried to stop the chosen one from within the council every step of the way, so that they could greedily hang onto their own power that they wielded using a Good Cop / Bad Cop psychology.
I bet you idiots believe that the Goblin Yoda was worthy of the Council of Paladins, merely because he learned how to hit the [Release Spirit] button.
It's sad that Anakin had to side with an Ally who fell into practicing Elemental Shamanism, due to the Horde controlling the Paladins. Everything was backwards, upside down, and corrupted by Stephen Spielberg's influence.
Another story of one born of an immaculate birth, who dared to defy the Jews, and suffered for it.
@@IamClement93
Anakin doesn't need to be redeemed in your eyes. He was right.
Sad to see what blizzard did to such an important character
tf you mean? he needed to die. there was no way for a redemption story.
Most of the people that wrote WotlK aren't in the company anymore, those are not the people that shared the same feeling with Arthas as we and the old devs did.
@@harz632 yes and it sadly shows it's suffering in certain areas.. sad the passion is gone in some ways
What did they do?
@@crad5476 They basically reduced one of the most, if not the most, iconic character in Warcraft lore down to a pawn, a lackey, a pussy. Not to mention they retconned a whole bunch of shit to make the shadowlands story actually make sense. But even then it still didn't make much sense.
We will never forget Arthas or the lich king.
this bring back old memorys and at the same time makes me sad anyone else?
Brings so many memories as well as all the good times with all the amazing people we managed to meet.
I quit not long after
Yes, I love it though
@@street1111 good for you?
Now i look at it. Uther and Jaina were terrbile friends.
Arthas had simple choice - either purges the city of ALREADY dead people who can become an unstoppable horde of undead or he lets them become just that and allow far more deaths to happen. If only they stayed with him and helped him get through it everything could've turn out different but they just literally ran. They were too cowardish to make that decision and proposed no alternatives.
Because of that, Arthas had an enormous burden to bear alone and that was what destroyed him. To even think that later Uther still tosses him to the Maw out of vengance (I don't believe in this "justice" of his) is making me hate Uther even more.
- Mal'Ganis wanted Arthas, not Stratholme. He was using the plague to weaken Arthas and turn him to the dark side.
- The zombies (and whole undead army) were too weak to destroy the city, especially with reinforcements awaiting outside.
- Uther was unsure if the zombies spread the plague, so he argued with Arthas about it. He just wanted Arthas to study it more before getting into action.
- Arthas knew that zombies do not spread the plague, as he had seen that in Hearthglen. However, he decided to purge the city anyway in order to fool everyone into thinking he was saving them. He wanted to be seen as a hero.
- Jaina knew the zombies didn't spread plague, but she didn't speak up. She has always been one to stay silent and observe, and she didn't want to get involved in Arthas's madness.
In short, Arthas knew that the zombies were not a threat, but he purged the city anyway in order to gain power and status. He was willing to sacrifice innocent lives for his own personal gain.
I am very willing to debate with anybody on this topic.
We are led to believe it is the only way due to the narrative placed in front of us. We never consider that Uther Light Bringer may have had resources that had not been tapped yet. Or that the Archmages did not have any either.
You dont know the story. So shallow, your response is. Jaina left cause she was waiting for Arthas to clap her when he got back to her place. She didnt want Uther to know whay they were doing. Clap clap clap
Not everyone ate the plagued grain. Some were gluten-free types. Arthas killed everyone. Sick or healthy. He is a murderer for his recklessness
Terrible friends, but good people. They saw it was wrong to kill people not yet transformed by the scourge. Just because a friend of yours is doing something doesn't mean you have to, or that it's morally good.
Arthas is one of the most "lovable" villians of all time. His story is one of the greatest in gaming history imo.
He is like Vader and Sauron fused
Nobody talks about how Kel'Thuzad was such a fuckin bro
Yeah he was totally loyal to Arthas, considering that it started with a kill. Thus it wasn't merely loyalty unto death but way beyond death to eternity.
If blizzard ever decided to make a full animated movie out of this story it would be a worldwide phenomenon
What a destiny. From a tragic hero to a soulless villain to a AAA battery.
Arthas deserved better than what he got in Shadowlands.
Arthas is like my childhood,ruined but sooo goooood!
Again 2:09:00 another retcon, Uther forgives Arthaz and remembers him in a positive light in the legendary questline, but in the Shadowlands, they've completely forgotten about that.
that's because Uther in Shadowlands is 1 half of his soul while Uther in ICC is the other part that was trapped in Frostmourne...confusing and stupid just like the whole Shadowlands expansion
@@obnoxiousjumper279 stop talking forever.
@@HanSoloxcs I'm not talking I'm typing
The script writter just wanted to end arthas story by turning him into a wisp
probably danuser.
I watched the human campaign playthrough for the original Warcraft III and it's really telling in what a cash-grab the remaster is that so much of the direction and clever presentation -- especially for in-game story beats -- is missing and didn't translate. It's of course nothing that the animators did wrong, it just seems like whoever was overseeing these scenes had no appreciation for how simple but effective the direction was.
If you want to see for yourself just compare the original's Frostmourne chamber scene with the remaster and see. It's so dynamic! Each moment of Arthas behaving in a concerning way throughout the campaign incrementally adds stress and tension and it finally culminates in this scene. The original is able to communicate this, and is able to get across how far gone Arthas has become, how shocking it is that he has crossed a final threshold, how disturbing it is that he lingers looking at Muradin's body just long enough to let us see it sink in that he finds himself unable to care about what just happened. It's an important moment but it isn't overshadowed by its own importance. The remaster, by contrast, is a sequence of events, set to a bombastic soundtrack, that tries to sell how legendary we all know this moment is -- but it feels so disjointed because the tension doesn't finally snap at this moment. Muradin falls over and Arthas takes the sword and leaves. Muradin might as well have slipped on ice and Arthas might as well have left the chamber because he remembered that he left his car unlocked.
WC3 remaster was completely outsourced to a Chinese company. Blizz didn't have anything to do with it, they were just a publisher. To be fair though, they should've just not published the game as it's the worst remaster ever.
Anduin in SL is what Arthas could have been if people gave a shit about him.
Jaina "I cant watch you purge the city" Proudmore turning into Jaina "purge everyone, no one is innocent" Proudmore
If they tried to help Arthas he wouldn't have become the Lich King
thank you for taking the time to cut this together so we can appreciate and understand the story they made
İ remember when i saw first short animation of arthas when warcraft was out ,i wanted to play wow just because of that animation and the wow became only game that i would play,i had some break but i couldn't find any game that would satisfy me and now after more than 15 years i still wanted to know details about arthas,and i do still play the classic versions of this game.thanks for collecting all these.
17:40 This moment Arthas's decision to trust the bird man or not split into two universes, one with Arthas Deathknight and one without.
So many people are hating on the writing but I absolutely loved it. Sure its not as tidy as it couldve been but the general story and any and all plot points were amazing. The character arcs were absolutely incredible, for better for worse.
This video too was also extremely well put together it satisfied my desire for knowledge on this topic and answered so many questions.
Thank you for all the hard work!
What makes this amazing is the fact that Arthas is nerfed and he still beats everything til' he ascends the Frozen Throne and becomes the Lich King.
i know arthas campaign start with him lvl 10 and lvl down, but what's the explanation from the lore to why arthas got nerfed each stage?
@@evanharjanto2450 the crack in the throne from when NerZhul tossed frostmourne
What an awesome work! Thank you very much for giving me the joy of rewatching his fullstory. I really appreciate it.
Knowing what happend in the Shadowlands and what the Dreadlords really were, I begin to think that there was a spirit within Frostmourne.
When Arthas touched the sword his soul went into the blade and the spirit went into his body and took over.
I allways thought that Deathknight Arthas was a diffrent character.
The few seconds on top of the Icecrown Citadel was the first time since then we saw the real Arthas and Uther ultimatly doomed him to ethernal death by sending him into the hands of the Jailor who scard and destroyed what was left of his damage soul
too much weed
@@georgel760 hmmmm.... He wasn't evil.... He was just a pothead
@@theblackgoatofthewoodsI think he is talking about you
@@absolutelyfookinnobody2843 Puff the magic Deathwing, lives in Deepholm
It’s genuinely baffling to me that some people cannot wrap their heads around the fact that Arthas ceased to be Arthas the moment he laid his hands on Frostmourne.
Even when he went to heal Muradin from the ice shard that impaled him, Frostmourne’s pull was such that it hypnotised Arthas into abandoning Muradin and taking it up.
Shadowlands never happened. Remove it out of your mind and prevent it from ruining Warcraft lore for you.
"Is it truly righteousness that drives you? I wonder..."
This may seem like a weird line to anyone who pays close enough attention. Well, because it is. I didn't realize it when I first did the ICC raid, but he was talking about us, the players. Questioning whether we were there because we were doing the raid for the story (in which case I'd assume most people would want to stop the Lich King if they had a chance to) or if we're there to just get sick loot.
So cool.
malfurion was ungrateful. if my brother sacrificed himself to save our home, I'd be devastated and would try to honor him, and help him find peace. Banishing Illidan made him into a monster, it wasnt the fel.
the voice actor for arthas in warcraft 3 was so much better hahahaha
I am playing through a Blood Elf beginning area, and this video is literally the perfect thing to accompany me as I grind my way to to level 20 and out of here. Your work is precious and wonderful! Don't ever quit!
Awesome! This was a whole movie. Thank you so much for creating this. Arthas will always be the best character in WoW lore for me. I wished for his redemption arc...
This story line would make such a good TV Show!
2:12:00 I don't get this, he was under the control of N'hurzul. So the fact they ignored that feels a bit like a retcon.
Arthas dominated the will of Ner'Zhul and they became one.
What an incredible story. Just watched the entire edit all the way through. Big thank you for putting this together. EPIC.
well done, i sat through in one sitting! you didnt miss a single plot! a little bit of repeats but well done!
Arthas' actions have shaped and traumatized so many people/heroes, we can see that before and after his death as the Lich King, the decisions he made are still echoed within the characters and game world. This is why I am still sad that his soul was reduced to nothing but a flicker of himself and then faded away. I understand, he was always a tragic hero and it is tragic what happened to him. But I find myself wondering if that spark, could have just you know for a moment changed shape, turn from a boy to his adult self and just faded away in his paladin form, he did not need to say anything ... I think that would still deliver a better gut punch than getting belittled by Sylvanas... it would underline the tragedy and perhaps made the player think about how things could have been ... if only he wasn't consumed by vengeance and took up Frostmourne.
Even so, he could've been redempted ... If Sylvanas was, everyone can be ...
They just decided they didn't want him in anymore because he outshined all other characters.
Nothing about Arthas is tragic or heroic. People simp for him because they find his actions justifiable, when he was selfish and entitled from the very beginning. It was never about saving his homeland; it was about seizing absolute authoritative power and a name for himself. Even before Frostmourne, he culled Strat with no authority or notification to the king, destroyed his fathers ships so his soldiers couldn't go back to the Eastern Kingdoms, betrayed every merc on their trip to Northrend....and THEN he mortally wounded Muradin by ignoring his friends' pleas/warning to not pick up the cursed blade, then played knowingly into every plight he found himself in. He went looking for trouble, power, and notoriety and got nothing but darkness in return for it, as he deserved.
@@AndrewLanski He didn't look for power in the first place, he was protecting his people from the Orcs, then from the undead.
He lost so many and in order to save what remained, due to a lack of power, he lost himself.
He was a good hero gone bad, he deserved a lots of things, but denying the good things he did or his good intentions is not deserverd nor fair.
@@AndrewLanski This is, simply put, ignorance. You should read Arthas Rise of the Lich King by Christie Golden
@@nelcorazs Why would we utilize 3rd party literature when we already have the direct source from the RTS game and the MMO to properly encompass the story for us and the character? Frankly I find your attitude is more tunnel visioned then anything.
Warcraft 3 was game of my childhood and Arthas is still one of best characters i have witnessed. This is indeed the Arthas movie we all needed.
Thanks!
Amazing video! Love arthas as a character!
Do I know the whole story of Arthas? Yes. Did I watch this whole video anyway? Absofuckinglutely.
Same :DI need more Arthas content.
Arthas is WOW
Man I’m so glad I was able to play in the golden age of gaming. I spent hours upon hours with WC3 it’s hands down the best game ever made.
2:37:33 is the point in time where Wow lore comes to an end for me. I know everybody is hyped about Wotlk classic nowadays, but for me that was the greatest in it's time, when many said it was crap. And they completely destroyed Arthas' legacy when they transmuted the Helm of Domination into that lame golden piece of sh!t. I got, literally, all the books, novels and the, relevant to me, comics, but nothing stands out like the Arthas book does. Sad.
Thanks for the compilation, I didn't believe I'd spend almost 3 hours watching this, but I did.
Bruh, the true warcraft canon ended with WotLK. Everything beyond it is fake lore.
the story character, the cinematics, everything just epic
"Tell them only that the Lich King is dead... and the WoW died with him"
If Scourged plague never happened and Arthas Crowned King, i think his Title would have been 'King Arthas Menethil the Third.' ?
Played WoW for years. Never played any of the RTS games before it. Never cared or understood the story. However, I can see why people were so upset with Shadowlands. The moment the video reached that part, I was like "...Wait, what?" lol
Highly recommend the book "Arthas" by Christie Golden.
Amazing story of Arthas!
Nah, I read the story and it can never do justice to what was laid in WC3
"My son, the day you were born, the veru forests of Lordaeron whispered the name, Arthas..."
The moment when warcraft 3 has more cinematics about arthas than wow in all its years
You know what’s most jarring and kinda cool, when arthas kills mal’ganis it was ofc implied he was referring to ner’zhul the lich king as the “dark lord” when asking arthas what he frostmourne was telling him, but in reality he meant zovaal, not realizing ner’zhul and by extension arthas had broken free of his domination and thus his utter confusion and dismay when he says “what?! He couldn’t possibly mean…” because he couldn’t fathom zovaal letting arthas kill him as it was the first step to the undermining of his own plans. I love it!
Thank you for making this so that I can nerd the fuck out for hours on end.
For me as someone who played Warcraft 1+2+ Beyond the Dark Portal for countless hours, Arthas was the biggest frustration that came with the WotlK Exp. I really liked the whole Ner'zhul plot in Wc2 and was shocked when the undead in Wc3 praised his name. To me Warcraft3 was his story, to me it was like watching star wars, knowing Palpatine but not Anakin/Vader. And every inch of Warcraft 3 + TFT felt like his mastermind being the big winner in the end. Arthas was nothing like a pawn, just a Vader copy - not even a single moment did I think he would play any role in the continuation of the story after TFT ending. And damn - instead it was Ner'zhul that got deleted like he was never there. Oh and yes: This new Lichking became a lot dumber than the OG.
1 of the best videos for 1 of the best Character stories ever told (in my opinion).
5/5 Gold stars. Made me feel real good!
Wow i always wondwred why there was a dreadlord next to Sylvanas in Under city in BC. Great story! Cant wait to finish it :D
Great Job on this! I enjoy watching this video!
So much could have been done with Arthas in Shadowlands, instead he faded like a fart
The whole writing team needs to be fired and executed in front of a firing squad then resurrected as undead.
I've just watched it for 48 seconds and I have goosebumps. Amazing!!
Ur editing is 10/10
does anyone else skip all the Shadowlands stuff?
Say what you will about the video itself, Athelarius is a damned master at making badass intro's to all their videos!
Great video, great job! Amazing story of a truely amazing game character. Sadly this shows how terrible Shadowlands was lorewise for both Arthas and the game in general GOT season 7+8 flashbacks.
played wow since 2010. Arthas is and will always be my favorite character
Just Awesome. Youhave make an awosme work to tell us the full story of one of the mighty world of warcraft's character and clearly one of the most iconic video game's villain. I have a little question about the music, expecialy the cover of Arthas my son in the first chapter and the final song in the very and of the video. Is it possible to have a complete remix of them because they are so powerfull, so emotionnal and the audio quality is just awesome like the amazing theme you have make for Arthas 2 week from ago. And with the next WOW extention, i hope than we will have more information about the Tyr, dragons, Deathwing's history
What's the name of the last song
Story of Arthas is an excellent study of Blizzards decay. From captivating story, mesmerizing music and best in class cinematics to talentless Tom and Jerry style animated scenes, naive watered down narrative and pathetic full on cash grab. “Such a tragic end”.
They should've just quit after wotlk.
But money was too tempting.
I fucking hate the Sylvanas cutscene where she usher's Arthas's soul away. No, Arthas's name will remain as the best villain and villain arc in Warcraft's history, Sylvanas will be remembered as a true villain who was Marry Sued back to the good side with absolutely no narrative reason.
Only now do I realize, the voice talking when Arthas is kneeling before his father, isn't actually Arthas to his father, but Frostmourne itself talking to Arthas
Not totally in perfect order, but probably the best effort of all time.
Listen up you donkeys. Arthas ceased to be Arthas the moment he picked up Frostmourne.
Frostmourne was so powerful that it even managed to hypnotise Arthas before he even touched it, and prevent him from healing a dying Muradin; to wrench him from his dying friend and mentor and to take it up instead.
Added to my Lore playlist, tysm!
20:08 - Et tu, Jaina?
Now seriusly, if Jaina and Uther would have supported Arthas in that moment, there is a chance that everything that happened later could have been avoided. But it seems that presenting no other choice and LEAVING Arthas and the people of Stratholme to their luck was a better option to them.
who knows, maybe it wasnt even arthas' soul bound to the blade but someone else, how could uther know that its him.. maybe and only maybe, we will get to see arthas once again and he gets his redemption arc. As far as DF is going on, maybe blizz took steps into the right direction and gona repair things they fd up in the past
Make this a series! Include his childhood too! Getting trained etc
Regardless of what you thought about his end, Arthas was the perfect Shakespearean tragedy, even if he was too far gone for redemption
this is a great big work... appreciated it
Incredible peice of work
Nice work, ty !
This is Epic, i Miss this old Days,May My King ,Dark Side Be With you!, When You Return and You Shall !!!. ,En Taro Arthas!.
#bring arthas back , he was everything!!!!
No. Better let Arthas dead. His story already ended.
really enjoyed this :-) the ending was perfect 🙂
I cried when sylvanas jumped into the maw. I miss her❤😢
Appreciate the videos!
Thank you for upload this video.. love from indonesia 🇮🇩
Wrath Of The Lich King intro is still the best video game cinematic ever!!! 🥶🥶🥶
This was really good!
I think Arthas is one of the best characters in a video game that was ever created.
Really thanks for your beautiful clip❤
1:53:51 this part is still hands down the best cinematic ever
This is amazing! I never played wc3, but ive played retail wow since beta.its 2024 and im just starting to understand.
What people refuse to understand is... You will become different person the moment you kill your own. Arthas heart become even more blackened and he turn to evil path and no longer knows the different between saving his people or delivering them into the devil's hand. This is where the line between right and wrong blurred.
Great work!
Whats the name of the music that plays at 23:52 ? can someone please tell?
Fuck Uther.. because of vengeance, he sent Arthas to the Maw in Shadowland and we lost him forever
25:10 - And then Arthas found out he couldn't hit anything because his 2H Sword skill was only like 20
Fall of the Lich King Cinematic + Sound Track were Sood Dope
Your edits are very good. I see you.
Has anyone figured out who this ambassador is he keeps silencing? I assume someone from Gilneas.