Arthas Takes Frostmourne & Becomes The Lich King - All Cinematics in Order [World of Warcraft]
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- Arthas Takes Frostmourne & Becomes Lich King. All Cinematics. World of Warcraft. In pursuit of vengeance, the once Crown Prince of Lordaeron purged the city of Stratholme, sailed to Northrend, took the cursed blade of Frostmourne, slayed Mal'ganis & returned to scourge his homeland. After slaying Uther & raising Sylvanas and his citizens in undeath, he returned to become the Lich King.
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0:00 Arthas Forever
1:11 Culling of Arthas
3:33 Frostmourne Takes Arthas
11:11 Arthas vs. Arthas
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Please tell me what is the name of the music that starts playing at 18:06 minutes?
@@Max75894 It's a human theme from Warcraft 3
@@jovanljubic9003it's not the same, sounds like a remix. Really want to hear the name of this version.
@@avidviewer4164 I think its this one but a bit slower
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I think Arthas turning into the Lich king is one of the best "falling into darkness" story's I've seen, both storywise and execution.. I remember playing WC3 as a kid and didn't really understand what and why it happened and my friend said.. "It's like if Boromir took the Ring and returned home"
Dude, I got CHILLS. Thank you!
Arthas didn't turn he was controlled and manipulated.
More like anakin
yeah looking at the lich king reminds me of Darth Vader
Too be fair we hadn't seen Star Wars back then, but we had seen Fellowship about 12 times already so 🤷🏻♂️
This is what the Warcraft movie should have been, could have made a Lord of the Rings type trilogy about Arthas, and it could have been MASSIVE.
They still could.
IMO Their biggest mistake was in not giving the movie an animated appearance like yhe cinematics.
@@teabearchurchill5600 there was no mistake. The problem with that cinematic style is that it's straightup impossible to pay at a scale of a movie. The quality of the expansion cinematics would just go beyond any budget that even marvel would have had. So you have to use actors and costumes instead and support it with effects rather than using effects exclusively.
Warcraft movie started from the origins though it's not exactly the same. We're supposed to see Arthas Story on the Third installment but the first one didn't work so yeah. 2nd one was the fall of Illidan if I remember correctly
@@robinsonsupermarket3684 what, they cancelled fall of Illidan.. FML
@@NorthstriderGaming uhh what. Final Fantasy games have been doing it for years, look at Advent Children from 2005. Halo 2 anniversary's CGI cutscenes are almost an hour long in total. Hell, even Capcom has been making full length CGI Resident Evil movies for years. I'm sure it was within their budget to do all CGI if they wanted to. It probably would have been cheaper than hiring a shit ton of actors each with their own hand-made costume and doing make-up every filming session. If Square and Capcom can make full length CGI movies, so can Blizzard, but they just decided not to.
“I would gladly bear any curse to save my homeland. Plus, Frostmourne is an ilvl 300 legendary and my hammer is only an ilvl 213 epic. It’s a totally sweet upgrade.”
but he was cheating because he didn't roll for it
@@user-uz3ye5wz6x ninja loot at his peak
Wonder if its a part of a overall soulbound set.
@@user-uz3ye5wz6x Muradin passed on it when he saw the debuff
Arthas preyed to the loot council gods and they listened.
"Never again will you need to collect DKP".
I’ve always believed that Arthas deserved better than what he got in Shadowlands.
We all did...it's a GOT styled ending.
@@lunacy7433 Did you actually watch the video ?
@@eflownesspetan yea I watched granted it wasn’t anything I haven’t seen before playing the game:P
Yes, make poor decisions and still get a good ending. Not how it works.
Unless im missing something.... Arthas didn't get anything in Shadowlands... as he's been dead for ages now... Bolvar got the short end of the stick
Whenever I hear the chorus singing for him I get the coldest chills ever.
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This is the power of the interactive gaming.Imagine when we first played with Arthas, it was 20 years ago and still people are reacting to his story.And actually story is not very complicated.
I like how when Arthas opens the huge gate effortlessly, his two troops hold the gate from closing back from the slam. One uses his hand and the other his pike, nice little detail from the animators, top tier cinematics as always.
Hadn't noticed that before. Nice catch!
It's not just soldiers, it's Falric and Marvin, the two captains who followed Arthas to Northrend and were the first to become death knights at his blade. One of them was a captain in the Alliance campaign in Warcraft 3.
@@Avlionable they're also one of the bosses in Halls of Reflection dungeon back in WotLK
yes i liked that too
At least the bad guys were kind enough to make clear the terms and conditions to wield frostmourne😂. Arthas knew what he was buying.
It may have been a requirement of the magic to work, like Arthas had to knowingly and willingly give in for it to work properly.
Nobody knows really what this kind of things require back,till the damage Is already
done.....😢
Only Arthas can make WoW great again.
Yeah, but he is gone forever
Not in classic
@@tqhung166 i bet they will find a way to bring him back from so ecxpansion near the end of that expansion id say 3 more expansions and something to do with arthas will happen the powers that come to Azeroth are either new and nobody know what they are and have to figure it out or a whole new being or some old titan if not that and old god could come back and rez arthas if he wants to see azeroth crumble it could happen might not but would be cool IMO
@@mattchamberlain6608 I would say that "I can't believe that blizz literally just 'snuffed him out' without so much as a redemption", but that's exactly what they did. They did in favor of the weeb's undead waifu who didn't deserve any kind of story or any kind of redemption. He wanted to make things better for his people, even at great cost. Sylvannas became the very thing she sought vengeance against.
@@mattchamberlain6608 They won't dare to try after the crap they pulled lmfoa, they Literally hyped Arthas to be a part of Shadowlands then just butchered him in like final raid with borderline 0 screen time
No other characters in WoW could instill the hype of his existence just by the song "an karanir thanagor" just as much as how Vader breathing noise
Ironically, Arthas' rise to power, his need to seek vengeance, turning to evil by becoming the Lich King, and his eventual downfall is truly the perfect story of a Jedi falling to the Darkside :D
“The harder you try to save this land the quicker you’ll deliver your people right into their hands”. They turned his determination into vengeance and then into a weapon. Jaina and Uther abandoning Arthas left him vulnerable to darkness and pure manipulation.
Amazing writing.
The hype that came with Arthas and Wow WOTLK launch is unmatched.
That is thanks to Warcraft 3. Blizzard should have keept WOW as a separate universe and continued Warcraft 4. Such a waste.
@@ghostpinguin Very true. WoW lore actually died with Burning Crusade when they character assassinated Kael and Illidan.
A big shame. No good story can ever come out of corpogreed that aims for averageness for sake of popularity.
And it was last good expansion, both in Wow and Hearthstone.
I wish we had had more Scourge expansions being the Lich King the main villain. Or a third faction with him as a leader. He deserved more.
we need warcraft 4 with an alternative plot to WoW
@@uomofocaccina6697
I’ve always thought they could use alternate azeroth as the setting for warcraft 4
After the events of warlords of draenor, since no horde came to attack azeroth, the alliance was never formed…. Kingdoms comprising of humans, elf and dwarves vied for supremacy in the lands with the surviving orcs later coming in
Isn't it ironic, both Arthas and Illidan sacrificed their selves to both dark powers just because they wanted to save their people only to do the opposite and damn them to forever darkness.
The road to hell is Paved with good intentions
That's not at all what happened in this story. He does it because he is a self-absorbed brat who thinks is invincible and because someone hurt him personally so he wants his revenge. He ignores every warning from everybody around him from people who are actually good and wise people unlike him but can't do anything because the brat is the king's son. He was not a good person long before he took the sword.
@@ungeimpfterrusslandtroll7155 True. He was a psychopathic narcist even though he was spouting "doing it for my people" bullshit, he wanted power not revenge.
Oh Sylvanas fan boys.
But there is a key difference no matter how much illidan lost he never lost his sight to his goal he always wanted to do the right thing but did it the worst possible way and arthas when he got the frostbourne he lost his sight of what's right and wrong and couldn't fight the darkness Inside him and consumed by the darkness he became the lich king, both are very parallel to each other at the same time very different too
You either die a hero or you live long enough to become the villain. That saying suits Arthas perfectly. Also watching these cinematics brings back a lot of memories of the old Warcraft 3 game I used to play. That and the Frozen Throne.
My thoughts exactly.
More like live long enough to have your support structures turn their backs on you. Arthas did nothing wrong at Stratholme.
man saying this is like saying the entire china should be nuked because to not spread covid lol, you see in culling of the stratholme that they were killing even not infected people, arthas was always a beeeetch@@Jarekx2007
Sylvanas forgot to mention "After I gave Arthas everything he needed to know about how to get past our defenses and then I powerslid into melee range with him"
It was Dar'khan who told Arthas how to get past the defenses
@@TheNarghes Not in the original game, no. Darkhan was a retcon.
Ye like a hunter going in melee range of a death knight?Huntard...
She just messed up her slide cancel is all
@@elite_rock_god2292 melee weaving was a thing back then ;)
In an alternate timeline, after becoming the Lich King, Arthas travelled to the Lands of Rock and was enamored with the power of music, and shred his way with his all-mighty weapon, Frostmourne, making it his makeshift guitar.
Valhallen- The Viking God of Rock approves this message.
STORM, EARTH AND FIRE. HEED MY CALL!!
You forgot the part that after he merge with nerzhul, he destroy the shaman’s spirit inside the helmet, becoming the only personality of the Lich King.
Well that part was a dumb retconn anyway
Based alpha human race Arthas
"He can't possibly mean to..." Sire Denathrius and the Jailer weren't eye to eye on the plan.
The dreadlords would still have had to pretend to be betrayed. Otherwise it would immediately become clear that they were in league with the Lich King.
@@woldenwolk Im so confused, what are you talking about??????
I love Arthas more than anyone else my Hero Protagonist the game childhood😢💔
From the moment one plays the human campaign and witnesses the fall of a character from grace of light into scourge of darkness, whose enemies turn his determination to save his people into vengeance into a weapon; you can’t help but sympathize with such tragedy.
@@Athelarius more then Star wars Skywalker saga Prequel & Sequel. Like prequel Warcraft Reforged the Story Arthas beginning he's a good man he become Death Knight & the Lich King & sequel WoW Bfa & Shadowlands Jaina & Sylvanas tell the truth about Arthas the Lich king his death about what he is done. Thats make me story Sad!
how can you not love Muradin more? ;(
@@TheAnhphuong92 more than not love Uther
What the hell are you guys talking about? Arthas did all of this in seeking of power. He is an narcissistic asshole, who always just thought about himself, he always could've just came back and not do any of the atrocities that he did. After taking the Frostmourne, it was all too late though. Muradin told him not to take the sword, he killed him, and continued in search for MalGanis like nothing happened. Tell me that's not sociopathic behavior right there.
Greatest character created by Blizzard
I hope Arthas story would be adapted in the next Warcraft movie or TV series. Oh that would be so damn epic! 😌
Henry cavill fit on this role
@@melvin112ful Hell yeah! Henry Cavill as Arthas would be amazing 😊👍
In this day and age, he would be killed by Jaina, and she would be the Lich Queen.
@@year111black, lesbian Jaina confirmed
I'm telling you, the story of Arthas has already been written into a fantastic book, now it just needs a movie. There's definitely enough content for at least one, and it would do so well. But sadly, Blizzard would probably never do it.
I still have hopium for some mini CGI TV series, following the success of Arcane, if W3 movie is off the table.. cmon blizzard give us something.
The book is amazing. Not only does it give an amazing backstory of Arthas and his horse invincible, but I thought it was incredible seeing the battle from Sylvanas point of view. Really adds more to her character as well
Well they already did one, wasn't centered entirely on one particular person (Aside from a very particular grey boy)
I dont have hope that if a movie was made today, it wouldn't be corrupt by this Hollywood and Washington. Its should just be left until someone who loves this story and world comes along.
i think the arthas story is best story told in warcraft history.
it is fucking beautiful indeed but i would say the best story is war of the ancients, all 3 books
Novel **Arthas: Rise of the Lich King**
Arthas’s story deserves a full 3 hours mega movie..
more like 3 x 4 hour movies like LotR:extended.
but it's too late now. They should've done it around 2010 before hollywood got woked. It would be shit now.
Arthas' story deserves a movie trilogy
@@Astral-Projector2389 could not say it better
Willing to gamble your soul, to save your people, to be seen as a tyrant, in others eyes, to save those that can be saved, not many can do that.
Arthas was rash and had a hard time to listen to others, but legit, he did what was needed at the time, if he had not picked up Frostmourne, I imagine he would've been a great king, leading the Alliance for a long time.
But his fall is sad, and what makes him a great character how they did it. What happened to him in Shadowlands is unforgivable, but same time, him being used to make Kingsmourne makes sense, who else could be made into such a force.
What happened to him in the shadowlands could be completely acceptable, if not for the Sylvana's dialogue at the end of his flickering soul, which felt so out of place or ridiculous. Plus the fact that more story chould have been given to him during Shadowlands, other than "Look at this blue crystal I have here in my hands, which I'll use to forge Kingsmourne. The players will never 1+1 this one and find out this is related to Arthas!"... If the point was to give some sort of suspense, they failed by how obvious it was, and denied any kind of development related to the character by doing so.
Arthas’ story is in a way synonymous with the iconic quote: you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
16:31 This rendition of this song is the most heart breaking of all. Love it.
the way kelthuzad is such a bro to arthas.. is just too cute.. the dude dont need to be his subordinate but the way he speaks and the way he acted near arthas looks like he trully wanted to serve... them shadowlands show us he was actually an asshole.. why.. the dude loves his god dam cat.. he is not evil he is just cruel sometimes.. but he was loyal he was there all the time..
i dont like how he finally dies..
which time?
@@defaultname7685 the last time..
Arthas was driven to madness by the relentless hordes of the undeath and the vile twisted voice inside his head I can't blame him for becoming this because he felt like he had no choice.
I’d say this is one of the best storylines I’ve ever experienced…. We had the privilege of playing the original BC--WotlK transition and it was absolutely magical
It was awesome.
Illidan onew himself all along and really tried to use his own ambition and talents to do what he considered good in the long run. Arthas wanted revenge and accepted he no longer cared about anything but power, getting worse with time. Illidan is more of an anti-hero, while Arthas is a top tier Supervillain (if this were about superheroes)
@@anon_148 cringe tier comment ^
That was perfect
The Arthas in my opinion have the best story line in all warcraft
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"I demand a rematch." -Illidan Stormrage.
Arthas did everything for his people
@@Clearynotcrazy stratholme was already infected with the grain when jaina and Arthas decided to purge the town, they were going to turn into scourge regardless the ones who were infected, so it was either purge them as they were turning, or let them turn, purge them then but then the rest of stratholme who weren't infected would be attacked by the new scourge
Its insane how freaking good quality the Frostmourne on the pedestal is
11:22 the best part in whole Warcraft.
that uther scream omfg.. still give me the same chill
Arthas & Kel Thuzad...the story of a true friendship
What a legendary story and legendary characters. The best gaming storytelling I've seen.
This is extremely well edited. Take pride in this work.
WC & Wotlk will forever have a special place in my heart. The days were free of worries, now many of us have likely established families and etc
10/10 great work compiling everything. Brings back good memories
you know.. this kind of Cinematic, they should turn into a TV Series. I would totally watch it.
10/10 amazing ty for this, truly grateful
Arthas & illidan two greatest stories ever made , both of them fall into darkness arthas lose his control but illidan didn’t
Not what actually happened in Warcraft 3, Illidan clearly loses control over his actions and goes full beast and Arthas has total control.
@@ghostpinguin nah Illidan was doing things that shows him like a badass demon but in real he was seeking revenge ( Sergares )
warcraft3 gave me astigmatism. Played this for 10hours straight when i was a kid. Couldnt believe this was 20years ago. And the cinematics are crazy.
There is an opportunity for good profit if they make a 3-4 hour movie out of Artha's story
Or a series of the entire Warcraft 3, and then maybe a movie of the WotLK.
You mean the canceled "Warcraft 2 the movie"?
@@randomguyonyoutube8844 Looks like they abandon the franchise,so instead of nothing,at least a stand alone, careful executed movie would be nice
@@Zografos1984 True
@@Zografos1984 if they did make another film then they should make it cinematic - esque instead of cgi and acting mixed. The cinematics are great
ahh those line and voices are nostalgic :< I miss you arthas, sylvanas,jaina , warcraft 3 campaign days as well with reign of chaos
Song at 18:06 is "Last days of the Alliance"
Great video..The ending was perfect!
"I will give anything, pay any price if you will help save my people"
Boy did that come back to haunt Arthas.
It never gets old…Is it just me?
Vengeance has come
..Best Line of Arthas..
Imagine Henry Cavill playing Arthas in an epic WoW movie.
Man that will be so cool
* a series
Wow yes
@@sfitz85 unless it's hbo fantasy series are garbage
I'm not a gay , don't want to imagine that guy in every role 😂
This is so much heartbreaking and is the best compilation I have seen
This is so good!
The editing is perfect
Don't you love how everyone hates Arthas, even after the reveal that he wasn't in control, but Sylvanus who was only marginally influenced by the Jailer in BFA and Shadowlands is A-OK despite committing similar genocides?
I hate the direction they went with sylvannas in the modern lore, she was so badass and likeable, they made her into like a psycho bitch. I think there's plenty of people that used to like her and now don't
Sylvanas was more than "marginally influenced". If Uther is anything to go by, we know she got her soul split, half of it imprisoned with the other half barely stuck to an undead body. You can see this conflict in that one scene where her Ranger General persona is arguing with the Banshee Queen.
she was BADASS in legion cinematic. BADASS. But after she betrayed Varian its all over
@@user-vv3zc9il9k at broken shore? She never "betrayed" Varian. It was a trap all along. She had to withdraw as they were nearly surrounded and Vol'Jin was mortally wounded, otherwise the Horde would end then and there
@@ricksaburai when does she argue with her human self?
Arthas' story is like "What If Boremir Got The One Ring?"
Its so great that consecutive cinematics are from such a different places in time, like u have a full hd cinematics from shadowland and then one from the old warcraft 3 ❤❤❤❤❤
GOLD. this is absolutely a golden tribute to the greatest Fallen Protagonist in game history!(Opinion)Thanks for the great video!
"I see... only darkness. As if my entire story will be snuffed out like failed escort quest and replaced with the unending need to cater to the weebs who simp for their undead waifu..." - Arthas, probably.
I love that ending where arthas still has a bit of humanity left in him to see kel'thuzad as his friend
Hands down the most masterfully crafted villain of all time.
The video I never even knew I needed.
this was fantastic, only thing id add would be the speech Uther gave to Arthas before his Arthas killed him.
Glad you could bake it, Uther
Arthas he is a brave and committed hero, unlike Jaina and Uther, who do nothing but run away from problems and blame others, abandoning Arthas when he needs help the most!
I still personally prefer the old classic fight over this felt so much energy and intensity really make you feel everything on the line.
For Kel'Thuzad!!! For the Scourge!!!
We always said WOW died with Arthas / Lich King, that's why we come to into this good old days, you can' admit it loool and hope it never dies or it have further alternative story development
One of the greatest story ever. This should be a Netflix series.
14:40 Two of my all time favorite fantasy characters.
I mean what was the alternative to purging stratholme though? Uther? Jaina? Come on now let’s hear it.
wear masks, quarantine etc
@@Lemmiwinkser to be fair, they had no time to deal with it in an orderly fashion. The plaque was spreading quickly and arthas was afraid that if they didn't purge stratholme quickly, then it might spread further, also the fact that he thought that there still might be uninfected villagers inside stratholme that might get infected if he didn't act fast.
Agree. Arthas bore the responsibility of decision, his friends had the luxury of indignation. The effort to quarantine the city had failed. Some of his seige troops had become infected. If they waited for Jaina to maybe someday find a cure, many more would be lost. Arthas chose the lesser of two evils against an enemy none could defeat.
In the end Uther and Jaina have more blood on their hand than Arthas himself ....
The previous conversation in the throne room talked about implementing strict quarantine
great video !
Still remember playing through WC3: Frozen Throne as a kid, amazing storyline
If we agree that blizzard are good at something it is cinematics for sure! Legendary finish quote love it!
The OST music is widely unparalleled, so far.
what's interesting here is this isnt just nerzhul betraying kil jaeden but retroactively through shadowlands lore the moment arthas stabbed malganis Zovaal also betrayed his alliance with Sargeras.
Perfect
Came here as a suggested video after watching the WotLK cinematic after watching the new "The war within" cinematic.
Now I know why the song "Arthas my son" that played in the wotlk cinematic is so emotionally impactful. It's a requiem of a beloved son of Lordaeron... A sad tale of what was meant to be but didn't... The mourning of a paladin, child of a great King, with unparallel love for his people, destined to rule justly over them only to fall into darkness and cause thousands of casualties among the very people he swore to protect.
Such a powerful story.
“Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”
- Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
Multiple personalities.. i knew me and Arthas had something in common
I have not felt the same about a game since WoTLK. Even after playing WoW up until earlier this year, nothing feels the same. This was hands down the apex of the RPG experience.
The scene where Arthas kills his father was too intense for 9 y.o. me. I was scared to continue the story but couldn't resist it lol.
Masterpiece 👏
Arthas becoming the Lich King was awesome and also sad as fuck.
Dude was literally used like a pawn by forces FAR beyond his understanding and comprehension.
From Frostmourne to Ner'Zhul to Sire Denathrius and the Jailer...a literal elder god/cosmic figure that created the runes that were used to bind Arthas.
And THEN they turned Arthas into kindling for his forges.
Damn. Just damn.
Ever notice, that for all Uther and Jaina condemn Arthas for his actions at Stratholme neither of them actually seem to have any alternative ideas?
This should have been the Warcraft movie we needed
honestly, watching this again after many years make me realize one thing, the only thing Blizzard never disappointed me was the Cinematics :D
Now thats a wow story
Been gaming over fifteen years. Very few moments live with me daily, lich king arc is Def one of them
Nice Edit
Reading the Arthas novel is essential for anyone who loves this character. It's deeply tragic reading about pre-teen Arthas beginning his training with Muradin knowing he will cause his ruin. Learning how Invincible's death forged his mentality about making sacrifices for the greater good. Varian and his childhood friendship after Stormwinds destruction. Arthas was so close to being the next Uther. So close to leading right next to Varian Wrynn. It's like Anakin Skywalker stole the One Ring
The voice actor upgrade for illidan from wc3 to bc was huge
i remember playing wc3 during my elementary school, wow
such epic storyline, i remember it all campaign
vs maglanis was the hardest for me, always timed out
The best Lore in Warcraft
That thumbnail goes hard tho
The battle was legendary
One of the best villain archs in a video game