It occurred to me, while looking at the lovely desktop image of Bolvar standing in front of the Shadowlands environment graphic, all red and glowing with the big flamy mace/hammer/whatever it is, that if he isn’t empowered by the Lich King anymore, then that would seem to indicate he is a Death Knight.
However, DKs normally have blue/white eyes. So would he be a different form of DK?
He is a death paladin.
Blizz has somewhat went in depth just slightly on this. With him being saved by the Red Dragon flight he’s somewhat the embodiment of life when it comes to the orange crackled body, however because he took up the mantle of Lich King he also had his foot in death and understood it just as much as his ability to understand and be apart of life thanks to the Red Dragon flight.
So, yes and no, he is a form of a DK, but the Lich King works a bit differently than the DKs we can play.
Edit: It’s also how he plans on helping us in Shadowlands, is because he was able to see through Death while being the Lich King.
I dont think its explained just yet. He became the Lich King. Not sure if he became a death knight in the process
DKs are undead.
Not exactlly sure what Bolvar is because he was cleansed by the flames of the Lifebinder so he is not actually undead but he is not live as we know it
Aye, now I read up on it, one reference says he was “taken to the very edge of life” after which Arthas got hold of him and used him for a wall decoration. In a way that would make him like Arthas, because again if what wowpedia says is true, it indicates he was alive when he merged with the lich, but was still considered a Death Knight.
Bolvar was rezzed by Alexstrasza via her dragonflame so he’s a Red Dragonflame undead/zombie.
I would think he’s a death knight. Were really not entirely sure what Arthas did to him while torturing him. We do know that he was trying to make Bolvar his new champion
They treat Bolvar like he was weak for the sake of letting Sylvanas be stronger than she is in a cinematic, but then act like he was strong to give Sylvanas girl power that she actually owes to Arthas.
Was Arthas LK considered a DK? Also is the definition of a DK that they must be undead?
Arthas was a DK in WC3. And he hadn’t died when he became one, just picked up Frostmourne and bore the curse. Became the Lich King when he donned the helm, but was never killed.
Oh yea I forgot he didn’t die and was a dk. So bolvar could very well be the same but also could be a paladin still also. Or something… ask Christie “Can’t write coherently” golden.
Something about the Lich King seems to transcend life and death. At least the two most recent ones were not dead when the took up the mantle, but it would be tough to say they were fully alive when they did so as well.
I believe that Christie works on most of the cinematics and I personally love them. She manages to put a tremendous amount of emotion and impact into a very short slice of the story. Every word used has significance. I don’t know how much of them she writes and how much input other people have, but if they are principally her work, then kudos to her.
Bolvar is dragon knight
He died shortly after picking up frostmourne, his vitals were frozen. Chronicles pt. 3
Arthas did not Turn Bolvar He was resurrected by Alexstrasza via her dragonflame.
That’s not exactly what I’ve read. Wowpedia says:
It was revealed that Bolvar had been captured by the Scourge, having been kept somewhere between life and death by the flames of the red dragonflight which had also horrifically charred him beyond recognition.
So he wasn’t actually resurrected - he was almost dead from the plague attack, sort of on his way out of life but kept from actual death. So if he didn’t actually die then he appears to be a rather unusual form of DK if he is indeed one.
No. Alexstrasza only burned away the Plague and charred all the bodies on the field. Bolvar definitely died and the Lich King rez’d him. Arthas rez’d a body on fire (a special fire) and that’s why Bolvar is the way he is.
Yes he was just not in the way DKs are normally killed. The helm, armor and sword slowly turned Arthas into a lich. Becoming a lich = becoming undead. Arthas just had a slow death instead of a quick one.