And finally the Arthas questline. There wasn’t much new here, but it’s a solid summary of the character.
- The “new” content comes at the start: Arthas as Prince, inspecting the troops in the Lordaeron Garrison (the future Scarlet Monastery).
- He talks with Uther - what if his duties as a Knight of the Silver Hand one day conflict with his duties as King? Uther says, “All you can do is look down the paths in front of you, and do your best to see what lies ahead.” Arthas is not impressed by this advice.
- He talks with Jaina, and they have a cute conversation about how much pressure they are both under.
- Everybody treats Arthas like he’s the best boy, and one of your attack abilities even says “You are the best. Let them know it.”
- Then we fast-forward to a bit of the Culling of Stratholme (the Wrath dungeon), and the Wrath Alliance questline where you relive the decision to burn the ships and the moment where Arthas picked up Frostmourne. We see Arthas killing his father.
- Cho refuses to comment on whether there was any way to save the people of Stratholme.
- Then we briefly play as the Lich King, climbing the steps of Icecrown and killing the memories of Muradin, Uther, and Jaina, haunted by his father’s ghost.
- Cho refuses to comment on whether Arthas ever completely vanished from inside the Lich King.
- Then comes a solo version of all of Halls of Reflection (the Alliance version). That took some time to get through.
- Finally, you play through the final Lich King raid fight, as the Lich King. Compared to the Illidan fight in Legion, it feels like it was thrown together very quickly, and it was very underwhelming. And the fight ended as soon as Terenas resurrected everyone, but maybe that’s a bug. (And before you ask, the enemies are generic “Mage” “Druid” “Death Knight” etc. All Horde, but I did this on a Horde character.)