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Lich King

Glossary
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The undying master of the Scourge, enthroned in the ice of Northrend.
Kil'jaeden tore the spirit of the orc shaman Ner'zhul from his body and sealed it in a block of ice atop Icecrown, the Frozen Throne, to prepare Azeroth for the Legion. From there the Lich King raised the Scourge and spread the plague. After the Third War, Prince Arthas climbed to the throne and merged with him, and the united Lich King now waits in Northrend.

Related lore

Glossary
Scourge
The Lich King's army of the undead, spread by plague and necromancy.
Legendary items
Frostmourne
The Lich King's runeblade, which claimed Arthas Menethil's soul in the ice of Northrend.
Chapter 15
The Lich King and the Plague
From Northrend the Lich King reached south, and the archmage Kel'Thuzad spread a plague of undeath through Lordaeron's grain.

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