His malice became a legend. The lord of all the restless Scourge, the owner of the runic blade Frostmourne, the implacable enemy of all the free peoples of Azeroth, the Lich King is a being of immeasurable power and unsurpassed cruelty, whose icy soul is completely consumed by the desire to destroy all life in World of Warcraft. But this was not always the case. Before the orc shaman Ner'zhul infected his soul with a lust for murder, the Lich King was Prince Arthas Menethil, heir to the throne of Lordaeron and a loyal paladin of the Order of the Silver Hand. When a plague broke out in the north of Lordaeron, turning the living into undead, bringing death to all that he knew and loved, Arthas rushes on a hopeless search for a runic blade, endowed with the power that can save his native country. However, the subject of his search requires an incredible sacrifice from the new owner. With its acquisition, Arthas begins a terrible descent into the abyss of damnation. Now the path of the Lordaeron prince leads to the frozen northern wastes to the Frozen Throne - and towards the darkest fate in the world.