Artas

[Mymla]

Why did Artas actually go mad in the first place? (I mean not after he picked up frostmourne) I mean more when he disbands the silver hand order, go to northrend, burn his (men's) boats and kills muradin... the whole story about "Prince Artas" seems very strange to me..

[Liche]

When Mal'Ganis began making zombies out of the people of his country, he went on a rampage and started hunting for him. He went for anything strong enough to kill the Dreadlord. And he found Frostmourne. Muradin didn't want him to get it, Arthas kills him. Bang. He goes undead.

(I haven't played RoC in a while so I think it's like that.)

[lordshadowbane]

No... Arthas became vengeful after the Undead and he centered his life upon revenge and got Frostmourne ultimately sacrificing his soul...

[Kingcrazygenius]

It was really a rather gradual process. Arthas has always had the secret belief that he should be incharge (as evidenced in one of his pissed quotes) but never admitted it. Between him needing to be saved by Uther in the survival mission and his people being turned into undead his pride was sorely injured. To avenge his people (and really his own pride) he went on his fanatic campaign to slay Mal'ganis, and finally lost his soul and sanity to Frostmourne.

But it is not all his fault, for Mal'ganis, under the instruction of the presumed ally Ner'zhul, was mentally corrupting Arthas from the day Arthas first encountered the undead. But then again, all Mal'ganis did was bring the darkest side of Arthas to light.

If a dreadlord ever corrupts me expect the oceans to become vats of flaming blood and torture.

[Mymla]

hm... yes maybe (quite sure, but I like writing "maybe" better) :y-idea: