Through his seeking for vengeance, he lost his own soul for the lich king , blinded and manipulated by his anger. Poor Arthas thought he would find salvation in that path, toke lifes of his loyal soldiers and never stopped . In return he became a pawn for the lich king
I understand that Arthas purging Stratholme was the only choice he had, but he should've realized Mal'Ganis was manipulating him into doing his bidding.
There really was not correct solution at Stratholme. If he did nothing, then his people would have turned into the undead, slaughtering their friends and family and bolstering the forces of the scourge. And we all know what happens if he saves the few that are not infected. He was put infront of an impossible choice and acted with his best intentions, but just as the saying goes: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. That is why the culling of stratholme works so well as a story beat.
And after Stratholme he ended up losing more that a city of undeads... most of the greatest warriors Lordaeron had leaved with Uther and the Silver Hand got disbanded, that's a bigger loss than this obvious bait, admit it, the culling WAS the bait, not Northrend.
No, it wasn't, he had to flee to Kalimdor like Medivh told him to do so, as Medivh said the Eastern Kingdoms were lost and the scourge was made to the sole purpose of destroying Lordaeron, the culling was a rookie mistake, he even said he killed them because "they won't like to be turned into undeads", that's an emotional argument, people don't understand he lost even more with the suspension of most of the paladins.
@@bass-dc9175 i mean, i like how people still discuss this, after all these years, it shows how Warcraft 3 and Arthas were perfectly written, but to me Stratholme was petty clear, Arthas only destroyed plagued houses, not the entire city(there still people alive at the end cutscene), and you can wait until they convert before killing them, confirming that everyone Arthas killed in Stratholme were doomed. There was really no time to do anything else.
I just recently discovered from Warcraft wiki that "Mal'Ganis and the other dreadlords secretly planted clues and false information about Frostmourne in the dwarves' camp in order to lead them to it" which is from Chronicles 3 Because I was wondering why would Muradin locate an artifact that dangerous.
Always liked this story but disagree with the people who say he was done dirty in Shadowlands. Spoiled little bastard got what he deserved, snuffed out.
If you read the book, then you can see that he always had selfdoubt and never felt ready for the important decisions in his life. The decision to purge stratholme, was the first time he took his fate in his own hands instead of following uthers command.
@@DioBrando-qi9soThe book is really good. It also puts into perspective that Arthas has been failing and trying desperately to save people for days without sleep and is exhausted.
Story of arthas still one of the best in the whole game !
not only in the game, but in all games and fiction!
They need to add an alternetive campaign if you mannage to beat Mal'ganis's base on hard mode and defeating his base in Northrend without frostmourne
@@petersander5802 Like a different timeline what could have been
@@kristiyangrigorov5232 yeah and add a code for your wow accunt so you get acess to it or just change the lore in general
Through his seeking for vengeance, he lost his own soul for the lich king , blinded and manipulated by his anger. Poor Arthas thought he would find salvation in that path, toke lifes of his loyal soldiers and never stopped . In return he became a pawn for the lich king
I understand that Arthas purging Stratholme was the only choice he had, but he should've realized Mal'Ganis was manipulating him into doing his bidding.
yes he should have known.
There really was not correct solution at Stratholme.
If he did nothing, then his people would have turned into the undead, slaughtering their friends and family and bolstering the forces of the scourge.
And we all know what happens if he saves the few that are not infected.
He was put infront of an impossible choice and acted with his best intentions, but just as the saying goes: The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
That is why the culling of stratholme works so well as a story beat.
And after Stratholme he ended up losing more that a city of undeads... most of the greatest warriors Lordaeron had leaved with Uther and the Silver Hand got disbanded, that's a bigger loss than this obvious bait, admit it, the culling WAS the bait, not Northrend.
No, it wasn't, he had to flee to Kalimdor like Medivh told him to do so, as Medivh said the Eastern Kingdoms were lost and the scourge was made to the sole purpose of destroying Lordaeron, the culling was a rookie mistake, he even said he killed them because "they won't like to be turned into undeads", that's an emotional argument, people don't understand he lost even more with the suspension of most of the paladins.
@@bass-dc9175 i mean, i like how people still discuss this, after all these years, it shows how Warcraft 3 and Arthas were perfectly written, but to me Stratholme was petty clear, Arthas only destroyed plagued houses, not the entire city(there still people alive at the end cutscene), and you can wait until they convert before killing them, confirming that everyone Arthas killed in Stratholme were doomed. There was really no time to do anything else.
I just recently discovered from Warcraft wiki that "Mal'Ganis and the other dreadlords secretly planted clues and false information about Frostmourne in the dwarves' camp in order to lead them to it" which is from Chronicles 3
Because I was wondering why would Muradin locate an artifact that dangerous.
They gave Chris Heimworth face to Arthas Menethil.
bro this always make me sad
arthas betrayed by his own creator
and wow died with him
Yawn
Arthas did nothing wrong at Stratholme.
Wow, uncanny! I feel like I've been told this exact lie already!
Always liked this story but disagree with the people who say he was done dirty in Shadowlands. Spoiled little bastard got what he deserved, snuffed out.
If you read the book, then you can see that he always had selfdoubt and never felt ready for the important decisions in his life. The decision to purge stratholme, was the first time he took his fate in his own hands instead of following uthers command.
@@DioBrando-qi9soThe book is really good. It also puts into perspective that Arthas has been failing and trying desperately to save people for days without sleep and is exhausted.
They need to add ORIGINAL AUDIO!!!
Is it changed??