You are Master telling anything about warcraft lore. Your voice and sounds used make such great atmosphere so I think I am playing warcraft. Such great videos 👍
Your videos give me the same feeling I got from reading rpg books as a kid, that alone makes you my favorite lore channel. Keep up the good work my guy.
So the reason why so many litches wear chains is because of their status of slavery in relation to the legion. Also I have noticed the the Warcraft 3 undead and even in WoW take inspirations in Egyptian Architecture and mesopotamia culture. Lore wise this explain because the Lich King first made his armies with the nerubians empire. And the nerubians took their Aesthetic from the Tol'vir of Northern that were Egyptians in appearence. This was really funny for me to unravel. Now from the designers perspective I would say that the Warcraft undead are from the Warhammer undead. Since their are Both Medieval undead and Egyptian undead. The later giving origin of the Vampire Couts that resurrect the dead into their servitude.
In short, because they realized that the Lich King sent them on a suicide mission when they were sent to attack Light's Hope Chapel. That, coupled with Tirion momentarily overpowering the Lich King at that battle, allowed them to slip from Arthas's control.
this phylactery... how far away can it be from the host? i cannot imagine it being possible to kill a lich if they threw it into the nether, or in a pocket dimension such as what the majority of karazhan is in, if i am not mistaken.
Most liches who happen to hide their phylactery instead of carrying it do hide it somewhere nearby. However, if we consider Ras Frostwhisper, his soul remained in Stratholme, while he resided in Scholomance. So, presumably, it could also be farther away.
@@Teeironor what are the limitations and functions of these things? does it merely house the mind, while non-locally animating the body, does it resurrect the body at the phylactery, or is it required in a ritual or something? i assume it is not a ritual item, since these liches don't seem to require servants to resurrect. i ask this because it seems awfully confusing to me that a group of the cult of the damned's most loyal, intelligent, and powerful necromancers would be stupid enough to keep the thing they require to survive either nearby, or on their person. especially if liches don't suddenly lose their ability to use magic once they become liches (that mage that turned himself into a lich... presumably he didn't intentionally forfeit all his power just to reanimate corpses and be immortal, especially since he was dabbling into necromancy before becoming a lich.) assuming there is such sense as an alarm spell, such as the one in d&d, all he would need to do is secure his phylactery in an unreachable, hidden location, and if, by chance, his enemies find it, he could probably just teleport or open a portal to that location. we players are limited in where we can open portals, but we have seen powerful mages open portals to many locations, i doubt someone with the powers of a lich would be so limited. assuming i am not wrong somewhere in my reasoning, i must admit i haven't played for a while, then liches should be completely impossible to defeat.
These are very valid questions that, for the most part, Blizzard has not provided the answer for. We do know that, at the very least, servants and worshipers do help in speeding up the resurrection of a lich; the Death's Head quilboar sped up Amnennar the Coldbringer's revival by performing sacrifices near his phylactery. As to those liches who keep their phylactery on their person, I imagine their thinking is something along the lines of "well, I am the strongest and most trustworthy person nearby, so of course I have to safeguard my phylactery"; especially since they are not usually front-line fighters. And yes, liches retain their magic abilities in life, and usually get stronger through their transformation. And mages do have the ability in the lore to place wards on something they want to guard, and then teleport to said wards. So your guess is as good as mine as to why liches don't do that more often. If I had to speculate, I imagine it has to do with the speed of their revival process and/or convenience (for instance, Amnennar's influence over the quilboar might have diminished if he didn't provide physical proof of his imminent return and/or kept whispering to them from the phylactery).
@@Teeironor the more important question i have is whether or not the phylactery reanimates their corpses, or creates a new one nearby. wow has a lot of competent rogues, so surely they have more creative methods of keeping items safe than keeping it in their house or on their person, especially when using magic or creative hiding spots. even if they require servants, and have their bodies recreated at the phylactery, there should still be many effective methods of protecting them. you said they tend to be urns and gems, do we have and idea what they can't be? or is it just a question of when blizzard will clarify on the mechanics of something from a past expansion that will probably get retconed in some minor way? red shirt guy should ask blizzard about this kind of stuff asap. :P
A new body is created for the lich when they are revived; it does not reanimate the previous one, as that (at least in-game) tends to disappear when they die. Well, Ras Frostwhisper's soul bound itself to a very banal book; so I don't think there are necessarily limits to what a phylactery would be, though perhaps gems can be more easily enchanted and urns... symbolize death, I guess. I suppose one thing to keep in mind when discussing this topic is that liches are some of the most powerful spellcasters in Warcraft (obviously not comparing them to characters like Khadgar or Jaina, rather to other typical mages). It would be very rare for a lich to be killed, especially not when the Scourge was ascendant pre-Wrath. It's quite possible that most of them simply don't see the need to hide their phylactery somewhere, or are so arrogant that they can't imagine themselves being defeated. The liches who have taken steps to hide their phylactery either were in hostile territory (Amnennar the Coldbringer) or had already been killed once (Kel'thuzad).
I like how your facts video are specific enough to always stay on topic Stopped watching nobbel87 because all of his where broad to the point most of them where pointless
@@Teeironor Type Lich in google translate and let the voice pronounce it for you and it pronounces it litch. Its how everyone has been using this word. So not sure what this feller is blabbering about.
You are Master telling anything about warcraft lore. Your voice and sounds used make such great atmosphere so I think I am playing warcraft.
Such great videos 👍
This video was pretty chill dude
Got 99 problems but a lich ain't one of them.
More lich lore plz
Your videos give me the same feeling I got from reading rpg books as a kid, that alone makes you my favorite lore channel. Keep up the good work my guy.
*Liches 💀💀💀💀☠️ Are SO COOL ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️🌬️🌬️🌬️!*
Thought there was going to be a fact there about the rumour that we did not destroy Kael’thuzad’s phylactory.
I would only be speculating about something probably everyone knows already.
Awsome video
So the reason why so many litches wear chains is because of their status of slavery in relation to the legion.
Also I have noticed the the Warcraft 3 undead and even in WoW take inspirations in Egyptian Architecture and mesopotamia culture.
Lore wise this explain because the Lich King first made his armies with the nerubians empire. And the nerubians took their Aesthetic from the Tol'vir of Northern that were Egyptians in appearence.
This was really funny for me to unravel.
Now from the designers perspective I would say that the Warcraft undead are from the Warhammer undead. Since their are Both Medieval undead and Egyptian undead. The later giving origin of the Vampire Couts that resurrect the dead into their servitude.
love it keep the good work up
Why did the ebon blade betray arthas?
In short, because they realized that the Lich King sent them on a suicide mission when they were sent to attack Light's Hope Chapel. That, coupled with Tirion momentarily overpowering the Lich King at that battle, allowed them to slip from Arthas's control.
this phylactery... how far away can it be from the host? i cannot imagine it being possible to kill a lich if they threw it into the nether, or in a pocket dimension such as what the majority of karazhan is in, if i am not mistaken.
Most liches who happen to hide their phylactery instead of carrying it do hide it somewhere nearby. However, if we consider Ras Frostwhisper, his soul remained in Stratholme, while he resided in Scholomance. So, presumably, it could also be farther away.
@@Teeironor what are the limitations and functions of these things? does it merely house the mind, while non-locally animating the body, does it resurrect the body at the phylactery, or is it required in a ritual or something? i assume it is not a ritual item, since these liches don't seem to require servants to resurrect. i ask this because it seems awfully confusing to me that a group of the cult of the damned's most loyal, intelligent, and powerful necromancers would be stupid enough to keep the thing they require to survive either nearby, or on their person. especially if liches don't suddenly lose their ability to use magic once they become liches (that mage that turned himself into a lich... presumably he didn't intentionally forfeit all his power just to reanimate corpses and be immortal, especially since he was dabbling into necromancy before becoming a lich.) assuming there is such sense as an alarm spell, such as the one in d&d, all he would need to do is secure his phylactery in an unreachable, hidden location, and if, by chance, his enemies find it, he could probably just teleport or open a portal to that location. we players are limited in where we can open portals, but we have seen powerful mages open portals to many locations, i doubt someone with the powers of a lich would be so limited. assuming i am not wrong somewhere in my reasoning, i must admit i haven't played for a while, then liches should be completely impossible to defeat.
These are very valid questions that, for the most part, Blizzard has not provided the answer for.
We do know that, at the very least, servants and worshipers do help in speeding up the resurrection of a lich; the Death's Head quilboar sped up Amnennar the Coldbringer's revival by performing sacrifices near his phylactery.
As to those liches who keep their phylactery on their person, I imagine their thinking is something along the lines of "well, I am the strongest and most trustworthy person nearby, so of course I have to safeguard my phylactery"; especially since they are not usually front-line fighters.
And yes, liches retain their magic abilities in life, and usually get stronger through their transformation. And mages do have the ability in the lore to place wards on something they want to guard, and then teleport to said wards. So your guess is as good as mine as to why liches don't do that more often. If I had to speculate, I imagine it has to do with the speed of their revival process and/or convenience (for instance, Amnennar's influence over the quilboar might have diminished if he didn't provide physical proof of his imminent return and/or kept whispering to them from the phylactery).
@@Teeironor the more important question i have is whether or not the phylactery reanimates their corpses, or creates a new one nearby. wow has a lot of competent rogues, so surely they have more creative methods of keeping items safe than keeping it in their house or on their person, especially when using magic or creative hiding spots. even if they require servants, and have their bodies recreated at the phylactery, there should still be many effective methods of protecting them. you said they tend to be urns and gems, do we have and idea what they can't be? or is it just a question of when blizzard will clarify on the mechanics of something from a past expansion that will probably get retconed in some minor way? red shirt guy should ask blizzard about this kind of stuff asap. :P
A new body is created for the lich when they are revived; it does not reanimate the previous one, as that (at least in-game) tends to disappear when they die.
Well, Ras Frostwhisper's soul bound itself to a very banal book; so I don't think there are necessarily limits to what a phylactery would be, though perhaps gems can be more easily enchanted and urns... symbolize death, I guess.
I suppose one thing to keep in mind when discussing this topic is that liches are some of the most powerful spellcasters in Warcraft (obviously not comparing them to characters like Khadgar or Jaina, rather to other typical mages). It would be very rare for a lich to be killed, especially not when the Scourge was ascendant pre-Wrath. It's quite possible that most of them simply don't see the need to hide their phylactery somewhere, or are so arrogant that they can't imagine themselves being defeated. The liches who have taken steps to hide their phylactery either were in hostile territory (Amnennar the Coldbringer) or had already been killed once (Kel'thuzad).
I like how your facts video are specific enough to always stay on topic
Stopped watching nobbel87 because all of his where broad to the point most of them where pointless
please say lich like LIH and not LITSCHES. Litsches is wrong
I mean, everyone in-game says it "litsch". And a quick wikipedia search shows that that's the correct way to say it.
@@Teeironor Type Lich in google translate and let the voice pronounce it for you and it pronounces it litch. Its how everyone has been using this word. So not sure what this feller is blabbering about.