query: when did wrath of the lich king come out

pos: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is the second expansion set for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) "World of Warcraft", following "". It launched on November 13, 2008 and sold 2.8 million copies within the first day, making it the fastest selling computer game of all time released at that point. The game added a substantial amount of new content into the game world, including the new continent of Northrend, home of the eponymous Lich King and his undead minions. In order to advance through Northrend, players are

pos: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom. It later lost its rank as number one after Blizzard released "Diablo III", which sold over 3.5 million copies within its first 24 hours on the market. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is the second expansion set for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) "World of Warcraft", following "". It launched on November 13, 2008 and sold 2.8 million copies within the first day, making it the fastest selling computer game of all time released at that point. The game added a

pos: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King fire effects, more realistic shadows, and the option to turn down character texture resolution to improve performance. On October 15, 2008, Patch 3.0.2, titled 'Wrath of the Lich King', was released to pave the way for the upcoming expansion, bringing many of the expansion's updated systems to the game pre-release. Several new features were added including an all new class called the Death Knight. Classes received new spells and abilities. A harbor was added to Stormwind and new Zeppelin towers outside Orgrimmar and Tirisfal Glades. "Wrath of the Lich King" was released on November 13, 2008. Patch 3.1.0, 'Secrets of

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King against the black dragonflight that is attempting to destroy the Sanctum to facilitate Deathwing's reemergence. On September 19, 2012, the "Wrath of the Lich King" expansion was completely merged with the original "World of Warcraft" game, just as the "Burning Crusade" expansion was the previous year. Now all players who purchase the original game automatically receive "The Burning Crusade" and "Wrath of the Lich King" at no additional cost. This merging of the expansions with the original game is called a "Battle Chest". "Wrath of the Lich King" was critically acclaimed, scoring a 91 out of 100 on Metacritic. Since

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Without a Lich King, the leaderless undead would go on an unstoppable rampage across Azeroth. Bolvar (revealed to have been altered by the red dragons' flame), steps forward and voluntarily becomes the new Lich King, promising to keep the Scourge contained in Northrend as its eternal jailer. "World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King" was announced on August 3, 2007, on the first day of BlizzCon 2007. Several enhancements to "World of Warcraft"s graphics engine were added with the release of Wrath of the Lich King. These include the use of a new shader in areas containing ice, new

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King period before it can be used again and runic power decays over time when out of combat. With specific talents, the death knight can also turn their runes into death runes, which can be used as any type of rune. The death knight has the option of three presences: blood, frost and unholy. In "Wrath of the Lich King", frost presence increased threat generated, increased health and lowered damage taken; blood presence increased damage done and restored a portion of damage dealt as healing; unholy presence increased attack speed, increased movement speed and reduced the global cooldown on all abilities.

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King journeyed to the icy heart of Northrend. Both had come for different reasons: Jaina hoped to discover whether a part of her former friend and lover, Arthas Menethil, still lived; Sylvanas longed to take revenge on her old enemy. With the aid of these two heroes, Azeroth's champions stormed Icecrown Citadel and vanquished the Lich King's minions. Their confrontation with the Lich King involved thousands of souls consumed by Arthas's blade, Frostmourne. Ultimately, Arthas was slain with the aid of Tirion Fordring, and the heroes who triumphed over him learned a chilling truth about the existence of the undead Scourge.

neg: Sylvanas Windrunner in "", Blizzard felt the need to revamp her character model, as "players [were] worried that they would have to look at the old night elf model through all her lore moments in "Wrath [of the Lich King]"." An initial redesign featuring a more accurate blood or high elf model was released to the "Wrath of the Lich King" beta in August 2008, before her final "fantastic model" was introduced a month later. In an interview with "World of Warcraft" developer Ion Hazzikostas, Sylvanas was referred to as a "very cool character" who isn't "out of the picture by any

neg: World of Warcraft: Arthas: Rise of the Lich King World of Warcraft: Arthas: Rise of the Lich King Arthas: Rise of the Lich King is a Warcraft novel by Christie Golden, who is the author of multiple "Star Trek" and other Warcraft novels. The novel dealing with the progression of Arthas from Prince to the Lich King, was released on April 21, 2009. The book is set over an extended period, and has many duplicate scenes from other works, including "Tides of Darkness", "", "Day of the Dragon", "Reign of Chaos", "The Frozen Throne" and "Wrath of the Lich King". However, while the scenes themselves remain the same, they

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King required to reach at least level 68 and the level cap for the expansion is 80. The first hero class was introduced, the Death Knight, that starts at level 55. The first expansion pack, "", raised the maximum level from 60 to 70 and the "Wrath of the Lich King" raised the level cap from 70 to 80. The death knight is the first "hero class" introduced in "World of Warcraft", and would be the only one available until the introduction of the demon hunter in "". Hero classes are those that start the game at a higher level than

neg: Arthas Menethil the Blade of the Fallen Prince, reformed from Frostmourne's shards, Ner'zhul can be found tempting Arthas to take up Frostmourne. Arthas is defeated and once more states that he sees only Darkness, while Ner'zhul exclaims that his plans have been ruined. It is unclear if these are their actual spirits or merely echoes reliving their pasts. Regarding the development of "", Mercer stated that "when development began on "Wrath of the Lich King", we knew we wanted the players to have a more personal connection with the Lich King ... so we started designing quests and instances in which we

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King influence corrupted Ulduar's guardians. With Brann's assistance, small bands of Alliance and Horde champions infiltrated Ulduar to confront Yogg-Saron, who blasted the invaders with cryptic visions: the millennia-old creation of an artifact known as the Dragon Soul, the assassination of Stormwind's King Llane, and a glimpse of the Lich King's future. However, the heroes manage to prevail and destroy Yogg-Saron. In preparation for the final offensive against the Lich King, the Argent Crusade (a union of holy warriors from the Order of the Silver Hand and the Argent Dawn) assembled a base near Icecrown Citadel to gather resources and identify

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and some Argent Tournament quests. The final major patch for the expansion, Patch 3.3, 'Fall of the Lich King', was released on December 9, 2009. It added the Icecrown Citadel raid, where players would fight the Lich King and the main storyline came to a conclusion. Other new content included the Kalu’ak Fishing Derby. Cross server LFG (looking for group), which allowed players from different servers to play together in a dungeon. Patch 3.3.5, released on June 22, 2010, was a minor content patch that released the Ruby Sanctum raid and added cross-game chat using Battle.net. The raid features fighting

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Wrynn at last returned to Stormwind City and reclaimed his crown. He sent an equally powerful Alliance army, commanded by Bolvar Fordragon, to defeat the Lich King—and any Horde forces who would stand in their way. The Alliance and Horde (led by Dranosh Saurfang) eventually led a combined offensive on the Wrathgate, the entrance to the Lich King's fortress of Icecrown Citadel. Before they could succeed however, Grand Apothecary Putress and his Royal Apothecary Society followers (renegade Forsaken) unleashed a new plague that killed friend and foe alike, while his traitorous counterpart, the dreadlord Varimathras, seized the Undercity in a

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and large wings) and the gigantic dinosaur named King Krush, who stalks the jungles of Sholazar Basin. Arthas Menethil, the Lich King, is the primary antagonist of the expansion. In the wake of the Sunwell's purification, a period of suspicious silence swept over the world. As if on cue, the undead Scourge launched a massive assault against the cities and towns of Azeroth, this time extending its reach far beyond the Eastern Kingdoms. Under pressure to respond with a full army, Warchief Thrall deployed an expedition force to Northrend led by Overlord Garrosh Hellscream. Meanwhile, the missing human king Varian

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King in the southcentral and southeast parts of the continent respectively. The Ursine Furbolgs reside in the forested Grizzly Hills. Dragonblight features the gravesites of dragons who came to the region to die. Wintergrasp is the first zone in "World of Warcraft" designed specifically for Player versus Player (PVP) activities, even on Player versus Environment (PvE) servers. The forces of the Alliance, unified under King Varian Wrynn, have brought its armies to Northrend with the goal of avenging the Alliance Kingdom of Lordaeron, whose betrayal and destruction at the hands of Prince Arthas Menethil was engineered by the Lich King. The

neg: World of Warcraft: Arthas: Rise of the Lich King calling Uther a traitor and dismissing him and the Knights of the Silver Hand from service for their refusal to aid in the Culling of Stratholme. In time, Arthas' search for vengeance leads him to Frostmourne, the (apparent) demise of Mal'Ganis and the moments leading to and after the murder of King Terenas. The storyline continues beyond this point, to Jaina and Aegwynn in Theramore. Numerous scenes from "Wrath of the Lich King" are included along with cameos of tuskarr and taunka. "Arthas" reached 16 on the New York Times Best Seller list on May 10, 2009. World of Warcraft:

neg: Arthas Menethil could show the Lich King to the players." Developers also designed the game so that "players can see the wrecks of the Alliance ships that Arthas set ablaze ... they can also find the altar upon which Arthas first discovered Frostmourne ... We deliberately built these aspects into "Wrath of the Lich King" to help remind players who Arthas is and where he came from, which we hope makes his character that much more vivid in players' minds." Arthas Menethil was the prince of Lordaeron and the only son of Terenas Menethil II. Arthas was an idealistic, yet somewhat rash,

neg: World of Warcraft of the Lich King" expansion, and on October 15, 2013 the "Cataclysm" expansion was also applied. On October 15, 2014, "Mists of Pandaria" was applied to all accounts following the release of Warlords. On May 17, 2016, "Warlords of Draenor" was applied to all accounts to coincide with the release of the Warcraft movie that gives a 30-day trial of the game. All "The Burning Crusade", "Wrath of the Lich King", "Cataclysm", "Mists of Pandaria" and "Warlords of Draenor" content is now effectively part of the original game, with all new "World of Warcraft" accounts automatically including these expansions upon

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King the champions who would serve at the vanguard of their army. Highlord Tirion Fordring organized a tournament to test potential heroes of the Horde and the Alliance, but agents of the Scourge quickly emerged to sabotage the event. The undead attack culminated with the appearance of the monstrous crypt lord Anub'arak, who attempted to exterminate Tirion's elite force before it could be assembled. Fortunately, the gathered heroes prove to be too much for Anub'arak to handle and he is defeated. As the final battle against the Lich King approached, the human sorceress Jaina Proudmoore and the Banshee Queen Sylvanas Windrunner

neg: Races and factions of Warcraft a Norse-like culture, often having long beards and wearing furs. They are the progenitors of humans, originally created by the Titans. They made their homes on the southern continental shores of Northrend, but disappeared for a thousand years. As the Alliance and Horde settled the area at the start of "Wrath of the Lich King"'s events, the vrykul returned. Most of them serve the Lich King as living worshipers, while some stragglers joined other factions, such as the Twilight's Hammer. With the "Legion" expansion, it is revealed that there are vrykul settlements in the Broken Isles, found in the Stormheim

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King the regular level 1. Originally, a death knight could only be created if the player previously had a level 55 on that realm but that requirement was removed in late 2014. Death knights are fallen heroes of the Alliance and the Horde, raised by the Lich King to serve as champions of the undead Scourge. They are able to fill the tank and damage dealer roles. The three death knight specializations are blood, frost and unholy. The blood specialization focuses on the manipulation of blood, using an enemy's blood against them while using the death knights' blood to benefit themselves.

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Alliance controls Valiance Keep and Valgarde in the Borean Tundra and Howling Fjord respectively, as well as Wintergarde Keep in Dragonblight. The Forsaken and their Banshee Queen, Sylvanas Windrunner, have also arrived with a new contagion that they hope will prove to be effective against the undead minions of the Lich King. The Forsaken are seeking vengeance for being subjected to Arthas's magic. They have set up a military base of operations called "Vengeance Landing" and have created a settlement called "New Agamand," both in the Howling Fjord. The magi of Dalaran have also relocated, along with their city, to

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Northrend in order to deal with the rising threat of the Blue Dragonflight, led by Malygos the Spell-Weaver, and the Lich King. The city of Dalaran functions as the neutral sanctuary city for the continent, analogous to Shattrath City in Outland. Dalaran is levitating at a great height above the Crystalsong Forest zone but can be accessed by either the ground or by flying mount. The expansion also features more creatures and other enemies, such as the four new spirit beasts: Loque'nahak, Gondria, Skoll and Arcturis. It also introduces the vicious dragons called Proto-Drakes (dragons with short arms, huge teeth

neg: Jaina Proudmoore Trading Card Game" as a collectible card. The character has received mostly positive reviews. Engadget's Anne Stickney, while criticising the "lamentable state" of female characters in "Warcraft", singled out Jaina as a "shining exception", writing "Jaina stands on her own two feet, and her existence isn't tied to anyone in particular. Arthas is dead, and while "Wrath of the Lich King" had her crying every other moment, that was understandable. Jaina as a character was peeling away from how Arthas had defined her and coming into her own." Reviewing "Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War", Stickney also wrote that "Christie Golden

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King coup that nearly killed Sylvanas. The usurpers were slain for their vile deeds by armies of the Alliance and Horde and the Forsaken capital was restored. The debacle however, created suspicion among the Horde regarding Sylvanas's loyalties. At the Wrathgate, many brave Alliance soldiers died at the hands of the Forsaken's Royal Apothecary Society; including King Varian's dear friend Bolvar Fordragon. Varian, who had always been wary of the orcs, discovered that the Royal Apothecary Society had been developing the new plague for years. The events that transpired during the battle for the Undercity convinced the human king that the

neg: The Ghost King Baenre. Traveling with the silly, but undeniably dangerous, dwarf Athrogate, the latter rhyming the whole way, Jarlaxle snapped out of Reverie one night at the intrusion of the dracolich threatening to find him. Not unintelligent, Jarlaxle had not missed the Spellplague beginning around him as Mystra's Weave itself collapsed. And after being attacked - first by the undead and second by one of Crenshinibon's liches, who he inadvertently destroyed when he threw his pocket hole dimension over the top of the lich, which collided with the dimensional gate the lich contained - they caused a rift and the lich disappeared.

neg: Arthas Menethil Dalaran under the Lich King's iron heel. When the Lich King was threatened by the forces of Illidan Stormrage, Arthas traveled to the Frozen Throne of Northrend. He broke the ice surrounding his master so he could don the Lich King's Helm of Domination and merge with him. After taking control of the Scourge as the new Lich King, Arthas challenged the Alliance and the Horde by initiating attacks on their cities. They responded by sending forces to Northrend to wage war against him. In "World of Warcraft", Arthas is a raid boss and the primary antagonist of the expansion.

neg: Heroes of Might and Magic III . Afterwards, Catherine invades Nighon, pushing the dungeon armies back to their island home. In the meantime, the necromancers of Deyja, having been responsible for the assassination of King Gryphonheart, plot to revive his corpse as a lich. They plan to use his wisdom in leading their own armies of the undead. However, King Gryphonheart's will proves too much for the necromancers even in his corrupted state, and he becomes a rogue lich. Having little other recourse, Queen Catherine is forced to ally herself with the necromancers and together they set out to destroy the lich of King Gryphonheart before

neg: Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God the ram", "staff of lightning", and "mace of thunder"). The spells cast by wizards are accurate renditions of the ones from the roleplaying game, in that spells are not cast at will, but must first be memorized and in limited numbers. The villains have also been designed closely to the D&D canon. As part of the bestiary, one can find an aggressive white dragon, darkmantles, spectres, magmins, lizardfolk (one can be seen restoring Damodar's arm), and a lich. Special mention must be given to Klaxx the Maligned (the lich), who is behaving how a lich should according to common D&D

neg: Arthas Menethil actions of the Scourge, making mistakes ... and then justifying each mistake as a necessity. By the time he took up Frostmourne and lost his soul, he'd long since eroded it away with expedient choices that were, in fact, monstrous ... Arthas as a death knight and later Arthas as the Lich King showed this tendency to want to justify or prove his actions were the right ones, that anyone would have done what he did." Rossi also claimed that "what did Arthas, the part of Arthas still alive inside the Lich King, want to teach us? Ultimately, that power

neg: Arthas Menethil be his ultimate undoing. He tracked the plague's source to Northrend, intending to end its threat forever. Instead, the prince eventually fell prey to the Lich King's tremendous power when he took up the cursed runeblade, Frostmourne, believing that it would save his people. Though the sword did grant him unfathomable power, it also stole his soul and transformed him into the greatest of the Lich King's death knights. With his soul cast aside and his sanity shattered, Arthas led the Scourge against his own kingdom. He murdered his father, King Terenas, and crushed the realms of Lordaeron, Quel'Thalas and

neg: Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne conquering Outland, Illidan's master Kil'jaeden plans to punish him for failing to destroy the Lich King but decides not to when Illidan claims that he just gathered more forces for a new assault. Arthas returns to the Undead-controlled regions of Lordaeron where three dreadlords loyal to the Burning Legion, Varimathras, Detheroc and Balnazaar, have ruled. He informs them of the Legion's defeat and retreat before crowning himself king. While purging the kingdom of the remnants of the Alliance aided by the Lich Kel'thuzad and Sylvanas Windrunner, he notices that his powers have diminished. The Lich King telepathically explains it as

neg: Gameplay of World of Warcraft Of Draenor" introduced the realm of Draenor, an altered past of Outland. The second expansion, "Wrath of the Lich King", added a third continent, Northrend . to Azeroth, and in "Mists of Pandaria" a fourth continent, Pandaria, was added. In , they introduce the Broken Isles. In this game world, players use their characters to explore locations, defeat creatures and complete quests. By doing this, characters gain experience points. After a set amount of experience points have been gained, a character gains a level, giving new skills or abilities and making it possible to explore new areas and attempt new

neg: World of Warcraft: Legion a higher level keystone, and a chance to receive character items proportionate to the difficulty. Each class has an "order hall" - a place of great power linked closely to a character's class, such as Acherus (the hub for death knights introduced in "Wrath of the Lich King") or the Temple of Five Dawns (the hub for monks introduced in "Mists of Pandaria"), where only members of that class can congregate. Player characters can upgrade the look and abilities of their artifact weapons in their class's order hall and engage in missions in the Broken Isles. The player character, for

neg: World of Warcraft: Legion "". There are six zones in the Broken Isles: Azsuna, the Broken Shore, Highmountain, Stormheim, Suramar and Val'sharah. The city of Dalaran, which served as the neutral capital city in Northrend during "Wrath of the Lich King", is relocated to the southern part of the Broken Isles to provide a base for the Alliance and Horde forces to fight against the Legion and its other enemies. In patch 7.3, the players invade Argus that is the homeworld of the Burning Legion. It has three zones: Krokuun, Antoran Wastes and Mac'Aree. Antorus, the Burning Throne is the fifth Legion raid that

neg: Alex Albrecht all about the popular video game World of Warcraft. On the show, Alex and friends have shown off all of the five main dungeons available in the game's first expansion pack, "The Burning Crusade", starting with the lower levels, and working up. Before "World of Warcraft"'s second expansion pack, "Wrath of the Lich King" was released, the "Project Lore" team were allowed to showcase some of its new beta content. Project Lore has since been abandoned; there have not been any blog posts for some time and a potential revamp proved too costly and the Project has been turned over

neg: Make Love, Not Warcraft the "World of Warcraft" expansion pack, "", Blizzard included a "Make Love, Not Warcraft" PvP achievement, gained by using the "hug" emote on a dead enemy before they release their spirit. The fictitious video game played by Butters, "Hello Kitty: Island Adventure", was referenced in a 2008 April Fools' Day joke by the actual MMORPG "Hello Kitty Online", announcing an "Island Adventure" expansion for the game, boasting a reduction of content rather than an "expansion", leaving players stranded on a tropical island. Also, in the Wrath of the Lich King remake of the Naxxramas raid instance, a sword called Slayer

neg: BlizzCon 2008 was broadcast live on both days as a PPV event on DirecTV for US viewers only, for eight hours per day in high definition. Official Blizzard fansite WoW Radio broadcast live audio via SHOUTcast. For the closing ceremonies on Saturday, comedians Kyle Kinane and Patton Oswalt performed. The closing concert was performed by Video Games Live, playing arrangements from all of the Blizzard games, and a performance including the "Wrath of the Lich King" music. In an attempt to reduce frustrations linked to lack of ticket availability for previous BlizzCons, there were four halls (increased from three) of space

neg: Death knight (Dungeons & Dragons) playable character class in "World of Warcraft" with that game's second expansion, "Wrath of the Lich King". "DragonFable", "AdventureQuest", and "AdventureQuest Worlds" from Artix Entertainment have a DeathKnight class. In "DragonFable", it is a playable class. Death knights appear as enemies in MMORPGs "" and "Lineage II". The death knight was ranked sixth among the ten best high-level monsters by the authors of "Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition For Dummies". They emphasized its status as an evil counterpart for paladin characters, and considered it an appropriate leader for groups of other undead enemies. Death knight (Dungeons & Dragons) The death

neg: King Worm the titular King Worm. He had originally voiced the character in the first season episode "Evicted!" Tom Kenny did the voice of Lady Rainicorn. The episode was also embedded with references to future episodes. For instance, the large penguin monster, designed by Michael DeForge, later appeared in "Reign of Gunters". Similarly, "The Lich", the fourth-season finale, had already been storyboarded by the time "King Worm" was entering into production. As a result, the crew was able to take the model of the alternate universe Finn—who is introduced at the end of "The Lich"—and add him as a mirror reflection in

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Horde had been left unchecked for too long and he becomes hostile to the Horde for the rest of the campaign in Northrend. The march of Horde and Alliance armies through Northrend led to a number of victories, but these successes paled before a discovery made by the explorer Brann Bronzebeard within the ancient titan complex of Ulduar. This mysterious fortress had long served as the prison of the Old God Yogg-Saron, a being of unfathomable evil whose influence had spread into the continent of Northrend itself. However, the safeguards keeping Yogg-Saron imprisoned began to fail, and the Old God's

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Ulduar', was released April 15, 2009. Players discovered the titan city of Ulduar to learn it was a prison keeping the Old God of Death, Yogg-Saron inside. New content along with the new raid, Ulduar, was added including the new Argent Tournament Grounds. The dual talent specialization and the equipment manager were added to the UI. Patch 3.2, 'Call of the Crusade', was released August 5, 2009. Since release of Argent Tournament in patch 3.1.0, players have been fighting champions of each faction. Patch 3.2.0 added the Crusader's Coliseum raid, a PvP season 7, a new Battleground, Isle of Conquest

neg: World of Warcraft it feels is objectionable content. NetEase took over licensing of "World of Warcraft" from The9 in June 2009 following the expiration of The9's contract, and were able to secure a launch for "Wrath of the Lich King" on August 31, 2010, nearly two years after its Western release. The "World of Warcraft" launcher (referred to in press releases and the menu bar as the "Blizzard Launcher") is a program designed to act as a starting point for "World of Warcraft" players. It provides a way to launch "World of Warcraft" and starts the Blizzard updater. It was first included with

neg: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade soundtracks to each of the two new starting areas were particularly praised. Reviewers were generally positive about the voice acting in the game. "World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade" was the best-selling PC game of 2007 in North America and Europe, and it is also the third fastest-selling PC game of all time (behind Wrath of The Lich King and Cataclysm), selling nearly 2.4 million copies in its first 24 hours and approximately 3.5 million in its first month. It received a "Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 300,000

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King its release, this expansion has often been recognized as "World of Warcraft"'s best expansion by critics and fans. The game reached its peak in October 2010 with over 12 million subscribers. The set sold 2.8 million copies within the first 24 hours of availability. This had made it the fastest selling computer game of all time, beating the record set by the previous "World of Warcraft" expansion "The Burning Crusade", which had sold 2.4 million within its first 24 hours. It received a "Gold" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least

neg: World of Warcraft can be played for 66 hours and 40 minutes. A monthly fee model is not available to players of this region. The Chinese government and NetEase, the licensee for "World of Warcraft" in China, have imposed a modification on Chinese versions of the game which places flesh on bare-boned skeletons and transforms dead character corpses into tidy graves. These changes were imposed by the Chinese government in an attempt to "promote a healthy and harmonious online game environment" in "World of Warcraft". The Chinese government has delayed the release of the "Wrath of the Lich King" expansion, due to what

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King the death knight starting area in Eastern Plaguelands. Players must complete all the starting area quests in order to join the rest of Azeroth. The death knight class is available to all in-game races except the Pandarens. Instead of utilizing rage, energy or mana for combat resources, a death knight uses a system of runes and runic power (both displayed under the player portrait), which is generated by using runes. The death knight originally had two of each type of rune - blood, frost and unholy - available for use. After a rune is used, it enters a ten-second 'cooldown'

neg: Gameplay of World of Warcraft the result of the match. Successful arena teams can use these points to buy armor and weapons of a higher quality than those available from battlegrounds. Blizzard and other organizations also run a number of arena-based tournaments, where teams can compete against each other for cash prizes. In the "Wrath of the Lich King" expansion, a new player versus player zone was introduced called Wintergrasp. For player versus environment realms, this zone differs in that players of the opposing faction are able to attack each other merely by entering the zone which flags them automatically for player versus player combat.

neg: Races and factions of Warcraft Shaman, Warrior, or Monk. Owing to timeline conflicts, the pandaren are the only race in "World of Warcraft" that cannot be death knights as the events on their starting area of the Wandering Isle occur after the death knights' storyline in "Wrath of the Lich King". The podlings are a plant-like race from Draenor that are associated with the Primals. The pygmies are a race of small primitive humans that are found on the Lost Isles and Uldum. They are related to goblins. The pygmies use hyenas and turtles as mounts. The Qiraji are a race of insectoids that lives

neg: Races and factions of Warcraft Ancients and saved the sacred moose Ech'ero from some demons. To thank Huln, Cenerias blessed Huln's tribe so that they now sport the antlers of a moose. The Highmountain taurens use moose and eagles as their mounts. In "Battle for Azeroth", the Highmountain tauren were introduced as an Allied Race with the following classes: Druid, Hunter, Shaman, Warrior, Monk. In the "World of Warcraft" expansion "Wrath of the Lich King", a sister race to the tauren called the taunka were introduced. The taunka are similar to their tauren cousins with the exception of their more bison-like appearance and decidedly more

neg: Illidan Stormrage During the Third War, Tyrande released Illidan from millennia of imprisonment, hoping that the Betrayer would redeem himself by battling a returned Burning Legion. Though Illidan fought to defend his people, he soon slipped into darkness: after absorbing the energies of the demonic Skull of Gul'dan, Illidan became a demon, an act for which he was banished by Malfurion. Fleeing the wrath of the night elves, the twice-condemned Illidan allied himself once again with the only entity that would accept him—the Legion. Illidan's demonic masters sent him to destroy the Lich King, who had broken free of their influence, but

neg: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Horde against Alliance, and vice versa) to achieve the desired goal of their faction. This feature makes heavy usage of phasing, which was first seen in the "Wrath of the Lich King" expansion. In February 2010, in an Activision Blizzard investor call, Blizzard assumed CEO Mike Morhaime revealed that "Cataclysm" was to be released in that same calendar year. On May 3, 2010, it was officially confirmed that the Family & Friends Alpha phase of the testing process for "Cataclysm" had begun, fueling further speculation that the open alpha would commence within the coming months. Despite the non-disclosure agreement (NDA),

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King In the following expansion, "", with a desire to clearly designate specializations as damage dealing or tank, Blood became the designated tanking spec and blood presence's effects was changed so that blood presence had threat and damage mitigation and frost presence was changed to increasing all runic power generation. In the "" expansion, death knights have six death runes instead of three types of runes and presences were removed; each specific presence's effect is included in its related specialization automatically. Northrend is a crescent-shaped continent in northern Azeroth. The continent is roughly half the size of the Eastern Kingdoms, but

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King matches Outland in length and width. Although Northrend is known for its snow and ice, only parts of the continent are frozen over. Northrend features eight zones with content designed for players beginning at level 68, although players may travel to Northrend at any level. Players arrive by boat (Alliance) or zeppelin (Horde) either at the Howling Fjord or the Borean Tundra zones, each located at opposite ends of the continent. Howling Fjord is home to evil half-giants called the Vrykul, who reside in Utgarde Keep, the first dungeon in the expansion. The Dragonblight and Grizzly Hills zones are located

neg: Gameplay of World of Warcraft and shamans were only available to Horde races, but both classes were made available to both sides in "The Burning Crusade". The death knight, introduced in "Wrath of the Lich King", is a hero class, with the characters beginning at level 55 (roughly mid-way to a maximum level), already equipped with powerful gear. Creation of a death knight requires the player to already have at least one level 55 character on their account. The demon hunter, introduced in , is another hero class that requires the player to have a level 70 character. Once a player one, the player is

neg: Crowd control (video gaming) control spells, the Sap effect will also be removed by any damage, but it cannot be applied repeatedly in combat. Rogues have other types of crowd control effects mostly for PvP combat, such as stuns, poisons. Shamans have the ability to reduce a single opponent's movement speed (Frost Shock) and a group of opponents' movement speed (Earthbind Totem). They can also interrupt a target's spellcasting with Wind Shear, similarly to the way mages can with Counterspell, however Wind Shear's cooldown and duration of the spell block effect is lower. Hex, introduced in the "Wrath of the Lich King" expansion, allows

neg: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Frost specializes in control, counters and combination strikes using frost related abilities. Unholy specialization focuses on poisoning your opponent and sending the player's permanent, controllable pet ghoul to attack the enemy. Death knights wear plate armor and wield weapons with rune engravings (permanent weapon enhancements), which are achieved through the death knight profession called runeforging by utilizing the runeforge in Acherus. Newly created death knights begin with a larger set of spells and abilities than new characters of other classes. The class starts without any talent points and must unlock available talent tiers for their level by completing quests in

neg: Sylvanas Windrunner of the Lich King was empowered by hatred of the living and an everlasting desire to rule over her new brethren. In The Frozen Throne, Sylvanas was able to regain her free will and body and founded the Forsaken faction of undead while styling herself as the "Banshee Queen" and "Dark Lady". With her new undead forces vowing to take revenge on the Lich King, they set out to wage war against the Scourge. Sylvanas has become one of the most iconic and noted characters in "Warcraft" lore, and has received generally positive critical reception from players and journalists alike.

neg: Azalin Rex maintains that a traveling wizard named Firan appeared at the border, while an undead lich-like creature named Darcalus materialized in Darkon's central castle, Avernus. Firan, a just and good adventurer, eventually sought out the depraved tyrant Darcalus and confronted him, rather as the Alchemist Strahd and the Creature Strahd did in Mordent. However, few other Ravenloft products refer to this (although they do not explicitly contradict it). According to King of the Dead, Firan stumbled about Darkon with no memory, and did not regain his memory until he defeated Darcalus, whereupon the undead essence merged with his own and made

neg: Mortal Folly / Mortal Recoil King, and Bubblegum follow the Lich into his lair. In the entanglement that follows, Billy's gauntlet is destroyed by the Lich and Finn breaks his jewel. The Lich attempts to exert mind-control on Finn, but Finn is able to resist. It is then revealed that the sweater Bubblegum gave to Finn has the power to repel the Lich due to it being imbued with "liking someone a lot". Finn then takes the sweater and pushes it into the Lich's eye sockets and rips his face apart, destroying him. However, the Ice King accidentally drops Bubblegum into the Lich's evil vat,

neg: Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God known as the Pool of Sight; Berek believes the pool will allow them to penetrate Damodar's defenses and reveal the orb's location. The party sets out to locate Malek's Vault, while Oberon and the other mages try to decipher the tomes of Turanian magic in their library, to find a way to defeat the dragon. While traveling through a haunted forest, Berek's party catches the attention of the powerful lich Klaxx the Maligned, who offers his services to Damodar. Damodar does not trust him, but is confident that the Orb makes him more powerful than Klaxx. After losing Dorian, Berek's

neg: Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne a result of Illidan's use of the Eye of Sargeras to damage the Frozen Throne and recalls him to defend it. Arthas leaves for Northrend where, with the help of Anub'arak, the Spider King of Azjol-Nerub, he reaches the Frozen Throne in time to defeat Illidan in a duel. Arthas shatters the ice and dons the Lich King's helmet, thereby joining their souls and becoming the new Lich King. As another consequence of the Lich King losing power, Sylvanas and her forces are permanently freed from its control. She defeats Varimathras, who joins her as her lieutenant. They approach a

neg: Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy not the only opponent interested in Anveena and her friends. The hunters and their prey suddenly find themselves surrounded by the Scourge. Dar'khan makes his presence known and informed Harkyn he was hired to keep the dragons away. The Lich King foresaw the blue dragons' curiosity about the faint Sunwell energies and had Dar'khan mislead Harkyn into killing any dragon who would come close. Anveena returns before the dragons can be harmed offering to help in exchange for their lives. Dar'khan senses the power of the Sunwell in Raac and offers a trade. When Kalec objects, Dar'khan orders the dragon

neg: Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes Necropolis, the four come across the Bone Bridge and defeat many more undead foes. In the Bone Temple, the heroes come up against very powerful creatures. The heroes are tested, but come out victorious. In the inner sanctum the four come across a Lich, which they defeat with their upgraded ancestral weapons and claim the Gem of Death. Upon returning to the Shoppe, the heroes find they now must travel to Kaedin's flying castle. The heroes find out that Rik is actually Kaedin. He laughs and mocks the four, as they decide to follow him and end this once and

neg: Lich Lords the adventure "Nice work if you can get it." Lich Lords Lich Lords is an adventure for fantasy role-playing games published by Mayfair Games in 1985. "Lich Lords" is a scenario for character levels 12-16 involving an expedition into the catacombs of the buried city of Ool, accompanying a horrid group of rebel liches who want to overthrow their king. It includes new rules for "wishes", high-level magic, and liches. "Lich Lords" was written by Lynn Sellers, with a cover by Frank Frazetta, and was published by Mayfair Games in 1985 as a 32-page book with a removable cardstock map

neg: Lich Lords Lich Lords Lich Lords is an adventure for fantasy role-playing games published by Mayfair Games in 1985. "Lich Lords" is a scenario for character levels 12-16 involving an expedition into the catacombs of the buried city of Ool, accompanying a horrid group of rebel liches who want to overthrow their king. It includes new rules for "wishes", high-level magic, and liches. "Lich Lords" was written by Lynn Sellers, with a cover by Frank Frazetta, and was published by Mayfair Games in 1985 as a 32-page book with a removable cardstock map screen. Lawrence Schick, in his book "Heroic Worlds" called

neg: Angband Over time, the dark creatures in Morgoth's service would gather in its ruined pits. After three ages of imprisonment, Morgoth returned to Middle-earth and set himself up in Angband, raising the volcanic Thangorodrim over the fortress as protection. He seldom came out of it again, but did when challenged to single combat by the Elven king Fingolfin and earlier to investigate the first appearance of Men. He reigned there until the end of the First Age, when it was destroyed in the War of Wrath. In earlier versions of Tolkien's mythology (see "The History of Middle-earth") it was called Angamando,

neg: Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God behavior—staying close to the action for a potential piece of power or knowledge to grab, but not exactly taking any risk. He also has little loyalty or respect for Damodar, but acts subordinate until such a point where he perceives there is no more gain to be had by servitude and no more risk by outright refusal. When Damodar no longer has the orb, Klaxx subsequently abandons him to fend for himself, easily breaking any bonds of control Damodar might have over him - just as a powerful lich would do according to D&D lore. There were also dead drow

neg: Philip III of Falkenstein the nearby town of Lich after he had inherited another part of the Münzenberg Inheritance. Philip had a large water castle built at Lich, in order to protect the spot where the road crossed the Wetter river. While in the service of the German King Albert I, the king promoted Lich to the rank of town by a charter of 10 March 1300 – it had already been referred to as ""oppidum nostrum"" (our town) in 1297. In 1313, Emperor Henry VII promoted Königstein im Taunus to town rank as well, which had formerly belonged to the and had been

neg: The Crepes of Wrath which George Meyer was credited as a writer, and he wrote it together with Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder and Jon Vitti. The episode was inspired by the French movie "Manon of the Spring". The writers were trying to figure out which country the foreign exchange student should come from when they came up with Albania. They had not seen many uses of the country on television and decided to make the episode a tribute to actor John Belushi, who has Albanian roots. The writers did not know much about the country and could not think of a good name for

neg: Yma o Hyd to the continuing survival of the Welsh people and their language "until Judgement Day" – a reference to a famous conversation recorded by Gerald of Wales between King Henry II of England and an elderly Welshman during one of his campaigns in the 12th century. Of the continued survival of the Welsh nation the old man tells the king; "Never will it be destroyed by the wrath of man, unless the wrath of God be added, nor do I think that any other nation than this of Wales, or any other tongue, whatever may hereafter come to pass, shall on

neg: Lich (Dungeons & Dragons) Imperium also had its own form of liches, the "Suel lich"—powerful wizards who learned the secrets of transferring their souls from one body to the next—at the cost of the bodies burning out in brief periods. Rob Bricken from io9 named the lich as the 7th most memorable D&D monster. The lich is fully detailed in Paizo Publishing's book "Undead Revisited" (2011), on pages 22–27. A lich appears in Judges Guild publications "The Book of Ruins" page 20, The Final Regue of Allmark. A lich is also the fate of one of the wizards among other forms of undead in

neg: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King Metacritic gave it 44 out of 100. The only positive review came from "Entertainment Weekly", which gave it a B+ and stated that "In addition to screenshots and dialogue from the TV series (shown between levels), the virtual Slayer actually looks, moves, and grunts like the real Ms. Summers. Coolest feature: the ability to kill vamps by demolishing rooftops to let the sun shine in." Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King is a 2003 Game Boy Advance video game and the third video game based on the Buffy

neg: Lich (Dungeons & Dragons) appears as a valuable amulet or gemstone), will often be hidden in a secret place and protected by powerful spells, charms, monsters and/or other servants; the phylactery itself is usually of magical nature, meaning its destruction will generally be no easier than obtaining it. Depending on the method of becoming a lich, a lich can be of any alignment, retaining whatever alignment it had in life. Liches are mostly evil but there are references to good liches. The reasons for good beings to become liches are limited but most of them come down to unfulfilled quests in life, guardianship over

neg: The Lich flash out of the stones on book. Then the book starts to shake while the pieces start to fall off as the Enchiridion turns into a black block. As Finn is running, Billy tells Finn to hurry. Princess Bubblegum then runs out telling Finn that Billy is really the Lich. Just as she says this, one of the Gumball Guardians gets up, detecting the Lich, and blasts Billy revealing that half of Billy's face is actually the Lich's. The Lich then asks for the book, but Finn smashes the book with his knee. However, his action accidentally opens up a

neg: Mortal Folly / Mortal Recoil eyes" the spirit of the Lich descend into Bubblegum after she fell into the well of power. The three make an unlikely alliance, teaming up to beat the Lich-possessed Bubblegum. While Finn distracts her, the Ice King uses his ice powers to freeze Bubblegum. Their moment of success, however, is cut short when the still-frozen Bubblegum tips over and shatters everywhere. Her body parts are again rushed to the hospital where she is reassembled. However, there are not enough pieces to complete her, and so she ends up reverting to a 13-year-old girl. Finn, who is also 13, is excited,

neg: Characters of The Order of the Stick destruction and risk to life, partly due to the Order's misbehaviour. Annoyed by Miko's haughty and thankless attitude, Roy reneged on his promise to come peacefully, and Miko used force to drag them back to Azure City in chains. Belkar Bitterleaf escaped captivity just before the trial, and the Order's decision to protect him at the trial's conclusion, just after their acquittal, sealed a deep enmity between her and the Order. Later, when she found out that Xykon's armies were approaching Azure City, she overhear some remarks from the Lich that she interpreted as a sign of collusion with Roy,

neg: Lich in its introduction, referring to a corpse. H. P. Lovecraft also used the word in "The Thing on the Doorstep" (published 1937) where the narrator refers to the corpse of his friend possessed by a sorcerer. Other imagery surrounding demiliches, in particular that of a jeweled skull, is drawn from the early Fritz Leiber story "Thieves' House". Lich In fantasy fiction, a lich (; from Old English "līċ" meaning "corpse") is a type of undead creature. Often such a creature is the result of a transformation, as a powerful magician skilled in necromancy or a king striving for eternal life

neg: Lich Lich In fantasy fiction, a lich (; from Old English "līċ" meaning "corpse") is a type of undead creature. Often such a creature is the result of a transformation, as a powerful magician skilled in necromancy or a king striving for eternal life using spells or rituals to bind his intellect and soul to his phylactery and thereby achieving a form of immortality. Liches are depicted as being clearly cadaverous, bodies desiccated or completely skeletal. Liches are often depicted as holding power over hordes of lesser undead creatures, using them as soldiers and servants. Unlike zombies, which are often depicted

neg: Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos sacred Sunwell and revives Kel'Thuzad as a Lich. The Lich informs him of the Burning Legion, a vast demonic army who are coming to consume the world, as well as about his true master, the Lich King, who was created to aid the Legion with his Undead Scourge but in truth wishes for the Legion to be destroyed. Arthas and Kel'Thuzad open a dimensional portal and summon the demon Archimonde and the Burning Legion, who begins his purging of Lordaeron with the destruction of Dalaran. Arthas and Kel'Thuzad are cast aside by Archimonde but Kel'Thuzad reveals to Arthas that the

neg: Forodwaith , before winter had ended. The King approached the Lossoth and attempted to barter with them for supplies with jewels, in which the Lossoth had no interest. Fearing the wrath of Angmar, the Lossoth were at first unwilling to help. Eventually, the decision to aid the King was made in part out of fear of violence, and partly out of pity for the ragged and emaciated condition of the King's fellowship. The Lossoth provided the men with some food, and constructed snow huts for them to wait out the winter. When word reached Círdan that Arvedui had fled from his

neg: Haman that Mordecai refuses to bow down to him, as told in chapter 3: . . . and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him. And all the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, bowed, and did obeisance to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow, or do him obeisance. (Esther, 3:1-2) And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow or do him obedience, then Haman was full of wrath. But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had told him

neg: Sylvanas Windrunner Under their new queen's guidance, the Forsaken established the Undercity beneath the ruins of Lordaeron's capital. While some Forsaken feared Sylvanas, others valued the security she provided. Many of the free-willed undead, however, found a purpose to their cursed existence through her burning desire to destroy the Lich King. Sylvanas and the Forsaken hold a tense relationship with the Horde. After fighting for their right to join the Horde, Sylvanas led her "people" to the continent of Northrend to destroy the Lich King. Before they could succeed, an uprising among the Forsaken killed members of the Horde and Alliance, casting

neg: Jaina Proudmoore she was romantically involved with the Lich King prior to the Lich King bits. Blizzard’s put Jaina through hell, so it’s about time she got a little payback [in "Heroes of the Storm"]." Kotaku's Gergo Vas also listed her as "a great character everyone's familiar with." John Bedford of Eurogamer labelled her as ""Warcraft"'s iconic mage", an opinion agreed upon by Julian Aidan of "Hardcore Gamer", who found Jaina to be "one of the most iconic characters in WarCraft lore." Adanai.com listed Jaina among "unconventional video game heroes" list, stating: "The most powerful magician in the "Warcraft" universe, Jaina Proudmoore

neg: Races and factions of Warcraft Legion itself. The Legion captured the spirit of the former orc shaman Ner'zhul and forced him to become the Lich King, the power and mind behind the Scourge. As Ner'zhul's power grew, he began to become powerful enough to corrupt paladins to join the Scourge as death knights, one of these being Arthas Menethil, heir to the human kingdom of Lordaeron. Ner'zhul began crafting a plan to break out of his imprisonment, and to break away from the Burning Legion. When Kil'jaeden realized what he was up to, he sent Illidan to destroy the Frozen Throne and Ner'zhul to end

neg: Charles of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich younger brother Reinhard Louis (1867–1951) inherited the title of prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich. When his father, Hermann, Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, died in 1899, Charles took over as sovereign. As a Hessian nobleman, he was a member of the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse under the 1899 constitution until the November Revolution of 1918. He was Vice President of the First Chamber from 1908 to 1914 and President from 1914 to 1918. From 1901 to 1918, he was also a member of the Prussian House of Lords. Charles of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich Prince Charles Ferdinand William of Solms-Lich-Hohensolms

neg: Kyawswa I of Pinya liked to review military parades but also take part in the military dances of elite shielded units while singing military songs. He appointed his second son Kyawswa II his heir-apparent (over the eldest son Uzana who had weak or paralyzed legs). The appointment apparently did not go well with his brother Nawrahta, who defected to Sagaing in 1349. The king built the Lay-Myet-Hna Pagada in Pinya. He also commissioned a study of the state of the Buddhist clergy but the court fearing his wrath left out the corruption of the so-called monks from the report. The king died on 12

neg: Races and factions of Warcraft of the Spider". Several nerubians were resurrected by the Lich King to serve for the Scourge, including their former king, Anub'arak. Some living Nerubians, not under the Lich King's command, exist as insurgents in the tunnels around their former capital, Azjol-Nerub. The pandaren are a humanoid race which closely resemble pandas. The pandaren occupy their own continent, Pandaria, which split off during the Sundering and was magically shrouded from the rest of Azeroth until the release of "". The pandaren were originally introduced as an April Fools' joke by Blizzard's art director Samwise Didier as a playable race in "Warcraft

neg: Arthas Menethil as an example that redemption is possible in anyone. If the Lich King had been able to turn around his ways, then there would've been hope for us all." IGN found Arthas to be one of "gaming's most notorious anti-heroes", since "Arthas Menethil began as something of a Disney prince, upholding the Light wherever he saw the need. But with the arrival of the plague of undeath, the Light in Arthas began to waver ... but as is often the case, he wasn't a simple prince-turned-insane-villain. The newly formed Lich King may have been evil, but he was keeping the

neg: The Lich visit Billy, and tell him about the dream. Billy realizes the importance of the dream, and the three of them set out to stop the Lich. After they head out, Billy tells them that they need to collect all the magical gems from all the princesses and Ice King's power crystals that protect them from the Lich. With only one gem left, Finn finds the Enchiridion in Billy's knapsack. Billy reveals that the book has magical properties, and after activating it a certain way, the circle on the front opens up showing 9 slots where all the gems go in,

neg: Mortal Folly / Mortal Recoil however, the Ice King accidentally drops Bubblegum into the Lich's well of power. In "Mortal Recoil", Princess Bubblegum possessed by the spirit of the Lich, and Finn and Jake team up with the Ice King to stop him. After Bubblegum is seriously wounded and there is not enough candy bio-mass to save her, she reverts to a 13-year-old. "Mortal Folly" and "Mortal Recoil" marked the first time that one "Adventure Time" episode carried the plot into another episode. The plot was concluded with "Mortal Recoil" which aired on the same day. The episode introduced the Lich, who had first been

neg: Mortal Folly / Mortal Recoil Finn and Jake, after acquiring the legendary gauntlet of Billy as well as a special pink sweater made by Bubblegum, give chase, but they are consistently interrupted by the Ice King, who keeps trying to get Finn and Jake's blessings to marry Bubblegum. Fed up with their dismissive attitude, the Ice King kidnaps Bubblegum and follows Finn and Jake as the two heroes pursue the Lich. The Lich eventually reaches his lair, an abandoned subway station, and creates a pool of green liquid which he plans to use to regain his strength and destroy the world. Finn, Jake, the Ice

neg: Races and factions of Warcraft Lich King in "The Frozen Throne", Illidan returned to Outland and no longer serves the Legion. The Legion then turned its attentions to Kael'thas Sunstrider, who attempted to summon Kil'jaeden into Azeroth through the Sunwell but failed. Born from the sheer hatred of the Nether, the annihilans are a powerful species of demons recruited by Archimonde the Defiler to serve the Burning Legion. Their leader, the most feared of them all, was Mannoroth the Destructor. The pit lord race are members of the annihilan species. Demons are infernal creatures that come from the underworld and make up the Burning Legion's

neg: Beast Man forefront in the episode "Prince Adam No More", in which he is finally thrown out of Skeletor's crew. Feeling useless without the power of Snake Mountain behind him, he sets out to prove his worth by capturing King Randor by himself and imprisoning him within Snake Mountain. Although he succeeded in capturing the King, when He-Man comes to the rescue he is subjected once again to Skeletor's wrath and admitted back into his ranks purely so Skeletor has someone to vent his anger on. But his final line in the episode "It's kind of nice to be home" indicates he

neg: Helena Palaiologina Portugal, who had given his support to the Catholic party, thus incurring her wrath and enmity; also she wished for her daughter to marry Louis of Savoy. This second marriage Helena did arrange for her daughter, Charlotte; however, the marriage between Charlotte and Louis took place in 1459, when Helena and King John were both dead, and Charlotte by that time had succeeded her father as Queen Regnant of Cyprus. Helena died on 11 April 1458 in the fortress of Nicosia where she and King John had barricaded themselves during the insurrection of his illegitimate son, James. She was buried

neg: Balloon boy hoax out that "few had raised the issue of whether such a balloon could even lift off with a 50-pound kid inside and then float the way it did" during the flight. The police initially said it did not appear to be a hoax, but when Falcon and his family were being interviewed later in the day by Wolf Blitzer on CNN's "Larry King Live" he asked Falcon, "Why did you not come out of the garage?" After his parents repeated the question, he responded, "You guys said that, um, we did this for the show." Wolf Blitzer didn't hear the

neg: Star-Child fear and trembling when I reflect upon the judgment and wrath to come. Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal death. Soprano: “Advent of the children of light” O Lord, grant them light! The ancient law is no more, Gone are the rites of old! Already the blind See a ray of light! And the bonds of death are broken! Children: “Hymn for the new age” Light shines in the darkness! Exult in God! Glory on high! Rejoice in God! Soprano: Their bonds are nearly broken, For born in the king of glory! Children: Light shines in the darkness! Glory on

neg: Asura's Wrath Wrath. That's why we focused on wrath as our main concept. It's something that anybody can relate to. It's an emotion that's very powerful. It's sometimes seen as negative, but it can be a driving force that helps you overcome any obstacle. When we came up with this backwards approach to the development process, first we thought of our focus on wrath, then focused on the story, so we built the story first. Who wrote the story? CyberConnect 2 did, as a group. It was a group effort throughout the dev team, but when we had the story, we passed

neg: Lich (Dungeons & Dragons) the Ravenloft campaign setting first appeared in "Dragon" #174 (October 1991), and then appeared in "Van Richten's Guide to the Lich" (1993), "Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness" (1994), "Monstrous Compendium Annual One" (1994), and "Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium" (1999). Several other lich variants were also introduced in the "Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III", including the defiler lich and demi-defiler lich, the drow lich (and the drow demilich, the drider lich, the drow priestess lich, and the drow wizard lich), and the elemental lich and demi-elemental lich. The baelnorn, an elven lich of good alignment, was introduced