At the end of the animated short, Uther reclaims Arthas’ soul at the point of his death, and the “darkness” Arthas claims he saw in Wrath of the Lich King is revealed to be the reaching hand of one of the beings come to claim and punish him. This is a huge amount of information for fans of the Warcraft lore, not only revealing that the cosmology of World of Warcraft as understood was completely different to previous assumptions, but also providing a completely new perspective on old events in the Warcraft lore. RELATED: World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Release Date Confirmed With Gamescom Trailer However, because Uther was at once deemed worthy and was slain by Frostmourne, part of his soul was trapped in the blade while the other part went to the Shadowlands but was unable to fully ascend, as shown in the Bastion animated short.

Shadowlands Afterlives, however, establishes that at the moment of death, worthy souls in Azeroth ascend to Bastion in the Shadowlands. This included Arthas’ own father, the former king of Lordaeron, as well as Uther, both of whom appear in Wrath of the Lich King as ghosts during the final raid. It was established at this time that people killed by the Lich King’s iconic runeblade Frostmourne had their souls trapped in the unholy weapon. Uther the Lightbringer had originally been an extremely accomplished and zealous Paladin and served as the mentor to prince Arthas Menethil all the way up to the Culling of Stratholme featured in Warcraft 3 and Wrath of the Lich King’s Caverns of Time instance.Īfter the Culling, Arthas eventually slew his former master. Despite this, he has made a very limited appearance in World of Warcraft, being killed by Arthas in Warcraft 3 on the Death Knights’ journey to become the Lich King. Uther the Lightbringer is one of the most important characters in the Warcraft series.

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