Golden finished work on the novel in july 2008, but the novel itself released on april 21, 2009. However, arthas also realizes he isnt ready to settle down with jaina yet. As a background for where arthas and jaina came from, the book succeeds marvelously, especially the whole plotline involving arthass horse. They shouldve had arthas got jaina pregnant before he went crazy. I will never forgive you for what you have done, arthas. Rise of the lich king, its more explicitly said that they had put off a formal relationship a few years before because of duties to their people. Keep in mind arthas was trying to hurt kaelthas to make the fight easier, but what happened was kind of humorous. A theory is that arthas died when he touched frostmourne, a prisoner in his own body. Arthas, rise of the lich king evil may still lurk before. Golden does an excellent job of weaving warcraft lore, world of warcraft game points and even quotes into this foundation story of one of warcrafts major antagonists, and current expansion focus, arthas the lich king. The novel dealing with the progression of arthas from prince to the lich king, was released on april 21, 2009.
Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the world of warcraft arthas rise of the lich king, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. The chief of these is in jainas interactions uther tells jaina that the last bits of him are all thats keeping the scourge from decimating the world, then reinforced by the revelation that arthas kept jainas locket all this time. As the title suggests, the novel focuses on arthas menethil and his rise to the lich king. Richly detailed with arthass early life, it does tail off when it comes to the game campaigns, so you really have to play the game to know what happens in the middle. That arthas was still there, somewhere inside the lich king, waiting to be saved.
The storyline is as good as her previous warcraft books shes written 5 other warcraft titles unfortunately this is the only one available from audible. Once the crown prince of lordaeron, and protege of uther the lightbringer, arthas was corrupted by the cursed blade frostmourne in a bid to save his people. What other book might you compare world of warcraft. Wow arthas and jaina s end halls of reflection xletalis. Rise of the lich king is a warcraft novel by christie golden. He serves as one of the main protagonists in the warcraft iii. Committed to the protection of his people, arthas was.
They had a conversation that went a little like this. Jaina proudmoore was born three years before the first war, the youngest child of katherine and then lord admiral daelin proudmoore, ruler of kul tiras and friend to the alliance of lordaeron and stormwind. Arthas and jaina by all accounts appear to be this way when they begin dating, with their parents openly supporting them, and the realm generally loving the two. Books ive just finished rereading the arthas novel after several years and man, i didnt expect it to break my heart as much as it did. Click download or read online button to get world of warcraft arthas book now. On the other hand, uther was the name of arthurs father, and one could argue he was closer to a father figure for arthas than his actual father. Arthas menethiljaina proudmoore works archive of our own. This is the first time we catch a glimpse of arthas as he was before the events in warcraft iii. He was first briefly mentioned in the warcraft novel, of blood and honor. This story was an inspiration from that book and also jaina proudmoore. Or is it possible that it is presented in such a way that it could be taken as arthass view on the matter ie, arthas thinks jaina really loved him, but in reality, its the were just good friends thing. Arthas became an apprentice paladin at nineteen and served as a favorite pupil of uther the lightbringer. As this parts title hints, a lot of screen time is given to the mage jaina proudmoore, friend of arthas, and their budding romance.
Rise of the lich king expands on the existing story with deeper emotions from the characters to show why each does what they do in world of warcraft. I think shes the best of the writers for warcraft books. Arthas, named undoubtedly for king arthur, becomes an enemy to all living things. The story is told entirely by cinematics and cutscenes from. Rise of the lich king is a warcraft novel by christie golden, who is the. Among her many projects are over a dozen star trek novels and several original fantasy novels. She gave me these inspiration so i give most of the credit to her. And nerzul kills the child symbolizing the death of his innocence. Arthas menethil is one of the more well known characters from the game, and this book will give you insight into his life, his family and the surrounding kingdom, up to. Wow arthas and jainas end halls of reflection youtube.
Rise of the lich king anytime, then do not read this paragraph. For some reason my friends hooked me up to the warcraft lore. Arthas also had a romantic relationship with the kind sorceress jaina proudmoore. Despite his promising beginnings, arthas became one of the most powerful and evil beings azeroth would ever know. World of warcraft arthas download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. The book out and out states that they were romantically involved lovers.
Arthas killed antonidas, the leader of the kirin tor and jaina s teacher, and reclaimed the book of medivh. I was somewhat hoping to find out more on northrend, like how things there came to be, but otherwise a great story of arthas path to becoming the lich king. I found it odd that this book wasnt only on arthas when the title and summary make it out as so, and although i understand how connected these 2 characters are to arthas, their pov chapters served as nothing but reaction chapters to what arthas did the chapter before or as expositions when arthas isnt there. New york times bestselling and awardwinning author christie golden has written more than forty novels and several short stories in the fields of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Arthas menethil wowpedia your wiki guide to the world of. The story covers arthas and jaina meeting kelthuzad, arthas 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.
Arthas became an apprentice paladin at nineteen and served as a. He goes bad after witnessing his people turning into zombies and being killed. Rise of the lich king is a warcraft novel by christie golden, who is the author of multiple star trek and other warcraft novels. Since her childhood, jaina was attracted to the tales of magna aegwynn. The goods of this book is that we can really see how arthas makes his change from being the prince to the lich king. Arthas menethil, the lich king, is a melee tank hero from the warcraft universe. Arthas and jaina are sent out to investigate what caused the infection, and find themselves and their land in dire straits.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read world of warcraft. In stratholme, after jaina leaves arthas, arthas loses it. Dosent matter if there is angst or hurtcomfort genre. Author christie golden does for arthas what she once did for the orc lord thrall in. A great read just finished the book, and it wasnt a fantastic read for lore lovers. I finished reading the book and i am ready to tell fans my experience without spoiling much. This book compendium of jainism is compiled using all jain pathashala text books and reference books of jaina education series. Rise of the lich king ebook written by christie golden. Feb 18, 2015 wow arthas and jainas end halls of reflection xletalis. If you have enjoyed other wow novels by christie golden you should enjoy this one. Arthas menethil, crown prince of lordaeron and knight of the silver hand, was the son of king terenas menethil ii and heir to the throne. I am a huge jaina proudmoore fan and wanted to see where this adventure would take her.
You see the relationship arthas and jaina had that was not real clear in the warcraft game. Arthas, the main character of the book, begins his life as the prince of lordaeron. Committed to the protection of his people, arthas was determined to stop the plague spreading throughout lordaeron. Rise of the lich king is the title of a warcraft novel by christie golden. Illidan and tyrande vs arthas and jaina battles comic vine. Hes swinging a paladins hammer, and uses the light, but he looks like the definition of remorseful. In this book it can make like him for the bit where he is actually kind and not wanting vengence.
But the book fails to capture the tragedy of arthass transformation into the lich king. Arthas menethil wowpedia your wiki guide to the world. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. They were both written by christie golden, who was a famous author of other books. We see how varian and arthas play together, except varian had been trained since childhood, while arthas was overprotected from such trainings by his father. This is where arthas learned that the plague was more insidious than he knew. Ive played the warcraft games and world of warcraft, i thought i knew the entire story of arthas when i went to read this book and i found that i clearly did not know everything. Arthas was an idealistic, yet somewhat rash, young man who dreamed of one day succeeding his father as king of lordaeron. Arthas menethil was the prince of lordaeron and the only son of terenas menethil ii. Christie golden captures the pain and desperation of arthas, uther and jaina so well that at times it is truly harrowing and thats why this deserves more than 5 stars. When she turns against him, things take a turn for the worse. May 21, 2018 the two became close, and as the years passed by, even when jaina began attending classes of magic in dalaran, their relationship grew into love. Aug 28, 2008 thats my only reaction at the end of this book. I think theyll acknowledge that arthas has spent his time since wotlk in the maw being tortured, i dont know if it would be a good idea to bring him back in any capacity though.
And frankly, the aspect that made me feel the most was jaina and arthas. She tried to jerk away, but he held her chin tightly and forced her to look at him. The love triangle between arthas, jaina proudmoore and kaelthas sunstrider is developed through the plot, arthas and jaina partaking in the festivities of noblegarden, the midsummer fire festival, hallows end and the feast of winter veil together. I replayed warcraft iii more than a couple of times and i never even suspected this. Which this is why the book is rise of the lich king. Arthas menethil is a major character from blizzard entertainments warcraft universe of games, novels and media. Arthas menethiljaina proudmoore bookmarks archive of.
This book tells the story of arthas menethil and his darth vaderish path from. Were you looking for the short story, rise of the lich king from the old official website. World of warcraft arthas rise of the lich king gets free book. Arthas had jaina go to find uther to get help for the citizens of hearthglen while he and his troops stayed and tried to hold the undead off. At the end of the book it is shown how three beings, one being a young boy the arthas part, an old orc the nerzhul part and. Rise of the lich king, he and jaina are even engaged for a while iirc. If i have heard about what is going on in orgrimmar and ashenvale, surely you must have. If you have read the rise of the lich king novel, you will know that jaina and arthas had a very very strong relationship and at one point did visit 3rd base. He was trained as a paladin by uther the lightbringer and was inducted into the order of the silver hand. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. We understand his relationship with jaina and the influence she had on him and his actions both positive and negative.
In warcraft iii, while in the kings road, arthas and jaina first encountered a group of undead skeletons in an already burning village. Arthas and jaina partaking in the festivities of noblegarden, the midsummer fire festival. The last conversation between jaina proudmoore and arthas the lich king. Christie works her usual magic here developing feelings and passions. Rise of the lich king wowpedia your wiki guide to the. Tides of war, theres a part where she laments about her poor choice of romantic partners. This is a community for all warcraft fics with arthas jaina pairings. Jaina and arthas together, as pictured in chronicle 3. During the second part of the book, arthas comes of age. Tides of war rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far. After defending kelthuzad for a time, the lich finally brought archimonde into this world and as such the invasion of the burning legion commenced, taking the reins out of arthas hands and leaving the scourge in the care of the. Been about a year since i read the book, but isnt there a part in the book where arthas has a visiondream where he is in a room with nerzul and a child version of arthas. This book will be used in the jain academic bowl competition during jaina and yja conventions. In it, golden evokes a courtly, palace life that nobles like jaina and arthas would have lived.
Oct 01, 2016 the story of prince arthas menethil, from his early days as a young paladin with uther all the way to his death as the lich king. The key moment of the book is arthas massacre of stratholme his kingdoms second city. After that, his only goal is to kill malganis and have his revenge. Pretty this book starts with his childhood and all the way to where hes at in the frozen throne.
Arthas, jaina, and uther who served as arthas paladin mentor fought alongside each other against the scourge invasion of lordaeron during the third war, but neither jaina nor uther were able to prevent arthas corruption. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. In the book, they first encountered several undead zombies in a single farmstead. Rise of the lich king world of warcraft pocket star reprint by christie golden isbn. Committed to the protection of his people, arthas was determined to. He was trained as a paladin by uther the lightbringer and became inducted into the knights of the silver hand. Also, in the book, arthas goes bad after invincibles death. Also, i think one of the main points of the book is concentrating on his relationship with jaina. Im curious if jaina ever got pregnant could that mean that there is a child of arthas out there somewhere. It was very like jaina to hold onto that hope, but by the end of the.
I didnt play warcraft 3 so this book filled in all of the background lore for me, surrounding arthas and the frozen throne. If youve played that game and its expansion the frozen throne, youve played through the events that take up the rest of the book. His touch was as cold as his eyes and jaina felt goose bumps run up and down her arm. I say this because arthas and jaina didnt speak for quite some time after this event.
Arthas also had a romantic relationship with the sorceress jaina proudmoore. Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. This is a cracking good read and it will hit you right in the feels. Uther was later killed by arthas, and is remembered as a great hero by paladins and by the alliance. Arthas menethil, crown prince of lordaeron and knight of the silver hand, was the son of king terenas menethil ii and heir to the kingdoms throne. Richly detailed with arthas s early life, it does tail off when it comes to the game campaigns, so you really have. The love triangle between kael, jaina and arthas is explored indepth throughout two chapters and a half. I think arthas wins it for his team all rounds, but tyrande and jaina s aoe attacks do make this interesting, as well as tyrandes priestess powers making her a huge wild card. This was an enjoyable tiein novel that is somewhat important for wow players to read if they truly want to understand the lore, because the game skips over much of this story and jumps to the aftermath. Its where your interests connect you with your people. I had no idea before reading this book, that things got physical between arthas and jaina. Arthas tragedy is and always will be one of my favourite stories, and in my opinion, the best story in wow.
As a background for where arthas and jaina came from, the book succeeds. The story of arthas menethil told by cinematics and. Well, most of it has been explained below, but more proof is when arthas fought kaelthaswho also caught arthas and jaina kissing one time. Reign of chaos and the main protagonist in warcraft iii. The book world of warcraft fans have been clamoring for the true story behind one of the warcraft universes most terrifying villains, arthas the lich king. Jul 28, 2017 racing to try and stop the plague, arthas and jaina ended up at hearthglen when a legion of undead were about to destroy the town. Nov, 2019 an archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. Though something tells me that blizzard isnt going to be able to let arthas lie, theyll bring him back to fluff up the lore of a raid or something. Jaina and arthas had been close friends since adolescence and harbored romantic feelings for each other, though both agreed to put it aside when jaina had to focus on her studies while arthas was working to be a paladin. This brings the book to the events of warcraft iii. Richly detailed with arthas s early life, it does tail off when it comes to the game campaigns, so you really have to play the game to know what happens in the middle. Later, as arthas starts taking on the responsibilities of a prince, he visits durnholde keep, seeing thrall fight other adversaries in the gladiator arena. Rise of the lich king by christie golden goodreads. Its a very good book that gave insight into his mind and what he was.
So, arthas wasnt in control of the lich king in wotlk. The love triangle between arthas, jaina proudmoore and kaelthas sunstrider is developed through two and a half chapters, arthas and jaina partaking in the festivities of noblegarden, the midsummer fire festival, hallows end and the feast of winter veil together. The story of prince arthas menethil, from his early days as a young paladin with uther all the way to his death as the lich king. Rise of the horde, of blood and honor, arthas, lord of the clans, stormrage, the shattering and the war of the ancients series, but this has by far been the most memorable. As the broken world recovers from the disaster, the renowned sorceress lady jaina proudmoore continues her long struggle to mend relations between the horde and the alliance. We could enter the maw, and jaina finds a young arthas like when she first met him, a journey begins with this arthus, younger and less twisted, still tormented by the knowledge of what he has done.