IRVINE, CA, Nov 13, 2008
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that World of
Warcraft : Wrath of the lich King, the second expansion for the
world's leading massively multiplayer online role-playing game, is
now on sale in North America, Europe, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and
Russia. The expansion will be in stores beginning November 14 in
Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, and
available on November 18 in Korea and the regions of Taiwan, Hong
Kong, and Macau. Details of Wrath of the lich king in mainland China will be announced later.
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the lich king sends players to the cold,
forbidding continent of Northrend, where the malevolent lich king Arthas Menethil seeks to bring an end to life on Azeroth.
Players will fight Arthas' undead army and unravel the mysteries of Northrend as
they quest through new zones and dungeons, acquire potent new skills
and abilities, engage in epic open-world player-vs.-player warfare
with siege vehicles and destructible buildings, wield the runic power
of World of Warcraft's first Hero class the death knight.
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the lich king is now available at
retailers on DVD-ROM for Windows XP/Vista and Macintosh at a
suggested retail price of $39.99. A special Collector's Edition of
the expansion is also available at a suggested retail price of
$69.99. This limited-edition package includes the expansion, The Art
of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the lich king hardcover book, an
exclusive in-game pet, a behind-the-scenes DVD, two World of Warcraft
Trading Card Game starter packs and two exclusive cards, a mouse pad
featuring a map of Northrend, and the official World of Warcraft:
Wrath of the lich King soundtrack CD..
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Ecology of a lich king (dungeons and dragons)
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A lich king converts itself into a skeletal creature by means of necromancy, storing its soul in a magical receptacle called a phylactery. In some sources the method of becoming a lich king is referred to as the Ritual of Endless Night. The lich king creation process is often described as requiring the creation and consumption of a deadly potion which is to be drunk on a full moon; although the exact details of the potion are described differently in various sources, the creation of the potion almost universally entails acts of utter evil, such as using as an ingredient the blood of an infant slain by the potential kings own hand, or other, similarly vile components. The potion invariably kills the drinker but if the process is successful he rises again some days later as a lich king. Occasionally, this metamorphosis occurs by accident as a result of life-prolonging magic.
Unlike most other forms of undead creatures, the lich king retains all of the memories, personality, and abilities that it possessed in life — but it has a virtual eternity to hone its skills and inevitably becomes very powerful. Like other powerful forms of undead (such as a vampire or mummy), a lich king has unnatural powers owing to his state. For example, he can put mortals in a paralyzed state of hibernation with a touch, making them seem dead to others, and can, through his typically powerful magical spells, summon other lesser undead to protect him. lich kings can radiate an aura of horror which can send weak-willed would-be foes to flight. The lich king is capable of sustaining tremendous physical damage, and is immune to disease, poison, fatigue and other effects that affect only the living. However, despite all his undead "gifts", a lich kings most valuable resources are his vast intellect, his supreme mastery of sorcery and limitless time to research, plot and scheme.
Since a king's soul is mystically tied to its phylactery, destroying its body will not kill it. Rather, its soul will return to the phylactery, and its body will be recreated by the power keeping it immortal. Thus the only way to permanently destroy a lich king is to destroy the phylactery as well. Therefore, the lich king will generally be extremely protective of the priceless item. The phylactery, which can be of virtually any form (the default form is a metal box filled with rune-covered papers, but it usually 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 little easier than attaining it.
Alignment
Depending on the method of becoming a lich king, a lich king can be of any alignment, retaining whatever alignment it had in life.
lich kings are mostly evil but there are references of good lich kings.
The reasons for good beings to become lich kings are limited but most of them come down to unfulfilled quests in life, guardianship over ancient evil and the oversight of future generations.
The process for being a good lich king is more difficult to discover and in many campaign settings does not exist at all. In general, the process of becoming a lich king has very evil requirements possibly making it hard for good people to retain a good alignment.
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