Arthas Menethil (Warcraft)

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==Summary==
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. He was trained as a paladin by Uther the Lightbringer and was inducted into the Order of the Silver Hand. Arthas also had a romantic relationship with the kind sorceress Jaina Proudmoore. Committed to the protection of his people, Arthas was determined to stop the plague spreading throughout Lordaeron.
Despite his promising beginnings, Arthas became one of the most powerful and evil beings Azeroth would ever know. Although he killed the necromancer Kel'Thuzad, Arthas was unable to stop the spread of the plague and resorted to increasingly desperate methods, such as purging the city of Stratholme. Taking up the cursed runeblade Frostmourne, Arthas was able to defeat the demon Mal'Ganis, but he lost his soul in the process. Becoming a death knight of the Scourge, he led the undead in destroying Lordaeron, Quel'Thalas, and Dalaran. Arthas later made his way to the Frozen Throne of Icecrown and merged with the Lich King.
Ruling as the Lich King for years afterward, Arthas had the last remnants of his humanity destroyed and was ultimately defeated in combat by Highlord Tirion Fordring and his champions of the Light. Cradled by the spirit of his father, Arthas Menethil died, leaving the mantle of the Lich King to be taken by a noble soul who would contain the power of the Scourge. Arthas' soul found no rest in the afterlife, instead being forged into a weapon in the schemes of the Jailer that was spent until nothing was left.
Arthas first appeared as one of the main protagonists of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. He also serves as the main antagonist in Wrath of the Lich King.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: | At least , likely , up to with Frostmourne Amps, with Frostmourne | 
Key: Paladin | Death Knight | Lich King
Name: Arthas Menethil, Crown Prince of Lordaeron, Paladin of the Silver Hand, Paladin Defender of Lordaeron, Lord | Arthas Menethil, Champion of Ner'zhul, Blessed Lord, King of Lordaeron | Lich King, The Dark Lord of the Dead, The Death God, The One True king, The Prince of Darkness, The Jailer of the Damned, Lord of Terror, The Dark One, He Who Walks in Shadow, The Lord of Icecrown
Origin: Warcraft
Gender: Male
Age: 24 | 27 | 31
Classification: Human, Paladin, Champion of the Knights of the Silver Hand, Prince of Lordaeron | Undead Human, Death Knight, Champion of Ner'zhul | Undead Human, Death Knight, Lich King
Powers and Abilities:
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All previous Base Abilities plus:
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All Death Knight abilities plus:
*Possibly Immortality (Type 8; Uther stated that the Lich King could only be truly destroyed atop Icecrown Citadel, where he was crownedHalls of reflection Dungeon)
*Preparation
*Mind Manipulation (While at the lowest point of his power Ner'zhul was able to effortlessly mentally enslave an army's worth of Northrend's native monstersIcecrown and the Frozen Throne)
*Necromancy/Resurrection 
*Disease Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Biological Manipulation, Chaos Manipulation, Life Manipulation, and Soul Manipulation (Created, and can to an extent manipulate, the Plague of Undeath, a disease which contains Fel Energy, a which harnesses the life energy and souls of living things as fuelArthas: Rise of the Lich King, pg. 253m and which turns all who come in contact with it into undead under the Lich King's control)
*Body Puppetry (Ner'zhul displayed the ability to utilize necromancy to control the Nerubians, who were immune to both the Undead Plague and his own mental domination, by directly manipulating their corpses and bending them to his willWar of the Spider)
*Telepathy (The Lich King feels the individual spirits and thoughts of each undead in the Scourge as if they were his own. Ner'zhul was able to utilize his telepathy to call out to mages all across Azeroth to beckon them to Icecrown and was able to call to Arthas halfway across Azeroth while severely weakenedThe Flight from Lordaeron)
*Power Bestowal (The Lich King has personally granted numerous members of his army immense power, and all Death Knights draw their power directly from the Lich King)
*Soul Manipulation/Absorption (The Lich King grows in power the more souls he absorbs. Sealed Highlord Alexandros Mograine's spirit at the Battle for Light's Hope ChapelUnsealed Chest)
*Possibly Precognition (Kel'Thuzad described The Lich King as foreseeing both Archimonde's usurpation of the control of the Scourge and the defeat of Archimonde and the Burning Legion on Azeroth Under the Burning Sky)
*Enhanced Senses/Extrasensory Perception (Sensed the presence of Mal'Ganis during the battle for Lordaeron.Death Comes From On High The Lich King is able to see through FrostmourneHalls of Reflection)
*Sealing (Sealed Highlord Alexandros Mograine's spirit at the Battle for Light's Hope Chapel)
*Portal Creation
*Flight
*Creation (Created the Orb of Ner'zhul, the Devourer of Souls, and the Runeblades of the Death Knights)
*Statistics Amplification (Via Mark of the Lich King, Plague Siphon, Soul Reaper, and Harvested Soul)
*Ice Manipulation
*Disease Manipulation (Via Necrotic Plague and Infest)
*Darkness Manipulation (Via Necrotic Plague, Infest, Summon Shadow, Pain and Suffering, Soul Reaper, Defile, and Fury of Frostmourne)
*Statistics Reduction (Via Remorseless Winter)
*Vibration Manipulation (Via Quake)
*Summoning (Able to summon a variety of minions at will)
*Resistance to Disease Manipulation, Deconstruction, Mind Manipulation, Biological Manipulation, Transmutation/Matter Manipulation, Chaos Manipulation, Life Manipulation, and Soul Manipulation (Was only afflicted by a fit of coughing when exposed to the Forsaken Blight,The Wrathgate an improved, more lethal strain of the Plague of Undeath capable of vaporizing anyone it came in contact withImbeciles Abound! and reducing undead to shapeless piles of goo.The Forsaken Blight and You: How Not to DieAbsholutely... Thish Will Work! The strain Arthas was exposed to was potent enough to even kill paladins in seconds, with even lesser strains causing bleeding from all facial orifices, skin tearing open and death in seconds,Arthas: Rise of the Lich King, pg. 246 as well as rapid cell degeneration and reducing those affected to a shambling husk incapable of any reason or thought beyond a violent hatred for lifeSide Effects May Include Mild Undeath)
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Attack Potency: Mountain level (Vastly superior to fodder animus which can do this. Portrayed as comparable to Jaina Proudmore. Fought and killed Kel'ThuzadThe Cult of the Damned and the black dragon SearinoxBlackrock and Roll) | At least Mountain level, likely Planet level (Significantly more powerful than before. Fought and killed Sapphiron,The Return to Northrend who downscales from Malygos who held enough power to destroy Azeroth ten times overEye of Eternity Raid Matched Pre-Skull of Gul'dan Illidan and fought him to a stalemate.A Destiny of Flame and Sorrow Fought and killed Uther the Lighbringer,Digging up the Dead Mal'Ganis,Frostmourne Anasterian Sunstrider,The Fall of Silvermoon and Antonidas.The Siege of Dalaran Fought and defeated an army of Faceless Ones and a Forgotten One alongside Anub'arakThe Forgotten Ones), Planet level with Frostmourne Amps (Frostmourne's magic was sufficient to amplify Arthas' power to overpower Uther the Lightbringer and later amplify him further to match that of Demon Form Post-Skull of Gul'dan Illidan StormrageIllidan VS Arthas Fight Cinematic - Warcraft III: Reforged), Planet level with Frostmourne (As a Mourneblade, Frostmourne's power is significantly greater than that of normal Artifact Runeblades such as Apocalypse, Maw of the Damned, and Felo'melorn, each of which is capable of absorbing and neutralizing a portion of the energy of the Sword of SargerasArtifact Weapons Storyline and the latter of which was broken upon clashing with Frostmourne onceArthas: Rise of the Lich King, pg. 237Blood of the Highborne), Frostmourne's physical attacks ignore conventional durability (Physical attacks with Frostmourne deal Chaos damage, which bypasses physical defenses, armor, and resistances as well as other forms of damage-mitigating magic) | Planet level (Even before Arthas fully merged with him, Kil'jaeden was able to sense that Ner'zhul was growing too powerful for him to control.The Betrayer Ascendant Physically empowered by the full power of Frostmourne. Superior to all undead under his command, including Kel'thuzad, Sapphiron, Sindragosa, and the Four Horsemen. Casually stomped Jaina and Sylvanas.Halls of Reflection: Escape from Arthas Casually oneshot Darion Mograine.The Light of Dawn Utterly overwhelmed Tirion Fordring at Light's Hope Chapel before the latter obtained the Ashbringer,The Light of Dawn and later posed a grave threat to a light-empowered Tirion Fordring and could trade attacks with him.World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 3, pg. 187 One-Shot Dranosh Saurfang, who could in turn one-shot three undead Vrykul), Frostmourne's physical attacks ignore conventional durability (Physical attacks with Frostmourne deal Chaos damage, which bypasses physical defenses, armor, and resistances as well as other forms of damage-mitigating magic)
Speed: Average Human Movement Speed (Standard movement speed for all characters is 6.4008 m/s), at least Subsonic+ Reactions and Combat Speed (Comparable to adventurers capable of dodging bullets at point blank range. Was able to keep up with an Orc Blademaster, which can fight at speeds invisible to the naked eyeWarcraft 3: Blademaster) | At least Superhuman Movement Speed (Comparable to Illidan, who can keel up with Tyrande's Saber-Toothed Tiger on-foot), At least Massively Hypersonic+ Reactions and Combat Speed (Equal to Illidan and thus should be comparable or superior to the Legion adventurers in speed, who use and can dodge attacks from the Titanstrike artifact weapon, which is directly stated to be infused with natural lightning,Titanstrike and Hunters who can use abilities like Titan's Thunder,Titan's Thunder Ride the Lightning,Ride the Lightning and Surge of the Stormgod,Surge of the Stormgod which project natural lightning) | At least Superhuman Movement Speed, At least Massively Hypersonic+ Reactions and Combat Speed (Kept up with Jaina and Sylvanas )
Lifting Strength: At least Class 100, likely higher (Significantly stronger than fodder Dwarf Mages and Priests who are capable of casually lifting and carrying barrels this heavy. Able to wield a massive warhammer and full platemail as though they were weightless, and should be at least as strong as adventurers capable of wearing a full suit of thorium platemail and wielding thorium weapons as though they were weightless) | Class K (Physically matched Post-Skull of Gul'dan Illidan in strength) | At least Class K
Striking Strength: Mountain level | At least Mountain level, likely Continent level+ (Killed Sapphiron, Uther, Mal'Ganis, and Antonidas with his blows and matched Illidan's blows with his own), up to Planet level with Frostmourne Amps (Oneshot Demon Form Post-Skull of Gul'dan Illidan Stormrage) | Planet level (Easily overpowered Jaina and Sylvanas, Darion Mograine, and Pre-Ashbringer Tirion Fordring)
Durability: Mountain level | At least Mountain level, likely Continent level+ (Took hits from Sapphiron, Uther, and Mal'Ganis), up to Planet level with Frostmourne Amps | Planet level (Took hits from Tirion Fordring. Able to take hits from Shadowmourne, which is designed to be the equal to FrostmourneThe Lich King's Last Stand)
Stamina: Superhuman (Was able to slay an entire orc encampment and an entire towns worth of people without tiring) | Infinite (As an undead, Arthas does not require food, water, air, or sleep in order to function. Even as a Death Knight it has been stated that he and Arthas had the capacity to keep up their fight forever. After becoming the Lich King, Arthas spent several years in a meditative state during which he was fighting a non-stop mental battle for control over his body with his former humanity and Ner'zhulArthas: Rise of the Lich King, pg. 306)
Range: Standard Melee Range, Tens of Meters to Hundreds of Meters with Magic | Extended Melee Range with Frostmourne, Tens of Meters to Tens of Kilometers with Magic | Extended Melee Range with Frostmourne, Tens of Meters to Tens of Kilometers with Magic, Planetary with Helm of Domination, Telepathy, and Portals
Standard Equipment:
Lightsvengeance.png|Light's Vengeance
Invinciblehorse.png|Invincible
Frostmourneart.png|Frostmourne
Saronitearmor.png|Saronite Armor
helmofdomination.png|Helm of Domination
Eyeofacherus.png|Eye of Acherus
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Intelligence: Genius (Arthas is a nearly unparalleled martial combatant. Having been trained since childhood to join the Knights of the Silver Hand, Arthas was personally tutored in armed combat by Muradin Bronzebeard, becoming one of the youngest to join the order at the age of 19, and came to be considered one of the finest swordsmen in Lordaeron.Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos Game Manual In order to join the Knights of the Silver Hand, apprentices are trained to use a variety of weapons, they learn combat tactics and many techniques, as well as how to ride and fight on their steed. Their training sessions are long and difficult, lasting up to several hours a day until exhaustion, and doing so every day for years. Training at arms is important for a paladin, so are prayer and meditation, as they must be able to cut down their enemies but must also be able to heal their allies and themselves. Following the ceremony of induction, they continue to be trained by their master, in order to learn how to use their new holy powers. Once their training is complete, and to improve their new abilities, young paladins are given various quests, missions, and trials by their masters in order to continually prove their worthiness to the order. One of Arthas' earliest missions involved hunting down and defeating an Orc Blademaster of the Blackrock Clan, a group of Orcs who utilize a mix of illusion magic and warrior energy coupled with their mastery of swordsmanship to act as an elite fighting force within the Horde. Later in life, after obtaining Frostmourne, Arthas singlehandedly defeated Mal'Ganis's army, destroyed his base, and killed Mal'Ganis before singlehandedly killing his own army and raising them with his newfound powers as a Death Knight.Army of the Damned As a death knight, Arthas would go on to serve as the Lich King's champion, carrying out crusades to spread the Undead Plague while personally slaughtering his former ally paladins and knights of the Silver Hand, most notably Uther the Lightbringer, as well as other forces such as the High-Elves of Silvermoon, entire camps of Blackrock Clan Orc Blademasters,Blackrock & Roll Too! the mages of Kirin Tor,The Siege of Dalaran and Illidan's forces of Vashj's Naga and Kael's Blood Elves.A Symphony of Frost and Flame Arthas has also faced Illidan Stormrage on two separate occasions, with their second duel being acknowledge by Arthas as the only time in his entire combat history where he was ever brought close to dying. Arthas is also a master tactician, having served as Ner'zhul's champion for years and accelerating the Scourge's spread tenfold as a death knight, and later nearly conquering Azeroth as the Lich King.
Weaknesses: None Notable | As an Undead, significantly powerful sources of Holy Magic are able to permanently kill him. If the Lich King or Frostmourne are destroyed, Arthas will be severely weakened and lose most of his powers. If Frostmourne is destroyed the souls trapped within the blade will turn on Arthas and attack him and prevent him from defending himself, allowing the enemy to attack and kill him. | As an Undead, significantly powerful sources of Holy Magic are able to permanently kill him. If Frostmourne is destroyed the souls trapped within the blade will turn on Arthas and attack him and prevent him from defending himself, allowing the enemy to attack and kill him.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
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==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars) Anakin Skywalker's Profile (Both were 5-B, speed was equalized and Death Knight Arthas was used)
Losses:
Inconclusive:
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