Light's Vengeance

Light's Vengeance was Arthas Menethil's warhammer during his life as a paladin.
==History==
Light's Vengeance was an enormous, heavy-looking hammer, its silver head etched with runes and its sturdy haft wrapped in blue leather.Arthas: Rise of the Lich King, page 60 It was given to Arthas by Archbishop Alonsus Faol when Arthas completed a ceremony held in the Cathedral of Light and joined the ranks of the Knights of the Silver Hand.Arthas: Rise of the Lich King, page 62
During his quest to destroy the dreadlord Mal'Ganis, Arthas discarded Light's Vengeance and left it behind in Frostmourne Cavern when he took up Frostmourne.Arthas: Rise of the Lich King, Part 2 chapter 15 
During the war against the Lich King, adventurers could relive this scene as a flashback of the last interactions between Arthas and Muradin Bronzebeard, with a surprise ending showing Muradin's survival.Frostmourne Cavern (quest) Next to Frostmourne's altar also lied Arthas' former hammer as well as Muradin's weapons, frozen in the snow.
At some point, Darion Mograine sent adventurers of the Ashen Verdict to collect Light's Vengeance in the cavern, in order to create an artifact to rival Frostmourne, believing that only the hammer of Arthas himself would provide a worthy model for the weapon,Shadowmourne Official Preview that would later become Shadowmourne.Exploring Azeroth: Northrend, pg. 91 However, the Lich King had predicted such a plan and tried to kill the adventurers by sending hordes of ghouls into the cavern, but they managed to escape by ironically using the sacred hammer of Arthas.The Sacred and the Corrupt
==Trivia==
* In Warcraft III, Light's Vengeance looked like any other paladin's hammer.
* In World of Warcraft, Light's Vengeance shares its model with the Grand Marshal's Battle Hammer.
* Before the introduction of Light's Vengeance, it was a common speculation that Arthas' former mace was actually the Might of Menethil.
* A unique design for Light's Vengeance was created for the Crown Prince Arthas skin in Heroes of the Storm, but Blizzard felt players would confuse him with Uther and decided he should wield Frostmourne instead.2015-06-12, IGN: How Blizzard's Heroes Went From Concepts to Icons
*Arthas' weapon has been depicted differently throughout multiple sources. In Warcraft III, Arthas wielded Light's Vengeance, which looked like a simple-looking, dark warhammer. In World of Warcraft and TCG artwork however, his hammer used the Grand Marshal's Battle Hammer model instead. In Hearthstone, Arthas is wielding an even more ornate warhammer. In and Jaina's Visions, his hammer looks like its original Warcraft III depiction. Warcraft III: Reforged returns to depicting it with a more ornate design.
==Gallery==
File:Arthaspaladin2.JPG|Light's Vengeance in Warcraft III.
File:Arthas claims frostmourne.jpg|Arthas discards Light's Vengeance in favor of Frostmourne.
File:Arthas Nightmare.jpg|Arthas and his hammer in Jaina's nightmare version of the Culling of Stratholme.
File:Scourge of Lordaeron TCG.jpg|TCG artwork of Arthas.
File:Echo_of_Arthas_Menethil.jpg|Arthas and his hammer in World of Warcraft.
File:Chronicle3 Arthas in Stratholme.jpg|Arthas in Stratholme from .
File:Prince Arthas Concept 1.jpg|Concept art of Arthas with an adorned hammer for Heroes of the Storm
File:Arthas HS cropped.jpg|Prince Arthas in Hearthstone.
Arthas Hammer BFA.jpg|Light's Vengeance model used in the Battle for Azeroth the in-game cinematic "Realm Of Torment".
Warcraft III Reforged - Arthas concept art 2.jpg|Concept art for Arthas in Warcraft III: Reforged.
==Patch changes==
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