Lore-tastic

Welcome here at Lore-tastic. The page for questions about warcraft lore. On a weekly basis I shall set up a subject and then you may set questions under that subject who I will answer for you. Hope this page can be helpfull to you and mysteries solved. Enjoy!
=== The Scourge ===
With the recent Icecrown citadel in patch 3.3 it is a good time for this subject. Post you questions about the Scourge here and I would be honored to answer them.
=== 1 ===
So. We learn that the Scourge would run rampant and destroy Azeroth without a Lich King. Dear Lore God, my question is thus:
How is it that, with a god-like figure at its head, the Scourge is less dangerous than it would be as a mindless, unorganised rabble. Surely the presence of an all seeing, all controling figure who has the power to say nasty things like "this... is... not... OVER!" in a scary voice would have a more threatening Scourge than if the mases were leaderless. Am I really to believe that, after all this I've been told about the Lich King being th ebiggest threat to Azeroth in recent times, he's actually the only thing stopping the Scourge being really, really mean? This sucks. Davo86 14:17, December 19, 2009 (UTC)
Well, Davo86 this is a very good question. So first off all the Lich King is no god-like figure. He actually has lost a lot of his power when Ner'zhul and Prince Arthas merged together in the Lich King. A lot of people shall think now, 'what is he saying? The Lich king became more powerful!' But that is incorrect, He only got the ability to walk. When he was in the Forzen Throne he had not the basic problems a mortal has. The only thing that could destroy him was to destroy the frozen throne and destroy the spirit, a much harder task then destroying a mortal. So now he merged with a mortal he has a few minor problems like Athas still having a will off his own. Like we seen in the trailer of 3.3. Also with the events at the Wrathgate we see that the plague created by the Forsaken affected the Lich King. So that would say he has mortal restrictions. Thats why he is not god-like. But that wasn't really the question, well, if the Lich King is gone the Scourge will come over Azeroth, that is true. But it is a misconception to say that it is the Lich King holding back the Scourge. We always seem to forget that the Lich King has two sides: Ner'zhul and Arthas. Ner'zhul would love to sent his Scourge to Azeroth for that was the purpose he was created for but it is Arthas that stops this, why? Maybe he still has some feelings left what is unlikely after we saw his heart being destroyed. Now Arthas lets his Scourge onto targets, they have objectives now. But when their leader is gone they will spread and kill everything on the way without any goals or objectives. You see when the Scourge attacks a specific town it's not so bad then it would attack a whole continent at once. But one thing is for sure, the Scourge is meaner now then they would be without the Lich King. Because now they use new ways to kill and torture but without a superior they wouldn't be capable of finding these ways so they would be less evil. I hope this answers your question. 
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Your speculation is admirable.
"He actually has lost a lot of his power when Ner'zhul and Prince Arthas merged together in the Lich King. A lot of people shall think now, 'what is he saying? The Lich king became more powerful!' But that is incorrect, He only got the ability to walk."
This is bull. The entire point of WCIII-TfT was that Ner'zhul as Lich King was losing his grip on the Scourge and needed the merger with Arthas to gain the power to control them once again. The formation of the Forsaken, who broke away under Ner'zhul's reign, shows just how weak he had become. It's not until recently, with the Knights of the Embon Blade breaking free, that such weakness was ever shown again. I'm pretty sure Ner'zhul didn't coax Arthas to merge with him simply so he could have a pair of legs and go for a strole. I'm pretty sure he didn't manipulate Arthas to merge with him under the impression it would make him weaker. That would be very, very stupid of him.
"Maybe he still has some feelings left what is unlikely after we saw his heart being destroyed."
Yeah. 'Unlikely' being another word for 'continuality fail'.
"But when their leader is gone they will spread and kill everything on the way without any goals or objectives. You see when the Scourge attacks a specific town it's not so bad then it would attack a whole continent at once"
This... makes no sense to me. The full might of the Scourge on single objectives is far more deadly that Scourge dispused hammering everything. Not to mention the countless petty squabbles and in-fighting that qould result from a lack of leadership. Not every minion of the Lich King is mindless without him, and in his wake there would be a power vacuum that needs filling. I can't see that going down well. An uninited Scourge simply makes no sense to me as being more dangerous or powerful, and your argument has done little to convince me otherwise, Lore God. Davo86 12:40, December 22, 2009 (UTC)
Ner'zhul was a foul to merge with Arthas, he didn't expect anything off the things that happened after they merged. He had not foreseen Arthas taking over. And that was his downfall. Nonetheless Davo86 you seem to have lore knowledge too :)
====CatacIysm====
I thought that with the coming expansion, people may have some questions about the lore behind it and other things. So ask your questions here and I will answer them the best I can.