Arthas Menethil

a Character of Warcraft

This is a profile for *Arthas Menethil* the character from the series *Warcraft*.

## Summary

Arthas Menethil was once the Prince of Lordaeron and champion to his people, he fought for the sake of his kingdom, until he became too ambitious and his charge weighed heavily on him with the Undead Scourge invasion, he sought the means to fight against this evil to the point that he would be succumbed to his own vengeance and become the thing he swore to destroy. He became the Death Knight of the Scourge and led many campaigns of genocide and other atrocities across the land until he eventually took up the role as the Lich King.

## Items

As a Paladin, he wields a warhammer called Light's Vengeance, as a Death Knight, he wields a sword called Frostemorne.

## Powers/Skills

**Energy Source: Paraphernalia, External**

**Magic**: Necromancy (As a Death Knight and the Lich King, he can raise the Corpses of the dead to serve him) Soul Manipulation (With Frostmourne and being a Death Knight, he can wound, absorb and manipulate souls) Information Analysis (With the Eye of Acherus, Arthas can collect the secrets of those it piers at) Holy Manipulation (As a Paladin, Arthas has abilities to dispell evil presence as well as limited healing) Ice Manipulation (With Frost Magic as the Lich King can create and manipulate ice or create massive blizzards) Unholy Manipulation (Arthas possesses unholy capabilities as a Death Knight)

**Natural**: Weaponry Mastery (Arthas is skilled when it comes to using a warhammer or swords) Human Physiology (Arthas was born as a human who would become a powerful warrior)

## Stats

**DC:** **Large Country:** When powered by the remnants of the Lich King's power, Death Knight Arthas is able to fight Illidan who is powered by the Skull of Gul'dan (**Higher** after becoming the Lich King)

**Durability:** **Large Country:** Death Knight Arthas is able to hold his own against Illidan (Higher after becoming the Lich King)

**Speed:** **Peak Human:** Likely Arthas' movement speed. **Unknown**: The combat and reactive speed of Arthas (Likely **Hypersonic** scaling to Illidan)

**Range:** Standard melee range. Tens of meters with most spells and abilities. At least several kilometers, possibly planetary, with Teleportation. Planetary with telepathy and clairvoyance.

## Techniques

**As a Paladin**

* **Holy Light**: A holy light that can heal a friendly living unit or damage an enemy undead foe.
* **Divine Shield**: An impenetrable shield surrounds the Paladin, protecting him from all damage and spells for a set amount of time.
* **Devotion Aura**: Gives additional armor to nearby friendly allies.
* **Resurrection**: Brings back to life the corpses of friendly nearby allies. The spell will choose the most powerful corpses to resurrect if needed.

**As the Death Knight**

* **Death Coil:** Arthas fires a coil of death that can damage a living enemy or heal an undead servant.
* **Death Pact:** Instantly kills an undead minion, draining it of its life energies and recovering Arthas' own health.
	+ **Consume Minions:** A more powerful variation of Death Pact that allows Arthas to drain both the life and mana from his undead minions.
* **Unholy Aura:** Arthas emits a powerful unholy aura that passively increases his and his servant's speed as well as blessing them with rapid health regeneration.
* **Raise Dead:** Arthas raises nearby corpses into undead servitude, binding their minds and souls to his will.

**As the Lich King**

* **Ice Lock:** Encases the enemy in a block of ice, rendering them unable to act.
* **Summon Drudge Ghouls:** The Lich King summons several undead servants in order to do his bidding.
* **Necrotic Plague:** Arthas infects a foe with a deadly plague, causing continuous harm to the infected enemy. Should the target of the plague die while still infected, the disease will transfer to the next closest enemy or ally of the Lich King, becoming more potent in the process.
	+ **Plague Siphon:** The Lich King feels his strength grow with each new creature afflicted by Necrotic Plague. As the number of infected increases, so does the power of the Lich King.
* **Infest:** Arthas unleashes a blast of shadow energies in all directions, striking nearby enemies and infecting them with a virulent disease. Targets of the Lich King's insidious magic will suffer increasing amounts of damage from the sickness unless they are capable of quickly restoring their diminished health.
* **Remorseless Winter:** The winds howl as Arthas creates a massive winter storm and unleashes it upon his foes. The blizzard freezes enemies to their bones causing them to take damage until they've fled from the storm.
* **Pain and Suffering:** Arthas fires multiple beams of dark energy from his runeblade at any foe standing in front of him, dealing damage and causing them to take additional damage over time.
* **Raging Spirit:** The Lich King rips out a piece of the foe's spirit, causing it to attack them. These phantoms lash out at their former selves by unleashing deafening soul shrieks that silence the Lich King's enemies.
* **Soul Reaper:** Arthas strikes the enemy with Frostmourne, afflicting them with his dark magic. While an enemy is afflicted by Soul Reaper, Arthas' speed is be doubled.
* **Harvest Souls:** Arthas attempts to harvest the souls of all nearby enemies, telekinetically lifting them off the ground and dealing shadow damage to them by channeling the power of Frostmourne. If a target is still alive after the channel is completed, that enemy's soul will be transfered into the runeblade to be devoured. While a soul is inside of the blade it is beset upon by scores of vengeful spirits that try to consume it.
	+ **Harvested Soul:** When a soul has been fully consumed by Frostmourne the Lich King's power increases fivefold. The effects of this magic multiply with each new soul consumed by the blade.
* **Fury of Frostmourne:** The Lich King unleashes the true power of Frostmourne, instantly draining the souls of all enemies around him and sealing them off inside of the blade with no hopes of resurrection or escape.

## Feats

Arthas has led numerous campaigns as both the Prince of Lordaeron and as the Death Knight and as the Lich King, he has defeated entire kingdoms and severed the Burning Legion's hold on the Scourge.

He has raised many champions of the world to his side.

## Weakness/Limitations

Arthas can be overconfident at times and even be consumed by the need for vengeance.

## Gallery

Arthas as a PaladinArthas as the Death KnightArthas as the Lich King