1) The grand tournament, in WoW lore, was originally meant to filter heroes in a tournament in order to choose the greatest heroes (the winners) to face the Lich King and bring him down.
2) Val'kyr are creatures known as agents of the Lich King, they are undead creatures who do his bidding.
3) More facts to come as more cards will be released...
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"As housecarl I am sworn to your service. I will protect you and all you own, with my life." - Lydia of Whiterun
I would bet Blizzard is saving the Lich King a) for a icecrown adventure (It is certainly coming at some point, no doubt. b) As the hero for a possible Death Knight class, unless they decide to go with Darion Morgraine or Koltira/Thassarian.
He's probably not going to be released in this expansion. The "lore" of this expansion is that (paraphrasing): "AFTER the Lich King's defeat the Argent Tournament continues on but is just more silly and fun"
So it is unlikely he will be released as a card in this expansion. I'd like to see a Icecrown Citadel Adventure but it's unlikely they will do that for the next adventure after just doing a Northrend based expansion.
We'll probably be waiting a while for Arthas to show up :(
The problem with an icecrown adventure is that we already had Nax, and the two are way too similar to justify different adventures. I think it's much more likely we get Arthas this expansion, as he's a character many are deeply excited for.
I would bet Blizzard is saving the Lich King a) for a icecrown adventure (It is certainly coming at some point, no doubt. b) As the hero for a possible Death Knight class, unless they decide to go with Darion Morgraine or Koltira/Thassarian.
I think they would just use "Death Knight Arthas" as the Death Knight hero. Oh man, if they could get Justin Gross back to do it, that would be sick.
I think that 42% votes for him showing up this expansion is quite a high number! 42% actually believe we'll have the legendary Lich King in card form. That's quite exciting.
I believe in one of two things:
1) Either he will show up this expansion as a new legendary card.
Or, 2) This expansion is to create hype for the next expansion which most definitely will bring him alive.
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"As housecarl I am sworn to your service. I will protect you and all you own, with my life." - Lydia of Whiterun
If they ever create a Death Knight class the hero will 100% be Darion Mograine, definitely not Arthas. He's the ultimate villain.
I actually wouldn't be surprised to see Arthas on a card this expansion though. How many more icy-themed adventures/expansions can they make anyway before ICC stuff shows up?
As someone said in this thread before: this tournament takes place AFTER the Lich King Arthas was defeated, so it's pretty unlikely that we have him in this or in the next PvE expansion (or even in the PvE expansion after).
I don't think the timeline matters that much, since they added Wilfred Fizzlebang, who was killed, and I think we can say with some certainty that they're adding Fjola Lightbane, who was also killed (along with her sister, who may or may not be being added also).
That said, I don't think the Lich King is going to show up as a card for this simply because the theme doesn't fit it. The Lich King's presence during the tournament was a very brief one, so I can't imagine it would warrant adding him.
I think that Lich King deserves more respect than an ordinary card... even a legendary one.
Maybe, but there's deathwing so who knows.... All we can do is hope.
I find it amusing that many Hearthstone players seem to hold Arthas on a pedestal of glory and untouchability while the all-powerful Deathwing sits on the sidelines wondering if there are any other worlds to destroy for attention.
I think that 42% votes for him showing up this expansion is quite a high number!
Uh, you do know that the question you asked was "Will The Lich King become a Hearthstone Card?" and not "Will The Lich King become a Hearthstone Card and be included in the TGT expansion?".
Let's look at the facts:
1) The grand tournament, in WoW lore, was originally meant to filter heroes in a tournament in order to choose the greatest heroes (the winners) to face the Lich King and bring him down.
2) Val'kyr are creatures known as agents of the Lich King, they are undead creatures who do his bidding.
3) More facts to come as more cards will be released...
"As housecarl I am sworn to your service. I will protect you and all you own, with my life." - Lydia of Whiterun
I think that Lich King deserves more respect than an ordinary card... even a legendary one.
What is so delicate that saying it's name, breaks it?
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I would bet Blizzard is saving the Lich King a) for a icecrown adventure (It is certainly coming at some point, no doubt. b) As the hero for a possible Death Knight class, unless they decide to go with Darion Morgraine or Koltira/Thassarian.
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He's probably not going to be released in this expansion. The "lore" of this expansion is that (paraphrasing): "AFTER the Lich King's defeat the Argent Tournament continues on but is just more silly and fun"
So it is unlikely he will be released as a card in this expansion. I'd like to see a Icecrown Citadel Adventure but it's unlikely they will do that for the next adventure after just doing a Northrend based expansion.
We'll probably be waiting a while for Arthas to show up :(
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The problem with an icecrown adventure is that we already had Nax, and the two are way too similar to justify different adventures. I think it's much more likely we get Arthas this expansion, as he's a character many are deeply excited for.
Maybe, but there's deathwing so who knows.... All we can do is hope.
"As housecarl I am sworn to your service. I will protect you and all you own, with my life." - Lydia of Whiterun
Which form of the Lich King? Just Nerzul or Arthas or Bolvar?^^
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I think they would just use "Death Knight Arthas" as the Death Knight hero. Oh man, if they could get Justin Gross back to do it, that would be sick.
I'll just, you know, leave this here...
Not official, just to make it clear.
I think that 42% votes for him showing up this expansion is quite a high number! 42% actually believe we'll have the legendary Lich King in card form. That's quite exciting.
I believe in one of two things:
1) Either he will show up this expansion as a new legendary card.
Or, 2) This expansion is to create hype for the next expansion which most definitely will bring him alive.
"As housecarl I am sworn to your service. I will protect you and all you own, with my life." - Lydia of Whiterun
If they ever create a Death Knight class the hero will 100% be Darion Mograine, definitely not Arthas. He's the ultimate villain.
I actually wouldn't be surprised to see Arthas on a card this expansion though. How many more icy-themed adventures/expansions can they make anyway before ICC stuff shows up?
I don't think the timeline matters that much, since they added Wilfred Fizzlebang, who was killed, and I think we can say with some certainty that they're adding Fjola Lightbane, who was also killed (along with her sister, who may or may not be being added also).
That said, I don't think the Lich King is going to show up as a card for this simply because the theme doesn't fit it. The Lich King's presence during the tournament was a very brief one, so I can't imagine it would warrant adding him.
I find it amusing that many Hearthstone players seem to hold Arthas on a pedestal of glory and untouchability while the all-powerful Deathwing sits on the sidelines wondering if there are any other worlds to destroy for attention.
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Uh, you do know that the question you asked was "Will The Lich King become a Hearthstone Card?" and not "Will The Lich King become a Hearthstone Card and be included in the TGT expansion?".
A PLAYABLE card.... and hopefully not some PvE expansion boss