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Lich King
Arthas (Earth-70710)
Character Statistics
Aliases King of the Dead
The Cold of the Night
The Winter's Might
Son of the Last Frost Giant
Lord of the Scourge
Nicknames Winterbringer
Frostbane
Affiliation The Scourge
Base of Operations Icecrown Glacier, Norway
Relatives Unknown
Alignment Bad
Marital Status Single
Identity Status Secret
Occupation Leader of the Scourge, warrior, knight, adventurer
Education Ancient combat techniques by his adopted father, Laufey, self-taught swords and weapons training, and other unspecified educations
Citizenship None
Religion Unknown, claims to have worshipped a Nordic ice deity
Physical Attributes
Gender Male
Height 7' 8"
Weight 120 kg (with armor)
90 kg (without armor)
Eye Color Glowing blue
Hair Color White


Unusual Features Arthas' body temperature is absolute zero. His hair and eyes are also not supposed to be white and glowing blue, respectively, originally
Description
Universe Earth-5171
Place of Birth Unknown
Date of Birth Sometimes during the pre-medieval Viking era
Created by D227
J50A
Quote1 I was once... a glorified conqueror, a warrior of honor, a hero to my people. They prospered under my rule, until a winter struck. But this is a winter unlike any other winters I have ever seen. Everyone died, except me. I cannot take revenge on the winter itself... but I knew, to make my people proud, I must become something more than a glorious warrior. I wanted them to be back. I go as far as I can... until the winter itself consumed me, and I am in control of the dead souls of these frozen grounds. I am not the same man, now. No longer, I am, Arthas. I, am the Lich King. Quote2
Lich King


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Quote1 All my life... I have never felt anything as cold as him, even in my Hulk form. Quote2
Nathan Banner


Trivia[]

  • Arthas is adapted into Earth-5171 as a "special guest" to the universe. The Lich King's first debut surprisingly, is in Earth-5171 Public Enemies event, as the main featurette of the story arc's sub-plot. 
  • Arthas was said to have worshipped a Nordic Ice Deity/God during the times after he got his power, and before his power, after his entire people died. Iron Man said that Arthas was in fact, worshipping Ymir, the great Frost Giant. However, Wonder Woman claims that all Asgardians are killed by the New Gods, and the New Gods impersonated the Asgardians "a week after their slaughter", leaving Arthas' worshipped deity unknown. However, Arthas soon revealed that he in fact, worshipped Höðr (Hodur), the Asgardian God of Winter, as well as cold and darkness. And he apparently worshipped them before the New Gods slaughtered them all.
    • Arthas claimed that his weapon, the Frostmourne, is in fact, the last Asgardian artifact in existence. 
  • Unlike his real game version, the Lich King's back name is unknown, and he's not a result of a merging of two persons. Arthas himself claimed to has forgotten the back name.
  • Due to Arthas' extremely cold aura and body temperature, anyone who is close to him (and alive) for at least one meters, may get a chance of being 'dead' by overexposure to Arthas' cold aura. Do note that his body temperature is 'absolute zero' celcius. 
  • The only way to kill Arthas is with another extremely powerful magic, whether it is a sufficiently-poweful magical artifact/weapon/object, or a strong spell. 
  • Although Arthas started out as a villain/anti-hero like figure in his debut, his actual morality is ambiguous. He can be either neutral, or a chaotically evil person. However, if his personality is taken into this matters, he's more of a villain. Although he acts more like a neutral person, attacking only if someone threatens him or steps with hostility into his kingdom on the Icecrown Glacier.
  • Although Arthas is intimidating and looks evil, after his return to the modern world, the United Nations considered allowing Arthas to set borders to his kingdom and give him total autonomy to rule his kingdom, effectively making Arthas' kingdom a nation. While the consideration is later cancelled, the international world is still able to consider Arthas' Icecrown Glacier kingdom a "nation".
    • Also, due to Arthas' return and the claiming of Trondheim after the incident there that serves as an introduction to Public Enemies, Trondheim is now part of Arthas' kingdom. 
    • Arthas' kingdom is known by the United Nations as "The Kingdom of Icecrown". The name later sticks to Arthas himself, as well as the hero community.
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