Characters discerning the New Lich King's identity?
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:16 pm
So Jeni and I were discussing this earlier; however, I'm still wondering...
The post-ICC cutscene (which everyone may view, spoiler-warning free, by clicking on the plaques on the statue that's now in the middle of Dalaran) establishes that Bolvar Fordragon, still all tingly from his cleansing shower of Alexstrazsa-bleach, volunteered for the job of holding the Scourge in check and canonically now sits upon the Frozen Throne.
It's entirely possible that future game content will expand on what happens with him there, but for now, the main question is: is it justifiable for characters to discern who the new Lich King is?
Consider this: Any character who goes through the Halls of Reflection will have witnessed the exchange with Uther about the Scourge needing a Lich King to keep it from becoming an even more mindless destructive force than it already is. Furthermore, the very opening exchanges in ICC have Bolvar revealed to be alive (so to speak, anyway, and delivering an admirable up-yours despite Arthas' continuing efforts to "win him over"). Tirion points out that rescuing him will be a prominent objective.
I've not witnessed any real events surrounding the final battle, though I have a clue what takes place during the course of it, but I assume that's not the last time player characters will see/hear Bolvar.
I would conclude that any reasonably intelligent person, assuming they weren't too caught up in the fight to pay attention to the dialogue, could deduce Bolvar's ultimate fate, despite his insistence to Tirion that he "must be forgotten", and Tirion's subsequent tight-lippedness. It seems almost too easy to come to--and that's not even counting the fact that Death Knight characters might still possess some form of intuition regarding the will behind the unholy power that continues to hold them together (though that part is pretty debatable).
Anyway. Thoughts?
The post-ICC cutscene (which everyone may view, spoiler-warning free, by clicking on the plaques on the statue that's now in the middle of Dalaran) establishes that Bolvar Fordragon, still all tingly from his cleansing shower of Alexstrazsa-bleach, volunteered for the job of holding the Scourge in check and canonically now sits upon the Frozen Throne.
It's entirely possible that future game content will expand on what happens with him there, but for now, the main question is: is it justifiable for characters to discern who the new Lich King is?
Consider this: Any character who goes through the Halls of Reflection will have witnessed the exchange with Uther about the Scourge needing a Lich King to keep it from becoming an even more mindless destructive force than it already is. Furthermore, the very opening exchanges in ICC have Bolvar revealed to be alive (so to speak, anyway, and delivering an admirable up-yours despite Arthas' continuing efforts to "win him over"). Tirion points out that rescuing him will be a prominent objective.
I've not witnessed any real events surrounding the final battle, though I have a clue what takes place during the course of it, but I assume that's not the last time player characters will see/hear Bolvar.
I would conclude that any reasonably intelligent person, assuming they weren't too caught up in the fight to pay attention to the dialogue, could deduce Bolvar's ultimate fate, despite his insistence to Tirion that he "must be forgotten", and Tirion's subsequent tight-lippedness. It seems almost too easy to come to--and that's not even counting the fact that Death Knight characters might still possess some form of intuition regarding the will behind the unholy power that continues to hold them together (though that part is pretty debatable).
Anyway. Thoughts?