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This article contains lore taken from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the manuals, and/or official bonus maps.

Undead Scourge

Acolyte

Ready

"The damned stand ready..."

What

  • "My life for Ner'zhul."
  • "I wish only to serve."
  • "Thy bidding, master?"
  • "Where shall my blood be spilled?"
  • "I bow to your will."

Yes

  • "Yes, master."
  • "I gladly obey."
  • "My fate is sealed."
  • "Thy will be done."

Attack

Warcry

"I'm sanctified!"

Pissed

  • "This is the hour of the Scourge!"
  • "Death shall cleanse the world!"
  • "All I see is blackness. Oh, my hood's down."
  • "Let blood drown the weak!"
  • "My life for Aiur... er– I– I mean Ner'zhul." (A reference to the Protoss from Starcraft, another Blizzard game.)
  • "The living be cursed!"
  • "Would you like to know the secret to eternal happiness? Page 246." ("Dianetics" by L. Ron Hubbard)
  • "Once you head down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. And you get dental." (Star Wars)

Shade

Ready

"The damned return."

What

  • "I shall be your eyes."
  • "My sight is yours."
  • "What needs revealing?"

Yes

  • "Let's see..."
  • "I'll look into it..."
  • "All shall be revealed."
  • "I go unseen."

Attack

  • "More souls for the master!"
  • "Dieeeeeeeeeeeee!"
  • "Let screams fill the air!"
  • "Feel my wrath!"
  • "For the master!"

Warcry

"Glory to the Scourge!"

Pissed

  • "I am but a shadow of my former self." (Possibly a MacBeth reference "Life's but a walking shadow...", the Babylon 5 character Morden, or the idiom about growing old.)
  • "What I do in death echoes in eternity." (Reference to Maximus in Gladiator)
  • "Death is its own reward." (Parody of a credit company ad campaign)
  • "I'm having a mid-death crisis."
  • (singing) "I-I-I-I ain't got no bo-o-o-o-ody!" (A reference to the song "I Got Nobody", also sung in the same way by Igor in Young Frankenstein)
  • "I'm invisible, gaseous, and deadly."

Ghoul

What

  • "Wuzzap." (A reference to the popular Pepsi commercial.)
  • "Must feed!"

Pissed

Abomination

Ready

"Us hear and obey."

What

  • "What we do?"
  • (Groans)
  • "We done waiting!"
  • "Hmm?"

Yes

  • "Must go!"
  • (Groans)
  • "Rend and tear!"
  • "Murph."

Attack

  • "Kill!"
  • (Roar)
  • "Tear meat!"
  • "RIP!"

Warcry

"All for one!"

Pissed

  • "We come in peace...es (pieces)." (A play on the phrase "Rest in Peace" or the movie Mars Attacks!)
  • "Happy entrails." (A play off the Roy Rogers song "Happy Trails")
  • "You got us in stitches."
  • "Chunk!" (Reference to The Goonies)
  • (Roar)
  • "Us dead sexy!" (Austin Powers reference)

Crypt Fiend

Ready

"The sleeper awakes." (Possible play on the phrases "The Sleeper must awaken/The Sleeper has awaken!" from the novel Dune by Frank Herbert.)

What

  • "Proceed."
  • "Make your choice."
  • "You rang?" (Reflective of Lurch from The Addams Family)
  • "I await."

Yes

  • "By Nerub."
  • "What's done is done."
  • "The time is now."
  • "Yes, master."

Attack

  • "For the Spider Kingdom."
  • "Be drained of life."
  • "You may feel a sting."

Warcry

"Fall before the Scourge!"

Pissed

  • "What a tangled web we weave." (Walter Scott reference)
  • "Spider sense... tingling." (Spider-Man)
  • "Last week my top half was on the Discovery Channel..."
  • "...and my bottom half was on Animal Planet."
  • "My ass always gets bloated during my spin cycle."
  • "I like chicks that are into bandage..."
  • "I'm stuck on bandages 'cause bandages are stuck on me." (A play off the Band-Aid commercial)

Summon Vile Insects (Beta)

"Rise."

Banshee

Ready

"Let my cries chill the living."

What

  • "You called to me?"
  • "You brought me back!?"
  • "Why have I been summoned?"
  • "What must I do?"
  • "Hi..."

Yes

  • "If it pleases you."
  • "Yes."
  • "If I must."
  • "I must obey."
  • "If that is your wish."

Attack

  • "Die!"
  • "Feel my pain!"
  • "Your soul shall burn."

Warcry

"My death awaits!"

Pissed

  • "LET THIS TORMENT END!!"
  • "How long must I suffer?"
  • "U-N-D-E-A-D. Find out what it means to me." (The song "Respect" by Aretha Franklin)
  • "There is no banshee. Only Zuul!" (The movie Ghostbusters)
  • "(raving) I hate you, I hate you! (calmly) Call me."

Necromancer

Ready

"The shadows beckon."

What

  • "The dead shall serve."
  • "The restless dead await."
  • "What does the shadow will?"
  • "This better be good."

Yes

  • "Intriguing."
  • "For the Lich King."
  • "Let darkness guide me."
  • "As the shadow wills."

Attack

  • "Die!"
  • "Tremble before the Scourge!"
  • "None... shall survive!"

Warcry

"They'll all be mine, in the end!" (A reference to StarCraft: Brood War)

Pissed

  • "Every man lives. Not every man truly dies." (A reversal of a Braveheart quote.)
  • "I love the dead... Frequently."
  • "I see undead people." (Yet another reference to The Sixth Sense or possibly a reference to the in-game cheat "Iseedeadpeople" which is also a reference to the movie.)
  • "Do you smell something? *sniff* Oh, it's just the troops."
  • "Right click for hot undead action!"

Summon Skeletons (Beta)

"Awaken!"

Corpse Explode (Beta)

"Bloody corpses."

Death Knight

Ready

"The pact is sealed!"

What

  • "You called?"
  • "My patience has ended!"
  • "I am the darkness!"
  • "My vengeance is yours!"

Yes

  • "Let battle be joined!"
  • "As you order!"
  • "Hyah!" *horse neighs*
  • "At last!"
  • "For the Lich King!"

Attack

  • "Feel my wrath!"
  • "Ride... or die!"
  • "By Ner'zhul!"

Warcry

"Let terror reign!"

Pissed

  • "Has Hell frozen over yet?"
  • "I am the one horseman of the Apocalypse!"
  • "I hate people, but I love gatherings." (A subtle Clerks reference)
  • "I'm a Death Knight Rider! Muh ha ha ha!"
  • "Blucher!" (Reference to Young Frankenstein, as well as the Terran Valkyrie from StarCraft: Brood War)
  • "Don't touch me. I'm evil." (A reference to Time Bandits)

Lich

Ready

"The ancient evil survives!"

What

  • "I am sworn to Ner'zhul!"
  • "Thy bidding?"
  • "Direct me!"
  • "Yours to command!"

Yes

  • "So be it!"
  • "By your words!"
  • "It is destined!"
  • "Dead man walking..." (A reference to the movie Dead Man Walking, which itself is titled after the call-out made by a prison guard as a prisoner was walked to his execution.)
  • "Chilling!"

Attack

  • "Embrace the end!"
  • "I will crush you!"
  • "Embrace the cold!"

Warcry

" For the Burning Legion!"

Pissed

  • "Could you chew that up for me?"
  • "I'm so poor, I don't even have calcium deposits."
  • "I am the ghost of Warcraft past." (Reference to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens)
  • "I hear that Banshee's a real screamer."
  • "You should see the skeletons in my closet."
  • "Imhotep…" (The Mummy)
  • "All the ladies dig rigor mortis."
  • "You are the weakest Lich, goodbye." (Reference to the show The Weakest Link)

Summon Frost Wyrm (Beta)

"Rise... from your grave."

Glacier (Beta)

"Freeze."

Frost Armor (Beta)

"Ner'zhul protect them."

Disenchant (Beta)

"Clear."

Dreadlord

Ready

"The night beckons!"

What

  • "Greetings!"
  • "What, mortal?"
  • "What is it now?"
  • "I must hunt soon!"

Yes

  • "That was my plan."
  • "Agreed."
  • "Very well."
  • "You thought of that?"

Attack

  • "I hunger!"
  • "Death rages!"
  • "Die!"

Warcry

"Your soul is mine!" (A reference from Mortal Kombat)

Pissed

  • "If I have wings, why am I always walking?"
  • (phone rings) "Yes? Argh, for the last time. I'm a DREADlord, not a DRUGlord."
  • "This is not a dress. It's the standard Dreadlord uniform." (This is a reference to early models of the Dreadlord, in which the Dreadlord was seen wearing an outfit that looked like a dress. This was changed before the game was released.)
  • "Dress to kill. Blah!" (This is a reference to KISS' album Dress to Kill)
  • (phone rings) "Yes? Darkness, hey, what's up? The Demon Hunter left you a message? No I don't have his number." (Reference to a phase in the game "darkness called" and also a Demon Hunter quote)
  • "And then, after I overthrow this fool… Oh! Hello! I– I didn't know you were there." (Referring to the player)
  • "Imbecile!"

Crypt Lord

Ready

"From the depths I come."

What

  • "Speak."
  • "I have heard the summons."
  • "Time is fleeting."
  • "My might cannot be matched!"
  • "I serve only the Frozen Throne."

Yes

  • "I'll see to it."
  • "By Nerub."
  • "Indubitably."
  • "Kinky."
  • "I'll consume the living and the dead!"

Attack

  • "Oblivion awaits!"
  • "Feel the venom of Nerub!"
  • "Raid."

Warcry

"For the Frozen Throne!"

Pissed

  • "The Scourge will devour all!"
  • "The strands of destiny weave only a web of death."
  • "It was good to be the king." (A reference from History of the World, Part I)
  • "Humans check in. They don't check out."
  • "I'm the fifth beetle." (In a British accent, referring to the band, The Beatles.)
  • "And they say Blizzard games don't have bugs."

Arthas

What

  • "Speak, fool!"
  • "No one orders me around!"
  • "Tread lightly."
  • "What is it now?"

Yes

  • "Finally."
  • "Frostmourne hungers."
  • "This is more like it."
  • "Ah! At last."

Attack

  • "For the Lich King!"
  • "Faithless coward!"
  • "You will know endless torment!"
  • "Your pain shall be legendary!"
  • "I'll make sure you suffer."
  • "Now Frostmourne!"

Warcry

"Glory to the Scourge!"

Pissed

  • "I was a fool to trust in the Light."
  • "The Lich King has given me true power!"
  • "I will be twice the king my father ever was." (Reference to The Lion King)
  • "Lordaeron will be reborn."
  • "Who is this 'darkness' anyway?" (Referring to the 'darkness' quotes)

Kel'Thuzad

What

  • "You called?"
  • "Is there something amiss?"
  • "My talents are yours."
  • "I've been thinking."

Yes

  • "Hmm, that sounds logical."
  • "Yes, right away."
  • "A fateful choice."
  • "Indeed."

Attack

  • "Burn!" (Some think that this is a reference to Deep Purple's song "Burn" as the hero says it with the same intonation)
  • "In the Lich King's name!"
  • "Taste this!"

Warcry

"For the Lich King!"

Pissed

  • "The Cult of the Damned... I need to print more brochures."
  • "I always wanted to start my own religion... so I did!" (L. Ron Hubbard did, too.)
  • "I will await my eternal reward."
  • (Grunts) "This horned thing on my head is killing me!"
  • "Fifty-thousand gold a year in childcare and they call it a cult?!" (A reference to Heaven's Gate)

Tichondrius

What

  • "What is it now?"
  • "I grow tired of waiting."
  • "Insufferable lout."
  • "I have better things to do."

Yes

  • "For now."
  • "I'll play along."
  • "Very subtle."
  • "That may work."

Attack

  • "Die, fool!"
  • "I must feed!"
  • "Your life will sustain me!"

Warcry

"Ash nath kimbatuul!" (Reference to the Black Speech inscription on the One Ring in Lord of the Rings)

Pissed

  • "Dreadlords... do it in the dark."
  • "I get cranky when I haven't been fed."
  • "I must feast on souls!"
  • "The Legion needs… a better dental plan. These fangs are killing me!"
  • "Darkness... needs to get DSL. His line is always busy." (Another in the 'darkness' series)

Sylvanas Windrunner

Ready

"What joy is there in this curse?" (Returns in WoW)

What

  • "Show me a target."
  • "I'm here."
  • "Give the order."
  • "I'm listening."

Yes

  • "It's time to even the scales." (From on a line she says to Arthas)
  • "Done!"
  • "I have no time for games." (Returns in WoW and Hearthstone)
  • "The moment is upon us!"
  • "Of course!"

Attack

  • "Show them no mercy!"
  • "Push the attack!"
  • "Let none survive!" (Returns in WoW)
  • "May my aim be true." (Returns in WoW)

Warcry

"Victory draws near!"

Pissed

  • "My will is my own."
  • "I have my own reasons for seeking vengeance." (From a conversation with Balnazzar)
  • "Arthas murdered my people and turned me into this... monstrosity." (From the same conversation)
  • "What are we if not slaves to this torment?" (Returns in WoW)

Varimathras

Ready

"I have returned." (Possible reference from StarCraft's Dragoons)

What

  • "How will this benefit me?" (Returns to WoW)
  • "Don't waste my time." (Returns to WoW)
  • "You have an idea?"
  • "You call on me?"
  • "I await your counsel."

Yes

  • "I'll do what I must."
  • "Stay out of my way."
  • "By any means necessary."
  • "Right."
  • "Of course."

Attack

  • "Wake up, time to die." (Bladerunner, also Returns to WoW, but just "Time to die.")
  • "None can oppose me." (Returns to WoW)
  • "This one is mine."
  • "Vanquish the weak!" (Returns to WoW)

Warcry

"For the Nathrezim!"

Pissed

  • "I love it when a plan comes together." (Reference to Hannibal from The A-Team)
  • "Sorry, I don't do interviews." (Reference to Interview With a Vampire, relating to Dreadlord's vampiric nature)
  • "We're not a cult so much as a maniacal group of fanatical, blade-wielding zealots." (Reference to Zealots from Starcraft.)
  • "I'll take a huge, juicy, bloody bite out of-- What were we talking about?"
  • "I'm always on the winning side." (Returns to WoW)
  • "Join me, or die."
  • "Don't worry about the fine print, the soul consumption clause is never exercised."
  • (Screams of a human and stabbing noises, followed by a body hitting the ground) "And that concludes our demonstration, any questions?"

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