Scourge of Lordaeron

"The Scourge of Lordaeron" redirects here. For the in-game book, see  [The Scourge of Lordaeron]. For the event, see Scourging of Lordaeron.

Warcraft III campaigns
Reign of Chaos
1: Exodus of the Horde 2: The Scourge of Lordaeron 3: Path of the Damned 4: The Invasion of Kalimdor 5: Eternity's End
The Frozen Throne
1: Terror of the Tides 2: Curse of the Blood Elves 3: Legacy of the Damned 4: The Founding of Durotar

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

Campaign menu.

Reforged campaign menu.

The Scourge of Lordaeron TCG card, with Arthas, Jaina and Uther.

The Scourge of Lordaeron is the name of the Human Campaign in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos.

King Terenas had sent his son, Prince Arthas, to help his mentor Uther the Lightbringer to confront the Blackrock orcs, who planned to attack Strahnbrad to slaughter the villagers in the name of their demon lords. Weeks later, Arthas, along with Jaina and Captain Falric, went to investigate the plague, where they encountered several undead and the necromancer Kel'Thuzad, who managed to kill him but before telling him about his lord Mal'Ganis, who leads this plague. After witnessing the villagers being turned into undead by the grain. Arthas would go to Stratholme to destroy Mal'Ganis only to discover that the villagers had already consumed the infected grain that would turn them into undead so he and his soldiers made a slaughter that Jaina and Uther refused to participate in, then Mal'Ganis promised to meet him in Northrend.

After arriving in Northrend with his soldiers they met Muradin and his dwarves who joined him, after his soldiers almost left on the orders of the king at Uther's request, Arthas and Muradin went to find Frostmourne to destroy Mal'Ganis, although this appeared to cause Muradin's death. With the sword, Arthas went to Mal'Ganis and killed him and then fled to the frozen north where he would be tormented by the voice of Ner'zhul that would drive him to madness. Months later, he would return to Lordaeron and kill his father Terenas and unleash the Scourge on the Capital City of Lordaeron.

Missions

• Cinematic: The Warning
• Chapter One: The Defense of Strahnbrad
• Chapter Two: Blackrock and Roll
• Interlude: Jaina's Meeting
• Chapter Three: Ravages of the Plague
• Chapter Four: The Cult of the Damned
• Chapter Five: March of the Scourge
• Interlude: The Prince and the Prophet
• Chapter Six: The Culling
• Interlude: Divergent Courses
• Chapter Seven: The Shores of Northrend
• Chapter Eight: Dissension
• Chapter Nine: Frostmourne
• Cinematic: Arthas' Betrayal

Characters

Playable heroes

• Arthas Menethil (Paladin) All Chapters
• Jaina Proudmoore (Archmage) Chapters III~IV
• Muradin Bronzebeard (Mountain King) Chapters VII~IX

Major ally heroes

• Uther the Lightbringer (Paladin) Only in Chapter II

Major enemy heroes

• Mal'Ganis (Dreadlord)
• Kel'Thuzad (Necromancer)

Other major characters

• Terenas Menethil II
• The Prophet
• Blademaster of the Blackrock Clan
• Antonidas (Archmage)
• Falric (Captain)
• Marwyn (Captain)
• Luc Valonforth (Captain)
• Dargal (Mortar Team)
• Salramm the Fleshcrafter (Necromancer)
• Meathook (Abomination)
• Ras Frostwhisper (Lich)
• Araj the Summoner (Lich)
• The Guardian

Trivia

• In some parts of the campaign, Arthas is accompanied by different captains, being Falric, Marwyn, and Luc Valonforth, although they are under the pseudonym of Captain making it seem like they are the same person.
• Calis Wraithson and Venim Iceblade appear as enemy Liches. However, they were later replaced by random Liches.

This section concerns content related to Warcraft III: Reforged.

• In Reforged, Falric, Marwyn and Luc Valonforth appear in different missions as captains.

See also

• The Scourge of Lordaeron, TCG card