Warcraft Wiki:Featured articles/Arthas Menethil
Arthas Menethil, Crown Prince of Lordaeron and Knight of the Silver Hand, was the son of King Terenas Menethil II and heir to the throne. He was trained as a paladin by Uther the Lightbringer, and had a romantic relationship with the kind sorceress Jaina Proudmoore.
Despite his promising beginnings, Arthas became one of the most powerful and wicked beings Azeroth would ever know. Taking up the cursed runeblade of Frostmourne, he became a death knight, led the Scourge in destroying his homeland of Lordaeron, and later became the Lich King himself.
Ruling as the dominant personality of the Lich King for years afterwards, Arthas was defeated in combat by adventurers of the Alliance and the Horde. Cradled by the spirit of his father, King Terenas, Arthas Menethil died, leaving the mantle of the Lich King to be taken up by a noble soul who would contain the power of the Scourge.