Warcraft III
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[edit] General
Year Released: July 3, 2002
Platforms: PC, Mac OS and Mac OS X
Genre: RTS
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Rating: Teen
[edit] Plot
The game's plot is told entirely through cinematics and cutscenes. The campaigns are divided into five sections, with the first acting as a tutorial, and the others telling the story from the point of view of the humans of Lordaeron, the Undead Scourge, the Orcs, and the Night Elves.
The game opens with Thrall, warchief of the new Orcish Horde, waking from a nightmare warning him that the return of the demonic Burning Legion is imminent.
Meanwhile, Prince Arthas Menethil, a Paladin appointed by his father, joins Archmage Jaina Proudmoore, and they investigate a strange plague that is spreading across the lands of Lordaeron. The plague coincides with the rise to power of a shadowy "Cult of the Damned". To their horror, they find that the plague kills and turns human victims into the Undead, compelling Arthas and Jaina to stop the Cult of the Damned's leader Kel'Thuzad from converting towns over to the Scourge. In his quest to destroy the undead, he learns of a legendary sword called Frostmourne that could help him. Arthas, consumed by his hatred for the Undead, goes on to use the blade to defeat their masters and leaves the rest of his expedition to die in the frozen wastelands. When he returns home he kills King Terenas, his father and assumes the throne.
Arthas then meets with his former adversary Kel'Thuzad, a Lich, who informs him of the Burning Legion, a vast demonic army that has consumed countless worlds before their own. The Lich King was created to aid the Legion with his undead Scourge, but in truth he wishes for the Legion to be destroyed and to be free of his prison in The Frozen Throne. Kel'Thuzad's true master is actually the Lich King, rather than the Burning Legion. Arthas continues helping the undead by opening a dimensional portal with so that the Burning Legion can enter the realm of Azeroth.
Meanwhile the Orcish warchief Thrall leads his brethren to safety and ensure their survival in Kalimdor. With the aid of the Tauren Chieftain, Cairne Bloodhoof, Thrall heads north to Ashenvale Forest to seek the Oracle of Stonetalon Peak, clashing with a human expedition who has also arrived upon Kalimdor for unknown purposes. Thrall instructions his friend Grom Hellscream and the Warsong Clan to stay behind and gather enough lumber to build a permanent Orcish settlement on the isle. Unfortunately, in cutting down the large amount of trees necessary to do so, anger the native night elf race. In order to defeat the night elves, Grom succumbs to demonic corruption, binding his clan and himself to the Legion's control. Thrall reaches the Oracle to discover that it is actually a mysterious Prophet. The Prophet informs Thrall and Archmage Jaina Proudmoore that the two races will need to join forces to save Grom because he has yet to play a crucial role. Thrall fights his way to Grom and purges the demon blood from him. The two then go to face Mannoroth, the demon that corrupted the Warsong Clan, and in the ensueing battle, Grom dies killing Mannoroth.
With the coming of the Undead Scourge and Burning Legion as well as the Humans and Orcs, Tyrande Whisperwind and her Night Elf Sentinels fight a desperate battle to save their beloved home of Kalimdor from enemies old and new alike. After realizing the situation is beyond the Sentinels alone, she first reawakens her lover, Malfurion Stormrage, the Druids of the Talon, and finally the Druids of the Claw. She and Malfurion join forces with the outlanders Jaina Proudmoore and Thrall to delay the Legion's advance upon the World Tree. Archimonde manages to overrun the allies and begins to drain the power from the Tree. However Malfurion Stormrage springs a trap, and Archimonde is destroyed in a colossal blast of energy that shatters the tree of life-- but unlike Archimonde, the tree would heal and its roots would once again grow deep. Peace once again comes to Kalimdor as the Burning Legion's forces wither away in defeat and the Humans, Orcs, and Night Elves stand victorious.
[edit] Gameplay
[edit] Expansions
Warcraft III (The Frozen Throne)
[edit] Prequels/Sequels
Warcraft
Warcraft II (Beyond the Dark Portal)
