Heartbreaking Arthas Quest in Patch 10.1.5
Several Eon's Fringe dailies in Patch 10.1.5 take us back through time, correcting anomalies in the timeways. Sometimes, the smallest change can make a big impact, something we learn in one Arthas-themed quest.
Small ThingsIn this daily, Chromie gives us the short and simple task of returning some icy rocks — taken by some well-meaning whelps — to Lordaeron. Once we lay the rocks down, a human prince riding a horse appears. Players who have read Arthas by Christie Golden will know what happens next. Long before he was the Lich King, Arthas, Prince of Lordaeron, loved riding his horse Invincible. He often made daring jumps, trusting his horse to live up to its namesake. Tragically, he made the mistake of attempting a jump in winter — when the ground was slippery with ice.
—except they didn’t fly. At the last minute, Arthas felt the hideous sensation of Invincible’s rear hooves slipping on the icy stone, and the horse flailed, neighing, his legs frantically trying to get a secure footing on thin air.Invincible fell on icy rocks and shattered both his front legs — a death sentence for any horse.
The sound cut through his stupor, and he blinked his way back to consciousness with the bone-chilling shriek of a beast in agony clawing at his brain. He couldn’t move at first, though his body spasmed of its own accord, trying to move toward the awful cries. “No,” Arthas whispered, and struggled to his feet. The world went black around the edges and he almost lost consciousness again, but through sheer will hung on. Slowly, he made his way to the panicked animal, struggling against the pain and the driving wind and snow that threatened to knock him over. Invincible was churning up the bloodied snow with two powerful, Read more on wowhead.com
