Ледяной Трон

Эта статья the physical Frozen Throne. Для the Icecrown Citadel raid смотри Icecrown Citadel (instance). Для the Warcraft III expansion смотри Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.

The Lich King on the Frozen Throne.

Ледяной Трон был вместилищем души Древнего Шамана Нер'зула после его превращения в ужасного Короля-лича. Он стоял на вершине высокого шпиля в огромной палате. В конце  Войны за Ледяной Трон, Король Артас вошёл в тронный зал, взошёл на пьедестал, и разрушил трон с помощью Ледяной Скорби. После того, как тронный зал рухнул и Артас слился с Нер'зулом, чтобы стать Королём-личем. он использует остатки Ледяного Трона как физический трон. Пока Король-лич спал, Цитадель Ледяной Короны была построена вокруг шпиля.

History

The Frozen Throne, as it was depicted in Lands of Mystery.

From the WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos manual:

Ner'zhul's spirit was placed within a specially crafted block of diamond-hard ice gathered from the far reaches of the Twisting Nether. Encased within the frozen cask, Ner'zhul felt his consciousness expand ten thousand fold. Warped by the demon's chaotic powers, Ner'zhul became a spectral being of unfathomable power. At that moment, the orc known as Ner'zhul was shattered forever, and the Lich King was born.

When Kil'jaeden cast Ner'zhul's icy cask back into the world of Azeroth, the hardened crystal streaked across the night sky and smashed into the desolate arctic continent of Northrend, burying itself deep within the Icecrown glacier. The frozen crystal, warped and scarred by its violent descent, came to resemble a throne, and Ner'zhul's vengeful spirit soon stirred within it. From the confines of the Frozen Throne, Ner'zhul began to reach out his vast consciousness and touch the minds of Northrend's native inhabitants.

Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

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Illidan Stormrage was charged by Kil'jaeden with destroying the Frozen Throne. To this end, he recovered the Eye of Sargeras and brought it to Dalaran. Illidan and his naga summoners used the eye, combined with Dalaran's natural magical energies, to create devastating earthquakes that would tear Icecrown apart. The intervention of his brother Malfurion, along with his former jailer Maiev Shadowsong and Prince Kael'thas, stopped Illidan from completing his spell. Though he did not succeed in destroying the throne, Illidan's spell did rupture it. As a result, the Lich King began losing his power daily.

Fearing that Kil'jaeden would punish him for his failure, Illidan went to Outland, but the demon lord quickly found him and commanded that he try again. Illidan led an army of blood elves (led by Prince Kael'thas) and naga (led by Lady Vashj) to Icecrown in a bid to attack the throne directly.

Illidan was ultimately defeated by King Arthas, who ascended the spire and shattered the throne with Frostmourne. Arthas donned the Helm of Domination, which contained Ner'zhul's spirit, and they merged into the new Lich King. "The Frozen Throne" came to refer to the remnants of the crystal that Arthas physically sat upon as an actual throne.

The Frozen Throne, from the main menu of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.

The original menu featured a darker version of the the throne.

Ner'zhul, the Lich King, imprisoned within the Frozen Throne.

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

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In the second World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, the Frozen Throne serves as the final subzone of the Icecrown Citadel raid, where the Lich King is encountered and where Bolvar Fordragon is imprisoned. The area was rebuilt into a much more complex and extreme form at some point after the Lich King ended his dormancy.

Concept art for the interior of the citadel and the spire leading up to the throne.

The spire, stairway to the Frozen Throne, as seen in Wrath of the Lich King.

The Frozen Throne, as seen from outside Icecrown Citadel.

The Lich King awaits...

Descriptions and Speculation

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The exact description of the original throne chamber before its destruction has differed between sources. In Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, it was described and shown as lying within a frozen peak at the center of a valley in Icecrown. The RPG described the Frozen Throne as sitting at the bottom of a rift made upon its impact. The novel Arthas: Rise of the Lich King implies that the throne chamber was deep inside a cavern within the Icecrown Glacier itself, which sat in the middle of a valley.

The short story Road to Damnation doesn't make reference to the cavern or rift (although the "very peak of Icecrown" is mentioned), but instead describes the Frozen Throne as sitting inside a massive chamber inside a citadel. This could be a reference to the overall fortified nature of the throne chamber. Both Arthas and Kel'Thuzad were said to have traveled downward before ascending the spire.

In Wrath of the Lich King, it seems as if the developers went with the original description from The Frozen Throne. Angrathar the Wrath Gate appears to connect directly to the current Icecrown Citadel via a tunnel drilled through a mountain. This mountain is most likely what's left of the original frozen peak that housed the throne chamber, though it stands further south than it was implied to be before.

References

Шаблон:Icecrown Citadel Subzones