So.... where was Darion in the final battle?

[Tyirr]

In the final battle against the Lich King Tirion is up there "helping" us, so where the heck was Darion Mograine at? I mean after the events of Light's Hope and several Northrend quest events, you would think he would be first in line of people wanting to kick the Lich King's ass. Any reason as to why he wasn't up there with us, facing down the Lich King?

[Shelly]

Busy helping make Shadowmournes.

[Niter]

He did not feel unique enough to go there. Way too many Death Knights raiding ICC. Whenever you see in trade "melee looking for ICC", 90% chance it is a DK.

On a more serious note, maybe he was afraid that being closer to the LK he could be enslaved again, or Tirion advised him not to go because of what Ashbringer could cause there. Darion is undead, so he could get hurt. Another possibility is that he was ready to save the day if Tirion failed. Darion said time and time again in Icecrown and even before that not doing anything, no matter how hideous it could be, would not win the war against the Scourge.

[Keiios]

could have something to do with the lk might be able to take control of him or something. wild guess

[Ryme]

They forgot. What about Slyvanas? What about Mal'Ganis? What about that stuff that "lies underneath" Light's Hope? What about all the countless other major lore toons that said they'd be involved?

[unholytestament]

Darion has nothing unique to bring to the battle. Tirion is the Ashbringer. Darion is just another death knight.

[Vindislayer]

The way I see it is...

Darion is essentially a DK just like Arthas. Only real difference is that Arthas probably has a few abilities that Darion doesn't and the ones they do share Arthas is probably more powerful with. It's also possible that since DKs have a way with the dead and each other that extremely powerful DKs like Arthas have the power to control lesser DKs, a possibility that Darion probably doesn't want to risk.

My two cents.

[Faithis]

I always thought that the fight against LK will be a real war... a lot of add (yes even more)... some siege machine, Tirion, Darion fighting 2vs1 againts the LK...

[Tablemaker]

He was busy finding a marker to put "that day" on a random date on a calendar while day dreaming about Ashbringer.

ASHBRINGER!!!

[Clicheman]

A lot of people were missing. I wonder why Magni just sat by Deathbringer's rise while we did all the work.

[bojr]

They forgot. What about Slyvanas? What about Mal'Ganis? What about that stuff that "lies underneath" Light's Hope? What about all the countless other major lore toons that said they'd be involved?

Just check Ashbringer comic. Under the Chapel are dead paladins whos remains were brought from throughout Lordaeron and placed here not to be desecrated and to have piece in afterlife.

Who do you think held advances of Scourge? Who was busy with keeping Cult of the Damned at bay...
Making sure no one drops in to help Lich King or fighting the lesser Liches and Fros Wyrms is as big help as if they were fighting directly.

[Geckoo]

They forgot. What about Slyvanas? What about Mal'Ganis? What about that stuff that "lies underneath" Light's Hope? What about all the countless other major lore toons that said they'd be involved?

this

quote from mal'ganis in icecrown quests:
* "ENOUGH! I waste my time here. I must gather my strength on the homeworld."
* "You'll never defeat the Lich King without my forces! I'll have my revenge... on him AND you!"
http://www.wowwiki.com/Mal%27ganis

it's a pitty that instead of the magnificence icecrown could be, we have that almost empty carcass that's supossed to be the final and greatest bastion of the scourge.

[Tablemaker]

* "You'll never defeat the Lich King without my forces! I'll have my revenge... on him AND you!"

Fun quote. You know why? Because he cannot be proven wrong. Did we defeat the Lich King? No. We removed Arthas as a vessel. Nothing more. Nothing less.

[Jamber]

The fight would have been so super cool if ALL the lore characters were there, helping us. That would make Arthas seem like even more powerful! Darion could have been shortly mind controlled, and we would have to not really kill him, but weaken him, and keep him occupied, that way Muradin and Jaina could somehow break the control over him by either magic or distractin the Lich King.

Sylvanas would appear halfway through the fight, looking for the chance to strike Arthas when he was weakest, only to fail, but this is what actually breaks the MC over Darion.

The individual faction leader in the zone (Varian/Garrosh) would be at the head of of the raid party, assisting off a main tank. No no, that would make them seem weak, they can come in later too, rallying in troops as reinforcements. in phase 8 or something.

Garrosh would be cleaving all the undead that Arthas spawns.

This whole time, Tirion would be sparring with Arthas, neither able to land a blow.

And this is all phase 1

Now, doesn't this seem a bit more epic?

[Matran]

They forgot. What about Slyvanas? What about Mal'Ganis? What about that stuff that "lies underneath" Light's Hope? What about all the countless other major lore toons that said they'd be involved?

The "stuff" is the bodies of the fallen Argent Dawn

[unholytestament]

Here to kill the Lich King? Take a number. In order to appease those who will not stop bitching Blizzard has now implemented an encounter that involves anyone and everyone that has declared they want a piece of him.

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The fight would have been so super cool if ALL the lore characters were there, helping us

There's enough of the fight already handed to us, we don't need lore characters beating the Lich King for us.

[Silverware]

This is one thing that really disappointed me in ICC. So many lore characters had a huge beef with Arthas, but hardly any of them actually showed up. Blizzard missed a huge opportunity imo. They didn't even have to participate in the boss fights, just have them somewhere fighting back npcs.

I wanted to see Tirion using the Ashbringer to incinerate scores of undead. I wanted to see Sylvanas somewhere behind the lines raising soldiers and sending them to fight. I wanted to see Darion raising some hell and laughing as he did so. I wanted to see Muradin leaping from Frostwyrm to Frostwyrm like we did in that one Storm Peaks quest. I wanted to see Thorim in the distance Freezing shit. I wanted to see Lor'themar holding off a group of undead by himself. I didn't want ICC to feel like a raid, I wanted it to feel like a warzone.

I wanted to see ICC crumbling around Arthas.

[Shadowmelded]

tbh the fight was long enough as it is, if you were to add all the lore characters that were involved with arthas it would soon be a 26 transition fight lasting 45 minutes (1% wipe would suck monkey balls)

[Frumpy Frumpy Frak]

He arrived while we were watching the cinematic, he was upset about missing the fight so he ran off to cry.

[Silverware]

tbh the fight was long enough as it is, if you were to add all the lore characters that were involved with arthas it would soon be a 26 transition fight lasting 45 minutes (1% wipe would suck monkey balls)

They didn't have to show up in the fight. Just their presence in the raid would have been enough.