Could Anduin become the next Lich King? <Potential Spoilers>

[ohwell]

Actually, the Void never lies directly. The canon lore (the latest in the mentioned book from Revendreth) states that the Void sees infinite truths and it is unable to disscern which of them is the real one if indeed there is one. And in hindsight, most of Il'gynoth prophecies have come to pass sooner or later. The Void is obsessed with these infinite possibilities (so much so that it does not notice the lies the Dreadlords have fed them) and they do not lie because they psychologically can't. If you see only different truths, you can only speak "truth", a lie is impossible.
It's cosmic opposite, the Light, is different in that it can see only ONE truth, with no compromise, no differentiation, as Illidian had to learn. Its "truth" MUST be realized, there is no other way and whoever is in it's way will be turned or destroyed.

Neither of these two cosmic forces can be 100% trusted, since they have their own agenda, but neither is "evil" as we would understand it. I am sure N'zoth was completely honest about wanting to help us against the Jailer because he has likely seen a future where we (probably void corrupted) were fighting against him together.
Shadowlands might even end with a setup for just this. The Jailer wins and reality is close to collapsing. In the next expansion we will have to unite the cosmic forces (or what is left of them) and use their combined power against the Jailer to restore balance.

That's nice there's canon saying they lie to entice you. Also you're reading that wrong. It's literally referencing what I'm referencing and saying while they're preoccupied concocting these thousand "truths" it's easy for the spies to inject their own lies. It most certainly does not say the void doesn't lie and does NOT state they see infinite truths. That's your head canon stating that from 1 sentence that doesn't even imply that.

[Soon-TM]

The Jailer wins and reality is close to collapsing. In the next expansion we will have to unite the cosmic forces (or what is left of them) and use their combined power against the Jailer to restore balance.

I would honestly love to see this, it's time for the bad guy(s) to win, even if only for a single xpac. The Eternal Sun knows our poor Jailor pal needs to pull something really big if he's to be taken as something other than Generic Villain #492375015

[Asrialol]

Because the Lich King was his instrument.

An instrument whos whole purpose was to open the veil. Which it has.

He doesn't need another lich king.

[Unbelievable]

An instrument whos whole purpose was to open the veil. Which it has.

He doesn't need another lich king.

Is it?
I need some lore sources for that...
I thought more along the lines of wreaking death across Azeroth in preparation for converting the Titan into a Death Titan.

[Houle]

An instrument whos whole purpose was to open the veil. Which it has.

He doesn't need another lich king.

the LKs purpose was most likely to prepare azeroth for the jailers arrival (just like the legion used him to prepare their arrival)
however, just like with the legion, the LKs didnt give a fck about the jailer and did their own thing

[Rootsbum]

Well, perhaps there is a reason why Calia havent acted jeg. She only in Oribos to perform the ritual so er can have a holy infused Lich-king

[Soon-TM]

a holy infused Lich-king

/shudder

But it's well within the realm of possibility with such stellar writing as Danuser's.

[Toybox]

A leap maybe, but what if Anduin's light managed to break the need for a LK entirely & we ended up with the next expansion being a revamped recovering Northrend?

[Unbelievable]

/shudder

But it's well within the realm of possibility with such stellar writing as Danuser's.

Calia: "Hello, Mr. Anduin.
Is that a Mourneblade or, are you happy to see me?"

The "Would-be Queen" Scarlet Crusade propaganda pamphlet:

"But that was not the end of Anduin's foul scheme. No, he had his Banshee lover raise Calia as a lich... practically SPITTING on the grave of good King Terenas!

Why?

Because the traitor king is OBSESSED with the dead! He plans to MARRY Calia and secure his right to the throne of Lordaeron."

Much like Corpse Bride, by Tim Burton. Anduin becoming Undead will allow him to marry her.

[Cherry123]

when we activate the boss trigger he says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XwP...periousPerfect

[Narwhalosh Whalescream]

Light infused lich king? Please no.

[shoc]

Anduin becoming the Lich King, ultimately breaking free, marrying Calia and becoming the Lich King of the Forsaken sounds good to me. Anduin is the only person in the WoW lore who gives a single bear ass about the Forsaken in the first place.

[Pebrocks The Warlock]

Anduin becoming the Lich King, ultimately breaking free, marrying Calia and becoming the Lich King of the Forsaken sounds good to me. Anduin is the only person in the WoW lore who gives a single bear ass about the Forsaken in the first place.

Calia is 40 years old and I don't think Anduin has reached 20 yet.

[Unbelievable]

Calia is 40 years old and I don't think Anduin has reached 20 yet.

Who said Anduin doesn't have a cougar fetish?

[Frozenbeef]

The crown of light will bring only darkness

Yeah can see him becoming a light infused lich king which sets off the light v void expansion (or just hostile light)

would also fit in with the light making a bargain with the enemy of all (death)

[Tyrathius]

A leap maybe, but what if Anduin's light managed to break the need for a LK entirely & we ended up with the next expansion being a revamped recovering Northrend?

Why do we even need a Lich King at all anymore? The original reason was that without one, the Scourge would wash over Azeroth and destroy everything, but that happened in the Shadowlands pre-event and we stopped them. And how can the Scourge really be that much of a threat anymore anyway, with how many times we've beat them? You'd think sooner or later we'd have killed them all.

[shoc]

Calia is 40 years old and I don't think Anduin has reached 20 yet.

Anakin and Padme, nuff said

[Pebrocks The Warlock]

Anakin and Padme, nuff said

Padme is 5 years older than Anakin. Where is the comparison?

[Ethas]

WoW was not Morally grey. It was typical Good vs Evil high fantasy.

Anduin is the only character with consistency next to Baine. People hate him because he has an arch in which his character grows and evolves within the structure set for his morals and mindset.

People have this borderline childish obsession with their characters being broken shells of people who barely keep it together, maybe murders, maybe horrible people because modern media has no way of portraying any characters as just a good person. He's not even particularly powerful, he just has conviction in his beliefs. I am just tired of people screaming for a character arch to be ruined to sate their fetishizing of GoT tier trashy nihilistic writing. WoWs story is far far from original or even good but it has it's moments and characters, like Anduin.

People see him being unrealistic merry sue that is all. He is there because Golden is a housewife writer incapable of any good story. She wants to have Rowling fame but she have absolutely no talent. Apparently having “new york best selling trash” on the list is more important for Blizzard than to have coherent story writing.

[Daianapotter]

Sylvanas is Danuser's favorite. Creepily so.

I can see Anduin becoming a form of Lich King, just to screw over the Jailer in the end. Seems to be a trend.

Who is Danuser?

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100% serious. Have you read the lore? Have you seen the story play out? Because it doesn't sound like you have. Son's more often than not, look, sound, and act like their fathers. Unless there was some sort of trauma/incident to cause them to be estranged. But with Anduin and Varian, that was never the case. Their relationship was strained sure, but never to the point of total disconnect/hatred.

When Arthas first goes to Stormwind to be accepted into the Silver hand, the very first thing he does is goes and meets with Tiffin and Anduin before going to his ceremony. Varian seemed upset by how happy his wife and son looked while talking with Arthas, and Anduin playing with Arthas. Garrosh even mentions that Anduin looks more like Arthas in one of the novels than he does Varian, and then even tells Anduin to his face that he looks to be following the path of Arthas.


While it may not actually be real, there are enough snippets to make one think that it could be a possibility.

At least know the lore you're trying to speak about before you go off trying to be insulting.

Blizzard does this stupid crap by dropping one or two hits over the years, and then points back to it like see... we gave you hints. And wouldn't it be fitting, that the Lich King, Arthas, have his own son follow in his footsteps?

Arthas a father? The same Arthas that broke with Jaina because she said that if they have children they would be blond? Yes... sure...