The elder shaman Ner'zhul was once among the greatest spiritual leaders of the orcs. Deceived by the demon Kil'jaeden, he set in motion the events that led to the orcs' corruption and the creation of the bloodthirsty Horde. Yet ultimately Ner'zhul refused to give his people fully to the demonic ranks of the Burning Legion.

The demon lord Kil'jaeden punished Ner'zhul for his defiance, destroying his aging body and torturing his spirit. The demon then offered Ner'zhul a final ultimatum: serve the Legion unconditionally or suffer eternal agony. With little other choice, Ner'zhul pledged to obey Kil'jaeden and was reborn as a terrifying and vastly powerful agent of the Legion – the Lich King.

Ner'zhul's spirit was magically shackled to a suit of ancient armor and bound to the mighty runeblade Frostmourne. To ensure Ner'zhul's obedience, Kil'jaeden sealed the armor and blade within a specially crafted block of ice collected from the far reaches of the Twisting Nether. This frozen crystal was then cast into the ripe and unsuspecting world of Azeroth, settling in the desolate, snowy wastes of Northrend.

Among the abilities bestowed upon the Lich King was lordship over death itself. From within his Frozen Throne, Ner'zhul summoned a number of undead to serve him and tested his army against the nerubians of Azjol-Nerub and their mighty spiderlord, Anub'arak. Although the War of the Spider raged for years, many nerubians who fell in battle quickly became bound to the Lich King's iron will. Anub'arak himself was eventually ambushed and slain, rising again to join Ner'zhul's ranks as a fearsome crypt lord.

The Lich King appeared to be faithfully serving his master, but he had in fact hatched a cunning and subversive plan. To that end, he created a small fissure in his prison, pushed Frostmourne through it, and directed his minions to carry the runeblade away from the Frozen Throne. Ner'zhul intended to use the sword as bait for a mighty champion: a loyal subject who would free him and serve as a vessel for his restless spirit. While Frostmourne was positioned to serve its future purpose, the Lich King dutifully proceeded with his demon master's true agenda...

Since arriving on Azeroth, the Lich King had been formulating an insidious plague of undeath, a terrifying disease meant to annihilate humanity and create an army faithful to the Burning Legion. To expedite the spread of this contagion, the Lich King recruited a powerful ally in the ambitious mage Kel'Thuzad, a senior member of Dalaran's ruling council.

Under the Lich King's watchful gaze, Kel'Thuzad created the Cult of the Damned, a group of humans to whom he promised social equality and eternal life on Azeroth. The cultists spread the plague throughout Lordaeron's northern villages, amassing a host of mindless undead. Kel'Thuzad looked upon the growing army and named it the Scourge, for at the Lich King's whim it would surely scour humanity from the face of the world.

To be continued...

耐奥祖的诅咒

　　老萨满耐奥祖曾是兽人最伟大的精神领袖之一。在为恶魔基尔加丹所欺骗后，他实施了最终导致兽人堕落的和噬血部落诞生的一系列事件。然而，耐奥祖最终却拒绝让他的人民完全成为燃烧军团恶魔成员中的一员。

　　恶魔之主基尔加丹惩罚了耐奥祖的抗命，摧毁了他衰老的身体并折磨他的灵魂。最终这个恶魔向耐奥祖下了最后通牒：要么无条件服从军团，要么承受无尽的痛苦。耐奥祖没有别的选择，他发誓服从基尔加丹，很快，他就被复活成了一个恐怖但无比强大的军团代理人——巫妖王。

　　耐奥祖的灵魂被魔法束缚在了一套远古护甲中，一把强大的符文剑——霜之哀伤——禁锢着他。为了保证耐奥祖对自己的忠诚，基尔加丹用一种来自扭曲虚空深处的特殊冰块封印了这套护甲和武器。接着，这块冰冻水晶就被抛入了完全没有准备的艾泽拉斯世界，坠落在荒凉的、白雪覆盖的诺森德废土上。

　　在耐奥祖被赐予的能力中，最强大的就是支配死亡的权力。寒冰皇冠中的耐奥祖召唤了大量亡灵为他效劳，为了测试军队的实力，他指挥亡灵军队向艾兹卓-尼拉布的尼拉布人和他们强有力的蜘蛛之王、阿努巴拉克开了战。尽管蜘蛛之战持续了数年，但倒在战斗中大多数尼拉布战士很快都屈服在了巫妖王的钢铁意志之下。最终阿努巴拉克自己也遇伏战死，复活之后的他以一名可怕的地穴领主的身份加入了耐奥祖的军队。

　　表面上巫妖王显得对他的主人非常忠诚，但事实上他却在策划一个狡猾的背叛计划。后来，他在自己的牢笼上弄出了一条小裂缝，把霜之哀伤从这个裂缝里投了出去，并指使自己的爪牙把这把符文剑运到了远离寒冰皇冠的地方。耐奥祖试图用这把剑作饵引诱一名强大的勇士：一个能够解救他并成为他永不安息的灵魂的容器的忠诚手下。在霜之哀伤就位以完成其未来使命的同时，巫妖王也开始忠实执行他恶魔主人的真正议程……

　　来到艾泽拉斯后，巫妖王就就发现了一种阴险的不死瘟疫，这是一种用来消灭人类并使其转化成忠于燃烧军团的军队的可怕疾病。为了加快这种疾病的传播速度，巫妖王吸纳了野心勃勃的法师克尔苏加德、达拉然统治议会的一个高阶成员作为自己得力助手。

　　在巫妖王的密切关注下，克尔苏加德创建了诅咒神教，他向信徒许诺在艾泽拉斯会给予他们社会平等和永恒的生命。他的教徒在洛丹伦北部的村庄散播瘟疫，笼络了大量没有思想的亡灵。克尔苏加德注视着这支不断扩张的军队并把它命名为“天灾军团”，因为在巫妖王的设想中，它一定能像天灾一般席卷人类的世界。

　第二个资料片《巫妖王之怒》官方网站开放后的第一个宣传视频：

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It's begun.
Young heroes, I was once like you.
You have come to this place seeking to bring judgement upon the Dead.
You will venture deep into the Forgotten Land.
You will see wonders beyond imagining.
But, bewarned. The land itsef will rise up but against you.
Long forgotten terrors will smother your courage.
Sarcrifice everything as the final darkness falls.
In the end, all that awaits you is death.
Only then will you understand you've been following my footsteps all along.
So, come then, you heroes.
Come in all your power and glory.
FOR IN THE FINAL HOUR, ALL MUST SERVE THE ONE TRUE KING!