Quick Overview
Uther the Lightbringer had taught Arthas the duties of a paladin, but their final encounter came after the prince became a servant of the Scourge. Under the Lich King's command, he now required the urn for Kel'Thuzad's resurrection campaign. Lordaeron's fall reached a deeply personal point: the teacher was slain by the student, and a son's victory depended upon profaning his father's memory.
Full History
Uther the Lightbringer had taught Arthas the duties of a paladin, but their final encounter came after the prince became a servant of the Scourge. Arthas sought the urn holding King Terenas's ashes and confronted his former mentor. Uther resisted the desecration and was killed. The struggle turned the symbols of Lordaeron's royal and holy traditions into obstacles for the king's own son.
Arthas had murdered Terenas after returning from Northrend with Frostmourne. Under the Lich King's command, he now required the urn for Kel'Thuzad's resurrection campaign. Uther, who had refused the culling at Stratholme, again stood against the prince's choices. Their battle was thus the conclusion of a moral division that had begun while both men still served Lordaeron. Duty to the Light and duty to the Scourge could no longer coexist.
The original undead campaign records Uther's death and the seizure of the vessel containing the king's remains. The act helped bring the Scourge's next plans toward Quel'Thalas and its Sunwell. Lordaeron's fall reached a deeply personal point: the teacher was slain by the student, and a son's victory depended upon profaning his father's memory.
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