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Frostmourne hungers.
— Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne · 2003
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The sword is a character in its own right: Frostmourne takes souls, and here Arthas speaks for its appetite rather than his own, a sign of how far the blade has taken him from the paladin he was. Warcraft players quote it as shorthand for the whole Scourge storyline, and because it is a click-and-command line it is one of the most-heard sentences in the game, repeated every time a player orders the death knight about.
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In context
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In Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (2003), Arthas Menethil is the fallen prince of Lordaeron, now a death knight of the Scourge who carries the runeblade Frostmourne. The line is one of his unit responses: click him and give an order in the Undead campaign and, among a handful of variants, he answers that Frostmourne hungers. It is not a cutscene speech but a voice line players hear over and over while commanding him, delivered in his cold, post-corruption voice. Frostmourne itself was pushed out of the Frozen Throne by the Lich King Ner'zhul so that a champion would claim it, and Arthas did, in Northrend, during the Third War.
Sources (2)
- Quotes of Warcraft III: Undead Scourge (Warcraft Wiki)Arthas (death knight) section, 'Yes' responsesReference checked
- Frostmourne (Warcraft Wiki)Third War sectionReference checked
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