IBlizzard ityhile olunye ulwazi malunga nembali yesixhobo esitsha esiza kuza kwiPatch 3.3: Intlungu ebuhlungu.
Phambi kokuqala kwakhe kokulawula njengoLich King, iNkosana uArthas Menethil wayesisicaka esilawulwa likrele awalibona libalulekile ekusindiseni abantu bakhe: iFrostmourne Runeblade. Ukufumana kunye nokufumana ikrele kwiindawo ezinomkhenkce zaseNyakathorend yayiyinto enkulu apho inkosana yahlawula ixabiso eliphezulu: waphulukana nomcebisi wakhe, ubudlelwane bakhe nezifundo zakhe kunye noluntu. Ixabiso elihlawulwe zizidalwa zaseAzeroti lalilikhulu nangakumbi.
Ebambelele nkqi kwikrele awayebubeke phantsi kwakhe ubomi bakhe, uArthas wachitha ubukumkani base Lordaeron kwaye wazikhulula kulawulo loMkhosi Ovuthayo. Ngexesha inkosana eselula yazibhengeza njengenkokeli yeSibetho, iFrostmourne yayisele izele yimiphefumlo yabo babenobuganga bokumphikisa.
Ngoku Arthas iye sohlukane isixhobo ukuba umfanekiso ikrele oqingqiweyo umngxuma nkqu izakhiwo inqaba yakhe: Icecrown Citadel. I-hilt yayo ayikude kude nezandla zakho, ukusebeza kwayo okuyiziporho kuhlala kukhala ezindlebeni zakho. IFrostmourne inolawulo oluninzi ngaphezulu kweNorthrend njengeLich King.
Ukucela umngeni kulawulo, amaqhawe anamandla kuya kufuneka alandele indlela ka-Arthas ngakumbi kunakuqala.
Kwimizamo yakhe engapheliyo yokuxhobisa umkhosi wabaphilayo ngokuchasene neSibetho, uDarion Mograine udale Isigqibo se-Ashen, umanyano phakathi kwegcisa lezobugcisa kwi-Argent Crusade kunye ne-Ebon Blade. Ngelixa iintshatsheli ezingenakuthelekiswa nanto zeMfazwe yomnqamlezo zisebenzisa amandla oKhanya kunye nenkokeli yazo zisebenzisa i-Crematorium, amanye amajoni amnyama aseMograine aseqalisile ukuthandabuza ithemba lawo lokuphumelela.
Ezi Knights zokuFa zanyanzelisa ukuba ukutshiswa kwesidumbu kunye namandla e-Crusaders yaseArgentina, ngelixa enamandla, awanelanga ukoyisa iFrostmourne. Babanga ukuba uDarion Mograine uyazi ngesinye isixhobo esidumileyo: esinokubamba isitshixo sokoyisa uLich King kwaye acoce iNorthrend… kodwa okwangoku ayikabikho.
Okwangoku, isixhobo siyingcamango engenasimo engenamandla okubulala ngaphandle kwengcinga enomsindo. Xa kuthethwa, kuthethwa ngelizwi eliphantsi kwaye iNkosi ePhakamileyo inesiqhelo sokubathulisa abo bayikhankanya esidlangalaleni.
Kodwa ithemba le-artifact elinako ukukhuphisana neFrostmourne lomelele ezingqondweni ze-Ebon Blade. Kwaigama labo likhuthaza amaziko okutshisa kude kube sezinzulwini zobusuku, imipu yokumpompa umoya, kunye nesiqingatha esimnyama sesigwebo sentsimbi ukujija izando de iminwe yabo ityibilika. Njengoko ezinye iingcibi ziguqa kumatye alola kwaye ziqokelele amakhulu ezixhobo ezirhabaxa, amaphupha ambalwa ngesixhobo esikhethekileyo sokuphelisa imfazwe yaseNorthrend.
Intlungu ebuhlungu… Izembe elikhulu elinezandla ezibini lilungele isigebenga, sizalwe ngamandla agwenxa nangcwele, umamkeli wewaka lemiphefumlo efileyo, ekwaziyo ukusetyenziswa kuphela ngabaphethe izixhobo abathembekileyo baseAzeroti. Ukudalwa kwayo kubonakala kungenakwenzeka kwaye, nangona kunjalo, amahemuhemu akayeki.
Abanye abakhandi beentsimbi baxela ukuba i-Shadow Agony mayingabi ngaphezulu nje kwezembe eliqhelekileyo, elibukhali ngokugqibelela okungenakulinganiswa; Ngelixa abanye bayibumba besisixhobo esibaluleke kakhulu kwihlabathi. Kuthiwa ukuba uMograine, xa ecenga ukuba athethe ngaye, ukholelwa ukuba ngu-Arthas kuphela isando esinokuba ngumzekelo ofanelekileyo ... kodwa amabhongo angenangqondo asisiqalo nje sokudalwa kwe-Shadow Agony.
- Ukugcina amandla adanisa kwimiphetho ebandayo, iShadow Agony kufuneka ikrolwe kwimfumba yesarite engcolileyo, igazi elomeleleyo lothixo wamandulo uYogg-Saron, elanyangwa kuphela ngabenzi bentsimbi.
- Ukunyusa amandla okubulala, kubalulekile ukuba iShadow Agony ingene kwimiphefumlo yabona bakhonzi banamandla ngokubabulala, nganye nganye, ngencakuba engagqitywanga.
- Ukunceda ukugqobhoza isikrweqe sikaLich King, iShadow Agony kufuneka ihlotshiswe ngamaqhekeza esihlalo sobukhosi esiFriziweyo, esidalwe nguKil'jaeden ngomkhenkce ovela kwiTwisting Nether.
Kuyatshiwo ukuba kuphela ngala macandelo anamandla anokuphela i-Shadow Agony. Kwaye ngoku, nokuba izembe linokugqitywa, imibuzo kunye noloyiko luhleli. Ngaba ukwenza imiphefumlo yabafi ukwenza isixhobo esinyangiweyo ngegazi kunye nenqaku le-Twisting Nether kwahlukile ekudalweni kweSkrege Runeblades? Ngubani onokuthi u-Lich King ebengayi kutshabalalisa nje, okanye alawule, umenzi wokungakhathali wokulingisa ezona zinto zixabisekileyo? Ukuba Arthas, omnye Knights abazinikeleyo ngexesha lakhe, waphulukana ubuntu bakhe intlebendwane Frostmourne, kunokwenzeka ukuba i-Shadowhorn izisa intshabalalo efanayo kunye nosizi kwabaphilayo?
Ngaphandle kokwazi iimpendulo zale mibuzo, ngubani oya kuba nesibindi sokuyisebenzisa?