Isn't Archaon just a poorly written Arthas?

>>55003903
>Implying Arthas is well written.

In any case, no, Archaon is not like Arthas.
Ultimately he's just a devout man who had his faith shattered.

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>>55004050
This.
Arthas literally had the chance to subvert an entire Legion Invasion plan to work against them, the he shot himself in the foot by actually killing off the fucking person who put it all in motion and his years of planning, and for extra edge, killed his humanity off in his mindscape, completely ruining the merging process, coming out of it unable to fucking control his undead and armies, who I might note, aren't really fucking undead, because they actually still feel and are aware of what they do, being literally the biggest case of "undead-like" specimens ever in fiction with Arthas getting stopped by environmental hazards, and a plague that affects his primo-preserved !notundead, and all his Death Knights betraying him.

The only thing keeping the Undead in control at that point was the crown, Stupid Ex-paladin Death Knight fucking killed off his Epic-level necromancer.

Fuck him, the sacrifices might have not all been squandered if not for that. There is only the Lich King? Bullshit, it was all Arthas all the way through.

To add insult to injury, he even fucking did the Tore out his heart cheese, which had already happened in the mindscape, so you've really got to be wondering if that entire subplot didn't get lost in translation because they couldn't fucking categorize how Arthas had his fucking Goddanmed LICH PRONOUNS checked.

Holy shit, fuck WOTLK, fuck it so hard.

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>>55003903
Can anyone in this thread tell me when Archaon's backstory was first established? I started getting interested in Warhammer in the late 90's/early 2000's, and I had the chaos army book from the time when the really B.A. model of him on Dorgar came out. The only thing I really recall it explaining about Archaon was that he was the baddest chaos dude ever, and that he had finally acquired all the magical shit he needed to mess everyone up. Also, the survivors of his first warband, The Swords of Chaos, were still in his army as a small elite unit. Because Archaon is a bro and he doesn't forget who helped him get to the top.
My headcanon was always that Archaon was just a particularly successful Chaos lord. His philosophy wouldn't be too different from most of the Norscans. He's not a fallen hero who lost his way, but a great leader and a messiah to the forces of darkness.

>>55003903
Archaon shouldn't be a character at all. He should just be an awesome model that kills everybody. Everything they've ever done with him has detracted from the original model.

>>55005620
>Can anyone in this thread tell me when Archaon's backstory was first established?

5e, Champions of Chaos.