Pantera's Classic Game Guides - Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos

Story

It has been nearly fifteen years since the war between the orcs and humans ended. An uneasy peace settled over the land while, for years, the drums of war were silent. Yet the kingdoms of men grew complacent in their victory - and slowly, the defeated orcish clans regrouped under the banner of a new visionary leader.

Now a darker shadow has fallen over the world, threatening to extinguish all life - all hope. The drums of war play upon the winds once again - rising urgently towards the inevitable hour when the skies will rain fire - and the world will tremble before the coming of the Burning Legion.

The Day of Judgment has come...

Warning - Game Spoiler and cheats/saved games included from this point downwards

Game Highlights

The Culling This is how trouble usually starts. Prince Arthas decides that he can do it all by himself, against better judgement from the celebrated paladin Uther the Lightbringer. The evil starts taking hold of Arthas, as he banishes Uther from his army, and loses his friend Jaina in the way. Related Download: culling.zip (1.34 Mb)

Frostmourne Arthas gets into more trouble, this time by not taking heed to a warning from Muradin that tells him that the sword Frostmourne is cursed. Thinking that only by wielding Frostmourne can he lead his people to victory, Arthas pledges his bond with the sword which immediately starts to consume his soul to claim Arthas for the cause of the Lich King. Related Download: frostmourne.zip (1.30 Mb)

The Summoning Under the influence of his new weapon, Arthas does a lot of errands for his Lich King. He starts by killing his father King Terenas, and after helping to summon the evil Archimonde at the end of his damned campaign, he realises rather pathetically what force he has brought to this world. A force that is both beyond his control and also rather evident that it will bring the destruction of the world that he has worked so hard to protect. Related Download: summoning.zip (1.10 Mb)

Thrall meets Hellscream At the same time, that same demon curse starts losing its grip on the orcs which have been under its influence since crossing into this world through the dark portal. Thrall starts to hear the call of the oracle and wants to complete his quest towards enlightenment. After meeting his brother-in-arms, the bloodthirsty Grom Hellscream, he at first convinces Grom to accompany him in his quest and stay away from picking up fights with the humans. Related Download: thrall-hellscream.zip (1.39 Mb)

Hellscream causes havoc Not only does not he pick fights with humans, but when left alone Grom starts a battle with the night elves. Cenarius, the protector of the forest is enraged and starts razing orcish buildings to the ground. While trying to defend himself against Cenarius' wrath, Hellscream finds out that by drinking from a nearby fountain he has become strong enough to fight back. Of course he did not know that the fountain was polluted by the diseased blood of Mannaroth, curse included. Related Download: bloodlust.zip (1.33 Mb)

The Oracle gives good advice After revealing his errors of ages past, the oracle Medivh suggests that everyone join forces to combat a common foe. Aided by the tauren leader Cairne Bloodhoof, Thrall and Jaina work together to first remove Grom's curse and then counter back the evil attack by sending their orc and human armies in the forests. Related Download: oracle.zip (1.33 Mb)

Stormrage Awakened The first reaction of the night elves is to throw everyone out of their forest. However the undead seem a much larger danger when they start to approach the area where Furion Stormrage lies sleeping in his barrow den to set up their base. Guided by his lover Tyrande, the night elves try to awaken Furion before their world is doomed. Related Download: stormrage.zip (1.02 Mb)

Twilight of The Gods As battle rages on, and the love bound night elves realise that the orcs and humans are also sacrificing themselves to protect their world, Tyrande joins Thrall and Jaina Proudmoore to setup their defences against the undead, while giving enough time to Furion to setup up his trap at the top of Hyjal mountain. Related Download: twilight.zip (1.51 Mb)

Ending Can't say that the ending is of the same quality as the epic introduction or the game itself. However, it serves its purpose, which is that to leave Medivh with a story to tell his grandchildren naturally. Still, the player is also rewarded with a number of outtakes during the credits at the end of the game, amongst them a re-enactment of the Warcraft 2 intro. Related Download: ending.zip (3.36 Mb)

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