History of Warcraft:Kel'Thuzad and the Forming of the Scourge

There were a handful of powerful individuals scattered throughout the world who heard the

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for years due to his insistence on studying the forbidden arts of necromancy. Driven to

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he saw as his peers' outmoded and unimaginative precepts. Upon hearing the powerful summons

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considerable will to communing with the mysterious voice. Convinced that the Kirin Tor was

too squeamish to seize the power and knowledge inherent in the dark arts, he resigned

himself to learn what he could from the immensely powerful Lich King.

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