Shadowmourne - Azeroth Arsenal Episode 11

No king rules forever.
Frostmourne Cavern Quest Footage by Rill: • Frostmourne Cavern
All of the Lich King whispers: • Lich King Quotes - Sha...
Sylvanas' Music Box Song(Lament of the Highborne): • Lament of the Highborne
If you have any suggestions, requests, or just general feedback let me know in the comments or with a message. I try my best to answer as many as I can.
Music from ocremix.org:
'WetGrass Inspired' [Tristram] by AmIEviL: • OC ReMix #129: Diablo ...
Ebon Hold General Music: • Ebon Hold General Music
WoW PvP music: • Interactive World of W...
Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne Arthas' Theme: • Warcraft III Frozen Th...
The Culling: • Wrath of the Lich King...
WoW Login Music: • World of Warcraft Logi...
Echoes of the Past: • World of Warcraft Soun...
WoW BC Soundtrack Silvermoon City: • Silvermoon City - Burn...
Black Temple Illidari: • Video
Invincible/Arthas, my son mix by T.S: • WOW Wotlk: "Arthas, my...
Jaina theme: • Jaina Theme Music Patc...
Legion Anduin's Theme: • World of Warcraft: Leg...
WOTLK Login Music: • World of Warcraft Wrat...
Arthas, My Son: • WoW WotLK - Arthas, My...
Last Stand of the Blood Elves: • WoW The Burning Crusad...
Invincible: • World of Warcraft - In...
Twitch: / madseasonshow
Twitter: / madseason_
If you wish to support the channel: / madseasonshow
#Legion #Warcraft #WoW

[@JayStrun]

"Was I...a good villain?" "No, my son. I'm told you were the best."

[@galgrim8672]

I'm not ugly crying, you are.

[@MaindexOmega]

"but don't get too comfortable son, we might have to wake you up when sales go down"

[@Powerhugful]

The WotLK music is so haunting... so epic...haven't felt the same thing ever since.

[@arrrrrghimapirate]

Mike D right!? Wrath was the best in all the lore aspects.

[@DeisFortuna]

And then there's that one part in forge of souls where it becomes a jazz/rock hybrid for some reason.

[@biggieboomboom]

EraseDiskNow that's because of the Bronjahm boss, who's an homage to the famous funk/soul musician, James Brown.

[@raider762]

to me WOW died with Arthas.

[@grayman1993]

*goosebumps *

[@morbid1.]

I feel sad now... Arthas/Lich King was probably peek of Blizzard's storytelling.

[@toohighstrung]

Neurotyczny Kot I believe it was

[@larsjensen693]

no

[@Doiren1]

storytelling is getting better and better, the theme of WotLK was awesome for sure

[@gezafekete]

I feel the same way. After WOTLK the story became a soap opera.

[@aquadonkey.]

Jimmy Blaze lol its been a soap opera since the begining, just not as obvious. Love triangle with arthas jaina and kael and sorta slyvannas, edglord-illidan being dumb as fuck for the sake of "conflict" with his brother. Plus soooo much more.

[@Mrfniss]

Long live the king May his reign last forever May his strength Fail him never.

[@genghiskhan6809]

Long live and all hail the one true king of the dead and jailer of the damned King Arthas Menethil! Curse the impostor named Bolvar Fordragon and curse the traitor, the queen of banshees, ranger general of Quel'Thelas, Sylvanas Windrunner! May our king once more return and smite the scion of snakes and puppet of the hated legion Ner'Zhul! All hail to king Arthas, the one true king!

[@Donnerbalken28]

When you give the locket to Jaina... THE FEELS :'( (Top notch voice acting btw)

[@captainthrall]

I'm a grown ass man, and it brought me to tears

[@sillysongs19]

Laura is an amazing actress

[@gigimuschi7466]

I actually thought that was the weak part of the story, the Voice acting. And it's precisely Jaina that made me think that. Oh well.

[@kungmatte7]

Father... For you, I would give my life a thousand times.

[@SoulTouchMusic93]

Mathias Eriksson DON'T!

[@AnotherMetalGuy]

I always get emotional when I hear Darion say that

[@zara6854]

Yup. When he's at 1,001 he'll say fuck this.

[@AnugerahFirdauzi]

this is like, so sweet

[@vezax8505]

Hands down for probably the most noble character we've ever seen on Azeroth, Darion Mograine.

[@ModeKaioken]

The feels at the end of that quest chain though...

[@hcutid]

"No king rules forever, *Blizzard* "

[@phoenixalpha146]

They fucked up man lol.

[@redjellonian8126]

Blizzard died years ago. What you call blizzard now is Activision.

[@palkoescobar5997]

@@redjellonian8126 Jesus, that sounds way more epic then it actually is. What the f*ck? XD

[@redjellonian8126]

@@palkoescobar5997 It's really just a single piece of an ever evolving capitalist dystopian nightmare.

[@itsjustmitchyo]

My god the memories man.. the music, the storytelling, everything. Honestly brought a tear to my eye. Well done MSS

[@peon9601]

everyone cares about these "heroes" but no one care about peons like me. zug zug

[@flyingpinata8726]

maybe people would like you if you didnt just hang out in the goldmines

[@Soviless99]

stop being idle and friggin move where i click ya!

[@discomfort5760]

"I'm a simple peon, My work is ignored and forlorn, In need of a hug, Zug zug"

[@LuccianoNova]

Your kind are lazy! Everyone knows it!

[@sekigawa321]

build more burrows

[@nicholasdorain6835]

“He made a paid class change” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@EnderGoku9001]

Month sub for a dk..

[@4n0nym0u5]

The most legendary expansion pack imo. The whole theme, mobs, atmosphere... I get the chills everytime I think about it. Yes, pun intended.

[@Shadowsdeity]

Such a *cool* expansion I apologize

[@madseasonshow]

Sorry for the delay...here's that Shadowmourne video I promised a while back! Small correction to the weapon itself: It had 3 red sockets initially I believe(later changed to prismatic), and it also had a strength buff along with that proc. I only got it after the fact, so if you have anything to add that I may have missed, go ahead! Thanks for watching.

[@thecringekid5744]

mad i don't think ur going to see this but i started this chain 1 month ago and i'm stuck at the last phase

[@mr.ditmer2967]

Gathering the fifty Shadowfrost Shards?

[@decasin271]

correct me if im wrong but didnt this weapon also drop off the lich king during the wolk expansion kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5mkonxpjcl-Zpo

[@zainawan1808]

Decasin thats the same weapon as in this video but thats on a private server and the drop was a bug on that server. The only legit way of getting shadowmourne is the quest

[@madseasonshow]

TheCringe Kid Which part are you stuck on?

[@Benebazsi]

Watching all the great lore characters' reaction to Arthas' demise, having followed their journey with and against him since Warcraft 3... I've seen these clips many times, but they never fail to take me on a feels trip time and time again. Thank you for this, MadSeason.

[@FlubbersQuid]

Even to this day the The Lich King theme gives me the chills. In a good way.

[@BladedAngel]

24:12 With those pathetic stats after the item squish...That will never be the Shadowmourne I remember. For even as I wielded Heroic Glorenzelg...I always dreaded the number that followed Shadowmourne, "954-1592"

[@HalversonCreepypastas]

19:40 always be in your debt, friend -> throws him in the maw

[@Ether165]

Blizzard of short memories.

[@freddelarsson4434]

This makes me speechless... How Blizzard managed to tie this absolutely amazing story into an entire Expansion. The heartbreaking story between Jaina and Arthas almost forces a tear out haha

[@Boomrainbownuke9608]

and them they make slyvanes the end all be all winner with no actual good explanation. she doesn't struggle in the least allways killing someone with one strike. its like blizzard after lichking had no idea the fuck to do so they started running around while fucking stuff up in the process.

[@fatihzirek7440]

Story was horrible in wotlk. People thinking it was good just because of nostalgia .

[@torrarosa7064]

It's the soundtrack that brings me to Tears of Nostalgia. I so wish I could re-live those years.

[@MeetYourDarkSide]

It's quest lines like this that really remind me why I love WoW as much as I do. It doesn't use throwaway, stereotypical villains that you could care less about (mostly). At the end of this, you're reminded of Arthas' fall from glory. How everyone (minus Sylvanas and Mograine) remembered him as he was before Frostmourne. Even though they didn't know him, even Mograin and Sylvanas got some closure at the end of it. He was someone who had a beautiful and painful story behind him that we all got to witness and personally finish. Keep it up Blizz, and keep it up MadSeason. My favourite monotone KZbinr

[@Blazerri]

"Go forth, and defeat the Prince of Darkness." **Ozzy Osbourne walks inside** "Huh?"

[@SubwayKurt]

Muradin's speach always makes me tear up...

[@Jimknopf-1960]

yes..

[@mariuspastravanu3551]

This isn't just a great video, it's a journey back into time. Thank you for bringing back these great memories in this well built video.

[@xrdxcx7551]

Everytime I hear "No King rules for ever, my son." with Arthas Song I get goosbumps of doom :D

[@Steven-cc1mm]

Shadowmourne is one of the coolest designs

[@rudy1999]

DK's should be able to mog it just like dh's can with azzinoth warglaives

[@roberttanksley8517]

I agree. And Paladins Should get Valnyr, Warriors Thunderfury, Rogues the fangs of the father, Mages Atiesh, not sure about sulfuras, dragon wraith, and hunters obviously should have access to the bow from sunwell.

[@fluffybacon]

@@roberttanksley8517 Valnyr is available to transmog for people who do the timewalking Ulduar raid, earned the same way that Demon Hunters get the Warglaives of Azzinoth. Sulfuras transmog would be pointless, since you can get the lvl85 Cataclysm version for transmog and they look almost identical.

[@roberttanksley8517]

@@fluffybacon cool. I didnt know about val

[@gobbel3265]

Connor Harison they look very different

[@Petrix155]

@@fluffybacon That is incorrect

[@Ando-fj4fw]

"The lich king doubles as a master of bamboozling"

[@FecalMatador]

This Legendary felt legendary. I remember warriors would murder with this in pvp or pve. Simply due to this weapon along with full armor pen and the 25man H Armor pen trink that dropped off Saurfang.

[@Pablanz]

That fucking AP Saurfang trinket was killer on arena

[@migueloliveira2130]

Deathbringer's will from saurfang son

[@migueloliveira2130]

All time favorite trinket

[@morbid1.]

Arthas looking at Frostmourne - It's time to rEEEE ROOOOOLe

[@javanesefun]

my name, is anton purqoui and this is NOOO REROLLS

[@NicDoesDumbThings]

I've never played WoW that much aside from a few hours of the free trial with my friends, but I really love these videos. Super interesting how much content they put into the game and how much work it took to get most of it. Thanks for making these, dude, they're really entertaining.

[@MrInfernoblade10]

Such an amazing weapon with a sick questline. It's a shame that there isn't anything of this caliber anymore.

[@platinumpepe8626]

John Kravich free legendarys for all!

[@greenlight2923]

@@platinumpepe8626 Christ that sounds terrible.

[@MrTruth-yn7pq]

Another top notch production value Azeroth Arsenal video.. Long overdue but very welcomed!! HAPPY JULY 4 if you are in the US

[@madseasonshow]

Thanks Ruth, and happy 4th to you as well!

[@Meneblade]

''If only I'da been able ta stop yeh that day, how diffrent things mighta been. If only I'da never discovered that accursed blade.... Farewell, Arthas... my brother.'' gave me chills af... :/

[@cbuster7]

When I click your videos I hit like as soon as it starts. Jaina Part had me all teary eyed :,) such an amazing story line.

[@semiscuffed7444]

I'm loving your videos. The way you build up with visuals and music... It's so well made!

[@МаксимГригорьев-ъ7ф]

Hey, MadSeason, I want to thank you for taking me to this journey once again. Although I got my Shadowmourne done in the Legion, I still remeber the Lich King very fondly and feel tears coming to my eyes every time I join you. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you.

[@2HeadsAreBetterThen1]

Awesome job with the video!! You can really see how much effort you put in to making a great watching experience! Keep up the great work!

[@Crossf4de]

The tooltip of the Tabard: "May you always bring light into dark places" reminds me of the pial of Galadriel

[@Uputz]

A very well put together video.. I would say probably one of your best. Top notch editing!

[@XSFlanger]

So many years passed and yet to this day LK theme gives me chills down the spine.

[@greenbuddy8317]

i hate and love seeing that your videos are more than 10 mins long because sometimes i just dont have popcorn to fully enjoy your awesome videos!! keep it up mate

[@BSwitchGTG]

Watching this in 2021 from the comfort of my TBC Classic "Wrath Waiting Room" - I am SO excited to get this damn axe!

[@JefferyBlue]

Thanks for this MadSeasonShow. I'm leveling toons for BFA (while playing beta off and on) and I really enjoy having your content on in the background while I'm leveling. Great info and your narration delivery makes for great listening. Been a sub for a while and I think you really deserve the subs and a lot more. Your work is appreciated, thanks.

[@VaeVictisXIII]

Loved doing this story, farming the last part maybe not so much, but you got a real lore pay-off and sense of achievement! Used this as a guide, brilliant stuff as ever.

[@Icosiol]

This video was as epic as Shadowmourne itself. Nicely done.

[@lutherjames5285]

I love your videos..The fact that you don't exclusively speak in wowanese and acronyms that only the hardcore players understand is very helpful..

[@adm3991]

I still remember getting this on my warrior I was chosen by my guild to be the first alt to get it as at the time warriors were one of the best classes to wield. Was so much fun to then hop into arenas and smash people. Man those were the days of wow I miss back when you had been with you guild for years everyone knew each other no by their character name but by their real names and it was fresh and fun still.

[@markup6394]

With this quest in the game, one wonders what the writers must've been thinking when they wrote Shadowlands with Arther, the floating cotton ball...

[@kinggrantking]

Weapon aside, the passion MadSeason shows in this video for the expansion and the lore is what makes this truly great. I could have googled the weapon and found all this, but having MadSeason put so much effort into this is awesome, and reminds me of why I love WoW and gaming in general. Keep it up homie.

[@theblackgoatofthewoods]

It's funny that this questline gave more respect and honor to Arthas the how Shadowlands abandoned him as a puff of smoke. A shell of a man who never really was in control of his fate. No one knows if the Light smiled or cryed that fateful day when Arthas died

[@mkiller1112]

Shadowmourne...Oh boy where do i start with this.The pain...Oh my god the pain. This Axe im still proud to this day for getting in Wrath of the lich king. I remember all the other warriors,pallies and dks who didnt had it were soo jelious. I went to a raid with it and boy did i feel so satisfaid. Never was i on the top of the damage meters or the top 4. Finally i showed my guildies how proper dps is done by a legendary weapon. Farewell MadSeason. I wish you to show us more weapons from the Azeroth Arsenal. Peace......

[@madseasonshow]

I only got it after the fact - can only imagine how tough it was back then(especially the shard part if you had multiple people going for them). Probably my favorite legendary! I still rock the Shadow's Edge transmog from time to time.

[@mkiller1112]

I honestly had no competition.I was a big lucker to get my guild to supply me and get me trought the full quest. Btw same.Its my favorite legendary aswell. I quit wow in later cataclysm sooo i kinda lost it and just went to do the legendary quest on private servers over and over again. Its basicly i just go and do shadowmourne on one server ,Quit. Then go to another server and repeat. I just love the quest its so well fitting in the lore as well.

[@V4mplr3]

Still think Thunderfury and sulfuras were harder to get... :D drop rates were insanely low... and the thorium farming for thunderfury was retarded... (no flying mount...)

[@mkiller1112]

Those were decined to be hard. Shadowmourne by so many people is the hardest one cuz you litteraly had to spend like 3-4 months farming shards and they even had a low chance to drop maybe you can get it in like 2 months if you had no competition but never the less Shadowmourne is the hardest one in my personal thoughts.

[@DeadlyHord3]

I remember it took me and my friend almost close to 4 months of heroic and normal 25 man raiding with our guild to get shadowmourne.. man those were some great times.. we had so much fun raiding together.. wotlk will always have the best memories tied to wow for me

[@Arrakiss20]

God im glad i found this channel, your content is pure gold. Bringing back so many memories :D

[@Marshal_Dunnik]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Guild first wielder of Shadowmourne. Gave the trinkets away to the raiders in the guild as part of a contest (lore trivia, costume, etc.). "Do not forget those who assisted you in this monumental feat," says Jaina, so I didn't.

[@daetries168]

Gotta love it when my favorite youtuber releases a video and then youtube notifies me a day after it releases

[@brickmatr1x308]

The glory days.... the best days of wow (arguably vs vanilla) but best storyline and best time period imo to play wow

[@schgabo]

Vanilla is overrated.It does have a certain feeling tho, but wotlk had the most content not mentioning the balanced gameplay.Legendary times.

[@Xeragosa]

So many memories with this weapon. I remember farming it for weeks that felt without end. The final result was not only a feat for yourself, but your guild too. It felt truly epic!

[@madseasonshow]

Yeah I much prefer the long questline style over the RNG method. I wish that Legion followed a similar style - not sure how they would do it with so many legendaries, but the RNG factor left a bad taste in people's mouths. I'm sure there has to be a BFA legendary or two planned. I wonder how they're going to manage it?

[@Xeragosa]

I have no idea, I really would love to play WoW again but I quit during MoP. Something just became so tasteless after the final raid of Cataclysm. Maybe it was LFR, I really don't know. The whole community changed. To me that's what made WoW an amazing game, the players.

[@fallenvideogames2121]

I grinded and grinded to get this and was so happy when I finally got it!! I always have it in my inventory to remember how much work I put into it!

[@ButtTrauma]

Im jealous haha. Good work though

[@michaelrosa9593]

Nice 👌

[@vezax8505]

If you pay attention to the words of all NPC from the final quests from items on the chest is like if they were giving Arthas *the funeral* he never got. Remembering how great he was before getting controled by Frostmourne.

[@GandziaxBG]

So Uther have forgiven the Arthas but then Shadowlands happend.

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

Tbf the idea is that his soul was shattered in 2 The half we speak to in wrath is different from the half in shadowlands

[@miniblasan5717]

When you see this video about Arthas, I can not help but shed a tear for one of the biggest and best characters in World of Warcraft.

[@darioradic117]

So many emotions so many years after wotlk expansion. It was the greatest indeed. Thanks MadSeason

[@bebl]

I'm just here for the good old times, whe madseason did his glorious videos, miss you man!

[@Evilmineraldeposit]

I know I don't comment often, but I still love all of your Vids, thank you for all the hours of entertainment! love your voice

[@gagebrown9983]

Mad season I love your voice it soothes me and I love your content also the stories that you do your channel is amazing and unique

[@denbluemaster9651]

"Paid class switch from paladin to DK" That quote was wonderful.

[@dentheimamaipassword]

Watching this after your videos about quests in classic or weapons... Feels so flashy but flat... Love your channel, love your effort. Keep up, the classic is coming, we ll meet there Mads!!!

[@heavyspark813]

The dialogue in this xpac was by far the best!

[@reddeathop5030]

Peak story telling and quest design. Get a legendary sword for going through the raid, some cool toys, and a mount. Literally the best quest in game.

[@Larde66]

Man i love your videos, your voice is like a cure so relaxing and the style of the videos is awsome too.

[@demistr7435]

Arthas´ story was the height of Warcraft story. Final end to the Warcraft III story. Thats when i stopped playing, but sometimes i am feeling nostalgic so i watch your videos.

[@snezor2783]

I don't even play WoW (and have heard it's not a good idea to go in without being ready to drop irl cash on it) but this video series, and your entire channel is super intriguing. I love learning about this stuff.

[@brennanweber2506]

Great video Man!! I didn't get my Shadowmourne until Cata. I was lucky enough to tag along in a group that was still running ICC. I Locked my Paladin at Level 85 and still run him through Cata dungeons with it equipped. I still get nothing but respect even in level 85 content.

[@itsdannyhoney]

I’ve just realized that the DK class icon is a Shadowmourne! That’s amazing Blizzard already had plans for this legendary axe even in the earliest stage of WoTLK.

[@XochiCh]

(Necro) No, actually, it’s the icon for Obliterate and the old icon for the some of the WotLK weapons, it does look like Shadowmourne but it isn’t.

[@Pedros93]

madseasonshow... you've grown so much man! i cant let 1 of your videos unseen!!! keep the good work! Kudos from a fellow ex wow player!

[@kloudkitt7967]

Informative, easy listening, well produced. Love your channel man. Keep em’ coming. Can’t wait for your Wrath expansion coverage like with BC :3

[@MessagerOfHell]

I remember this quite differently. I started the quest when Icecrown was launched early and you only had access up to Sarufang's son. I started the quest and I remember going to the cave to pick up Arthas' old weapon and didn't encounter that specific event. I just saw how the betrayal played out, Muradin got knocked out cold, Arthas took Frostmourne and left; so all I had to do was pick up the item from the ground and be on my merry way.

[@cyberdisarray9173]

Man you have some damn quality videos. I'm happy that I find you.

[@jjd-lx5vr]

Can always count on your videos for a great trip down memory lane.

[@chalupamatej]

Hey MadSeason. Just wanted to let ya know that you're the first person even that I pledged to on patreon. I really really enjoy your content, it's incredibly relaxing and interesting. Keep it up, looking forward to more stuff. Thanks man!

[@Jedi1993]

as a wielder of shadowmourne, this was a pain to get but absolutely worth it as mounts/toys are forever

[@morganmedrano920]

I literally cant get enough of your content

[@raprador5515]

Oh boi Wotlk arms warrior+Shadowmourne was insane.

[@iven0007]

killing machine in PvP, ye, since Shadowmourne effect deals shadow magic dmg (that scales with Strength and also Spell power weirdly enough) It was so hard to "tank" an Arms warrior, you die so quickly

[@christianrainey4459]

The story of Arthas/The Lich King is by far my favorite in Warcraft history.

[@jordandavis8782]

9:35 Absolute goosebumps when the audio syncs with his footsteps!

[@AepicFayoul]

That was so awesome, the speeches of Arthas friends in the end were super epic

[@Pryszczoskor]

Damn man, congrats :) I watch your channel for a long time now and the quality bump you did is really impressive :) Enjoying the way you do the job

[@MrSuperbear90]

felt so good to receive shadowmourne on my dk 4months after icc patch hit. Best time of wow for me personally ever

[@izadarx]

God damn it! I was doing so well watching the whole video and then right at the end “but as you know” I already had chills and now I need to play a wrath private server or watch the trailer over or something.

[@0nliineeGG]

Getting those 25 Primo's back in the day was a nightmare for brokes like me.

[@Vorcaider]

I was waiting for this video man . Thank you

[@punkpig744]

Great vid! Brings back so many memories. Keep up the good work.

[@bonjohnny8151]

The Wrath soundtracks still give me the chills. Bring back memories. u can't anything then love the lore of Arthas and the LK

[@infernomaster2702]

Man, I loved this video. Kepp them coming man.

[@crazyscotsman9327]

I still remember the first time I saw someone using that weapon. Man I went into a bg and saw this ret pally with it and I was just like. This is the most epic weapon I have ever seen and I stayed right next to the pally the entire time and man did he slaughter anything that got in our way.

[@jennygw1883]

This is incredible. Brilliant video and what an amazing questline

[@phantom0456]

I kept waiting for Admiral Ackbar to pop up when you go to retrieve Light’s Vengeance whilst yelling “It’s a trap!!!”

[@MattLandrix]

That god damn soundtrack, brings back so much.

[@metermaide1726]

Atiesh also had a similar style of quests,very long and tedious,but very much worth the time.

[@trimblephillip]

I see you wear the same as your dk. Best memory of WoD was finally completing this chain after obtaining it back in March of 2010. Thank you gor the memory flashback.

[@Mazaroth]

Arthas was the most tragic villain in all of gaming history, even though he threw away his humanity, did countless atrocities, he actually was a broken man who couldn't let go of his past completely, he was a grief struck hero who wanted to avenge his people and when he was nearing death, he finally was let go off his torment, he had regained his humanity before he died and in a way managed to get an inkling of forgiveness from his father. Goddamn that ending cinematic of the ICC always brings tears to my eyes ;___;