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Because most of us can't imagine that there would ever be a world event in Northrend? Preposterous.

Also, I'm sure it's the same voice actor, since Blizzard only has I think 3 (4 if I'm being generous).

as sad as i am to say this it is the lich king...

go to wotlkwiki.info and watch the video of the ending of the death knight quest chain and when the lich king comes in he sounds like this... especially when he says "APOCALYPSE"...

im guessing theyre basically making it so its ner'zhul talking seperately from arthas because they obviously have arthas sounding the same (as evidenced in the in game trailer) and so they obviously have changed ner'zhul's voice...

so while arthas probably wouldnt refer to himself in the third person, ner'zhul (being a generally pissed off orc) i guess would...

i wish blizz would return it to the old deep whispery voice and have them talk at the same time like before... oh well...

This definitely does not seem to be Arthas/The Lich King speaking, notice how he says "For the Lich King's gaze is fixed upon you", last I checked that's not first person.

And didn't we have heralds come for previous events? C'thun didn't exactly walk up to Stormwind and say "hi".

"last I checked that's not first person."

Yeah, because crazy evil villains NEVER refer to themselves in the third person. He also clearly says MY minions, which is first person. So which is it?

No way to know anything until it happens. Anything else is pure speculation.

Yes, because it can't be Kel'Thuzad(or someone else really high up) calling some of his minions "MY minions", can it?

This could possibly be the voice of Ner'Zhul, and not Arthas.

Don't forget, as soon as Arthas put the Lich Kings armor on, they became one, more so I'm thinking the Lich King(Ner'Zhul) took over Arthas's body.

That's not really the way Ner'zhul sounds, and it's a bit odd that Arthas' voice isn't included with it. It's maybe a placeholder, but more likely, it's a different character.

Since the event is going to be a new Shadows of the Necropolis event (they already added the new quests for Silvermoon and the Exodar with slightly altered quest text), it's probably a character from Naxx or perhaps Darion Mograine. It sounds more like a lich, the way Kel'thuzad sounds, than the way the Lich King sounds.

And what exactly would be your 6 second loop of dialogue to spam cities be? It's there as background noise while other stuff happens not as a full item in its own right. They aren't going to freeze the game and have a blank screen while you listen to the voice of the Lich King.

@Brian

So because it's in the background it's okay for it to sound cheesy and uninspired? I thought video games had progessed to the point that presentation as a whole was just as important as gameplay.

Than again, these are the same genius writers responsible for such classic lines as "Take my blood and choke on it!", and "All the better to PWN you with!", so I suppose no one should expect much from Blizzard in the way of a remotely serious attempt at dramatic dialgoue, any more.

Ok so it's cheese, but it's Blizzard we are talking about. Anyway my point was more: What can you (or anyone) write that takes 6-10 seconds to say that sounds intelligent, threatening, powerful and epic?

Come now Raze Bliz has made many good speeches in the game so far. For example the speech for Gorefeind is quite spooky every time you hear it.

"I was the first, you know. For me, the wheel of death has spun many times. So much time has passed. I have a lot of catching up to do..."

Though the only problem will be if you enjoy sitting in org or sw for any amount of time, anything on a loop can be down right annoying.

What like the bit where he says "my minions"?