World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Preview
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After I created my character, I was treated to a short scene that explained the Death Knight class. Suddenly, my character appeared in the Horde-only Death Knight city Acherus, located in the old-world area of the Eastern Plaguelands. And surprisingly, standing only a few feet away from me was the big boss himself, the Lich King. You know, just hanging out on the balcony, ready to give new recruits like Ooganar their marching orders. (Doesn't he have an assistant who could do this? Also, he's a lot smaller in-person than I thought he would be.) With a bright yellow exclamation mark above his head (quest!), he told me, (You will become my force of retribution. Where you tread, doom will follow. Go now, and claim your destiny death knight.) Okay, sure. Then I set off on a chain of quests to become a proper Death Knight.
First, I had to talk to a trainer and create a proper Death Knight weapon; I got a runeblade to create a runeforged sword. The Death Knights use runes and Runic Power instead of mana, energy or rage that other character classes have giving them special attacks and abilities. Next, I had to kill another Death Knight initiate (an NPC) or be killed. I had all these skills loaded into my hot bar, but I didn't know what to do with them just yet. I just pushed them all ()Death Grip) sounds good; (Icy Touch,) why not?), and defeated the initiate in one try.
