Hello all, thanks for the views and followers, but I need reviews too.

Also, sorry for not updating for a while but I had finals for two classes, one of my Aunts and Uncles are dealing with marital problems, and apparently I have an uncle that no one, but my grandmother, knew existed and is making contact with us to get to know us, so my family and I are also dealing with that. Now, in addition to all that, a new semester of college just started for me.

Ok, this chapter will end before the defense of Hearthglen. So it will cover 2 missions of the Human campaign. They are: Arthas and Jaina finding the source of the plague and then confronting Kel'Thuzad at Andorhal.

Lastly, if I forget to mention it, all the weapons of Arthas' allies, himself included in that as well, unleash a burst of fire when the weapon hits something. So if I fail to mention fire coming from an attack and hitting an enemy, then I apologize.

Now, let's get to what y'all are all here for.

Disclaimer: I don't own Warcraft, Blizzard, or a great many things that will be in this fic except for some OCs.

(Author's Notes)

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"Thoughts"

'Language other than common'

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"Non-Humanoid (Demons, spirits, etc. etc.) speech"

"Above's thoughts"

'Above's speech in other language'

(Mental conversations)

Chapter 3: Beginning of Damnation

Lordaeron City: 2 weeks since last chapter

Arthas knelt before his father with Falric behind him as his father gazed at them, "My son, you are to go along the king's road to Brill and meet with an agent of the Kirin Tor to investigate claims of a plague being spread throughout the Northern provinces."

Arthas nodded, "I understand father. If I may ask, who am I meeting?" He asked, though he had an extremely high probable guess since I had basically told him who he would meet when I gave him the items and he was praying with every fiber of his being that I was correct.

His father smiled, but it seemed a little forced, "It is your old friend Jaina Proudmoore, my son. Now you must prepare and leave shortly, may the light watch over you." Arthas nodded while internally he was both happy I was right and upset with his father. This was more evident as when he turned and left as he was frowning about his father's attitude. You see, he had never approved of Arthas being close to Jaina as she was not royalty and was the daughter of a soldier. Needless to say, it royally pissed Arthas off at times. He was a prince, yes, but he had the right to love whoever he chose and his father had no say in that matter at all.

Now, did Arthas date other women, royalty/with status included, and have feelings for them that could be considered love? Sure, but Jaina and one other held the most of his love and attentions and he knew they felt the same about him as they had confirmed it with him. The only reason he was not currently in a relationship with one or both, there have been a few rulers who did so or non-rulers who had more than one spouse, was because he was busy training and learning how to rule his kingdom and could not give them the attention they deserved and asked them to focus on their studies so that they could be together longer with no interruptions besides the occasional mission from their respective groups. There was also the fact his father was obviously prejudicial about who Arthas would marry. He had tried to make him see that love was more important, heck even Arthas's grandfather had tried to talk some sense into his son, but it was to no avail as he continued to be a fool.

Arthas nodded to Falric and he left for the barracks to get the men as Arthas moved to the stables. As he walked he became more and more lost in his thoughts. His father had been doing many things he did not agree with and quite a few that were making him angry. A main point was the situation when he returned from Strahnbrad. His father would not increase patrols, was not happy that he had not wiped out the Orcs, and tried to get rid of Shadow and Blaze the moment they were mentioned and then tried to give them to one of the generals from the previous war when Arthas told him that they were tamed. Needless to say he had the loudest shouting match with his father that had ever been held within the castle. Even Uther, both of their soldiers, and the guards present were starting to lose faith in their King as Uther believed Arthas had made valid points and was right to honor the promise he made to the Blademaster. This did not sit well with Terenas, the second, and he threatened to cut Uther's funding if he did not stay out of matters that did not concern a peasant such as him. Another point was his father tried to order the Dwarves to train his men and give them designs to the rifles despite the fact that King Magni, of the Dwarves, had told him that it would take too long and that such designs were dangerous craft. Arthas managed to persuade the dwarves to stay with him and they began to travel with Arthas on the occasional assignment he received. Arthas shook his head as he arrived at the stables, his father was losing the loyalty of the troops, knights, and even Arthas himself as he continued to make decisions based solely on hatred and belief that they were invincible when they were just humans and were just as bound for death as many other races.

As he entered the stables he was almost knocked over by Shadow jumping on him and licking his face happily. Arthas chuckled, "Easy there boy, you're getting some fresh air today." Shadow got down and sat waiting for orders as Blaze came out of his stall and stood before Arthas, who petted him before getting the other horses ready including a silver horse with white hair. Now what many people knew about this horse was that there were only two people in all of the kingdoms that could approach that horse without getting kicked in various places. Arthas was one of them and he approached while getting the saddle and everything set on, "Hey there Starfire, we're going to see her and I thought you would want to come." The horse gave, what he thought was, an enthusiastic affirmative and he chuckled, "I know, I miss her too." He then finished the other horses as his men arrived and mounted up before they rode off.

Dalaran city: Two hours later.

Antonidas, the Archmage and leader of the Circle of Magi, was conversing with the prophet that warned the king of the coming doom. Of course, one fool can always find another to support him and Antonidas was a fool and turned the man away. Jaina Proudmoore, a woman in a white clothes with a purple hooded cloak and a wooden staff with a blue jewel atop, walked up to him, "Are you sure it was wise to turn him away master?" The girl asked, having felt the power he held within himself.

Antonidas snorted, "If I listened to every fool who preached about the end of the world then I would never get any work done." The woman nodded her head and he turned his horse to look at her, "Now child, I have a task for you. The king has finally allowed some troops to aid us in investigating the plague of the northern parts. You are to meet your escort on the King's road to the south of Brill."

Jaina nodded, "Was there word of who my escort was?" She said, while praying that a certain Prince was chosen as he was one of the top two paladins in the entire kingdom and she missed him dearly.

Antonidas frowned slightly, "Yes, the king has sent his son to handle this matter despite my reservations on the choice of escorts. That boy barely has any strength and is too hotheaded for this matter, but I cannot go against the king even if it is a mistake to allow that boy to do this. You are to leave immediately and find the source of this plague and then end it." Jaina nodded and left… or so it appeared as she disappeared herself to listen in on her master, "That brat is getting in the way of my teaching Jaina how to be a proper mage. Silly infatuations with someone who will never be allowed to be with you are pointless and even if they could be together then I would disallow it. After she returns, I will ensure they stay apart."

Jaina scowled as she left for the transportation area, "How dare that old decrepit bastard say that about Arthas! Arthas has on many occasions been nothing but an asset to the Kirin Tor and Dalaran as well as the nation and our allies as a whole. The fool must still be jealous of the fact both Arthas and I have more magical power than he does and refuses to accept anyone not trained by him and only him could be stronger than him. If that bastard thinks that he can keep me from Arthas then he has another thing coming. I already know more than he does in magic and its uses anyway, he just doesn't want to be replaced yet." She then sighed and then started smiling, "Arthas. I wonder if it's time yet." She continued to the transport area before having the ring of magi there teleport her to a few miles from where she was supposed to meet Arthas.

Kings Road, 5 miles southeast of Brill: 4 hours later

Arthas, his 30 troops, Falric, and Marwyn, the latter of which joined Arthas after seeing the king be a fool and seeing Arthas prove to be a man that he can follow, had been waiting for an hour now, after sending the few men responsible for the other horses back to the castle, and Falric spoke up, "My lord, we have been waiting for some time now. Are you sure Lady Jaina is coming?"

Arthas chuckled, "I'm positive Falric; Jaina is always a bit late." They turned towards the sounds of combat to see said woman running from two Ogres. Before Falric could do anything, Arthas stopped him, "Stay your blades, she can handle herself." True to his words, Jaina summoned an elemental made of water and then made it rain spears of ice on the Ogres. One Ogre fell and as the other tried to run, Arthas threw Leechbane into its skull killing it. Arthas approached and removed the dagger, partly noticing the power the circulated into him, before facing Jaina and smiling warmly, "Gentlemen, may I introduce miss Jaina Proudmoore; top agent of the Kirin Tor and successor to Archmage Antonidas. It's good to see you again Jaina."

She smiled lovingly at him, "Good to see you too Arthas, it has been some time since a prince escorted me anywhere." She stated while keeping her smile with a blush forming since the last time he escorted her, they ditched the party and spent time together away from prying eyes. She was then surprised when she felt the magical power he possessed, "What is this?! He never had this kind of power before!"

Arthas smiled a little more and nodded, "That is true, now I need to discuss a few things with you in private." Jaina raised an eyebrow, but nodded nonetheless, "Falric, we'll be back shortly." Falric nodded, while Arthas and Jaina moved into the surrounding woods.

Before Jaina could speak, Arthas handed her a bundle of items. Confused, she took the bag and Arthas then handed her a note as well and she began to read it, Jaina Proudmoore, my name is Damon Corvus. Beyond my name, anything else about me is unimportant and irrelevant. In the bundle, that Arthas has just given you, are items that will aid you in your travels and also aid Arthas by making it so he does not have to worry about you when in combat. Before you ask, no, Arthas has not read this letter as it was keyed to your magical power. More importantly, stay with Arthas. He has a destiny you cannot even begin to imagine and will need your help to deal with different matters that arise. I wish you the best of luck and happiness with him. We will meet in the future when I need to see Arthas again.

Jaina looked up at Arthas while thinking this was a joke and Arthas responded by shaking his head, "He gave me items as well and we had a talk too, he said he was my ally and he was ensuring that I, and anyone I cared about, survived to fulfill my destiny. There are scrolls and potions in there as well as one or two items. The scrolls engrave runes on you without pain; the potions permanently increase different things, but anything else I don't know. You'll have to read the notes he left attached to each item."

She nodded and read the potions note only to become awestruck, These potions are permanent and will never fade away no matter the order you drink them nor if you drink another potion not of this bundle. The Blue will increase your magical power to that of three Archmagi and the powers grow the more you use magic. The Red is a concoction that will permanently allow your body to heal minor wounds while stopping some of the more serious ones from becoming too life threatening and the more fights you survive the more Mana you will gain to your pool. The Silver will increase your movement and attack speed. The Black will increase your fighting ability and destructive spells and abilities. The White will increase your beneficial spells and the auras you generate. WARNING: They taste HORRIBLE so you may gag or feel the urge to vomit!

She chuckled before taking one and drinking it. She then grimaced as she continued to drink the potions while Arthas chuckled and she then read the scrolls' note only to have her mouth partially drop, The scrolls serve a strong purpose. Place them on your torso, front or back, for them to engrave runes upon you. It will NOT be painful. The first will increase your spell powers and control over them to untold heights. The second will empower your body; you will become stronger, faster, more agile, smarter, becoming immune to poisons and toxins as encountered, and faster at analyzing a situation. The third makes you able to learn any spell once you have seen it and you can copy it exactly and even make it stronger. The fourth will allow you the ability to sense magical energies with ease with the distance increasing the more you train in it and use it. The fifth will make it so any weapon you wield will be locked onto you so it will return if thrown, or is knocked away from you, and will allow magical power to be charged into and through it to unleash stronger attacks. The last one connects the user to the person of their choice and further connects them to anyone else that connects to that person. You will be able to sense the person, communicate, and know if they are in danger or in need of assistance.

She blushed slightly as she turned to Arthas, "Arthas, would you help me put these on." Arthas nodded and Jaina removed her cloak and undid the top part of her clothes. Arthas placed tree on her back while she placed three on her stomach and chest and she felt the power flow through her, "This is incredible, this power is unbelievable." She then calmed down a little and remembered she was almost half naked in front of Arthas, "Thank you Arthas I really…" She was stopped as she felt arms wrap around from behind her and hold her close, "Arthas?"

She then felt him kiss her neck and hold her tighter, "I love you Jaina and I want us to be together." She was shocked and tears started coming free from her eyes, "I don't care about my father, the throne, our training, or status. I love you and I will be with you regardless of what my fool of a father thinks, will you leave the Kirin Tor and be with me?"

Jaina was freely crying now and turned around to kiss Arthas deeply and lovingly. As she pulled away, she spoke, "Of course I will, I want to be with you and to Hell with what the order wants or desires. Antonidas was going to try and keep me away from you and train me to be his, so called, worthy successor, but I will stay with you and if anyone tries to bring me back then they will know why I am already named heir to the position of the Archmage." Arthas smiled and kissed her again before she looked up to him lovingly, "Arthas, the last scroll said that I could choose someone to be connected to and that we would be able to sense each other, communicate, and know when the other needs help while also connecting me to anyone else who gets a similar scroll. I choose you Arthas and I never want to be away from you again." She explained and then stated as she laid her head against his chest.

Arthas kept his arms wrapped around her protectively, "Thank you Jaina, and I promise that we will be together and anyone who tries something will feel my wrath." He then kissed her deeply and smiled, "Now, we need to get back so you should get dressed and see what other items were left for you."

She blushed realizing she was still almost half naked and then nodded before redressing and then seeing what the next item was, Gloves of Spell Mastery: These gloves will allow you to control any summoned creature in existence and it will follow your orders as if you had been the one who summoned it. The gloves also increase your control and empower your spells to be even stronger than they normally would be. It also reduces your casting/chanting time as you use those spells to the point you can do them on instinct alone.

She gaped at the gloves before slipping them on and feeling them empower her beyond what she would have been at with another decade of training. She then took the next item and read the note attached, Staff of the Guardian: This staff has been empowered by several dozen mages and powerful beings over several centuries and can only be used by a powerful mage and cannot be used by another that it deems unworthy. It will improve your spell mastery, spell power, and lessen the drain you feel when using high level spells. This staff also serves as a teleportation conduit so you can move easily to longer distances and take more people with you without tiring yourself out or needing others to help channel magic into spell. As you train in it, you will go farther faster, pull more people with you, and use less power than normal. Lastly, it will absorb other staves and use them to boost its own durability, powers, and strengths while gaining the abilities of whatever staff it absorbs.

Jaina's jaw dropped before she turned and handed the notes to Arthas and took the staff in her hands as it absorbed her old staff into it. The staff resembled a white twisting branch that rose up to hold a black crystal in the top with silver runes and energy reverberating off of the staff as a whole, counting the crystal. As she gazed at the staff she felt the power flowing into her and then noticed Arthas's power as well and she actually found the amount of power he held to be highly attractive. Said man was nodding after reading the notes, "That man is full of surprises, I wonder when I will meet him again."

Jaina turned towards him while trying to control her blush, both at the fact she was going to be with Arthas and also her apparent attraction to the power Arthas was exuding, "Where did you meet him Arthas? What did he give you?"

Arthas smirked, "He met me on the road from Strahnbrad to an encampment of Blackrock Orcs. As for what he gave me," Arthas then took the notes for the items he received and Jaina read them over before her eyes bugged out while Arthas nodded, "I know, I was the same way too." He shook his head and took the notes back, "Anyway, we need to go. We still have a mission and while I don't give a damn about my father's or Antonidas' desires, commands, or whatever, I can't allow the people to suffer simply because the people wanting us to perform this mission are morons."

Jaina nodded and they rejoined Arthas's troops where she saw Starfire standing there and she shouted out with glee, "Starfire!" She ran and hugged the horse that had been with her since childhood before the order made her give her up, which was hypocritical since Antonidas rode a horse everywhere. Arthas smiled at her before she walked up to him and whispered, "You'll get a better thank you tonight my love. I apologize if you're tired tomorrow." She walked away with sway of her hips before she mounted Starfire while Arthas smirked and mounted Blaze before they began moving north.

An hour later: Southern half of Brill

(My Brill in this is divided by a bridge across a river and while the southern is the farming land, the northern is the actual industry and such. Whether that is accurate to the game or not, I have no idea).

Along the way to Brill, Arthas informed Jaina about Blaze, Shadow, and the two Orc weapons he had attached to himself. Falric and Marwyn smirked at the two as they interacted already planning on helping them stay together despite the King and the Archmage's wishes. As they marched into the southern half of Brill, they were greeted by a few villagers, "Prince Arthas, there seems to be a problem at the bridge ahead." Stated a farmer as Arthas nodded and moved forward with his men holding in formation as they marched behind him.

They arrived to find the bridge destroyed and several villagers trying to find a source of the problem, "Ah, Prince Arthas!" One of the farmers stated as he saw Arthas approach, "I am terribly sorry milord, but something or someone has destroyed the bridge to the northern side. There is another path, but it is not as safe as it once was. It lies to the east through the village and then through the wilderness."

Arthas nodded, "Let's move it men." They started marching when Arthas heard the sounds of battle, "Formation!" His men drew their swords and locked shields, "Advance!" Arthas rode forward and found the villagers under attack by mercenaries. He charged forward before hurling Light's Vengeance (actual name for his hammer) into a few mercenaries, then drew Blood Cleaver (Sword that Sanjaro [OC Blackrock Blademaster] gave him last chapter), and began bisecting the enemy, while everyone was shocked at his speed. Arthas then turned and threw Leechbane (dagger I gave him after leaving Strahnbrad) into another's skull, before drawing Stone Wrecker and fighting through more enemies as he smashed and sliced through them.

Jaina came up and, after getting over her surprise at Arthas' attack, began attacking as well and summoned three water elementals to fight. Falric and Marwyn led the troops through while the civilians moved behind the marching line of Arthas' troops. Arthas had reattached Stone Wrecker before recalling Leechbane, and feeling it transfer the strengths from the one it killed to him, and started fighting with sword and dagger in hand. He bisected one before stabbing another in the throat, twisting and tossing the body into another, and then stabbing another two in their chests before dropping to avoid a spear, which skewered another mercenary. Arthas turned and saw a warlord on a horse coming towards him with larger version of a blackjack in one hand and a shield in the other. Arthas rode forward and threw Leechbane at her, it was deflected, but gave Arthas the chance to recall his hammer and slam it into the shield and hear the audible crunch of the warlord's arm. Said woman, yes you read correctly, screamed in pain and fell off her horse and clutched her arm. Falric approached and put a sword to her throat before his eyes widened in shock, "Rane?" He stated in shock and surprise as his mind tried to process that the woman he loved was here and attacking a village.

The woman looked up and gasped, "Falric?" She then caught herself as she noticed her men were going to be killed if she didn't do anything and screamed to her men, "ALL OF YOU STAND DOWN!" The fighting immediately stopped and she stood before embracing Falric, though wincing from the pain from her arm, and crying, emotionally not from the pain, "Where have you been?! I got word that you were killed on a mission!" She cried into his chest as she felt that she would never see the man she loved again and, worse yet, not even get a chance to tell him how she felt about him.

Falric returned the embrace and was surprised until he remembered a particular discussion he had with the king, "THAT BASTARD!" He screamed as everyone turned to him and Arthas approached giving an unspoken question and Falric turned to him, "Your father, when he recruited me and made me your personal captain, was not pleased that I needed to return home at some point because I had woman I loved there and I needed to return to her. Then six months into my training, I was informed that the town she was in was raided by Orcs and everyone was killed."

Arthas and Rane were shocked, "But that isn't true! It still stands and is perfectly fine!" She stated, while internally happy that he loved her as well, as her soldiers nodded, while Marwyn and Jaina did so as well as they had heard nothing about it being attacked or wiped out.

Arthas gripped his hands tight and lightning started crackling over him as power pushed off around him, "That damn bastard. He wanted a promising soldier to be under my command to ensure I wouldn't get killed, so he then lied in order to get you to stay Falric." This got shocked looks from everyone as Arthas turned to Falric, "Falric, should you desire, I will release you from your duty of service."

This got surprised looks from everyone. Falric looked at Rane and then Arthas and sighed, "I appreciate that, my lord, but I am honor bound to fulfill my duty. No matter how much I want to return home and be with Rane, I cannot, in good conscience, leave my friend, brother, and future king. Rane, I have to ask, why were you attacking this village when they are not doing anything to harm anyone?"

Rane sighed, "We weren't attacking. We came here to see if there were supplies we could purchase and some of the citizens shouted that we were bandits and then the guards and some of the farmers came and attacked us. We defended ourselves and aimed not to kill anyone. It was a misunderstanding, one that none of them tried to listen to. I am sorry for any that we killed, but we had to protect ourselves as well."

Arthas nodded and turned to Rane, "Do you wish to stay with Falric?" She nodded without an ounce of hesitation, "Than by the power invested to me by my father, the king, I do hereby conscript you into my forces and give you the rank of Lieutenant and you will report directly to Falric. Is that understood?" Everyone was surprised, both at his actions and the clear disdain he held for his father.

Rane smiled and saluted Arthas, "Sir!" She said before bowing as well.

Arthas nodded and then cast 'Holy Light' on her and she had her arm fixed like new. Of course, the first thing she did was grab Falric by the head and kiss him with all her might, which he gladly returned. After a few moments Arthas spoke up, "Captain, Lieutenant, we need to move." They broke apart and nodded before Arthas healed her troops and cast resurrection to revive the fallen warriors. The farmers, feeling guilty about the whole mess, gave the group supplies for the journey. As they left the village, with Rane's forces mixed into Arthas', a villager told Arthas that there was a pool that was said to have healing properties. Arthas nodded his thanks and they continued through, while he did not need the water to heal anyone, he could certainly use the possible aura off of it.

Three hours, and some skirmishes, later: Path to the northern side of Brill

Arthas saw the others were tired after the march they had been on and they all had to groan slightly at the image before them. First they encountered a nest of Murlocs at a river crossing and afterwards they were soaked in Murloc blood, which was one of the foulest smelling things in existence. Then they got ambushed by a tribe of forest trolls that had a Spirit Healer, who kept reviving his fallen brethren… until Arthas smashed him into a paste. Arthas was also pleased to find a pair of Boots of Speed on the Healer and when he put them on, they absorbed into him. They then had to destroy a tribe of Wendigoes that guarded the fountain of healing, which gave Arthas the aura, and after another battle, his men drank the water to recuperate and Arthas had them bottle some of it for each of them. He figured that if he sent his men on another path, like at Strahnbrad, they could recuperate and not risk dying. Things were fine for about 30 minutes before a nest of spiders decided they wanted Arthas and his troops for lunch. Needless to say, they took offense to that and Jaina made that clear by setting their webs on fire… then putting the fires out when the spiders were dead, of course.

Now though, now they were facing a contingent of skeletal archers and some more soldiers fighting them as they locked shields to block the arrows. Needing no orders, Arthas's troops immediately engaged the skeletons in combat. Arthas then moved forward and began smashing the skeletons, while his troops felt the auras he had fueling them farther. The skeletons burned, got crushed, were peppered with bullets, had the skulls skewered, or were shredded by Jaina's blizzard spell. Arthas then realized that since they were unholy beings, his holy magic would harm them. So he charged his hammer full of magic not noticing the skeletal archer behind him. As he moved to slam his hammer, Jaina moved behind him and knocked the arrow away from Arthas before said paladin's hammer slammed the ground and a blast of magic echoed across the field. His soldiers were healed, while the archers burned and writhed in agony before being reduced to dust.

Arthas regrouped his troops and the ones that were fighting when he arrived joined the ranks after explaining that they destroyed the bridge to keep the skeletons isolated on their side of the river and not let them attack the villagers/farmers. Arthas nodded and they began to move while crushing any skeletons in the way. They were forced to stop as they found a granary, now that might not be strange usually, but the ground and trees around this one were dead, "Have you ever seen anything like this Jaina?" Arthas asked while feeling the unholy presence coming from the ground.

Jaina shook her head as she investigated the ground, "All I can tell is that is some form of darker magic. It seems to have infected the grain and then leeched into ground before spreading to the trees."

Arthas got a grim look on his face, "Let's hope you're wrong, that seal on the crate is the emblem of Andorhal, the major grain distributor for the kingdom. We'll destroy the granary before moving further in; if what I remember is correct, then there should be a warehouse at the other end of the village up ahead. I pray we are not too late." Arthas channeled magic into his hammer before slamming it into the granary and it began toppling, both from the hit, the magic bursting over it, and the fire attacking the grain to fuel it. The ground and trees also gained a little color back from the magic as the taint was hit by the holy magic. Arthas motioned the others forward, not noticing their shocked and awed looks at his display of strength and magic, before moving forward with them right behind him. They then encountered a few High Elven priests and archers that had come to aid them in their search but had gotten here before them and were doing guerrilla warfare methods on the skeletons to keep as many skeletons from making it through that section of the city.

Arthas accepted the Elves' help before they pressed on killing more skeletons before they found a pair of dwarves with a mortar firing into a basin below them, "What the hell are you men shooting at?" Arthas shouted before hearing the clinking of bones and saw more skeletons, but now with some swordsmen as well that were also carrying shields, "Footmen form a defensive line in to keep them back, Archers, Riflemen, and Jaina help the mortar team in attacking the undead from a range, and Priests stay between the two groups to heal the injured." Everyone nodded and began holding the enemy back and killing them in return; however, Arthas noticed a revenant moving towards his defensive line and knew his men couldn't hold it back. He dismounted, before running and jumping over the line before slamming his hammer into the helm of the revenant which caused is to recoil backwards slightly. Shadow and Blaze, seeing their master in combat, jumped the lines as well and Shadow started mauling any of the skeletons that came near him, while Blaze kicked away any that came near.

The revenant, from what Arthas could tell, glared at Arthas before mashing its shield at him. Arthas blocked with an open hand and then blocked the mace that came towards him with his hammer. Of course, this angered the revenant as the fire lashed out at it and revenants were beings of unholy, cold, or blood and this one happened to be cold so the fire was not a welcome occurrence. Arthas didn't let up as he shifted and smashed the hammer on the ground while channeling magic through it which caused the revenant to recoil back in pain as the fire hit it and the holy magic was not welcome either as even though it was a being of cold there was still unholy magic keeping it alive. Arthas didn't let up as he smashed his hammer into the shield before twisting and stabbing the chest plate with Leechbane, twisting it out, dropping his hammer after empowering it with magical energy, and then spinning to take out Blood Cleaver and vertically cut the revenant in half as his hammer hit the ground and the magic exploded out and burned the skeletons and the revenant.

Arthas landed on his feet before dropping to one knee and was breathing hard as he had used more magical energy today than he had in his entire time training. Jaina rushed over and gave him a blue vial, "It's a mana potion. It should relieve some of your fatigue and restore some of your magical power." Arthas nodded and drank it before ordering his men to take a few minutes to rest and recuperate their strength. He also had Jaina help him move to the center of the group so his auras would reach everyone and alleviate the priests of their burden of healing the soldiers while the archers gathered any of their arrows that were still usable. After about five minutes everyone stood and retook the formation, which was Priests, Archers, Riflemen, and now the mortar team in the center, the soldiers surrounding the center, Falric, Rane, and Marwyn were in the front line, and Arthas, Jaina, Starfire, Shadow, and Blaze were at the front. Arthas walked for now as he sensed that there was more danger ahead.

True to his instincts they found a mage, some corpses walking around, and some robed figures fleeing the warehouse before a large mutilated body, that appeared to be sown from different corpses, began waddling towards them, "Flee my brothers, we must not let them stop us." Said the mage, who was an older man with glowing green eyes, black and green robes adorned him, a cattle skull was on his head, and his staff gave off a dark presence, before he turned to Arthas, "You should leave well enough alone little prince for you will lose more than you can imagine if you do not turn back." The wizard then fled behind his brothers, but not before summoning more skeletons to fight them.

Arthas gripped his hammer tight, "Mortar team, take out the warehouse, the rest of you handle the skeletons, I'll take care of this… abomination." The soldiers nodded and began to move, while the abomination, upon seeing this, moved to attack before a sword flew past and amputated its back arm, while the sword landed point first into a skeleton. The abomination screamed in pain before turning towards Arthas, who was glaring angrily at it, "You're fighting me, not them." He rushed forward and threw Stone Wrecker at it, said mace was caught by the abomination, and was burned subsequently by it, but the dagger that followed wasn't caught as it was thrown at its leg. It roared in pain, both from the burning and the stabbing of the blade, which gave Arthas the chance to continue as he blasted it with his holy light spell. This further burned the abomination and Arthas injured it even more by slamming his hammer into the left leg, which snapped and was burned, before he pivoted and sliced off its left arm with Blood Cleaver now back in his hand. He then summoned his magic and shot it into the air where it formed a golden hammer, before it came down hard on the head of the abomination and obliterated it. Arthas regained his weapons and felt a surge of strength from Leechbane before he took his hammer and slammed it into the torso of the abomination a few times to get the burning to catch enough and turn the body to ash.

Arthas took a few deep breaths before turning and seeing the others had already wrapped up and were staring at him in awe. Arthas chuckled before recalling his mace, moving over to them, and then moving away from the burning corpse and warehouse to rest. He sat down for a minute which triggered all of his troops to do so as well. They all took a few minutes before Arthas spoke, "We need to go soon, they were heading towards Andorhal and that may mean they have more of the infected grain there. I know you all want to rest, which is why we leave in 10 minutes. Take that time to regain your strength, eat and drink, and get ready for a march." His forces nodded while Jaina sat next to Arthas and Rane sat beside Falric, both women then laid their heads on their respective man's shoulder and relaxed beside him.

A Day later: Outskirts of Andorhal

Arthas, Jaina, and their troops arrived at a clearing to find some cultists begin to summon a construct, which did not sit well with them, "Mortar fire on that construct NOW!" The mortar team fired on the construct while Arthas rode to strike down the cultists which the Riflemen aided by shooting those who tried to get away. Arthas had his men set up a base camp here while he and Jaina scouted the area with five footmen, Shadow, and Falric. They destroyed a few bandit camps, took out a few Troll tribes, and then killed a small group of Ogres. They even found a small abandoned Goblin merchant stall and Arthas took an Orb of Slow, which did as the name suggested, and Jaina took a staff of negation which dispelled summoned units. They were currently thrashing a Murloc camp before Arthas noticed a shadowy figure watching them. He immediately used Holy Light on it and it burst into flames before dying. Arthas then noticed several undead creatures called Ghouls rush out of the forest and attack him. He smashed them aside, which was effective as the fires sprung out and hit the Ghouls and those that survived were moving at a crawling pace.

He killed them off before his eyebrow twitched in annoyance as he saw the corpses rise up into three skeletons each and then saw a robed figure that was different than the one at Brill there waving his staff over the corpses. Arthas took Leechbane and threw it into the Necromancer's skull before smashing the skeletons to pieces. After retaking Leechbane, and getting a magic boost, Arthas then moved to the trees and found a river crossing that led straight to an undead base. He growled in annoyance as he heard explosions and rifle fire coming from the direction of the came before turning to Jaina, "Take the men and get the camp ready to attack from the front. If they are attacking us, then we can attack them in return. Falric and I will distract them by attacking from the side."

Jaina widened her eyes, "Arthas no! You can't handle that many undead for long." She said and Arthas could feel her fear at possibly losing him after she just got him back.

Arthas smiled, "Then you'd better hurry. I won't die on you, I promise." He gave her a kiss and then smiled, "Now go." She nodded and dashed off with the Footmen following her. Falric nodded to Arthas, when said Prince gave him a questioning look, and they both moved towards the base with Shadow right behind them. Arthas started off by filling his hammer with magic and then hurling it into the base.

Once it hit, causing a massive explosion of holy magic that burned and destroyed everything in the area, Arthas rushed in with Blood Cleaver and started hacking down enemy after enemy with Falric right behind him doing mop up and Shadow mauling anything that got close while being careful to only bite the Necromancers. Arthas then threw Blood Cleaver and it turned into a buzzsaw as it bisected, decapitated, amputated, and shredded enemies as it went through the lines. Arthas then recalled his hammer before channeling magic into and slamming the ground which created a shockwave and blasted the undead back away from him and Falric before throwing it into the floating Necropolis with it being charged with even more magic than the last time. He watched as it smashed through one of the walls before the whole Necropolis exploded in golden light and crashed down on more of the undead. He recalled his hammer and sword and continued fighting, though inwardly he was cursing since the Necromancers had an adequate number of corpses to use for skeletal warriors, archers, and magi.

They continued to fight for five minutes, getting more and more tired along the way, before arrows rained down on the undead and mortar fire hit the buildings. Footmen came charging in and started hacking down any enemies in front of them, Priests were dispelling skeletons left and right, Jaina claimed any that weren't destroyed with her gloves' ability, the Riflemen aimed for the Necromancer's, mortar team switched between the buildings and the larger undead targets, Marwyn was cutting down anything that came close to the long range fighters, the Archers were putting down any flying enemies there were, and Rane was pushing through to Arthas and Falric, who were still swatting enemies away. 20 minutes later and they had the base destroyed and the enemy dead, permanently this time as they set the bodies on fire, and they were standing at the last bridge into the actual city of Andorhal.

Arthas ordered them to take a few minutes to rest as they were all tired and beat down while he was feeling drained but not as much as before. Then he remembered the blue potion not only increased his magical abilities, but also made them increase further the more he used them. He smirked slightly as he had been using a lot of magic recently and he could tell that he would probably be using more and more as they continued this quest.

He rose to his feet before marching across the bridge while his troops followed him. They arrived to find the mage from before standing by three granaries. The mage turned towards them, "Ah, you did not heed my warning. No matter, I am Kel'Thuzad and I am the leader of the Cult of the Damned. You are too late to stop what is coming and you will not be able to survive long." With that he sent a few dozen Ghouls at them and left through the northern gate. Arthas grit his teeth and leapt off Blaze and smashed his hammer into the ground in the center of the Ghouls and the shockwave of magic sent them flying everywhere. Some didn't even hit the ground as the Archers, Riflemen, and Jaina blasted them while they were in the air, others landed on the swords of the Footmen, and Arthas had jumped up and smashed a few. The ones that did hit the ground alive were then killed by the Footmen skewering them on the ground.

Arthas gripped his hammer tight and hurled it into the granary, which set it ablaze. Jaina set another on fire with a spell, and the last was hit by the Mortar team. Arthas moved forward looking in the cages that were scattered around and found one with a Ghoul inside that was shaking in fear. Arthas knew the size meant it was a child and the fact that it was cowering meant that it still remembered some of who it was. He sighed and took Leechbane out, "I'm sorry." He said before stabbing the Ghoul in the heart.

As the Ghoul fell he and the others heard the faint whisper, "Thank you mister." Arthas withdrew the blade and took the body before setting it on the fire and having the Footmen do the same for the other Ghouls.

Once the fire was going strong, Arthas noticed the crates, "Damn it! The grain has already been shipped out. We need to deal with Kel'Thuzad and then move out to catch up to the grain before it is consumed." His troops nodded and they moved to the northern gate.

They found a path to the east that Arthas realized must be the local graveyard as he hadn't seen one within the city limits, "Keep your guards up, I think this path leads to the local graveyard. If that is the case then there is no telling what might be waiting for us." The others nodded and followed him in and true to his words; Ghouls came from the trees with Skeletons following. Arthas growled in annoyance and channeled energy into hammer way beyond what he had done before. Jaina, feeling the energy he was channeling, started defending him while summoning three water elementals to aid in the fight while also claiming a few skeletons to attack from both sides. Arthas continued to channel magic into his hammer before slamming it down. The result was a massive shockwave of holy energy that burned the undead while his troops were healed and rejuvenated.

Jaina helped support Arthas before giving him her last mana potion and felt his magical power had increased far from when she met up with him, "His power has expanded by at least 50%. Whoever that man was that Arthas met, he is dangerous and powerful if he can make the items that do what his notes say." Arthas stood and nodded towards her before taking the lead again. He swatted any of the undead that came near him and then smashed an abomination into paste before spinning and smashing the head off a Necromancer. They then viewed a few strange catapults lined up to fire on them. Not giving them a chance to attack, Arthas hurled his hammer into one before throwing the mace into another and Blood Cleaver into a third. The first two were smashed and then set ablaze, while the last was pierced straight through before it was set ablaze as well. Jaina rained ice spears down on the last couple while Arthas recalled his weapons and kept the other undead off of Jaina.

Once everything was dead… again, Jaina and Arthas marched forward and stood before Kel'Thuzad. He sighed tiredly, "You are fools. Even if you kill me, it will mean little in the long run. This world will burn and nothing you do will stop it."

Arthas moved with unparalleled speed and smashed his fist into Kel'Thuzad's face before holding him against one of the crypts by his throat with Leechbane held right between his eyes, "Who commands the undead?" He stated while moving Leechbane down Kel'Thuzad's face to his throat and then to his chest.

Kel'Thuzad was normal on the outside but internally he was joyous, "Master has chosen wisely with this one. He will make a fine champion and possible leader once he takes the blade." "He is a Dreadlord named Mal'Ganis. He awaits you at Stratholm as he wants to face you in combat before he burns your kingdom down to the ground." Arthas snarled and shoved the blade into his heart while feeling the magical power being transferred to him, "What is this? Is he draining my powers!?"Kel'Thuzad thought frantically, but a quick twist from the blade ended that as he died there.

Arthas withdrew the blade put the body in the ground in an open grave before dumping rocks on top of it. He turned and walked back to the main road, "We rest for two hours before we head for Hearthglen. I want you all to pray that we make it there before the infected grain does." He noticed Falric about to speak, "Falric the men are exhausted and can't travel right now. I can't do a mass rejuvenation spell as my mana is too low and Jaina does not know the spell. She and I could ride ahead and possibly make it there in time but you all would be left behind to catch up and we don't know what the situation in Hearthglen is yet. We will ere on the side of caution to keep our casualties low."

Falric nodded and the men all rested, while Jaina approached Arthas. She wrapped her arms around him from behind and spoke, "What troubles you my love?" She stated and was overjoyed to be able to speak with her heart and not worry about anyone hearing her.

Arthas would have smiled if he didn't have such grim thoughts at the moment, "Kel'Thuzad gave up the information too easily. It was almost as if he wanted me to kill him and then go after Mal'Ganis. We may be walking into a trap, but I want that monster's head before I plan anything else."

Jaina nodded, having felt the same way, "I am with you Arthas. We will hunt him down and make him pay for what he has done." Arthas smiled before turning around and giving her a passionate kiss, which she gladly returned. They sat beneath a tree, holding the other in their arms while planning how to better fight the undead. Little did they know that they would be getting plenty of practice soon enough.

Done, Arthas has begun the path to damnation and is gearing up for his revenge, but will he be alone in his quest or will he have followers to see it through to the end?

Yes, I decided to give Falric someone too. Also while it is obvious that Jaina and one other are being paired with Arthas, they will not be alone so I have redone the poll by adding more choices and taking the two chosen off. So check my profile occasionally as I switch the polls out every 2-3 days and vote.

Also a shout out to METALHELLSPWN who has some interesting challenges up. I have an interest in one, but I have 100+ stories on my 'to write' list so I can't do it for now/the foreseeable future. Check them out and see if any are for you, an author you know, or if you have a suggestion on what you think may make another author want to do it.

Also he had three specific ideas that he wanted people to check out and since he has helped me out, I am helping him out as well, First: "A Brütal legend overlord crossover where Eddie is next overlord but decides to keep his little campaign of conquering on the sidelines while he helps Lars with his battle against the demons. Now backstory, Lars's father was the previous overlord but he walked away from the title saying "it's not for me" but maintains the minions to ensure they stay together when Eddie gets the gauntlet Lars pledges to serve Eddie but he prefers working side-by-side with Lars instead. Will follow canon storyline with some extensions here and there, Eddie will have Lars and Gnarl around him to help minimize the workload Eddie deals with, Brütal world will be at least twice as large if not 3x as large as the original, the minions appearances will be as big as the headbangers for general size, will use different weapons depending on class (clubs or other weapons for browns, razorfire bows for reds, knives similar to Ophelia's for greens, and bass guitars similar to the thunderhogs for the blues), Eddie will have at least a third of the total bouncers for his own army."

Second: "A command and conquer/fallout crossover where the commanders of the Allied Military Command get sent to the world of fallout during an accident involving a chronosphere without a limiter after the event occurs the Commander (your character) takes control of the situation and assigns each of the other commander's jobs that best suited them: Giles for airborne recon, Warren for ground based ops and patrols, Lisette basically becomes the new Eva in being a communications liaison and cyber warfare specialist via hacking restricted areas, robots, terminals, security systems, etc. while the commanders forces protect and patrol the area around there location. They will appear by helping the CO in charge of the HELIOS 1 solar power plant after saving them from a massive legion attack, they agree to help the NCR in taking Hoover Dam and offer their forces to stabilize the territory in exchange they require resources money, materials, manpower, etc. they will help courier six in his quest for revenge when they come across Big MT. They will establish control of the area and put the scientists there to work that will ACTUALLY help the world not their own selfish desires."

Third: "A Devil May Cry reincarnation story that has been barely used. Naruto: Second Coming of the Prince of Darkness, where he's the reincarnation of Mundus. Naruto is in the forest of death and gets separated from his 'teammates' and winds up in Mundus's throne room where upon meeting him, enrages Mundus because his reincarnation is so weak. He immediately infuses a third of his power with Naruto while using the Kyubi as a catalyst to jump start the process of powering him up, making Naruto's physical abilities on par with Dante's in a sense he is a high speed type of fighter when the situation calls for it, his skill surpasses Virgil's when he faces stronger enemies (which are ANBU level and above) but overall he's two steps down from Sparda's level of power. After the process(which he absorbs the Kyubi during the procedure), Mundus tells him to prove that he isn't weak so that he can earn more of his power(second third would be just before the VotE fight, final third before the three year training trip which he does in the demon realm). Harem style: older women (Mei Terumi, Anko Miterashi, Tsume Inuzuka and Hana Inuzuka, Tsunami, people like that [though I am a major Naru/Mei fan, never Naru/Hina it's overused and barely makes sense. Would you date your stalker?])"

The note about the pairings was his wording not mine. So if you're interested, review this story and I will let him know, PM him (which he would prefer), or let another author you know take a look and see if they're interested.

And yes I know, I made Arthas' father into a bit of a bigot, bastard, and moron. However, most kings were that way about who their heir married and it was usually the queen who kept them open to it, most times the king allowed when they were without a queen was because their heir couldn't take the throne without a spouse or the heir could forfeit their right if pushed too far. Then there is the fact that if a powerful mage comes and tells you that you should go to the west and it was common for them to have visions of the future or of threats, then you at least send a portion of your military or something in case the threat happens. Both he and Antonidas, the leader of the Dalaran which was the freaking CENTER OF MAGIC IN THE HUMAN KINGDOMS, ignored Medivh's warning, despite the latter being able to sense his power and knowing that there is always the chance that such a thing would occur. I follow a very simple thing both in life and in any strategy exercises/games, "If you are prepared for everything, then you are never surprised by anything." Or it can go, "If you plan for the worst, then you can stop the rest." Then Antonidas fell to the scourge because of his pride. *Sigh* Ok, I'm done venting about idiots and fools. So next time is the defense of Hearthglen and then the Culling of Stratholm for sure, depending on the length of those two events, I may add the landing in Northrend.

Also, the reason why Jaina has more magical power than Arthas is because she focuses on magic more than he does. Arthas will become/is an all-around fighter, while Jaina will remain a magic user.

Arthas' Auras: 1) Devotion Aura: Paladin ability: Grants increased Defense under the game rules, but I am making it so that the people can guard and block better.

2) Endurance Aura: Gained from Gloves of Haste and Boots of Speed: Grants increased attack and movement speed.

3) Critical Strike: Gained from Sanjaro: Increases likelihood of a fatal strike on an enemy.

4) Burning Aura: Gained from Orb of Fire: Makes weapons release a burst of fire on impact.

5) Brilliance Aura: Gained from Jaina Proudmoore: Increases Mana Regeneration.

6) Healing Aura: Gained from the fountain of Health: Heals allies.

7) Slowing Aura: Gained from Orb of Slow: Attacks slow an enemy's movement and attack speed.

Arthas' current forces: Not counting Blaze, Shadow, or himself.

1) Commanders: 1 Archmage, 2 Captains, and 1 Lieutenant.

2) 50 Footmen

3) 15 Riflemen

4) 5 Priests

5) 1 Mortar Team

Lastly, I have a poll up to break a tie I have for my next Naruto fic. So vote if you're interested, but be warned that it will close at the end of the month. There is also one in circulation of which non-Naruto fic I should write next, but that will be open for a while.

That should be it, later everyone.