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[Discussion] - Arthas is Anduin's father? Today on Maury...

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    #1
    Now, I'm just going to state that I'm 99% sure that this is not the case. It's too big of a stretch to think that Blizzard has been cooking this plot point up on slow simmer since Wrath, but boy-howdey, would it be one of the greatest video game twist reveals if it is true.


    Several points this video makes to support it's claim:

    • In Rise of the Lich King by Christie Golden, Arthas drops everything to visit Anduin when he is born. Easily explained away since Arthas and Varian are boyhood friends, but it does allude that there could have been an affair, as Arthas and Varian's wife, Queen Tiffin, were very well aquainted and friendly to eachother in the novel.
    • Other than trying to take control of the Alliance, why else would the Black Dragonflight try and control Anduin if he is none other than the son of the Lich King, who was also one of the most powerful paladins in his own right at the time?
    • In the Novel War Crimes, Garrosh remarks that Anduin and Arthas look alike. Why would this be mentioned at all, as it is basically a throwaway line?
    • Going further on looks, Varian and Anduin look nothing alike, their personalities are totally different
    • Such strong affinity for the light could be hereditary, and since Anduin is a very strong priest, and Arthas being a powerful Paladin, it's not that far of a stretch.
    • In a post-Legion comic, Anduin dispatches a demon with the Paladin ability Hammer of Wrath. Why does Anduin have paladin abilities?
    • In the Emerald Nightmare raid boss Il'gynoth, one of it's whispers to the players is "The boy-king serves at the master's table. Three lies will he offer you." Does this refer to Anduin? Is one of the lies his parentage?
    • Then there's the Parallels between Arthas' story and Anduin's (during the siege of Lordaeron), both sons of Lordaeron coming to wage war on the city.
    • During that cinematic, when the tides were turning against the Alliance, Anduin drops his supposed father's sword and calls on the light, using what looks like a Paladin Bubble to heal his allies.
    • Is Sylvanas' smirk her putting two and two together, because other than Jaina, who looked after the boy a lot over the years, Sylvanas would be able to recognize Arthas in the boy king.
    • Arthas' theme "Invicible" has the line "an karanir thanagor" or Long Live the King. Anduin's theme in Legion has the same line.
    • Both Cinematics for Wrath and Legion start with the line "My Son...", and both contain what are essentially conversations to a son. Why would Blizzard draw obvious parallels like this?


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    Again, I'm 99% sure this isn't the case. It is a bit of a stretch, but it would be awesome if it is true.
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    Anduin's father is Varian =P
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    #3
    I mean, he isn't, but it would be interesting if he was.

    It'd give pairing Taelia and Anduin a certain symmetry. The son of the second Lich King and the daughter of the third

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    #4
    "Arthas' theme "Invicible" has the line "an karanir thanagor" or Long Live the King. Anduin's theme in Legion has the same line."

    I mean, you'd hope so for a song about a king, be strange if it didn't.