“The name of Icecrown became infamous when Kil’jaeden hurled the Lich King back into the mortal world. Ner’zhul’s prison slammed into the glacier. Here the Lich King remained until Arthas Menethil freed him and the two merged in Arthas’ body. The merging created such a large explosion that a large portion of the glacier was blown away. It left a gigantic throne in its place thus creating the Frozen Throne. Upon which sits the Lich King, ruler of the scourge.

From the name one would assume Icecrown Citadel was an enormous fortress planted on the glacier, with thick walls, sturdy guard towers, and massive front gates. Not quite. Most of the Citadel lurks below the surface. The glacier is split, creating a deep fissure. Scourge forces lurk down there, and they have carved levels into either side of that massive split and created bridges, walkways and even solid floors across the gap. Not surprisingly, Icecrown Citadel is a cold, unforgiving place. It has no decorations, no furs or rugs, no fires, nothing to provide comfort or warmth. The Scourge creatures move silently from one problem to another, focused on their tasks. All manner of undead dwell here, including zombies, wraiths and beings composed of cold energy. At the bottom of the rift is the Frozen Throne, the heart of the Scourge and the Lich King’s personal seat. This throne is the remains of the block of ice that first brought Ner’zhul to Azeroth, the same block that held him prisoner until Arthas freed the ancient orc shaman and merged with him. Arthas sits on the Frozen Throne.”  wowiki.com

Now that we’ve been in Ice crown Citadel for almost 3 months; running for the 25 man for achievements as well as to complete the long sought after Shadowmorne for our resident Hellwolf. I find myself asking “Which of these fights do I consider the most memorable?”  As most of  you remember Ice Crown Citadel was, at least for our community, the turning point in serious raiding. Where we managed to turn from a two-bit guild that could barely manage to assemble a single ten man team to a serious and competitive raiding guild. Ice crown citadel put our community on the map as one of the top five raid guilds on the Uther server. I can think of  Many of the iconic battles inside Ice crown to be easily some of the best programmed battles of all time; comparable in my opinion only to some of the designs found back in the early burning crusade expansion. However, with so many to pick from I find it difficult to pick one that I consider to be the “best”.

Seeing as we are just about done our stint within the cold and hollowed out citadel I figured now would be as good a time as any to take a quick trip down memory lane. Are you able to pick a battle that you consider to be the best and most memorable? Was it Marrowgar with his now legendary “BONE STORM!” or was it dream walker with the healer challenging portals? Or maybe you still consider the Lich king himself to be the most incredible battle ever conceived. What do you think?