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Kil’jaeden (pronounced Kill-jay-den) is a powerful eredar demon lord and is the acting leader of the Burning Legion. Selected twenty-five thousand years ago as the chief lieutenant of Sargeras, he was ranked above the now-deceased demon lord, Archimonde.  While Archimonde had led the Legion’s armies, Kil’jaeden’s agenda was to assimilate every race possible into the folds of the Burning Legion. Since the apparent banishment of Sargeras, he has assumed the role of supreme commander.

He is also notable as the creator of the Lich King.

Twenty-five millennia ago, the world of Argus was the home of the wondrous eredar civilization, a race of natural magic-wielders. Kil’jaeden, respected for his intelligence, a genius among a race of geniuses, quickly rose to become one of the three most prominent leaders of the eredar, along with his colleague Archimonde and best friend, Velen.

Kil’jaeden had loved Velen as a brother. Eredar society was shattered when these three leaders were contacted by Sargeras the Destroyer. Sargeras offered a deal: in exchange for their loyalty, the eredar would gain untold power and prestige. Kil’jaeden and Archimonde readily accepted, though Velen curiously held back.

Kil’jaeden, The Deceiver, is the last boss in the Sunwell Plateau raid instance. Anveena, Kalecgos, and the Blue Dragonflight play a role in this encounter.

Since the Sunwell Plateau instance was revealed, Kil’jaeden was the most powerful boss in the game pre-WotLK. On May 20th, 2008, the 3rd gate of the Sunwell Plateau was brought down on US Servers unlocking the encounter.

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Great demonic wings fan out behind the horned, malefic
figure. Standing nearly 7 112 feet tall, the creature’s
night elf heritage is evident in its violet skin, longears, and
flowingbluehair. It wears tattered cloth pants that do little
to conceal its cloven hooves. Jagged tattoos cover its bare
chest and arms. It wears a ragged bandage around its head
that covers its eyes. It carries two massive warglaives -
each etched with demonic runes of power.

Description
Illidan Stormrage was one of the heroes who stood
against the Burning Legion during the War of the
Ancients nearly 10,000 years ago. As an immortal
night elf, his passion for magic and lust for power
drove him to the brink of madness. Fearing that he
would become an even greater threat than the Legion,
his twin brother Malfurion imprisoned Illidan beneath
the earth for centuries. During the Legion’s
most recent invasion, Illidan was released to aid his
countrymen once again. During the battle, however,
he selfishly consumed a powerful demonic artifact
known as the Skull of Gul’dan. With the artifact’s
power flowing through him, Illidan became a hybrid
creature with demonic powers all his own.
Recently, Illidan entered into a pact with the demon
Kil’jaeden and swore to destroy the FrozenThrone
of Icecrown for the Burning Legion. Illidan gathered
the insidious naga and wayward blood elves to his
cause and set out to fulfill his charge. Yet Illidan was
defeated by the Death Knight Arthas and forced into
exile in the extradimensional wastes of Outland.

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The armored figure moves with a dark grace and
confidence. Fiery blue eyes glare out from the depths of a
heavy black iron helm. Tufts of long white hair stream out
from beneath the helm as well. The armoredfigure wears
a royal blue cloak trimmed with white fur and carries a
massive runeblade etched with glowing sigils of unholy
frost. His crooked grin implies untold power and endless
hatred for the living.

Description
Kil’jaeden, one of the lords of the Burning Legion,
first created the Lich King to wreak havoc and terror
across Azeroth. To this end, the orc Ner’zhul was
transformed into a wraith-like being of unlimited
psionic and necromantic power. Though his spirit was
trapped inside the Frozen Throne of Icecrown, Ner’zhul
sent out a plague of undeath that nearly scoured
humanity from the world.
Mighty as he was, Ner’zhul searched for a pawn that
could free his spirit from the Frozen Throne and act as
a host body for his unbridled power. By masterminding
the downfall of shining Lordaeron, Ner’zhul
succeeded in corrupting the kingdom’s arrogant young
prince, Arthas Menethil. Ultimately, Arthas was lured
to the Frozen Throne and used the cursed runeblade
Frostmourne to shatter it forever. Ner’zhul’s vile spirit
took possession of the evil prince’s body. Now they
exist as a singular all-powerful entity: the Lich King.

Combat
The Lich King leads off with a mind blast and
quickened sound burst, then another mind blast and a
quickened telekinesis literally to throw his enemies
into disarray. While they struggle with the effects of
these attacks, the Lich King summons various forms of
undead to send at them. Once the undeadseparate the
group sufficiently, the Lich King unloads all manner
of violent frost-based spells. Anyone left standing
must contend with the Lich King himself as he wields
Frostmourne into melee combat

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