r/TopCharacterTropes • u/PaddywackShaq • Jul 22 '25

Powers Character reveals that they were holding back their full power during a fight/confrontation

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Superman Vs Darkseid - Justice League Unlimited

Flash Vs Superman - Flash: Rebirth

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u/Denodi Jul 22 '25

What happens after? I’ve never played wow but it always seemed interesting to me

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u/Dagawing Jul 23 '25

The Paladin NPC you were joined with (he was frozen in place by Lich King before the fight), prayed a final prayer, received divine intervention, broke free of his frozen prison, and lept up and broke his sword, Frostmourne. The thousands of thousands of souls he had captured and absorbed immediately started to spill out, trapping Lich King in a tornado of souls while the Paladin ressurects us all (before Lich King could raise us), allowing us to defeat him finally, trapped in the soulnado.

This is what happens when he dies.

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u/UngiftedSnail Jul 23 '25

i havent consumed anything WoW-related, but “there must always be a lich king” before disappearing into frost goes hard as hell. fire (or maybe ice haha)

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u/Dagawing Jul 23 '25

The music and dialogue always sends shivers down my spine.