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Ya know, this has actually sorta vexxed me for a while myself. For all intensive purposes, Arthas really is supposed to be the biggest threat to Azeroth, seeing as every other threat to attack the world has been beaten back, but the Scourge actually succeeded in what it was set to do. The Legion? They've had their butts kicked twice. The Illidari had to go to another planet, because some unnamed entity beat their leader into the ground. The Horde and Alliance have an uneasy peace, but each side has defeated the other at one point or another (WC1-horde, WC2-ally). The scourge on the other hand, was sent to Azeroth to decimate the defences of the eastern kingdoms (done), and bring the Burning legion into the world (done). THen they were discarded... and the legion lost.

Personally, I think Arthas/Ner'Zhul are playing a chess game, waiting for their opposition to wear themselves out, and he takes the spoils. Still, I think it would be in everyone's collective best interests to NOT allow Arthas to take the initiative... ya know. He kinda has the Dr Doom thing going on, in that even when he loses, the loss was calculated in the plans in the first place.

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