A Fateful Encounter


 * ''For the minion card, see The Lich King.
 * For the final boss of the Knights of the Frozen Throne missions, see The Lich King (boss).

A Fateful Encounter is a boss encounter found in the Knights of the Frozen Throne missions. It is the first and only encounter of the first wing, The Prologue.

The encounter starts with the player controlling Jaina Proudmoore facing The Lich King. After a quick defeat, the player is raised as Frost Lich Jaina, and combats Tirion Fordring in battle. After defeating Tirion, the player is purified from The Lich King's control.

Decks
The class column in the tables below is included purely for reference, and have no effect on the boss' use of the cards during the battle.

Player
Jaina's starting deck contains only cards with a Mana cost of 4 or more, making them unplayable throught the first part of the mission. However, on turn 3 the player does not really draw a card: despite the visual effect the Magma Rager "drawn" is actually directly generated and does not come from the deck.
 * Jaina Proudmoore

For the second stage of the fight, Jaina uses a 25-card deck; now the Lich King gives the player a Death Knight card every even turn up to and including 10.
 * Frost Lich Jaina

The Lich King
Beginning the Icecrown Adventure
 * The Lich King
 * ''Icecrown! Come for the terrible power. Stay... because you're dead.

Before match
 * The Lich King
 * ''Come, champion! I will annihilate you and disenchant you for Arcane Dust!

Introduction Greeting
 * The Lich King
 * ''Choose your cards carefully. You have been dealt your last.

Turn 1
 * The Lich King
 * ''My cards are so good...

Emote Response
 * The Lich King
 * ''Your pleas for mercy ring hollow.

Idle
 * The Lich King
 * ''Go ahead. End your turn, so that I can end you!

Ending turn
 * Tirion Fordring
 * ''Have no fear, champion! We are on our way.

The Lich King's First Turn
 * The Lich King
 * Behold my power. *Plays Blood Tap and Army of the Dead* ''Hahaha - THAT's my opener! This isn't even my aggressive deck.

Turn 2
 * Tirion Fordring
 * ''We're almost there! How are things going? Good?

The Lich King's Second Turn
 * The Lich King
 * ''None can save you. My power is absolute.

Attacking with Frostmourne
 * The Lich King
 * ''Your ranking will suffer.
 * Tirion Fordring
 * ''Hold fast, champion! Have faith that providence will deliver in your time of need.

Turn 3
 * Jaina Proudmoore
 * *Draws Magma Rager* ''Are you serious right now?
 * The Lich King
 * ''You, too, will serve.

The Lich King's Third Turn
 * Tirion Fordring
 * Champion, we're just about ready to- *The Lich King plays Bolster* What!? *Jaina dies*

Defeat?
 * The Lich King
 * Rise up, mage. Your work is not complete. *The Lich King revives Frost Lich Jaina* Join me. The living will tremble and the dead will obey.

Tirion Fordring
Greeting
 * Tirion Fordring
 * ''What is this? What have you become!?

Emote Response
 * Tirion Fordring
 * ''I don't even know you anymore!

Turn 1
 * The Lich King
 * ''Now, champion, clear this worthless trash from my doorstep.
 * Frost Lich Jaina
 * ''I hear the whispers... of the dead...

Eager Rogue
 * Tirion Fordring
 * ''You face the finest adventurers of Azeroth!
 * Eager Rogue
 * ''I got this!

Terrible Tank
 * Terrible Tank
 * ''Where are my heals?
 * Tirion Fordring
 * ''Why aren't you taunting?

Turn 4
 * The Lich King
 * ''My hordes of undead are yours to command.

A. F. Kay
 * A. F. Kay
 * ''humming
 * Tirion Fordring
 * ''Pay attention!

Warlock on Fire dies
 * Tirion Fordring
 * ''I'm going to need some better adventurers...

Turn 8
 * The Lich King
 * ''Make them suffer.

Turn 10
 * The Lich King
 * ''Mercy is for the weak.

Defeating Tirion
 * Tirion Fordring
 * *Divine Shield* ''Stay your hand!

Victory
 * Tirion Fordring
 * Hero, your will is your own. Turn against the Lich King's call! *Turns Jaina back to normal*
 * Jaina Proudmoore
 * ''We must... resist...

Trivia

 * The Frost Lich Jaina shown in this mission does not have the Lifesteal effect on the Water Elementals that the real card has. This may be because the hero is forced to replace the original hero, thus its battlecry is not activated.
 * The Tirion Fordring shown in the dialogues (and the hero itself) are from The Grand Tournament expansion.
 * In Patch 19.4.1.72661, this battle had a bug that caused The Lich King to often not deal damage to the player, thus allowing to win in the first stage.

Patch changes

 * Added.