Артас: Возвышение короля-лича

           Someheldcensors,whichswayedalmosthypnotically.Othersborelargecandles.Onecarriedanembroideredbluestole.Arthashadbeenintroducedtomanyofthemearlier,butfoundthattheirnameshadgonerightoutofhishead.Thatwasunusualforhim—hewasgenuinelyinterestedinthosewhoworkedforhimandservedunderhim,andmadeanefforttogettoknowalltheirnames.

           ArchbishopFaolaskedtheclericstobestowtheirblessingsuponArthas.Theydid,theonewhoborethebluestolecomingforwardtodrapeitabouttheprince’sneckandanointinghisbrowwithholyoil.

           "BythegraceoftheLight,mayyourbrethrenbehealed,"theclericsaid.

           FaolturnedtothemenonArthas’sright."KnightsoftheSilverHand,ifyoudeemthismanworthy,placeyourblessingsuponhim."

           Incontrasttothefirstgroup,thesemen,standingatattentioninheavy,gleamingplatearmor,wereallknowntoArthas.TheyweretheoriginalpaladinsoftheSilverHand,anditwasthefirsttimetheyhadassembledsincetheirinductionmanyyearspast.Uther,ofcourse;TirionFordring,agingbutstillpowerfulandgraceful,nowgovernorofHearthglen;thesix-and-a-half-footSaidanDathrohan,andthepious,bushy-beardedGavinrad.Onewasmissingfromtheirnumber—Turalyon,righthandtoAnduinLotharintheSecondWar,whowaslostwiththecompanythathadventuredthroughtheDarkPortalwhenArthaswastwelve.