Such clamor indeed piqued the interest of numerous players.
This was the future Lich King — if they could slay him, even a few strands of his hair would be coveted.
The key was that it was during a campaign in the storyline, and defeating Arthas could completely change the plot, a temptation no ordinary one. Although it was likely that the Elemental Lord of Ice would be credited with the kill, there wouldn't be a shortage of equipment drops.
Consequently, a throng of Horde players converged towards the center.
And then they collided head-on with fifteen hundred heavy cavalry.
Boom! The unstoppable charge of the Lordaeron Royal Knights plunged right into the cluster of players, skewering orc after orc with their lances.
These orc players were generally only between levels ten and twenty; facing the level forty-six Royal Knights of Lordaeron, they were as fragile as clay bricks, knocked over and sent flying in swathes.