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name=Anub'arak|
gender=[[Male]]|
race=[[Nerubian]]|
affiliation=[[The Scourge (Warcraft)|The Scourge]]|
occupation=Nerubian Crypt Lord and follower of Ner'zhul;<br />former [[Monarch|King]] of Azjol-Nerub|
character=Crypt Lord}}


'''Anub'arak''' is a [[fictional character]] in the [[Warcraft universe]] &mdash; a [[fictional universe]] in which a series of games and books are set.

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==History==
Anub'arak debuted in [[Warcraft III]], in the Scourge campaign. Before joining the Scourge, he was a  Nerubian living in the kingdom of Azjol-Nerub, up in the lands of Northrend. As the former [[King]] of [[Azjol-Nerub]], Anub'arak was among the [[Nerubian|Nerubians]] slaughtered in the [[War of the Spider]] who were ritually [[mummy|mummified]]. When Azjol-Nerub was crushed and the surviving Nerubians scattered, [[Ner'zhul|Ner'zhul the Lich King]]  raised the high lords of the spider kingdom as [[undead]] to do his bidding, and Anub'arak was among them. 

Now a malicious [[Crypt Lord]], Anub'arak used his powers to purge the snow swept landscape of any remaining resistance to the reign of the Lich King. Despite the pleas from his former subjects, he massacred many Nerubians who stood in his way. 

==Role as a henchman of Arthas==
Anub'arak was sent south to meet [[Arthas Menethil]] when he arrived at Icecrown. Anub'arak saved the dark prince from an attack by [[Blood Elf|Blood Elves]] before he introduced himself and told Arthas of Ner'zhul's plans. Anub'arak helped Arthas to establish a [[military base|base]] and masterminded the attack on [[Sapphiron]]. Anub'arak told Arthas that it would take far too long to fight their way through the Kael and Vashj's expansive forces, and formulated a plan to go through the underground ruins of Azjol-Nerub to reach Icecrown, but warned that it would be a perilous journey. 

Anub'arak led Arthas into the ruined spider kingdom, negating many perilous traps along the way, but all the while, he fought many of his former subjects, the living Nerubians, who called him the traitor king for serving the Lich King, who had destroyed Nerub. 

As they entered the kingdom, they encountered survivors of Muradin's expedition, now led by Baelgun, who reported that an ancient evil had been released beneath the kingdom, and that they would not allow any to open the Inner Kingdom's doors. Anub'arak and Arthas destroyed the troublesome [[Dwarves (Warcraft)|Dwarves]] and broke into the Inner Kingdom. Soon, they came upon the evil the dwarves had spoken of - the Faceless Ones - strange, malformed creatures who had been imprisoned beneath the earth in ages long forgotten. They even faced off with a Forgotten One, a creature of great power and resilience. 

Upon entering the Upper Kingdom, an earthquake separated Anub'arak from Arthas, and Anub'arak and his minions dug fervently through the rubble to get to Arthas before he killed himself in one of the many [[booby trap]]s laden throughout the halls of Nerub. Impressed at Arthas' resilience, when he found him, Anub'arak quickly ushered him out of Nerub and to the surface, where they were immediately engaged with Illidan and his servants in a battle for the Frozen Throne. 

Anub'arak was quick to the [[battle]], defending Arthas as he magically activated the four [[obelisk|obelisks]] surrounding Icecrown's pinnacle. Finally, all four were active, and Anub'arak stood by as Arthas climbed the stairs to his destiny.

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