World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

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massively multiplayer online role-playing game expansion video game expansion

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is a major expansion to Blizzard Entertainment’s MMORPG that introduces the icy continent of Northrend, the Death Knight hero class, and a storyline centered on the fallen prince Arthas Menethil as the Lich King.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King canonical	119
Wrath of the Lich King	46
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic	7
Wrath of the Lich King Classic	4
Wrath of the Lich King expansion	4
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King era	2
Fall of the Lich King	1
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Naxxramas 10/25 re-release)	1
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (lore)	1
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (reworked Naxxramas at level 80)	1
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (via Stormwind)	1
Wrath of the Lich King (Naxxramas re-release)	1
Wrath of the Lich King era	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2495905 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Context triple: [World of Warcraft, expansion, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King]

A. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor is a major expansion to Blizzard Entertainment’s MMORPG that sends players to an alternate-timeline Draenor to battle the Iron Horde and introduces features like garrisons and updated character models.
B. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the first major expansion to Blizzard Entertainment’s MMORPG World of Warcraft, introducing the Outland continent, the Blood Elf and Draenei races, and raising the level cap.
C. Curse of Naxxramas
Curse of Naxxramas is Hearthstone’s first single-player adventure expansion, themed around the Naxxramas raid from World of Warcraft and introducing numerous iconic cards and bosses.
D. World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is a major expansion to the long-running MMORPG World of Warcraft that takes players into the realms of the afterlife with new zones, covenants, and endgame systems.
E. World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the fantasy world of Azeroth, renowned for its expansive lore, cooperative gameplay, and long-standing cultural impact on online gaming.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Target entity description: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is a major expansion to Blizzard Entertainment’s MMORPG that introduces the icy continent of Northrend, the Death Knight hero class, and a storyline centered on the fallen prince Arthas Menethil as the Lich King.

A. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor is a major expansion to Blizzard Entertainment’s MMORPG that sends players to an alternate-timeline Draenor to battle the Iron Horde and introduces features like garrisons and updated character models.
B. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the first major expansion to Blizzard Entertainment’s MMORPG World of Warcraft, introducing the Outland continent, the Blood Elf and Draenei races, and raising the level cap.
C. Curse of Naxxramas
Curse of Naxxramas is Hearthstone’s first single-player adventure expansion, themed around the Naxxramas raid from World of Warcraft and introducing numerous iconic cards and bosses.
D. World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is a major expansion to the long-running MMORPG World of Warcraft that takes players into the realms of the afterlife with new zones, covenants, and endgame systems.
E. World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the fantasy world of Azeroth, renowned for its expansive lore, cooperative gameplay, and long-standing cultural impact on online gaming.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	massively multiplayer online role-playing game expansion ⓘ video game expansion ⓘ
classTypeIntroduced	hero class ⓘ
developer	Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
distribution	digital download ⓘ retail DVD ⓘ
expansionFor	World of Warcraft ⓘ
expansionNumber	2 ⓘ
faction	Alliance ⓘ Horde ⓘ
focusesOn	Arthas Menethil ⓘ
followedBy	World of Warcraft: Cataclysm ⓘ
genre	MMORPG ⓘ
introducedClass	Death Knight ⓘ
introducedContinent	Northrend ⓘ
introducedDungeon	Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom ⓘ Azjol-Nerub ⓘ Drak'Tharon Keep ⓘ Forge of Souls ⓘ Gundrak ⓘ Halls of Lightning ⓘ Halls of Reflection ⓘ Halls of Stone ⓘ Pit of Saron ⓘ The Nexus ⓘ The Oculus ⓘ The Violet Hold ⓘ Trial of the Champion ⓘ Utgarde Keep ⓘ
introducedProfessionFeature	Inscription ⓘ
introducedRaid	Icecrown Citadel ⓘ Naxxramas (level 80 version) ⓘ Onyxia's Lair (level 80 version) ⓘ The Eye of Eternity ⓘ The Obsidian Sanctum ⓘ Trial of the Crusader ⓘ Ulduar ⓘ Vault of Archavon ⓘ
introducedSystem	phasing technology ⓘ
maxLevelCap	80 ⓘ
musicComposer	Derek Duke ⓘ Glenn Stafford ⓘ Russell Brower ⓘ
notableCharacter	Bolvar Fordragon ⓘ Jaina Proudmoore ⓘ Sylvanas Windrunner ⓘ Thrall ⓘ Tirion Fordring ⓘ linked to: Highlord Tirion Fordring
notableZone	Borean Tundra ⓘ Crystalsong Forest ⓘ Dragonblight ⓘ Grizzly Hills ⓘ Howling Fjord ⓘ Icecrown ⓘ linked to: Icecrown Citadel Sholazar Basin ⓘ The Storm Peaks ⓘ Zul'Drak ⓘ
partOf	World of Warcraft ⓘ
platform	Microsoft Windows ⓘ linked to: Windows macOS ⓘ
precededBy	World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade ⓘ
previousMaxLevelCap	70 ⓘ
primaryAntagonist	Arthas Menethil ⓘ The Lich King ⓘ linked to: The Frozen Throne
publisher	Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
rating	T for Teen ⓘ
ratingSystem	ESRB ⓘ
releaseDate	2008-11-13 ⓘ
releaseRegion	Australia ⓘ China ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ South Korea ⓘ
requiresExpansion	World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade ⓘ
requiresGame	World of Warcraft ⓘ
setting	Northrend ⓘ
theme	undead Scourge ⓘ linked to: Scourge
usesEngine	World of Warcraft engine ⓘ

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