With the Lich King's desire to spread the plague of undeath over Azeroth swiftly, he presented one of his most prestige servants, the lich Kel'Thuzad, with the hovering citadel of Naxxramas, a dreadful platform for the Scourge's base of operations. Regular assaults from the Scarlet Crusade and Argent Dawn factions destabilized the protection of the suspended citadel, making it possible for an incursion that brought about Kel'Thuzad's defeat. Even so, a traitor amid the positions of the knightly order of the Argent Dawn escaped with Kel'Thuzad's cursed remains and fled to Northrend, where the the once defeated Kel'Thuzad could be brought back to life