Wraith King

Trivia

 * Prior to December 13 of 2013, "Ostarion, the Wraith King" was known as  "Ostarion, the Skeleton King".
 * On December 10 of 2013, Skeleton King was removed from the game for "pressing ceremonial reasons". After the Wraith Night event, he returned as the Wraith King.
 * His model was completely reworked from the previous skeleton model to the current model. His color theme was changed from red to green and all his icons were changed accordingly.
 * He also got a new voice set, by the same voice actor who also voiced Skeleton King previously. Skeleton King's responses can be found "here".
 * For The International 10 Battle Pass, however, Skeleton King would return as an, which can be acquired by players that reach Level 375.


 * In DotA 1, Wraith King's (who is still known as the Skeleton King in DotA 1) name is "Leoric". This is a reference to the Skeleton King of Diablo who is also named Leoric. In the transition to Dota 2, his name was changed to Ostarion to avoid copyright issues.


 * Copyright issues may also be a reason to why Skeleton King was remodeled and re-titled into Wraith King. Another likely factor for the remodeling was to solve many cosmetic item conflicts with the low-violence model which was made for the Perfect World client. A low-violence model was required for Skeleton King due to strict policies in China against the usage of skeletons in video games.


 * Wraith King's responses for buying vo_skeleton_king_wraith_items_02.mp3 "I NOW HAVE ALL THE SEXY", buying a  vo_skeleton_king_wraith_items_18.mp3 "Oh, Rapier. NOW YOUR KING IS BALLING OUT OF CONTROL!" and his battle begin line vo_skeleton_king_wraith_ally_01.mp3 "I'LL HELP MY WEAK AND PUNY ALLIES WHERE I CAN." are a reference to a popular DotA hero guide called "CAPS LOCK LEORIC".
 * When Dota Plus first emerged with the use of a Hero's responses, many community members asked Valve to properly make the text of all of Wraith King's lines in all caps, which was done after multiple requests.


 * In several responses, he refers to himself as the "Once and Future King", which is also a title for the legendary King Arthur.


 * One of Wraith King's lines is "We'll lead as three kings" when he activates an . This line is a reference to the three kings or three wise men story from Christmas.

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