Arc Warden

Trivia

 * Arc Warden was first teased on day 3 of the New Bloom 2015 update page, where he's frozen within a glacier. His head, a shoulder pad and hand are partially visible.
 * After being teased in the update that officially added Winter Wyvern to the game, he ended up being the next hero to be ported over from DotA1.


 * The line vo_arc_warden_arcwar_kill_12.mp3 "You will just have to accept this, and move on." is a reference to a Dota 2 based web cartoon "The Dota 2 Reporter", where it is a recurring gag for the characters to question the game's logic, only to be answered by this line.


 * The lines vo_arc_warden_arcwar_attack_15.mp3 "Doggedly." and vo_arc_warden_arcwar_move_22.mp3 "Hounding." are references to Arc Warden's former appearance in DotA, where its model was that of a Gnoll, a canine-like creature from Warcraft. Its rivalry lines towards, vo_arc_warden_arcwar_rival_20.mp3 "Inferior form." and vo_arc_warden_arcwar_rival_21.mp3 "Apex predator, you are not. ", are also a nudge to this.


 * A lot of Arc Warden's lore and responses reference the work of the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung.
 * Arc Warden's focal point of unification is based on the psychological concept of individuation. Put in simple terms, in Jungian Psychology, the concept of individuation is when the conscious ego combines with the unconscious shadow, creating "the Self". Arc Warden exclusively refers to itself as "The Self". 's concept also references this, with Arc Warden representing the conscious ego, and the Tempest Double representing the unconscious shadow. As stated in the ability's lore, Arc Warden despises this ability, since it brings disharmony; Arc Warden can only be The Self if not split apart.
 * Some of Jung's work is also reflected in Arc Warden's abilities, like how is only harmful when the target is alone, i.e. not united with their allies, or how  only works against enemies outside its area of effect. 's ability description also states that it affects its target by "fusing" with them.
 * vo_arc_warden_arcwar_rare_01.mp3 "From the Primordial Consciousness all came. Return to it, all must." refers to the pyschological concept of the Collective Unconscious, which refers to the unconscious mind and shared mental concepts. This term was also coined by Carl Gustav Jung.

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