The continuation of Warcraft III is here! “Ten Years... Of waiting” Says the Lich King “Ten Years of eternal Slumber…” Ten years after the events of The Frozen Throne, the Lich King has finally awoken from his deep frozen slumber. The Undead have been as quiet as ever and were thought to have vanished from the face of the planet Azeroth. The new Lich King, combined with the Death Knight Arthas, has been frozen to the icey Throne in Northrend and the Alliance thinks the Undead have vanished or retreated. Some still think that the Undead are alive, waiting to attack on the Lich Kings orders. These people know the Undead can’t of retreated when they were already so successful. But what they do not know is that the Undead are secretly building up a massive weapon, and it is only just beginning to form in Northrend... Warcraft 4: The Awakening will feature five epic campaigns and over fifteen melee maps featuring new units, new mechanics, and of course new Heroes!
The Basilisks were the Defenders of the Frozen throne (as you can see when you are in the Wc3: TFT menu there are serpents in the waters)and when the Lich King awoke from his ten year slumber, he rose the beasts and used him in his army of the Dead. These speedy Snakes gain a temporary speed boost when ordered to attack a position.