A personal runeblade. This dream was fulfilled by a jeweler who recreated the legendary blade Frostmourne from World of Warcraft.
If World of Warcraft has one thing, it’s quite passionate fans. It becomes particularly interesting when these fans also possess extraordinary talents or engage in an exciting craft. Because then, fans can express their love for the game through unique projects, creating one-of-a-kind pieces that only they own.
This was also thought by a jeweler from Vienna, Febo from Goldschmiedemanufaktur Avalone. He dedicated a tremendous amount of time to a project to create the legendary Warcraft weapon Frostgram – made of gold and silver. The result is a piece of jewelry that does not exist anywhere else in the world.
What is Frostgram? While there are numerous named weapons throughout the Warcraft cosmos, none is as famous and infamously recognized as Frostgram. Known originally as “Frostmourne,” it is a runeblade that Prince Arthas receives during the campaign of Warcraft III in Northrend. The weapon grants him immense power, with which he attempts to save his kingdom, but it also corrupts the user.
Frostgram is capable of devouring the souls of its victims and resurrecting the fallen as undead servants afterward. Few weapons in video game history are as well-known as Arthas’s runeblade, the Lich King.
The English video from jeweler Febo is embedded here:
How much work went into it? “Enormously much” might still be an understatement. Many, many days have gone into the project of the Frostgram piece of jewelry. Febo himself gives some key data in his video:
- More than 700 working hours
- 38 days of filming
- 124 individual elements that were then merged into 43 different components
How much does the sword cost? Those hoping to buy the runeblade as a perfect piece of jewelry will have to be disappointed. The sword is not for sale, but was a passion project of Febo. When asked how much it would cost, he only replied that it would likely be “very expensive”—no surprise, given the skill and the numerous working hours invested in this Frostgram project.
Frostgram is based on Warcraft III: Reforged: At the end of his video, Febo explains why he actually did this. He has played and loved the Warcraft games over many years. His final design is based on the Frostgram from Warcraft III: Reforged. He explains:
Because Frostgram has been featured in the Warcraft lore since 2004 and in various games with different representations, I had to decide which design to use. I chose the design from Warcraft III: Reforged—and I know everyone hates Reforged—but for me, that’s still the best version of Frostgram, and it definitely has the most details. And I love details.
An impressive piece of craftsmanship that also shows how much work and detail actually goes into making jewelry.
Definitely not comparable to the 3-second casts of a jeweler in World of Warcraft.
Meanwhile, Warcraft III: Reforged is “really okay” – after 31 months, the game is complete.
