The confusion about Death Knights

Hey All!,

Yesterday there were a lot of people thinking of making a death knight and wondering which char they should "sacrifice". This is however a mistake. You will not need to remove a character (huzzah!) you just need to have an alt/main above lvl 55 to be able to create a death knight, the death knight takes up another slot in the character selection screen (so keep at least one empty until the expansion arrives!) you will keep your previous alts/mains.

Also ripped this off http://wotlkwiki.info/index.php/Deathknight

"The Death Knight is the first Hero Class in World of Warcraft. All races can be Death Knights.

At this time, the criteria for creating a Death Knight will be the existence of a level 55+ (confirmed on the official website) character on the player's account. Once that criteria is met, the player can create one Death Knight per realm. This is a second and separate character from your original character and can be created as soon as one of the existing characters in your account reaches level 55. After making a Death Knight, you will not lose the access to any of your existing characters.

The Death Knight will start at level 55 in a necropolis floating over the Eastern Plaguelands (See our Ebon Hold section), with multiple spells and abilities ready to use, including a level 30 equivalent skeletal Deathcharger mount. Through the Death Knight-specific quests in this necropolis, the character learns to master the power of the Death Knight and learns to use this new power for their will. Quests will take them outside the necropolis and into an area within the Eastern Plaguelands. They will start with various greens and blues for equipment. (Starting Gear Images: 1, 2)

The death knight combines martial prowess with dark, necromantic energies. Players might be familiar with the death knight from previously released Warcraft games -- most recently, in the campaigns for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and the Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne expansion, the former paladin Arthas became a death knight and wrought havoc across Azeroth before fusing with the spirit of Ner'zhul to become the Lich King. It is important to note that these particular Death Knights are based upon those created by the Lich King in Warcraft III, not those of Orcish origin as seen in WarCraft II"

Hope it was useful

//JoE