Sunday, September 28, 2008

First Encounter With The Lich King In Northrend

So far, Dragonblight is topping Borean Tundra from a lore perspective.

Horde are driven to Dragonblight with a clear sense of direction. The Taunka are abandoning Taunka'le Village because they feel a massive scourge assault is imminent. You escort a Taunka refugee to Icemist, their capital city, only to find it over-run with Nerubians. The few surviving Taunka refugees pledge their loyalty to the Horde. Once you rescue their chieftain from Icemist Village he makes it official, pledging his loyalty to the Horde as their faction leader.

While poking around in Icemist, you find a Flesh-Bound Tome filled with the language of the Scourge. There's only one person in town who understands the language of the Scourge, a former Death Knight you may remember of the starting zone: Koltira Deathweaver.


Rather than being grateful to you for saving his life back in the day, he's actually kind of an asshole. He sends you on a few errands to recharge his rune blade with Blood, Unholy, and Frost power from less evil sources. After you return with the filled gems of power, he goes emo on you, and sends you to the Realm of Shadows to fight his inner demons. It seemed pretty straightforward, but after a few kills I heard the Lich King's voice, and I turn around to see this:

The Lich King sees you in his Realm of Shadows, and stops by to tell you all your efforts are in vain. A surprise visit from the Lich King cements this as an excellent quest line, but I've got a long way to go until I get to see the Wrath Gate event.

- Andtaxes

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