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by Mike Schramm 
Oct 30th 2009 at 2:37PM
For those of you who are spoiler-sensitive, details are behind the break.
Patch 3.3 is the last major patch of Wrath of the Lich King. With the new Icecrown Citadel 5-man dungeons and 10/25-man raid arriving soon, patch 3.3 will deal the final blow to the Arthas. WoW.com's Guide to Patch 3.3 will keep you updated with all the latest patch news.This one, however, has actually fallen into the hands of the Scourge -- it was wielded by a female blood elf warrior named Lana'thel who fell in battle against Arthas and Frostmourne, and was raised back as one of the San'layn, a small faction of vampiric blood elves forced to serve the Lich King (we'll be fighting them in Icecrown as well).
Lana'thel has apparently shattered the blade and spread it across Azeroth, and it'll be up to us, the heroes, to locate the pieces and combine them with "a source of great power" to reforge the blade. Bornakk confirms that yes, the blade will be wieldable by players. Can't wield blades? No worries -- the preview hints that if you don't want the blade, the elves will take it back "in exchange for a usable weapon." So everybody ends up happy. Sounds epic and all, but what's with these old lore figures shattering all of their most powerful weapons? Can't they just put them in a safe deposit box or something? Do you really need to completely shatter it and spread the pieces around the world every single time? Come on now.
Update: Bornakk also says this will be available from 5-man dungeons -- it will still require some instance-running and dedication, but it won't be as huge as the Hand of Ragnaros or the old AQ Scepter questline.
Filed under: Night Elves, Items, Fan stuff, Virtual selves, Blizzard, Quests, Blood Elves, Raiding
Reader Comments (Page 3 of 3)
Suzaku Oct 31st 2009 5:25PM
Just a fun additional note about this questline:
In Rise of the Lich King, Kael'thas informs Arthas that Elvish blades actually become stronger if they're broken and reforged. He does so while parrying Frostmourne with his own runeblade, Felo'melorn (Flamestrike), which had previously been wielded by his father and was shattered by Frostmourne. Kael reforged the blade and imbued it with magic and his own rage and need for vengeance.
On top of that, the questline involves plunging Quel'delar into the newly reignited Sunwell, now a source of the Light, thanks to M'uru's "spark".
So, Quel'delar should make a mighty fine epic for slaying Scourge.
Nixter Nov 3rd 2009 1:36PM
Lol, 'available from 5-man dungeons and won't be as huge as the Hand of Ragnaros or the old AQ Scepter questline' so in other words more ez-mode stuff for casuals. I was never able to do the AQ scepter questline until TBC but at least there was something for me to aspire to. ATM I've cleared all content in Wrath and got nothing to do.
P.S. Achievements are NOT content
Balynevil Nov 4th 2009 3:36PM
What really gets me is that once you have gone through great lengths to get this powerful weapon, if you can't wield it, these other elf factions just happen to have (pressumably) equaly as powerful weapons just sitting around waiting to be handed out. This, as opposed to actually USING these weapons against the Armies of the Lich King...
I mean, REALLY, you got some Staff/Mace/whatever that can rival in power the fabled blade of Quel'delar and you just keep it around hidden???
Oh, and if it is that powerful, where the hell was it when we were fighting off Ragnaros and the other not to be named baddies in BWL, old Naxx, ZG, etc...
C'mon guys, working for the survival of Azeroth here... HELP ME HELP YOU!!!
Gorgoroth Nov 12th 2009 2:17AM
Wow logic ≠ real life logic