Hello everyone!
Most of you are probably familiar with the legendary questline given by Wrathion during
mists of pandaria, but there was also one specifically for rogues given during the cataclysm.
I never bothered to finish up the questline, but we did so on stream so today I can finally
tell the tale of how Wrathion went about recruiting rogues to murder his family.
This tale all begins in the Badlands where we help out Dolph Blastus with the local ogres
who sends us over to Rhea at Lethior Ravine.
She's came by their town not long agon, looking for some parts for her studies but
the safety goggles took a little bit longer to collect.
We get to deliver them to her and while we're at it, we might aswell help her out with what
she's trying to do in the badlands.
You see, Rhea is actually Rheastrasza, member of the red dragonflight on the mission of
bringing redemption to the black dragonflight.
They've been corrupted by the old gods for a very, very long time and she's trying
to find some way of fixing that.
To get that done, she has collect a couple of wild black dragon eggs, the corpses of
slain scalding whelps and the stolen eggs from the black dragon Nyxondra.
They've been 'encouraging' her to lay these eggs and as you might imagine, she's
not too happy about them being taken away from her, but a few punches weakens her enough
to steal what we need.
Cruel?
Perhaps...but not nearly as cruel as the treatment that their dragonflight showed Rhea's mistress
as they've been responsible for many gruesome acts, amongst it the enslavement of the red
dragonflight and forcing Alexstraza to breed more children which the orcs could use for
war.
All the same, our motives are a little bit better.
The red dragonflight is trying to create an uncorrupted black dragon, one that will live
beyond Deathwing's treachery and will soar as the noble earth warder once again.
She's not along in this mission as the gnome, dokter Hieronymus Blam, analyses the samples
we bring him while we hold of waves of troggs trying to overrun the area.
Sadly, all 3 samples hold traces of corruption.
It doesn't matter if the black dragon is still an egg, a grown whelpling or taken away
from its mother...all of them show the same corruption from the old gods.
There might be something, a very long shot that could help our mission out.
Archeologists in the area have uncovered a new set of titan ruins beneath the sands.
If there's anything older and wiser than dragons, it's the titans.
We investigate the ruins, solve some puzzles, take out the warden and the sentinel and we
end up with our prize.
A small, circular device known as the Eye of the Watchers is found within the titan's
trove.
Upon activating it, it goes around scanning our samples, finding the corruption as before,
but this time it's able to remove the anomaly, to remove the corruption and combine all 3
into one purified black dragon egg.
The future of the black dragonflight may lie within this shell so it has to be kept safe,
away from the other black dragons.
Nyxondra, the mother who's eggs we stole has been able to escape and sounded the alarm
amongst her flight.
almost half of them are searching the area looking for this egg so while Rhea takes care
of hiding it, we take care of some of the strongest black dragons and even Nyxondra
herself.
With the major black dragons out of the Badlands, it should be safe to move the egg again as
Rheastrasza invites us to meet her at the Hidden clutch.
But keeping things a secret from someone like Deathwing is no easy task.
He knows exactly what we're trying to do and is not happy with our plans.
No mercy is shown as he burns everything inside the cave, Rhea, the egg, and all hope for
an uncorrupted future of the black dragons.
Luckily Rhea planned ahead and the egg was actually one of her own while the good dokter
already made sure to transport the uncorrupted black dragon egg somewhere safe.
It will continue to grow, out of Deathwing's sight and for quite some time we don't hear
anything else about the egg.
Not until near our adventure within the Cataclysm as the armies of the horde and the alliance
as well as the different dragonflights and the shaman thrall team up to take on Deathwing
and his forces at Wyrmrest Temple.
At the path of the titans we run into Lord Afrasastrasz, the commander of the wyrmrest
temple defenses and as a rogue we've gained quite a reputation among the flight as having
– shall we say – nimble fingers.
They need someone with our skills, but before he reveals anything more, they need to know
that we're the right person for the job.
What better way to prove that then to pickpocket Hagara the Stormbinder who carries a cryptomancer's
decoder ring.
Rings like these are capable of decoding even the most complicated of ciphers.
Unfortunately, the ring is useless until it is charged.
That's where the Ethereal thaumaturge in our capital city comes in who's willing
to charge it up, but it does come with a price.
10.000 gold to be exact and not even threatening to kill him in his sleep will change that,
since the ethereal has simply stopped sleeping.
12 hours later and our ring is charged ready to be put to work for Corastrasza in the Twilight
Highlands.
It was here within the Vermillion Redoubt where they decided to hide the egg, but days
ago it disappeared.
Whoever did it was able to elude their sharpest guards.
One of the thieves was killed during the abduction, although now they believe that he may just
have been a diversion.
They have found a note on his corpse, our only clue and after deciphering the singed
cipher, we end up with this message:
Much of the codes missive was destroyed by fire, what we can make out says:
His calling...the will of Grand Master Fahrad that we act by dawn tomorrow.
The one who calls is restless....renewed urgency... musn't forgo the element of surprise...an
eventuality, you must divert attention away from the object... but with all luck attributed
to the Twilight's hammer... after the operation is done, both groups will reconvene back at
Ravenholdt Manor.
May you be fleet of foot and quiet of blade.
Burn this.
But they didn't and our clue leads us to Ravenholdt Manor, home to the ravenholdt guild
who only accept the finest thieves and assassins in the world.
Mostrasz is kind enough to carry us on his back and give us a ride to the manor.
Mostrasz: "Let's move out, friend!
There's no time to lose."
"If they have the egg, it's too dangerous to risk an all-out assault.
You'll need to sneak in there, find out what they're up to...And retrieve the egg
at any cost.
" "Quiet now!
We'll form up a plan within this cave..."
Just beyond this cave is our destination which we need to reach unseen so we stealth past
the members of Ravenholdt, being very careful not to piss them off and sapping any who might
catch us sneaking around.
In the back we find a very convenient rope which gives us access to the roof and a unsecured
vent, easy access without being spotted as we make our way down.
In the basement we find what we came for, our uncorrupted egg, now cracked open and
its contents....gone.
"That's right, mortal.
The prize you seek no longer sleeps within a shell.
Here I am: in the flesh."
"I'm not some trophy for a red dragons mantel piece and I'm never going back."
"Don't look so surprised.
We dragon are continence, even within our shells.
As I grew, I could hear the plotting and scheming.
I was to be born a prisoner, but I am one of a kind.
A black dragon, raised free from the taint of my fathers corruption and that's how
I intend to stay...free."
"Somehow you managed to elude all of my guards.
You slipped in here like a ghost, that makes you...valuable to me.
Lets talk" Aaaaa
"Your highness...we caught this beast snooping around the caves just outside the compound."
"I'm not afraid of you!
Wait...who are you?"
"You don't recognize your former prisoner?"
SLAP "Shall we execute him my prince?"
"No, I want him to deliver a message to the red dragonflight.
Tell them that I am free of my father's madness and I will be free of them as well.
I am to be left alone.
This will be my first and only warning."
"But...but Deathwing's minions may have you killed."
"Deathwing's minions should be afraid of me.
Get him out of here!"
KICK "And...Fahrad?"
"Yes, sir?"
"Break his legs."
Uhooooo CRUNCHHH ROAAAAARgggg "Now then, my new friend.
We have much to talk about."
"As you know, Black Dragons frequently disguise themselves as humanoids in order to tamper
with mortal affairs."
"While the house of my mad father collapses around him, the few remaining black dragons
have gone into hiding."
"But...I can still sense them.
My cowardly brothers and sisters will cause untold suffering if we allow them to stay
in the shadows.
More over...they are a threat to me."
"That's where you come in.
Help us to slay them all, and I will reward you handsomely."
"Your first target is here, in the ruins of Gilneas.
I've lost some of my best man already; let's see if you can fare any better."
"If you live through this...I assure you it will be worth it."
The Black Dragon Wrathion, self-proclaimed prince has hatched from the egg, uncorrupted...unique...just
as the red dragons wanted but with a free will and not too happy about being used for
schemes and plots even before his birth.
He claims that Deathwing is his father, but the only dragon ever to survive mating with
the aspect did not get out of it without some permanent scars and we know that his mother
bore none of these so Deathwing is not actually his father.
He might mean the father of all black dragons, but all the same...he has need of us.
We can be usefull and in order to join his cause and slaughter all black dragon in hiding,
we have to prove ourselves by taking down Hiram Creed.
He's amassing an army in Gilneas and Zazzo Twinklefingers, a very craft arcane mage,
is our contact just outside the ruins of the capital.
He lets us know that the city has been in chaos for days now.
Creed, disguised as a Gilnean, has infected the worgen with his own draconic blood.
Even the Forsaken are having trouble dealing with them so only a surgical assassination
can clean up this mess.
We sneak through the city, making sure to stay out of the air because they'd spot
us immediately, until we find our target.
Now of course this is a cataclysm questline so the targets are a lot easier to take down
then they used to be, but this one was doable for pretty much anyone.
He places a void zone on the floor, has a frontal cone shadow breath attack and does
something called blackhow's will which deals a whole bunch of damage and drains all your
energy.
Going into stealth pisses him off and increases his damage done, so rogues have to use all
their tricks of the trade to bring the drakonid down.
With creed finished, the Gilneans who followed his lead are on their own – assuming that
his corrupted draconic blood works its way out of their systems without killing them.
That's no concern for us though, we just leave them behind to deal with their own mess
while we report back to Wrathion letting him know of our success.
"Excellent work, friend.
You've proven that a single skilled assassin can strike a decisive blow where a whole army
may fail.
"Hmph!
A lucky blow against an unprepared opponent."
"IF you wish to continue our work, we'll need some additional supplies"
Fahrad is not impressed, but the black prince grants us 2 shiny new blades called Fear and
Vengeance, that will surely come in handy for what he has planned.
They may not look like much at present, but in the right hands they may yet awaken.
Perhaps in our hands...
They're lifeless shells and can do great things, once they're given a means to contain
the power that Wrathion has in mind.
He requires shady gems, the unusual stones are like windows into the infinite.
The great battle around Wyrmrest Temple has powerful minions fighting for Deathwing and
the Twilights hammer, they hold Elementium gem clusters that contain the gems that we
need.
It takes a while to do, but after collecting 333, Wrathion has what he needs for the next
step.
While he performs the enchantment, we get to go on a brand new mission.
"The gems you collected will be able to augment the powers of the weapons I gave you,
but I require another ingredient.
It will come from your next target.
" "We've just located her here, in the caverns
beneath Karazhan.
Fearful for her life, she is researching arcane secrets buried beneath the foundation."
"Her name is 'Nalice.'
And until recently she stood at Wyrmrest Temple as the representative of the black dragonflight.
Now?
She's on the run."
"She surrounded herself with a small army of deranged dragon cultists.
They may not be right in the head, but they're well-armed.
And dangerous."
"I hope to see you back from this mission alive.
But if I do not, I want to say I've enjoyed seeing your work.
You're a credit to your race.
Good luck."
Nalice used to actually hand out quests to adventurers, send them to defend the obsidian
dragonshrine against the scourge, but she like all other black dragons is corrupted
and has to be taken out.
The town near Karazhan is already overrun with blackwyrm bruisers and cultists who worship
her as a goddess.
We'll have to move carefully again, the sky is still off limits, but there are arcane
storage units which we can use to our advantage.
From the shadows we can blow them up, killing entire groups standing next to them as we
sneak our way into the cellar and to our target.
Again, used to be a lot more difficult and the fight actually comesin 3 phases.
First she usesher arcane abilities like infusing her weapon with arcane and arcane missiles,
while also gaining a small enrage which you have to shiv to remove and when done properly,
she would actually take more damage.
The phase transitions happen at 66 and 33% health where she casts arcane destruction,
gains a massive shield around herself and to counter it, you have to sprint to the 2
pillars in the room and stop her ultimate spell.
Phase 2 she gets a mini shield called arcane infused armor which reduces all damage taken
by 99%, but you can remove this with expose armor.
At 33% she tosses in a blazing shadows which is a trail of fire that forms behind you.
When done right, all of her abilities are countered and Nalice goes down.
From her dead body we take a vial of black dragonsblood, it rolls as though alive and
is still warm to the touch.
Zazzo enchants the vial, then quickly hands it back as if it's toxic, we want to get
this to Wrathion as soon as possible so he can give us our reward.
He takes the vial, his face a mask of equal reverence and revulsion.
He drops the gems we collected one-by-one into the blood, muttering an incantation.
Without warning he poors the blood over the blades of our daggers, and the steels seem
to writhe and twist as though alive.
When the smoke clears, the daggers have altered their shape and now go by the names the sleeper
and the dreamer.
"Incredible!
Few assassins would be clever enough to infiltrate Nalice's wards and use her own magic against
her."
"She allowed herself to be defeated.
The others will not be so weak."
"Perhaps.
For that reason, we will need to gather more supplies..."
"Succeed here, and our work is nearly done.
Good luck, hero!
"
We are nearing the end of our partnership with wrathion and there's only 1 more target
to take care of...killing his father.
We must destroy Deathwing.
His madness has already corrupted all the others of his kind and his darkness will consume
the world if he's not stopped.
We have to continue our battle at Wyrmrest Temple, assist Thrall and the other aspects
with doing the near impossible.
They have brought the dragon soul, a powerful artifact by Deathwing's own design, this
has been taken from the past and brought to the present to be used against the destroyer.
We defend them while they give up a portion of their power to the soul, we defend them
as deathwing's minions assault our vessel and we rip open the very armor holding Deathwing
together.
Thrall shoots deathwing cinmeatic
The black dragon aspects falls into the Maelstrom, but the battle for the fate of the world isn't
over yet.
"Don't underestimate my father.
Even if you were to crush his body, the core of his madness and rage will still struggle
to destroy you.
He will not be defeated until he is utterly annihilated.
I wish I could help but... my father is the one dragon I fear.
Best of luck, rogue.
Whatever the outcome, you are truly
a champion.
"
Battle with deathwing, dialogue, I am deathwing, final shot, end cinematic
We have done it, the age of mortals is upon us and we make sure to retrieve a fragment
of deathwing's jaw which we bring back to wrathion together with 60 elementium gem clusters
collected from Deathwing's minions.
yet as we fly into Ravenholdt, things don't seem to be going so well.
Things are a bit on fire and Mostrasz, the red dragon that brought us here to begin with,
did not listen to Wrathion's warning.
"Your eyes to not deceive you.
The treacherous red dragonflight sought to kill me off.
I hope now you see the truth about them."
He can feel it – like a dark shadow lifted from the land.
His father is truly dead, his hands and face blur as he uses the jaw fragment in a dark
enchantment, the gem clusters we collected earlier orbiting around his head.
The jawpiece shatters and with a terrible hissing sound, our twin dagger awaken.
Cinematic: Champion, you have your reward.
But there is one final dragon we need to slay.
My prince, we should leave this place in case they come back to finish the job.
Fahrad!
I was just talking about you.
The final Black Dragon.
The one who's been more hidden than any of them.
Your highness.
I have never tried to conceal what I am from you.
Yes.
You rescued me while I was still within my egg, and I owe you my life.
But you are a Black Dragon.
And you share the corruption of all my brothers and sisters.
That's – not true!
Do you deny it?
The dark visions?
The voices in your head?
No, No!
I'm in control of the voices.
They're here to help me.
And what are they telling you now, Fahrad?
What do your dark masters whisper?
Kill....they want me to kill you now...oh, why did you have to go and anger them?
You have proven too difficult to control!
ROAAAAAAAAAR I will NEVER be controlled!
The Red Dragonflight has no idea what they unleashed when they experimented on my egg.
Hero...strike now!
Use your newfound power to finish him!
HIYAAAAAAA DEATH FROM ABOVE ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR
It is done, friend.
To my knowledge, I am the only black dragon who remains.
A new age for mortals has dawned, and heroes like you are among the vanguard.
I must go now – disappear.
Perhaps we will meet again.
I hope we find ourselves on the same side...
Whelpling Wrathion....is out!
"With the last of the black dragonflight destroyed, my destiny was in my own hands.
I left the assassins of ravenholdt behind to seek my destiny elsewhere.
There are rumors of a new land beyond the mists of the sea.
Perhaps I will see you there...
"
And so end the legendary questline with Wrathion during the cataclysm and those that played
during Mists of Pandaria, you know that he got quite a taste of handing out legendaries
and offered his services to all classes of both the alliance and the horde.
That's a whole different tale all together, for now we got our hands on some shiny new
daggers called Golad, Twilight of Aspects and Tiriosh, Nightmare of Ages.
These days the weapons won't do much for you, but they look pretty sweet and even offer
the ability to slow your falling speed for a bit which has some bad ass wings carry you
softly to the ground.
Now nobody tell him this, but Wrathion is wrong with his belief of being the last black
dragon.
Sabellian is still hanging out in Outland, an actual son of Deathwing and of course in
Legion we discovered Ebonhorn also known as Ebyssian hanging out with the Highmountain
Tauren.
Those are some prime examples, but hey what you can expect from a self proclaimed prince
that calls Deathwing his daddy while not really being his son.
All the same this brings us to the end of the video so as always thank you very much
for watching everyone!
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