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| + | |name=Halls of Reflection |
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| − | |prev = [[Gilneas civil war]], [[Operation: Gnomeregan]], [[Zalazane's Fall]], [[War against the Nightmare]] |
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| + | |ss=Halls of Reflection loading screen.jpg |
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| − | |conc = [[Elemental War]] |
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| + | |caption=Halls of Reflection loading screen |
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| − | |next = [[Battle for Gilneas]], [[Conflict in the Barrens]] |
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| + | |loc=[[Icecrown Citadel]], [[User:GoldenYak/New_Icecrown|Icecrown]] |
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| − | |name = Invasion of Gilneas |
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| + | |boss=[[User:GoldenYak/Twilight_Master_Velius|Twilight Master Velius]] |
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| − | |image = Invasion of Gilneas.jpg |
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| + | |type=Dungeon |
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| − | |place = [[Gilneas]], [[Silverpine Forest]] |
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| + | |level=80 |
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| − | |conflict=[[Alliance-Horde War]] |
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| + | |players=5 |
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| − | |result = Gilneas remains contested between the [[Alliance]] and the [[Horde]] |
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| − | |side1 = *[[Alliance]] |
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| − | **[[Gilneas|Kingdom of Gilneas]] |
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| − | **Expeditionary [[Night Elves]] of [[Darnassus]] |
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| − | **[[Gilneas Liberation Front]] |
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| − | **[[Bloodfang pack]] |
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| − | **[[7th Legion]] |
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| − | |side2 = *[[Horde]] |
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| − | **[[Forsaken]] |
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| − | **Expeditionary [[Orcs]] of [[Durotar]] |
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| − | |commanders1 = *[[Genn Greymane|King Genn Greymane]] |
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| − | **[[Liam Greymane|Prince Liam Greymane]]† |
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| − | **[[Darius Crowley|Lord Darius Crowley]] |
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| − | **[[Lorna Crowley]] |
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| − | **[[Krennan Aranas]] |
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| − | **[[Vincent Godfrey|Lord Vincent Godfrey]]† |
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| − | ***[[Baron Ashbury]]† |
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| − | ***[[Lord Walden]]† |
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| − | *[[Belrysa Starbreeze]] |
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| − | **[[Vassandra Stormclaw]] |
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| − | **[[Lyros Swiftwind]] |
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| − | **[[Talran of the Wild]] |
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| − | *[[Ivar Bloodfang]] |
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| − | *[[Halford Wyrmbane]] |
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| − | **[[Pietro Zaren]]† |
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| − | |commanders2 = *[[Sylvanas Windrunner]] |
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| − | **[[Agatha]]† |
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| − | ***[[Arthura]]† |
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| − | ***[[Daschla]]† |
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| − | **[[Executor Cornell]]† |
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| − | **[[High Executor Crenshaw]] |
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| − | **[[Gorerot]]† |
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| − | **[[Dark Ranger Thyala]]† |
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| − | **[[Valnov the Mad]]† |
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| − | **[[Forward Commander Onslaught]]† |
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| − | **[[Deathstalker Commander Belmont]] |
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| − | **[[Lord Vincent Godfrey]] |
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| − | ***[[Lord Walden]] |
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| − | ***[[Baron Ashbury]] |
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| − | *[[General Warhowl]] |
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| − | **[[Korm Bonegrind]]† |
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| − | **[[High Warlord Cromush]] |
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| − | The '''Invasion of Gilneas''' is a battle between the [[Forsaken]] and the [[Worgen]] for control of [[Gilneas]]. It is an important part of the [[Alliance-Horde war]] and resulted in Gilneas remaining contested between the [[Alliance]] and the [[Horde]]. |
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| − | The Invasion of Gilneas has two phases. The first was the Forsaken invasion into Gilneas that resulted in most of Gilneas civilians fleeing to Darnassus. And the second was the fighting between the joined forces of the [[Gilneas Liberation Front]], the [[Bloodfang pack]] and the [[7th Legion]] from one side, and the Forsaken from the other. |
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| − | ==Causes of the invasion== |
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| − | The [[Cataclysm (event)|Cataclysm]] has caused the gates of the [[Greymane Wall]] to shatter, which marked the end of Gilneas's isolationism from the rest of Azeroth. Due to the events at the [[Battle of Angrathar the Wrathgate]], the [[Forsaken]] are "in the dog house" with the rest of the Horde and the Horde leadership, now controlled by [[Garrosh Hellscream]], has ordered [[Sylvanas Windrunner]] to claim Gilneas so the Horde can have a port in southern [[Lordaeron]].<ref>http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/media/</ref> |
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| + | '''''UNDER CONSTRUCTION''''' related to [[User:GoldenYak/Spider_Kingdom_Expansion_Concept|Spider Kingdom Expansion Concept]] |
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| − | ==Chronology== |
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| − | ===The Invasion and the Exodus=== |
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| − | [[Forsaken]] started an assault on the [[Greymane Wall]], however, it's mighty defenses were easily driving the Forsaken back despite all their efforts and mighty attacks. This situation continued for a time, until the Cataclysm started and shattered the Greymane Wall, and the Forsaken invaded Gilneas from a breach in the wall. |
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| + | The '''Halls of Reflection''' is the third and last wing of the [[User:GoldenYak/New_Icecrown|Icecrown Citadel]] instances. Once the private inner sanctum of the former [[Lich King]], it has been almost completely abandoned by the new lord of the Scourge. [[User:GoldenYak/Twilight_Master_Velius|Velius]] and the Twilight's Hammer of Northrend have infiltrated this area, in search of the great [[saronite]] [[necropolis]], Malykriss, the Vile Hold.. |
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| − | Meanwhile, the [[Gilneas|Kingdom of Gilneas]] was ravaged by the [[Worgen|Worgen Curse]], which transformed any human into a worgen, loosing their minds to bloodlust and desire to tear flesh. The Curse was rapidly spreading through Gilneas and eventually forced Gilneans to leave [[Gilneas City]] and flee to [[Duskhaven]], while [[Lord Darius Crowley]] and a group of his followers remained behind to take the worgen attention, and were eventually surrounded and slain, or at least so was thought. However, [[Krennan Aranas]], the royal alchemist of king [[Genn Graymane]], created a special portion that, when drank by a worgen, helped him regain balance between human and beast, in other words, return him his mind. Thus a group of captured worgen returned their minds and joined the Gilneans. |
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| − | ====The Attack on Duskhaven==== |
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| − | Soon two ships of the Forsaken Navy arrived to Duskhaven and commenced a bombardment. At the same time the ships started landing Forsaken footsoldiers and [[abomination]]s. However, Duskhaven troops and newly-cured worgen met their enemy head-on, and, acting under the command of prince [[Liam Greymane]], showed heavy resistance to the Forsaken invaders. [[Lord Vincent Godfrey]], a Gilnean nobleman, decided to use the worgen to destroy the Forsaken ships, and commanded them to capture the catapults that were bombarding Duskhaven and use them to catapult themselves into the ships and slay their captains - [[Captain Morris|Morris]] and [[Captain Anson|Anson]]. Lord Godfrey also commanded them to slay the Forsaken commander, [[Dark Ranger Thyala]], by using the [[Mastiff Whistle]] to call forth a pack of attack [[Mastiff]]s. But even with this victory, there came a price. The earth, already weakened from the bombardment, began to fragment and collapse as the Cataclysm continued, and an evacuation of Duskhaven was put together before the town was completely consumed. The survivors fled to [[Greymane Manor]], and then further inland - into the [[Blackwald]]. |
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| + | ==Lore== |
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| − | While moving into the Blackwald, two Gilnean stagecoachs were ambushed by [[ogre]]s, servants of the ettin [[Koroth the Hillbreaker]] and crashed, including one of prince Liam Greymane himself. Meanwhile, a squadron of Forsaken also arrived under the command of [[Captain Asther]]. Liam Greymane decided to make the two forces fight each other by ordering the worgen to steal [[Koroth's Banner]] and plant before the Forsaken. Soon Koroth himself arrived and, thinking that the Forsaken stole his favorite banner, enraged and attacked them, giving enough time for Liam and the other survivors to escape. |
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| + | When the [[Knights of the Ebon Blade]] rebelled against the [[Lich King]], they took with them the mighty [[necropolis]] [[Acherus]], the Ebon Hold. In response to the loss of this most potent weapon, the Lich King devised an even more powerful fortress to replace it - [[Malykriss]], the Vile Hold. Constructed completely of the dark metal [[saronite]], the solidified blood of [[Yogg-Saron]] himself, Malykriss was to be the ultimate weapon of the Lich King, a mobile engine of destruction that would carry his will to all the corners of Azeroth. |
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| + | The Lich King was defeated before he could unleash the power of Malykriss, but the dark structure was actually completed prior to his fall. It has lain dormant within the depths of Icecrown, waiting. Visions of the powerful fortress have filled Velius' mind since he bonded saronite armor to his own flesh. The whispers of the [[Old Gods]] demand that he seize the vessel for the forces of Twilight. And so he shall. |
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| − | ====Origins of the Worgen Curse==== |
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| − | Upon arriving to [[Stormglen Village]], the Gilnean refugees discover that the village is completly deserted, and part of it is even overrun by giant spiders. After fighting off the spiders and slaying the giant spider Rygna, the worgen decide to enter Blackwald itself in search for any survivors. |
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| + | Nearly all of Velius' lieutenants have been sacrificed in order for him to reach the Halls of Reflection. All that stands between the heroes of the Alliance and the Horde is Twilight Lord Xarosan, the last of Velius' subordinates. |
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| − | Within this dark forest, the Gilneans met the [[night elf|night elves]] led by [[Belrysa Starbreeze]], who told them of the origins of the Worgen Curse - that long ago, the [[Druids of the Scythe]], who were practicing the ability to shape-shift into a wolf form, had abandoned the balance and allowed the beast within to consume them. They had been banished to the [[Emerald Dream]] to sleep for eternity under [[Tal'doren]], the wild tree in the Blackwald...but not before their curse had spread. They also met [[Lord Darius Crowley]], who had also been transformed into a worgen and had managed to regain the balance between man and beast, and was curing more feral worgen with the aid of the night elves. He also revealed that the Forsaken were trying to find a special artifact that would bring the worgen to their control - the [[Scythe of Elune]]. A group of worgen was sent by Crowley to attack Sylvanas's [[dark ranger]]s that held the Scythe at Woods' End Cabin, led by [[Tobias Mistmantle]], a former follower of Lord Crowley who also became a worgen. While Tobias and his trackers were keeping the dark rangers occupied, another worgen sneaked by and stole the Scyth before it could reach Sylvanas. |
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| − | The worgen, knowing that the alchemy that had returned their minds to them would not last long, drank of the waters of Tal'doren, and restored the balance between human and beast. [[Genn Greymane|King Genn Greymane]] himself came to the Blackwald and revealed that he too had been affected by the curse, and joined with all of his people to drive the Forsaken from their lands. |
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| + | ===Bosses=== |
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| + | ;{{RaceIcon|Highborne|Male}}[[User:GoldenYak/Twilight_Lord_Xarosan|Twilight Lord Xarosan]]: The last of the Twilight's Hammer sub-commanders. He is a night elf highborne who has been gathering power and knowledge since the Great Sundering. |
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| + | ;{{RaceIconExt|Thorim|Small}}[[User:GoldenYak/Twilight_Master_Velius_(Halls_of_Reflection)|Twilight Master Velius]]: The leader of the Twilight's Hammer. He has thrown the balance of power in Northrend into utter chaos, all for the opportunity to seize the greatest weapon of the Lich King. Who knows what dark plans he will bring to fruition if the mighty Malykriss falls into his hands? For the sake of Northrend, and all of Azeroth, he must be stopped. |
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| − | ====Godfrey's Treason==== |
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| − | [[Lord Godfrey]] was an unaffected nobleman who condemned the transformed Gilneans as monsters. Upon learning that Greymane himself had been cursed, Godfrey put a plan into motion that he believed would save Gilneas. Joined by two eastern lords, [[Baron Ashbury]] and [[Lord Walden]], Godfrey captured Greymane and held him prisoner. He hoped that by turning the king over to the Forsaken, Gilneas would be spared. |
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| − | The Gilnean worgen struck back, tracking down and assassinating both Ashbury and Walden, and cornered Godfrey at [[Tempest's Reach]]. With his support gone and his plan defeated, Godfrey committed suicide rather than acknowledge a [[worgen]] as his king. |
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| + | !Mob !! Normal mode notes !! Heroic mode |
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| + | !colspan=3|Sword's Rest |
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| + | |{{RaceIcon|HighElf|Male}}{{NPC||Twilight Haruspex}} |
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| + | |High elf. Shadow Word: Pain: 1,200 shadow/2 for 8 sec. Circle of Destruction: 1369-1631 shadow AoE + knockback. Cower in Fear: 4 second fear. Dark Mending: Heal for 32-37k |
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| + | |SW:P: 2,500/2. CoD: 3,194-3,806. Dark Mending: 51-59k. |
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| + | |{{RaceIcon|Human|Female}}{{NPC||Twilight Pyromaniac}} |
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| + | |Human. Fireball: 5,225-5,775 fire. Flamestrike: 3,700-4,300 fire + 6k over 8 sec. Frostbolt: 4,750-5,250 frost. Chains of Ice: 6 sec root. Hallucination: Summons in a hallucination with same health as mage. |
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| + | |Fireball: 6175-6825. Flamestrike: 5625-5375 + 8k/8. Frostbolt: 5225-5775. |
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| + | |{{RaceIcon|Human|Male}}{{NPC||Twilight Assailant}} |
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| + | |Human rogue. Deadly Poison: 465 nature/3 sec for 12. Shadowstep: 3,000 damage. Envenomed Dagger Throw: 465 nature/3 sec, -15% movement speed for 12 sec. Kidney Shot. 3 sec stun |
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| + | |Deadly: 1065/3 sec. Shadowstep: 7,000 damage. EDT: 1065/3 sec |
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| + | |{{RaceIcon|Human|Male}}{{NPC||Twilight Sentinel}} |
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| + | |Human warrior. Spectral Strike: 100% weapon damage, ignores armor. Shield Bash: 10% weapon damage, 4 second interrupt. Tortured Enrage: +100% melee attack speed for 8 sec. |
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| + | |Shield Bash: 20% weapon damage |
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| + | |{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}}{{NPC||Twilight Rimeweaver}} |
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| + | |Dwarf frost shaman. Black Ice Lance: 2775-3225 damage. Soul Rime: +50% incoming magical damage for 15 sec. Freezing Darkness: 4275-4725 damage, 2 sec stun. Frost Trap. |
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| + | |Shoot: 4163-4837 damage. Ice Shot: 5700-6300 damage. |
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| + | The trash waves of Falric and Marwyn have been removed, and are replaced with several packs of Twilight's Hammer forces. The hallways leading to Xarosan's chamber and the Shadow Throne are gauntlets of sorts, with four trash mob packs spawning within 30 seconds of each other at the far end of the hall and running towards the players. |
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| − | ====The Battle for Gilneas City==== |
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| − | With the dissent from within crushed, Genn Greymane sent his loyal supporters to aid in liberating the mining town of [[Emberstone]] from Forsaken control. Prince Liam and [[Lorna Crowley]], the daughter of Lord Darius Crowley, led the troop, making headquarters in the livery stables. After freeing the enslaved Gilneans, they aimed at the Forsaken leader, [[Executor Cornell]], known for his unbound ruthlessness, and [[Valnov the Mad]], the so-called scientist who carried out inhuman experiments on the villagers too old to work the mines. |
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| + | ==Gallery== |
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| − | Having assembled an army composed of every available Gilnean, the army was split around [[Gilneas City]], Liam heading the assault on the [[Merchant Square]], while King Greymane and Lord Crowley handled the assault on the other districts. Before entering Gilneas City and starting the battle for it, Liam made an inspiring speech: |
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| + | File:HallsofReflection Scene.jpg|Xarosan has an agenda all his own. |
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| + | File:The Shadow Throne.jpg|In the Shadow Throne, the master of Twilight awaits. |
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| + | File:Halls_of_Reflection_Saronite_Necropolis.jpg|The dread Malykriss. |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| − | ''The Forsaken think we're weak, a broken people. They think we'll roll over like a scared dog... how wrong they are. We will fight them in the fields until the last trench collapses and the last cannon is silenced. We will fight them on the streets until the last shot is fired, and when there is no more ammunition, we'll crush their skulls with the stones that pave our city. We will fight them in the alleys until our knuckles are skinned and bloodied, and our rapiers lay on the ground, shattered. And if we find ourselves surrounded and disarmed, wounded and without hope; we will lift our heads in defiance and spit in their faces. But we will never surrender! FOR GILNEAS!'' |
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| − | The Gilnean forces under the command of Liam Greymane were fighting their way through Gilneas City, destroying Forsaken forces positioned there. Soon they were attacked by a large number of [[abomination]]s, however, the villagers of Emberstone brought powder cannons that helped in defeating them. |
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| − | After Liam's forces met and united with Lord Crowley's worgen forces around [[Stoneward Prison]], the [[flesh beast]] known as [[Gorerot]] appeared and threatened the whole operation, but he was quickly brought down by Forsaken catapults used by the worgen against him. |
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| − | Liam and Crowley caught Sylvanas herself at [[Greymane Court]], while his father came and attacked from the other side. As the tide was turning against Sylvanas, she used her dark powers to stun every one in the immediate area and aimed a poisoned arrow at Genn Greymane. Liam jumped in front of the bowshot, saving his father from certain doom. As Sylvanas fled the scene, Liam died with the knowledge that the city had been freed from Forsaken control. |
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| − | ====Escape from Gilneas: The Endgame==== |
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| − | Later on, Sylvanas met with [[General Warhowl]], envoy of [[Garrosh Hellscream|Warchief Garrosh Hellscream]], telling him that [[Gilneas]] was under control and agreeing not to use the [[New Plague|Forsaken Blight]], as its development had been banned after the incident at the Wrathgate. As the emissary left, Sylvanas told [[High Executor Crenshaw]] to deploy the new plague as planned, despite Garrosh's command. |
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| − | At the dawn of the next day, despite the wishes of Garrosh Hellscream, the Forsaken used their Blight on Gilneas, what the Forsaken didn't know however is that the population was being evacuated through a secret passage to Aderic's Repose due to [[Tobias Mistmantle]] and an Adventurer discovering the plot. While worgens distracted the Forsaken using bombing bats they had recovered destroying some of their Blight deployers and thinned out the forsaken ranks, the rest of the city populace escaped. |
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| − | [[File:Showdown between Lorna Crowley and Korm Bonegrind.jpg|thumb|270px|Lorna Crowley facing Korm Bonegrind.]] |
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| − | The night elves, led by the [[priestess of the moon]] [[Belrysa Starbreeze]], made good on their promise and brought ships at [[Keel Harbor]], as well as an offer of sanctuary in [[Teldrassil|their lands]]. Unfortunately, the Forsaken's allies, the Horde, arrived as well. An orcish [[gunship]], similar to ''[[Orgrim's Hammer]]'', which had fought in Northrend, entered the field, preventing the transport ships from taking the Gilneans to safety. Meanwhile another force of orcish invaders attacked Keel Harbor. While the [[druid]]s were holding the enemy back, the siege weapons carried by the elven ships were deployed and met their enemy head-on. As a result, the orcish attack was successfully repelled. |
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| − | However, the gunship was still a threat to the ships. A [[hippogryph]]-mounted party boarded the gunship to place explosives in the engineering room below deck. As they proceeded, the gunship's captain, [[Korm Bonegrind]], appeared and the party fled on wyverns roosting on the lower deck. With its engines destroyed, the explosives detonated, destroying the gunship at the Greymane Wall. |
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| − | ===The Fight Continues=== |
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| − | ====The Battles in Silverpine==== |
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| − | [[File:silverpine_06.jpg|thumb|300px|A [[Worgen Renegade]] and a [[Forsaken Trooper]] in Silverpine Forest]]Although most of the Gilneans were evacuated to [[Darnassus]], a group of [[Worgen (playable)|Gilnean worgen]] (and some humans, perhaps) remained behind and formed the [[Gilneas Liberation Front]], and organization with the goal of driving the [[Forsaken]] from [[Gilneas]]. Under the leadership of [[Lord Darius Crowley]], the GLF forces started operating not only in Gilneas, but also in [[Silverpine Forest]] as well, and soon had a few minor victories. Due to the GLF having much less numbers than the Forsaken, they used guerilla and ambush tactics against the Forsaken, making attacks of opportunity. |
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| − | Soon after, Darius Crowley formed an alliance with the [[Bloodfang pack]] lead by [[Ivar Bloodfang]]. Sylvanas discovered it through her deathstalkers and agents led by [[Deathstalker Commander Belmont]] who were operating in Silverpine. The Bloodfang worgen started constantly ambushing and destroying Forsaken forces in Silverpine Forest. One of their most successful operation was the attack on three Orc [[ship]]s, commanded by [[Admiral Hatchet]], that arrived from [[Kalimdor]] to reinforce the [[Forsaken]], full of supplies, weapons, and soldiers. A small band of Bloodfang worgen attacked it, while the [[Orc Sea Dog]]s, led by [[Warlord Torok]], were too drunk to be able to show any resistance. The ships were destroyed, although many Sea Dogs managed to survive and retreated to the [[Forsaken Rear Guard]]. Soon the Orcs were brought to order by a Forsaken [[adventurer]] send by [[Sylvanas Windrunner]], and later took part in the fight for Silverpine Forest. |
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| − | The Forsaken, understanding that this new threat must be dealt with, started bolstering their numbers by slaying the human refugees that have settled in [[Fenris Isle]] and rising them as Forsaken using the new servants of Sylvanas - the [[val'kyr]]. However, Lord Crowley and Ivar Bloodfang used this to offer the humans of Fenris Isle their blood - by drinking it they would become worgen, thus becoming immune to the val'kyr magic while also getting the power to have their revenge. This single act bolstered the Worgen numbers greatly, and although around fifty were slain by artillery fire when trying to cross the lake, it barely made a scratch in their numbers. [[Warlord Torok]] sent his [[Orc Sea Dog|Sea Dogs]] to fight the [[Hillsbrad Worgen]] swimming to the [[Decrepit Fields]] however, without the adequate alcohol, the Sea Dogs were defeated and mostly slain. |
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| − | As the fighting for Silverpine continues, the Forsaken discover that Crowley and Bloodfang are having a meeting in the [[Deep Elem Mine]]. Sylvanas sends one of her best warriors under the command of [[Master Forteski]] to trap and corner the worgen leaders in the mine, which had only one entrance. However, the Forsaken soon discovered that it was a trap, and a whole squadron of [[Veteran Forsaken Trooper]]s was destroyed. At the same time another group of Veteran Forsaken Troopers and Forsaken catapults were crossing [[Olsen's Farthing]], where they were ambushed by the Bloodfang pack, resulting in all the Forsaken troopers slain and catapults destroyed. |
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| − | ====The Liberation of Gilneas==== |
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| − | [[File:Worgen Rebel and Forsaken Vanguard.jpg|thumb|250px|A [[Worgen Rebel]] and [[Forsaken Vanguard]] in combat]]At the same time king [[Genn Graymane]] traveled to Stormwind and asked king [[Varian Wrynn]] to aid the Gilneas Liberation Front in their fight for Gilneas. King Varian, understanding that aiding the GLF and driving the Forsaken from Gilneas will give the [[Alliance]] potential foothold and allies in Lordaeron against the Forsaken, sent his most elite force to Gilneas to ensure victory - the [[7th Legion]]. |
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| − | Led by [[High Commander Halford Wyrmbane]], the 7th Legion fleet arrived to the shores of [[Gilneas]], where they discovered a large [[Horde]] fleet. To clear a way for landing troops, the 7th Legion used [[Gnomish submarines]] to blow up the enemy ships. Meanwhile [[Forward Commander Onslaught]], commander of the Forsaken forces in Gilneas, sent an Horde agent to restore communications between the outposts in the land. He soon discovered that the outposts in Gilneas were lost, and that a massive Alliance fleet was on it's way. It was revealed that a vanguard force of 7th Legion submariners, who, under the command of [[Master Sergeant Pietro Zaren]], attacked [[Rutsak's Guard]] and [[Dreadwatch Outpost]], slaughtering all the Forsaken troops, leaving alive only [[Captain Rutsak]] so he may witness their strength. This resulted in the Forsaken loosing control of [[Gilneas City]], and Pietro Zaren occupied the [[Cathedral Quarter]] of Gilneas City and made it his headquarters. And although the Forsaken stroke back and assassinated Pietro and many of his submariners, however, the joined forces of the Bloodfang pack and the Gilneas Liberation Front, now with the aid of the 7th Legion, started an offensive, attacking and eventually overrunning the [[Forsaken Forward Command]], the enemies main base in the land. |
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| − | Thus the Forsaken were driven back into [[Silverpine Forest]] and Gilneas was at last liberated. However, adventurers, with the aid of the [[val'kyr]], [[Arthura]], and [[Deathstalker Commander Belmont]], managed to recover the corpse of [[Lord Vincent Godfrey]], despite all the efforts of the Gilneas Liberation Front to destroy them, and brought it to Sylvanas, while Belmont's deathstalker recovered the corpses of two of Godfrey's lieutenants - [[Lord Walden]] and [[Baron Ashbury]]. |
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| − | [[File:Ambermill residents undead.jpg|thumb|250px|Ataeric and his fellow mages, now as Forsaken]] |
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| − | Now that Gilneas was secure the the GLF and the Bloodfang pack started concentrating their forces at the [[Greymane Wall]] for the grand offensive. Meanwhile [[Sylvanas Windrunner]] had [[Arthura]] bring back Godfrey, Walden and Ashbury in service to the Forsaken. After the ritual was complete, Sylvanas, with the aid of Godfrey, started preparing her own forces for battle. She orders the Forsaken adventurer to lead an important assault upon [[Ambermill]], where the surviving mages of [[Dalaran]] have settled. |
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| − | Out of survival, the [[Kirin Tor]] mages of Ambermill and [[Dalaran Crater]] (left behind to protect the land for the day when Dalaran would return), made a pact with the [[Alliance]] to protect themselves from the [[Forsaken]] who in the past years had been attacked by them. They agreed to summon in the [[Stormwind army]] when the time was right to repel the Forsaken. To protect themselves till then, they phased the entire of Ambermill out of their reality so they could not be attacked. |
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| − | However, the Forsaken [[adventurer]], with the aid of [[Dalar Dawnweaver]], a former [[archmage]] of Kirin Tor who became a Forsaken, found the portal into that dimension in [[Beren's Peril]]. The adventurer entered it using the [[Dalaran Archmage's Signet Ring]] and brought it back into the original state by overloading the arcane powers of [[Archmage Ataeric]], who was responsible for the phasing. At this point the Forsaken army, already amassed at the border ready to strike, invaded Ambermill and slayed the [[Kirin Tor]] mages, while the val'kyr Daschla immediately rose them as New Forsaken. |
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| − | Sylvanas Windrunner sends [[Lord Godfrey]], [[Lord Walden]], [[Baron Ashbury]] and the Forsaken adventurer to operate in Southern Silverpine. First of all, the group retakes [[Pyrewood Village]] for the Forsaken, which was attacked by [[7th Legion Scout]]s, after which they set it ablaze. Their next move was attacking the [[7th Legion Base Camp]], assassinating [[General Marstone]] and recovering the [[7th Legion Battle Plan]]. Meanwhile, the [[7th Legion]] fleet reached the shores of Gilneas and started landing forces for the assault into Silverpine Forest, while the combined force of the [[Bloodfang pack]] and the [[Gilneas Liberation Front]] attacked the main Forsaken army positioned at the [[Forsaken Front]]. As the battle went on, Godfrey and his entourage move to the [[Gilneas Liberation Front Base Camp]] to capture [[Lorna Crowley]] who had not become a [[worgen]] and could be changed into a Forsaken. She was overpowered and kidnapped by the traitor Godfrey and brought back to Sylvanas, who planned to use her to force Lord Crowley to surrender before the arrival of the [[Stormwind army]]. |
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| − | Accompanied by [[High Warlord Cromush]], her val'kyr trio and her most trusted soldier, [[Sylvanas Windrunner]] went to meet [[Darius Crowley]] and [[Ivar Bloodfang]] at the gates of Gilneas. There she offered Darius a choice, either Crowley surrenders and sounds his forces immediate retreat, or his daughter would be slain and risen as Forsaken to serve the Banshee Queen forever. Godfrey, Walden and Ashbury then appeared with his daughter. Unable to allow such a horrifying fate happen to his daughter, Crowley agreed to retreat back to Gilneas, to which Ivar reacted as a betrayal, and made a howl before running away. Lorna was released, and Crowley leaved with his daughter as well. |
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| − | [[File:Commander Lorna Crowley.jpg|thumb|150px|Lorna Crowley, daughter of Lord Darius Crowley]] |
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| − | As the three fled back to the safety of Gilneas, Godfrey did the unthinkable and assassinated [[Sylvanas Windrunner]]. In shock the Horde group had a short duel with Godfrey's trio until they were overpowered and forced to fall back to [[Shadowfang Keep]]. Cromush ordered the Val'kyr to "fix" the Banshee Queen but in doing so they sacrificed themselves in the process to bring her back. The Dark Lady rose again furious with rage at Godfrey's betrayal and believed that the Val'kyr were indeed the future of the Forsaken. With that she returned to Undercity to recover. The Alliance forces fell back to Gilneas and the invasion of Silverpine was over. |
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| − | Gilneas was left in ruins, both by the Forsaken invasion and by the very land ripping itself apart. While their soldiers in the front, the surviving Gilnean civiliences fled to Teldrassil and other Alliance strongholds, where they offered their services to the Alliance. With his homeland turning in to a war zone and his heir slain, Genn Greymane journeyed to Stormwind, political and military capital of the Alliance, where he stands at the side of Stormwind's master, King [[Varian Wrynn]]. |
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| − | Though Gilneas is free of the Forsaken for the moment, the border remains a hot spot between the [[Horde]] and [[Alliance]] where both sides fight for control in the [[Battle for Gilneas]]. |
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Revision as of 04:22, 14 May 2011
| Halls of Reflection | |
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 Halls of Reflection loading screen | |
| Location | Icecrown Citadel, Icecrown |
| End boss | Twilight Master Velius |
| Instance info | |
| Type | Dungeon |
| Advised level | 80 |
| Player limit | 5 |
UNDER CONSTRUCTION related to Spider Kingdom Expansion Concept
The Halls of Reflection is the third and last wing of the Icecrown Citadel instances. Once the private inner sanctum of the former Lich King, it has been almost completely abandoned by the new lord of the Scourge. Velius and the Twilight's Hammer of Northrend have infiltrated this area, in search of the great saronite necropolis, Malykriss, the Vile Hold..
Lore
When the Knights of the Ebon Blade rebelled against the Lich King, they took with them the mighty necropolis Acherus, the Ebon Hold. In response to the loss of this most potent weapon, the Lich King devised an even more powerful fortress to replace it - Malykriss, the Vile Hold. Constructed completely of the dark metal saronite, the solidified blood of Yogg-Saron himself, Malykriss was to be the ultimate weapon of the Lich King, a mobile engine of destruction that would carry his will to all the corners of Azeroth.
The Lich King was defeated before he could unleash the power of Malykriss, but the dark structure was actually completed prior to his fall. It has lain dormant within the depths of Icecrown, waiting. Visions of the powerful fortress have filled Velius' mind since he bonded saronite armor to his own flesh. The whispers of the Old Gods demand that he seize the vessel for the forces of Twilight. And so he shall.
Nearly all of Velius' lieutenants have been sacrificed in order for him to reach the Halls of Reflection. All that stands between the heroes of the Alliance and the Horde is Twilight Lord Xarosan, the last of Velius' subordinates.
Dungeon denizens
Bosses
Twilight Lord Xarosan- The last of the Twilight's Hammer sub-commanders. He is a night elf highborne who has been gathering power and knowledge since the Great Sundering.
- File:IconSmall Thorim Small.gifTwilight Master Velius
- The leader of the Twilight's Hammer. He has thrown the balance of power in Northrend into utter chaos, all for the opportunity to seize the greatest weapon of the Lich King. Who knows what dark plans he will bring to fruition if the mighty Malykriss falls into his hands? For the sake of Northrend, and all of Azeroth, he must be stopped.
Monsters
| Mob | Normal mode notes | Heroic mode |
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| Sword's Rest | ||
 Twilight Haruspex
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High elf. Shadow Word: Pain: 1,200 shadow/2 for 8 sec. Circle of Destruction: 1369-1631 shadow AoE + knockback. Cower in Fear: 4 second fear. Dark Mending: Heal for 32-37k | SW:P: 2,500/2. CoD: 3,194-3,806. Dark Mending: 51-59k. |
 Twilight Pyromaniac
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Human. Fireball: 5,225-5,775 fire. Flamestrike: 3,700-4,300 fire + 6k over 8 sec. Frostbolt: 4,750-5,250 frost. Chains of Ice: 6 sec root. Hallucination: Summons in a hallucination with same health as mage. | Fireball: 6175-6825. Flamestrike: 5625-5375 + 8k/8. Frostbolt: 5225-5775. |
 Twilight Assailant
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Human rogue. Deadly Poison: 465 nature/3 sec for 12. Shadowstep: 3,000 damage. Envenomed Dagger Throw: 465 nature/3 sec, -15% movement speed for 12 sec. Kidney Shot. 3 sec stun | Deadly: 1065/3 sec. Shadowstep: 7,000 damage. EDT: 1065/3 sec |
| Twilight Sentinel
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Human warrior. Spectral Strike: 100% weapon damage, ignores armor. Shield Bash: 10% weapon damage, 4 second interrupt. Tortured Enrage: +100% melee attack speed for 8 sec. | Shield Bash: 20% weapon damage |
 Twilight Rimeweaver
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Dwarf frost shaman. Black Ice Lance: 2775-3225 damage. Soul Rime: +50% incoming magical damage for 15 sec. Freezing Darkness: 4275-4725 damage, 2 sec stun. Frost Trap. | Shoot: 4163-4837 damage. Ice Shot: 5700-6300 damage. |
The trash waves of Falric and Marwyn have been removed, and are replaced with several packs of Twilight's Hammer forces. The hallways leading to Xarosan's chamber and the Shadow Throne are gauntlets of sorts, with four trash mob packs spawning within 30 seconds of each other at the far end of the hall and running towards the players.
Gallery
Xarosan has an agenda all his own.
In the Shadow Throne, the master of Twilight awaits.
The dread Malykriss.
