Hello everyone! Last week we ventured into Revendreth and uncovered that Kel’thuzad
is part of the House of Rituals and has been manipulating things from behind the scenes.
Getting to him won’t be easy, but we’re not the only ones that want to deal with him.
Balmedar, another lich from the house of rituals saw their title of baron stolen by kel’thuzad
and pushed him out of the house’s dealings. He has yet to find evidence
that would mar sin’dane’s adoration for her new baron and so he offers an arrangement.
We get access to the house of rituals and in return we’ll help him bring down Kel’thuzad.
“Good, you managed to find my little care package. So you are not entirely useless.
Your next task wont be so simple. I hope youre up for a challenge.”
We can’t just walk in looking the way we do now, we’ll need an illusion.
Not just any will do, to join Kel’thuzad’s inner circle we require a specific body.
Fortunately for us, one of the barons favorite acolytes is performing a ritual
outside of the house itself. Nelesis would be the perfect disguise to get us where we need to be
so we take her out and drag her body back to the ritual circle while making
sure that no witnessess survive and we have enough anima power to complete the ritual.
“Hmm satisfactory. Come to see me in the hall of blades so i can verify the quality of your guise.
Ow hust one small note. That acolyte you’ve just wantonly slain also happens to be the
favorite consort of margrave sin ‘dane. If for some reason you see fit to betray me,
i will make certain the margrave discovers the identity of the murderer.
But you would never dream of doing that...would you?”
Yep, apperantly margraves have consorts... i’m sure glad for that little lore detail.
Time to present ourselves to Kel’thuzad and do whatever taksks he requires while keeping
our eyes open for anything suspicious, to find out what kelthuzad is up too...
“The constructs have returned with the remaining spoils of our raid on bastion.
Along with my personal prize, a type of kyrian their guide refers to as a bearer.
You will answer for this lich, i am no ones prize.
Within this pitiful kyrian lies the key to places of great power. And by utilizing the
anima stores secured from our allies in revendreth, i hsall open the way to victory.
Enoguh reflection. It is time we prepared for the ritual.”
“So the baron is soliciting help from the venthyr?
Not an unforgivable slight, were he at least to share his spoils.
Hardly evidence of treachery though. Let us see what lies within these tomes he seeks.”
“Well what have we here? One of kelthuzads little pets.”
Kel’thuzad needs more information for his ritual, but to get to the books we’ll first
have to help out the baroness with collecting some overdue scrolls and retrieve errant quills
and rampant grimoires. With that task done we’re granted access to the volumes our master seeks.
“Winged arcanmum, an obvious choice for research on kyrian mysticism.
What could he expect to find in such a basic volume?”
“Paths of the first ones? An odd choice, filled with speculation and half-truths.
Does his ritual somehow involve the pathways connecting the realms of death?”
“Greater wards and barriers volume 4: counter-spells. A truly ponderous read.
What manner of barrier is the baron seeking to erect...or bypass? Curious.”
Binding of the banished one - "Binding of the banished one? Why
this is little more than a history book.What could kelthuzad possibly want with this?
Despite our efforts we are no closer to ascertaining the barons plans.
Continue with your ruse. Let us see what else we can uncover.”
They kyrian capable of bearing souls into the shadowlands, Wards and barriers, the binding of
the banished one, the jailer and the path of the first ones. Their artifact reacted to us as we
made our escape from the maw. For those curious, not a whole lot is known about these first ones,
the precursors to the rulers of the shadowlands while it is safe to say that kel’thuzad’s studies
are directed at the maw and what it’s keeping imprisoned.
He’ll need some time to study the books so next we get to gather the last required reagents.
“Perhaps some of these reagents could help us surmise the nature of this ritual.
Whatever the baron requests, bring them to me first. I would see what he intends to use.”
Sorcerer Vutral is a bit too nosy for their own good. They’ve left a note for kel’thuzad,
one he hasn’t read yet, in which they let him know that something is off about us
ever since we returned from our ritual with the kyrian remains. Best to sillence such a
voice before they unravel our plans here. Then the reagents. Kel’thuzad requires a veilwings heart,
but the beast escaped. Recking their reagent area, freeing the blightrays from their cages.
We’ll have to hunt it down ourselves and procure its heart while also harvesting the veilwing for
their spore clusters. All that remains now is a special shipment he has requested from oribos.
“A mysterious delivery from the brokers? Intriguing indeed. I must know of it!
Return to me with the remaining reagents. I have a plan.”
The brokers deal in objects most exotic and profound.
If kelthuzad requires reagents from them, his ritual must be outside the normal scrope of the
house of rituals. This mysterious reagent could be the key to unlocking kelthuzads plan so we ambush
the caravan and retrieve what they’re transporting while once again taking out any witnessess. IT’s a
good thign we’re disguised otherwise the brokers in ORibos might act a whole lot less friendly.
The shipment is an highly ornate dagger adorned with the hallmark runes of Domination magic.
Wonder how the brokers got their hands on a domination blade if the design was ripped
from the Runecarver by the jailer. How many of these blades are out there anyways. Curious, but
the pieces are coming together. The kyrian, the paths of the first ones and runes of domination.
Kelthuzad is looking to breach the maw and we cant allow this to happen. The maw has been
locked away from the shadowlands for good reason. Opening that floodgate could be catastrophic!
He’s a bit too powerful to confront headlong, so we’ll have to sabotage his ritual instead.
“The caravan was completely ransacked. The escorting brokers were brutally slain.
It was nowhere to be found master.
Then it would appear we have a traitor in our midsts. We must accelerate our plans.
As you command, mster. It will be done at once!”
“Having you engaged in the ritual was not intended to be part of the plan, but it seems we
must improvise. Though im quite certain the ritual will fail, there may be some...collateral efects.
For your sake, let us hope they are not netirely fatal.”
Burn the spore clusters, place the veilwing heart.
“The ritual begins! Open the anima flows!” Opening anima coffers
“Yes i see the way! The darkness of the maw calls to me from beyond!”
Not the first time kelthuzad summons from beyond, legion in wc3.
“The barrier weakens! Paths sealed for untold ages will soon open!”
“The blood of the bearer shall open the way!”
“What...what is happening? NOOOOOOO! Impossible...Wait...what treachery is this?
SO you were behind this! And what have we here? Balmedars oculus!
Guards! Take this wretch to a cell! and bring me that traitourus lich as well.”
The margrave must be warned so there has to be some way
we can get ourselves out of these scells...
Skull: “Unless you wish to speak to someone more on your own intellectual level, a skull won’t do
us any good.” Chain:
“I fear my magic is distinctly not of the chain-manipulating variety.
See what else you can find.” Torch: “A torch? While many a
villain might disguise a hidden switch inside one, a jail cell is not a likely place for it.”
Hand: “A hand? Yes...yes! By the primus, that’s ingenious!”
“The lever is at the end of the hall. You may need to be a bit clever finding a patch to reach it.
Try scaling those shelves to reach the lever.”
Normally you’re supposed to do this whole parcour thing, but even back in beta
we figured out that if you just jump at the lever, you can open the cell without a problem.
I remember reporting this, but it’s something that was never fixed.
“well you did it! I never doubted you for a moment of course.”
“Look there. Signs of battle leading to the margrave’s hall. Hurry! We may be too late!”
“What is this treachery! Do you truly believe you can match the power of a margrave?
Alone? No. Ninadar? How dare you!
Your weakness is unbecoming of the house of rituals,
sin’dane. It is time we anointed a new margrave. You will pay for this deceit!
PErhaps. But such is always the price for power.
So, mortal, you managed to escape. Have you come to celebrate my victory?
No? What a pity. Neverhteless, allow me to leave you with a parting gift.”
Saphiron rises once more, he and kel’thuzad seem forever bound. This blue dragon in life
was chilling in Northrend until Arthas and the scourge fought with him. Raised into
undeath he then became a boss in Naxxramas. Dropping the key to the focusing iris,
that which was required to fight Malygos the blue dragon aspect. Even here in the shadowlands he
answers the call of Kel’thuzad and luckily this time we don’t need a raid team to take him out.
“Kel thuzad has retreated to the necropolis. The two of us have no chance against him now.
There is little choice but to return to your allies and regroup.”
It’s going to take an army to save the margrave now. We do have friends in Revendreth kean on
dealing with Kel’thuzad as well. Our combined forces might be enough to attempt an assault,
but that’s a story for next week. For now thank you very much for watching everyone!
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