The Search for the Highlord

Objectives
Recover Tirion Fordring and the Ashbringer from the Broken Shore.
 * Fly to the Broken Shore
 * Obtain the Ashbringer (artifact)
 * Balnazzar slain

Description
Tirion is fading away on that infernal shore... and the Ashbringer with him! We must not waste another moment.

Give the word and we'll set off. We're ready when you are.

Rewards
You will receive:
 * 15,050 XP
 * 15,050 XP

Completion
I owe you my life,. We all do.

Stage 1: Sounding the Charge

 * Lead the paladins of the Argent Crusade into battle (Argent War Horn)

Inside the scenario, the wing flies to the Shattered Edge:
 * say
 * say

Tyrosus is accompanied by Argent Dawnbringers, Righteous Crusaders, and Argent Phalanxes.

Use the ability, the Argent War Horn.

Stage 2: Crusaders' March

 * Destroy the demon army.


 * say
 * say

Help clear the first wave of adds. Once they fall, Zerus summons some infernals.
 * say
 * say

Defeat them.

Stage 3: Holy Vengeance

 * Destroy Jailer Zerus and save Highlord Tirion Fordring.
 * Destroy Jailer Zerus
 * say
 * say
 * say

A Doomguard Incinerator burns the ground. Move forward and kill the two Dark Inquisitors that are torturing Stormwind Soldiers / Orgrimmar Soldiers, as Jailer Zerus chimes in:
 * say
 * say
 * say
 * say
 * yell

Proceed to Hope's End and attack Jailer Zerus:
 * say
 * say

Zerus has the following abilities:
 * say
 * Summons a Dark Inquisitor at 50% health.
 * say
 * Summons a Dark Inquisitor at 50% health.

Interrupt Drain Life and step out of the Jailer's Prison area of effect.

Kill Zerus to start the next stage.


 * yell

Stage 4: The Ashbringer

 * Find the Ashbringer within the Lost Temple.
 * Wield the Ashbringer


 * say
 * say

Enter the cave to the east and start killing a path through Ravenous Felstalkers. Corpses of Stormwind and Horde Soldiers litter the ground.
 * yell
 * yell

Two Wrathguard Cleavers and an Eredar Deathspeaker guard the path. While fighting them:
 * say
 * say

After defeating them, move to the next room to find the Ashbringer embedded in a ruined platform. Interact with it to acquire the Ashbringer!


 * say
 * say
 * say

Balnazzar casts Dominate Mind.

Step 5: One Final Blessing

 * Call upon the power of the Ashbringer to break free from Balnazzar's control.
 * Break free from Balnazzar's control.
 * Unbreakable Will


 * whisper
 * say

Step 6: Balnazzar the Risen

 * Defeat Balnazzar
 * Balnazzar defeated


 * say

Balnazzar has the following abilities:

At 90%:
 * say

At 80%:
 * say

At 70%:
 * say

At 60%:
 * say

At 50%:
 * say
 * say

At 40%:
 * say

At 30%:
 * say

At 20%:
 * say

At 5%:
 * say

Final Stage: The Fate of the Highlord

 * Return to Tirion Fordring


 * say

Run back to the west to find Tyrosus:
 * say

Follow him back outside. Tirion is on the Brink of Death.
 * say
 * say
 * say
 * emote
 * say
 * say

Trivia

 * When Balnazzar begins to corrupt the paladin, the Ashbringer takes on its Fallen Hope appearance.
 * Several lines in this quest are homages to past events.
 * Maxwell Tyrosus closely quotes Tirion Fordring's monologue in Light's Hammer.
 * say is verbatim what Tirion Fordring prayed to the Light in order to escape the Lich King's ice prison and save the heroes.
 * Balnazzar declaring that say is in reference to Mal'Ganis' words to Arthas in the Culling of Stratholme.
 * Balnazzar also very closely matches Kairozdormu's words to Garrosh Hellscream while he was held prisoner in.


 * Beta text, stage 3 and 4
 * say
 * say
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 * Original final objective
 * Return to Dalaran