Hello everyone!
The Burning Legion has invaded azeroth once again and our friendly neighberhood demon
Calydus offers warlocks 3 different weapons to pursuit, knowledge gained from a book called
the tome of blighted implements, containing information about weapons which could be used
against the legion.
In this case we're going to go for the Scepter of Sargeras, perfect for the Destruction Warlock.
From the book we learn that it's very powerful, but difficult to acquire since the Scepter
is currently in the hands of Gul'dan.
We must find out about his plans and get close.
Calydus knows that Gul'dan is planning a major operation since he has sent out a call
to arms to all Shadow Council to help him with a big ritual.
One such group can be found at Caer Darrow so as we travel there, lets first dive into
the history of the scepter.
During the War of the Ancients, the night elf queen Azshara and her Highborne sorcerers
attempted to open a portal that would allow Sargeras into Azeroth.
The challenge was unprecedented; never before had anyone built a gateway that was strong
enough for a titan.
For weeks the Highborne labored without rest, crafting and weaving spells to devise a passage
through the night elves' colossal fount of power, the Well of Eternity.
But just as Sargeras was about to emerge into the world, the night elf resistance disrupted
the Highborne's spellwork and demolished the Well of Eternity.
Sargeras was cast back into the Twisting Nether, his ambition denied, his greatest chance to
conquer Azeroth slipping from his grasp.
The Dark Titan swore revenge.
He would tear down the walls between himself and his prize.
After his defeat at the Well of Eternity, Sargeras immediately planned his next method
of infiltrating Azeroth.
He knew he couldn't rely on a static portal; to serve a titan, such a gateway required
an astronomical amount of power, and the most promising source had been destroyed in his
last attempt.
Moreover, the Highborne's laborious preparation and spellwork had given away his intentions,
which had allowed the night elf resistance to thwart him.
If he wanted to overcome Azeroth's defenders, Sargeras needed to enter the world with minimal
warning.
Thus he commanded the eredar to forge a tool that would wrench open rifts between worlds
for only a short time, just long enough to let a portion of his soul through.
Although that meant he couldn't enter Azeroth in his most devastating form, such an instrument
would clear a path for his avatar to lead the Legion's invasion or carry out subtler
schemes.
Such an instrument would also weaken the integrity of the physical universe and threaten to collapse
it, but Sargeras considered those to be only side benefits.
Millennia ago, Sargeras ordered his most talented eredar sorcerers to construct him a cosmic
battering ram.
They did not disappoint.
First, scores of magi conducted dark rituals to channel countless portals into a single
staff.
They then projected the empowered artifact into every corner of the Great Dark Beyond,
weaving it into the fabric of reality, creating a thread that could be pulled to unravel the
seams of the physical universe at will.
To fuel this monstrous undertaking, a hundred warlocks sacrificed a hundred demons, selecting
them from among the Legion troops that had been part of the failed invasion of Azeroth.
Thus was forged the Jeweled Scepter of Sargeras.
Thus was born Azeroth's doom.
The Scepter of Sargeras is known for the gleaming jewel that adorns its apex.
Many theorize that it represents Sargeras's baleful eye, which caught only a glimpse of
Azeroth before the fallen titan was ripped back to the Twisting Nether.
But the truth is far different.
Soon after the War of the Ancients, Sargeras had a vision: the Well of Eternity imploded
once again, but this time, it dragged him down to the very core of Azeroth.
He was there for only an instant, but in that moment, he saw Azeroth's slumbering world-soul--and
in that moment, the world-soul opened one eye and gazed at the Dark Titan.
He was enraptured.
Since then, the eye of Azeroth's world-soul has not been far from his thoughts.
He commanded the eredar who forged the scepter to crown it with that lone, wondrous orb.
Next to it, the eredar placed two nathrezim wings, a testament to Sargeras's conception
of the world-soul: corrupted, demonic, and most importantly, his.
The Scepter of Sargeras was a marvel of arcane and fel sorcery, an instrument fit for a titan.
It could lacerate the connective tissue of the physical universe, opening portals to
any realm Sargeras desired, yet the rifts it created would allow only a portion of his
soul to enter.
It was a minor setback.
Sargeras would simply have to be more inventive with his plans.
And so, he waited.
Millennia later, Sargeras saw his opportunity.
The Guardian Aegwynn had become the most powerful mage on Azeroth, and not even the Council
of Tirisfal could control her.
Her pride made her a fine candidate for corruption.
Sargeras could not infiltrate Azeroth in his most lethal form, but perhaps he could use
the rebellious Guardian as a vessel for his machinations.
From the journal of Aegwynn, Guardian of Tirisfal:
""We had finished routing the Legion's minions when the sky turned black.
My mouth went dry, and the hairs on my neck bristled, responding to stimuli that my mortal
senses could not comprehend.
It was like the coming of a monstrous storm, right before the thunderheads would unleash
their cataclysmic onslaught.
Yet the air remained as still as great Galakrond's bones.
Something was wrong, very wrong, and all we could do was wait.
""I'll always remember the sound.
That slippery, hollow, CRACKING sound, like that of a mace splitting a giant's skull.
But it was bigger than that-louder, longer.
It pierced me like an arrow through my chest, though I knew the breach had happened some
distance away.
The edges of the world seemed to quiver, and for an instant I thought they might collapse.
But they did not.
""That was when the avatar of Sargeras entered the field of battle.""
In the icy wastes of Northrend, Sargeras drew the Guardian Aegwynn into battle, advancing
on his opponent as the portal he'd torn into Azeroth closed behind him.
His avatar was but a pale shadow of his true form, but that hardly mattered.
After all, even if he couldn't defeat Aegwynn, he could still use her for his own ends.
He had only to weaken her defenses, to create an opening for a shard of his spirit to break
through.
Just as he'd infiltrated Azeroth with the scepter, so too would he invade Aegwynn's
soul, corrupting it into another instrument of the Legion.
Afterward, Aegwynn would remember the battle as the most brutal she'd ever fought, but
she finally destroyed the avatar of Sargeras in an avalanche of arcane might.
As she stood triumphant over her fallen foe, she could scarcely believe that she had won.
Little did she know that she had lost.
From the journal of Aegwynn, Guardian of Tirisfal:
""I have defeated the avatar of the Great Enemy, Sargeras, but I cannot enjoy my victory.
There is a hollowness inside my breast, a persistent ache from a wound whose origin
I do not know.
It must be from the strain of the battle.
""I will dispose of the remnants of the fallen titan's incursion.
His avatar, though but a fragment of his full form, rivals Galakrond in stature, and I cannot
let his bones take up residence next to the gargantuan proto-dragon's.
Who knows what foul taint lies in wait to be released?
Even in death, the corpse is malevolent, gripping its cursed scepter as if it still intends
to rule.
""The scepter.
No one must be allowed to wield it.
This was the instrument Sargeras used to enter Azeroth, tearing a gash in the universe that
threatened to obliterate our world.
The eye on top of the staff stares out, mocking me.
I shall ensure that it never sees the light of day again.""
After Aegwynn defeated Sargeras's avatar, she interred his corpse in the ruins of Suramar,
along with the artifacts that he bore.
Deep beneath the sea, shielded by enchanted Highborne seals, the Scepter of Sargeras remained
for centuries, its power undiminished.
Sargeras attempted to regain control of the staff through Aegwynn, but the task proved
more difficult than he had estimated.
He could sway the Guardian in many ways, but he could not compel her to exhume his scepter
from its watery grave.
Something held her back, a primal instinct louder than Sargeras's whispering.
She knew the artifact was dangerous, that its use risked the destruction of all things.
Even possessed by the Dark Titan, she would not yield.
Sargeras realized that greater subtlety was needed.
Eventually, he extended his pernicious influence to Aegwynn's son, Medivh, as he developed
in her womb.
Through this new vessel, Sargeras planned to recover his beloved scepter.
Had he succeeded, the world of Draenor might not have been annihilated.
Other than the Dark Titan, the Scepter of Sargeras has had few wielders.
One of them was the orc warlock Ner'zhul.
After the Horde's defeat in the Second War, Ner'zhul sought to reinvigorate his followers
by opening gateways to new worlds for them to conquer.
To that end, he dispatched his servants to recover various artifacts from the Tomb of
Sargeras, including the scepter, which the fallen titan had used to infiltrate Azeroth
centuries before.
Ner'zhul was not Sargeras, however, so he could not simply command the staff to open
portals.
He had to wait until the constellations of Draenor were properly aligned, and he could
only use the scepter in conjunction with other artifacts.
The warlock grew impatient, frustrated with his limitations.
Intoxicated by the Skull of Gul'dan's influence, he had visions of his erstwhile apprentice,
who urged him to unleash his godlike powers.
When at last the moment arrived for Ner'zhul to act, he did so with wild abandon, heedless
of the consequences.
It mattered not to him if Draenor was destroyed; in fact, he welcomed it as part of his legacy.
With the scepter, he blasted hole after hole through the fabric of reality, shredding the
seams connecting Draenor to the rest of the physical universe.
As he rushed headlong through one of the portals, he could hear the world shattering behind
him.
After Draenor was destroyed, the demon lord Kil'jaeden wrested control of the Scepter
of Sargeras from Ner'zhul.
At last, the artifact was back in the Legion's possession, and Kil'jaeden would set about
using it to invade Azeroth.
But he was not as powerful as Sargeras; he could not open a portal mighty enough even
for his avatar.
Thus he conspired with Kael'thas Sunstrider to create a gateway through the Sunwell, the
blood elves' ruined fount of power.
Combined with the world-rending force of the scepter, Kael'thas's portal cleared the way
for Kil'jaeden's full form.
However, before the demon lord could set foot on Azeroth, Anveena, the embodiment of the
Sunwell's energies, intervened.
She sacrificed herself, unleashing all of her strength on the Deceiver and allowing
him to be thrown back into the Twisting Nether-along with the Scepter of Sargeras.
No matter who wields it, the threat the scepter poses is unspeakable.
The destruction of Draenor is testament to the devastation that even mortals can wreak
with this weapon.
What better motivation is there?
Warlocks have the oppertunity to obtain a weapon powerful enough to destroy worlds,
all they have to do is find a way to get close to gul'dan and grab the scepter out of his
grasp.
The first step in doing so is by discovering his plans and at Caer Darrow we find shadow
council members oyut in force and a couple of notes with information about their operation.
On one of the notes it says: Gul'dan has returned!
A better Gul'dan!
He extends his hand out to all those that have fled or gone into hiding as well as those
interested in joining.
The Legion is here and now is our chance to prove we belong with the victors.
Gul'dan plans a powerful ritual that will bring all opposition to their knees.
I am gathering forces at Caer Darrow to retrieve something that he requires.
If you would join a stronger Shadow Council, go there.
Once we've "convinced" the necromancers to aid us, we will move to another task.
Our time has come, don't be left behind.
– Jergosh.
The shadow council is an organization formed by our gul'dan which he used to rule the
Horde from behind the curtains while it seemed like Blackhand was their warchief and in charge.
When doomhammer took command of the horde, he made sure to kill as many members as he
could which then were used to create the first death knights of the horde, but the organisation
has popped up from time to time.
Now we see that alternate Gul'dan is taking charge, rallying all those that remain to
his side and Jergosh the Invoker, a former boss within the Rafegire Chasm that apperantly
survived heroes taking him out, he has shown up here together with Braelyn Firehand.
She was a quest giver in the stonetalon mountains with a deep hatred for the ilk of cenarius
and the night elf druids.
She too has found her way here to obtain the book of Medivh.
Jergosh the invoker: "FInally!
The book of Medivh is ours!
Would have saved ourselves time if you'd just let me kill those death-lovers!"
Braelyn Firehand: "Not worth the effort, dear!
Let them rot in their crypt.
The fires of the Legion will come for them soon enough."
"Hmmpf...
Wait...something is wrong!"
When Ner'zhul used the scepter of Sargeras to open the portals on draenor, he had to
use 2 other artifacts to empower his spell.
1 was the book of medivh and the other was the eye of dalaran, artifacts found on Azeroth.
That's what Gul'dan is planning to do as well, open up more and bigger gateways
for more legion troops to come flooding into the world.
When Khadgar and the forces from azeroth eventually confronted Ner'zhul in an attempt to stop
him, they failed in preventing the portals from being opened, but they were able to claim
the book of Medivh and grab the eye of dalaran out of ner'zhul's hands.
Khadgar used this to shut the portal on Draenors side, but before the gateway closed he tossed
the artifacts to a wildhammer dwarf and told him to bring them back to the Kirin Tor.
Some time passed until the events of Warcraft 3 where the book was once again needed by
the now lich Kel'thuzad.
He together with Arthas the death knight assaulted Dalaran, murdered the mages who tried to guard
it and used the book to summon Archimonde on to Azeroth.
No one really knew what happened to the book afterwards but it seems like Kel'thuzad
entrusted it within Scholomance, the place where he formed the Cult of the Damned.
The book containing knowledge from the corrupted guardian is once again needed by the legion
and will be a powerful tool for us to gain gul'dan's trust as we loot it from the
dead body of Jergosh.
We also find a letter from Gul'dan ordering Jergosh to get the book and then make his
way to aid Allaris in Tol Barad.
He is tasked with retrieving the Eye of Dalaran, but if we get the eye instead, surely we'd
earn more respect from Gul'dan and have an easier time convincing him that we're
now on his side so off to tol barad we go...
Allaris Narassin (nightborne): "Insolent orc!
You should have awaited my arrival!"
Nagaz: "I had things well in hand.
Those fools were weak!
We are better off without them!"
"Ah, reinforcements at last.
You have the Book of Medivh?
I expected Jergosh, but you will do.
Still, your timing could have been better."
"Jergosh and the others didn't make it?
How...convenient."
"It matters not.
Gul'dan knows the Eye is here, but Tol Barad is huge and overrun.
I believe an important document, a manifest of prisoners, is located in this block."
"In his infinite wisdom, Nagaz here sent his only remaining disciple to scout below.
I suggest you find out what happened to him while we search elsewhere."
"Hmmmph...I saw Tyranis go off to the right before I was forced to retreat."
Nagaz, like Jergosh used to be part of a quest in which we had to kill him and bring back
his head, but apparently it takes more than that to kill an orc and we find his apprantice
in a bit of a pickle since he's being pulled in by some sort of arcane vortex.
We could leave him to his fate or break the chains and offer him a happy little accident.
Considering that we also killed him once before and all of these npc's apparently have soulstones
active at all times, it might be for the best to just let him be taken.
"Found Tyranis too late, did you?
Pity...
Anyway, follow me!
There's something over here I ...need your help with."
"I'll have that book now...and you'll be having a little 'accident'!
"I should be ... the one...at Gul'dan's side..."
"Came up empty?
No Nagaz either, I see.
Not to worry, we all know how the lower echelons of our group scramble for position.
Enough nonsense.
What we seek is here!"
"There!
The unquiet dead bar our path.
Get that spirit out of my way, will you?
"
Interestingly enough is that in the streets of dalaran you can find a wrathguard disguised
as the human Armond Thaco which can be exposed by abilities to reveal demons while it seems
like the real Armond was killed right here so lets put him to rest and collect the manifest.
"Hmm...yes, I see.
This entry clearly speaks of a void terror.
It must have consumed the Eye in the Twisting Nether.
Its purpose here is irrelevant.
Quickly, let us get to Baradin Hold!"
The massive void terror named Occul'tharon has apparently consumed the eye in the twisting
nether.
I don't believe they've ever explained what happened to the eye once Khadgar gave
it to the wildhammer dwarf so perhaps he dropped it as he passed through the dark portal to
which it ended up in the twisting nether and eventually into the eye socket of this beast?
Who knows! but we do know for certain that the eye is here so the beast must be brought
low.
"The beast falls!
I am victorious once again.
I'll retrieve the Eye.
No doubt your crude attempts at its removal would cause irreparable damage.
I have the Eye, and you have the Book.
Well, I'll let you keep it for now.
Make haste to the Tomb of Sargeras.
Do not keep Gul'dan waiting."
Gul'dan: "Ahh, the Book is here at last...borne by one whose meddlesome handiwork I know well!
Come to join the winning side, hero?"
"You have both done well to acquire these artifacts.
Your positions in the shadow council are all but assured.
Using the Book, the Eye and the Scepter, we will amplify this portal and open gateways
to countless other demon worlds.
The Legion's full might will fall upon this pitiful planet!
I will go through the portal and act as a stabilizing anchor on Argus.
You will focus the ritual energy through the scepter, widening the breach and creating
a myriad of portals."
"Uhm...great master?
Which of us is to wield the Scepter?"
"Giggle...ahh I only need ONE of you for the ritual.
Discuss the matter quickly, and be ready..."
"It seems we are to be foes after all.
Pity, you would have made an excellent servant!"
"You have yet to experience my true power!"
"Slain...by a lowborn...how beneath me..."
"Not surprising that you came out the victor.
I considered aiding Allaris against you, but your resourcefulness may prove useful.
Consider this...a promotion.
Do not disappoint me!"
"Let us begin.
Take up the scepter and try not to kill yourself with it.
It has proven...challenging to control."
Pick up scepter of sargeras, I have the powerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
"The time has come!
Begin the incantations.
Focus the scepter on the altar.
Today we usher in the end of this world!"
"Now is friend's chance!
Use altar to summon bad portals, not good ones!
Quick!"
Portal overload, BAWOESJ
"Fool!
Your betrayal only delays the inevitable!
I will save a special prison for you when all you know is destroyed and you lie broken
before me."
"Quick, quick, through my portal!
Flee!"
Warlocks were not only able to pick up a scepter powerful enough to shatter worlds, they were
even able to give gul'dan the finger and deal a massive blow to his plans.
It's up for debate if it's wise to have a destruction warlock running around with
the powers given by the scepter of sargeras and I would love to see Gul'dan actually
acknowledge them using this weapon against him.
That would be a really nice touch, but we'll see how that encounter is going to go down.
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