Quel'Delar: Lens of the Mind

Nice piece, ain't it? This thing's an upgrade for anything short of 25 man Trial of the Grand Crusader weapons going into 3.3, and it's the undisputed best weapon available outside of raids. A holy weapon that defended the hallowed ground of the Sunwell Plateau from Arthas himself, this is exactly the sort of thing that any self respecting warlock would want to defile wield righteously to defend the world from a renewed Scourge threat.

So what does one have to do to get their hands on this future abyss crystal precious relic? Check it out:

The quest line starts from the Battered Hilt, a trash drop from the three wings of the Icecrown 5 man heroic dungeons. The hilt is a single drop, so the group will have to roll on it, and it isn't BOP, so expect fierce competition and ridiculous auction house prices.

The Battered Hilt starts a quest called... The Battered Hilt. This sends you to a representative of the Sunreavers or the Silver Covenant at Quel'Delar's rest, south of the argent tournament grounds. This is an area already in game - you can see two archways, a dragon's skeleton frozen in the ground, and a sword embedded into the glacier and through the top of the dragon's skull.

The next step is to meet with Krasus on top of Wyrmrest Temple, then report back to your faction enclave in Dalaran. A simple fetch quest.


The other faction's up to something, the next step of the quest line is to go down into the sewers of Dalaran and hunt down the Sunreaver/Silver Covenant agent dealing in the black market area, kill him, and find out what he's up to. Now you get to sneak into the opposing faction's area in Dalaran, a Shady character at the Threads of Fate will provide a counterfeit tabard, and you get the ancient dragonforged blades from the dead agents contact.


Now that you know what you've got, you need to reforge the damaged blade. To do this you need 5 bars of Infused Saronite, from the trash mobs in the Pit of Saron, and the Forgemaster's Hammer from Forgemaster Garfrost. Before the brittle reforged blade can be used, it has to be tempered in the crucible of the Forge of Souls. To do this you'll have to kill the Devourer, the last boss of the Forge.

The sword still doesn't possess the powers it should, but the quest giver tells you that you tell him that the sword is telling you to go to the Halls of Reflection. You'll have to take the sword to Arthas' personal quarters in the Halls of Reflection, where you discover that the sword answers the will of the Lich King, meaning it cannot safely be wielded.

To cleanse the blade, it must be dipped in the Sunwell. This will be a phased post-war Sunwell, already freed from demonic influence and returned to it's former glory. Halduron Brightwing won't let you just walk in, though, you'll have to get the blessing of Thalorien Dawnseeker, the previous owner of Quel'Delar, to confirm that the sword is indeed Quel'Delar and that you have permission to be fucking around with it. Dawnseeker's remains are at the south end of the portion of the Dead Scar that extends over Quel'danas island.

Now it's time to go into the Sunwell. This isn't the raid, but a phased version. You'll be able to proceed through to the Sunwell and cleanse the blade safely, then return it to Quel'Delar's Rest.

At this point, one of two things happens. As warlocks, we're sent back to Dalaran to present the blade in our faction's area and you get to pick your chosen version of the sword as a reward. Classes that can't equip swords are sent to the Argent Tournament Grounds, where they'll hand the sword over to Justicar Mariel Trueheart, who will find a suitable person to wield the blade, and you get to pick a mace reward.

The sword looks pretty cool. They're large for one handers (though small for two handers, and the two hand version uses the same graphic). They're more stylized than Quel'Serrar, with a shining gem in the hilt and better defined runes along the blade, and a much more defined penis shape to the blade itself.

The maces suck, though, the caster mace looks like an oversized wand. Be glad we get the sword.