Underdev/Patch 3.3.5: The Ruby Sanctum

This article is a copy of "Patch 3.3.5: The Ruby Sanctum", an official article by Blizzard Entertainment. It's about the The Ruby Sanctum Patch implemented in the game.

The original article, formerly located at https://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/3p3/rubysanctum.xml, did not survive the overhaul of the World of Warcraft Official Website.

The sacred Chamber of the Aspects beneath Wyrmrest Temple has seen kingdoms and armies rise and fall throughout history. For over ten millennia, the dragonflights' five sanctums have remained hallowed ground for dragonkind, undamaged by the chaos of the Demon Soul's creation and protected from the ravages of the Scourge thanks to a rare instance of cooperation between members of all five dragonflights. The red dragonflight, dedicated to the preservation of all life on Azeroth, has been at the heart of a tentative partnership between dragonflights, known as the Wyrmrest Accord, which the red dragons have guided from their sacred Ruby Sanctum. Draconic unity, at least in the face of grave danger, seems a real possibility.

These developments demand an immediate response, but the dragons of the Wyrmrest Accord are wracked with questions. Next to nothing is known about who might be responsible for the assault on the Ruby Sanctum: the black dragonflight is not known for forgiveness or patience, but its numbers in Northrend are surely limited. What force would be powerful or daring enough to assail the stronghold of these ancient wyrms? How could such an enemy sneak by the temple's guardians undetected? Surely an approaching air or ground force would have been caught by Wyrmrest Temple's defenders.

For the moment, the members of the accord and their allies must assume the worst scenario that they can conceive of: that all life within the Ruby Sanctum rests on the precipice of extinction, and only immediate intervention will prevent the red dragonflight from being decimated. They'll find that the truth is far worse.

• The original page's XML coding no longer functions so we cannot view the site as it once was, but you can still read the XML file itself here