Lorewalker Stonestep (tactics)

Lorewalker Stonestep is the narrator of the second boss of the Temple of the Jade Serpent. The encounter automatically starts after destroying the Corrupted Scroll. After its destruction, it will randomly select between the two possible stories.

''The Sha of Doubt's minions gleefully invaded the Temple of the Jade Serpent's library, creating twisted, destructive versions of heroes and other characters of pandaren lore. Despite his best efforts, Lorewalker Stonestep has been unable to restore these manifestations of their past to their uncorrupted forms.

''A young Yaungol faces Strife and Peril. He must find a balance between the two to set his soul free.''

''In the days of old, five suns burned brightly in the sky. Great fires would sweep through the lands of Pandaria until the day that Zao Sunseeker shot a defiant arrow into the sky, bringing down 4 of the 5 suns.''

Players must extinguish the suns from the sky. Defeating each Sun causes Haunting Sha to appear and attack Zao Sunseeker and the players.

The Haunting Sha have now possessed Zao Sunseeker. You must now defeat him to cleanse his corruption.

This encounter involves two bosses at once.

The tank needs to keep aggro on both Strife and Peril. Since they do not move, this involves running between the bosses and using AoE abilities such as Thunder Clap and Hammer of the Righteous. They hit hard by 5-player boss standards, so be prepared to blow cooldowns on mitigation abilities such as Shield Wall.

For damage dealers, the official intent for the encounter seems to be watching for the stacks of Intensity and periodically switching between the bosses when the stacks get too high (for example, above 6). Switch immediately if your target gets the Intensity debuff. However, it is sometimes easier (especially in overgeared groups) to just focus on one boss and ignore the other until the first one is dead, simply waiting out the 15-second immunity to damage.

Zao Sunseeker is a figure from a Pandaren tale who sought to destroy the Five Suns that were causing drought and havoc for the people. The story is brought to life by the Sha and players fight alongside Zao to defeat four of the suns. Upon defeating each sun, it shows its true form - sha. After you defeat four of the sha, they infest Zao with the negative emotion they embody. Players are then forced to kill Zao.

• Intro
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• Trial of the Yaungol
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• Trial of the Yaungol Completed
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• Champion of the Five Suns
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• Sunseeker's Corruption!
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• Champion of the Five Suns Completed
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• Outro
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• Unused quotes
• Out of the scroll, demon!
• I grant you eternal peace!
• I free you from existence!
• You shall taint these scrolls no longer!
• Thank you, heroes. I...
• As the tale goes, Zao battle furiously; shooting his arrows high into the sky, until only one sun remained.