Black Rook Hold

Black Rook Hold (or simply Black Rook) was carved out of the mountain to be an unassailable fortress. This elven structure served as a bulwark against the Legion during the War of the Ancients, until a shadow fell upon it. Black Rook Hold is a dungeon in World of Warcraft: Legion. You start in the catacombs below Black Rook Hold and work your way through the outside to the top of the spire.

The location that would later become Black Rook Hold was originally a huge granite formation atop a high and treacherous mount. The first night elf to bear the clan designation of Ravencrest remarked that the stocky formation resembled a piece from a chessboard, a rook colored black and that huge, dark birds circled and nested atop it, which he took as a sign. For more than a kaldorei generation, the solid rock was carved into a fortress like none other seen among the empire. The structure stood in terms of magnificence second only to the royal palace of Zin-Azshari and extended its military influence over most of the realm, the power of Black Rook Hold tipping the balance when conflict arose between the night elves and the dwarves.

During the War of the Ancients the Hold stood as a defensive gathering place for the night elves to strategize and plan the stand against the Burning Legion. Lord Ravencrest was the current head of this monumental structure. The hold was said to have the strength to withstand an attack from the Burning Legion for days, giving time for its inhabitants to make a stand — or flee to safer ground.

After stealing the corpse of Illidan Stormrage from the Vault of the Wardens, conducted a ritual to separate his soul from his body. This energy brought the souls of the Ravencrest clan back to their ancestral home. The ghosts of the Hold's forces have been risen by Gul'dan, from the lowliest soldier to Desdel Stareye and even Lord Ravencrest himself, to protect the secrets within the tower. These undead night elves cannot see the living for what they truly are and believe them to be demons as they eternally relive the horrors of the War of Ancients.

''Carved from the greatest mountain of Val'sharah by ancient elven masons, Black Rook Hold stood as a bulwark against the Burning Legion during the War of the Ancients. The nigh-impregnable fortress is also the ancestral home of Lord Kur'talos Ravencrest, one-time mentor of Illidan himself. But since the latest Legion attack, a strange dark energy emanates from the Hold, and restless dead plague the surrounding lands.''

• Black Rook Hold (achievement)
• Heroic: Black Rook Hold
• Mythic: Black Rook Hold
• Mythic: Black Rook Hold Guild Run
• Black Rook Moan
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• Adds? More Like Bads

• Black Rook Hold was maintained and upkept by a small army of servants.
• The Black Rook Breastplate worn by some members of the Rooksguard were made of the same rock as Black Rook Hold.
• By the best physical means, it took between three and five days to travel between the Hold and Zin-Azshari.

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