Hiding in the Stacks

Enter Karazhan and search for knowledge of the Pillars of Creation with Khadgar.

• Recover Knowledge of the Pillars of Creation

Magni's information was enlightening. It should prove handy to have a friend who has the ear of a titan.

It's time to head into Karazhan. Not that I need to remind you, but it can be a dangerous place. There are countless strata of spells woven throughout the tower, and the interaction of the forces within can be... unpredictable. Be on your guard.

I'll join you inside. I need a moment to... gather my thoughts. This place holds a lot of memories for me.

You will also receive:

• 14,950 XP

Do you have something for me?

Not long after you left, the first wave of demons struck. We're holding them at bay... for now.

I'll keep this tome safe until we have a chance to study it.

Good work in there. I should like to delve into the libraries of Karazhan myself one day. At least... I think I would.

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Open the portcullis behind Khadgar and enter a special version of Karazhan.

• Meet with Archmage Khadgar inside Karazhan
• Meet with Khadgar

Step forward and Khadgar will appear.

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• Khadgar steps over to the stairway entrance.
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Speak with him:

• The Burning Legion's power grows. We haven't time to spare.

• Learn the secrets of Karazhan's past
• Listen to the story of Khadgar's arrival

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• A vision of Moroes and Khadgar appear, walking up the steps just ahead of Khadgar and the player.
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• Moroes fades away while Khadgar's walks to the middle of the ballroom.
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• A vision of Medivh teleports in to the railing above the ballroom, looking downwards at young Khadgar.
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• Young Khadgar heads for the doorway and vanishes while Medivh turns and walks away. Khadgar heads for the doorway, which is blocked with a magical barrier.
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• Disable the Arcane Protector activated by Medivh
• Arcane Protector disabled

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Defeat the activated Arcane Protector.

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• Stay with Khadgar
• Stay with Khadgar

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• The room trembles with localized explosions. Khadgar turns and starts for the main stairs, but halts briefly as a blast of fel energy and fire rolls through its stairwell.
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• From the top, Khadgar and the adventurer can see a large number of demons (Felblade Sentry, Raging Berserker) are rushing up the stairs. Khadgar summons a magical barrier to hold them in place.
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• Assist Khadgar by deactivating the protective rune.
• Protective Rune deactivated

Interact with the right-hand Mark of the Kirin Tor.

• Khadgar runs back toward the doorway, casting a spell that reveals two runes on either side of the doorway.
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• Khadgar takes the left rune.
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• Read from the Guardian's Arcanum to escape to the library.
• Escape to the library

• Khadgar runs up to the next level of the Grand Ballroom, stopping at the top of the stairs.
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• Khadgar turns to the table and begins to prepares one of the books sitting on it.
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• The book in question lights up. At the same time, a boss-level Arcane Protector activates and runs in Khadgar's direction.
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• Khadgar traps the protector in an arcane bubble.

Interact with the Guardian's Arcanum to get whisked away to a portal above the auditorium of the Opera Hall, and sent to another inside the doorway of the Guardian's Library, where the Shade of Aran was fought.

• Destroy the Agitated Tomes.
• Agitated Tomes destroyed

A handful of animated books are flying around the room. Take them all out.

• Assist Khadgar by weakening the guardians.
• Guardians subdued

• Khadgar teleports in. He runs to the center and shuts down the portal you came through at the entrance.
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An Ancient Curator spawns, then a second, and then an Arcane Keeper. Take them all out.

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• Assist Khadgar by attuning the protectors to defend Karazhan.
• Guardians reactivated x3

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• With a flick of his arm Khadgar preps the sentries for you, then walks up to the entrance and works on reinforcing it with an arcane barrier.

Interact with the three just-defeated guardians to reactivate them.

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The guardians run toward the door and teleport out.

• Find the tome containing information about the Pillars of Creation.
• Tome recovered

• The room begins to shudder as the protectors engage the demons.
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• Khadgar hurries back to the center and summons a small scrying orb to search the shelves and tables.
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The orb eventually points at a book sitting on a table, Notable Antiquities of Ancient Azeroth. Go grab it.

• Listen to Khadgar's instructions regarding the tome
• Listen to Khadgar

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• Khadgar opens a portal to Dalaran.
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Take the portal, then talk to Archmage Modera in the Violet Citadel. Dalaran is under attack by invading demons!