Drak'Tharon Keep

Drak'Tharon Keep is an old ice troll fortress located between the northwestern border of the Grizzly Hills, and the southwestern border of Zul'Drak. It contains one scaled instance for level 62 - 80 players. On heroic, it awards approximately 2000 reputation.

Drak'Tharon Keep is located in the icy northlands of Northrend, it is a massive Drakkari fortress that sits on the border of Zul'Drak and Grizzly Hills; it's an impressive collection of spires and beautifully carved walls.

''Even the most formidable ice troll warriors have failed to retake the conquered fortress. Neutralizing Drak'Tharon as a threat to Zul'Drak's future will be a task requiring immense bravery, and unless it is done soon, the entire empire, along with the power of its wild gods, may fall to the Scourge.''

By the time of the war against the Lich King, the ancient ice troll stronghold has been claimed by the Scourge, thanks to betrayal from within by a troll named Drakuru. With the intact fortress as a base of operations, the Scourge turned on Zul'Drak and began their invasion in earnest. The undead Drakkari ice trolls also began to pouring from Drak'Tharon Keep into the Grizzly Hills, assaulting the furbolg. However, the invasion was oddly credited to the Drakkari themselves, not the Scourge.

Its former leader, The Prophet Tharon'ja, was transformed into a massive skeletal wind serpent, and began to send his minions towards Zul'Drak in order to try to defeat the ancient ice troll empire.

Mal'Ganis's base in the Third War where he was "killed" by Arthas wielding Frostmourne was close to Drak'Tharon Keep.

Following the war against the Jailer years later, the brothers Bronzebeard reported that Drak'Tharon Keep is still under the control of the Scourge, and that the main focus for the undead Drakkari seems to be the complete destruction of Zul'Drak.

''Drak'Tharon Keep once served the Drakkari trolls as a formidable outpost at the edge of their kingdom, Zul'Drak, but a recent Scourge invasion has delivered the fortress into the Lich King's hands. The keep's fallen defenders are now the Lich King's undead minions, and they are advancing into the heart of Drakkari territory.''

• Abominations
• Bats
• Beetles (critters)
• Devilsaur (one, )
• Dire troll (one, )
• Ghouls
• Ice trolls
• Lich (one, )
• The
• Necromancers
• Orc (one, )
• Raptors
• Rats (critters)
• Scourge trolls
• Skeletal mages
• Skeletal warriors
• Skeletal wind serpent (one, )
• Giant spiders
• Wights
• Zombies

• - If CCed before attacked, you will only have to fight the rider, and not his mount.

• Search and Rescue
• Head Games
• Cleansing Drak'Tharon

• Drak'Tharon Keep (achievement)
• Heroic: Drak'Tharon Keep
• Heroic: Drak'Tharon Keep Guild Run
• Better Off Dred
• Consumption Junction
• Oh Novos!

Drak'Tharon Keep is an ancient stone citadel located on the northern reaches of the Grizzly Hills (very close to the border with Zul'Drak) that once belonged to the Drakkari trolls. The Scourge drove them out, took possession of it, and now have a garrison here holding the mountain passes. It is a well placed, solidly built structure, and the small group of undead within can easily hold the keep against forces ten times its size, particularly since they don't need food or water during a siege.

The Scourge forces here are typical: nasty, violent and focused. The passes they hold the are located between Zul'Drak, the Dragonblight, and the rest of the Grizzly Hills, so that more Scourge forces can reach the east or return to Icecrown Glacier. They use it as the Scourge's powerbase in Northrend's southeastern corner. Two thousand Scourge creatures patrol the ruined old keep and often fight Drakkari and occasionally furbolgs, though they have yet to attack either Gundrak or Grizzlemaw directly. Thus far, the Scourge has not penetrated into Zul'Drak to any degree.

Some stories say that the Drakkari built Drak'Tharon Keep before the furbolgs built Grizzlemaw, and the existence of the later affected the balance of the former. The furbolgs' victory over the Drakkari in a series of skirmishes may have led to Drak'Tharon's eventual loss of to the Scourge.