The Call of Icecrown

Use your Death Gate ability to travel to Icecrown and obtain the Blades of the Fallen Prince.

• Use Death Gate
• Obtain the Blades of the Fallen Prince
• Obtain the Mark of the Lich King
• Take the Acherus Waygate

<A powerful presence again touches your thoughts.>

I have ordered your brethren to Icecrown to prepare for the coming conflict, but I have a more important fate in mind for you. You,, will be the hand of our vengeance!

Use the Death Gate to return to Acherus and I shall reveal your role in this.

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The Lich King made a wise choice in giving you those blades,. You've more then proven yourself worthy of them.

I have to admit though, I'm glad it wasn't me, I'm through with having magical weapons dictate my fate.

Upon entering the Death Gate, a short cutscene plays, showing Acherus floating next to Icecrown Citadel. You are then automatically placed in a single-player scenario. While you are on this quest, you won't be able to conduct normal business in Acherus.

• The Lich King awaits your return to the citadel.
• Open the Gate to Icecrown
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• Darion makes his way up the ramp to the exit.
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• He stops up to the side of the ramp, turning back to you.
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Head directly north past the balcony and over the bone bridge connecting the Ebon Hold to Icecrown. Lady Alistra and Lord Thorval are standing on the east side of the balcony.

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Once you pass over to Icecrown, Dagnar Stonebrow and Minerva Ravensorrow will walk in the opposite direction to you to take their place on the balcony of Acherus.

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Interact with the Scourge Transporter to begin the next stage.

• The transporter glimmers with a crystalline light.

• Enter Icecrown Citadel.
• Enter Icecrown Citadel

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• Collect Fragments within Icecrown Citadel.
• Collect Fragments within Icecrown Citadel (4)

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Fight your way through Phantom Mages and Phantom Swordsmen in the hallways. Near the first gate are two Stoneskin Gatekeepers. One, during its Hardened state, needs to be pulled to a highlighted stone with Death Grip. When you reach the Spire, kill Baelgun Flamebeard and then retrieve the first fragment.

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Proceed northeast and kill two Spectral Knights, then proceed to Halahk the Deathbringer.

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Head northwest and kill three Anguished Souls, then proceed to Magroth the Defender.

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Finally, fight your way south to the central Spire to face Gavinrad the Cruel and loot the final fragment.

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• Use the Scourge Teleporter within the Spire.
• Use the Scourge Teleporter within the Spire

• Reforge the fragments and form your weapon.
• Reforge the fragments and form your weapon

The Hilt of Frostmourne is found at the center of the Frozen Throne, encased in ice.

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Upon interacting with the hilt, the blade is lifted into the air, shatters into fragments and then reforms into the Blades of the Fallen Prince.

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• Purge the blades of the malevolent souls within.
• Purge the blades of the malevolent souls within

Upon interacting with the blades, you are transported to an area similar to the Frostmourne subzone seen during the Lich King boss fight. Spectral echoes of Ner'zhul and Arthas Menethil are standing in front of a vision of Frostmourne. The Echo of Arthas then becomes hostile and attacks the player while Ner'zhul teleports to the other side of the room.

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• Arthas turns to face the direction the player came from.
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Arthas will periodically cast Shadow Strike, which causes him to deal damage in a cone in front of him for several seconds, while Ner'zhul teleports to different corners of the room and continuously sends out waves of Void bolts which deal damage and knock back the player on contact. Arthas will also periodically cause to sprout in an area around him.

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Once Arthas reaches roughly 25% health, he will run over to Frostmourne, gain Divine Shield and become invulnerable to all damage, while Ner'zhul begins summoning waves of undead. Arthas also begins casting Dark Pact, which sacrifices all undead who reach him to regain his health.

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s spawn in waves of six and move quickly, s spawn one at a time and move moderately fast, while s spawn one at a time and move slowly. Make use of Howling Blast and Remorseless Winter to defeat the geists and Chains of Ice and Death Grip to slow down the ghouls and zombies to prevent as many undead as possible from reaching Arthas.

After finishing the cast of Dark Pact, Arthas picks up Frostmourne and resumes the fight with the player, using the same abilities as before while Ner'zhul resumes casting waves of Void bolts.

Upon defeating Arthas, he says the following: You are then automatically transported back to the Frozen Throne.

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Upon interacting with and looting the Blades, you automatically equip them.

• The Blades are purged of the corruption. Claim them as your own.
• Take the Blades of the Fallen Prince.

• Obtain the Lich King's Blessing.
• Obtain the Lich King's blessing
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Climb the throne to stand before the Lich King.

You receive the Mark of the Lich King buff, increasing all of your stats by 5% for 60 minutes.

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If the Blades of the Fallen Prince is the first artifact the player has obtained, the Lich King wil also say the following:

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A waygate opens to the immediate right of the Lich King. Use it to return to Acherus and speak with Darion in the center of the Ebon Hold to complete the quest.

• Depart the Frozen Throne by taking the Acherus Waygate.
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• Upon completion
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