Posted by Amatera on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 - 14 Comments
Tags: 3.3, arthas, ashbringer, ashen verdict, axe, darion mograine, froustmourne, frozen throne, icc, icecrown citadel, legendary weapon, lich king, lore, preview, quel'delar, shadowmourne, tirion fordring, two-handed, val'anyr
As cool as it would be to get your hands on the Lich King’s wretched blade, Frostmourne, it remains far too powerful and evil for the average hero to withstand its influence (never mind that you’ve killed more world-destroying threats at this point than any NPC to date). Nonetheless, there must be some weapon out there strong enough to equal the sword’s might. Enter the defiled axe: Shadowmourne.
The weapon was first revealed at BlizzCon 2009, and now that 3.3 is knocking on the door, Blizzard felt it was time to set up a preview page dedicated to one of the latest legendary items in the game (the other being Quel’Delar, though at this point, it doesn’t carry the classic orange name-tag).
According to the site, Shadowmourne doesn’t technically “exist.” You won’t find it laying in a cave or a forgotten treasure chest somewhere. Instead, the dire blade is nothing more than a theory, a remnant of arcane knowledge hidden deep within the recesses of Darion Mograine’s mind. But he’s convinced that Tirion Fordring’s Ashbringer simply isn’t enough, and that Shadowmourne may prove to be the true key to taking down the Lich King.
In order to do this, a player seeking the axe’s power will have to accomplish a variety of tasks which includes collecting souls and shards of the Frozen Throne itself. Indeed, it’s shaping up to be an undertaking similar to that of Val’anyr, where muliple runs through Icecrown Citadel will be required to gather all the materials necessary for forging the blade.
But, once created, what of its power? A weapon nearly as corrupted as Froustmourne itself must still be wielded by a righteous warrior, and who’s to say that Arthas himself couldn’t control it just as easily as he does his currently favored blade? It’s sure to be a sought-after piece of a gear for those who are capable of handling it…
But this is only a mere overview of what’s to come. If it is more stirring questions and information about the lore and formation of Shadowmourne you seek, please check out the official preview at Blizzard’s World of Warcraft Community Site.
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By matt on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
looks good to me
By canadian bacon on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
i want to see the stats on that thing
By magnaspawn on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
it looks insane wtb shadowmourne!
By grandobsidian on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
as long as i dont have to lose it in a roll of to some DK. If its another Val’anyr ill be happier since no one will get it and i dont need to bother.
By Josh on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
M’eh I’d rather have Frostmourne, but whatever Blizzard
By Tharon on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
@grandobsidian
You have to complete a Quest Chain to get it, so no, you should not have to worry about rollin against some1 for it. Maybe the Quest Items if some1 else is also on the same part of the quest chain.
By Danny on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 1:11 am
My sword on my priest and warlock looks difference i shall make an screenshot and upload and link it here.
For the priest sword you only have an healing item not an DPS item i dont know if its with all kind of classes.
I was on shadow when i did the questen and when i turn it in so that cant be an answer
By Danny on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 1:27 am
i uploaded the sword and mace of my warlock and priest
Priest
http://img193.imageshack.us/i/wowscrnshot111809092044.jpg/
Warlock
http://img42.imageshack.us/i/wowscrnshot111809092129.jpg/
By John on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
What are you talking about Danny?
By denalo on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
geez thats more popups then PL is starting to get lol im not going to be as anoyed from the PLZ download this file eh? 0.o lol i’d sudjest not going to the pages danny linked if you dont have a popupblocker possibly a anit virus i dont know the site.BUT anyway i read the story of it..we might have to do sunwell or mabye the eye to get the ice as well so it may be from icecrown and possibly the eye/sunwell * as kiljaden is talked about in the backstory* looks epic to me i’ve only seen a handfull of people with vailnyr on lightningblade*mostly shammy’s..shocking
By Kazzoo on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
this mayb selfish but i feel like shadowmourne should only b available 2 dks
By Danny on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
@danalo
lol noob
its just an screenshot about my priest and warlock how the sword looks like on an char like that
By denalo on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
danalo/an on an/ ?…anyway yae ti gitmh be for dk’s onleh but nevar no..oh shit i did it to
By denalo on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
oh and my previous comment is a joke lol i dont think the axe will be class based to dk’s mabye just thouse who can use 2h’s such as warriors/pally/dk’s.simmilar to the other two *grind for parts* items the staff had lock/mage/preist stats based on you i think i dont remember but that might be what the axe is /pally get stats that the warrior and dk would not