Project Lore

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Blood Elves are pretty

Be sure to read part 1 first!

It is possible that Quel'Delar could be the "Prismatic Quel'Serrar" that Lydos mentioned. Remember, a High Blade must be forged in the breath and blood of a dragon, imbuing it with some of its powers. The area "Quel'Delar's Rest" has five arches and five lanterns. It could represent each of the dragonflights that theoretically contributed to forging the sword, or the lanterns could even have been lit by the flames of each of the dragonflights.

Much of the data for the questline surrounding Quel'Delar has been datamined, and World of Raids has a great database for it.

The long questline for Quel'Delar does not yet seem to reference a dragon to use to forge it, so it is possible that these flames at Quel'Delar's rest could be the location where the flames forge it. Regardless, there is a hilt stuck in the ground there that could start the questline. It is unknown from where the hilt of Quel'Delar will come from, but it is known that it will start the questline. The current knowledge of the questline is broken and is missing dialogue, but here is what has been surmised:

After getting the hilt from an unknown source, players take the hilt to Rhonin, who forwards players to Krasus to identify the sword. Some missing quest or dialogue occurs here, and some shady Blood Elf in Dalaran named "Magister Hathorel" has been meddling around the black market and he has an important tome that can identify Quel'Delar. The tome is titled "Ancient Dragonforged Blades" and likely is used to identify the sword.  It is not clear if this Blood Elf will be a High Elf for Horde players completing the quests. This elf borrowed it from Wyrmrest Temple and never returned it. Alliance players have to infiltrate Sunreaver's Sanctuary to get the tome, which they do by borrowing a Sunreaver's Tabard from some dirty laundry. The tome is then taken to Caladis Brightspear, presumably of the Argent Crusade, at the Argent Tournament grounds. He then instructs players to enter the Pit of Saron to get some Infused Saronite and the forgemaster's hammer to reforge Quel'Delar. Players then enter the Forge of Souls to temper the blade. Some missing dialogue occurs, and players must take it to the Halls of Reflection. It seems that the spirit of Uther comments that one cannot wield the blade while it is under the Lich King's control, and so players must cleanse it in the Sunwell. Players ask Halduron Brightwing, current ranger-general of Silvermoon, for entrance to the Sunwell, as it is heavily guarded (likely by Silvermoon and the Shattered Sun Offensive), and he intends to do so upon the presentation of Quel'Delar. First, he wants players to visit the grave of Thalorien Dawnseeker, who was the last person to wield the blade. He was a High Elf who fell in defense of Silvermoon to the Scourge, and he lies in the Dead Scar. The data-mined data ends there. It is unclear if players will be able to wield, or what its ultimate fate will be. This could be the questline that forwards the Ashbringer story, or at least the Icecrown story that is supposedly intertwined to the Frozen Halls. I really hope the sword is tempered by dragon's fire. Perhaps Sindragosa's breath will bless it with the power of magic and the sword will end up being for casters. It is still not clear if this will be a tanking blade, a caster's blade, or even obtainable by players.

Time will tell, and we will keep you updated! Part 3 of this post will be posted as soon as more news is available!