Project Lore

If you didn't roll a Death Knight yet, then you may not know much about the Knights of the Ebon Blade.  The merry band of Death Knights are lead by Darion Mograine from their base in Eastern Plaguelands.  It is tough to describe the faction without dropping any spoilers - do the opening Death Knight chain - so let's just say that after Mograine broke free from the Lich King's control, he pledged his remaining days to bringing his former master down.  To help him in his task, he formed the Knights of the Ebon Blade, a faction that directly mirrors the Paladin-filled ranks of Knights of the Silver Hand. Seeing as I am going to pop into Revered after this round of dailies, I am qualified to deliver yet another guide on reputation grinding.  Consequently, Ebon Blade is one of the four factions that can be Championed, making Exalted an easily reachable feat.  Add to that a collection of six daily quests, and you'll be throwing back flagons of ale with Mograine in no time.

• Shoot 'Em Up - A quick weapon-based task.
• Vile Like Fire! - Vehicular siege quest.  As the title suggests, you get to burn stuff.
• Leave Our Mark - Basically a kill x mobs quests, you just have to stab their bodies with a marker after their death.  You can ninja other player's mobs if they aren't doing it, or you scare them off.
• From Their Corpses, Rise! - A simple kill x mobs quest like above.  Just sprinkle the solution of their corpse for a new friend.
• Intelligence Gathering - This is Ebon Hold's version of Hot and Cold.  First you must grind key drops off the same mobs from the above quest, then use the keys to open lockboxes.  However, not every lockbox contains the quest item needed, just a handful of copper.  Yes, copper.
• No Fly Zone - Another kill x mobs quest, but it is actually annoying for toons with no ranged.  The mobs are flying and will occasionally hover just out of melee range as they toss harpoons your way.

Combining Championing with normal and daily quests means you can get to Exalted in no time flat.  Of course, there is a catch.  Like the Sons of Hodir, players must gain access to the faction's main base on Northrend before they can access dailies or even the tabard.  Although there is an opening quest chain, the totality of it is no where near as long as the Sons, in terms of numbers or time invested.  In Icecrown you will find a quest via the flying ship of your faction aptly titled It's All Fun and Games.  The first part has you poking out Sauron's the Lich King's eye.  Get it?  Once you complete the opening chain, the opportunity to free the Shadow Vault from the Lich King's minion will arise.  Upon your victory you will be meet with a new phased quest hub for yourself. It should be noted that you essentially need Cold Weather Flying to do these, which would make a fake level requirement of Level 77.  You can probably get around it with the help of a friendly Warlock and partner, but why put them through the trouble?  Ebon Blade holds a good collection of items aside from the DPS head enchantment that Solidsamm demands.  If you haven't begun raiding, then you'll likely find something of interest from the faction.  If not, well there is always those Achievements things everybody loves.

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