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The Story of Vault of the Incarnates with Nobbel87
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Dragonflight's first raid, the Vault of the Incarnates, went live this week, and Nobbel87 has created a lore guide to explain the story of this raid - why we're sent in, who we face, and what the ending might mean for the future!
The Story So Far
The elements, for some reason, are on the rise and in turn we saw the dragon isles and the dracthyr awaken. Primalistic forces, lead by Kurog Grimtotem marched towards the froststone vault and released Raszageth the Storm-Eater.
Tempest Unleashed Cinematic - Dragonflight Main Questline
Upon the Dragon Isles, there stand the Oathstones, symbolizing the bond between dragons and Titans, their oaths to the world of Azeroth itself. The dragons haven’t been to the Isles for over ten thousand years, and in that time, a lot has happened. Some Aspects have been slain, some have been replaced, and all have lost a huge portion of their powers. The Dragon Queen hopes that by re-empowering the Oathstones, reigniting the purpose of the flights and their sacred charge, they might get their full Aspect powers back. Considering that their last war against the Incarnates took all of their powers combined... and then some... we surely need the dragons to go back to their former glory.
Our Queen hopes that through the mother Oathstone, an ancient gift bestowed upon the flights by the Titans, they’ll be able to reactivate it, and in doing so restore their Aspect powers. It’s a long shot... lets hope this works...
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A long shot, but still disappointing that it didn’t work out. Raszageth is quite pleased to see the false queen be rejected, and it’s Anyone's guess why this didn’t work. I don’t think the Storm-Eater herself broke anything - and it kinda looks like there’s this ancient Titanic device that’s working in unison across the isles, but it’s still broken. The island has been left on its own for a few millennia, the Keepers slumbering and time eroding them away.
That, and we still have some conflicts to deal with among the flights. Kalec restoring the family, Sabellian or Wrathion picking up leadership, Merithra taking over from her mother Ysera, Nozdormu and the Infinite Murozond, and then the burden of leadership for Alexstraza I suppose. We might have renewed the Oathstones, but there’s still plenty of healing to be done amongst the dragons.
Vault of the Incarnates
That’s going to take time though, which we do not have right now. Raszageth has found and broken into the Vault of the Incarnates. Within, she’s working on a foul ritual to unleash her siblings, so together they can purge the world of the Titan’s influence. We must assault this impregnable fortress and break their defenses to end this threat. While many could fall, defeat condemns all the realms to the Incarnates' reign of fire and blood.
It’s so nice to have Khadgar back with us, now supporting the magical Kalecgos and rooting for his future.What else do you talk about when facing total annihilation?
Vault of the Incarnates Boss Strategy Guides and Raid Overview
Commander Eranog
We’re not alone in this battle for the fate of Azeroth. On the backs of some of the finest drakes the Dragonflights have to offer, we bombard the Primalistic forces down below. Like in Grim Batol, this gives us the chance to clear a path of our choosing - take out some enemies we don’t want to face head-on.
Commander Eranog switched sides during our adventures in Thaldrazsus, although considering that his mother is Broodkeeper Diurna, I guess he was never really on our side. The drakonid on the dragon isles were once upon a time the primordial Tarasek. The Aspects transformed them, similar to how they were transformed by the Titans from proto-dragons into dragons. They took the Tarasek and transformed them into the drakonid too, which some worship the ground they walk on, but others, especially after being abandoned for ten thousand years... they don’t see the dragons as the rightful owners anymore.
What right do they have to suddenly show up and claim the Dragon Isles as their own? Eranog took it one step further, using a firestone to evolve himself into Primalist Eranog - now fully on the side of the incarnates. From marked players, pools of fire will fill up the floor with Taresek jumping out of portals to answer their commanders call. They focused completely on their mark until slain while a massive ring of fire slowly closes in around us. We’ll have to punch an opening to not be pushed into the middle and die a horrible, fiery death.
Terros
There are different tunnels and pathways too choose from, but all are filled with elements, primalists and proto-dragons that try and block our way.
Kurog is charging himself up with the might of the elements while we get to play with some of his summoned creations. If we hurry, we might be able to stop them before thier next ritual is complete. We kill more trash and disrupt their ritual.
They tried to pull Terros, an unyielding force of destruction, out of his elemental plane, but we disturbed the ritual and now the poor element of earth is stuck between two worlds at the quarry of infusion.
Good thing too, considering how much pain he can bring even when stuck. The earth itself rises up against us, awakening little pillars which pulse with nature damage.
Sennarth the Cold Breath
Sennarth the Cold Breath is Kurog’s most vicious creation, a massive arachnid infused with the unforgiving gold. Her singular purpose is to guard her brood of thousands, awaiting the day they’ll hatch and enshroud Azeroth in a web of winter. A big spider boss that would not look out of place in Elden Ring... lovely.
Primal Council
Even the Djaradin have decided to show up, not trusting anything related to dragons, of course, but always up for a challenging fight. At The Elemental Conclave we find the Primal Council.
These masters of the elements are ruthless in their pursuit of power. Embar firepath is as merciless as the fire she commands. Opalfang wields the might of the earth to crush her enemies. Kadros Icecwrath is cold and cruel, while his sibling Dathea Stormlash is as wild and unpreditable as a raging storm. Fire, Earth, Ice, and Lightning all heed their call...
The four of them work in unison and all need to die around the same time, or they’ll cast their convocation spell and wipe us all out. Thankfully, we can use their different elemental abilities against them.
Apperantly Kadros and Dathea were really close as she manages to escape the fight, fly off to the Primal Bullwark, where she asks Raszageth for the power to claim her vengeance...
Dathea Ascended
Imbued with a fraction of the Incarnate’s strength, Dathea gains control of the wind itself and unleashes its ferocity to tear her enemies apart.
Kurog Grimtotem
Back to the beginning where the path to Kurog is finally open. The master of all elements has been charging himself up, getting ready to summon in his powerful entities of storm, fire, ice and earth.
The once prized pupil of Magatha Grimtotem has found the perfect place within the Vault of the Incarnates, the Primal Convergence, where each section of the room connects to one of his four elements. That’s why you don’t want him anywhere near the middle caus that’s where they all come together and they make him overwhelmingly powerful.
Broodkeeper Diurna
Broodkeeper Diurna is the fierce guardian of the Primalist Clutchwarren, and our last obstacle before Raszageth herself. We see many eggs around the room, but this time we’re not going to mind-control the broodkeeper while massive waves of adds spawn into the room. This time we’re going to guide her lightning attack over as many eggs as we can to destroy them while dealing with massive waves of adds that spawn into the room. Adds that need to be kept away from the Broodkeeper or else they’ll get healed and do more damage.
Once all the eggs are gone, the broodkeeper goes wild. Trying to root us to the ground, throw fire into our face and have lightning strike us down. She might have righteous on her side for the death of her son, that still won’t stop us from breaking through to Raszageth.
Raszageth the Storm-Eater
The vault looks gorgeous with Raszageth’s kin locked up high. We can see the reason why we’re here right in front of us. The Storm-Eater can not be allowed to set free what was locked away so long ago.
Should she succeed at freeing her fellow incarnates from their ancient prison, Raszageth and her kin will topple the Aspects and scour the world clean of every trace of the Titan’s influence.
The morality behind this war. Who’s wrong and who’s right will make a nice discussion video for a later day. Lets now focus on trying to stop the might of the storm itself.
All the Primalistic might of the storm, of the youngest Incarnate, is thrown against us. Victory is ours as Raszageth goes down....
What Happens Next
Our adventure in Dragonflight has only just begun, and time is going to tell where the story will take us next. We can speculate just a little bit.
Alexstrasza mentions how Iridikron <The Stonescaled>, Primal Incarnate of Earth, is more depraved then Raszageth the Storm-Eater, Vyranoth the Frozenheart, or Fyrakk the Blazing. A proto-dragon connected to the aspect of Earth truly embraced the war and made "terrible bargains".
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We don’t have a Deathwing anymore, but we do have Proto-Deathwing? Interesting. What would the other Incarnates do if they knew more about this.
While the Incarnates and the Primalists make a good point when it comes to the Order imposed by the Titans, times have changed. The world of Azeroth that they once knew is long gone let alone the thing that slumbers within. Would we be able to convince the other two to stand with us rather then against us, maybe have them try, one of them die and the other makes it through.
Then there’s Nozdormu, of course, with his whole Murozond future on the horizon. I mentioned it at the start, and Kalec says it as well: the Dragonflights have plenty of healing left to do. We have plenty of renown left to earn, rewards to claim and soup to make.
All that for the future, as you’re now up to speed on the story that goes down within the Vault of the Incarnates.
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