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The Forge of Souls: Bronjahm Funk

I was only able to run one instance last night, the servers were being way too slammed for our group to make it into the Pit of Saron to continue. I did however get to tear apart the Forge of Souls with some friends +1 and I have to admit, Blizzard can still put out content that entertains.

Either way the second boss in the instance is the Devourer or Souls and looks like the similar boss in Black Temple. Needless to say this boss can gib your group or be a complete pushover. Basically stop DPS when he casts mirror, heal like a motherfucker when he summons tons of souls, don’t stand in the purple crap he will drop on the ground, and when you see a female face and the soul wail attack light up, get behind the boss and stay behind the boss.

This post isn’t about that boss though, it’s about an homage to James Brown! Bronjahm is the first boss and downright fucking hilarious to fight. The music rocks and his voice does too, the fight itself isn’t too bad either. He’ll bust out a corrupted soul, if it touches him he’s healed so tanks kite and DPS needs to switch targets. Towards death he’ll start a huge tornado of souls around the room, stay out of that, and he’ll fear you into it. If you get hit in the storm you get slowed and gibbed.

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New Bosstiary for Icecrown Online

Sup my fellow lore-nerds. Blizzard went ahead and added in a little character bio section like they have in the past for some of the bosses you’ll encounter in the Icecrown dungeons coming up in Patch 3.3.

We saw this heavily used when Ulduar first came out which was kind of nice because few people knew jack shit about the instance or it’s many encounters.

Anyway here’s the link, go check it out if you’d like some more fodder for that fan-fiction you’re writing. So far it’s just the three 5-man dungeons but I’m pretty damn sure we’ll see the raid put in soon after I post this.

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Icecrown: Halls of Reflection Patch 3.3 PTR

Teza over at WoWraid posted up a really good video of the typical playthrough on the last wing of the new 5-man Dungeons coming in WoW Patch 3.3. This video contains heavy spoilers with major lore characters so don’t go bitching to me for ruining your story.

With Jaina and Sylvanas leading the way, adventurers who make it as far as these frigid halls will quickly recognize the weapon that lies ahead: Frostmourne, the corruptive, legendary device of the Lich King himself. The Lich King’s private chambers are within reach, although they may be the death of anyone who ventures there.

• Falric and Marwyn: Captains for Arthas Menethil in life, Scourge commanders for the Lich King in death, Falric and Marwyn will be summoned to the Halls of Reflection for one purpose: destroying all intruders.
• The Lich King: Sylvanas, thirsty for vengeance against the corrupted prince who sentenced her to an existence as an undead monstrosity, and Jaina, eager to find a flicker of Arthas’s soul locked somewhere within the Lich King, have brought their hand-picked allies to this final confrontation. Arthas’s true power may only now be discovered. Is there any hope in this mission, or does only death await?

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