"You are not prepared!"

Illidan is dead and stuff.

We came, we saw, we were prepared.

"Flee, or die."

The Illidari Council is a group of four blood elf bosses in the Black Temple in Shadowmoon Valley. The council members are Lady Malande, Gathios the Shatterer, High Nethermancer Zerevor, and Veras Darkshadow. After some strategy tweaking and interesting respecs, Colossus has moved on to the big man himself, Illidan Stormrage.

Destiny awaits.

"So, business... or pleasure?"

The Shivarra are 6-armed, all female, mystical demons living in Outland. Currently not much is known about these dangerous demons except the small excerpt of information stored on the holographic projector on The Exodar. Shivarra are of the Shivarra species and serve the Burning Legion as priestesses and military chaplains. They are devout and charismatic and as such are a driving force behind the Burning Legion as all their efforts are bent on bringing Sargeras' vision into being.

For our next Mother Shahraz kill everyone should have a minimum of 738 shadow resist.

"You can have anything you desire... for a price."

Sinistar is an arcade game released by Williams in 1982. It belongs to a class of video games from the 1980s called "twitch games". Other "twitch games" include Tempest, Defender, and Robotron: 2084. Sinistar was developed by RJ Mical, Sam Dicker, Jack Haeger, and Noah Falstein. Sinistar's voice was supplied by John Doremus.

Sinistar

"I'll rip the meat from your bones!"

Fel-Sworn are those who have begun to transform due to their exposure to the energies of the Burning Legion. Their bodies have warped and twisted to take on a new shape as their souls become more and more evil. Their demonic features develop until they are terrifying beings, half humanoid and half demon.

Even mages can tank if they have to.

"YOU WILL SHOW THE PROPER RESPECT!"

Teron Gorefiend was a member of the Shadow Council, Gul'dan's clandestine conclave of warlocks and necromancers that had ruled the Horde through the puppet Warchief Blackhand. When the Horde assaulted the Temple of Karabor, many draenei clerics were taken prisoner and were told that they were being marched to Hellfire Citadel far to the north. Outside the walls of the temple, Gorefiend took the lives of every last one of them. The spirits of the clerics of Karabor remain outside the walls to this day.

This doesn't mean anyone should stop practicing the simulator.

"Now they shall be consumed by the very flame they sought to control."

Archimonde the Defiler was the left hand of the fallen titan, Sargeras. Archimonde was one of the greatest and darkest of the eredar. His ruthless and cunning personality quickly earned him station and power within the eredar ranks, until finally he was one of the first among them. The mighty demonlord carried out the invasion to attack the World Tree, Nordrassil. By draining the Tree's energies, not only would Archimonde gain untold power, his demonic Legion will also be able to drain the night elves of their source of power and immortality.

Wisps... many wisps.

"And when the time is right, the Betrayer will become... the betrayed."

Akama pledged allegiance to Illidan, craving vengeance on the orcs and the demons that had corrupted them for the slaughter of his race. Using his stealth abilities, Akama and a band of his followers snuck into the Black Temple and destroyed the magical energy generators which sustained the defenses of the citadel, and then aided Illidan, Kael, and Vashj in the final attack on Magtheridon himself. The Shade of Akama is the dark portion of Akama's soul that binds him to Illidan's service.

Shade of Akama, meet Akama.

"The ground begins to crack open!"

Crafted by the Tothrezim, infernals fall to earth as green, molten meteorites from the Twisting Nether. They exist only to destroy every living thing in their path. Though their lifespans are limited, the mighty infernals have been known to destroy entire cities before their energies dissipated back into the Great Dark Beyond.

Consider Supremus dissipated.

"Stick around!"

The naga are former Highborne night elves who mutated into vengeful humanoid sea serpents. While many remain on Azeroth to attempt to reclaim the surface world, a large group followed the power-mad Betrayer, Illidan Stormrage, into Outland and proceeded to claim the watery areas of the shattered land.

And so begins our trip through the Ruins of Karabor.

"No one is going to save you."

Azgalor was once the lieutenant to the mighty demon-king Mannoroth. Following Mannoroth's death at the hands of the orc Grom Hellscream, Azgalor took it upon himself to direct the Burning Legion's ground forces at the Battle of Mount Hyjal. Azgalor's first mission was to accompany Archimonde as he made his dreaded ascension up Mount Hyjal towards Nordrassil, the World Tree. Azgalor unleashed a fury of demonic energies, massacring every mortal in his path.

Well, he didn't manage to massacre these mortals.

"Miserable nuisance!"

When mortals recall the brutal terror of the Burning Legion's armies, they likely think first of the doomguard. These ironfisted demons serve as the Burning Legion's captains and generals. Countless worlds have fallen to their brilliant and ruthless military tactics. In any conflict, a doomguard brings its powerful demonic abilities to where they can do the most damage, viciously slaughtering enemy troops or personally eliminating a bothersome mage.

I guess all those powerful demonic abilities just weren't enough.

"Let fire rain from above!"

When Archimonde came to the world, Anetheron went with him, and served as a personal guardsman. Anetheron showed his tenacity when he led the Scourge against the Sentinels, Alliance, and Horde in the final, climactic battle for Mount Hyjal. He was put in charge of the demonic base camp when Lord Archimonde ascended to crush the World Tree. However, he and most of the Legion were slaughtered before they could escape.

Yup, that about sums it up.

"Is it chilly in here?"

Rage Winterchill, was a Lich employed by the Burning Legion during the Battle of Mount Hyjal. He possessed powers surpassing most other liches.

The good news is that they didn't surpass our's.

"Let me introduce you to Colossus...."

After the Sundering ten thousand years earlier, Illidan had taken seven vials containing the waters of the Well of Eternity in order to create a new one at the top of Mt. Hyjal. Illidan used three to create the new Well of Eternity, but it was not known what happened to the other four until recently. It was revealed that Kael'thas received one of the vials.

...we'll take that, thanks.

"You may want to take cover."

After the Sundering ten thousand years earlier, Illidan had taken seven vials containing the waters of the Well of Eternity in order to create a new one at the top of Mt. Hyjal. Illidan used three to create the new Well of Eternity, but it was not known what happened to the other four until recently. It was revealed that Vashj received one of these vials, as did Kael'thas. In order to access the Battle of Mount Hyjal in the Caverns of Time, one must enter Serpentshrine Cavern, Vashj's inner sanctum, then slay Vashj and take her Vial of Eternity.

...lets just mark that off of the list shall we?

"Who's the master now?"

It is rumored according to Altruis the Sufferer, that there were 5 Blood Elves being trained by Illidan to serve as his Demon Hunters. All of them are dead, save for one who went insane due to the incredible power of his inner demon. Leotheras the Blind sat imprisoned by Lady Vashj as her guardian in the bowels of Serpentshrine Cavern, until we stumbled across his prison. Such a menace could not be left to serve Illidan and his twisted army. We slayed the tortured Elf and put his soul to rest.

May the Light have mercy on his soul.

Colossus slays the Phoenix God

Problems due to a buggy encounter have given us much trouble with Al'ar in the past, but now the big firey chicken is no more. This puts our tally up to 3/4 Tempest Keep, and 4/6 Serpentshrine Cavern. With the way clear to Kael and only Leotheras standing between us and Lady Vash we will see Mt Hyjal soon.

Stay classy Colossus!

"You are hopelessly outmatched!"

High Astromancer Solarian Down! We sent her back to the void after only a few attempts. In retrospect, I am sad that we didn't try her sooner because of how easy it was to dispatch her. Only one thing left to do in Tempest Keep, and thats to double back to Al'ar who has been a really glitchy boss encounter for us. We hope to have him down first thing after Thanksgiving.

Stay classy Colossus, and Great Job!

"Threat level zero."

Doomwalker Down! We kicked Monday off this week by raiding a new encounter. Doomwalker went down, and joined the rest of the world raid bosses on our list. He was far more difficult than Doom Lord Kazzak, but I guess you could expect that from the guardian of the Black Temple.

Al'ar is not long for this world. On our last attempt he was at 6% on phase 2, so I would expect to see his name here shortly. In the mean time we have 4 bosses on farm in Serpentshrine Cavern, Void Reaver in Tempest Keep and a full raid week ahead. Sadly Gruul and Magtheradon will be off our rotation soon in order to completely move onto bigger and better adventures.

Stay classy Colossus, and Congrats!

"Only the strong survive"

Morogrim Tidewalker had been a thorn in our side for far too long. Last night with a new plan of attack we charged into battle with a better idea of how to handle him, and It paid off ten fold. The murlocks seemed much more managable with the new positions giving us more time to focus our attention on Morogrim. This is a major victory for our guild considering that a lot of other guilds are still struggling with this boss. With only two bosses left in Serpentshrine, we plan to spend some time on Al'ar in Tempest Keep

Excellent work Colossus!

Fathom-Lord Karathress Down!

Thats three bosses down and only two between us and Lady Vashj!

   This was very similar to the High King Mulgar encounter in that there are multiple mini-bosses to manage and kill before we can take the Fathom-Lord down. There were many variables to overcome, but after only one night of previous attempts we put the final nail in his coffin! Now we are headed back to take another look at Tidwalker who is not long for this world.

Great Job Guys & Gals!