Drak'Tharon Keep
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| Location | On the border between Grizzly Hills and Zul'Drak |
| Population | 2,000 |
| Races |   Ice troll  Scourge
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| End boss | The Prophet Tharon'ja |
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| Advised level | 76 |
| Minimum level | 74 |
| Player limit | 5 |
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Drak'Tharon Keep is a fort where Prince Arthas Menethil stayed while searching for the runeblade Frostmourne. It was here that his death was foretold by Mal'Ganis, and where he met up with his old teacher and dear friend Muradin Bronzebeard.
The scourge controls Drak'Tharon Keep in the Grizzly Hills, just south of Zul'Drak’s southwest corner.LoM 176 This ancient stone citadel once belonged to the Drakkari trolls. The Drakkari built Drak'Tharon Keep before the furbolgs built Grizzlemaw. The Frost Paws gathered the tribes together in part to fend off the new Drakkari threat. Both races hated each other; with the new keep the Drakkari were more organized, and the trolls were more unified than the furbolgs, even though the furbolgs had greater numbers. The existence of Grizzlemaw affected the balance, and the furbolgs' victory over the Drakkari in a series of skirmishes may have led to the keep's eventual loss of Drak'Tharon to the Scourge. The Scourge ultimately drove them out and took possession, and now the Scourge has a garrison here holding the mountain passes. It's a well placed, solidly built structure, and the small group of undead within can easily hold the keep against forces ten times its size, particularly since they don’t need food or water during a siege.LoM 102, 104 Two thousand Scourge creatures patrol the ruined old keep. They often fight Drakkari and occasionally furbolgs, though they have yet to attack either Gundrak or Grizzlemaw directly.LoM 177 Armed Scourge patrols wander the countryside, scaring anyone they meet. These patrols either attack living people or act menacing to frighten them away.LoM 176
The keep itself is located in the icy northlands of Northrend, in the northwestern part of the Grizzly Hills. It is an ancient ice troll stronghold that has since been claimed by the Scourge. The undead control passage into the lands beyond from here.
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In World of Warcraft
Drak'Tharon Keep was confirmed as an instance in the upcoming expansion Wrath of the Lich King. The keep will contain 1 instance for level 74-76 players. Like Blackrock Mountain, Drak'Tharon is a two-zone feature. It was originally believed that there would be two instances - a 71-73 instance on the Grizzly Hills side, and the 74-76 instance on the Zul'Drak side.[1]
The undead Drakkari ice trolls have begun pouring from their stronghold of Drak'Tharon Keep, and are assaulting the furbolg. The invasion is oddly credited to the Drakkari themselves, not the Scourge. Because the furbolgs now find themselves in a desperate struggle to hold their land against the steadily increasing numbers of undead trolls, Grizzlemaw may be a faction.[2]
It is a strange place filled with dinosaurs and lizards, and teeming with undead. Its final boss fight takes place on raised terraces, where the wizard will bounce players from platform to platform. You're sent in to discover just why the Trolls are leaving their home zone of Zul'Drak.[3]
Current bosses are:[4]
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