Focusing Iris

The Focusing Iris is an orb found in the center of The Eye of Eternity.

1 In Wrath of the Lich King
2 In Cataclysm
3 References
4 Sources
5 External links

In Wrath of the Lich King Edit

This section concerns content exclusive to Wrath of the Lich King.

It's used to summon Malygos, so long as you have the [Key to the Focusing Iris] or [Heroic Key to the Focusing Iris].

Malygos had used his own blood to activate and control this orb, which had lain dormant for millennia. With the open Focusing Iris, Malygos had been able to direct powerful surge needles, using them to pull arcane magic from Azeroth's ley lines and channeling that magic into the Nexus.^[1] The slain Arygos' blood was used by Aedelas Blackmoore to use a surge needle (with energies flowing from the Nexus) to animate Chromatus.^[2]

It was previously mentioned that once harnessed, the energies are focused through the Nexus' ascending rings and blasted into the Twisting Nether.^[3] In Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects, this function of the Nexus is not mentioned. It is implied that energies are stored there.

In Cataclysm Edit

This section concerns content exclusive to Cataclysm.

As part of the Dragon Soul raid introduced in Patch 4.3, player will have to get the Focusing Iris to help use the Demon Soul (Dragon Soul) artifact against Deathwing <Aspect of Death>.^[4]