Nathanos Blightcaller
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 Nathanos Marris
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| Title | The Blightcaller
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| Gender | Male
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| Level | 62 (Elite)
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| Character class | Dark ranger |
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| Occupation | Champion of the Banshee Queen, former Ranger Lord of the Alliance |
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| Status | Undead/Killable |
| Mentor(s) | Sylvanas Windrunner |
Nathanos Blightcaller is a level 62 elite quest giver located at Marris Stead in the contested territory of Eastern Plaguelands. He is the champion of the Banshee Queen of the Forsaken.
See also: Eastern Plaguelands NPCs
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History
Background
In life, Nathanos Marris was the first and last of the human ranger lords, trained by the high elves in the ways of war. He was a disciple of Sylvanas Windrunner, formerly Ranger-General of Quel'Thalas and now the Banshee Queen of the Forsaken.
Nathanos's accomplishments were unprecedented. He was a tactical genius, responsible for Alliance victories spanning a decade of conflict.
When the Scourge came, he defended himself at his house, but the mighty abomination Ramstein the Gorger slew him. Nathanos became a mindless servant of the Lich King until he was freed by the Banshee Queen. He took the name Blightcaller and was given the title Champion of the Forsaken.
Current activities
Nathanos still resides at the Marris Stead in the Eastern Plaguelands, along his pet blighthounds. There he recruits Horde soldiers to fight against corrupted animals (such as plaguebats), the Scourge, and the Scarlet Crusaders of Tyr's Hand.
His presence is discovered by the Alliance after five of the best SI:7 agents are sent to investigate the Marris farmstead. Four never returned, and the fifth made it back to Stormwind only to end up dead in his sleep three days later.
Once it is determined that Nathanos is the Blightcaller, the leader of Stormwind (previously Highlord Bolvar Fordragon and now King Varian Wrynn) enlists Alliance adventurers to gather an army and destroy him.
Quests
Nathanos is involved in the following quests:
[58] To Kill With Purpose
- [58] Un-Life's Little Annoyances
- [60] The Ranger Lord's Behest
- [60] Duskwing, Oh How I Hate Thee...
- [61+] The Corpulent One
- [61] The Call to Command
- [61+] The Crimson Courier
- [60+] Nathanos' Ruse
- [60+] Return to Nathanos
- [62D] Ramstein
- [57] The Champion of the Banshee Queen
His death is the objective of the quest 
[62 Raid] Order Must Be Restored.
Strategy
One strategy is to take Nathanos down as fast as possible, whilst reducing the aggro on weaker party members.
This enables the group to at least complete the quest, or gain honor under the Honor system for the kill, while all the party is (still) alive.
Numbers
- You need at least 8 people in a raid group at lower levels, with a main and off-tank.
- He has been soloed by a level 72 Retribution Paladin with Tempest Keep equivalent gear.
- If you only want the quest completion, Nathanos, and do not mind running or dying, then this can be done solo at about Lvl 68.
Preparation
- Buff your party with as many armor spells as possible such as the Druid spell Mark of the Wild. Your party will take a lot of damage from the mobs of skeletons Nathanos calls every 8 seconds.
- Use guardian potions and elixirs such as Greater Stoneshield Potion for armor or Elixir of Major Fortitude for increased health.
- Use battle elixirs such as Elixir of Major Strength and Adept's Elixir to increase the damage per second.
Order of Attack
- Focus on Nathanos himself and take him down as fast as possible. He has roughly 77,000 health and can be taken down in a minute or so, at which point no more skeletons will be added.
- The Blighthounds will not do any serious damage until he is down. Deal with them second, and the skeletons third.
Damage Limitation
- If you have a tank with serious armor, use them to collect the damage from the skeletons, taking it away from cloth wearers (mage, warlock, priest) and leather wearers (Druid, Shaman and Rogue) — the Paladin and warrior spells should be useful here to redirect any aggro.
- Avoid healing as 2-4 skeletons are attracted to the healer. This includes direct heals such as Druid Healing Touch and Regrowth, heal over time spells such as Druid Rejuvenation (though this generates less threat), Warlock's drain spells, bandages, potions, pet heals, and life stealing enchants. Rather than heal, run; stop fighting to reduce threat (trinkets etc with Spirit bonuses are useful here) and heal normally; or let your tanks do the healing to attract aggro back.
Notes
- A younger version of Nathanos Marris can be seen alive, in very similar attire (minus the rot), in the Town Hall of Southshore in the Old Hillsbrad Foothills wing of the Caverns of Time.
- Nathanos shares his surname with Marshal Marris
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