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Ancient Protectors
Start	Automatic
End	Automatic
Level	46
Category	Badlands
Experience	575
Previous	The Warden's Game, The Sentinel's Game
Next	The Titans' Trove

Ancient Protectors
Level: 46
Automatic
Automatic
XP: 575

Objectives

Investigate The Warden and The Sentinel.

• Thoroughly investigated The Warden
• Thoroughly Investigated The Sentinel

Description

You heard a good amount of rumbling happen in the tomb's central chamber. Those two large statues did look awfully suspicious.

Completion

With your inspection complete, the statues return to their original position. Something seems different in the room, however...

Notes

The warden is jade, standing facing south.

Judging by its color, this must be The Warden.

You see a small indentation where your pawn might fit.

<Place the pawn in the indentation.>

The Warden stretches its arms, then turns hostile! It is a level 46 stone golem with 3838 health. Kill it to "thoroughly investigate" it.

The sentinel is red, standing facing north toward the entrance of the tomb proper.

This red statue looks a lot like the Sentinel's pawn that you hold.

The statue has a small indentation that matches the size of your pawn.

<Place the pawn in the indentation.>

Just like the warden, the sentinel also stretches, then turns hostile. Kill it as well. Once both stone golems have been "investigated", the quest completes automatically.

On complete, a large chest appears at the southern end of the room!

Quest progression

1.  [45] To Fuselight Proper
2.  [45] Easily Swayed
   • Side chain:  [45] When the Going Gets Tough, Cheat &  [45] It's Goat Time, Baby
3.  [45] A Strange Request
4.  [45] First Sample: Wild Eggs /  [45] Second Sample: Whelps
5.  [45] Lifting the Veil
6.  [45] Third Sample: Implanted Eggs
7.  [45] Rhea Revealed
8.  [45] The Venerable Doctor Blam
9.  [46] Troggish Troubles
10.  [46] Dustwind Dig /  [46] Bloodwatcher Point
11.  [46] All's Fair in Love, War, and Archaeology /  [46] It's Not About History, It's About Power
    • Side chain:  [46] A Dwarf's Got Needs &  [46] The Good Stuff
12. Complete all of
    •  [46] The Warden's Pawn &  [46] The Warden's Game
    •  [46] The Sentinel's Pawn &  [46] The Sentinel's Game
13.  [46] Ancient Protectors
14.  [46] The Titans' Trove
15.  [46] Return to Blam
16.  [47] Into the Dragon's Mouth
    • Side quests:  [47] Half-Ton Holdouts,  [47] Survival of the Fattest
    • Side chain:  [47] Down to the Scar (optional) &  [47] The Day that Deathwing Came &  [47] The Day that Deathwing Came: The Real Story &  [47] The Day that Deathwing Came: What Really Happened
17.  [47] The Swift, the Fierce, and the Stout
    •  [47] Eric, the Utility Dwarf /  [47] Baelog, the Glass Cannon /  [47] Olaf, the Big Fella'
    •  [47] Amakkar, Jack of All Trades /  [47] Jurrix the Striker /  [47] Gargal, the Behemoth
18.  [47] The Wrath of a Dragonflight
19.  [47] Their Hunt Continues
20.  [47] The Sorrow and the Fury
21.  [47] The Hidden Clutch
22.  [47] Rheastrasza's Gift
23.  [47] Devastation
24.  [47] The Egg Lives On

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 4.0.3 (15-Nov-2010): Added. 
  

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