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Assault on Dreadmaul Rock
Start	John J. Keeshan [73.5, 67.2]
End	Colonel Troteman [73.6, 67.2]
Level	52
Category	Burning Steppes
Experience	1100
Rewards	2 30
Previous	Locked and Loaded
Next	Glory Amidst Chaos

Assault on Dreadmaul Rock
Level: 52
John J. Keeshan ^{[73.5, 67.2]}

Colonel Troteman ^{[73.6, 67.2]}

XP: 1100
Rewards:
2 30

Objectives

Slay 200 Blackrock Invaders. If you should lose your vehicle, use the Horn of the Callers to summon it again.

• Blackrock Invader slain x200

Provided item:  [Horn of the Callers]

Description

This is it, <name>. This is where it hits the fan. Where all the pieces come together.

Strap in, and come with me. We're going to go talk to Vaelan and call in that favor that he owes us. Then we'll stop this invasion of Redridge before it even starts.

Rewards

You will receive: 2 30

Progress

now's our chance! Crush them! We won't get another opportunity like this!

Completion

Did you see them run? They didn't know what was happening! Beautiful!

Our job's almost done, <name>. It's time to deliver the deathblow.

Notes

Accept the quest and a cutscene begins:

Meanwhile, atop Dreadmaul Rock...

The camera flies away to the top of Dreadmaul Rock where the Big Three are holding a war conference. Thorg'izog is trying to cover for something and Neeralak is incinerated...

Xi'lun says: We are nearly prepared to start this battle, brothers. Thorg'izog, what is the matter? Why are you covering your butt like that?

Thorg'izog says: WHAT? No reason... it's just... something is very wrong with my stomach. I think it's something I ate.

Xi'lun says: Can you still lead your troops? Do you need to promote one of your sergeants?

Thorg'izog says: Timan fell from the Pillar of Ash. Othana was eaten by wolves. Gorlop fell in lava. And most of my sergeants were killed in a freak cudgelling accident.

Xi'lun says: I see. Well, do the best you can. Neeralak, why are you all black and smoky?

Neeralak says: Those imps you had delivered... they woke up and started shooting fireballs at everybody! It was chaos!

Xi'lun says: Delivered? Woke up? What are you even talking about? Were you attacked by flamekin?

Neeralak says: Imps, flamekin, whatever! I don't know warlock crap. Demons all look the same to me!

Neeralak says: Besides, I've been busy dealing with other issues. Dozens of my dragons died when that shirtless human and his friend swept through the front lines.

Xi'lun says: You're both failures. But it doesn't matter: with a pit lord on our side, we won't need foot soldiers OR dragons. Behold!

The camera pulls away as Xi'lun walks away to attempt to summon the pit lord...

Xi'lun says: [Demonic] Zar zar refir zenn X zennshi x buras daz.

Hellmondath, a level 53 elite pit lord appears!

Xi'lun says: And now to quickly use the Orb of Domination, before the pit lord turns on us.

The "orb" fails, and Hellmondath starts attacking the blackrock army! The camera pulls back up to Neeralak and Thorg'izog.

Thorg'izog says: The pit lord's loose! We're doomed! Retreat!

Thorg'izog says: Quickly, everyone run toward those dragons! All troops, towards the dragons! The dragons will save us!

Neeralak says: I never called any dragons...

The cutscene cuts to a close as the player is mounted upon the Obsidian-Cloaked Dragon. Laughing. Laughing very hard.

The Blackrock forces are panicking! Strike at them now!

The dragon has one ability:

• [Fiery Breath]—Fires a bolt of fiery breath at enemy targets, inflicting 13125 to 16875 damage to all Blackrock Invaders.

Fiery Breath is more than enough to one-shot the members of the Blackrock army caught in the blast radius. Take out 200 and fly back to Morgan's Vigil.

Quest progression

1.  [50] Mouton Flamestar
2.  [50] Burning Vengeance
   • Side quest:  [50] Done Nothing Wrong
3.  [50] Stocking Up /  [50] A Future Project /  [50] Mud Hunter
4.  [50] The Sand, the Cider, and the Orb
5.  [50] Warlocks Have the Neatest Stuff /  [50] Shadow Boxing
6.  [50] Return to Keeshan /  [50] Return to Ariok
7.  [50] Chiselgrip, the Heart of the Steppes
8.  [50] A Needle in a Hellhole
   • Side chain:
   1.  [50] Prove Yer Allegiance /  [50] Scrapped Golems
   2.  [50] Golem Training
9.  [50] A Perfect Costume
10.  [50] Into the Black Tooth Hovel
11.  [50] Grunt Work
    •  [50] Strategic Cuts
12.  [50] The Kodocaller's Horn
13.  [50] Taking the Horn For Ourselves
14.  [51] General Thorg'izog
15.  [51] Trial by Magma
16.  [51] Abuse of Power
    •  [51] I Am the Law and I Am the Lash
17.  [51] Enough Damage For One Day
18.  [51] Morgan's Vigil
19.  [51] Blackened Ashes /  [51] Latent Demons of the Land /  [51] A Heap of Delicious Worg
    •  [51] SEVEN! YUP!
20.  [51] Blood Tour /  [51] Draconic Vanguard /  [51] A Deal With a Dragon
21.  [51] Placing the Pawns
22.  [51] A Delivery for Thorg'izog /  [51] A Delivery for Neeralak /  [51] A Delivery for Xi'lun
23.  [52] Locked and Loaded
24.  [52] Assault on Dreadmaul Rock
25.  [52] Glory Amidst Chaos
26.  [52] The Spoils of War

Patches and hotfixes

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

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