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Shadowmourne is a legendary two-handed axe which will be available from Icecrown Citadel. It will be available exclusively to warriors, paladins, and death knights.

This item is a quest reward from  [80R] Shadowmourne....

Contents 1 Background 2 Quest line 3 Gallery 4 References 5 External links

Background

Before being the Lich King, Prince Arthas Menethil was a servant ruled by a sword he believed was the key to saving his people - the runeblade Frostmourne. Finding and claiming the blade among the frozen wastes of Northrend was an odyssey unto itself, and the search cost the prince his mentor, his relationship with his subjects, and his humanity. It cost the living of Azeroth far more.

With a tight grip on the blade that he traded his life for, Arthas ravaged the kingdom of Lordaeron and broke free from the control of the Burning Legion. By the time the former prince ascended as the leader of the Scourge, Frostmourne was already glutted with the souls of the numberless dead who dared to oppose him.

Now, Arthas has become so inseparable from his weapon that the sword's likeness has even found its way into the architecture of his fortress, Icecrown Citadel. Its hilt is never far from his hands; its ghostly whispers constantly ring in his ears. Frostmourne, as much as the Lich King, is the ruler of Northrend.

In a relentless quest to arm the forces of the living against the Scourge, Highlord Darion Mograine has formed the Ashen Verdict, a union between the most skilled craftsmen of the Argent Crusade and the Ebon Blade. Though the peerless paladins of the Crusade wield the power of the Light, and their leader clutches Ashbringer, a few of Mograine's dark warriors have begun to question their hopes for victory.

These death knights insist that the Ashbringer and the skills of the Argent Crusaders, will not be enough to best Frostmourne alone. They swear that Darion Mograine has long been quietly aware of another legendary blade - one that could be the key to defeating the Lich King and cleansing Northrend... But it doesn't exist yet, for the moment, the weapon is only a formless idea. It is spoken of quietly, and the Highlord has a habit of silencing those who discuss it in public. Just its name inspires the furnaces to burn late into the night, the bellows to pump air, and the darker half of the Verdict's smiths to swing their hammers until their fingers fail. While other craftsmen lean over whetstones and gather pitted blades by the hundreds, these few dream of a single weapon to end the war for Northrend.

Shadowmourne... A great two-handed axe fit for a giant, born of sacred and corrupt powers, host of a thousand dead souls and able to be wielded only by the most stalwart armsmasters of Azeroth. Its creation seems nearly impossible; and yet, the rumors do not cease.

Darion Mograine believes that only the hammer of Arthas himself will provide a worthy model - but such absurd ambition is just the beginning of Shadowmourne's creation. To contain the energies that dance across its cold edges, Shadowmourne would be hewn from piles of impure Saronite: the hardened blood of the Old God, Yogg-Saron. To fuel its power to kill, it should be drenched in the souls of the most potent servants of the Scourge as they are slain, one by one, with the unfinished blade. To help break through the Lich King's armor, it is to be adorned with fragments of the Frozen Throne, originally crafted by Kil'Jaeden out of ice from the Twisting Nether.

Only with these mighty components, it is said, can Shadowmourne be finished. And, yet, even if the axe could be completed, questions and fears remain. Is forging the souls of the deceased into a weapon treated with blood and the essence of the Twisting Nether truly any different from the crafting of the Scourge's runeblades? And who will be bold enough to try to wield such a weapon? Might Shadowmourne bring the same doom and misery to the living as its sister blade did?^[1]

Quest line

1.  [80R] The Sacred and the Corrupt
2.  [80R] Shadow's Edge
3.  [80R] A Feast of Souls
4.  [80R] Unholy Infusion
5.  [80R] Blood Infusion
6.  [80R] Frost Infusion
7.  [80R] The Splintered Throne
8.  [80R] Shadowmourne...
9.  [80R] The Lich King's Last Stand

Gallery

Shadowmourne at BlizzCon 2009

Blood elf death knight wielding Shadowmourne

Night elf warrior wielding Shadowmourne

References

External links

• Armory (EU)
• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• Allakhazam

v • d • e Legendary items Permanent weapons Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros · Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker · Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian Right Warglaive of Azzinoth · Left Warglaive of Azzinoth · Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings · Shadowmourne Encounter-limited weapons Andonisus, Reaper of Souls Cosmic Infuser · Devastation · Infinity Blade · Nether Spike · Netherstrand Longbow · Phaseshift Bulwark · Staff of Disintegration · Warp Slicer Items Black Qiraji Resonating Crystal · Elementium Bar · Eye of Sulfuras Quest Items Left Binding of the Windseeker · Right Binding of the Windseeker · Vessel of Rebirth · Dormant Wind Kissed Blade · Splinter of Atiesh · Frame of Atiesh Fragment of Val'anyr · Shattered Fragments of Val'anyr · Unbound Fragments of Val'anyr · Shadowfrost Shard Unavailable Ashbringer · Crafty's Pole · Peep's Whistle · Talisman of Binding Shard