Marduk Blackpool

Marduk Blackpool
Title	The Black
Gender	Male
Race	Undead (Undead)
Level	Retail: 15-30 Elite Classic: 58 Elite
Class	Death knight
Reaction	Alliance Horde
Affiliation(s)	Scourge
Location	Various
Status	Killable Deceased (lore)
Scholomance (Classic) Upper Scholomance Kirtonos the Herald Jandice Barov Rattlegore Marduk Blackpool Vectus Ras Frostwhisper Kormok (summoned) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) Lower Scholomance Instructor Malicia Doctor Theolen Krastinov Lorekeeper Polkelt The Ravenian Lord Alexei Barov Lady Illucia Barov Darkmaster Gandling (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) NPCs Weldon Barov Eva Sarkhoff Alexi Barov Lucien Sarkhoff Loot

Marduk Blackpool, also known as Marduk the Black, was an infamous death knight of the Scourge. He was perhaps most notable for his involvement in the Battle of Darrowshire during the Third War, where he sealed the humans' defeat by corrupting the spirit of Joseph Redpath. Some time thereafter, Marduk retreated to Scholomance, where he served as a tutor until he was finally slain by a group of adventurers.

Biography

Marduk Blackpool was a brutal warlord of the Scourge. Amongst his many campaigns against the humans of Lordaeron during the Third War, he cut a swath through their forces at the Battle of Darrowshire, causing great death and suffering with his foul, rune-laden sword. He corrupted the spirit of Joseph Redpath, transforming him into Redpath the Corrupted. With the aid of Redpath's twisted spirit, the Scourge forces overran the town and killed all of its inhabitants.

Marduk survived the war and although the death knight continued serving the Scourge, his sword was lost in a battle near Corin's Crossing. A dwarf captain shattered the sword on his enchanted shield, forcing Marduk to flee the field and winning the day for the Alliance. Marduk's sword sank into the earth and corrupted it, eating a gorge into the land now known as the Infectis Scar.

Some time thereafter, Marduk became a tutor in Scholomance. He was a partner of Vectus, who researched corrupted dragon eggs in the hopes of creating a plagued dragonflight for their use. He was eventually killed by adventurers.

Even though he was removed from Scholomance with Mists of Pandaria, a vision of Marduk can still be seen during  [15-30] The Battle of Darrowshire in the Eastern Plaguelands.

In Dragonflight, a recreation of the Classic Scholomance (which included Marduk) was added called the Legacy of Scholomance.

Locations

This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

Notable appearances
Location	Level range	Health range
Scholomance (Classic)	41 Elite	19,020
[15-30] The Battle of Darrowshire	41 Elite	15,890

Abilities

•  Cleave Melee range — Inflicts 110% of weapon damage to an enemy and its nearest allies, affecting up to 3 targets.
•  Defiling Aura — Surrounds the caster with an aura that periodically reduces the Shadow resistance of nearby enemies by 100. The aura lasts until cancelled.
•  Shadow Bolt Volley 30 yd range — Hurls missiles of dark magic, inflicting Shadow damage to nearby enemies.
•  Shadow Shield — Surrounds the caster with a shield woven of Shadow magic. The shield lasts 30 sec. and absorbs damage.

Strategy

Marduk Blackpool and in turn his partner Vectus can be fought like any normal boss in Scholomance. Unlike the other bosses, both of them and the students in the room are neutral and allow adventurers to enter and leave freely without incident. There are two ways to kill Marduk, the first way involves killing all the students in the room as they are, before killing him. Unfortunately, the students in their normal form are very tough. They hit hard and have a very large health pool making them annoying to bring down. However if all the students are killed, players can then attack Marduk and Vectus with little difficulty.

The second way is by using  [Dawn's Gambit] which is a powerful, though experimental device provided by a quest or talking to the quest giver after completion and asking for an additional device. This device when used, turns all the students in the room into hostile skeletons with a much smaller health pool, allowing them to be taken down very quickly.

Attacking Vectus and Marduk without killing the students is NOT recommended, as every student will attack the party. This even at higher levels is not recommended.

When killed both Marduk and Vectus have a chance to drop a blue item, along with a Corruptor's Scourgestone.

Quotes

Gossip

• Your future is clouded.  Concentrate, and ask again.
• You don't look like a student...
• Your mind is unfocused.  Are you hiding something from me?
• I sense a disturbance, lurking around you...

During Alexi's Gambit

• Master Vectus, I sense something strange within this container...
• We are betrayed!

Loot

Notable

	[Death Knight Sabatons]			[Ebon Hilt of Marduk]
	[Corruptor's Scourgestone]

Trivia

Marduk on his mount during the Battle of Darrowshire.

• "Marduk" is also a name of an ancient Mesopotamian deity.
• Another theory is that his name and position as a teacher refer to Neon Genesis Evangelion, where the Marduk Institute was in charge of choosing and training the "Children" that would control the EVAs.
• Marduk received an Adventure Guide icon but was never added to it.

Patch changes

• Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Re-added with Legacy of Scholomance.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Removed from Scholomance.

  Can still be seen during  [15-30] The Battle of Darrowshire.
  

• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Level reduced from 58 to 41.
  

External links

Scholomance	Eastern Plaguelands
Wowhead WoWDB	Wowhead WoWDB