Wintergarde Mausoleum

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Not to be confused with Wintergarde Crypt.
Wintergarde Mausoleum, entrance to the eastern section.
Entrance to the western section.

The Wintergarde Mausoleum is a sprawling catacomb located beneath the Carrion Fields in the Dragonblight. It was built by the human inhabitants of Wintergarde Village (what is now the Carrion Fields)[1] and contains an "endless supply"[2] of "a thousand-thousand corpses".[1] The Valiance Expedition who built Wintergarde Keep above the village[3] were unaware of the mausoleum's existence.[1] After the Scourge forces from Naxxramas destroyed Wintergarde Village,[4] the Scourge ground commander Thel'zan the Duskbringer sent his most powerful forces into the mausoleum to raise its corpses and souls against Wintergarde Keep.[5] The Valiance Expedition later learned of the mausoleum's existence from Mayor Godfrey, at which point High Commander Halford Wyrmbane sent Ambo Cash and the 7th Legion to assault it.[1]

The Wintergarde Mausoleum has a layout similar to that of Duskwood's Dawning Wood Catacombs and is split between two sections. The main, eastern section is entered via a building in the center of the Carrion Fields, almost directly below Naxxramas.[85.6, 49.8] Directly inside, Ambo Cash leads a small 7th Legion holdout flanked by two side crypts filled with ghouls.[6] One level below, down a flight of stairs, are two more side crypts being emptied by the necrolords Horus and X'avius, accompanied by forces from Naxxramas.[7] Past these is an embalming chamber where the Scourge experiments on corpses from the mausoleum's western section. A well-concealed tunnel (not shown on the minimap) connects the eastern and western sections.[2]

The western section is accessible via a tunnel dug by the Scourge[8] just outside the eastern walls of Wintergarde Keep.[82.12, 50.5] This section consists of the mausoleum's two large crypts, inhabited by bone golems created from whatever bodies the Scourge couldn't reanimate,[2] and a summoning chamber with "what appears to be a gateway to hell". Following adventurers' efforts, Lord Bolvar Fordragon commands the 7th Legion, led by Legion Commander Yorik, to enter the summoning chamber and launch a full assault against Thel'zan[8] by coaxing him out of hiding with his phylactery.[9]

Inhabitants

Gallery

  • Eastern section: the 7th Legion holdout just inside the entrance.
    Eastern section: the 7th Legion holdout just inside the entrance.
  • Eastern section: one of the second-level side crypts.
    Eastern section: one of the second-level side crypts.
  • Eastern section: the embalming chamber.
    Eastern section: the embalming chamber.
  • The tunnel that connects the eastern and western sections (similar to the tunnel in the Dawning Wood Catacombs).
    The tunnel that connects the eastern and western sections (similar to the tunnel in the Dawning Wood Catacombs).
  • Western section: one of the large crypts.
    Western section: one of the large crypts.
  • Western section: the summoning chamber.
    Western section: the summoning chamber.

Patch changes

References

 
  1. ^ a b c d A [15-30] A Righteous Sermon
  2. ^ a b c A [15-30] Plunderbeard Must Be Found!
  3. ^ Exploring Azeroth: Northrend, pg. 87
  4. ^ A [15-30] Naxxramas and the Fall of Wintergarde
  5. ^ A [15-30] Into Hostile Territory
  6. ^ A [15-30] Scattered To The Wind
  7. ^ A [15-30] Breaking Off A Piece
  8. ^ a b A [15-30] Finality
  9. ^ A [15-30] An End And A Beginning

External links

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