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Located under the frigid wastes of Dragonblight, and only accessible through a crack below Wyrmrest Temple, the Obsidian Sanctum is home to Sartharion and his three lieutenants (all drakes of the twilight dragonflight); Shadron, Tenebron, and Vesperon. Charged by Deathwing to guard a clutch of twilight eggs, Sartharion is a powerful guardian who will smite those who dare enter his sanctuary.

The Obsidian Sanctum allows for 10 or 25 man versions of the raid, and also allows groups of raiders to decide if they would like to kill all three drakes, or leave some combination of them alive. Defeating Sartharion with one or more drakes up increases the difficulty but in turn improves the loot drops.


While there is not much trash inside  the Obsidian Sanctum the trash can easily wipe even an over geared raid group who are not prepared. There are 2 types of add packs inside the Sanctum: a pack of 4 dragons, and a pack with 2 Onyx Sanctum Guardians. The Guardians require a tank on teach and are a hard hitting tank and spank. They cast a Curse of Mending on random raid members which will heal them every time that player attacks. This needs to be dispelled or the targeted player needs to stop DPS till it wears off.  The pack of four consists of an Onyx Brood General who when killed will break all CC from the other dragon kin and prevent them from being Cced again for the rest of the fight, 1-2 Onyx Flight Captains who have no major abilities but tend to hit very hard, and 1-2 Onyx Blaze Mistresses which should be killed first as they conjure up Flame Orbs that do damage to anyone near it.

All three drakes are very similar fights with small differences. All three drakes have a Shadow Breath so no one except the tank should be in front of them, all three will spawn void zones that should be avoided by all players, and each drake will spawn  portals throughout the fight that can be taken by the raiders. While in  a portal everyone will take shadow damage, and what you do in the portal depends on the drake you are facing. Depending on the drake you are facing it is currently acceptable to skip some of these portals.

Tenebron

Located on the terrace to Sartharion’s right side, she will open portals into the Twilight realm that give players a chance to destroy her eggs. Left untouched these eggs will eventually spawn Twilight Whelps which will attack the raid. Currently it is much easier for players to ignore her portals and focus on DPSing her down while an off tank picks up her adds. Unless killed before engaging Sartharion, she will be called to aid him after 30 seconds, strengthening Sartharion even more.

Shadron

Located on the terrace to the rear of Sartharion, Shadron will regularly open portals to the Twilight realm that will give players the opportunity to slay acolytes which Shadron will summon. Players will need to take these portals as the acolytes will give Shadron the Gift of Twilight which decreases Shadron’s suffered damage to zero. Send in an off tank, all your DPS, and a few healers (or just one on 10-man) and the acolyte will easily go down. Unless killed before engaging Sartharion, he will be called to aid him after 75 seconds, strengthening Sartharion even more.

Vesperon

Located on the terrace on Sartharion’s left side, he will open portals to the Twilight realm that give raiders the chance to kill acolytes that will be summoned by Vesperon. These acolytes have an ability that inflicts damage to players who attack Vesperon or the acolyte. Depending on how confident you are in your healers and your DPS to take down Vesperon quickly you can skip these portals, however to make it easier simply send in an off tank, a few healers and your DPS and take out the acolyte. Unless killed before engaging Sartharion, he will be called to aid him after 75 seconds, strengthening Sartharion even more.

Each drake will drop an Emblem of Conquest upon their death.