Quest: Gulgrethor Fortress #5b

Gulgrethor Fortress #5: Assault on Vilonis

The Tower of Power

Deathlord Vilonis

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by Ralsu

January 7, 2008

Quest Details

Minimum Level: 18

Quest Givers:

Agent Nuraga
Warchief Zowb

Completed By:

Freed Fragmented Soul
Warchief Zowb

Rewards:

coin, XP

Fortress Quests

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Headless Heralds (Jargo 2)
The Tower of Power (Nuraga 4) Deathlord Vilonis (Warchief Zowb)

Inside the Tower

Don't be alarmed when you come up the ramp. You'll be staring right at
four mobs standing guard against the wall in front of you. As long as
you come up the ramp in the middle of it and stay against the wall when
you enter the room, no one will attack. Pick a side. It doesn't matter
which. Move to the corner to fight a Gulgrethor and his stealthed
Shinak companion. Hug the wall and move toward the ramp on your side.
You'll encounter the third mob on your side. At the ramp, you'll have
to dispatch two more. Now you can move up to href="http://vanguard.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?set_albumName=album76&id=GF5&op=modload&name=Gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php">Map
#5.



You'll face an Okami and his master on this level. Now head up the ramp
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#6. If this floor looks familiar, it's because it is identical to
the first floor inside the tower. The method for passing through this
room is the same as before: Pick a side and move with caution.

The Orb of Command

Just like maps 4 & 6, you'll come into the room in a safe spot at
the top of the ramp. You'll see mobs all around you. Just opposite the
wall you're facing as you ascend the ramp, you'll see the Orb of
Command and possibly Deathlord Vilonis himself. You see, Vilonis has
now become a fiend similar to the harbingers who guarded the orbs of
subjugation (from the Weak is Strong quest). It is more likely that you
will see his harbinger than the Deathlord himself. Here is a map of the
room:

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The
Harbinger of Vilonis uses life taps, so hit with burst damage or the
fight will be a long one.

A Gulgrethor and a stealthed Shinak lie of either side of you. You'll
have to go through one set of them to get to the orb. A Torgazu patrols
the area in front of the orb. Try to time it so that you fight the two
mobs in the corner first, and then pull the Torgazu when he roams close
to you. On the other side of the partition near you is another pair of
mobs (Gulgrethor and Shinak). Run around the wall--STAYING CLOSE TO
IT--and take out those minor nuisances. You'll have one more small wall
in front of you, somewhat farther in the room than the orb near the
center. No mobs wait for you back there. In fact, that is a completely
safe spot. Move there and ready yourself for the big showdown.



If the harbinger is up, he'll be flanked by two Gulgrethor and a Shinak
wizard. When you pull any one of them, you'll get all 4. Good for you.
Kill the wizard first to stop his AoE and burst damage. If you have two
tanks (or a good Monk), the off-tank should take the hit from the two
Gulgrethor while the main tank takes the hits from the Harbinger and
the wizard. With the wizard down, take out the Gulgrethor before
focusing on the Harbinger of Vilonis.



With the Harbinger dead, you can move to the orb and destroy it. Doing
so frees a href="http://vanguard.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?set_albumName=album76&id=FreedFragmentedSoul&op=modload&name=Gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php">Fragmented
Soul, which completes your quest. The Freed Fragmented Soul says
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you good luck in freeing the souls of even more enemies.



The Gulgrethor Army is now severely crippled, but your job is not done.
If you don't kill Vilonis, he will muster the remaining forces and
continue to be a thorn in your side. You must wait for Deathlord
Vilonis to spawn and finish him.

Deathlord Vilonis

I have no clue what kind of spawn timer Deathlord Vilonis is on, so
you'll just have to be patient and make good use of the top corners of
the room, where you can camp if need be. My group killed the Harbinger
4 times in two days. After the second day of camping, the servers were
reset for the patch for Game Update #3.1. When we logged in, Deathlord
Vilonis was there.



When Vilonis is in the room, the Shinak wizard will not be with him. As
before, the off-tank should try to get the two flanking Gulgrethor.
Vilonis is a level 19 4dot with wicked serated scimitars. He hits
hard--freaking hard. And sometimes href="http://vanguard.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?set_albumName=album76&id=Scimitars&op=modload&name=Gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php">his
scimitars glow purple before he strikes. Don't be shocked if your
tank's HP drops by about 50% when he does this move. The battle will be
hard and somewhat long, but a good group around level 18 can make it.
When you kill Vilonis, you can loot his arm and maybe a nice rare like
the necklace we found: