Straight to the Heart

With the help of Grenth's Grentches defeat the Snowmen!

Requirements

 * Guild Wars Prophecies or Guild Wars Nightfall
 * Guild Wars Eye of the North
 * This quest can only be completed during Wintersday.
 * Must not have The Strength of Snow in your quest log.

Objectives

 * Speak to the Rift Warden when you are ready to assault the Secret Lair of the Snowmen.
 * Roast all Snowmen.
 * See the Rift Warden for your reward.

Reward

 * 1,000 Experience
 * 5 Wintersday Gifts
 * Also, random items from the Wintersday Chest

Walkthrough
During this quest, players will be under the effects of Yuletide and have the Yuletide skill bar with Yellow Snow instead of Avalanche. You start with Grentchus Magnus and 5 randomly selected Grentches as allies.

8 groups of grentches will pop up at set points to join the grentch group and help you defeat the snowmen. If a group of grentches won’t join, you’ll have to go closer to them.

Make your way to Freezie, killing all the snowmen in your path. You can avoid the second charging group of snowmen if you’re quick to move to the side wall. The Area Map is not needed, and there is no other benefit in that section, so the group of snowmen there can also be bypassed. Thus, the ‘roast all snowmen’ of the mission log is a tad misleading. When you see the Moas, go to them directly to spawn another batch of grentches and avoid another charging group of snowmen.

There are 2 ways to go about this mission: kill snowmen one by one or try to have all of your grentches attacking the enemy. A combination of these tactics works best; use the first for narrow areas and the second for wide areas.
 * 1) The first way allows you to prep for each enemy and is safer but takes much longer. Use the Hidden Rock / Snow Fort or Yellow Snow / Mega Snowball. Then step away, heal, and repeat.
 * 2) The second method uses the grentches to overwhelm the enemy. This requires that you pull the grentches into aggro range of the snowmen, exposing you to danger. You can use this to your advantage, however, by drawing the first volley of snowballs towards you and dodging them or using Ice Fort to protect against them. Drawing the snowballs helps keep your army alive which means you will kill faster. The snowmen tend to lose interest in you if you’re not attacking them and will target grentches if they’re in range.


 * Rest before approaching the two traps as there’s an Avalanche trigger that can do 100 points of damage. It damages in a small area at the trigger point so if you’re moving then the grentches following you will be hit.
 * One avalanche is on the far edge of the Moa area. The other is ??
 * Be sure to collect all your grentches; some only appear as you approach their spawn points.
 * The Angry Snowman holds the Dungeon Key that you’ll need to get past the locked door.

Collect the dropped Candy Cane Shards before opening the Wintersday Chest, as a very fast timer counts down to your return to the city where you started the quest.

Allies
Grentches
 * 15 Speedy Grentch
 * 15 Hasty Grentch
 * 15 Frozen Grentch
 * 15 Flashy Grentch
 * 15 Icy Grentch
 * 15 Dodgy Grentch
 * 15 Veracious Grentch
 * 15 Shifty Grentch
 * 15 Hungry Grentch
 * 15 Sacrificial Grentch
 * 15 Sneaky Grentch

Bosses
Grentches
 * 19 Grentchus Magnus

Foes
Snowmen
 * 15 Bustling Snowman
 * 15 Cordial Snowman
 * 15 Glimmering Snowman
 * 12 Angry Snowman
 * 15 Chilled Snowman
 * 15 Playful Snowman
 * 15 Industrious Snowman
 * 15 Impeccable Snowman
 * 15 Blessed Snowman
 * 15 Grumpy Snowman
 * 15 Mischievous Snowman
 * 15 Pious Snowman
 * 15 Roguish Snowman
 * 15 Rotund Snowman
 * 15 Snowman

Bosses
Snowmen
 * 19 Freezie

Initial dialogue
Rift Warden
 * "Grenth's followers have located the secret lair where Dwayna's intolerable snowmen dwell. We must strike a great blow to Dwayna and roast those frosty, and annoyingly cheerful creatures, thus insuring Grenth's domination over Wintersday. Will you show your dedication to Grenth and rid us of these annoying irritants?"


 * "Are you ready to assault the Secret Lair of the Snowmen? You will be separated from your party for the duration of this task. Once at the lair, you must roast the snowmen before Dwayna can send reinforcements. Are you ready?"

Intermediate dialogue
Grentchus Magnus: ''We must clear out those snowmen before Dwayna realizes we've found their lair. Hurry!'' Glimmering Snowman: ''They found our secret lair! Snowmen, to arms!'' Mischievous Snowman: '' Those who leave muddy bootprints in these hallowed halls do not leave alive. They leave...on ice!'' Industrious Snowman: ''None dare enter our secret ice lair! You shall meet the same frigid fate as the Dwarf King! Freezie: The Grentches are here! Freezie: Give it all you've got snowmen we must prevail!

Reward dialogue
Rift Warden
 * "Word of your service have already spread throughout the Underworld. Perhaps Grenth will emerge victorious with you on his side."

Trivia

 * This quest was introduced in Wintersday 2007.
 * The name of the quest is possibly a reference to the song by Toto with the same name.
 * The accept dialogue is possibly a reference to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
 * The decline dialogue "You're as cold as ice" is a reference to a song of the same name by Foreigner.
 * Prior to Wintersday 2010, this quest awarded 5 Candy Cane Shards instead of Wintersday Gifts.