Warband of Brothers

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Warband of Brothers
Section Primary Ebon Vanguard Quests
Given by Gron Fierceclaw
in Doomlore Shrine
(Charr Homelands)
Part of The Missing Vanguard
Preceded by The Dawn of Rebellion
Followed by What Must Be Done
Campaign Eye of the North
Type Primary quest Repeatable quest
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Contents

[edit] Quest information

[edit] Objectives

[edit] Reward

[edit] Walkthrough

Most of this dungeon will be fairly simple and straightforward to progress through. Watch out for Charr Flameshielders and their AoE spells, especially if your party is composed of heroes and henchmen. Also be warned that Charr warriors carry Resurrection Signets and Charr Dominators have Resurrection Chant.

Head along the hallway until you come to what looks like a dining room with several small groups of Charr. Take them out and look for the Charr Prison Guard or Charr Prison Lock. The Charr Prison Guard holds the key that you need to unlock the door. While trying to kill it, the Charr Prison Guard may attempt to run to other groups of Charr. Crippling skills or body blocking will speed things up. Once you have the key, unlock the gate to find the first of Pyre's warband brothers, Seer Fiercereign. Head to the other door on this level and down into the next level.

The second level has only slightly larger groups of Charr. Follow in the general direction of the quest marker and you'll soon see a lone Charr Prison Guard but behind a large group of Charr,Use a bow to draw out the Charr in small groups making it easier to attack them rather than a rush that almost certainly will end in death. He will attempt to run away. Just kill it and grab the key. Follow the path around and towards the next prison. Unlock it to find Cowl Fiercetongue inside, an elementalist. The quest marker will update and point to the exit to the next level. Head towards it. When you start seeing Bloodweavers, be careful. There are several hidden groups of spiders in the chamber with the exit which drop down. A group of lvl 14 spiders will approach when you are close to the exit portal.

On the final level, it is more or less the same. The third Charr Prison Guard is easy to spot. Take it out and grab the third key to free the monk Roan Fierceheart. Roan does not possess any healing skills, but he is useful in keeping hexes off your party and keeping enchantments off your enemies. One more Charr Prison Guard holds the key to the inner temple where Maultooth is located.

When you reach the central chamber of the inner temple, it is wise to kill off the 5 paired groups of warriors that surround the chamber, as they will run to join the fighting later. Maultooth will activate a pair of Charr Effigies. They are dangerous elementalists and lethal against unprepared teams, it is easier to kill them with Pain Inverter. Try to pull them from the side so that the two of them won't activate their highly damaging skills at the same time. Be aware that two Charr Flameshielders and two Charr Axemasters may also join the fray. Maultooth's group of two other Charr can be kept out of the fight with careful pulling. Take them on only after killing the Charr Effigies' group. Focus on Maultooth and interrupt his skills and he will go down quickly.

If your party wipes multiple times and you rack up Death Penalty, try approaching from the right and pulling the effigies aside. Then when you die, go around the left side, killing charr and not aggroing the effigies, and take out Maultooth.

If you'd like the final battle to be more on the easy and manageable side, just bring a longbow and equip it in your alternate weapon slot. The Charr Flameshielders, each Effigy, and the Axemasters are all separate pulls. Park your group about 2.5 aggro ranges away and pull separate monsters in nice, bite-sized chunks. Interrupts help against the Effigies. Daze also works to good effect.

Maultooth's Room

Alternative: There is a very easy way to deal with the final battle. Flag your heroes and henchmen just in front of the stairs, and quickly run with them, continuing up the stairs until you can't go any further. Then turn around, equip your bow, and using Ignite Arrows, fire a shot upon shot at Maultooth. He won't attack you, even if your entire party has died, making him totally vulnerable to your attacks.

You could rush up the stairs taking the Effigy with you. They will stay at the top of the stair even if you die. Then just come down the stairs and finish Maultooth off.

[edit] NPCs

[edit] Allies

Charr

[edit] Foes

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Arachnids (level 2)

Charr (all levels unless other wise specified)

Constructs

Elementals

Jellies

[edit] Bosses

Charr

Arachnids

[edit] Corpses

[edit] Dialogue

[edit] Initial Dialogue

Break into the Cathedral of Flames and free the captive members of Pyre's warband.

[edit] Intermediate Dialog

[edit] Gron Fierceclaw

Are you ready to rescue my comrades?
YesLet's spring your warband.
NoLeaving them locked up sounds good to me.

[edit] During

At start:

Pyre Fierceshot
"This is the Cathedral of Flames, a power base for the Shaman caste and their witless followers. The captive members of my warband should be inside."

First encounter:

Charr Prison Guard: Guards! Stop these intruders! (quote)

After freeing Seer Fiercereign:

Seer Fiercereign
"Did you bring these human slaves to carry your pack, Pyre? Or are they lunch?"
Pyre Fierceshot
"Times have changed, Seer. These humans help us of their own free will." [if Gwen is not in party]
Gwen
"Slaves? You brutal animal! all you can do is bite the hand that rescues you!." [only if Gwen is in party]

Seer Fiercereign: So it seems we fight together. Cowl and Roan are held further below. Let's not waste anymore time.

After reaching the second level:

Pyre Fierceshot
"Judging by these tracks, one of my warband is being held to the south. Head that way, human. Quietly!"

After freeing Cowl Fiercetongue:

Pyre Fierceshot
"Cowl Fiercetongue, you mangy mess! I thought for sure the Shaman would have killed you by now!"
Cowl Fiercetongue
"They wanted to make a grand spectacle of my execution, otherwise I would have been slaughtered days ago."
Pyre Fierceshot
"It's lucky you're still wearing your pelt. Now let's find Roan and get out of here."

After freeing Roan Fierceheart:

Pyre Fierceshot
"Roan! And here I looked forward to selling the armor off your corpse."
Roan Fierceheart
"Another day, Pyre. Flamemaster Maultooth, the hierophant's torturer, is nearby. Maultooth's doorguard possesses keys to the inner temple."
Pyre Fierceshot
"Good. They'll soon learn their gods are false when they reach the afterlife." [if Gwen is not in party]
Gwen
"What are we waiting for? I want to bury my sword into the heart of Maultooth." [only if Gwen is in party]

Approaching Flamemaster Maultooth:

Pyre Fierceshot
"You should have killed us when you had the chance. We won't make the same mistake."
Flamemaster Maultooth
"What a pathetic excuse for a rescue party. You should have sent an army. Prepare for you demise, worms! Release the effigies."
Pyre Fierceshot
"Your Shaman tricks don't scare us, Maultooth. Let's finish this!"

[edit] Notes

  • Interactive objects
  • Bring a snare for the prison guards; otherwise, they will run around calling the mobs that you just evaded.
  • A Charr Prison Guard will drop a Prison Key every time it is killed if it is resurrected. When you pick up the multiple keys the notification box and quest log will register the extra's, but using a key will use all of them (even though the log will still show you as having some).
  • This mission like quest takes place in an alternative version of Cathedral of Flames, that is located in the Charr Homelands.
  • You will be sent to Questions and Answers 20 seconds after completing this quest.
  • Exterminate nearby enemies to avoid being mobbed before you fight Maultooth.
  • A minion master will prove extremely useful in this quest. If carefully combined with Pain Inverter, a group of minions can cause the Charr effigies to bite the dust in seconds.
  • This quest (and all primary repeatable Eye of the North quests) may also be obtained from the Scrying Pool in the Hall of Monuments after completing it once.
  • Engaging Flamemaster Maultooth at the same time the dialogue initialize and killing him fast enough before Charr Effigy wipes out the entire team and causes the mission to end.
Bug Bug.
Cowl Fiercetongue will not attack any foe until the party reaches the last level. He will still be targeted by foes

[edit] Trivia

  • The title of this mission is a reference to the H.B.O miniseries Band of Brothers, which is itself a reference to a famous speech in William Shakespeare's Henry V.
Eye of the North primary repeatable quests and missions
Asura arc: Finding the Bloodstone and The Elusive Golemancer » Genius Operated Living Enchanted Manifestation
Ebon Vanguard arc: Against the Charr » Warband of Brothers » Assault on the Stronghold
Norn arc: Curse of the Nornbear » A Gate Too Far and Blood Washes Blood
Deldrimor arc: Destruction's Depths » A Time for Heroes
Challenge: Glint's Challenge
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