Atiesh was announced for patch 1.11, and is the staff of the Last Guardian, Medivh. Medivh's home was the tower of Kahzaran in the zone that is now known as Deadwind Pass. Medivh was posessed by the spirit of the Dark Titan, Sargeras, and was one of the most powerful beings to walk the face of Azeroth. His staff is no less powerful.
The quest to obtain Atiesh was added in 1.11, and begins at the Light's Hope Chapel in the Eastern Plaugelands with Archmage Angela Dosantos. If you visit her, she will tell you part of the story of the staff.
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"It is said that Kel'Thuzad seeks the legendary Atiesh, greatstaff of the Guardian.
Yes, the very staff once held by Medivh."
"What is Atiesh?"
"Like Kel'Thuzad, I too was once a mage of the Kirin Tor. And like Kel'Thuzad, I seek the legendary Atiesh, greatstaff of the Guardian. Our fates are intertwined as such, <class>."
"What Guardian? I don't understand any of this."
"Progeny of Aegwynn, he that would be the last Guardian of Tirisfal... Medivh."
"Please continue."
"It is the story of legend and one that I do not have the time nor the inclination to retell. Just know that Medivh was the last of the Guardians. The greatstaff of Atiesh was a focal point of his power and a focal point of corruption."
"What corruption?"
"The corruption of a fallen titan. The corruption of the Destroyer. After all, the staff was forged from the seed of hate. That is, of course, what has brought me here..."
"Please continue."
"After the fall of Karazhan, the Kirin Tor, dispatched an assembly of mages to search the tower and seize all items of import.... for the purposes of "research". It was then that the fabled staff was discovered and brought back to Dalaran."
"Please continue."
"What followed where a series of tragic events, leading to the death of every Kirin Tor mage that came into contact with Atiesh.
You see, it was an artifact with sentience. A sentience granted to it by Sargeras."
"What?"
<Angela nods.>
"After the deaths, the Six decided that the best course of action was to seal the staff behind impenetrable barriers of magic and appoint a watcher; A guardian of the staff... I would be that watcher."
"This is disturbing. Please continue."
"There is not much more to tell. Dalaran was nearly wholly destroyed by Archimonde, the staff lost, presumably shattered by the barrier's fail-safe mechanisms.
There are those that believe the staff to be the cause of Archimonde's reprisal."
"Please, tell me more."
"After the fall of Dalaran. I took my leave from the Kirin Tor. I spent years watching over Atiesh, only to have my purpose amongst the Kirin Tor taken from me in one fell swoop. I would find the staff, though it might take a lifetime. That is how I came to join the Argent Dawn and why I am here now."
"Is there anything else?"
"I have tracked the various fragments of the staff across this world and in doing so, discovered Kel'Thuzad's plans to reform the staff. He has already collected several of the staff's fragments - which are being held by his most trusted lieutenants.
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of keeping the greatstaff of the Guardian out of Kel'Thuzad's grasp. Frankly, I do not know what the result would be, other than a catastrophe of epic proportion."
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| So, the staff of the Guardian was not just a powerful staff, it was a staff literaly with a mind of it's own. An evil mind given to it by the dark Titan Sargeras, creator and lord of the Burning Legion. After Medivh's defeat in the Second War, the mages found the staff and took it to Dalaran. The staff was destroyed by it's containment spell when Archimonde obliterated the Kirin Tor, and it's fragments scattered to the far corners of the earth. How could anyone hope to posess it again? Read on..... |
