4/16/2007
Magtheridon once ruled Outlands until Illidan arrived and dethroned him. Magtheridon was given to the fel orcs of Hellfire Citadel who imprisoned him. Illidan has been using Magtheridon’s blood to create more fel orcs. If you have run through the Blood Furnace instance you would have heard Magtheridon shouting from below. “Vermin! Leeches! Take my blood and choke on it!”
On this day we organized a raid to end his suffering. Magtheridon begins the fight banished for two minutes once you disrupt the fel orcs spell. He cats a deadly blast nova which must be interrupted with the fel orc’s manticron cubes. Once the cube teams are organized the fight lasts a good ten minutes if you can survive the ceiling collapsing. The Magtheridon encounter is the closest thing to an Onyxia fight yet, the trash is minimal and you can be in and out within thirty minutes if your team is focused.
3/25/2007
Ilterendi attempted Gruul before it was retuned and each time felt more random. Gruul has an area of effect knock back, but this knock back punts you in a random direction. A few seconds after, you could possibly do and receive as much as ten thousand damage to anyone near yourself. This had the effect of killing most of the raid after only a few knock backs. Once he was retuned, Blizzard lowered the damage across the board, and almost every progressive guild on Silvermoon killed him within days of each other. This is another one of those fights I look forward to and regret every time. Gruul’s loot table includes the Aldori Legacy Defender another shield that won’t drop for me! I just have really bad luck with shields. 
3/10/2007
The Nightbane encounter has gone through a number of changes since we started and completed it. Even as we farm it today Nightbane bares little resemblance to the encounter it once was. For one it’s easier, a lot easier, the minions he summons in phase two no longer have the area of effect fire damage. Without a Mage in the group to frost nova them in place it proved very challenging. The cast time on Nightbane’s fear was almost doubled, which is much more forgiving for the tank without fear ward. Lastly he just doesn’t hit as hard as he once did.
Ilterendi was the first guild on the Silvermoon server to down Nightbane. I have been to each kill since then and the one item I’ve wanted the most has not yet dropped. The Shield of Impenetrable Darkness was to replace my blue shield from Shadow Labs, but I’ve yet to see it. Such is my luck with random drops! Usually what happens is once you purchase an epic equivalent from a reputation and finish enchanting it the piece you really wanted finally drops. I’m holding out for as long as I can. Blizzard will not get the best of me!
