Darkmaster Gandling

Darkmaster Gandling is a human necromancer of the Cult of the Damned. He serves as the final boss of Scholomance.
==History==
Darkmaster Gandling served as the headmaster of necromancy at the Scholomance and, along with his teacher Ras Frostwhisper, oversaw the atrocities committed against many innocent souls.Magistrate Marduke#Quotes
One of the few classic bosses of the Scholomance to survive until after World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Gandling took up sole rulership of the Scholomance and the remaining Scourge of the Western Plaguelands.Scourge First... Horde LaterScourge First... Alliance Later 
Gandling appears briefly in Andorhal, where he is defeated by the combined might of Koltira Deathweaver and Thassarian before he flees back to Scholomance.Scholomancer There, Lucien Sarkhoff asked the adventurers to kill Gandling.School's Out Forever (quest)
The defeat during the Battle for Andorhal, put the Darkmaster in the foulest of moods, and he immediately began preparations to reanimate Rattlegore so he could guard against intruders. The darkmaster sought to make Rattlegore more ferocious than ever, imbuing him with an insatiable desire to harvest raw materials from his enemies.Rattlegore#Dungeon Journal
Lilian Voss turned her wrath on the Scourge necromancers of Scholomance.Ultimate Visual Guide, pg. 152 The darkmaster and Voss faced each other in the Chamber of Summoning, where he was aided by a group of Boneweavers. Soon, a group of adventurers also arrived and assisted Lilian in defeating the undead, after which Gandling teleported further in Scholomance. Lilian caught up with him, but he managed to briefly control her. He forced her to fight the adventurers, but they managed to defeat and free Lilian. She mustered her strength and attacked Gandling, breaking the improved bone shield that was protecting him. With his protection broken, he retreated into his study.
The adventurers allied with the Spirit of Lord Alexei Barov, who believed Gandling's defeat would allow his spirit to finally rest in peace, attacked him.An End to the Suffering (Scholomance)
Following the Fourth War, Mathias Shaw stated that according to Argent Crusade reports, Darkmaster Gandling is still active at the head of Scholomance, with Jandice Barov and Rattlegore, and has many puppets to play with.
Whether this means he was resurrected as an undead or simply was not killed as previously believed is unknown. The continued presence of Jandice Barov appears to mean that the curse upon the Barovs continues.
==Adventure Guide==
Course: Advanced Studies
The recent defeat in Andorhal has put Darkmaster Gandling in the foulest of moods. More than ever, all students of Scholomance are advised to impress him at every turn. Pupils who dissatisfy the headmaster will be removed from class to perform lab work... or become lab work.
==Spells and abilities==
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The Darkmaster attacks players with Incinerate and Immolate and periodically assigns one a Harsh Lesson, sending the player to a side room to fight Expired Test Subjects. When a tank or healer is sent, Gandling channels Rise!
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==Strategy==
Gandling does not need to be tanked normally, as he will only use Incinerate and Immolate from his spot in the middle of the room. He will occasionally teleport a random player in to one of the side rooms. Said player must fight his or her way out back to the study on their own.
There are several possible ways to deal with the Expired Test Subjects when trapped:
* Damage dealers and tanks can just kill their way out.
* Healers should dispel the friendly Fresh Test Subjects of their Explosive Pain to kill the Expired Test Subjects. If the healer is a Mistweaver monk, they can instead AoE everyone down with Spinning Crane Kick.
* Alter Time, Transcendence: Transfer, and Demonic Gateway can teleport a stuck player back to the main room, with the necessary preparations.
If a tank or a healer gets teleported, a large number of weakly-hitting skeletons will swarm the room. Focus on them instead of Gandling, as he takes much less damage while Rise is being channeled.
==Loot==
Item 	Item 	Type
Normal 	Heroic 	Type
 	Headmaster's Will 	Intellect/hit Staff
Gloves of Explosive Pain 	Gloves of Explosive Pain#Heroic 	Intellect/spirit Mail hands
Incineration Belt 	Incineration Belt#Heroic 	Intellect/hit Cloth waist
Lessons of the Darkmaster 	Lessons of the Darkmaster#Heroic 	Strength/expertise Trinket
Price of Progress 	Price of Progress#Heroic 	Intellect/mana Trinket
Searing Words 	Searing Words#Heroic 	Agility/crit Trinket
Shoulderguards of Painful Lessons	Shoulderguards of Painful Lessons#Heroic	Intellect/spirit Plate shoulder
Tombstone Gauntlets 	Tombstone Gauntlets#Heroic 	Agility/hit Leather hands
Vigorsteel Spaulders 	Vigorsteel Spaulders#Heroic 	Strength/hit Plate shoulder
==Related achievements==
*School's Out Forever
*Scholomance (achievement)
*Heroic: Scholomance
*Scholomance Guild Run
*Heroic: Scholomance Guild Run
==Objective of==
*Scholomancer
==Quotes==
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==In the RPG==
Darkmaster Gandling is a mummified wretch. He teaches students how to raise the dead in the Lich King’s name. Formerly a Dalaran wizard, he betrayed his masters for dark power and now revels in undeath. His graduates go on to Stratholme, the Scourge's capital in the Eastern Plaguelands.Lands of Conflict, pg. 111
==In Hearthstone==
Darkmaster Gandling appears as a in the Scholomance Academy expansion for Hearthstone. His flavor text reads: "He doesn’t grade on a curve, but on a sharp spike instead."
==Notes and trivia==
*On Scholomance mentions that Gandling hid behind a bookcase, giggling, as he watched adventurers slay each of the school's administrators within the crypts.
*Darkmaster Gandling is voiced by Jim Pirri.
==Patch changes==
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==See also==
*Gandling's Gloves
==References==
==External links==
Category:Human characters
Category:Necromancers
Category:Educators
Category:Cult of the Damned
Category:Western Plaguelands mobs
Category:Scholomance mobs
Category:Bosses
Category:Lands of Conflict
Category:RPG characters
Category:Hearthstone legendary cards
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