Black Rook Hold

Black Rook Hold (or simply Black Rook)Assault on Black Rook was carved out of the mountain to be an unassailable fortress. This elven structure served as a bulwark against the Legion during the War of the Ancients, until a shadow fell upon it. Black Rook Hold is a dungeon in World of Warcraft: Legion. You start in the catacombs below Black Rook Hold and work your way through the outside to the top of the spire.Legion Dungeon Preview: Black Rook Hold and Darkheart Thicket
==Background==
The location that would later become Black Rook Hold was originally a huge granite formation atop a high and treacherous mount. The first night elf to bear the clan designation of Ravencrest remarked that the stocky formation resembled a piece from a chessboard, a rook colored black and that huge, dark birds circled and nested atop it, which he took as a sign. For more than a kaldorei generation, the solid rock was carved into a fortress like none other seen among the empire. The structure stood in terms of magnificence second only to the royal palace of Zin-Azshari and extended its military influence over most of the realm, the power of Black Rook Hold tipping the balance when conflict arose between the night elves and the dwarves.The Well of Eternity, chapter 18
===War of the Ancients===
During the War of the Ancients the Hold stood as a defensive gathering place for the night elves to strategize and plan the stand against the Burning Legion. Lord Ravencrest was the current head of this monumental structure. The hold was said to have the strength to withstand an attack from the Burning Legion for days, giving time for its inhabitants to make a stand — or flee to safer ground.War of the Ancients Trilogy
===Legion===
After stealing the corpse of Illidan Stormrage from the Vault of the Wardens, conducted a ritual to separate his soul from his body. This energy brought the souls of the Ravencrest clan back to their ancestral home.Amalgam of Souls Dungeon Journal The ghosts of the Hold's forces have been risen by Gul'dan, from the lowliest soldier to Desdel Stareye and even Lord Ravencrest himself, to protect the secrets within the tower. These undead night elves cannot see the living for what they truly are and believe them to be demonsLieutenant of the Tower as they eternally relive the horrors of the War of Ancients.Lord Ravencrest Dungeon Journal
===Adventure Guide===
Carved from the greatest mountain of Val'sharah by ancient elven masons, Black Rook Hold stood as a bulwark against the Burning Legion during the War of the Ancients. The nigh-impregnable fortress is also the ancestral home of Lord Kur'talos Ravencrest, one-time mentor of Illidan himself. But since the latest Legion attack, a strange dark energy emanates from the Hold, and restless dead plague the surrounding lands.
==Maps and subregions==
===Maps===
VZ-Black Rook Hold.jpg|The Ravenscrypt
VZ-Black Rook Hold-s1.jpg|The Grand Hall
VZ-Black Rook Hold-s2.jpg|Ravenhold
VZ-Black Rook Hold-s3.jpg|The Rook's Roost
VZ-Black Rook Hold-s4.jpg|Lord Ravencrest's Chamber
VZ-Black Rook Hold-s5.jpg|The Raven's Crown
===Subregions===
*The Chamber of War
*The Grand Hall
*The Grand Sepulcher
*Hidden Passageway
*Lord Ravencrest's Chamber
*The Raven's Crown
*The Ravenscrypt
**The Mausoleum of Lady Velandras
**The Mausoleum of Lord Etheldrin
*Ravenshold
*Ravenswatch
*Rook's Rise
*The Rook's Roost
==Loot==
Boss	Item	Type
 	 	Shadow artifact relic
 	 	Storm artifact relic
 	 	Mail shoulders
 	 	Cloak
 	 	Plate chest
 	 	Cloth chest
 	 	Cloth bracers
 	 	Mail gloves
 	 	Leather gloves
 	 	Plate boots
 	 	Leather boots
 	 	Healer trinket
 	 	Fire artifact relic
 	 	Life artifact relic
 	 	Leather helmet
 	 	Cloak
 	 	Plate gloves
 	 	Mail belt
 	 	Cloth boots
 	 	Ring
 	 	Tank trinket
 	 	Fel artifact relic
 	 	Cloth helmet
 	 	Leather chest
 	 	Mail chest
 	 	Plate bracers
 	 	Leather bracers
 	 	Cloth belt
 	 	Mail leggings
 	 	Plate boots
 	 	Ring
 	 	Melee DPS trinket
 	 	Holy artifact relic
 	 	Frost artifact relic
 	 	Blood artifact relic
 	 	Plate helmet
 	 	Mail helmet
 	 	Necklace
 	 	Plate shoulders
 	 	Cloth shoulders
 	 	Cloak
 	 	Mail bracers
 	 	Cloth gloves
 	 	Leather belt
 	 	Leather leggings
 	 	Leather leggings
 	 	Cloth leggings
 	 	Plate leggings
 	 	Mail boots
 	 	Ranged DPS trinket
==Quest guide==
==NPCs==
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;The Ravenscrypt
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;The Grand Hall
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;Ravenshold	
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;The Rook's Roost
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;Lord Ravencrest's Chamber	
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;The Raven's Crown
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==Achievements==
* Black Rook Hold (achievement)
* Heroic: Black Rook Hold
* Mythic: Black Rook Hold
* Mythic: Black Rook Hold Guild Run
* Black Rook Moan
* You Used to Scrawl Me In Your Fel Tome
* Adds? More Like Bads
==Notes==
*Black Rook Hold was maintained and upkept by a small army of servants.Key of Kalyndras
*The Black Rook Breastplate worn by some members of the Rooksguard were made of the same rock as Black Rook Hold.
*By the best physical means, it took between three and five days to travel between the Hold and Zin-Azshari.The Well of Eternity, chapter 19
==Patch changes==
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==References==
==External links==
Black Rook Hold	Val'sharah	Scenario	Artifact challenge	Graveyard
 	 	 	 	
 
Category:Night elf territories
Category:Rooksguard
Category:War of the Ancients Trilogy
Category:Legion
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