Reputation Compendium
The Ashen Verdict
The Ashen Verdict is a select group of the most talented craftsmen in the Ebon Blade and Argent Crusade. Its creation symbolizes the unity of our forces as we mount this final assault on the the Lich King and his minions. - Highlord Darion Mograine
The natural evolution of the Argent Tournament, the Ashen Verdict represents the forces arrayed against the might of the Lich King and Icecrown Citadel. In order to array its champions in the most powerful arms and armor, the craftsmen have learned to work saronite - especially the primordial saronite found deep in the bowels of the citadel. As with the Kirin Tor (and their brethren, the Violet Eye), the Verdict provides increasingly powerful signet rings to those who prove themselves against the might of Icecrown. In addition, if you gain their trust, the Verdict craftsmen will teach crafters advanced skills and even set bold adventurers on a quest to reforge Arthas' warhammer Light's Vengeance into a weapon of even greater power - Shadowmourne.
The Ashen Verdict is contained within the Icecrown Citadel raid instance.
There are many craftsmen, including vendors specific to each class who sell the Tier 10 Emblem of Frost sets. These sets may also be purchased from the appropriate armor vendors in Dalaran, so you need not form a raid every time you want to go shopping. Alchemist Finklestein (lately of the Alchemist daily in Zul'drak) is the primary quartermaster of the Verdict. Primordial Saronite, dropped by Citadel bosses, is the primary currency for Verdict recipes.
- At Friendly, Ormus the Penitent, the self-blinded Death Knight and Tier 10 Death Knight set vendor, will give you the quest "[80R] Choose Your Path" leading to your first Ashen Verdict signet, a choice of:
Note that you can have only one Ashen Band at any time, but you can switch paths for 200g at any time through Ormus' quest "A Change of Heart."
- At Honored, Ormus will upgrade your Signet via a quest to:
Alchemist Finklestein will sell you:
Pattern: Blessed Cenarion Boots (450 Leatherworker) (Leather Feet AC: 457, Sta: 92, Int: 92, Spi: 72, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Improves haste rating by 72, Equip: Increases spell power by 122)
Pattern: Earthsoul Boots (450 Leatherworker) (Mail Feet AC: 1016, Sta: 92, Int: 92, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 64, Equip: Improves haste rating by 80, Equip: Increases spell power by 122)
Pattern: Footpads of Impending Death (450 Leatherworker) (Leather Feet AC: 457, Agi: 120, Sta: 120, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 80, Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 64, Equip: Increases attack power by 129)
Pattern: Rock-Steady Treads (450 Leatherworker) (Mail Feet AC: 1016, Agi: 120, Sta: 95, Int: 63, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 80, Equip: Increases attack power by 129, Equip: Increases your armor penetration rating by 47)
Pattern: Deathfrost Boots (450 Tailor) (Cloth Feet AC: 243, Sta: 92, Int: 92, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Improves hit rating by 64, Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 80, Equip: Increases spell power by 122)
Pattern: Sandals of Consecration (450 Tailor) (Cloth Feet AC: 243, Sta: 92, Int: 92, Spi: 80, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 64, Equip: Increases spell power by 122)
Plans: Boots of Kingly Upheaval (450 Blacksmith) (Plate Feet AC: 1815, Str: 92, Sta: 157, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 72, Equip: Increases your parry rating by 72, Equip: Improves hit rating by 53)
Plans: Hellfrozen Bonegrinders (450 Blacksmith) (Plate Feet AC: 1815, Str: 121, Sta: 137, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 64, Equip: Increases your armor penetration rating by 80)
Plans: Protectors of Life (450 Blacksmith) (Plate Feet AC: 1815, Str: 92, Int: 92, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 80, Equip: Improves haste rating by 64, Equip: Increases spell power by 122)
Plans: Iceblade Arrow (450 Gnomish Engineer) (Arrow Adds 91.5 damage per second, MinLvl: 80)
Plans: Shatter Rounds (450 Goblin Engineer) (Bullet Adds 91.5 damage per second, MinLvl: 80)
- At Revered, Ormus upgrades your Ashen Band again:
And you can now buy:
Pattern: Bladeborn Leggings (450 Leatherworker) (Leather Legs AC: 582, Agi: 162, Sta: 162, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 92, Equip: Increases attack power by 168, Equip: Increases your armor penetration rating by 100)
Pattern: Draconic Bonesplinter Legguards (450 Leatherworker) (Mail Legs AC: 1293, Agi: 138, Sta: 128, Int: 85, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 92, Equip: Increases attack power by 216, Equip: Increases your armor penetration rating by 77)
Pattern: Legwraps of Unleashed Nature (450 Leatherworker) (Leather Legs AC: 582, Sta: 123, Int: 123, Spi: 100, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 92, Equip: Increases spell power by 162)
Pattern: Lightning-Infused Leggings (450 Leatherworker) (Mail Legs AC: 1293, Sta: 123, Int: 123, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 92, Equip: Improves haste rating by 100, Equip: Increases spell power by 162)
Pattern: Leggings of Woven Death (450 Tailor) (Cloth Legs AC: 309, Sta: 123, Int: 123, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 84, Equip: Improves haste rating by 108, Equip: Increases spell power by 162)
Pattern: Lightweave Leggings (450 Tailor) (Cloth Legs AC: 309, Sta: 123, Int: 123, Spi: 108, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 84, Equip: Increases spell power by 162)
Plans: Legplates of Painful Death (450 Blacksmith) (Plate Legs AC: 2310, Str: 161, Sta: 185, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 100, Equip: Increases your armor penetration rating by 92)
Plans: Pillars of Might (450 Blacksmith) (Plate Legs AC: 3500, Str: 162, Sta: 207, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 69, Equip: Increases your parry rating by 77)
Plans: Puresteel Legplates (450 Blacksmith) (Plate Legs AC: 2310, Sta: 123, Int: 123, MinLvl: 80, Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 100, Equip: Improves haste rating by 92, Equip: Increases spell power by 162)
- At Exalted, Ormus completes the upgrades to your Signet.
Reputation from Kills
The only way to build reputation with the Ashen Verdict is to run Icecrown Citadel. An Icecrown Citadel "rep run" involves killing all the trash mobs (including th four "trap" giants) up to the first boss, then resetting the instance. A 10-man non-heroic ICC rep run will yield approximately 750 rep. Running Icecrown Citadel is also useful because the bosses drop Primordial Saronite, needed both as currency to buy recipes as well as craft the actual pieces.
Quests
| Quest |
Given By |
Description |
Reward |
[80] Choose Your Path Obtainable at Friendly |
Ormus the Penitent, Icecrown Citadel (raid instance) |
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22050 xp (13.63g), Ashen Band of
Courage,
Destruction,
Might,
Vengeance,
Wisdom
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As mentioned briefly above, the rings are generally designed for specific classes/roles:
- Courage: Tank
- Destruction: Caster DPS
- Might: Strength-based Melee DPS
- Vengeance: Agility-based DPS
- Wisdom: Healing Casters
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| [80] A Change of Heart |
Ormus the Penitent |
Exchange your ring and 200g for a different ring of the same level. |
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[80] Path of Courage / Destruction / Might / Vengeance / Wisdom Obtainable at Honored |
Ormus the Penitent |
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22050 xp (13.63g), Ashen Band of Greater
Courage,
Destruction,
Might,
Vengeance,
Wisdom
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[80] Path of Courage / Destruction / Might / Vengeance / Wisdom Obtainable at Revered |
Ormus the Penitent |
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22050 xp (13.63g), Ashen Band of Unmatched
Courage,
Destruction,
Might,
Vengeance,
Wisdom
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[80] Path of Courage / Destruction / Might / Vengeance / Wisdom Obtainable at Exalted |
Ormus the Penitent |
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22050 xp (13.63g), Ashen Band of Endless
Courage,
Destruction,
Might,
Vengeance,
Wisdom
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This questline is only available to warriors, paladins, and death knights. It becomes available from Highlord Darion Mograine after a character reaches friendly with the Verdict. The end result is the forging of the two-handed axe Shadowmourne (read more about this on the official site).
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| [83R] The Sacred and the Corrupt |
Highlord Darion Mograine, Icecrown Citadel |
Place the following ingredients on Mograine's runeforge in Icecrown Citadel:
- 25 Primordial Saronite
- Light's Vengeance
- Rotface's Acidic Blood
- Festergut's Acidic Blood
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27550 xp (16.53g), chains to "Shadow's Edge" |
| The Acidic Blood only drops in 25 person Icecrown Citadel raid instances. The blood is not a party loot; only 1 drops per kill for the raid. Primoridal Saronite drops from Icecrown Citadel bosses and may also be purchased for 23 Emblem of Frost from vendors. Light's Vengeance may be found in Frostmourne Cavern in northeastern Dragonblight below Scarlet Point (near 73, 23). To claim Light's Vengeance will require battling through a small army of (relatively) weak Scourge and looting the hammer where it lies. Note that the ghouls do not aggro automatically, so you can slowly make your way through the cavern. Once you loot the hammer, it will then drive back the attackers and fall to the floor again. After healing up, loot the hammer again in its new resting spot and defeat the elite ghoul who rises at that point. Bring everything back to Mograine's runeforge in the Ashen Verdict area. |
| [83R] Shadow's Edge |
Highlord Darion Mograine |
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Shadow's Edge, chains to "A Feast of Souls" |
| [83R] A Feast of Souls |
Highlord Darion Mograine |
Equip and use Shadow's Edge to slay 1000 of the Lich King's minions in Icecrown Citadel. May be completed on 10 or 25 person difficulty. |
27550 xp (16.53g), chains to "Unholy Infusion" |
| [83R] Unholy Infusion |
Highlord Darion Mograine |
Infuse Shadow's Edge with Unholy Power from mutated slime and defeat Professor Putricide in the Plagueworks section of Icecrown Citadel. |
27550 xp (16.53g), chains to "Unholy Infusion" |
| [83R] Blood Infusion |
Highlord Darion Mograine |
Infuse Shadow's Edge with Blood Power by being affected by Blood-Queen Lana'thel's Blood Mirror, then defeat Lana'thel in the Crimson Hall of Icecrwon Citadel. |
27550 xp (16.53g), chains to "Frost Infusion" |
| [83R] Frost Infusion |
Highlord Darion Mograine |
Infuse Shadow's Edge with Frost Power by surviving three frozen breath attacks from Sindragosa before defeating her in the Frostwing Halls of Icecrown Citadel. |
27550 xp (16.53g), chains to "The Splintered Throne" |
| [83R] The Splintered Throne |
Highlord Darion Mograine |
Collect 50 Shadowfrost Shards from bosses in Icecrown Citadel 25 person raid instances. |
27550 xp (16.53g), chains to "Shadowmourne..." |
| [83R] Shadowmourne... |
Highlord Darion Mograine |
Return Shadow's Edge to Highlord Mograine |
55330 xp (33.20g), Shadowmourne, chains to "The Lich King's Last Stand" |
| [83R] The Lich King's Last Stand |
Highlord Darion Mograine |
Enter the Frozen Throne of Icecrown Citadel and defeat the Lich King |
55330xp (33.20g) |
This is our final stand. What happens here will echo through the ages. Regardless of outcome, they will know that we fought with honor. That we fought for the freedom and safety of our people. - Highlord Tirion Fordring
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