Quest:A Blade Fit For A Champion (Alliance Aspirant)

A Blade Fit For a Champion
Start	Arcanist Taelis
Level	80
Type	Daily
World quest	Nofalse
Category	Argent Tournamentfalse
Experience	22050 XP (this quest may give money at max level)
Reputation	+250 The Silver Covenant
Rewards	2x [Aspirant's Seal]
Repeatable	Yes
Previous	The Argent Tournament
Next	Up to the Challenge

Objectives

Retrieve the Ashwood Brand and bring it to Arcanist Taelis at the Argent Tournament Grounds.

•  [Ashwood Brand]

Description

Some of the champions believe an ancient weapon born of Northrend will bring them luck in the tourney. I have agreed to help them search for these weapons.

There's an old legend from Grizzly Hills about a maiden cursed with a frog's form to protect the blade she has long guarded. She lives among the lake frogs on the shore of Ashwood Lake, just east of Ashwood Post. The only thing said to break the curse is a /kiss, freely given. Apply this balm before kissing anything, <name>. Otherwise, you'll catch warts.

Rewards

You will receive: 2x  [Aspirant's Seal] and 22,050 experience (or 13 23 at level 80)

Progress

Were you able to recover the blade?

Completion

So there is some truth to those old tales? It seems the did not like about the quality of the blade. Well done, <name>. The champion who wields it will be a lucky man indeed.

Notes

• Ashwood Lake is just to the east of Ashwood Post, which is itself to the southeast of Grizzlemaw and southwest of Camp Oneqwah in south-central Grizzly Hills.
• Friendly Lake Frogs roam the lake. Apply the  [Warts-B-Gone Lip Balm], then blow a /kiss to one. Reapply balm as necessary to avoid getting debuffed with "Warts!"
  • Since you might be doing that a lot of times, a macro might help:

/use Warts-B-gone Lip Balm
/kiss
There is also a nice frog icon for that macro (at the last page as of 3.3)

• Players will eventually get lucky and find the Maiden of Ashwood Lake, who immediately spawns saying "Can it really be? Free after all these years?"
  • The following gossip text then takes place:

  I thought I'd never be free from that terrible curse. You have my gratitude, stranger.

  Glad to help, my lady. I'm told you were once the guardian of a fabled sword. Do you know where I might find it?

  Take it with my gratitude, <class>.

  • After 15–30 seconds, the Maiden will despawn saying "And now, I must return to the waters of the lake."

Quest progression

1.  [80] The Argent Tournament
2. •  [80] Mastery Of Melee
   •  [80] Mastery Of The Charge
   •  [80] Mastery Of The Shield-Breaker
3.  [80] Up To The Challenge and complete the daily quests listed below to earn enough [Aspirant's Seals] to continue. (15 seals at 5 per day)
   •  [80 Daily] A Blade Fit For A Champion -or- The Edge Of Winter -or- A Worthy Weapon
   •  [80 Daily] Training In The Field
   •  [80 Daily] Learning The Reins
4.  [80] The Aspirant's Challenge
5. Players will be offered one of these quests based on their race:
   •  [80] A Valiant Of The Exodar
   •  [80] A Valiant Of Ironforge
   •  [80] A Valiant Of Gnomeregan
   •  [80] A Valiant Of Stormwind
   •  [80] A Valiant Of Darnassus
6.  [80] The Valiant's Charge and complete the daily quests listed below to earn enough [Valiant's Seals] to continue. (25 seals at 5 per day)
   •  [80 Daily] A Blade Fit For A Champion -or- The Edge Of Winter -or- A Worthy Weapon
   •  [80 Daily] A Valiant's Field Training
   •  [80 Daily] The Grand Melee
   •  [80 Daily] At The Enemy's Gates
7.  [80] The Valiant's Challenge
8.  [80] A Champion Rises

After completing "The Valiant's Challenge", the following quests open up allowing players to repeat the valiant stage of daily quests (steps six and seven) for the other factions with which they have not yet earned the right to champion:

•  [80] Valiant Of The Exodar
•  [80] Valiant Of Ironforge
•  [80] Valiant Of Gnomeregan
•  [80] Valiant Of Stormwind
•  [80] Valiant Of Darnassus

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): Added.
  

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