High Priest Syltetzalvek

Quest giver: Harbinger Glask
Requirements to Request: Achievemnent - Partisan of Shard's Landing and Sleepless Nights
Requirements to Attend: None
Phrase: Army

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Say "ready" to enter the instance.

Once you have zoned in talk to "a council dissident" and say "prepared" to activate the portal into Silent Hall. Step into the portal and go up to High Priest Syltetzalvek, tell it "murderer" to start the event.

10 "a witness" spawn and attack. They hit for up to 11k each and can be mezzed, rooted, snared, and stunned. Once they are locked down pick one and kill it. Upon its death you will get a clue (see below) "a lingering spectre" spawns. This mob can be mezzed, but it will only last for 30 seconds, and then it is immune to mez for 30 seconds. Likewise it can be rooted, but it will only last 20 seconds, and then it is immune to root for 20 seconds. It casts Spectral Emanation, a 50 range 29k PBAE.

The clues given when a witness dies will point towards one of the players in the raid. It can speak of race, class type, religion, played time, AA, character height, origin city, number of keys on key ring, etc... At any point you can go onto the stage to get a list of all clues given so far. If you don't have enough information to identify a specific player, kill another witness. You will get another spectre for every clue so far, meaning on 3rd witness you'll get 3 spectres at once. During this phase keep the witnesses locked down, kill spectres, use clues to figure out which player is being described. Once you know, have that player clear their target and say "I am the murderer". If the wrong person does this they will be DT'd and the final phase will get harder. If the correct player does it they will get a Dagger of Spectral Disruption. Equip this and melee and remaining witnesses and spectres, the dagger will proc a DT on them.

Kill off all remaining mobs, including 8 additional spectres which spawn afterward. When clear High Priest Syltetzalvek goes active. It is rooted in place, hits for up to 28k, and casts Remorse every 45 seconds. If nobody incorrectly claimed to be the murder Remorse is just a 70k PBAE. For each incorrect guess this AE gets worse, hitting for 95k, 115k, 135k, and 155k, along with spell slow, melee slow, snare, and mana drains. In addition to the AE every 45 seconds 3 barrels spawn and 10 seconds later will explode with a 15 range 70kk PBAE with shadowstep. For each incorrect guess the barrel explosion gets worse, scaling up to 175k with 4 incorrect guesses. If you attempt to summon tank the High Priest the AEs will get faster.

The High Priest will lock health at 90%, 70%, 50%, 30%, and 15% and spawn adds. At 90% you get 2 "a phantasmal fragment", they cast Spectral Discharge, a 50 range 34k PBAE. They have the same mez and root mechanics as the spectres. Once both are dead the High Priest can be damaged again. At 70% it locks and you get 4 fragments, 6 fragments at 50%, 8 fragments at 30%, and 10 fragments at 15%. Once the 10 are dead at 15% the High Priest can be killed.

Heal through AE, avoid barrels, kill adds at each lock, and finally kill Syltetzalvek. Everybody in the dz gets 10 Velium Shard, and the chest contains 2 Dread Touched armor pieces, 2 loot drops, 1-2 weapons, 4 spells, a chance of a Trophy of the Unspoken, and a chance at a Primed Fragment of Fearlinked Zeal.

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