Quick Facts

Series

1.	The Sum is Greater than the Parts
2.	The Art of Being a Water Terror
3.	Through the Eye
4.	Find the Ancient Hero
5.	Not-So-Honorable Combat
6.	Banshee's Revenge
7.	Battle at Valhalas

Storyline
Icecrown Honor Above All Else Curing The Incurable Defending The Vanguard Scourge Tactics If There Are Survivors... Into The Wild Green Yonder A Cold Front Approaches The Last Line Of Defense Once More Unto The Breach, Hero Once More Unto The Breach, Hero The Scourgestone The Restless Dead The Purging Of Scourgeholme The Stone That Started A Revolution It Could Kill Us All The Air Stands Still Into The Frozen Heart Of Northrend The Battle For Crusaders' Pinnacle The Crusaders' Pinnacle The Skybreaker Orgrim's Hammer The Broken Front Your Attention, Please Borrowed Technology ...All the Help We Can Get. Poke and Prod That's Abominable! Against the Giants Basic Chemistry Coprous the Defiled Sneak Preview Chain of Command Cannot Reproduce Retest Now Not a Bug Need More Info No Rest For The Wicked Raise the Barricades Bloodspattered Banners Get the Message The Ironwall Rampart Before the Gate of Horror The Guardians of Corp'rethar Shatter the Shards The Broken Front Takes One to Know One Poke and Prod That's Abominable! Against the Giants Coprous the Defiled Basic Chemistry Sneak Preview Chain of Command Cannot Reproduce Retest Now Not a Bug Need More Info No Rest For The Wicked Raise the Barricades Bloodspattered Banners Blinding the Eyes in the Sky The Ironwall Rampart Before the Gate of Horror The Guardians of Corp'rethar Shatter the Shards It's All Fun and Games It's All Fun and Games I Have an Idea, But First... Free Your Mind If He Cannot Be Turned If He Cannot Be Turned The Shadow Vault The Shadow Vault The Duke Exploiting an Opening Securing the Perimeter Set it Off! A Short Fuse Opportunity Establishing Superiority Blow it Up! A Short Fuse Parting Gifts An Undead's Best Friend Honor is for the Weak From Whence They Came Seeds of Chaos Amidst the Confusion Vereth the Cunning New Recruit The Vile Hold Generosity Abounds Matchmaker Stunning View The Rider of the Unholy The Rider of Frost The Rider of Blood The Fate of Bloodbane Eliminate the Competition The Bone Witch The Sum is Greater than the Parts The Art of Being a Water Terror Through the Eye Find the Ancient Hero Not-So-Honorable Combat Banshee's Revenge Battle at Valhalas Battle at Valhalas: Fallen Heroes Battle at Valhalas: Khit'rix the Dark Master Battle at Valhalas: The Return of Sigrid Iceborn Battle at Valhalas: Carnage! Battle at Valhalas: Thane Deathblow Battle at Valhalas: Final Challenge Where Are They Coming From? Destroying the Altars Death's Gaze Spill Their Blood Jagged Shards I'm Smelting... Smelting! The Runesmiths of Malykriss A Visit to the Doctor By Fire Be Purged Killing Two Scourge With One Skeleton He's Gone to Pieces Putting Olakin Back Together Again The Flesh Giant Champion A Voice in the Dark Time to Hide Return to the Surface Field Repairs Do Your Worst Army of the Damned Futility Sindragosa's Fall Where Dragons Fell Time for Answers The Hunter and the Prince Knowledge is a Terrible Burden Tirion's Help Tirion's Gambit A Voice in the Dark Time to Hide Return to the Surface Field Repairs Do Your Worst Army of the Damned Futility Cradle of the Frostbrood Where Dragons Fell Time for Answers The Hunter and the Prince Knowledge is a Terrible Burden Argent Aid Tirion's Gambit A Tale of Valor A Hero Remains The Keeper's Favor Hope Within the Emerald Nightmare The Boon of Remulos Time Yet Remains The Touch of an Aspect Dahlia's Tears The Boon of Alexstrasza Hope Yet Remains The Will of the Naaru The Boon of A'dal Light Within the Darkness

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Comments

Comment by redandgray

Entrance to Halls of the Ancestors at 28,47

Comment by 246808

He will attack you when you wake him. There will be a warning tell you that it is him and to use your amulet. (He is one of the ones straight down the stairs on the right side.)

Comment by 248375

he spawn in Random Places

Comment by Ezekeil

It is completely random which one has it

Comment by Solann

The quest to subjugate Iskalder comes from The Bone Witch, who is located in a cave that can be found at 32,42 in the Jotunheim region of Icecrown.

This NPC can be found in the Halls of the Ancestors, the entrance for which is also found in the Jotunheim region of Icecrown at 28,47. You must access the Slumbering Mjordin and click through the gossip text to find the real Iskalder, at which point you use The Bone Witch's Amulet.

Comment by 91079

If you use an epic flyer you can outrun him, in which case you have to start over.

Comment by Valaran

This quest does not require level 80. I picked it up at 78.

Comment by 213027

Just to let you know, you can lose him on a 60% flight also.

If this happens, go back, abandon quest and reaccept.

Comment by Iomaxia

The ancinet hero Iskalder is refered to the Greek ancient hero Alexander the Great who conquered all the known world. His name in arabic is Iskander and till nowdays it used to call him like that.

Comment by 10269

Just take a left after leaving her cave. You'll see the entrance after the bridge.

Comment by 75675

i don't know if it was random but i got it first go

Comment by 260982

Well, if he's named after Alexander the Great, I'd be trying talking to both genders.

Comment by 261314

I have awaken and killed 100 of these guys and nothing. Hmm.

Comment by 261314

Nevermind just got it... Wow.

Comment by thevikingwarrior

I got him on my third try but i had low hp when i started and a Sleep-Watcher came and they killed me :(

Comment by 223375

Here is the sequence of quests that lead to the Final Challenge.
(A for Alliance, H for Horde)

1A It's All Fun and Games
1H It's All Fun and Games
2 I Have an Idea, But First...
3 Free Your Mind
4A If He Cannot Be Turned
4H If He Cannot Be Turned
5A The Shadow Vault
5H The Shadow Vault
6 The Duke
7 Eliminate the Competition
8 The Bone Witch
9 Deep in the Bowels of The Underhalls
NOTE: You do not need to complete step 9, but you must be on the quest in order to loot Dr. Terrible's "Building a Better Flesh Giant", which starts step 10. I never handed in step 9, even after the Final Challenge, just to be sure.
10 The Sum is Greater than the Parts
11 The Art of Being a Water Terror
12 Through the Eye
13 Find the Ancient Hero
14 Not-So-Honorable Combat
15 Banshee's Revenge
16 Battle at Valhalas
17 Battle at Valhalas: Fallen Heroes
18 Battle at Valhalas: Khit'rix the Dark Master
19 Battle at Valhalas: The Return of Sigrid Iceborn
20 Battle at Valhalas: Carnage!
21 Battle at Valhalas: Thane Deathblow
22 Battle at Valhalas: Final Challenge

Enjoy! :D

Comment by Daskies

As a little clarification:

Go to the above coordinates, and you'll find yourself in a cave. There are some hostile mobs there; these are not what you want. Keep going down the cave and you'll find Slumbering Mjordin(Neutral). You will want to interact with these like any other NPC. They will have a dialogue option and when you click it they will either turn in to a normal hostile target which you must kill, or Iskalder.

Iskalder is an elite mob, and when you find him you'll get a raid warning saying something along the lines of "You have found him! Now is the time to use the The Bone Witch's Amulet!" He is an elite, but he wont do too much damage to you before the cast goes off.

After this you have to return to the bone witch. 2 helpful (I hope) facts:
1. He will not assist you in combat.
2. He can despawn, but it isn't as easy as I believed from other comments. I got on my flyer and just ran on the ground until something agro'd and then flew up to despawn.

Maybe too much information for a simple quest, but I was a bit confused and that's what this site is for, right?

Edit: map.

Comment by 202008

Make sure you have your Bone Witches Amulet ready. The first one I talked to was him, and he killed me before I could find the amulet in my bags.

Comment by 39590

It has to be random because I have spent the last half hour circling the area and killing these guys and he still hasn't appeared for me

Comment by BrokeNL

Took me about 10 tries to get him.

But more to the point, Rogues who were wondering ; Yes you can stealth out of the building with the guy following you, in this case he will not aggro the other mobs. Made getting out that little bit quicker. ^^ (Druids too)

Comment by 327101

It's a very random choice some people got it first time some people have to pick up a few like myself, i took about 20-30 looks? All of them are random so if you are lucky and get a first choice congratz! :D

Comment by 150727

i have soloed him with 79 DK but u need to use Icebound fortitude and unbreakable armor (if u are that spec)

Comment by dragon8

I just ran around the first room since the have such a fast respawn
got him on the 6th one

Comment by bunion

To clarify, after finding him you may use your flying mount to return. Stay low and let him keep up. If you do happen to lose him, you do not have to abandon and re-accept quest...just go back to hall and re-awaken until he spawns again (as I did).

Comment by Shatrix

is this quest bugged because i brought him back to the bone witches cave but hes just standing at the opening to it and nothings happening and i cant turn the quest in

Comment by 302791

To Stealthies:

Since he's a non-combat companion, you can simply stealth back to the bone witch with him following you and he will not aggro anything.

Comment by 345625

Any guardian NPC or NPC that follows you will never despawn when mounted. If you fly, they follow you on the ground until you get out of view range, and they will follow you up slopes that are not directly straight. This helped me on this quest, as I just hopped on my mount and flew over the mountains, and he followed me by walking straight up them and coming down as easily.

Comment by califorlife

If you look at the picture of him you will easily be able to identify him from the other guys. He has two lock of BROWN hair tied in front, he's wearing a shirt, and has spikes on his shoulders. I got him on my first try. http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=30884#screenshots:id=99155

Comment by 53267

Iskaldir is indeed an ancient hero. He can run as fast as an epic mount, through rivers, mountains and walls, without even slowing down!

Comment by 389521

not hard i got him my second try

Comment by Veggiemite

got him on my first try, however nitro boots mucked up and the parachute failed to deploy...

Comment by Whiterock

SHADOW VAULT Quest Tree From Whiterock
Give + to 12/09/2008 Rawkster aswell.

1)It's All Fun and Games {H}
1)I Have an Idea, But First...
1)Free Your Mind
1)If He Cannot Be Turned {H}
|->Blackwatch*
|
Orgrim's Hammer(H)* 1)The Shadow Vault {H} The Skybreaker(A)*
| / | \ |
Opportunity(H)* | Exploiting an Opening(A)*
1)The Duke
| |
2)Eliminate the Competition 2)Honor Challenge---->2)Get the Key
3)The Bone Witch 2)Shadow Vault Decree 2)Let the Baron Know
|->3)Reading the Bones |____________________/
| R)Reading the Bones |->3)Vandalizing Jotunheim
| |->D)Leave Our Mark
|->4)Deep in the Bowels of The Underhalls |->3)Crush Dem Vrykuls!
| | D)Vile Like Fire!
|->4)Revenge for the Vargul |
| N)Vaelen Has Returned
4)The Sum is Greater than the Parts 3)Ebon Blade Prisoners
| |->D)Shoot 'Em Up
3)The Art of Being a Water Terror |
| N)To the Rise with all Due Haste!
3)Through the Eye 6)The Story Thus Far...
| |->D)From Their Corpses, Rise!
3)Find the Ancient Hero |->7)Blood in the Water
| | 7)You'll Need a Gryphon
3)Not-So-Honorable Combat | D)No Fly Zone
| |->D)Intelligence Gathering
3)Banshee's Revenge +7)The Grand (Admiral's) Plan
| 7)In Strict Confidence
5)Battle at Valhalas 7)Second Chances
5)Battle at Valhalas: Fallen Heroes 7)The Admiral Revealed
5)Battle at Valhalas: Khit'rix the Dark Master
5)Battle at Valhalas: The Return of Sigrid Iceborn
5)Battle at Valhalas: Carnage!
5)Battle at Valhalas: Thane Deathblow
5)Battle at Valhalas: Final Challenge
Quest zones:
1)Shadow Vault_____2)Savage Ledge_____3)Jotunheim_____4)The Underhalls_____5)Valhalas_____6)Death's Rise_____7)Onslaught Harbor
D)Daily_____N)Not-needed_____R)Repeatable
*Click to see more info about that quest-line.
The Icecrown is done! Leave your comments/sugestions at my comment in Icecrown zone. Thanks everyone who helped me to make it via comments on wowhead and in-game pre-quest tracking.

Comment by 83105

A really nice speedup-tip for hunters:

You can wake several Mjordins up at the same time, simply by sending your pet on the 1st, sleeping the 2nd, (if you have Wyvern Sting from the survival tree, if not, screw #2), and freeze-trap the 3rd.
If any of these three turn out to be Iskalder, use the charm and get out of there, since the ones NOT being Iskalder despawn. (After a short while)
Really speeds up the search, at least it did for me! :>

EDIT: Figured that if you're lucky and the one you spawn the trap in front of is Iskalder, he gets frozen while you charm him, leaving you out of harms way :)

Comment by chop360

I have experienced a bug with this quest several times. I find him, subdue him then bring him back to the bone witch's cave but he just disappears when he get near her and the quest objective doesn't complete. Looks like I'll have one less quest slot from now on:(

Comment by pablodee

mmm Same here ...every time i return to the cave he ether despawns as soon as i arrive or after i click on the quest with the witch .... maybe he knows morbidus

Comment by Peter4730

What an UTTER load of rubbish we have above. History lessons. Lectures in Norse mythology. Self-agrandissement PARTICULARLY. The same old "HOW I I I I I (me) did it)". Hardly anything about how to actually complete the quest. OK, so I have the Subdued Iskander in tow ...... SO NOW WHAT, IDIOTS? Why can't any of you (except a couple guys whose comments have not been +'d up .... WHY?) say clearly how to lead the guy back to the Bone Witch WITHOUT losing him? Jesus ...... so many words of self-praise ....... so FEW words that help others.

Comment by 146544

How do I get the hero to the Bone Witch, people?

Comment by 146544

So go out the door and take the left road to the bone witches cave.

Comment by abudavid

then back to the quest gaiver 32.49 42.85

Comment by RaenofGod

I have farmed the sleeping vrykul in the walls for almost an hour and not ONCE had him come up....SO INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING!

EDIT - Just found him. Took me 1 hour and 5 min of farming the entire Hall to get him to appear. I have no idea why this happened, but it did.

Comment by 968971

Right, I found very few of the comments on this page helpful, so here's my very simple input.

I had the same problem. First time it took me a while to find him and then he de-spawned when I tried to fly back. Following a comment below I waited outside the cave, but he did not appear beside me.

I dropped the quest, took it back up again and went to find him once more. Found him very quickly this time and I WALKED back to the Witch.
No problems. Handed in fine.

My advice would be not to bother using a mount at all. It doesn't take long to walk back to the witch.(##RESPBREAK##)16##DELIM##Gontier##DELIM##

Comment by 1021036

So I thought I would add my comment since I noticed a few people had the same problem as me but didn't notice any responses to them. Maybe this will help.

Simply put, you do everything in the quest right, bring Iskalder back to the Bone Witch, and he disappears as soon as you get to her, doesn't come back, and you are unable to turn in the quest.

I did this eight times on my hunter. I tried it with pet, without a pet, mounted, dismounted, after abandoning and re-taking the quest, after /reloading, after disabling all my addons, after exiting the game and signing back in...everything I could think of. Almost wrote a note to Blizz asking what was up. Decided to wait until after server reset and try again.

After server reset it worked the first try.

Hope that helps. Not sure what was up with that but...nine tries later that lousy Iskalder finally made it back to the Bone Witch. Then I got to kill him on the next quest...VERY satisfying!

If you're having the same problem I did, try coming back the next day.

...Or you can get out of the raid group you're in. Actually, that might be faster. /facepalm

Comment by THRobinson

Took maybe 5min. Found @ 27.1,49.3. Didn't use a mount as per some comments, just walked back. Until you go back to the witch (for me anyway) quest on the mini map keeps showing where you find him, not return him.

Comment by horlicks

The turn in marker listed in the game appears to be off. Was sending me back into the cave where I got Iskalder which was confusing me at first. Just mount up and fly back to where you picked up the quest from the Bone Witch.

Comment by WoWGnGP

i made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE5fmxIkpHc&feature=youtu.be

Comment by mikochu

I had to get him a second time because he despawned, and he was in the exact same spot the second time as the first time. Inside the cave, 25.37, 50.06 for me. Go through the first hallway to a room that has these guys on both sides, on the left side he is on the wall you'll face if you look toward the ramp. He was wearing a kilt for me both times.
This may have just been luck for me, I checked others before I went to this one to be sure.

Edit: I went to the entrance located at 24, 53. Didn't realize there were two... I was able to fly back with him, just had to stop every few yards for him to catch up.

Comment by Malachi68

If you kill him the first time by mistake, you don't need to drop the quest and pick it up again. Just move along to the next guy and he'll eventually pop up a second time.

Also, I flew back to the Bone Witch and Iskalder appeared when I dismounted. So you don't need to walk.

Comment by maurotdo

Is there something i'm missing? I have the quest and i have killed 63 slumbering mjordin so far.

Comment by Noobii

I just want to add that the NPC you return Iskalder to is at 32.50 42.92. For some reason after getting Iskalder the quest giver didn't show up on the minimap to know where to return him to. Hope this helps.

Comment by NickJ

I love the quests from this era because they're all so #$%^ing horrible.

Links

Find the Ancient Hero

The Bone Witch at Njorndar Village wants you to return with Iskalder.

	Iskalder delivered to The Bone Witch (1)

Provided item:

	The Bone Witch's Amulet (1)

Description

Quickly, <name>, head southwest to the Halls of the Ancestors!

Within you will find slumbering mjordin. Wake them until you find Iskalder. When you do, use this amulet upon him and bring him back to me.

Now go. There is no time to waste!

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with Knights of the Ebon Blade

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13133))