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Series

1.	The Archmage's Staff
2.	Rebuilding the Staff
3.	Curse of the Violet Tower
4.	The Sigil of Krasus
5.	Krasus's Compendium
6.	Unlocking the Compendium
7.	Summoner Kanthin's Prize
8.	Ar'kelos the Guardian

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Comment by 15864

Spawns at 40.72. Level 68 non-elite. Just use the dust to summon him in the center of the circle.

Comment by janopdm

Ekkorash the Inquisitor spawns when you use the Conjuring Powder near the brazier located at 40.9, 72.5.

Comment by 22994

The same chick that you kill in this quest dropped the quest item for https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/quest=10265 as well.

Comment by Mdj71

After completing this questline the staff is still in my inventory, can i safely destroy it?

Comment by cheekeemonkee

Wondering if this quest is bugged. Each of the 3 times I tried I sprinkled the powder on the brazier and killed Ekkorash--only to find no loot on her. I tried re-logging but this didn't fix the issue.

Comment by Ankari

I tried this quest this morning. I summoned and killed this devil chick 12 times and she did not drop the staff. In fact she did not drop anything at all.

Both this quest and the Consortium Crystal Collection quests are bugged.

Comment by 39249

I had no problems getting the item but she also drops Arklon Crystal Artifact for another quest, even though it tells you to kill someone else.

Comment by 38869

While you're here, you can do Invaluable Asset Zapping, https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/quest=10203, and Consortium Crystal Collection, https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/quest=10265

Comment by 60462

When you destroyed the item, is there a way to reclaim it?

Comment by Valustria

Do you ever lose the staff, or can you keep it indefinitely?

I have completed the "Malevolent Remnants" quest chain and the staff is still in my inventory; I'm not sure if I need it for anything anymore, or if I can safely destroy it. Is it worth holding onto other than to spawn the image of the Archmage for silly things like screen shots?

Comment by 401088

If you have a flying mount just drop down near it once its clear, use the powder, she appears, kill her, mount and fly....real easy didn't have to kill anything but her and she was an easy kill.

Comment by Allakhazam

Quest chain DOES have rewards. In fact, some very nice ones, including a very good cloak (for a tanking druid), a wand, a neckpiece, and a melee dps trinket:

Final quest in chain is this one:
Ar'kelos the Guardian sorry if this double-posts, it does not seem to be posting correctly.

Comment by Allakhazam

easy as pie... ran in killed one guy killed the archmage ran back done. coords ate right on the dot easy exp

Comment by Allakhazam

Stood right on the glowing brazier and killed her without killing any mobs. Im a rogue so i just stealthed right in and out so easy cords 40,72

Edited, Jan 3rd 2008 7:32pm by dontgankme

Comment by Allakhazam

41 73 glowing fire is where this is at

Comment by Allakhazam

AHHAHAHAHAH yah she went down easier than the surrounding mobs.. but man what a screenshot when she turned around. LOL

BLACK GSTRING.

lol

Comment by Allakhazam

rofl yeah i got a crystal for the consortium crystal collection q.
2q complete in 1 very easy kill :D

Comment by Allakhazam

(40 72) loc spot on! Brazier is at these coords. Use powder from QG in ur bag. Just be sure to clear the few mobs nearby. Easy kill, easier than mobs that are around.

Comment by Allakhazam

A lvl68 mob appears and drop the staff as well as Aklon Crystal Artifact, used in Consortium Crystal Collection

Comment by Allakhazam

WARNING: Disappointing final quest reward - only gold

http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?source=live;wquest=10257&locale=enUS

some people thought this chain was a huge waste of time since it never offered any good items in the end. this is the end quest.

Comment by Allakhazam

Actually the people that saying this quest offers gamers very little in terms of rewards are oh so wrong.

https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=29776

This item although green can be considered as one of the best items available to rogues pre kara drops. Note i did not say it was "the best" just that its considered one of the top 10 pre kara trinkets for rogues and also very cheap and easy to obtain.
alongside this is the also considerably easy to obtain Bladefist’s Breadth

these two items can be very good for rogues who have only just hit 70
Note - there are other items that do and will out perform these, these item considered should be obtain early and only used as a filler for better gear but overall they are very good for rogues.
IF you would like to learn more on how to gear your rogue for kara check out this quality free guide

It offers item suggestions for rogues who have reached 70 that are looking into gearing for kara and beyond. enjoy ;D

Edited, Mar 28th 2008 1:45am by holycows

Comment by Allakhazam

Spawns at 40.72. Level 68 non-elite. Just use the dust to summon him in the center of the circle.

Comment by Allakhazam

40,72 did invaluable asset zapping, the archmage's staff and consortium crystal collection took less than 15 min

Comment by Allakhazam

Before starting this chain, be aware that it's 12 steps long and nothing but XP and gold as a reward. Nothing else. No green, no blue, no armor, no weapon, no trinket, nothing.

Some may feel it's worth it, but I don't. After being swamped with mobs and dying at least half a dozen times (possibly over a dozen), the gold barely paid for the repairs. If you're interested only in money, your time is better spent on your gathering profession. If you can't make 100G in 6 hrs of gathering, you really DO need to up your gathering skill anyway. :)

One good aspect of the chain is that it does lead you into areas that have other quests that can be done at the same time. These other quests do not have prerequisites, so this chain isn't necessary to accept them.

Edit: Upon further investigation (I quit this 3/4 the way thru), there are rewards about a step or two away from the final quest. However, examine them and you'll probably find you already have better. Ar'kelos the Guardian

Edited, Feb 1st 2008 8:46am by Skosa

Comment by Allakhazam

Very Easy

Comment by Allakhazam

Some very nice ones, including a very good cloak (for a tanking druid), a wand, a neckpiece, and a melee dps trinket:

Final quest in chain is this one:
Ar'kelos the Guardian

Comment by Allakhazam

Lol killed her in 2 hits!

Comment by Allakhazam

40,72 Summon

Comment by Allakhazam

Warning: this starts a very long quest chain with NO ITEM REWARDS. Just a little bit of gold and XP.

Comment by Allakhazam

loc above is correct, he also dropped a crystal artifact for me :D

Comment by Allakhazam

Save time and do with Invaluable Asset Zapping

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The Archmage's Staff

Retrieve Archmage Vargoth's Staff from Ekkorash the Inquisitor and bring it to Ravandwyr in Area 52. To bring Ekkorash out of hiding, sprinkle the Conjuring Powder on the brazier in the center of the ruins.

	Archmage Vargoth's Staff (1)
	Conjuring Powder (Provided) (1)

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Allow me to introduce myself, <class>.

I am Ravandwyr, apprentice to the Archmage Vargoth.

My master is... indisposed, shall we say. I am here on a matter of great importance.

The Arklon Ruins southeast of the city are a hotbed of Burning Legion activity. Their purpose in the ruins concerns neither me nor my master, but their leader, Ekkorash, possesses the archmage's staff.

This conjuring powder will allow you to draw the demon out of hiding. Sprinkle it on the brazier at the center of the ruins.

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/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10173))

The Archmage's Staff

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