The Shining Light

Ares the Oathbound in the Utgarde Catacombs wants you to recover the Sacred Artifact.

This is a timed quest.

	Sacred Artifact

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Description

<Ares gasps for air as he tries to speak.>

I am an envoy of the Argent Crusade, charged with a sacred duty.

Our forces were decimated in the Plaguelands. By the light of dawn, the artifact was cleansed and made pure once more. So many perished in the wake of its redemption.

There is still a chance... still time.

The artifact was hurled into the den of the fallen, far below us. Guarded by the unmerciful dead.

<Ares' body glows with blinding light.>

Light. Will. Protect. You.

Reward

You can choose one of these awards:

	Coldspike Longbow		Ice-Rimed Dagger		Regal Sceptre		Stoneblade Slicer		Whelpling-Skull Zapper		Worn Vrykul Smasher

Progress

<Ares is unconscious.>

Completion

You feel compelled to place the sacred blade next to the body of Ares.

Upon doing this you are once again blinded by light.

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

• 20100 experience (at level 68)
• 250 Reputation with Valiance Expedition

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