Lyre of Light

In the age of Khardros Wildhammer, the few battle-menders amongst his clan were expected to boost morale amongst their comrades. Many of these clerics chose to do so by way of music, granting their boon unto the combatants with rowdy tunes.

One mender was said to possess an instrument enchanted to either soothe or inspire depending on the melody played: a lyre crafted of gilded wood and silver strings, blessed by high priests and shaman throughout the ages.

Though knowledge of this relic came from dwarven folklore, the Cataclysm unearthed hundreds of years worth of dwarven history; so many of these exposed relics matched those depicted in tales of old that Isario Brightweave ventured out with the Fireborne to locate the lyre.

Elixir of Dreams
Concocting an elixir of dreamfoil, sageleaf and blindweed--a potion that some cultures claim to grant vision that could never otherwise be possessed--the Fireborne set out into the Twilight Highlands with hopes of peering into an age past.While the venture left soldiers temporarily comatose, it proved a worthwhile risk; after wading through distorted images of forgotten wars and angered spirits, the group hallucinating a dwarven vanguard pitted against a group of Dragonmaw orcs, accompanied by a battle priest. As the hallucination began to end and one soldier at a time faded back into the waking realm, but one managed to glimpse the lyre in question. Additionally, a vast, looming cloud appeared over Stormstrike Mountain, a known burial site in the region.

Awakening Spirits
After various small excursions within the Twilight Highlands via portal-maintaining crystals, as seen on Bloodmyst Isle, the Fireborne resolved to climb to Stormstrike Mountain's summit. Using a necromantic focus previously located within Zul'Mashar, a fallen trollish empire nestled within the Eastern Plaguelands, Isario Brightweave called upon spirits from beyond the grave.

Trapped within eternal anguish, the dwarven spirits mistook the soldiers for orcish combatants and engaged in battle, attempting to drive the group off of the mountain's edge.

Eventually, one of the elusive battle-menders appeared from the spirit realm and was subjugated by the Fireborne forces. Under their command, the priest led the group into one of the lower cemetaries, to his own grave. Despite protest from Light-worshiping individuals within the party, the grave was excavated and the lyre was found. However, due to the prevalence of the Old Gods within the Highlands, the once-gilded lyre was entirely corrupted: tainted with black-and-violet flesh, pulsing with the blood of the Old Gods, the lyre now rests within the Zenith's vaults.

Cleansing the Lyre
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