It was an incredibly late night in Scholomance, October 30th… As a guild, we have gotten very very good at utterly destroying the school of magic, such that there are rarely any deaths. Well, all that changed last night.

In the wake of Jalo’s acquisition of the [Beaststalker's Cap], Bomosnipah wants nothing more than to acquire the helm himself. Additionally, Ungulataur is chomping at the bit to complete the epic shammy quest to recieve his [Skyfury Helm]. Helms for everyone… well, at least those two (and later Paed). So, Necromage, Skykomish, and Paed join the adventure.

Normally when we face Rattlegore, we only pull 3 or 4 of his peeps before yanking him from the room and shattering his bones all over the stairway. Last night was no exception. What was different, was that then we continued to clear the room. Then, in the center, Ungulataur dropped a little beacon thing, and wave after wave of spirit came from the bones to attack us. This is the first time Necromage died.

The waves continued until finally Death Knight Darkreaver came on what has to be the ghostly version of the Blood Elf Paladin’s epic mount. He died. Easily. In fact, the waves and boss were almost disappointing. The adrenaline and fear of finally wiping in this all-too-familiar instance started to drain, but left the group quite awake.

To save time getting to Darkmaster Gandling, the group skipped Ras Frostwhisper and Kirontos, as they add a good 15 minutes to the instance. Both drop guaranteed blues, but we would have only sharded them… In the first instructor’s room (Lorekeeper Polkelt), Necromage died on every pull. Every pull. It was literally hilarious after the endurance run of spirits in Rattlegore’s room.

The rest of the instance, including the dropping of Gandling was without incident. The interesting thing was that normally on a Scholomance visit, there are roughly 12 rare items, most, if not all, are disenchanted. On this run there were 9 items, and only 2 were sharded…

• [Rattlecage Buckler] disenchanted for Necromage.
• [Malicious Axe] disenchanted for Necromage.
• [Dreadmist Wraps] went to Bomosnipah.
• [Wildheart Bracers] went to Paed.
• [Burial Shawl] needed by Paed.
• [Bloodmail Gauntlets] needed by Ungulataur.
• [Bloodmail Boots] needed by Ungulataur.
• [Bonecreeper Stylus] needed by Necromage, shafting Paed.
• [Dreadmist Mask] needed by Paed.