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“Those vrykul that have gained the favor of the Lich King call themselves the Ymirjar. They inhabit a city in the center of Icecrown. We have a lot of preparations to make before we assault Icecrown Citadel, and the one that stands before us now is routing these so-called “Chosen” of the Lich King.
Go to their city, Ymirheim, and slaughter them in their home. Let there be no questions as to who the stronger combatants are here.”
-Knight-Captain Drosche
Knight-Captain Drosche on the Skybreaker has sent you to kill 20 vrykul in Ymirheim.
![Quest Giver: Knight-Captain Drosche (Alliance) or Sky-Reaver Korm Blackscar (Horde)
Location: The Skybreaker (Alliance) or Orgrim’s Hammer (Horde), Icecrown
Head to Ymirheim:
The Vrykul mobs are located around [56, 53], near the saronite mine in Ymirheim.
Look for Ymirheim Vrykul such as Defenders, Harpooners, and other guards.
Pair with Other Quests:
This quest is efficient to pair with Assault by Ground, as the Ymirheim Defenders encountered during that escort count toward the kill total.
Combine with Slaves to Saronite if heading into the mine.
Avoid Unnecessary Trouble:
Avoid attacking Ymirheim Defenders unless you're doing Assault by Ground, as they summon additional mobs when attacked.
Stick to other mobs like Ymirheim Harpooners to avoid being overwhelmed.](https://gamertribute.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Blood-of-the-Chosen-Map.png)
You will be able to choose one of these rewards:
You will also receive:
Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
Quest Giver (Alliance): Knight-Captain Drosche — The Skybreaker, Icecrown (top rear deck)
Quest Giver (Horde): Warbringer Davos Rioht — Orgrim’s Hammer, Icecrown
Objective: Kill 20 vrykul in Ymirheim.
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Explore Icecrown’s hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Icecrown Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.
Vikstone's War Journal“Those vrykul that have gained the favor of the Lich King call themselves the Ymirjar,” Drosche said. “They inhabit a city in the center of Icecrown. We have a lot of preparations to make before we assault Icecrown Citadel, and the one that stands before us now is routing these so-called ‘Chosen’ of the Lich King. Go to their city, Ymirheim, and slaughter them in their home. Let there be no questions as to who the stronger combatants are here.”
There it is, then. I asked on my first day up here what preparation meant, and I have been finding out one errand at a time.
They are all bigger than me and none of them are subtle. An Ymirjar comes at you square, both hands on the haft, and puts everything into the first blow on the theory that there will not need to be a second. Against most men there would not be. What they cannot do is what I spent the escort up the pass doing: fold a shield back across a man’s own body and come around the outside while he is still solving that problem.
The first patrol did not see me. The second did, and set a line, and I went at the line anyway because a line of four is easier than four men loose in a street.
Then it was streets, and doorways, and the black iron towers with the wind coming off them, and it went on longer than it needed to.
Some of these were the same men who jumped the squad in the pass. I recognized armor. Drosche’s tally does not care which ones, and neither, after the first hour, did I.
“The traitor king will fall,” Drosche said afterward. “Of that I have no doubt.”
Twenty Ymirjar settled nothing about the field to the west, where the Alliance had already lost an army once and left it lying where it fell, and someone finally had to go look at what was still moving on The Broken Front.
