Through the Eye

Quest Giver: The Bone Witch — Cave at Njorndar Village, Icecrown [32.5, 42.9]

Objective: Travel to Kul’galar Keep, reach the Eye of the Lich King, and use it to scry for information.

Quick Facts

• Location: Kul’galar Keep, western Icecrown. Entrance at [24.8, 61.0]; the Eye is inside at approximately [26.2, 62.3]
• Chain Position: Quest 3 of 7 in the Valhalas chain — The Art of Being a Water Terror → Through the Eye → Find the Ancient Hero

Walkthrough

Find Kul’galar Keep

• From the Bone Witch’s cave, fly southwest over the mountains. Kul’galar Keep is a vrykul fortress built into the mountainside near Balargarde Fortress in western Icecrown. The entrance is at [24.8, 61.0], southeast of Balargarde.

Reach the Eye of the Lich King

• Fight or stealth your way through the keep. The enemies inside are vrykul oracles who cast Mind Blast and can heal each other. They are not particularly dangerous but can drag out fights if you let them chain-heal. Kill them quickly or interrupt heals.
• The Eye of the Lich King is a blue orb in a room deeper in the keep, at approximately [26.2, 62.3].

Use the Eye

• Click the Eye to begin scrying. A scripted dialogue plays out showing a conversation between Vardmadra, a val’kyr, and a Shadow Cultist. The cultist reports that the sleep-watchers in Jotunheim have discovered a vrykul of great significance named Iskalder. Vardmadra reacts with shock, recognizing the name immediately, and declares she will come personally to judge him.
• The quest auto-completes after the dialogue ends. Return to the Bone Witch to turn in.

Efficiency Tips

• Stealth classes: Rogues and druids can stealth past every mob in the keep, interact with the Eye, and leave without fighting. Use Vanish or Shadowmeld if you pull aggro on the way out.
• The keep is small. Even without stealth, there are only a handful of pulls between the entrance and the Eye. This is a quick in-and-out quest.

Lore & Secrets

The Eye of the Lich King

The Eye is a scrying device used by the Jotunheim oracles to receive orders from the Lich King and spy on events across Icecrown. The Bone Witch notes it “cannot be used to pierce the veil within Icecrown Citadel,” meaning even the Lich King’s own tools have blind spots within his inner sanctum.

Iskalder: The Finest Vrykul

The dialogue at the Eye reveals that the Jotunheim sleep-watchers have discovered Iskalder, described in the Bone Witch’s completion text as “the finest vrykul warrior ever to live.”

The val’kyr Vardmadra’s shocked reaction at hearing the name tells you everything about his significance. She orders a personal visit to Jotunheim to judge him herself. The Bone Witch realizes they must reach Iskalder before the Scourge does, which drives the next quest in the chain.

The bumbling Shadow Cultist in the vision provides some unintentional comedy. When Vardmadra asks what Iskalder looks like, the cultist sputters: “A vrykul, I suppose. They did not actually show him to me.”

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