The Flesh Giant Champion

Quest Giver: Darkrider Arly — Blackwatch, Icecrown [35, 66]

Objective: Speak with Margrave Dhakar at the western end of the Fleshwerks to engage Morbidus. Defeat him and return to Darkrider Arly.

Quick Facts

• Location: The Fleshwerks, western end [30, 61]
• Chain Position: Quest 3 of 3 (chain finale) — He’s Gone to Pieces → Putting Olakin Back Together Again → The Flesh Giant Champion

Walkthrough

Locate Margrave Dhakar

• Fly to [30, 61], the western and highest end of the Fleshwerks. You will see Morbidus, a massive elite flesh giant, standing on a platform with a group of Ebon Blade Veterans in front of him.
• Margrave Dhakar stands in the front row among the Veterans, directly in front of Morbidus. He is the only NPC with a talk cursor. The area is phased, so you may need to be close before they render.
• Dhakar was sent here by the Shadow Vault, which is why Ebon Blade reinforcements show up for what has otherwise been Arly’s two-person operation.

Start the Event

• Speak with Margrave Dhakar to trigger the scripted encounter. He calls his Knights to prepare for battle.
• A projection of the Lich King appears and delivers a taunting speech before vanishing. Crusader Olakin Sainrith (the draenei you stitched back together) spawns to join the fight.

Defeat Morbidus

• Let the Ebon Blade Veterans and Margrave Dhakar engage first and build threat before you start dealing damage. The NPCs do significant damage on their own.
• Morbidus has two abilities to watch for:
  • Stomp: AoE ground slam that deals damage and knocks nearby players back. Position yourself with your back to the mountain wall so you don’t get punted off the platform.
  • Corrode Flesh: Nature damage DoT that ticks every 3 seconds for 15 seconds.
• Despite being an elite, Morbidus hits relatively softly (roughly 600-900 melee on plate). The fight is not dangerous for most classes as long as you don’t get knocked off the edge.

Turn In

• Return to Darkrider Arly at Blackwatch [35, 66] to complete the quest and choose your shoulder reward.

Efficiency Tips

• Do not kite him. Morbidus resets easily and every reset costs you the NPC respawn wait, so fighting him where he stands beats dragging him anywhere.
• Don’t stand on the green rune/skull platform. Morbidus cannot climb stairs, so he will evade bug and reset to full health if he targets you while you’re up there. Stay on flat ground near his feet.
• Back to the wall, always. Stomp’s knockback can throw you far enough to reset the entire encounter. Keep something solid behind you.
• Hunters/Warlocks: Disable pet taunt. If your pet pulls aggro from the NPCs and Morbidus chases it off the platform area, the encounter can reset.
• Morbidus is fearable, stunnable, and rootable. CC can help control the fight if things get messy, particularly for cloth wearers who pull aggro.
• Don’t over-DPS at the start. Wait a few seconds for the NPCs to establish threat. If you rip aggro early, Stomp can punt you off before you’re positioned.
• If the event resets or fails, the NPCs typically respawn in about a minute and a half. However, Margrave Dhakar has historically been slow to respawn, so avoid resetting if you can.

Lore & Secrets

The Fleshwerks Finale

This quest is the conclusion of the entire Fleshwerks storyline, where you have been systematically dismantling the Scourge’s abomination and flesh giant production facility.

Morbidus is described in the quest text as “the Fleshwerks’ greatest accomplishment,” the crown jewel of their operation.

The Lich King’s personal appearance during a relatively minor quest underscores how thoroughly you’ve disrupted his operations in the area. He projects himself to taunt the assault force before ordering Morbidus to destroy them.

The cooperation between Argent Crusade forces (Olakin) and Knights of the Ebon Blade (Margrave Dhakar) in this fight mirrors the same alliance that eventually forms the Ashen Verdict for the assault on Icecrown Citadel.

Cross-Expansion Connections

Margrave Dhakar in Later Expansions

• Legion: Dhakar leads an Ebon Blade strike team to the demon world Niskara to kill a powerful demon named Gorelix the Fleshripper. The mission fails. His knights are slaughtered, and Dhakar is captured. When the player’s death knight arrives to rescue him, Gorelix kills Dhakar with a single blow before the player can intervene. His protégé pauses to pay respects before escaping through a Death Gate. It’s a grim end for the commander who helped you bring down Morbidus.
• Trivia: “Margrave” is an actual German noble title (equivalent to marquis in French/English), ranking between a count and a duke. Dhakar is the only death knight in WoW with a unique red runeblade model.

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