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“With the abduction of Crusader Olakin, the Argent Crusade’s forces will have no commander in the final assault on the Fleshwerks. While one crusader is the same as any other to me, the argents won’t see it that way. I hate to see us waste time chasing after this, but I have no choice. Our gallant crusader has likely been dismembered by now, and his remains used to construct abominations.
Go down into the Fleshwerks, kill the corpulent horrors fighting our forces, and recover Olakin’s body parts.”
-Darkrider Ally
Recover Olakin’s Torso, Olakin’s Legs, Olakin’s Left Arm, and Olakin’s Right Arm and bring them to Darkrider Arly at Blackwatch.
You will be able to choose one of these rewards:
You will also receive:
Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
Quest Giver: Darkrider Arly – Blackwatch, Icecrown [35.4, 66.3]
Turn In: Darkrider Arly at Blackwatch
Objective: Recover Olakin’s Torso, Olakin’s Legs, Olakin’s Left Arm, and Olakin’s Right Arm from Corpulent Horrors in the Fleshwerks.
Quick Facts
Walkthrough
After the previous quest’s cutscene, the Fleshwerks has phased. The area is now teeming with Corpulent Horrors and geists, but Argent Crusade foot soldiers and Ebon Knight cavalry are actively fighting them. This makes the area much more dynamic than before.
Head down into the Fleshwerks (around [34, 68]) and kill Corpulent Horrors until you’ve recovered all four body parts: Torso, Legs, Left Arm, and Right Arm. The parts drop randomly, and multiple parts can drop from a single mob. Everyone on the quest can loot the same parts from the same mob, so grouping doesn’t slow anyone down.
Return to Darkrider Arly at Blackwatch.
Efficiency Tips
Lore Context
Arly’s Character Moment
Darkrider Arly is an Ebon Blade operative through and through: pragmatic, blunt, and not particularly sentimental about her Argent Crusade counterpart. She openly says “while one crusader is the same as any other to me, the argents won’t see it that way” and calls the rescue mission a “charade.”
When you return with the body parts, her reaction: “Well, I suppose it’s good that we’ve ‘recovered’ the crusader, though I doubt his comrades had this in mind.”
This reflects the broader tension between the Ebon Blade (ruthless pragmatists who view the war in cold tactical terms) and the Argent Crusade (who maintain moral principles even in the face of the Scourge). The two factions cooperate at Blackwatch, but they don’t see eye to eye on priorities.
Arly wants to finish the Fleshwerks mission; the Crusade wants to save their man first.
The Phased Fleshwerks
This quest represents the culmination of the Blackwatch chain’s efforts. After systematically destroying the summoning altars, sabotaging the blood and embalming supplies, burning corpses, and eliminating Doctor Sabnok, the Ebon Blade and Argent Crusade have launched a full-scale assault on the Fleshwerks.
The phased area, with cavalry charges and foot soldiers battling abominations, is one of the more visually dramatic quest phases in Icecrown.
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 JournalThe frostwyrm came down on Blackwatch. It took Olakin off the ground and was gone over the rise before anyone got a weapon up. Somebody said its name was Ghostwing, as though the name helped.
“With the abduction of Crusader Olakin, the Argent Crusade’s forces will have no commander in the final assault on the Fleshwerks. While one crusader is the same as any other to me, the argents won’t see it that way. I hate to see us waste time chasing after this, but I have no choice. Our gallant crusader has likely been dismembered by now, and his remains used to construct abominations. Go down into the Fleshwerks, kill the corpulent horrors fighting our forces, and recover Olakin’s body parts.”
One crusader is the same as any other to her.
Below, the whole works had come open. Crusaders on foot and Ebon Knights on horseback were driving into the corpulent horrors and the geists, and nobody down there was fighting for ground.
The horrors carry what they have been fed. I opened them until I had a torso, and then legs, and then an arm, and then I spent a long time in that lab looking for the other one, because a left is not a right and I was not going to bring him up short.
Arly asked whether I had recovered the, uh, remains of Crusader Olakin. She has watched me hand over stranger things than a man in four parts, and that is the first time I have heard her stop in the middle of a sentence.
“Well, I suppose it’s good that we’ve ‘recovered’ the crusader, though I doubt his comrades had this in mind. Let’s see what we can do to get him back on his feet so we can get this charade over with and complete our mission here.”
Back on his feet.
Arly had the parts laid out on the snow before Vikstone finished dismounting, and Putting Olakin Back Together Again is exactly as respectful a procedure as the name suggests.
