- Felo'melorn
- Item Level 152
- Binds when picked up
- Unique
- Sword
- Main Hand
- Speed 2.60
- 20 – 35 Damage
- (10.6 damage per second)
- +110 Intellect
- +28 Stamina
- +13 Haste
- +13 Mastery
- Arcane Artifact Relic Slot
- Fire Artifact Relic Slot
Fire Artifact Relic Slot - Equip: Grants the Phoenix's Flames ability, which hurls destructive fire at all enemies near your target.
- "...not elven weapons. Not when they are reforged with magic, and hatred, and a burning need for revenge. No, Arthas. Felo'melorn is stronger than ever—as am I. - Kael'thas Sunstrider"
Felo'melorn,[1] Flamestrike in Common,[1] is an ancient Highborne runeblade borne into battle by the Sunstrider dynasty. It was once wielded by Dath'Remar Sunstrider, even before the War of the Ancients.[1] This powerful and storied runeblade, passed down through the Sunstriders for generations, is a mighty weapon said to harness the very essence of flame.[2]
Felo'melorn is one of the artifacts used by fire mages in World of Warcraft: Legion. Equipping it will automatically place [Heart of the Phoenix] in your off hand.
Source
Felo'melorn is obtained from [10-45] The Frozen Flame.
History
Felo'melorn was eventually passed down to Dath'Remar's great-grandson, Anasterian Sunstrider, who wielded it against the Amani trolls after the founding of Quel'Thalas. It was said that a thousand Amani trolls fell before Felo'melorn's fury,[3] spilling enough Amani blood to brim the walls of Zul'Aman.[4] During the Scourge invasion of Quel'Thalas, Anasterian wielded the sword in battle against Arthas Menethil, and grievously wounded the death knight's steed Invincible with it. Towards the end of their battle, Felo'melorn and Frostmourne clashed, but the former was severed in two on collision. Although Anasterian fought on with his broken blade, burying it deep in Arthas' thigh, he was ultimately defeated.[4][5] The shattered blade was recovered and returned to Silvermoon, along with the fallen king's body, by the brothers Solanar and Falon. Later, Kael'thas Sunstrider, last of the Sunstrider line, had Felo'melorn reforged, "with magic, hatred, and a burning need for revenge."[6]
It was last seen when Arthas engaged Kael in a duel during the final battle between the Lich King's Scourge led by Arthas Menethil, and Kil'jaeden's agents led by Illidan Stormrage. Kael boasted that unlike human blades, which weakened when repaired, elven blades grew stronger when remade; this proved true, much to Arthas's surprise, when the runeblade was able to parry Frostmourne without failing. Though Kael ultimately fled, the sword was lost there.[7]
After the betrayal of Kael'thas Sunstrider to the Burning Legion, Lyandra Sunstrider--a distant relative that held no actual claim to the throne--decided to find Felo'melorn. According to Aethas Sunreaver, she became obsessed with finding it. At an unspecified point, she disappeared. She apparently found the blade only to be killed and raised as a member of the Scourge by the Lich King in Northrend. By the time Aethas, Modera, and the new leader of the Tirisgarde decided to track down Felo'melorn, she had apparently been missing for years. The Lich King feels the mage's presence and tells them he will not interfere but neither will he protect them from the Scourge.
She is ultimately killed once more by the mage and Aethas, and the old elven runeblade thus falls into the hands of the reformed Tirisgarde to combat the Legion, the very group that its former owner had eventually sworn allegiance to.
Artifact traits
Base
Ability | Ranks | Linked powers |
---|---|---|
[70] Aftershocks | 1 | Burning Gaze |
[Big Mouth] | 1 | Everburning Consumption; Great Balls of Fire |
[Blast Furnace] | 1 | Reignition Overdrive |
[Blue Flame Special] | 4 | Cauterizing Blink; Scorched Earth; Wings of Flame |
[Burning Gaze] | 4 | Aftershocks; Pyroclasmic Paranoia |
[Cauterizing Blink] | 4 | Blue Flame Special; Pyroclasmic Paranoia; Wings of Flame |
[Empowered Spellblade] | 1 | None |
[Everburning Consumption] | 4 | Big Mouth; Phoenix Reborn |
[Fire at Will] | 4 | Pyretic Incantation; Pyroclasmic Paranoia; Reignition Overdrive |
[Great Balls of Fire] | 4 | Big Mouth; Molten Skin; Wings of Flame |
[Molten Skin] | 4 | Great Balls of Flame; Reignition Overdrive; Wings of Flame |
[Phoenix Reborn] | 1 | Everburning Consumption |
[Phoenix's Flames] | 1 | Wings of Flame |
[Pyretic Incantation] | 1 | Fire at Will |
[Pyroclasmic Paranoia] | 4 | Burning Gaze; Cauterizing Blink; Fire At Will |
[Reignition Overdrive] | 4 | Blast Furnace; Fire at Will; Molten Skin |
[Scorched Earth] | 1 | Blue Flame Special |
[Wings of Flame] | 1 | Blue Flame Special; Cauterizing Blink; Great Balls of Fire; Phoenix's Flames; Molten Skin |
Hidden trait: Certain NPCs will ask to examine the blade, granting Artifact Power when you allow them to do so. In addition, corpses of enemies you kill will sometimes be left charred and smoking.
Empowered
Ability | Ranks |
---|---|
[Instability of the Tirisgarde] | 1 |
[Pre-Ignited] | 4 |
[Warmth of the Phoenix] | 1 |
[Strafing Run] | 1 |
[Concordance of the Legionfall] | 50 |
Appearances
Classic
Achievement: [Fighting with Style: Classic]
This is the default appearance | Recover one of the Pillars of Creation | Recover [Light's Heart] [10-45] Light's Charge |
Complete the first major Campaign effort with your order [10-45] Empyrean Society Report |
Upgraded: Pride of the Sunstriders
Achievement: [Fighting with Style: Upgraded]
Complete the mage Order Campaign [Forged for Battle] |
Unlock every artifact trait [Power Realized] |
Research the full history of the artifact [Part of History] |
Obtain eight rare archeological finds [This Side Up] |
Valorous: Phoenix's Rebirth
Achievement: [Fighting with Style: Valorous]
Complete the Balance of Power questline [Improving on History] |
Kill eight world bosses [Unleashed Monstrosities] |
Complete a Mythic Mode Dungeon using a level 15 keystone [Keystone Master] |
Earn the achievement [Glory of the Legion Hero] |
War-torn: Lavaborn Edge
Achievement: [Fighting with Style: War-torn]/ [Fighting with Style: War-torn]
Participate in Player vs. Player combat and reach [Honor Level 10] | Reach [Honor Level 30] | Reach [Honor Level 50] | Reach [Honor Level 80] |
Challenging: Timebender's Blade
Achievement: [Fighting with Style: Challenging]
Complete the Imp Mother Challenge questline | Defeat Heroic Kiljaeden after unlocking a Challenge artifact appearance | Win 10 rated battlegrounds after unlocking a Challenge artifact appearance | Defeat all Legion dungeon bosses after unlocking a challenge artifact appearance |
Hidden: The Stars' Design
Achievement: [Fighting with Style: Hidden]
Acquire [The Stars' Design] | Complete 30 Legion dungeons after unlocking a Hidden artifact appearance | Complete 200 World Quests after unlocking a Hidden artifact appearance | Kill 1,000 enemy players after unlocking a Hidden artifact appearance |
Notes
Certain NPCs will react to the mage wielding Felo'melorn, asking to examine the blade and granting 50 Artifact Power.
- Arcanomancer Vridiel, a blacksmith trainer in Dalaran, asks to be allowed to examine the construction of the blade.
- Examiner Andoren Dawnrise is a member of The Reliquary who is stationed in Azsuna and asks you let him borrow the blade for closer examination. If your character is Alliance, his nearby companion - Garley Lightrider - will comment that Andoren probably shouldn't be fraternizing with the Alliance in light of the factions' heightened tensions.
- Maldur Goldmantle is a member of the Explorer's League who is stationed in Val'sharah. The dwarf asks if he may examine Felo'melorn, and provides some commentary on the magical feel of the blade. If your character is Horde, his nearby colleague - Nissa Snowpick - warns Maldur that he should not talk to the Horde because of what occurred at the Broken Shore.
- Lorlathil elves comment on the weapon.
Known wielders
Name | Location | Notes | Status |
---|---|---|---|
High King Dath'Remar Sunstrider | N/A | Wielded the blade during the War of the Ancients. Founder of Quel'Thalas. | Deceased |
King Anasterian Sunstrider | Cremated in Silvermoon | Wielded the blade in the Troll Wars until the Third War. Honored posthumously as last king of the high elves. | Deceased |
Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider | Buried on Quel'Danas | Reforged the blade and wielded it against Arthas Menethil, the man who would become the Lich King. Last Sunstrider to rule Quel'Thalas. | Deceased |
Lyandra Sunstrider | Icecrown Citadel | Led a search for the lost blade, but fell in Icecrown. Reborn as a servant of the Lich King. Distant relative of Anasterian. | Killable |
Conjurer of the Tirisgarde | Unknown | Recovered the blade from Icecrown with the aid of Aethas Sunreaver. Walking the path of fire, this champion leads the reformed Tirisgarde. First non-Sunstrider to wield the blade. | Alive |
In the RPG
Flamestrike is a large double-edged warblade, etched with elven runes of power.[8] It is rumored to have once been Dath'Remar's favored weapon, and over many generations was passed down through the Sunstrider dynasty. Flamestrike grants its wielder an increased chance to hit, increased damage, and an increased chance of scoring a critical hit. It adds fire damage to every attack (more so on a critical hit) and also allows its wielder to cast the flame strike spell five times per day.[9] It remained in the possession of Kael'thas Sunstrider.[8]
Videos
Patch changes
- Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Added.
References
- ^ a b c Rise of the Lich King, 293
- ^ [10-45] The Path of Atonement
- ^ Examiner Andoren Dawnrise
- ^ a b Blood of the Highborne
- ^ Rise of the Lich King, 237
- ^ Rise of the Lich King, 294
- ^ Legion reveal
- ^ a b Manual of Monsters, pg. 180
- ^ Manual of Monsters, pg. 172