Talk: Skull of Gul'dan

Baron Vardus
Gender	Male
Race	Human (Humanoid)
Level	40
Reaction	Alliance Horde
Location	The foothills north of the Alterac Mountains

Revision as of 13:23, 28 November 2010

Baron Vardus is a level 40 human member of the Syndicate, found in the Syndicate camps of the Uplands or the basement of the Strahnbrad Inn in the Alterac Mountains. He is a former noble of Alterac and now quartermaster of the Syndicate.

Baron Vardus contracted assassins to kill Magistrate Henry Maleb. Both Maleb and High Executor Darthalia want Vardus' head.

Since the Cataclysm, the Uplands are deserted and Baron Vardus has likely been killed by adventurers in lore.

Abilities

Frostbolt (Inflicts Frost damage to an enemy and reduces its movement speed for 4 sec.)
Frost Nova (Inflicts Frost damage to nearby enemies, immobilizing them for up to 8 sec.)
Backhand (Backhands an enemy, stunning it for 2 sec.)

Quests

[40] Baron's Demise
[40] WANTED: Baron Vardus

Loot

[Head of Baron Vardus] (Quest Item)

External links

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+__NOTOC__
-==Current Status==
+{{npcbox
-Is there any specific reasons it can't be a random skull?--[[User:Ragestorm|<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted; cursor:help;" title="Admin">Ragestorm</span>]] <small>([[User talk:Ragestorm|talk]] &middot; [[Special:Contributions/Ragestorm|contr]])</small> 23:56, 30 April 2007 (EDT)
+|name= Baron Vardus
+|image= Baron Vardus.jpg
+|gender= Male
+|race= Human
+|creature= Humanoid
+|faction= Combat
+|level= 40
+|health= 1,239
+|mana= 3,191
+|money= {{cost||2|6}}
+|aggro= {{aggro|-1|-1}}
+|location= The foothills north of the [[Alterac Mountains]]
+}}
+'''Baron Vardus''' is a level 40 [[human]] member of the [[Syndicate]], found in the Syndicate camps of the [[Uplands]] or the basement of the [[Strahnbrad]] Inn in the [[Alterac Mountains]].  He is a former noble of [[Alterac]] and now quartermaster of the Syndicate.
-:I can not think of anything. I thought this all along (scence the trailer), Sir.--{{User:Sandwichman2448/Sig}} 19:17, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
+Baron Vardus contracted assassins to kill [[Magistrate Henry Maleb]]. Both Maleb and [[High Executor Darthalia]] want Vardus' head.
-::Given that none of the other characters in the trailer are lore characters, and that the continued existence of the Skull is unlikely (even if it did, it would be useless), I disgagree, but I acknowledge that I have no evidence to countermand the theory. --[[User:Ragestorm|<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted; cursor:help;" title="Admin">Ragestorm</span>]] <small>([[User talk:Ragestorm|talk]] &middot; [[Special:Contributions/Ragestorm|contr]])</small> 19:20, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
+Since the [[Patch 4.0.3a|Cataclysm]], the Uplands are deserted and Baron Vardus has likely been killed by adventurers in lore.
-:::They say he absorbed it...was it just the power or the marrow and all? The teeth look the same in all pictures. The useless comment can be shown when he just disgards it in the trailer.--{{User:Sandwichman2448/Sig}} 19:38, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
-:::Do we really know what happened to the skull between WC2 and the Felwood level of WC3:RoC? And after Felwood it was assumed destroyed, but illidan could have kept the powerless skull on his house key.--{{User:Sandwichman2448/Sig}} 19:46, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
+==Abilities==
-::::Bua ha ha ha. The best thing about Illidan dropping the Skull (see below) is that it validates my original creation of the "current status" speculation section. [[User:Dr. Cheis|Dr. Cheis]] 06:00, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
+*'''Frostbolt''' (Inflicts Frost damage to an enemy and reduces its movement speed for 4 sec.)
+*'''Frost Nova''' (Inflicts Frost damage to nearby enemies, immobilizing them for up to 8 sec.)
+*'''Backhand''' (Backhands an enemy, stunning it for 2 sec.)
-== Looks  ==
+==Quests==
+*{{Questlong|Alliance|40|Baron's Demise}}
+*{{Questlong|Horde|40|WANTED: Baron Vardus}}
+==Loot==
-I know that looks can be deceiving but it seems identical to the one seen in the WCII cutscene  (the WCIII screen seems to be in  the game's standard graphics and hence not as accurate)[[User:Scorpx2|Scorpx2]] 01:25, 21 May 2007 (UTC)scorpx2
+*{{item|icon=|Head of Baron Vardus}} ''(Quest Item)''
-looking again it seems to be the two combined[[User:Scorpx2|Scorpx2]] 01:25, 21 May 2007 (UTC)scorpx2
+==External links==
-== In-game item! ==
+<!-- Read http://www.wowpedia.org/Wowpedia:External_links before posting your links here.
-[http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=382.0 This proves Illidan still has it.]--{{User:Sandwichman2448/Sig}} 20:07, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
+Links that do not conform to the rules will be DELETED.
+Repeat violations may result in a BAN.
+Have a nice day. :) -->
+{{elinks-NPC|2306}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Vardus, Baron}}
-::And it still has power. Had a feeling it would... BTW, i'm pretty sure it was called an "artifact" in warcraft III. Not so sure about the quests descriptions in Warcraft II expansion.[[User:Baggins|Baggins]] 20:10, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
+[[Category:Syndicate]]
+[[Category:Humans]]
-:BTW, the title sucks, I'd suggest just splinning the "The Skull of Gul'dan" to its own trinket page (that way people can also explain best way to use it, and what trinkets to stack it with), so that this page can remain "Skull of Gul'dan" to better follow wiki style. "The" is really an eye sore, :p.[[User:Baggins|Baggins]] 20:20, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
+[[Category:Named mobs]]
-::No. The "the" is used elsewhere. --{{User:Sky2042/Sig}} 20:21, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
+[[Category:Alterac Mountains mobs]]
-That's a guild name, its not the same thing. Title of books that have "the" in the title keep "the" in the wiki pages title, for style. Locations, places, historical pages, and the like do not. [[Eye]] for example is not "The Eye" despite that actually being the title of the location.[[User:Baggins|Baggins]] 20:21, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
-:And? There's always gotta' be a first. ;) It's like the entire issue you had with Kazzak: we had to have him have the proper name, correct? Well, ''The Skull of Gul'dan'' is now the proper name for artifact. --{{User:Sky2042/Sig}} 20:29, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
-Actually depends on the source, "proper name" actually varies depending on how it shows up in a sentence. By itself its "The Skull of Gul'dan" in a sentence, its "Skull of Gul'dan", often with a lower case "the", denoting that the "the" not important in most cases. I'm not suggesting a total rename, but like with Kazzak, disambugating the ingame item/person/etc to its own page. To keep out the inevitable, "how to use" content out of the lore page. Since this item has alot of lore behind it. Like we seperate gameplay content "tactics" from main lore content.20:34, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
-:So? That seems to work fine on other pages, such as [[Heart of Fury]], and the ambiguous page with stuff from the RPG. :/ Heck, even [[Thunderfury]], which has it's own lore. --{{User:Sky2042/Sig}} 20:37, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
-In anycase I've found an additional issue, as The Skull of Gul'dan is actually a title of another battle, :).[[User:Baggins|Baggins]] 20:37, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
-:Then you move the battle, not this page, as the battle is named after the item. Not the other way around. --{{User:Sky2042/Sig}} 20:39, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
-: Since the article can now have the item as a basis for information, it should probably be put under the item's name. {{User:Kirkburn/Sig3}} 20:51, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
-Now thats just messed up. Even IF the full power of the skull had already been sucked out, it would not be epic. THIS thing should be the game's first Artifact... I don't get why blizz did this... Baldr 6:34 9/9/07
-== Use ==
-I have the skull in game /flex, but anyway, one interesting use it has is that when you use the skull first, it does not trigger the cooldown of another trinket, so you can /use skull of gul'dan for 10% haste and then /use Hex Shrunken Head for extra spell damage, gaining the benefit of both trinket at the same time and hence lots of dps