Since day 1 of Velious, Vintage has dreamed of collecting the tears of pain and sorrow of Dozekar the Cursed to quest for the delicious rewards from the Halls of Testing. However, this scrawny, yet mighty dragon has never been an attainable target for the guild due to his difficulty and rarity of availability… until last night!

On Wednesday, August 24th, twenty four adventurous raiders gathered at the usual rusty fire pot in Halls of Testing, as we met at many times before, preparing for a night of Skyshrine armor farming. On this particular night, we noticed something was different… there was a foul stench in the air, an unfamiliar groaning echoing through the hallways and an eerie flickering of flames sending tingles down our bravest ogre’s spines.

Our scouts seeked out this disturbance in the hallways to discover that the fabled Dozekar the Cursed has returned to his lair. Within minutes, scouts from other guilds were entering the zone preparing to farm Dozekar, but respectfully gave way to our raid for the first attempt.

So Vintage did what we do best, we rain danced around the fire pots for the chances of good loots, trimmed every gnome’s beards and mustaches (to look good for the fight of course), and sang war songs to pump us up for our upcoming epic battle.

When the time came that we were ready, everyone got into their positions and the fight began. Heals were spammed, daggers stabbed, ogres bled and high elves cried. A long test of endurance ensued as our fighting strategy adjusted during the battle several times to the strengths and weaknesses of our foe. 80%… still doing good, 50%… low on mana… 30%… recovered and holding steady… 20%… we can do this, 10%… burn burn burn!… 1% Dozekar breaks free from Tugur’s Insects and wildly flurries on our tanks and continues to devour everyone! As Dozekar’s health bar lingered at 0.1% and his last breath seemed to slip further and further away, Kapowie, one of our wizards who gated halfway through the fight (we think he had to change his pants), came running through the doors of the Halls of Testing, watched as the last half dozen or so members were being devoured, and timely conjured the clutch killing blow to save what was very close to a 0% wipe to Dozekar the Cursed!

Here are some screenshots from our unforgettable battle with Dozekar!

Fist pumps soared high. Epic, memorable moment for Vintage, as we prepare to start our snowball of slaughter season in Velious.

Congratulations on Tears:

Emerald Tear: Wejbot – already completed for Buckler of Insight
White Tear: Rokstar – will be used for Mask of the Silver Eyes
Poison Tear: Shuvit – will be used for Cloak of the Fire Storm