The Lord of Blades

{{Quest
 * name= The Lord of Blades
 * level= 20
 * duration= Long
 * xp= {{xpcolors|normal=6,383|hard=6,600|elite=6816}}
 * loc= Eldritch Site Prime
 * npc= Ceros d'Cannith
 * zone= House Cannith
 * patron= House Cannith
 * favor=
 * free= no
 * epic= yes
 * extreme=

You have learned that the reason the Lord of Blades attacked the Cannith Manufactury was to gain access to an ancient Creation Forge located beneath the complex. Ceros d'Cannith wants you to venture down to Eldritch Site Prime deep inside the Cannith Manufactury and stop the Lord of Blades before he learns the secrets of the Creation Forge.
 * overview=

Flagging
Complete Blown to Bits, Power Play and Schemes of the Enemy (order does not matter) then talk to Ceros d'Cannith.
 * obj=
 * Defeat the Lord of Blades
 * Disable the pillars' Power Links to seal the portal
 * (Optional) Talk down the Warforged converts (10% of base XP)
 * (Optional) Grudge Maker: Mark the Lord of Blades twice. (10% of base XP)
 * (Optional) Domination: Mark the Lord of Blades thrice. (10% of base XP)
 * (Optional) Elemental Binding: Defeat the Elementals in each binding chamber. (Slay 4) (10% of base XP)
 * traps= None
 * misc=
 * When the pillars' Power Links are fully active, the power of the forge will be active in the center. It will give the power of the forge buff (Grants DR/40 force and allows players to float on the water to attack the powerlink in melee.)
 * Hound of Blades can inflict an AOE debuff to players which causes overcharged effect (10d10 lightning damage to all players in a standard AOE)
 * See the raid boss entry: Lord of Blades for further information on his vairous specials, buffs and debuffs.
 * The (Optional) Talk down the Warforged converts actaully lists the DC's required to talk them down unlike most NPC dialog.. However unsurprisingly these DC's are wrong. They list DC65 Initim/Bluff. But they are actaully DC55. Warforged characters will see the correct DC listed.

Before the boss arena (Creation forge): Good variety of constructs/living constructs: At the boss arena (Creation forge): }}
 * chest= Up to Four
 * One for raid completion (Contains 20-50 Khyber Binding fragments)
 * One for completing (Optional) Talk down the Warforged converts, hidden behind a secret door (Random loot)
 * One for completing (Optional) Domination: Mark the Lord of Blades thrice. (Contains 5-15 Khyber Binding fragments)
 * One for completing (Optional) Elemental Binding: Defeat the Elementals in each binding chamber. (Random chance at a standard or refined elemental spirit. Epic difficulty has a chance to drop exquisit spirits as well)
 * collectable= Two bookshelves at the end.
 * npcreward= Standard. Select from 8 random items. Max ML18.
 * unique=No
 * monsters=
 * Bladesworn Warforged of various classes:
 * Paladins (Several)
 * Artificers (Generally 1-2 per encounter)
 * Tempests (Several)
 * Assassins (Several)
 * Cutlass  (Yellow named, has various conversation options)
 * Iron Juggernauts (Iron Golems)
 * Bladesworn Warforged of various classes:
 * Paladin (Just 1)
 * Artificers (Around 6)
 * Assassins (Dozens of them)
 * Various augmented Quori:
 * Gatekeeper (Dream Stealer)
 * Nightmare Vanguard (Dream Scourge)
 * Ancient Nightmare - (Red Named Dream Reaver)
 * Power Links (Inanimate Objects) CR0
 * Hound of Blades x2 (Red Named Iron Defenders)
 * Lord of Blades (Raid Boss)