Fire on Thunder Peak

This high summit of the Thunder Peaks is where the Cult of the Dragon has secured the Stone Meridian artifact. {{Quest
 * name= Fire on Thunder Peak
 * epic= 30
 * duration= long
 * ecasual =
 * enormal = 17328
 * ehard = 17764
 * eelite = 18202
 * loc= Mountain Summit
 * npc= Vaklos Halmar
 * zone= The Thunder Peaks
 * patron= Purple Dragon Knights
 * favor= 9
 * free= no
 * extreme=

You're determined to deprive Aurgloroasa of her powerful allies, the red dragons Nevalarich and Tharaxata. Go inside the Ruins of Thunderholme and find the stairway to the Mountain Summit to confront the dragons.
 * loadingpic=Questloading_MountainSummit.jpg
 * overview=

Flagging
After you defeat Dagan in the Ruins of Thunderholme, return to the Thunder Peaks public area to speak with Vaklos Halmar.
 * obj=
 * Approach the Stone Meridian
 * Defeat Nevalarich
 * Defeat Tharaxata
 * Destroy the Stone Meridian
 * traps=When destroyed, the Stone Meridian does massive explosion damage to nearby players
 * misc=
 * The raid begins in an arena set upon the mountain summit, with a stone artifact 'meridian' in the center of this arena, and the raid itself starts when someone uses the artifact.


 * Two dragons: Nevalarich & Tharaxata will swoop down with some brief dialogue. They then become active and start hunting the party members. It's highly advisable to have two tanks who can keep the two dragons separate from each other.


 * This raid is significantly tougher for melee characters and characters without evasion, making it unbalanced. While tanking the dragons might be very tough on higher difficulties, kiting them by archers works well in here. Damaging dragons from a safe range is less bloody than standing close to them. Melee characters are usually most useful when they use blitz and focus on trash monsters.

Both Dragons: 100% - 80% HP
 * Have your tanks at separate ends of the arena with a dragon each. Again, the dragons NEED to be kept apart - whilst together or in close proximity they CANNOT be damaged.
 * At the moment all focus should be on the dragons. On EN this is a very easy raid, but on EH & EE difficulties, fire resistance/protection/absorption such as Fire Sheath from Draconic Incarnation and a may be necessary to absorb fire damage from the dragons.
 * At 80% HP trash mobs will spawn: these will be skeletal, dogs, necromancers & magma brutes. All of this can be simply kited, so allocate someone for this role (or just kill them on EN). The magma brutes have a lot of HP and should really always be kited, allowing more focus on the dragons.
 * Whilst putting DPS on the dragons, take note that when you see fire covering the body of one dragon, it means that dragon can't take more damage until the second dragon is beaten down to the same amount of HP. Party members have to damage both dragons at the same time or focus on one dragon until it cannot be damaged and then move on to the second one. Events in this raid are based on when both dragons have lost certain amount of HP.
 * During later stages of the raid the dragons receive a very powerful buff increasing the physical damage they put out, making them very challenging opponents for melee characters on all difficulties.

Both Dragons: 80% - 70% HP
 * During this stage the dragons will activate the stone meridian. Very briefly after they use it, it will be vulnerable for the first time, so let the party know clearly to DPS it as fast as possible and then resume what they were doing. Tanks should remain in position and NOT change duties.
 * The next job is to kill two magma Volcanoes (giant fire-sheathed purple-named earth elementals) and then resume DPS on dragons.

Both Dragons: 70% - 5% HP
 * The two dragons will now take turns using the power of the meridian, and its shield will drop roughly every 1 minute and 10 seconds, allowing more DPS. Watch for this; the raid leader should be mindful of the time between each phase and make the party aware just before the shield falls down.
 * Destroying the artifact directly affects the dragons and takes their HP bars down to precisely 5%. Now it's just a matter of taking each dragon down. BEWARE - there has been cases of the raid bugging when they are killed at the same time, so focus on one and then the other.
 * Clear up the trash and you are done.

Advisories
 * Yellow cross-hairs/circles on the ground indicate where fireballs will hit in ~2 seconds after they appear. For people without good reflex saves/fire absorption these can be deadly, as they are not easy to dodge. On EE difficulty the damage these fireballs deal is extremely high, even for characters with the Improved Evasion feat. Once more: Fire absorption items or effects are very important when doing this raid on EE.
 * This raid can be re-entered, and that makes it a very easy raid in general. Exit through the entrance gate to use the shrine just outside, and if required, party members can recall entirely, drop from the group, rejoin the group and re-use the shrine multiple times, providing unlimited SP.
 * When the Volcanoes spawn and you begin your change of tactics to kill them, be aware that killing TOO FAST can cause the raid to bug out, with one dragon remaining static in the air and the other performing constant bombing run fly-bys. Also, the meridian artifact goes out of sync and can remain targeted but invisible with its yellow/blue graphic remaining present but off center. You will have to restart as GMs cannot fix this.


 * Currently ged. After completing the quest, chests may not spawn and trash mobs keep spawning. Please note that GMs may not be available in certain hours due to the new support hours policy.
 * Another bug encountered in this raid (still existing on 24.01.2014) causes the remaining dragon to benefit from damage immunity buff after another dragon dies.
 * Bug discussion thread


 * chest=


 * EN: 1 raid chest, 2 side chests
 * EH: ??
 * EE: ??

}}
 * npcreward= Standard raid end reward, 20th completion reward contains choice of raid named items (can choose from all 4 available), 100 Commendation of Valor, 10 Fire Dragon Phlogistons, rest unknown
 * unique= yes
 * monsters=
 * Nevalarich
 * Tharaxata
 * Volcanic Devastator
 * Volcanic Annihilator
 * Firebrand Ravagers
 * Firebrand Piercers
 * Dwarf Skeletons
 * Cult of the Dragon Necromancers
 * Crag Hellhounds