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The Affray

Kill Big Will, then speak to Klannoc Macleod on Fray Island.
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Step on the grate to begin the Affray

Description

If you want to learn from me, then you must first pass The Affray. It is a challenge we on Fray Island like to offer rising warriors who think they're tough, and if you can pass this test then I'll know you are.

To begin, walk into the middle of that crowd yonder and step on the grate. That'll tell Twiggy Flathead you're ready, and he'll send challengers against you.

Beat all the challengers and he'll call out Big Will. Kill Big Will, and return to me in the time we allow.

Reward

The following spell will be cast on you:
Path of the Berserker

Completion

Well done, <name>. You have passed The Affray!

You are a worthy warrior, and I am honored to teach you...

Gains

Upon completion of quests, get:
  • 245 experience (14 70 at max. level)

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By chocoed on 10/20/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
The challengers come at you like every 10-15 seconds. If you're low on HP, the moment a challenger comes out, fear and bandage yourself, or kill him really fast and cannibalize (UD only).

As for Big Will, you're given the privilege to attack him first because he's neutral, so just run back and charge. I was lvl 30 when I did this. Turned on Retaliation and won with 300HP.

Good luck!
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By maurice on 11/14/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
Neat tip: demoralizing shout acts like a fear to all of the challengers except Big Will.
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By chillyman on 11/16/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
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By Morelia on 11/16/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
Completing this quest gives you the Berserker Stance and Intercept abilities and also the https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=1791 followup quest for the Whirlwind Weapons.
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By roirraw on 07/11/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
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By jtallen123 on 12/18/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
I was able to do this at 30, be sure to drink pots as needed, fear+ bandage as well. Getting thru the challengers is the hard part because you have very little if any time to heal up.
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By ZannRath on 12/18/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
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By willb100 on 02/24/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
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By Vlad on 03/03/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
Mob: Affray Challenger (hostile)
Level: 26-27
Health: 860

They come one after the other with a 15-20 second break between. You kill them one by one, if too many Demoralize Shout to fear them all, and hunt them one by one. When you have killed the 5 (?) challenger, the boss comes.

Boss: Big Will (neutral)
Level: 33
Health: 1300

You might want to get full health points before going further, you got time to bandage or eat. He is easy, put a rend, demo-shout, use retaliation (if you are desperate) and he is down. Does not hit that hard either, around ~40 and crits ~70 (with demo-shout on).

Google Video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1059107950899735993 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1059107950899735993

Filefront:
http://files.filefront.com/WarriorL30Questwmv/;7118831;/fileinfo.html http://files.filefront.com/WarriorL30Questwmv/;7118831;/fileinfo.html

Hope it helps!
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By midgetboy901 on 04/26/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
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By J33bus on 09/05/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
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By Kwuato on 08/06/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
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By Diddy64 on 09/06/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
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By hallenajm on 08/07/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
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By Spxx on 09/13/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
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By yahoonex on 09/25/2007 (Patch 2.2.0)
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By Lehigh on 12/22/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
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By steoold on 12/28/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
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By BloodyMurder on 11/30/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
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By Deizen on 02/18/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
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By hogiebuns on 03/15/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
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By Taercenn on 07/14/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
It might be useful to know that if you do most of the fights in defensive stance, and spam shield block a lot, you take 0 - 4 damage as long as it's active.

Just completed it as a level 31, came out with 80% health and didn't bandage or eat. If you're prot specced it's even better, because shield block will last longer and take an additional hit.
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By dctrjons on 07/23/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
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By accidentally on 07/24/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
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By Seaside on 07/24/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
This quest has some issues with certain mods such as QuestHelper and MetaMap where it freezes the computer as soon as you start it. Blizzard has yet to fix this problem. So make sure you turn off all your mods before starting this quest.
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By 100aces on 07/27/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
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By kitcup on 08/16/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
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By Desworks on 08/28/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
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By btwist on 07/09/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
Haha it bugged for me, this is my second warrior so i know this is a bug, normally you fight a few challengers then big will comes, but for some reason big will came straight away with no other challengers this time ^^
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By dutchpower16 on 12/20/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
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By Emoth on 12/23/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
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By JanW on 04/13/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
Would've been nice if blizz had kept the hardcore version of this quest.
https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=6927 https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=6927

&gt;:D Much moar Tysonlike.
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By Balx on 06/26/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
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By xterminator133 on 08/16/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
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By stenova on 02/28/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
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By Wurael on 01/30/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
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By m4ttyy on 02/04/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
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By Etchelamal on 09/22/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
the challengers were pretty easy for me as a prot warrior. and Big Will was even easier Bloodrage&gt;shield block&gt;concussion blow&gt;and revenge procs and he's down. Good luck!
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By shadowhunter4786 on 10/21/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
No longer available as https://vanillawowdb.com/?spell=2458 Berserker Stance and https://vanillawowdb.com/?spell=20252 Intercept are now both learnable at different levels.

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