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  • Level: 60
  • Requires level: 57
  • Type: Dungeon
  • Side: Both
  • Start: Vaelan
  • End: Vaelan
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2.Seal of Ascension
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Seal of Ascension

Travel to the Wyrmbog in Dustwallow Marsh. Find the ancient drake, Emberstrife and beat him without mercy until his will is broken.

It is at that moment which you must place the Unforged Seal of Ascension before the great beast. You must then be quick to use the Orb of Draconic Energy on his weakened form and claim dominion over his mental faculties. Control the beast and force the Flames of the Black Dragonflight upon the Unforged Seal of Ascension!
Forged Seal of Ascension
Provided Item:
Vaelan's Gift

Description

Few of the black dragonkin, outside of those in the upper citadel, have the ability to forge the seal with their own flaming breath. Wyrmthalak is one such dragonkin, but his will is unbreakable.

You must travel to the Wyrmbog in Dustwallow Marsh. It is there that you will find an ancient drake known as Emberstrife. You must break his will, <name>. Break it and use this orb on his weakened form. You will have scant seconds to control his mind and fan the flames that will forge the seal.

Reward

You will receive:
Seal of Ascension

Progress

Waste no time, <name>. Nefarian works feverishly to unleash his evil upon our world.

Completion

Stand steady while I cast the final invocation of protection.

<Vaelan's eyes turn to twin orbs of flame.>

The Seal of Ascension is complete...

Know this, I have imbued the artifact with some powerful protective wards. In your darkest hour, when all appears to be lost, the might of the red flight will be at your disposal.

Gains

Upon completion of quests, get:
  • 995 experience (59 70 at max. level)

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By moslof on 12/08/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
Here is the short story...

Go into the cave and find Emberstrife (https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=10321 https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=10321). He is all alone so don't worry about ads. Have the guy who is making the key, use the unforged seal in the water below the island (out of the aggro range of the dragon). Ideally, the same guy who needs to forge the key will also aggro/pull/tank the dragon...with others healing and helping with DPS.

Get the Dragon down to 10% health and then everyone stop attacking...the guy who is trying to forge the key needs to use the mind control orb on the dragon. (Note: if your a hunter/warlock you should dismiss your pet before this fight...cause the dragon becomes a pet once mind controlled.)

Once mind controlled, then use the first spell on the pet bar (orange block with with a black dragon on it), and cast the spell such that you hit the seal on the floor. If you mess up and he breaks MC...just recontrol the dragon with the mind control orb.

The rest of the party should wait for the all clear (key needs to be forged) before finishing the dragon off. In the mean time just keep that guy healed. You can and should mana up while the dragon is under Mind Control.

Once forged, then you loot the seal on the ground.

Hope this helps. I did it with 4 people, two 60 Shamans, a 60Hunter, and a 55 Druid. A shaman and the druid healed, the other Shaman tanked and forged, and the hunter just DPSed.

Final note: If you happen to be killed after you make him cast his forging spell but before you can loot the object, the forged seal object will remain long enough that you can run back from the grave yard and it will still be there.
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By TheOnyx on 04/10/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
If multiple people are doing this quest at the same time, they can all place their unforged seals on the ground. Only one person has to mind-control Emberstrife and use the correct spell to forge them. Since the attack must hit all of the seals, it is recommended that you place them all together.

If by some chance you miss one of them, someone else can mind-control him and try again. When I did this quest, it appeared that the attack you need to use in the pet bar (the left-most one) was usable once per mind-control, rather than having a cooldown.
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By didron on 04/01/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
This quest is confirmed by a GM to be bugged as of 2007/02/04 (patch 2.0.6). You can't hand it in to Vaelan, and the GM's can't do anything about it.
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By emoslaya on 02/18/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
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By topsub on 08/03/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
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By J0d3r on 04/14/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
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By Mareyn on 11/06/2007 (Patch 2.2.3)
When MC'ing Emberstrife, you will actually have *two* abilities that involve the breathing of fire. One of them, the second from the left, has an icon with a flame on it and is called ""Breath of Flame"", ""Flame Breath"", or something similar. This is NOT the one you want to use, as it does not convert an Unforged Seal of Ascension into a forged one.

The other fire breathing ability, which is the first from the left, is actually called ""Flame of the Black Dragonflight"" and is the one you want to use. Its icon is a yellow inscription of some sort that looks nothing like a flame.

The reason I mention this is because when I did the quest, either something in my UI obscured the FotBD icon or I didn't see it in all the clutter, so the only relevant ability I saw was Emberstrife's standard flame breath attack. Needless to say, I was frustrated when I used up three of my Orb of Draconic Energy's charges and the ability didn't forge the seal. After researching more online and disabling all my addons to ensure that the FotBD icon would be visible, I tried again and it worked.

It should also be noted that the Orb of Draconic Energy and the Unforged Seal of Ascension both have 5 charges each. It is unconfirmed as to whether you need to redo the entire quest line--i.e., re-gathering the 3 rare-drop gems--if you use up all 5 charges; on Allakhazam's entry for this quest, a user named KEmperor reported in January 2006 that the quest could be abandoned and picked up again without having to re-collect the gems, but another individual on the same thread reported one year later that it wasn't possible, and that they had to repeatedly ask a GM to restore their gems before the request was granted.

I had originally assumed that this quest was frustrating simply because collecting the rare-drop gems was difficult. I was not aware that there was actually a very confusing and unforgiving quest that followed it; to top it off, as someone mentioned earlier in this thread, the quest has been bugged for at least 5 months such that even after you have the Forged Seal of Ascension, you need to re-obtain an Unadorned Seal of Ascension to complete the quest. As such, this is easily the most poorly-designed quest chain I have ever undertaken, and I am very disappointed with Blizzard.
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By Dens2000 on 12/07/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
ANSWERS TO MOST BUG PROBLEMS SUMMARY ( I encountered most of them :P )
  • Some problems result from pet bar issues. These are easy and don't require for you to disable addons if you know what you're doing. If you're using ctmod or equivalent addon, then pet bar may be hidden. I recommend trying a quest that requires you to use it. If it works, great! If not it's most likely to be an addon conflict so disable your addons and it will work.
  • Another problem where ppl may not be able to mind-control it, usually because Health is not low enough- you'll get an emote when it is (at or below 10%).
  • Not being able to loot the seal is easy, I made that mistake, I was in a raid group. It's a party quest!
  • Try not to die before you mind-control or kill Emberstrife. This may cause some issues. Lvl 70 may require a healer. I did this with one healer as 70 rogue (with epic gear).
Then the Vaelan will speak to you allowing you to hand it in.

- Denisius @ Eonar
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By FinalMasterM on 09/25/2007 (Patch 2.2.0)
As of patch 2.2 the quest is still 'bugged' you are still required to pick up another Seal after completing the event to forge it.

The gems are now 100% drop rate.
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By gamekid2k on 01/18/2008 (Patch 2.3.2)
I have just completed the whole quest. I am level 70 mage. After getting the gems I got the gift box and went to forge the Seal but

I used up all my charges (Orb of Draconic Energy) during the last part where I have to mind control Emberstrife.

You can retake the quest without refarming all the gems. In order to retake the quest here are the steps I performed.
  1. I abandon the quest and used up the remaining Unforged Seal of Ascension
  2. Then I went back to LBRS and farmed for another unadonred seal of ascension
  3. Then I went to Vaelan and talk to him and he gave me another Vaelan's Gift.
I followed the instruction and was able to finish the quest. As it stated on top you always have to have an extra Unforged Seal of Ascension in order to interact with Vaelan.
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By poseh on 05/23/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
I was just about to turn in this quest when i noticed he wouldnt talk to me...
So I started reading here and found out about the [Unadorned Seal of Ascension] ""bug"".

I wrote a ticket, told them I couldnt turn in the quest without an extra [Unadorned Seal of Ascension] and 5 minutes later a GM told me he sent one to me by ingame-mail.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/4175/33809956fz6.jpg http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/4175/33809956fz6.jpg

^ GM conversation and ingame-mail.
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By Triax on 12/06/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
After reading those posts, I was worried about fighting Emberstrife but it was actually quite easy. As a level 66 frost mage, I had no trouble or worries fighting him. Frost Nova, Freeze, Frostbite and Chill controlled the fight without any problem.

The cave he resides in is south Onyxia's lair entrance. There are no other dragons in the cave so there is plenty of room to kite if needed.

I dropped the unforged seal on the floor when he was around 20% and then attempted to use to orb to control him. It kept saying invalid or wrong target at first but that was because he needed to have even less health; 10% or less I believe.

Once controlled, I positioned him facing the unforged seal on the floor and used both flame spells on the pet bar. The seal started to blink meaning that it was now forged. I dropped the mind control, finished him off and looted the forged seal of ascension.
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By Bempo on 11/27/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
I just completed the quest after 3.0.3 patch, with a level 70 pally tank, and just wanted clear up a few things.

Right from the start to find Vaelan you need to go into LBRS, thru the entrance and down to the right, follow around to the left and as you start to go down again there is a slope on your left. Follow it up to the top and get onto the ledge. Over in the back lefthand corner is an Orc which when you chat to him turns into Vaelan. So now the quest begins.

I received all four items from the boss with 100% drop rate, but you have to roll for it if in a group. Collected the item and chatted to Vaelan and in my inventory was a gift box that contained the unforged seal and mind control orb. Then I went on my merry way to Duskwallow Marsh.

Now this is the bit I found confusing in the other help chats, What you should do is put a short cut in you bar for the unforged seal and mind control orb, for quick and easy access. You find your way down to Emberstrife with no dramas as there was no adds. What you need to do is then burn down Emberstrife to about just under 15% health, then click the unforged seal so it is situated between you and Emberstrife. At about 10% - 15% you stop attacking and you should be able to click and use the mind control orb. Once Emberstrife is mind control you will be looking from him to you. This is when you click on ""Flame of the Black Dragonflight"" in the pet bar and Emberstrife breathes fire over then unforged seal. You know if it has been successful when the unforged seal become lootable (has the little wheel icon when mouse over it). All you need to do then is cancel MC and kill Emberstrife, then loot the unforged seal. If you weren't successful then cancel MC reposition yourself re-MC and do again.

Not sure about the bugs but i had 1 x orb and 1 x unforged seal still in pack at time for hand in at Vaelan back at LBRS, and no dramas. Completed straight up.
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By Naissa on 11/11/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
Just did this quest on Dec 11th 2008 on 3 characters I just RAF leveled to 60 and the quest appears to be fixed. :)
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By Unearth on 12/19/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
So if you're an unholy DK trying to get this key for dungeonmaster stuff stop reapplying diseases at like 60%. (You really should only have to apply once but glyph of SS). Also I'd stop auto attacking at 20% or so. At 10% I was clicking like mad on the orb and he died before I finished casting.
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By RedSycamore on 12/29/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
As of 3.0.3 when you control Emberstrife, the Blizzard UI now switches to a vehicle style display. The spells are all the same, though, with the spell you need (which still looks like a yellow seal) right next to the one that actually has fire on the icon...

(Just a note, Vaelan wasn't bugged for me or either of my two guildmates who've done the quest since WotLK)
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By that1guynick on 03/31/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
As of 1/4/2008, this is fixed.

I just did the whole chain while doing LBRS for achievement. I had not gotten the key yet, so I decided to run through it, even though I was fretting after reading all of these comments.

It works. No more bugs.

As far as pet bars, this is still a problem. As a lock, it would not let me control him, saying ""You already have a pet."" So I quickly dismissed the pet, controlled him and breathed on him 2 seconds before my DoTs killed him.

Vaelan recognized me as soon as I got back saying, ""Ah, gnome, you have returned!""
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By Hasu on 01/04/2009 (Patch 3.0.3)
recently soloed this quest as a WotLK lv66 retri Paladin. Emberstrife has 31.4k HP. Hes not immune to Hammer of Justice so just use that and throw a couple of instant flash heals. Divine Storm and Seal of Light will do the rest... Remember not to kill him before u mind control him, and not to mind control him before you use the unforged seal. cake really
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By moenbase on 08/04/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
Eventhough this quest is picked up inside a dungeon, it still counts for the achievement Loremaster of Eastern Kingdoms. I am unsure wether the previous quests also counted. I didn't track them.
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By neostardust on 05/14/2009 (Patch 3.1.1)
At lvl 80 Fury warrior I got tired of waiting for him to respawn so I had to take off my armor and weapons and give him a knuckle sandwich he'll never forget just to be able to have time to mind controll him. I suggest keeping this in mind before you take him on the first time if your a DPS machine.
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By Awsum on 05/22/2009 (Patch 3.1.2)
To add to above comment when I used orb there was two blocks above my action bar and I could not enact forging of seal using these two blocks. And after several tries I finally noticed that the pet bar actually takes place of the lower action bar and completed forging without any problems. Was looking for Pet bar above action bars like when pet is active.
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By Lausten on 05/29/2009 (Patch 3.1.2)
I have no problem at all, only one, and that was me forgetting I was in a raid group that was empty, so I was leader of an empty raid group. So I couldnt get the drake to make the ring... Make sure you dont forget that :)
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By netherfrost on 06/18/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
I soloed this guy on my 58 paladin

Short guide:

Attack the boss at its start spot once you get low jump down on the lower spot first aid ( i got heavy frostweave!) kite the drake up the the start spot and start all over agian if youre prot specced remember to put avengers shield on it, will buy you a few more seconds of regenation. I'm afraid i forgot to record it but i got some pictures,

(26% first aiding at the lower spot)
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5719/wowscrnshot062009013621.jpg http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5719/wowscrnshot062009013621.jpg

Dead drake + finished quest

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/1402/wowscrnshot062009014318.jpg http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/1402/wowscrnshot062009014318.jpg

Armory link
http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-achievements.xml?r=Silvermoon&amp;n=Yesweare http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-achievements.xml?r=Silvermoon&amp;n=Yesweare
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By lemele on 07/15/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
Completed this quest with no bugs. When I first went to hand the quest in, there was no question mark, but it appeared after a few seconds. Don't know if I was lucky or if they've fixed it. (probably the former...)
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By 1Beachcomber on 08/14/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
8/15/09, was able to turn this quest in without any problems.

Edit: UBRS no longer requires a key, I discovered.
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By Keiser on 08/24/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
If he does not have a ? above his head for you to turn in a quest try walking back to the start of the platform near the far wall and then return to him. He said ""Ah, blood elf, you have returned!"" and then immediately a ? popped up.
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By Acme1970 on 03/08/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
I did this as a level 77 Arms warrior &amp; i killed Emberstrife twice will trying to control him, Rend &amp; Deep Wounds will screw you over, If your dual specced as a prot warrior however go sword &amp; board &amp; turn off auto-attack, In this case less DPS is better if your over level 70
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By sopor30 on 10/09/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
Trying NOT to kill him as a level 80 is what is hard!
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By GWARslave on 11/14/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
Ugh I killed him so many times I had to go back and get another seal! Just take off your weapon and punch him till he gets to 10%
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By tlon on 11/28/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
11/30/09 - had an issue with the Flame of the Black Dragonflight being on 3 hour cooldown when I MC'd Emberstrife.
Disabled bartender, problem solved. May have been a weird interaction between bartender and this quest.
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By bookworm13 on 06/30/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
You also don't have to kill Emberstrife after you forge the seal. After successfully forging my seal, I released control of Emberstrife and he de-aggro'd back to his spawn spot. He also has no loot, so its nice to not leave a trail of destruction and bloodshed behind in pursuit of questing.

Also, there is no warning or flavor text when Emberstrife drops below 10% health so I recommend you put the Orb on your action bar and keep trying when he gets low on health.
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By Simayi on 03/13/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
Emberstrife is Fear-able, so he is relatively easy to solo as a level 58 affliction Warlock.
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By Rahkitty on 03/03/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
I was able to do this as a lvl 59 lock. Make sure you are best friends with your Fear, because it saves you a lot in this fight. :P Also make sure you have a health pot on you, a freshly made healthstone, and your Death Coil is off cooldown. Use the voidwalker to tank, and stand on the platform in the back while minion tanks him where he sits.
I kept up Curse of Weakness at all times and Corruption. When I could sacrifice the casting time and the threat I threw an Immolate up as well. I did nothing else, because it would risk going over threat. Most of my time anyways was spent using Health Funnel to keep my minion healed. When Emberstrife is in Frenzy mode he takes off a lot of health from the minion, so make sure you're paying attention. At times when it looked like it was too low I would put the minion on passive to bring him back to me and fear Emberstrife. During the fear I would heal up minion and then send him back in. I had to do this a couple times.
To get health back I'd use Death Coil so the cooldown could start and I'd have it again later, followed by the healthstone so that cooldown could start as well. I used the pot if I needed it and if the other 2 were still on cooldown. You can only use one pot per fight, so remember that. When you have the time, make a new healthstone to have on the ready.
At 10% I used Sacrifice to get a nice bubble, and then dismissed the voidwalker. Move quickly because the bubble doesn't last long. Put the Unforged Seal down and then use the Orb to control him. I think the buttons were 4 and 5 to get what you needed. After I saw a sparkle thing in front of me, indicating I could loot it, I moved the dragon off the platform and into the water. This makes it so he has to come all the way around the ramp to get back to you and gave me some time to make another healthstone and resummon my minion. When Emberstrife was close I feared him again, put minion on him and put back up CoE, Corruption, and Immolate. At that point he was close to dead and I only had to fear him once more before he died.
Good luck!
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By whquaint on 05/23/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
A few lessons from my fail. Hunters, dismiss your pet first, or you can't take control of the dragon.

Second, after you take control of him, ignore the little pet bar buttons. The button you need is on the main action bar. But don't use the button that looks like a flame. That would make too much sense! It's the button that is almost solid orange.

Third, if you fail (e.g. because you used the stupid button with the flame on it five times until the orbs were used up), you can drop the quest, go back to the quest giver in LBRS, and he will give you another chest with 5 more charges of both items.
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By Alienea on 07/05/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
Helpful hint for those who are working on this quest, I found that Vaelen wouldn't talk to me even with an Unforged Seal of Ascension when I landed right by him, but if you go down the hill on the platform's edge, he will mind probe you and speak to you. I haven't tested this without an unforged seal, but I'll check that and post back. I hope this makes it easier for all those you want to do this quest in the future.
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By Hippysocks on 05/07/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
take care when doing this quest at level 80. Its hard to keep him alive at 10% unequip weapons and its much quicker as respawn rate is about 15mins
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By Archibolt on 08/22/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
Was able to forge the Seal as a lvl http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Arathor&amp;cn=Aldessia 58 Prot Warrior.

Took heavy advantage of the cave's layout. I only fight him when I had Shield Block up. During those 10 secs I try to do as much DPS as possible. I also had to make sure I was standing close to the right edge of the platform to maximize the time he had to travel to get to me.

At the end of those 10 secs, I switched to Battle and Hamstrung him. Jumped down, bandaged and waited for him to get into charging distance. Once he did, charged and hamstrung again. Got up to the platform again, waited for him to get into charging distance once again, and apply another Hamstring. By now, Shield Block was up and there was only a few seconds left on Recently Bandaged. Went back to initial position, fought him with Shield Block up, then jump down. Rince and repeat.

The whole process took a bit more than 8 mins, had to use 8 Heavy Runecloth Bandages and 1 Major Healing Potion. (I am also a JC and I normally have a healthy stock of Dense Stone Statues in the bag but I used them during the first 6 unsuccesful tries.)

The key to minimizing his damage is to Bash his flame breathes, but it wasn't the easiest thing in the world - I took a few in the face because it either missed, I missed timed it or I had no rage to do so.

Once his will faltered, placed the Seal on the floor, Intimidate him and then MC him.

Died for the 7th time after MC wore off, but managed to get the finished Seal before dying :)
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By rigel on 12/08/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
It seems that the bug has been fixed, since I could complete this quest just fine.

Also worth noting that even after I received my http://cata.aowow.org/https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=12344 Seal of Ascension, I still had an http://cata.aowow.org/https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=12323 Unforged Seal of Ascension as well as an http://cata.aowow.org/https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=12300 Orb of Draconic Energy with 4 charges left in my bags.
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By xmagusx on 07/09/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
Confirmed soloable as a lvl58 frost mage.

* Summon water elemental below his spawn, have water elemental start attacking.

* While WE has aggro, run up to where he spawns and start frost bolting him, using frozen nova whenever he is in range to slow him down.

* Make sure he kills your WE (or else you'll need to dismiss it), and then he'll start heading back up to you.

* Make sure the seal has been used and is ready to be forged.

* If he's not low enough to be mind controlled when he gets close to you at his spawn, just hop back down and ice him some more. He should be under 10% by the time he gets close; if not, you can fire shield/ice barrier/frost nova/blink past him, run back up to his spawn, and repeat as needed.

* Mind control him.

* Forge the seal.

* Loot the seal.

* Kill him or run like hell. Either works.
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