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Blackhand's Command

That is one stupid orc. It would appear as if you need to find this brand and gain the Mark of Drakkisath in order to access the Orb of Command.

The letter indicates that General Drakkisath guards the brand. Perhaps you should investigate.
Blackhand's Command
Provided Item:
Blackhand's Command

Description

Imbecile,

I hold very little faith in your ability to prevent outsiders from accessing the master's lair. In the very likely event of your death, this orb has its own failsafe built in to prevent outsiders from teleporting directly into Blackwing.

Only those with the Mark of Drakkisath branded upon their hand may make use of this orb. Thankfully, Drakkisath is not nearly as incompetent as you, Quartermaster. He guards the brand himself!

-Warchief Rend Blackhand

P.S. Destroy this letter, idiot.

Completion

You don't even flinch as the smoldering brand is pressed into your flesh. You are so tough!

You now hold the Mark of Drakkisath. Have fun storming the castle.

Gains

Upon completion of quests, get:
  • 660 experience (39 60 at max. level)

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By SolarFusion on 09/27/2006 (Patch 1.12.1)
All you need to do is get the letter from the quartermaster who is near the UBRS/LBRS entrance.

Once you have the letter you start the quest and you need to go through UBRS and kill General Drakkisath and touch the orb to finish the quest.

You will then be attuned to BWL and able to use the outside orb to enter BWL.

Good Luck

-SolarFusion
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By Tsaza on 03/10/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
The Quartermaster is tagged as rare mob: https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=9046 Scarshield Quartermaster.
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By Slange on 01/31/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
Now yields 14300 experience.
Well worth taking along if you ever do UBRS on the way to Outland.
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By Nilaihah on 02/29/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
This is without doubt the best quest in the game. If you don't usually have a full quest log I suggest keeping it just to read so you can fall in love with Rend Blackhand...
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By urza311 on 01/30/2009 (Patch 3.0.8)
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By reaganandlinda on 02/17/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
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By Azsharae on 07/02/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
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By haberdog on 08/02/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
I just soloed UBRS with my 80 DK. So no you don't need 3 people to do anything there anymore.
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By bigox30 on 04/17/2009 (Patch 3.1.0)
I just finished this you don't even have to kill the general to finish it just sent my pet in and clicked on the stone and completed quest
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By churlish on 04/05/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
At 80 it's possible to stealth behind Drakkisath and his guards to click on the orb. Maybe I got lucky, but doing so didn't draw aggro. Good thing too, because Drakkisath was the only boss in UBRS that proved to tough to solo. It's probably doable with good gear, but not my quest greens and blues.
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By RedDragon412 on 07/18/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
Bye bye, boys!
Have fun storming the castle!
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By WhelplingGuy on 07/20/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
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By wizardhat on 05/22/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
Movie reference: The Princess Bride

When you turn in this quest the window has this piece of text in it:
""You now hold the Mark of Drakkisath. Have
fun storming the caastle.""

""Have fun storming the castle"" is a line spoken by Billy Crystal as Miracle Max.

There's also at least two references to the same movies character Inigo Montoya.
1. https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=43711 A coin from the Dalaran fountain
2. https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=16113 A NPC in Eastern Plaguelands
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By odbastard on 04/05/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
Just solo finished this quest as a 60 Prot Paladin (Merkinjerk, Frostwolf). Had about 5.6% hit chance which added a grip of JoL and SoL heals.

Everything up to Drakkisath was soloable to some extent. The group of 5 right before Drakk took two attempts; on the first try I killed the Captain (MS was my demise) and promptly died. Without the MS debuff the remaining 4 were easy kills.

As far as clicking the orb, I figured I would bubble and be fine to complete the quest, but the mobs crowded the orb and before I knew it I was getting dom'd. Luckily I spam clicked until I dodged 3 hits in a row and was able to turn in the quest just before dying. :)
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By Dither9 on 07/07/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
If you say you can solo everything but the general, I think you didn't notice NPC%20#10430."">NPC #10430.
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By Flagg on 09/08/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
I confirm that this quest CAN'T be shared, everyone must kill https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=9046"">(NPC #9046) and get the item.
Scarshield Quartermaster is marked as ""rare"" but he respawn in few minutes.
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By Neutralthorn on 05/11/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
I am so tough!
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By Nobbel on 08/01/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
A video guide on how to do this quest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XORQbmMFQDU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XORQbmMFQDU
Also includes mc attunement, leeroy jenkins & ubrs achievement
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By Iroared on 03/09/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
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By Esploratore on 10/09/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
Well, get it before it's too late, then; just completed today at 85 as an arms warrior, took around 20 minutes to do the quest, mostly because I couldn't find the way (as always) to reach the general, but in the end I discovered it was enough going through dragonspire hall, go near the entrance of BWL, then kill the beast (if you want) and then drakkisath, all at the same floor. The beast does a lot of fall damage, but I think I was able to solo it back at 80 with very bad gear (never done a dungeon at the times), the only thing I couldn't solo at the time was drakkisath, due to his guards that even if killed respawn.

Then I tested the orb and it says blackwing lair is not available at normal difficulty, but I think it was because I wasn't in a raid group, cause it happened the same for molten core attunement.
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By neoshade75 on 10/18/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
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By Ravenhul on 12/27/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
Did anyone else find the dialogue of this quest funny? This letter made me laugh.
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By Kawney on 12/14/2012 (Patch 3.1.3)
This letter made me laugh!

P.S. Destroy this comment, idiots.
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By Rocknight on 12/17/2012 (Patch 3.1.3)
To complete this quest:
1. Enter Blackrock Spire instance
2. In first room you come to, go up the left set of stairs and turn left up a shorter flight of stairs into Dragonspire Hall
3. You must kill everything in this hall - mobs are in groups in small rooms on the sides.
4. When everything is dead, a door opens at the north end of the hall. Go through it and follow the stairs up and around.
5. Now you enter the Hall of Binding and another locked door blocks your path.
6. Click on the Blackrock Altar on the left side, kill all adds.
7. Wait until the elemental on the platform in the middle reaches full power and he then becomes attackable. Kill him and the door at the Southern end of the room will open.
8. Go through the door into The Rookery (this is the room where you get the Jenkins achievement, incidentally)
9. Go right and double back on yourself up a slope. Take the first set of steps up, into the Hall of Blackhand.
10. Turn right, go through the hall and up one of the sets of stairs at the East end. You're now at Blackrock Stadium. Jump down into the pit to start the boss encounter here.
11. Kill waves of adds and finally kill a boss (Warchief Rend).
12. A small gate on the South Side of the pit opens up when Rend dies. Go through it.
13. Left. Up a slope. Right. Down a slope. Right again. Over a bridge.
14. Enter a room called Spire Throne. You'll find General Drakkisath in this room. Kill him and loot the orb that appears behind him.

Quest complete.
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By peilthetraveler on 02/19/2013 (Patch 3.1.3)
That is one stupid orc!
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By storm37 on 03/28/2013 (Patch 3.1.3)
I've had this quest on my log for a very long time, I kept getting confused on which way to go, but thanks to Rocknight's post, I was able to figure out where I was going wrong.
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By BeherztheitWolf on 07/18/2013 (Patch 3.1.3)
http://youtu.be/0XGwkdAuONM Step by step guide to this quest
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