Starting a death knight
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Before it is possible to start a death knight character, the account the death knight is being created on must have a level 55 or higher character. Players may have one death knight per realm, per account, but when the character is first created, you must do a series of quests. By doing these quests, you will learn how to bend the power of the Death Knight to your own will, and after you have mastered that, you are then capable of going to any other area.[1]
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Unlocking the death knight
For any players to unlock the first hero class, the death knight, the player must have a character level 55 or above. Once the class is unlocked for the account, a death knight can be created on any realm where the player has a level 55 or higher character. Blizzard plans to relax the restriction and allow creation on all realms at some point after release.[2]
Creating the death knight
- Main article: Death knight quests
Any race is available for the death knight. When created, the death knight begins at level 55 with uncommon gear, 20
, as well as a few spells and abilities already learned. As any other class starting out, there is a beginning series of quests that bring the character into the game. Their first sword is the 
[Runed Soulblade], awarded for completing the second quest in the In Service of The Lich King quest chain.
Death knights come in to being with First Aid, Axes, Defense, Polearms, Swords, Two-Handed Axes, Two-Handed Swords and Unarmed at 270 skill.
Death knights will spawn in a necropolis in the Eastern Plaguelands, in a new starting area called Acherus: The Ebon Hold, which will include a dedicated questing area and class trainers.
For the actual quest chain, visit Death knight quests.
At the conclusion of the quest chain, death knights wind up with the rare gear seen in the paper doll frame below.
There are options for the cape:
- [Sky Darkener's Shroud of Blood], [Sky Darkener's Shroud of the Unholy], or [Shroud of the North Wind]
And options for the weapon:
Blizzard regarding the death knight creation
Bornakk, a CM on the US forums, wrote:
- The idea is that a character goes to become a Death Knight, is trained as a Death Knight, but then realizes they don't want to go through with the evil acts that they are instructed to perform. So the character finds a new Alliance or Horde home who accepts them as a necessary evil (like warlocks) to help them fight their enemies.
- BlizzCon happened at the beginning of August and the story continues to be worked on so things could change quite a bit from now until the Death Knights are implemented. Details on this and many other things will become available as we get closer to launching Wrath of the Lich King.
References
- ↑ http://uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/world-of-warcraft-wrath-of-the-lich-king/872730p1.html
- ↑ http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=10697505690&sid=1
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