Storming the Keep

''The Blackdagger Bandits are planning an attack on Neverwinter and must be stopped! Storm Cragmire Keep and kill Malus Blackdagger!''

Description
Storming the Keep is a Skirmish set in the Blackdagger Ruins.

Basic Information
Skirmish Level: 23 Monster Level: 24 Minimum Level to queue: 18 Maximum Level to queue: 30 Quests related: No quests related to this Skirmish

Steps

 * Talk to Harper Agent Xalliana
 * Drop the Siege Tower Gate
 * Storm Blackdagger Keep
 * Kill Malus Blackdagger
 * Take Your Reward!

Completion
Rewards
 * If completed during the Skirmish event: 1000
 * Bound
 * 11 49

NPCs
Vendors
 * Xalliana
 * Garl Gnarlclaw
 * Gorun Pricebreaker

Enemies
Minion Standard Elite Boss
 * Cutthroat (Bandit)
 * Decrepit Skeleton
 * Huntsman
 * Sniper (Bandit)
 * Deathpledged (Gnoll)
 * Enforcer (Bandit)
 * Fang
 * Hexer (Bandit)
 * Krag Foultooth
 * Red Wizard
 * Treasure Chest (Mimic)
 * Jareth Grim
 * Malus Blackdagger

Encounter
On your way to the final boss you need to fight a large number of enemies including the mid-way Boss, Jareth Grim. The end boss is Malus Blackdagger. It is a 4-7 minute long fight depending on the damage of your group. Malus' combat will cycle through a number of abilities and then repeat. They include the following:
 * Kick: Malus kicks the targeted party member pushing them back 20 feet and doing 300 - 400 damage. Malus will follow this up with a teleport to the target.
 * Slashing Frenzy: This is the most dangerous ability Malus does. He swings his swords in an AOE arc of 180 degrees in front of him dealing 300 - 1500 damage to anyone in the arc. Get out of the red area when you see it or block through it.

Malus will summon help at around 75% health. This includes one Elite and two Minion enemies.

Call to Arms
The Call to Arms: Storming the Keep event first ran from January 24th, 2014 to January 28th, 2014. It returned for a second run from November 27th, 2014 to December 1st, 2014.

Characters level 6 to 60 can queue for the skirmish. In addition to the skirmish queue, there is also a Sword Coast Adventures adventure, Storm the Keep.
 * Brutal enchantments
 * 50
 * 100
 * 300
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 * 150
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 * 500
 * 500