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that had long festered in Helya’s heart transformed Helheim into a place of nightmare and shadow. The souls of dead vrykul who arrived there soon found themselves turned into vengeful wraithlike beings. These cursed spirits were known as theKvaldir. They became one with the ocean mists, bound to the ebb and flow of the tides. The eternal fire of malice and anguish that burned in their souls would drive the Kvaldir to raid and plunder the shores of Kalimdor for all eternity.

W ith Odyn and his Valarjar sealed away, Loken returned toUlduar. He believed he now had ample time to orchestrate the downfall of the other keepers. Yet he soon discovered a new threat to his plans.
    Mimiron had begun investigating strange anomalies in Loken’s newtitan-forged. The brilliant keeper suspected that some malfunction within theForge of Wills was to blame for the impurities he had observed. Before he could pursue his theory, Loken sabotaged the keeper’s workshop, killing Mimiron in what appeared to be a tragic accident. Mimiron, however, was not completely dead.
    Mimiron’s faithfulmechagnomes discovered that their master’s spirit lived on. They scrambled to build a giant mechanized body to house the keeper’s fading soul. This heroic act saved Mimiron, but he was never the same again. His brush with death had broken his mind. He secluded himself in Ulduar’s vast workshops, spending his days lost in the inner workings of his clockwork inventions.
    Knowing Mimiron’s fate would raise suspicions among the other keepers, Loken dispatched his army to neutralize his remaining brethren. First, Loken confrontedFreya at her verdant domain within theStorm Peaks, the Temple of Life. Battle raged between the two keepers and their followers, sundering the temple and bleeding its precious life energies dry. Freya struggled valiantly against her foes, but she ultimately fell to Loken and the shadowy powersYogg-Saron had granted him.
    Yogg-Saron itself seized on Freya’s weakened state, enthralling her spirit. The Old God compelled the broken Freya to withdraw into the halls of Ulduar. There, she would spend her forlorn days tending to a sprawling garden at the heart of the fortress.
    As Loken confronted Freya, another group of his titan-forged waged war on the mighty keeperHodir within his lair, the Temple of Winter. Two fire giants namedIgnis andVolkhan led the assault. They enveloped the temple in blistering infernos, sapping Hodir’s wintry strength and decimating his icy followers. Loken later arrived to subdue Hodir directly, a task he completed with ease.
    Just as it had done with Freya, Yogg-Saron warped Hodir’s mind. The entity forced the keeper to retreat into a frigid chamber within Ulduar, where he would remain in seclusion for millennia.
    Two of the remaining keepers—Tyr andArchaedas—did not fall victim to Loken’s schemes. Tyr had long suspected that a darkness was growing within the fallen keeper, a suspicion that was confirmed when he witnessed Loken’s attack on Hodir.
    Yet Tyr was in no position to confront Loken directly. Throngs of the fallen keeper’s loyal titan-forged stalked the Storm Peaks and the halls of Ulduar. Knowing he stood little chanceagainst this army, Tyr took Archaedas and their close friend, a titan-forged giantess namedIronaya, to the outskirts of the Storm Peaks. Among the icy cliffs, they waited and watched Loken’s schemes unfold, planning their next move.
    Loken dispatched his forces to hunt down Tyr and his companions. These titan-forged scoured the mountains and caves of the Storm Peaks, but they never found their prey. Believing that Tyr and his allies had fled the region, Loken asserted sole dominion over Ulduar. He altered the machineries within the fortress and used them to anoint himself the newPrime Designate of Azeroth. He also disabled the tainted Forge of Wills and banished many of his servants to the Storm Peaks. Thereafter, he sealed off the sprawling fortress of Ulduar.
    Loken