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{{otheruses|the [[meta event]]|the [[area]] in Thunderhead Peaks|Thunderhead Keep}}
{{Event infobox
| name = Thunderhead Keep
| location = Thunderhead Keep
| type = Meta event
| level = 80
| requires = lws4
}}

[[Thunderhead Keep (meta event)|Thunderhead Keep]] is a [[meta event]] that takes place within the area of the same name in the northeastern part of the [[Thunderhead Peaks]]. The meta event occurs every 2 hours, starting just after [[Day and night|dusk]] (fifteen minutes before the [[Server reset|daily reset]] and every two hours thereafter) and lasting for 20 minutes (xx:45 at every odd hour (UTC)).

== Dynamic events ==
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* ''The Branded have a foothold in Thunderhead Keep and threaten the safety of the Forge. The doors to the Forge have been sealed.''
* ''Pact forces are attempting to retake Thunderhead Keep.''
** {{event|Clear the Branded from the keep}}
* ''Pact forces have retaken Thunderhead Keep and are shoring up defenses in preparation for Kralkatorrik's counterattack.''
** {{event|Repair defenses and place mines!}}
* ''Pact forces are attempting to hold Thunderhead Keep long enough to charge a resonance crystal.''
** {{event|Repel invading Branded, and kill them near the charging crystals to fill the resonance crystal}}
*** {{event|Defeat the Riftstalker (west)}}
*** {{event|Defeat the Riftstalker (east)}}
* ''The Wrathbringer has come! Defeat it before you're forced to fall back!''
** {{event|Defeat the Wrathbringer}}
* ''Time until the Brandstorm engulfs the keep: 20:00''
* '''Success:''' ''The Wrathbringer has been defeated! Victoriously flee for your lives back to the Forge!''
* '''Failure:''' ''Kralkatorrik's Brandstorm has arrived! Flee back into the Forge!''

== Dialogue ==
* During the whole chain, Gorrik will often use his communicator to offer advice

;Repairing defenses
:'''Gorrik:''' ''{{flavor|Whatever you're going to do, do it quickly! We've got rifts! Brandstorms! All manner of inconvenience!}}''

:'''Gorrik:''' ''{{flavor|Get the Branded as close to those charging crystals as you can. Once they're in range, kill them to direct their energy.}}''

;Repelling Branded
:'''Gorrik:''' ''{{flavor|The rifts are open! Do your best to...keep your entrails in your body, and so on!}}''

;Riftstalkers appear
:'''Gorrik:''' ''{{flavor|Riftstalkers! Somebody get out there and kill them—we need those breaches sealed!}}''
:'''Gorrik:''' ''{{flavor|I'll send in the skritt cavalry. The Brandstorm's coming in fast!}}''

;After closing both rifts
:'''Gorrik:''' ''{{flavor|Aha! Risks mitigated! I congrat— Oh. No. No, there's more. Another rift right on top of you!}}''

;With 6 minutes left on the timer
:'''Gorrik:''' ''{{flavor|If my meteorological and dracological readings are accurate—and they are—you've got a five-minute lead on that Brandstorm.}}''
:'''Gorrik:''' ''{{flavor|Commander, you need to finish the job and get out of there!}}''

;Meta success
:'''Gorrik:''' ''{{flavor|In point of fact, no, that is not all they've got. Flee for your lives before the Brandstorm takes you!}}''

;Meta failure
:'''Gorrik:''' ''{{flavor|We're out of time—the Brandstorm's right on top of you!}}''

== Event schedule ==
{{Event timer|lws4-tp}}

== Notes ==
* Successfully killing the Wrathbringer rewards [[Light of Deldrimor Plate—Top Half]] (once per day per account), which is half of the key required to gain access to the [[Dwarven Catacombs]]. The other half ([[Light of Deldrimor Plate—Bottom Half]]) is rewarded from successfully completing the final event of the meta event [[The Oil Floes]] in the southwest of the zone.
* The [[Brandstorm]] will appear over the Thunderhead Keep no matter the outcome.

== Related achievements ==
* {{achievement|Don't Mine If I Do}}
* {{achievement|Smash and Grab}}
* {{achievement|Revenge of the Wrathbringer}}
* {{achievement|Visions of Thunderhead Peaks}}
* {{collection achievement|Purified Scale Fragment of Kralkatorrik}}

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