Veteran of the Shifting Sands

Not to cheapen the rarity of the Scarab Lord title, but wouldn't it be cool if this FoS rewarded the title 'name, Veteran of the Shifting Sands'.

I always suggested giving players "<name>, Of the Shifting Sands" for this. Fitting as the man who starts the chain has it. =P

If you want this Feat of Strength, here's what you need to know:

The chain starts with What tomorrow brings in Silithus.

It must be completed before the Shattering, which should be a few days before the Cataclysm expansion set is released on December 7, 2010. November 22 is probably the last possible day. After that, the entire quest chain and everything related to it will be permanently removed from the game.

To complete it, you'll need:

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• Neutral reputation with Brood of Nozdormu. This can be soloed via turn-ins if you are on this chain (takes around six hours if you're fast). Three full clears of AQ-40 will also do the trick (and then some).
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• A bunch of mats, notably ten Elementium Ingots. These sell for at least 1000G each. The price is spiking as people try to complete this feat of strength. Other than the sheer time this takes, this is probably the hardest part of the chain.
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• At least two raids on Blackwing Lair. More like three or four, if you're gathering the Elementium Ingots yourself. Remember that whoever is going is probably going to have to be attuned, so allow some time for this.
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• One full clear of Molten Core.
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• One full clear of Onyxia's Lair. Either 10-man or 25-man works.
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• Five outdoor raid bosses. These can be soloed at 80, but it's a lot easier with three players. Bring along friends so they can see these bosses before they go away forever. The Moonglade one is especially epic.
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• Visits deep into the heart of Undercity and Stormwind.
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• A visit to the Sunken Temple.
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• Travel all over the damn world to talk to, look at, and/or kill lots of things.
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• At least nine bag slots. More, depending on the order you do things in.
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Before you kill Nefarian, Onyxia, and Ragnaros, turn on Free-for-all loot. This will allow you to loot the quest items properly. If you have group loot or master loot turned on, you will not be able to see or loot the quest items until whoever is noted on the corpse as having loot right-clicks on the corpse. That's a pain if someone hearths out early or is disconnected or whatever.

The Elementium Ingots are semi-farmable. Find a pack with Blackwing Technicians. Kill all the technicians, but leave the other mobs alive. Then die. The pack will re-spawn, with the technicians. You can then loot and do it again. Keep a friend who can resurrect you nearby, but out of combat. Or, play on a hunter, and do the same thing with Feign Death. It's cheaper. Note that there is a random hard limit on how many ingots can actually drop per week for you. It appears to be from 4-6, depending on the week. Once that (random) number of ingots drop, no more will drop for that raid. You need to start a fresh raid (on another character or in another week) to get more ingots.

You'll be going to Tanaris a lot. Take the portal in the Violet Citadel (in Dalaran) to the Caverns of Time.

To get attuned to Blackwing Lair, kill the Scarshield Quartermaster, activate his quest item, clear Upper Blackrock Spire, then click on the orb behind the final boss. There is also a portal directly to the raid instance inside of UBRS, a little after killing Rend Blackhand. Getting attuned is recommended, though. Once you're attuned, you can get in by clicking on the orb down the hall from the port to Blackrock Spire.

Your rewards will be a bunch of useless but pretty level 60 epics, a ring that gives you water breathing, a useless (but extremely rare) recipe, a couple books to read, a useless white item, a feat of strength (at 4.0.3a), and some of the best lore in the game.