Handling It

In case I'm not the only one who picked up this quest from the NPC and zoomed off to the other zone to spot marked on the map, only to be confused about any sort of clear indication of what to do...you need to click the journal next to Eadweard and get the three quests from that ([quest=77835], Handling It: Concentrated Sophic Vellum, and [quest=77791]). Blizzard apparently assumed we'd actually read the quest text and take it literally as instructions rather than just some story flavor, which is certainly....interesting. For those of you like me who are used to checking wowhead comments rather than the quest descriptions actually having useful information, congrats on the drop!

The axe will drop directly in your bags. Equip it to begin the quest. The axe will then turn into a quest item, so be sure to re-equip your old weapon once you begin!

The Shadowflame Axe
Go to azerothian archives HQ and talk to Eadweard.

Handling It
There are three main branches to the quest line, each one has 3 parts that can be done concurrently.

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Here is your shopping list:
Buy or craft any rank of the following.

Erden's Glowspore Grip

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• Zaralek Glowspores x400
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• Obsidian Cobraskin x3
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• Dreaming Essence x5
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• Mireslush Hide x50
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Lydiara's Binding Rune

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• Shadowflame Essence x10
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• [item=194756] x250
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• [item=194864] x50
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Shalasar's Sophic Vellum

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• Awakened Fire x150
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• Awakened Earth x100
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• Awakened Order x50
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• Resonant Crystal x200
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Part 1: [quest=77791]

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• Part 1a: Handling It: Shadowed Dreamleaf - You will collect [item=208593] from Superblooms in the Emerald Dream, which happen every hour on the hour. You will receive the leaves from the three bags during the event and the last boss, [npc=207554]. Be sure to join a raid group to ensure you get the third bag. [item=210199] will help you collect more dreamleaf and can drop from the bags or end boss. When you have a friend available to help you, select the player and right click the item. They will be offered a quest to fill the bar while completing a superbloom. A player can only do the quest once per character and they CAN be on the opposite faction. You can complete the buff quest in one superbloom by looting all three bags and the last boss. The buffer must turn in the quest in Ohn’ahran Plains before receiving the [item=208846]. If someone buffs you with the dreamleaf quest item, you can use the restored dreamleaf from the quest on yourself. I collected all shadowed dreamleaf in 6 events. I received buffs after the second, third, and fifth for a total of 200% increased leaf gain by the end. With the 200% buff, I received 22/16/16 from the bags and 34 from the last boss. You can expect a lot fewer at the beginning and the amount varies. A friend of mine said they no longer had the buff I gave them last week, so it is possible it disappears with reset.
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• Part 1b: Handling It: Glowspore Grip - You will receive a recipe to teach a LW how to craft [item=209351]. Select the player and right click the recipe item. The person must be a leatherworker, in your party, and have a minimum of 1 Dragonflight leatherworking skill. The player must be part of your realm group, but can be of either faction. Send a work order to the player.
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• Part 1c: To the Test: Symbiotic Glowspore Grip - Optional quest: Adaptive Cooling Salve - Bring the questgiver 100 Zaralek Glowspores, 5 Awakened Frost, and 1 Dreaming Essence to make [item=210918] that will allow you attune to the grip without taking damage. The salve has a 5 minute buff and 3 charges. The buff will go away after one “click” of the grip quest item. You can make it through 30% of this quest with one salve. It appears the salve is a daily quest(?) so you can get through 30% a day if you are going solo. Otherwise, you will need someone with good ST heals to keep you alive through it. You cannot heal yourself through it as you are incapacitated. As a paladin, you can’t use it through divine shield, it just didn’t work for me. Every time you click the grip, you gain 10% progress. The item has a 30 second cooldown. If you die, don’t worry, just try again. Use the [item=211396] to get the [item=208577].
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Part 2: Handling It: Concentrated Sophic Vellum

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• Part 2a: Handling It: Radiant Fleck of Ash - Every 5 minutes, you can disenchant en epic piece of gear using the [item=210002]. Gear received from the Emerald Dream caches is eligible. It even works on gear you can’t equip so have your friends trade you drops they don’t need, unless you’ve been hoarding gear all season waiting for this moment like I have. I received 3 ash very often, sometimes 1. It was much faster than expected.
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• Part 2b: Handling It: Radiant Vellum - You will receive the item to teach an enchanter how to make [item=210003]. Select the player and right click the recipe item to teach them how to make the notes. The person must be an enchanter, in your party, and have a minimum of 1 Dragonflight enchanting skill. They must be on your realm group, but can be of either faction. Make a work order for that player in the work order system.
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• Part 2c: To The Test: Concentrated Sophic Vellum - Click the action button every 5 minutes. You will need 10 specific awakened elements each time to empower it, then click the action button a second time to return it to yourself for 5% progress. If you have friends available they can try to catch the orbs while you’re channeling. They will need to purchase the proper awakened element. You can click off or wait out the duration of the buff and try again if you prefer waiting for the cheaper elements like earth and fire. Use the [item=211398] to get the [item=208578].
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Part 3:[quest=77835]

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• Part 3a: Handling It: Taut Tethercoil - Use the item on the elite before you enter combat. It worked on:
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  • Small elites marked by a yellow star on your map. Be sure to get a rare scanner addon to be alerted while flying around.
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  • Large elites marked on the map that require an event to spawn.
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  • Lasher elites during the emerald frenzy event. These will spawn after a number of smaller mobs are killed in the area. Don’t worry if you are looting. Even if you complete the event for yourself, it will still be up for the duration, you just won’t be able to see how much time is left, so take note in advance. Any lashers up while the event is ending will despawn immediately.
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  • The final boss of the superbloom. You need to be out of combat, so this one is tricky. You can either stand at /way 43,73 to wait for the bloom boss to spawn, or you can run out of the area and back to drop combat. The boss is targetable prior to becoming active (he is floating above one of the portals). Be sure to select him and make him your focus before he activates so he’s easier to target.
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• Part 3b: Handling It: Prototype Rune - You will receive the item to teach a scribe how to make [item=209998]. Select the player and right click the recipe. The person must be a scribe, in your party, and have a minimum of 1 Dragonflight inscription skill. They must be on your realm group, but can be of either faction. Make a work order for that player in the work order system.
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• Part 3c: To the Test: Rune of Shadowbinding - Tether yourself to Gnarlroot, Igira, and Volcross in the raid on any difficulty prior to entering combat. Someone pulling the boss enters you in combat, so you have to pray to the gods that people will not be rushing. Turn in the quest and click the [item=211397] to receive [item=208592].
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When you have all three items, return to Edward at the archives

Part 4: [quest=77192]
Talk to Edward and click the anvil.

Part 5: The Power of Temptation
Kill the small adds, interrupt and stun big adds as they spawn on the sides of the room channeling on you, and dodge swirlies. When you’ve killed enough adds to fill the discipline bar at the bottom of your screen, use the extra action button on Fyrakk. You will leap to him and be able to do damage for a period of time. I went through two cycles of this.

Turn in the quest to Wrathion and get you

This is an absolutely absurd amount of gold to spend on a transmog.

The requirements need to be heavily nerfed as this is no longer an active expansion and these mats should not cost this much.