Just as in TBC, the once exclusive flying mounts that were available only to those who excelled in highest echelons of arena are now available to the masses!
The Frostbrood are elite frost wyrms that were raised from the bones of blue dragons at Sindragosa’s Fall. These frost wyrms are now one of the strongest weapons the Scourge have. They consist of Frostbrood Whelps, Drakes (Vanquishers), and the mighty wyrms themselves. Sindragosa is the leader of the Frostbrood and was the first Frostbrood raised, she was raised by the Lich King himself.
The Bloodbathed Frostbrood Vanquisher and Icebound Frostbrood Vanquisher are now confirmed rewards from Glory of the Icecrown Raider (10-player) and Glory of the Icecrown Raider (25-player) respectively. This alone should give us enough motivation to strive for these achievements! I’m getting pretty excited…
Below are some screens of these beauties courtesy of MMO-Champion.
Icebound Frostbrood Vanquisher

Bloodbathed Frostbrood Vanquisher

According to a blue post by Daith (one of the tech support guys), patch 3.3 is more than a month away.
We only provide mirror links for full client patches. Background downloads do not count. You have around 1+ month to download this file so we’re not really worried about your speed.
This would make the release somewhere end of December, most likely the 29th — horrible time with New Year around the corner, or early January. As there is no official post about this yet, do take this with a grain of salt. But be sure to expect it soon. I’ve finished downloading the background patch. Have you?
Blizzard has announced the Icecrown Citadel raid access progression. In short, there are four wings and each will be progressively unlocked over weeks after the 3.3 release. The Lich King may not be attempted until Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana’thel, and Sindragosa are defeated and the Lich King must be defeated on normal mode before heroics can be attempted. Raids will have a limited number of attempts total each week to defeat the four most difficult encounters in Icecrown Citadel: Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana’thel, Sindragosa, and the Lich King. (source)