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A Hero Remains

A World of Warcraft quest in Icecrown. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Fellwing+26via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

For those that didn't know, this quest line was a dedication to a one Brad Bridenbecker, brother to Rob Bridenbecker VP of Online Technologies. Brad had suffered from cancer and was an avid WoW player. His brother requested some memorial be set up for his brother and Chris Metzen, along with others, thought up this quest line to immortalize his battle with cancer within our beloved fantasy realm.

Hats off to you, Blizzard, Chris Metzen, and the whole Bridenbecker family. As a childhood cancer survivor myself, you have my utmost respect and loyalty to your honor and vision. You've truly epitomized the struggle of one going through the sickness, the battle, in the most accurate way possible, and bring honor to all of us who have suffered, and have watched those who have suffered, the same battle.

Lok'tar, brother Brad. Lok'tar.

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Whiterock+15via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

THE CRUSADERS' PINNACLE Quest Tree From Whiterock

N)Judgment Day Comes!{H}
1)Honor Above All Else
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2)Scourge Tactics 2)Defending The Vanguard 2)Curing The Incurable
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1)If There Are Survivors...
3)Into The Wild Green Yonder
1)A Cold Front Approaches
1)The Last Line Of Defense
2)Once More Unto The Breach, Hero{Death Knight special}
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3)The Scourgestone 3)The Purging Of Scourgeholme | 3)The Restless Dead              |
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3)The Air Stands Still 4)The Stone That Started A Revolution | 4)It Could Kill Us All
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1)Into The Frozen Heart Of Northrend
5)The Battle For Crusaders' Pinnacle-->5)The Crusaders' Pinnacle
6)A Tale of Valor                       |->The Skybreaker(A)*
5)A Hero Remains                        |->Orgrim's Hammer(H)*
7)The Keeper's Favor
7)Hope Within the Emerald Nightmare
6)The Boon of Remulos
5)Time Yet Remains
7)The Touch of an Aspect
7)Dahlia's Tears
6)The Boon of Alexstrasza
5)Hope Yet Remains
7)The Will of the Naaru
6)The Boon of A'dal
5)Light Within the Darkness
Quest Zones:
1)Argent Vanguard_____2)Valley of Echoes_____3)Scourgeholme_____4)Crystalsong Forest_____5)Crusaders' Pinnacle_____6)Silent Vigil_____7)Unique zone
N)Not-needed
*Click to see more info about that quest-line.
The Icecrown is done! Leave your comments/sugestions at my comment in Icecrown zone. Thanks everyone who helped me to make it via comments on wowhead and in-game pre-quest tracking.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 25-30
Quest ID13072

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13072))

What to do

StorylineIcecrown, step 156 of 167
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

I know why you've come... they've sent you to bring me back, but that cannot happen. I carry the plague of undeath, {class}, and I'll not share my fate with those near me. No, I shall stay here. My only regret lies in what I may become when death grips me. I do not fear death itself, but I loathe to consider serving the traitor, Arthas. Leave me... and see to it that no one else comes looking. You would do me a great disservice if you were to expose anyone to the plague that I carry.

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Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

Icecrown Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Icecrown map showing where to go for A Hero RemainsTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #118 79.8 71.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inIcecrown 79.8, 71.8/way #118 79.8 71.8
  • Objective areaIcecrown 79.8, 30.8/way #118 79.8 30.8

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the Icecrown map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Icecrown, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Icecrown:

  • Crusaders' Pinnacle, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 40 yards south-west
  • The Argent Vanguard, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 570 yards south-east
  • DalaranAlliance and Horde · about 610 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,700 yards north

Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.

Related
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationArgent Crusade +250

Reward details

Reputation: Argent Crusade +250

Led by Tirion Fordring, the Argent Crusade combines the reformed Order of the Silver Hand with the Argent Dawn in one final push against the forces of the Lich King.

Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.

Other quests in Icecrown that reward Argent Crusade reputation: Scourge Tactics (+250), Defending The Vanguard (+250), Curing The Incurable (+250), Into The Wild Green Yonder (+350), A Tale of Valor (+10), A Cold Front Approaches (+10).

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Storyline

Icecrown

Part 156 of 167.

Previous: A Tale of Valor · Next: The Keeper's Favor

  1. 151The Hunter and the Prince
  2. 152Knowledge is a Terrible Burden
  3. 153Argent Aid
  4. 154Tirion's Gambit
  5. 155A Tale of Valor
  6. 156A Hero Remains
  7. 157The Keeper's Favor
  8. 158Hope Within the Emerald Nightmare
  9. 159The Boon of Remulos
  10. 160Time Yet Remains
  11. 161The Touch of an Aspect
  12. 162Dahlia's Tears

Showing steps 151 to 162 of 167.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Tale of ValorIcecrown · Level 25-30

    Perhaps you've heard the praises for our missing hero? Crusader Bridenbrad was in the Broken Front aiding the attack against the Scourge when the undead army came down upon them.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Keeper's FavorIcecrown · Level 25-30

    There are those of this world that tap into power unrestricted by the bounds of our mortal frames - powers of restoration, powers of life, and powers of light. And Bridenbrad, this is no ordinary man... his valor and devotion shine through.

The storyline at a glance

Icecrown has 167 steps, from Honor Above All Else to Light Within the Darkness.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Icecrown (162), Moonglade (2), Dragonblight (2), Shattrath City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Icecrown map

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.