TheWoWDBDid a count of all the things I noticed that the Scarlet NPCs missed:
Your eyes glow blue.
Your horse's eyes glow purple.
Your sword; I have yet to see any Scarlet Crusade/Onslaught NPCs with a Rune weapon of any sort.
Your Ghoul, which follows you around without attacking you.Seriously? They're a threat to the Scourge? They wouldn't notice Arthas if his only disguise was a shirt saying "I'm not the Lich King".
Quest
A Meeting With Fate
A World of Warcraft quest in Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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That's not a Ghoul, it's my...dog.
You may also note that your Death Charger now morphs in a Swift Brown Steed while in Scarlet Messenger form.
Edit: Ok, cannot keep myself: You have 3 tries to guess who told Blizz on beta that a Scarlet Messenger, wearing a runeblade, having funny blue eyes and riding a big bad dead horse is preety suspect, lorewise, even for the dumb NPCs Blizz creates. And you have another 3 tries to guess who suggested them to change the Deathcharger to a lovely (living :\) horse :P
Quest facts
Quest ID12755
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12755))
WoW Forever: what our data shows
Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 3.80.2.69874, read from the beta game data we hold
Versus the Classic Era clientNew in the WoW Forever beta client - quest id 12755 is not sighted in our Classic Era baseline (build 1.15.9.69722)
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Requirements
ClassesDeath Knight, Evoker, Adventurer and Traveler
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
This message must reach Abbendis. We do not want to draw their suspicion. They must continue under the assumption that everything is going as they planned. You will don the Scarlet courier's clothes and with the help of some dark magic, take on the form of the courier. Abbendis is at King's Harbor, southeast of the Scarlet Overlook. Drop off the message and get as much information out of her as you can. She will tell us what we need to know about the "Crimson Dawn."
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.
Turn-inObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #124 65.6 83.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 65.6, 83.8
/way #124 65.6 83.8 - Objective areaPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 56.3, 79.8
/way #124 56.3 79.8
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Getting there
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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.
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Experience6,200 XP
Storyline
The Scarlet Enclave
Part 48 of 58.
Previous: Ambush At The Overlook · Next: The Scarlet Onslaught Emerges
- 43A Special Surprise
- 44A Special Surprise
- 45A Special Surprise
- 46A Sort Of Homecoming
- 47Ambush At The Overlook
- 48A Meeting With Fate
- 49The Scarlet Onslaught Emerges
- 50Scarlet Armies Approach...
- 51The Scarlet Apocalypse
- 52An End To All Things...
- 53The Lich King's Command
- 54The Light of Dawn
Showing steps 43 to 54 of 58.
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.
- Ambush At The Overlook
While you were out burning churches and murdering vermin, I've been busy formulating a plan. The Scarlet courier is scheduled to pass by the Scarlet Overlook within the hour. The roads by the overlook are wide open and swarming with Crusaders.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Scarlet Onslaught Emerges
Listen well, courier. The Scarlet lands are lost. New Avalon and Havenshire are overrun by Scourge. The specter of death looms overhead and threatens to overtake us at any moment. Return to Galvar with this message: "Turn your armies around and prepare your ships for travel to the frozen wastes.
The storyline at a glance
The Scarlet Enclave has 58 steps, from In Service Of The Lich King to Saurfang's Blessing.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave (54), Eastern Plaguelands (2), Elwynn Forest (1), Orgrimmar (1).
Other storylines on the Eastern Plaguelands map
- Eastern Plaguelands
- Origins
- Path of the Light III
- Class Mount: Paladin
- The Path of Light
- The Ashbringer
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.