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Quest

A Message from Above

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

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bookworm13+7via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you exit out of the hippogryph before the attack part, the rest of the quest may bug after you try again.

I had to abandon the quest and start from scratch because the hippogryph would just sit like on an invisible surface.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 50-60
LocationIcecrown
CategoryDeath Rising
Quest ID60867

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(60867))

Description

This is troubling news, {name}. Whoever this "Banished One" may be, it is clear he is behind the Scourge's return. That the undead are amassing in great numbers outside Icecrown Citadel cannot be a coincidence. Lead our hippogryph riders in surveying the area from above. Determine if the dark herald you saw is among them, and then clear a path for reinforcements. Let us hope she possesses the answers we seek.

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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 3 mapped points
Icecrown map showing where to go for A Message from AboveTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #118 45.0 44.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inIcecrown 45.0, 44.8/way #118 45.0 44.8
  • Objective areaIcecrown 45.5, 46.0/way #118 45.5 46.0
  • Objective areaIcecrown 45.0, 77.3/way #118 45.0 77.3

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:

  • The Shadow Vault, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 860 yards north
  • Death's Rise, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards west
  • Argent Tournament Grounds, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 2,000 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 60 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 1,400 yards south

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
Money25 gold74 silver
Experience8,150 XP
ReputationArgent Crusade +75

Reward details

Reputation: Argent Crusade +75

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.

Currency: Argent Commendation

Commendation from the Argent Crusade in northern Icecrown for actions taken against the invading forces of the Shadowlands.

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

Return of the Scourge

Part 11 of 15.

Previous: Bursting the Bubble · Next: With Hope in Hand

  1. 1Securing the Area
  2. 2A Valiant Effort
  3. 3A Valiant Effort
  4. 4Scouting from a Safe Distance
  5. 5Advancing the Effort
  6. 6A New Foothold
  7. 7Cult Couture
  8. 8Fighting for Attention
  9. 9Secrets in Shadows
  10. 10Bursting the Bubble
  11. 11A Message from Above
  12. 12With Hope in Hand
  13. 13Only Shadows Remain
  14. 14With Hope in Hand
  15. 15With Hope in Hand

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.

  • Bursting the BubbleLevel 50-60

    <The words of the shadowy herald are dark and foreboding. Whatever "the Banished One" intends to accomplish, it must not come to pass. Something foul bubbles within the cauldrons nearby. Judging by the care with which the cultists are tending to them, their contents must be crucial to their plans.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • With Hope in HandLevel 50-60

    You must bring word of what we have uncovered back to Orgrimmar. One of our mages can open a portal for you at the tournament grounds. As for the Argent Crusade, we must remain a bulwark against the Scourge. If you wish to continue aiding us, I will see to it that your skills are put to good use.

The storyline at a glance

Return of the Scourge has 15 steps, from Securing the Area to With Hope in Hand.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Icecrown (12), Orgrimmar (2), Stormwind City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Death Rising Complete the Death Rising storyline leading up to the events of Shadowlands.

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.