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A Mysterious Portent

A Mysterious Portent is a quest for level 25-30 in Shadowmoon Valley. It is step 128 of 147 in the Shadowmoon Valley storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Shadowmoon Valley at 58.1, 48.2. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 3,100 experience.

Description

Before he died, Udalo appears to have written a single word on the floor beneath him. The writing is barely legible but you recognize the word Atam'al.

Perhaps Akama will understand the meaning of his brethren's message.

Rewards

Experience3,100 XP
ReputationAshtongue Deathsworn +150
Top Comments

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15757+22via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Akama is located in Warden's Cage, in the dungeon located below the demon stationed at approximatelly 58, 48 in Shadowmoon Valley. The follow up quest will require a 5-man team, so if you have time to spare, ask your party members to help.

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Aurleis1+6via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Aldor Video Guide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m28FWwhWAdI 1
Scryer Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Dsiivs938 1

1The quest IDs are the same for [faction=932] and [faction=934]; however, the separate videos will direct you to the applicable flight locations.

1. A Mysterious Portent
• Interact with [npc=21962] corpse in [zone=3848] (Netherstorm) dungeon (located in the Ethereal's room, before the last boss, [npc=20912]), and accept the quest A Mysterious Portent.
• You can run out of the instance and fly back to Shadowmoon Valley (Outlands), or just hearth, if your home port is a city with the Shattrath (Outlands) portal.
• After using your [item=6948] to reach [zone=6142] / [zone=6141], go to the city's portal room.
- - Alliance players: go to the room above the opposite of the Innkeeper and click the Shattrath portal at coords 69, 52.
- - Horde players: go to the room above the Innkeeper and click the Shattrath portal at coords 64, 58.
• Once you have arrived on the other side of the portal, fly to and interact with the gryphon flight master, [npc=18940], at coords 63.8, 41.6.
- - Aldor players will fly to the Altar of Sha'tar, in Shadowmoon Valley.
- - Scryer players will fly to the Sanctum of the Stars, in Shadowmoon Valley.
• Fly to the Warden's Cage at coordinates 57.2, 49.6.
• Enter the Warden's Cage, and follow the underground passage and swim to [npc=21700] at coords 58.1, 48.2

Full Guide to obtain [item=32757].

If you're unsure about which stage of the quest line you are in to obtain the [item=32757], enter the following script into the chat box (special thanks to Vlad for the script):

[faction=932]

/run local y={568,571,574,575,622,628,705,706,707,708,944,946,947,948,949,985,958,957,959}print"The Aldor:"for i,q in ipairs(y)do q="10"..q print(i,"\124cffffff00\124Hquest:"..q.."\124h["..q.."]\124h\124r",C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(q) and 'YES' or 'NO')end

[faction=934]

/run local y={683,684,685,686,622,628,705,706,707,708,944,946,947,948,949,985,958,957,959}print"The Scryers:"for i,q in ipairs(y)do q="10"..q print(i,"\124cffffff00\124Hquest:"..q.."\124h["..q.."]\124h\124r",C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(q) and YES or NO)end

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP3,100
ReputationAshtongue Deathsworn+150

Reward details

Reputation: Ashtongue Deathsworn +150

The elite of the Broken tribe known as the Ashtongue, officially aligned with Illidan. The Deathsworn are Akama's most trusted lieutenants and are privy to their leader's mysterious motivations.

Reputation group: The Burning Crusade.

Other quests in Shadowmoon Valley that reward Ashtongue Deathsworn reputation: Proof of Allegiance (+250), Akama (+25), The Ata'mal Terrace (+250), Akama's Promise (+1,000), The Secret Compromised (+350), Entry Into the Black Temple (+150).

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapShadowmoon ValleyTurn-in marker at 58.1, 48.2, 1 mapped point
Objective areaThe Arcatraz
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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.

Shadowmoon Valley Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Shadowmoon Valley map showing where to go for A Mysterious PortentTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #104 58.1 48.2

The Arcatraz Objective area

Coordinates

  • Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 58.1, 48.2/way #104 58.1 48.2

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 Shadowmoon Valley map

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

Getting there

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

  • Sanctum of the Stars, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance and Horde · about 370 yards south
  • Altar of Sha'tar, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance and Horde · about 710 yards north-east
  • Wildhammer Stronghold, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 1,200 yards west

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Shadowmoon Valley

Part 128 of 147.

Previous: Seer Udalo · Next: The Ata'mal Terrace

  1. 123The Ashtongue Corruptors
  2. 124The Warden's Cage
  3. 125Proof of Allegiance
  4. 126Akama
  5. 127Seer Udalo
  6. 128A Mysterious Portent
  7. 129The Ata'mal Terrace
  8. 130Akama's Promise
  9. 131Kindness
  10. 132Seek Out Neltharaku
  11. 133Neltharaku's Tale
  12. 134Infiltrating Dragonmaw Fortress

Showing steps 123 to 134 of 147.

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.

  • Seer UdaloTempest Keep · Level 25-30

    I hope you're not shocked when I reveal to you that the pieces of the Medallion of Karabor you obtained from my minions are mere replicas. <Akama shows you an identical medallion in his open palm.> My Deathsworn and I have kept the secret from Illidan for as long as possible.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Ata'mal TerraceShadowmoon Valley · Level 25-30

    It has been known to us that the fel orcs, under Illidan's command, have guarded an Ata'mal crystal known as the Heart of Fury at the Ata'mal Terrace. They cloud its presence with dark magic, to keep it from the Sha'tar.

The storyline at a glance

Shadowmoon Valley has 147 steps, from Spleendid! to A Job Unfinished....

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shadowmoon Valley (129), Terokkar Forest (10), Nagrand (7), Shattrath City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Shadowmoon Valley 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.

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