TheWoWDBKill Warlocks in the area, not neccessarily the ones fighting Azaloth, until you get a http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30811 (Scroll of Demonic Unbanishing). Use the scroll on Azaloth.
Quest
A Necessary Distraction
A World of Warcraft quest in Shadowmoon Valley. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Two things to add:
The Warlocks that are summoning Azaloth DO drop the scroll. (i actually found killing the 6 or so Warlocks in this area and then waiting for them to respawn the easiest way to get the scroll).
Second, I found out the hard way that if you have killed all the Warlocks summoning him, he will not have anything to attack, except you. I died before the elite demon hunter could show up. If you've killed them all it might be worth waiting for some of the warlocks to respawn in order to see the whole show and avoid death.
Location 69, 51
Quest facts
LevelLevel 25-30
Quest ID10637
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10637))
Requirements
ReputationThe Aldor: Neutral or higher
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineShadowmoon Valley, step 103 of 147
Rewards4,100 XP
Description
The weapons are authentic, as we feared. Illidan is training demon hunters at the Ruins of Karabor and we must put an end to it. Do not be fooled by their name, {name}, their power will be used against us as often as against any demon. Their warlocks summon and subdue demons to be used as part of the initiates' training. A pit lord named Azaloth has proven too strong to be used in training and is kept banished. Find a way to let him loose on his captors. That should buy us the time we need.
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #104 61.2 29.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 61.2, 29.2
/way #104 61.2 29.2 - Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 69.8, 51.4
/way #104 69.8 51.4 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Shadowmoon Valley 71.2, 50.5
/way #104 71.2 50.5
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
- Hero's Call: Shadowmoon Valley! about 1,490 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,510 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,510 yards
- Warchief's Command: Shadowmoon Valley! about 1,700 yards
- Grand Master Antari about 1,750 yards
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:
- Altar of Sha'tar, Shadowmoon Valley
- Sanctum of the Stars, Shadowmoon Valley
- Wildhammer Stronghold, Shadowmoon Valley
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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Experience4,100 XP
ReputationThe Aldor +250
Reward details
Reputation: The Aldor +250
An ancient order of draenei priests once run by Velen, the Aldor are currently led by High Priestess Ishanah. They are servants of the naaru in Shattrath City known as the Sha'tar. Rivals of the Scryers.
Reputation group: Shattrath City.
Other quests in Shadowmoon Valley that reward The Aldor reputation: Tablets of Baa'ri (+250), Oronu the Elder (+250), The Ashtongue Corruptors (+250), The Warden's Cage (+75), Karabor Training Grounds (+250), The Ashtongue Tribe (+250).
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
Shadowmoon Valley
Part 103 of 147.
Previous: Karabor Training Grounds · Next: Altruis
- 98What Illidan Wants, Illidan Gets...
- 99The Cipher of Damnation - Borak's Charge
- 100The Cipher of Damnation - The Third Fragment Recovered
- 101The Cipher of Damnation
- 102Karabor Training Grounds
- 103A Necessary Distraction
- 104Altruis
- 105Karabor Training Grounds
- 106A Necessary Distraction
- 107Altruis
- 108Against the Legion
- 109Against the Illidari
Showing steps 98 to 109 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.
- Karabor Training Grounds
Our scouts have reported a massive influx of Sunfury blood elf recruits heading to the Ruins of Karabor. Normally this would represent a purely military threat, however we believe something else is amiss.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Altruis
It is rare in this day and age to hear of those who follow the path of the demon hunter. It is rarer still to find someone who does and has no allegiance to Illidan. There are rumors of one such individual here in Outland.
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
- Battle Pet Tamers
- Burning Crusade Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.