TheWoWDBIf you're a dwarf you have to do this version of the Special Surprise quest.
Dialogue(if you're a dwarf, obviously):
<name>, I'd recognize that face anywhere...What...What have they done to ye, lad?
Ye don't remember me, do ye? Blasted Scourge...They've tried to drain ye o' everything that made ye a righteous force o' reckoning. Every last ounce o' good...Everything that made ye a son o' Ironforge!
Think, <name>. Think back. Try and remember the snow capped mountains o' Dun Morogh! Ye were born there, lad. Remember the splendor o' life, <name>! Ye were a champion o' the dwarves once! This isn't ye!
Listen to me, <name>. Ye must fight against the Lich King's control. He's a monster that wants to see this world - our world - in ruin. Don't let him use ye' to accomplish his goals. Ye were once a hero and ye can be again. Fight, damn ye! Fight his control!
There...There's no more time for me. I'm done for. Finish me off, <name>. Do it or they'll kill us both. <name>...For KHAAAAAAAZZZ MODAAAAAANNNNNN!
Quest
A Special Surprise
A World of Warcraft quest in Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Actually, I think this one is one of the saddest due to his cry of "For Khaz Modan!" at the end. Kind of a lost cause. Really made me pity him.
If you do not kill him immediately upon dialog completion, he adds,
"Do it, <name>! put me out of my misery!"If you wait longer (perhaps 15 seconds), he emotes "Donovan Pulfrost dies from his wounds," and he despawns. You then have to sit through the whole dialog again after he respawns.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12744))
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Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
We got here, tore the place apart, and headed toward the prison house. We weren't expecting what we found in there, {name}. Seems the Crusade's been real busy. That whole thing is full of Argent Dawn prisoners. Most of them were already dead by the time we arrived, but a few were still breathing. I was about to go in there and execute the rest of them, but I think you should have the honors. In particular, there's a real feisty dwarf in there that I think you'll take great pleasure in executing.
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 52.7 82.5
Coordinates
- Turn-inPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 52.7, 82.5
/way #124 52.7 82.5 - Objective areaPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 54.0, 83.3
/way #124 54.0 83.3
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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Storyline
The Scarlet Enclave
Part 37 of 58.
Previous: A Special Surprise · Next: A Special Surprise
- 32Bloody Breakout
- 33A Cry For Vengeance!
- 34A Special Surprise
- 35A Special Surprise
- 36A Special Surprise
- 37A Special Surprise
- 38A Special Surprise
- 39A Special Surprise
- 40A Special Surprise
- 41A Special Surprise
- 42A Special Surprise
- 43A Special Surprise
Showing steps 32 to 43 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.
- A Cry For Vengeance!
The cry for vengeance must be heard, <name>. Commander Plaguefist and a company of death knights are on their way to raze the Chapel of the Crimson Flame. If there are any death knights imprisoned at the chapel, Plaguefist will get them out. You can still catch up to them if you hurry.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Sort Of Homecoming
Return to Thassarian at the Scarlet Tavern and let him know that Koltira's cry for vengeance has been answered. The Chapel of the Crimson Flame will be a pile of ashes in a matter of hours. You're one cold-blooded monster, <name>. I salute you, brother.
Other quests with this name
This one: Death Knight, Evoker, Adventurer, Traveler · Dwarf, Dark Iron Dwarf · Level 8-30.
- A Special Surprise
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- A Special Surprise
- A Special Surprise
- A Special Surprise
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.