Quest Log

A Special Surprise (Gnome)

A Special Surprise is a quest for level 8-30. It is step 38 of 58 in The Scarlet Enclave storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave at 52.7, 82.5. It rewards 6,200 experience and money.

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 gnome in there that I think you'll take great pleasure in executing.

Rewards

Money10

Experience6,200 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Turn in at Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 52.7, 82.5 /way #124 52.7 82.5

Known issues

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

215902Nov 29, 2008+59via Wowhead

A pint-sized force of reckoning, to be sure.

194751Aug 17, 2008+57via Wowhead

Gnome death knights doing this quest have to kill little Goby here. This is his dialogue before he dies, quite depressing. Yes, you are a bad person if you do this quest.
Come to finish the job, have you?
If you'd allow me just one...
<name>?
<name>, I'd recognize that face anywhere... What... What have they done to you, <name>?
You don't remember me, do you? Blasted Scourge... They've tried to drain you of everything that made you a pint-sized force of reckoning. Every last ounce of good... Everything that made you a gnome!
Think, <name>. Think back. Try and remember Gnomeregan before those damned troggs! Remember the feel of an [arclight spanner] <brother/sister>. You were a champion of gnome-kind once! This isn't you.
Listen to me, <name>. You must fight against the Lich King's control. He is a monster that wants to see this world - our world - in ruin. Don't let him use you to accomplish his goals. You were once a hero and you can be again. Fight, damn you! Fight his control!
Knight Commander Plaguefist yells: What's going on in there? What's taking so long, <name>?
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>... Remember Gnomeregan! This world is worth saving.
Do it, <name>! Put me out of my misery!

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Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

215902Nov 29, 2008+59via Wowhead

A pint-sized force of reckoning, to be sure.

194751Aug 17, 2008+57via Wowhead

Gnome death knights doing this quest have to kill little Goby here. This is his dialogue before he dies, quite depressing. Yes, you are a bad person if you do this quest.
Come to finish the job, have you?
If you'd allow me just one...
<name>?
<name>, I'd recognize that face anywhere... What... What have they done to you, <name>?
You don't remember me, do you? Blasted Scourge... They've tried to drain you of everything that made you a pint-sized force of reckoning. Every last ounce of good... Everything that made you a gnome!
Think, <name>. Think back. Try and remember Gnomeregan before those damned troggs! Remember the feel of an [arclight spanner] <brother/sister>. You were a champion of gnome-kind once! This isn't you.
Listen to me, <name>. You must fight against the Lich King's control. He is a monster that wants to see this world - our world - in ruin. Don't let him use you to accomplish his goals. You were once a hero and you can be again. Fight, damn you! Fight his control!
Knight Commander Plaguefist yells: What's going on in there? What's taking so long, <name>?
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>... Remember Gnomeregan! This world is worth saving.
Do it, <name>! Put me out of my misery!

250546Feb 3, 2009+13via Wowhead

This is the only one of these quests that makes me feel good.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	6,200
Money	Gold	10g 50s

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave	Turn-in marker at 52.7, 82.5, 2 mapped points

World Map

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 52.7, 82.5/way #124 52.7 82.5
Objective areaPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 53.9, 83.8/way #124 53.9 83.8

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 areaabout 50 yards south-east

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

The Scarlet Enclave

Part 38 of 58.

Previous: A Special Surprise · Next: A Special Surprise

Showing steps 33 to 44 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!Level 8-30
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 HomecomingLevel 8-30
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 · Gnome · Level 8-30.

A Special SurpriseDeath Knight, Evoker, Adventurer, Traveler · Tauren · Level 8-30
A Special SurpriseDeath Knight, Evoker, Adventurer, Traveler · Human, Kul Tiran · Level 8-30
A Special SurpriseDeath Knight, Evoker, Adventurer, Traveler · Night Elf · Level 8-30
A Special SurpriseDeath Knight, Evoker, Adventurer, Traveler · Dwarf, Dark Iron Dwarf · Level 8-30
A Special SurpriseDeath Knight, Evoker, Adventurer, Traveler · Draenei · Level 8-30
A Special SurpriseDeath Knight, Evoker, Adventurer, Traveler · Blood Elf · Level 8-30
A Special SurpriseDeath Knight, Evoker, Adventurer, Traveler · Orc, Mag'har Orc · Level 8-30
A Special SurpriseDeath Knight, Evoker, Adventurer, Traveler · Troll, Zandalari Troll · Level 8-30

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 Plaguelands46 steps, starts with Gidwin Goldbraids
Origins20 steps, starts with A Falling Star
Path of the Light III8 steps, starts with Blood of Sargeras
Class Mount: Paladin8 steps, starts with Worthy of the Title
The Path of Light15 steps, starts with Arator
The Ashbringer6 steps, starts with Seeking Guidance

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.

Other versions of this quest

12 quests carry the name A Special Surprise. They differ in the races shown here.

Quest	Races	ID
A Special Surprise (this page)	Gnome	12745
A Special Surprise	Tauren	12739
A Special Surprise	Human, Kul Tiran	12742
A Special Surprise	Night Elf	12743
A Special Surprise	Dwarf, Dark Iron Dwarf	12744
A Special Surprise	Draenei	12746
A Special Surprise	Blood Elf	12747
A Special Surprise	Orc, Mag'har Orc	12748
A Special Surprise	Troll, Zandalari Troll	12749
A Special Surprise	Undead	12750
A Special Surprise	Worgen	28649
A Special Surprise	Goblin	28650

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