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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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volcano+49via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

As Kug stopped talking, I looked around the room in a hurry.
My heart was pounding inside my chest as Commander Plaguefist yelled orders at me.
I didn't want to murder Kug, my fellow blood brother.

Then he died and respawned. Oh well...

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204790+44via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Dialogue:

Come to finish the job, have you?
I want to die like an orc...
<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 righteous force of reckoning. Every last ounce of good... Everything that made you an orc!
Think, <name>. Think back. Try and remember Durotar, sister! Remember the sacrifices our heroes made so that we could be free of the blood curse. Harken back to the Valley of Trials, where we were reborn into a world without demonic influence. We found the splendor of life, <name>. Together! This isn't you. You were a champion of the Horde once!
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>... For the Horde! This world is worth saving.
Do it, <name>! Put me out of my misery!

Edit: Fixed line.

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Camundongo+17via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This, along with Undead's version of the quest, are the saddest in my opinion. To break free from one evil's grip, rise up against it and fight for your people, only to fall again whilst doing so and loosing all your free will to another force of evil is pretty tragic.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 8-30
LocationPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave
CategoryDeath Knight
Quest ID12748

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12748))

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 3.80.2.69874, read from the beta game data we hold
Versus the Classic Era clientNew in the WoW Forever beta client - quest id 12748 is not sighted in our Classic Era baseline (build 1.15.9.69722)

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

Requirements

ClassesDeath Knight, Evoker, Adventurer and Traveler
RacesOrc and Mag'har Orc

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

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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.

Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave map showing where to go for A Special SurpriseTurn-inObjective area

In-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 53.8, 83.3/way #124 53.8 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 areaabout 40 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.

Related
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience6,200 XP

Storyline

The Scarlet Enclave

Part 43 of 58.

Previous: A Special Surprise · Next: A Special Surprise

  1. 38A Special Surprise
  2. 39A Special Surprise
  3. 40A Special Surprise
  4. 41A Special Surprise
  5. 42A Special Surprise
  6. 43A Special Surprise
  7. 44A Special Surprise
  8. 45A Special Surprise
  9. 46A Sort Of Homecoming
  10. 47Ambush At The Overlook
  11. 48A Meeting With Fate
  12. 49The Scarlet Onslaught Emerges

Showing steps 38 to 49 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 · Orc, Mag'har Orc · 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 · Gnome · 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 · 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

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.