TheWoWDBEach race has their own unique style of this quest. Knight Commander Plaguefist requests you to execute an Argent Dawn member of the race your Death Knight is. When you confront the prisoners they begin a dialog hinting release from the Lich King and hope.
This is the Undead dialog:
Come to finish the job, have you?
Ironic, isn't it? To be killed...
<name>?
<name>, I'd recognize that decay anywhere... What... What have they done to you, <name>?
You don't remember me, do you? We were humans once - long, long ago - until Lordaeron fell to the Scourge. Your transformation to a Scourge zombie came shortly after my own. Not long after that, our minds were freed by the Dark Lady.
A pact was made, brother! We vowed vengeance against the Lich King! For what he had done to us! We battled the Scourge as Forsaken, pushing them back into the plaguelands and freeing Tirisfal! You and I were champions of the Forsaken!
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 AGAIN. 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 Tirisfal! This world is worth saving!
Do it, <name>! Put me out of my misery!
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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lol at recognizing that decay.
undead and night elf got the best dialogue
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12750))
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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 Forsaken 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 53.5, 83.3
/way #124 53.5 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 40 of 58.
Previous: A Special Surprise · Next: A 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
- 44A Special Surprise
- 45A Special Surprise
- 46A Sort Of Homecoming
Showing steps 35 to 46 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 · Undead · Level 8-30.
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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.