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A Strange Historian

A Strange Historian is a quest for level 15-30 in Eastern Plaguelands. It is step 14 of 46 in the Eastern Plaguelands storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Eastern Plaguelands at 35.4, 69.5. It rewards 525 experience.

Description

That sword belonged to Joseph Redpath, Pamela's father - though you probably already knew that. I wish Joseph could again be with his daughter, but it cannot be so. His soul was twisted by the Scourge, and he became a monster.

Pamela's fate is sealed, but perhaps we can change Joseph's fate.

A strange gnome arrived here at this tower not long ago. Her name is Chromie. Take that sword to her. I have a feeling she will be able to help us.

Rewards

Experience525 XP
Top Comments

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saillaw+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you are doing this questline, even though it has changed a bit from its original version, its still one of the most powerful stories in WoW. Here is a video of a song Cranius made about the quest-line (this is not my song or video, this is not another one of those posts trying to boost someone's youtube hit count) - Its really well done and every wow player owes it to themselves to watch it :) It really makes me long for my days in Vanilla WoW.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP525
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapEastern PlaguelandsTurn-in marker at 35.4, 69.5, 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.

Eastern Plaguelands Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Eastern Plaguelands map showing where to go for A Strange HistorianTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #23 35.4 69.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inEastern Plaguelands 35.4, 69.5/way #23 35.4 69.5
  • Objective areaEastern Plaguelands 35.6, 68.9/way #23 35.6 68.9

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 Eastern Plaguelands map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Eastern Plaguelands, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Eastern Plaguelands:

  • Crown Guard Tower, Eastern PlaguelandsAlliance and Horde · about 50 yards north-west
  • Light's Shield Tower, Eastern PlaguelandsAlliance and Horde · about 820 yards north-east
  • Thondroril River, Eastern PlaguelandsAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards west

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

Eastern Plaguelands

Part 14 of 46.

Previous: Uncle Carlin · Next: Villains of Darrowshire

  1. 9Rough Roads
  2. 10Little Pamela
  3. 11Pamela's Doll
  4. 12I'm Not Supposed to Tell You This
  5. 13Uncle Carlin
  6. 14A Strange Historian
  7. 15Villains of Darrowshire
  8. 16Heroes of Darrowshire
  9. 17Marauders of Darrowshire
  10. 18The Battle of Darrowshire
  11. 19Hidden Treasures
  12. 20The Trek Continues

Showing steps 9 to 20 of 46.

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.

  • Uncle CarlinEastern Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    I'm going to play with dolly, but I don't want to play with daddy's sword after all. You'd better keep it. Even better, can you give it to my uncle Carlin? I'm not sure where he is, but sometimes I hear him crying. It sounds like he's nearby, to the north. I hope he's not crying for me!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Villains of DarrowshireEastern Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    The Annals of Darrowshire tells of the villains of that battle. It tells how the ghoul lord Horgus the Ravager was destroyed by Alliance forces during the battle. He was slain among the foothills north of here, and his skull remains there.

The storyline at a glance

Eastern Plaguelands has 46 steps, from Gidwin Goldbraids to Journey's End.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Eastern Plaguelands (46).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

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.

Related
A Strange Delivery
A Strange Device
A Strange Device
A Strange Disc
A Strange Port of Call
A Strange Request
A Strange Weapon
A Strange, Different World
Database

Quest Location and Connections

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