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A Tale of Valor

A Tale of Valor is a quest for level 25-30 in Icecrown. It is step 155 of 167 in the Icecrown storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Icecrown at 79.8, 30.8. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 525 experience and money.

Description

Perhaps you've heard the praises for our missing hero?

Crusader Bridenbrad was in the Broken Front aiding the attack against the Scourge when the undead army came down upon them. The many men of that allied force scattered, but Bridenbrad alone returned and dragged more than a dozen men to safety, one by one through the carnage.

<class>, he has not returned since. He was spotted heading to the far northeast, towards the Silent Vigil. Bring him back to me that I might honor him for his valor.

Rewards

Money1 gold5 silver
Experience525 XP
ReputationArgent Crusade +10
Top Comments

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For those that didn't know, this quest line was a dedication to a one Brad Bridenbecker, brother to Rob Bridenbecker VP of Online Technologies. Brad had suffered from cancer and was an avid WoW player. His brother requested some memorial be set up for his brother and Chris Metzen, along with others, thought up this quest line to immortalize his battle with cancer within our beloved fantasy realm.

Hats off to you, Blizzard, Chris Metzen, and the whole Bridenbecker family. As a childhood cancer survivor myself, you have my utmost respect and loyalty to your honor and vision. You've truly epitomized the struggle of one going through the sickness, the battle, in the most accurate way possible, and bring honor to all of us who have suffered, and have watched those who have suffered, the same battle.

Lok'tar, brother Brad. Lok'tar.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP525
MoneyGold1g 5s
ReputationArgent Crusade+10

Reward details

Reputation: Argent Crusade +10

Led by Tirion Fordring, the Argent Crusade combines the reformed Order of the Silver Hand with the Argent Dawn in one final push against the forces of the Lich King.

Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.

Other quests in Icecrown that reward Argent Crusade reputation: Scourge Tactics (+250), Defending The Vanguard (+250), Curing The Incurable (+250), Into The Wild Green Yonder (+350), A Cold Front Approaches (+10), A Hero Remains (+250).

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapIcecrownTurn-in marker at 79.8, 30.8, 1 mapped point
Objective areaCrystalsong Forest1 mapped point
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.

Icecrown Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Icecrown map showing where to go for A Tale of ValorTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #118 79.8 30.8

Crystalsong Forest Objective area 1 mapped point
Crystalsong Forest map showing where to go for A Tale of ValorObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #127 36.9 4.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inIcecrown 79.8, 30.8/way #118 79.8 30.8
  • Objective areaCrystalsong Forest 36.9, 4.1/way #127 36.9 4.1

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 Icecrown map

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

Getting there

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

  • Argent Tournament Grounds, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 570 yards north-west
  • Bouldercrag's Refuge, The Storm PeaksAlliance and Horde · about 840 yards north-east
  • Grom'arsh Crash-Site, The Storm PeaksHorde · about 1,200 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,700 yards south (on the Crystalsong Forest map)

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

Icecrown

Part 155 of 167.

Previous: Tirion's Gambit · Next: A Hero Remains

  1. 150Time for Answers
  2. 151The Hunter and the Prince
  3. 152Knowledge is a Terrible Burden
  4. 153Argent Aid
  5. 154Tirion's Gambit
  6. 155A Tale of Valor
  7. 156A Hero Remains
  8. 157The Keeper's Favor
  9. 158Hope Within the Emerald Nightmare
  10. 159The Boon of Remulos
  11. 160Time Yet Remains
  12. 161The Touch of an Aspect

Showing steps 150 to 161 of 167.

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.

  • Tirion's GambitIcecrown · Level 25-30

    Just this morning, my scouts informed me of a Cult of the Damned procession leaving from Icecrown Citadel to the Cathedral of Darkness, bearing an artifact. And now I learn that it might be Arthas's own heart... a thing containing the last bit of his remaining humanity. This is a sign of the Light.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Hero RemainsIcecrown · Level 25-30

    I know why you've come... they've sent you to bring me back, but that cannot happen. I carry the plague of undeath, <class>, and I'll not share my fate with those near me. No, I shall stay here. My only regret lies in what I may become when death grips me.

The storyline at a glance

Icecrown has 167 steps, from Honor Above All Else to Light Within the Darkness.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Icecrown (162), Moonglade (2), Dragonblight (2), Shattrath City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Icecrown 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.

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