To clarify a bit: this quest temporarily ends the Tortolla quest chain, with Ysera appearing and letting you know which ancient still needs help, in this case Avianna.
The next quest can be found at Nordrassil from Tiala Whitemane (just outside the building), it's called Wings Over Mount Hyjal.
Quest
An Ancient Awakens
A World of Warcraft quest in Mount Hyjal. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The Return of the Ancients Quest Tree From Whiterock
<<Feedback here, please>>Return from the Firelands{H}*──>G)The Fires of Mount Hyjal | 4)Fighting Fire With ... Anything G)Aviana's Legacy | | S)Wings Over Mount Hyjal<──Return to Nordrassil* |OR| ┌──────────┴──────────┐ 1)An Offering for Aviana 1)Scrambling for Eggs 1)The Wormwing Problem S)A Plea From Beyond ├─────────────────────┘ 1)A Prayer and a Wing 1)A Bird in Hand ├────────────────────────┘ 2)Fact-Finding Mission ├─────────────────┬──────────────────────┐ 2)Sethria's Brood 2)The Codex of Shadows 2)A Gap in Their Armor | 2)Egg Hunt 2)Disassembly ├─────────────────┴──────────────────────┘ 2)Sethria's Demise 1)Return to the Shrine 1)An Ancient Reborn ├>3)The Hatchery Must Burn | 3)Flight in the Firelands | 3)Wave One | 3)Wave Two | 3)Egg Wave | 1)Return to Aviana | | The Return of the Ancients* | ├─────────────────────┬────>4)If You're Not Against Us... | 4)Save the Wee Animals | 4)Seeds of Their Demise | 4)Oh, Deer! | 4)A New Master | | | 4)The Name Never Spoken(ver2) | | 4)Disrupting the Rituals 4)Black Heart of Flame | ├──┴─────────────────────────┘ | S)Last Stand at Whistling Grove | 4)The Bears Up There | 5)Smashing Through Ashes | ├───────────────┬──────────────>6)Firebreak | 6)Fresh Bait 6)Durable Seeds 6)Prepping the Soil | 6)Hell's Shells └────────────────┴──────────┐ | 5)Tortolla Speaks | | ├────────────────────┐ | | 5)Breaking the Bonds 5)Children of Tortolla | | ├────────────────────┘ | | 5)An Ancient Awakens | ├──┴───────────────────────────────────────────┘ 6)The Last Living Lorekeeper<──Return from the Firelands{H}* 6)Firefight 4)Aessina's Miracle───┬>7)Hyjal Recycling Program 7)Tortolla's Revenge └>7)Lost Wardens ├>7)Breakthrough 7)Pressing the Advantage | 7)The Hammer and the Key 8)The Third Flamegate─────>8)The Time for Mercy has Passed 8)The Strength of Tortolla 8)Finish Nemesis 7)Tortolla's Triumph 9)The Ancients are With Us──>Commander Jarod Shadowsong* Quest zones:
1)Shrine of Aviana_____2)Sethria's Roost_____3)Firelands Hatchery_____4)Grove of Aessina+The Inferno_____5)Ashen Lake+Sanctuary of Malorne_____6)The Flamewake_____7)The Scorched Plain_____8)The Crucible of Flame_____9)Nordrassil
G)Gluing Separate Questlines_____S)Skippable
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Aessina quest chain
1. The Fires of Mount Hyjal (breadcrumb quest) 1. Fighting Fire With ... Anything (kill 10 firestorms) 2. Save the Wee Animals (gather 10 animals) 2. Oh, Deer! (escort 3 fawns) 3. If You're Not Against Us... (Persuade Blackhorn) 3. Seeds of Their Demise (gather 8 Bileberries) 3. A New Master (Use quest object on a dead orc) 3. The Name Never Spoken (toggle 3 objects) The Name Never Spoken 3. Black Heart of Flame --. (use quest object to call Thol'embaar and kill it) | 4. Disrupting the Rituals V (kill 6 Inferno Lords) 4. Last Stand at Whistling Grove (need Black heart of Flame)(go to Taldros) 4. The Bears Up There (climb tree, save cubs) 4. Smashing Through Ashes (kill 8 Charbringers, IN HYJAL) 4. Durable Seeds (collect 10 seeds) | | 5. Fresh Bait (get 4 entrails from hounds ) <-----> 6. Firebreak (kill 10 lava surgers) 5. Hell's Shells (use bait, toggle Nemesis) 6. Prepping the Soil (toggle object, defend it) 5. Tortolla Speaks -------------------. | 6. Breaking the Bonds (unchain Tortolla) <-----> 7. Children of Tortolla (kill 6 corruptors in lake, get ilvl 288 rare) | | .-------------------------------------------------. | V 8. An Ancient Awakens (go back to Hamuul Runetotem) 9. The Last Living Lorekeeper (go to Nordu) 9. Firefight (kill 5 tormentors) 9. Aessina's Miracle (go to Hamuul Runetotem, get ilvl 288 rare)
(The map of Hyjal phases at this time. The western part is no longer burnt. Tortolla moved)10. Tortolla's Revenge (go to Tortolla) Tortolla quest chain begins
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25520))
What to do
Description
I slumbered in the healing silt of Hyjal. I slept until the world broke open. When the others came, I was not ready. I am ready now, {race}. My children and I. Slow to anger. But our wrath is final. Tell those who sent you that we are prepared for war. The others will be cast from the mountain.
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 #198 27.2 62.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inMount Hyjal 27.2, 62.3
/way #198 27.2 62.3 - Objective areaMount Hyjal 23.0, 56.6
/way #198 23.0 56.6
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 Mount Hyjal map
- Mother's Orders about 770 yards
- Attack on the Roost about 790 yards
- Talon Terror about 810 yards
- Aviana's Grace about 830 yards
- Battle Pet Tamers: Cataclysm about 1,680 yards
- Champion: Minerva Ravensorrow about 1,730 yards
- Moments of Reflection about 1,740 yards
- Communing With Malorne about 1,790 yards
- A Fresh Trauma about 1,820 yards
- Healing Nordrassil about 1,820 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Mount Hyjal, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Mount Hyjal:
- Sanctuary of Malorne, Hyjal
- Grove of Aessina, Hyjal
- Shrine of Aviana, Hyjal
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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Reward details
Reputation: Guardians of Hyjal +10
Faced with the impending devastation of Mount Hyjal, the most powerful members of the Cenarion Circle have joined forces with their Emerald Dragonflight allies to fend off Ragnaros' elemental hordes and the Twilight's Hammer.
Reputation group: Cataclysm.
Other quests in Mount Hyjal that reward Guardians of Hyjal reputation: Trial By Fire (+250), In Bloom (+250), End of the Supply Line (+250), In the Rear With the Gear (+250), Harrying the Hunters (+250), The Voice of Goldrinn (+10).
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.
Storyline
Mount Hyjal
Part 57 of 118.
Previous: Children of Tortolla · Next: An Offering for Aviana
- 52Fresh Bait
- 53Hell's Shells
- 54Tortolla Speaks
- 55Breaking the Bonds
- 56Children of Tortolla
- 57An Ancient Awakens
- 58An Offering for Aviana
- 59The Wormwing Problem
- 60Scrambling for Eggs
- 61A Bird in Hand
- 62A Prayer and a Wing
- 63Fact-Finding Mission
Showing steps 52 to 63 of 118.
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.
- Children of Tortolla
My children. They lie below. In silt and sand. The others corrupt them. Darken them within their shells. Slay the others. Destroy the corruptors. Save them...
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- An Offering for Aviana
Although the guardian of all winged creatures is no longer with us in body, I sometimes hear her voice in the whisper of swaying leaves. <name>, we ask much of you as you set out to preserve this mountain. Before going on, take a moment to reflect.
Also counted by Coming Down the Mountain
Its criteria name 16 quests; others include:
- Free Your Mind, the Rest Follows
- Return to Duskwhisper
- Get Me Outta Here!
- Lightning in a Bottle
- Disrupting the Rituals
- Oh, Deer!
- Twilight Riot
- The Firelord
The storyline at a glance
Mount Hyjal has 118 steps, from Protect the World Tree to The Firelord.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Mount Hyjal (118).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Mount Hyjal map
- The Eternal Dream IV
- Battle Pet Tamers
- The Eternal Dream II
- The Four Horsemen IV
- Moments of Reflection
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Coming Down the Mountain: its criteria name 16 quests, this one included.