Quest Log

An Unexpected Message

An Unexpected Message is a quest for level 10-45. It is step 1 of 3 in the Felo'melorn storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Hillsbrad Foothills at 28.7, 37.3. It rewards 775 experience and money.

Description

Ah, Felo'melorn. I am familiar with this weapon.

For ages the Council of Tirisfal attempted to recover the blade. Its control over the primal forces of fire would be devastating in the wrong hands.

As luck would have it, an associate of mine, Archmage Modera has recently uncovered some information on this artifact. This crystal contains a message from her.

I suggest you start your search there. The portal over there will bring you back to the city.

Rewards

Money2

Experience775 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Turn in at Hillsbrad Foothills 28.7, 37.3 /way #25 28.7 37.3
Go to Dalaran 49.5, 47.7 /way #627 49.5 47.7
Named in the quest text: Archmage Modera.

Known issues

Top Comments

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AcrivecMar 12, 2020+156via Wowhead

The portal is gone, dumbasses in Activision forgot that some portals are required by some quests.
You have to teleport to Ironforge as ally, or Undercity as horde, then fly to Hillsbrad Foothills manually.

lisa40278Aug 30, 2016+108via Wowhead

Right-click on the crystal in your bag to discover the crystal's message.

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40267))

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

AcrivecMar 12, 2020+156via Wowhead

The portal is gone, dumbasses in Activision forgot that some portals are required by some quests.
You have to teleport to Ironforge as ally, or Undercity as horde, then fly to Hillsbrad Foothills manually.

lisa40278Aug 30, 2016+108via Wowhead

Right-click on the crystal in your bag to discover the crystal's message.

SmileySLAug 4, 2019+53via Wowhead

As of 8.2, the Dalaran Crater portal in Legion Dalaran -- which according to Blizzard is supposed to magically appear if you're on this quest -- still isn't there.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	775
Money	Gold	2g 2s

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Hillsbrad Foothills	Turn-in marker at 28.7, 37.3, 2 mapped points
Objective area	Dalaran
Objective area	Dalaran
Objective area	Dalaran	1 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.

Dalaran Objective area

Dalaran map showing where to go for An Unexpected Message — **Dalaran** Objective area 1 mapped point

Coordinates

Turn-inHillsbrad Foothills 28.7, 37.3/way #25 28.7 37.3
Objective areaHillsbrad Foothills 28.7, 37.2/way #25 28.7 37.2
Objective areaDalaran 49.5, 47.7/way #627 49.5 47.7

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 Hillsbrad Foothills map

Do it for Twinkles about 770 yards
Burnside Must Fall about 780 yards
Protocol about 780 yards
For Science! about 830 yards
Welcome to the Machine about 840 yards
A Blight Upon the Land about 850 yards
The Battle for Hillsbrad about 860 yards
No One Here Gets Out Alive about 860 yards
Discretion is Key about 860 yards
Deception and Trickery about 870 yards

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

Getting there

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

12.1 Ulatek - Faction Feature - Temple - Traversal - Flight Master - Eastern Entrance (HCR)Alliance and Horde · about 530 yards south-east
Amani FootholdAlliance and Horde · about 530 yards south-east
Eastern EntranceAlliance and Horde · about 530 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Felo'melorn

Part 1 of 3.

Next: The Path of Atonement

1An Unexpected Message
2The Path of Atonement
3The Frozen Flame

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

The Path of AtonementLevel 10-45
Felo'melorn, the runeblade of the kings of Quel'Thalas. It was said to harness the very essence of flame and after being reforged by Kael'thas could even stand against the legendary Frostmourne.

The storyline at a glance

Felo'melorn has 3 steps, from An Unexpected Message to The Frozen Flame.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Hillsbrad Foothills (2), Dalaran (1).

Other storylines on the Hillsbrad Foothills map

Hillsbrad Foothills39 steps, starts with Welcome to the Machine
Arathi Highlands29 steps, starts with First Blood

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.

Community notes from Wowhead · 50 comments

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An Undeserved Fate

An Unending Sleep

An Uneventful Stroll

An Unexpected Advantage

An Unexpected Visitor

An Unfortunate Situation

An Unlikely Ally

An Unlikely Informant

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