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Archives Return

Archives Return is a quest for level 36-80. It is step 7 of 20 in The Veiled Ossuary storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Azure Span at 39.5, 63.1. It rewards 1,200 experience and money.

Description

It is not unusual that Malygos and Sindragosa would have such powerful memories. From what I understand, their deaths were particularly painful. Both slain by adventurers.

It breaks my heart to think of Sindragosa enduring death not once, but twice after being raised by the Lich King.

But enough of this old dragon's ramblings. Stellagosa and I will meet you back at the Azure Archives.

Rewards

Money2 gold80 silver90 copper
Experience1,200 XP

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Known issues

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Top Comments

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

Nilyna and MarcusMaximi you have mixed up the quests and thereby confuse people. The point is that there is no portal to The Azure Span next to Senegos. The portals you have in mind will be further the quest chain, and the portal to The Azure Span will appear the next time you return to Thaldraszus for another quest.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP1,200
MoneyGold2g 80s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapThe Azure SpanTurn-in marker at 39.5, 63.1, 1 mapped point
Objective areaThaldraszus1 mapped point
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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.

The Azure Span Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
The Azure Span map showing where to go for Archives ReturnTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #2024 39.5 63.1

Thaldraszus Objective area 1 mapped point
Thaldraszus map showing where to go for Archives ReturnObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2025 67.0 11.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Azure Span 39.5, 63.1/way #2024 39.5 63.1
  • Objective areaThaldraszus 67.0, 11.8/way #2025 67.0 11.8

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 Azure Span map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Azure Span:

  • Azure Archives, Azure SpanAlliance and Horde · about 300 yards north-west
  • Camp Antonidas, Azure SpanAlliance and Horde · about 1,900 yards north-east
  • Cobalt Assembly, Azure SpanAlliance and Horde · about 2,600 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 10,200 yards north-east (on the Thaldraszus 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

The Veiled Ossuary

Part 7 of 20.

Previous: Memories of Sindragosa and Malygos · Next: Azuregos's Support

  1. 2On the Trail Again
  2. 3Rolling Out
  3. 4Lest We Forget
  4. 5Sindragosa and Malygos's Rest
  5. 6Memories of Sindragosa and Malygos
  6. 7Archives Return
  7. 8Azuregos's Support
  8. 9Unusual Disruptions
  9. 10Archival Arrival
  10. 11Where in the World is a Lost Blue Dragon?
  11. 12The Search for Blue Dragons
  12. 13Lost Blue Dragons

Showing steps 2 to 13 of 20.

Also part of: The Blue Dragons (part 5 of 63).

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.

  • Memories of Sindragosa and MalygosLevel 36-80

    I admit, I forgot about this phenomenon. Blue dragons who meet violent ends occasionally have some lingering arcane energy. That energy may manifest in various ways once their essences are laid to rest. Luckily, it is a simple enough process to dispel them.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Azuregos's SupportLevel 36-80

    Many blue dragons have returned, and many others have informed me of their plans to make their ways to the Isles. There are a few key members of the flight, however, that I have not heard from. One of them may be able to help: Azuregos, stationed within the Nexus in Northrend.

The storyline at a glance

The Veiled Ossuary has 20 steps, from Keeper of the Ossuary to Crystalsong Forest.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Azure Span (12), Thaldraszus (6), Borean Tundra (2).

Other storylines on The Azure Span 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
Archimonde, The Defiler
Archival Arrival
Archival Protection
Archived Knowledge
Archives: Seeking History
Archives: The First Disc
Archivist Coppermoss
Archivist Fane
Database
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