TheWoWDBThis is the breadcrumb quest that kick-starts an exclusive quest chain for Warlocks to unlock some new demon pet customizations.
- Beginning Impositions/Beginning Impositions
- Some Wicked Things This Way Come
- Hermetic Insurance
- Those Who Hesitate
- A Wolf Among Sheep
- Curses & Cultists
- Fel Suspicions
- Last Rites By Accident
- When Revenge Burns Green
Note: You have up until completing Curses & Cultists to talk to Madam Shadow and repeatedly question her, which will result in her teleporting you into the Darkmoon Arena to fight [npc=204964].
Completing this optional encounter will reward you with [item=207294]. Just keep [spell=334275] active and chip it's health away with DoTs and instant cast spells while kiting it.
Twinkle will also be available at the Darkmoon Faire, so it's entirely optional during the quest chain.Completing the final quest will reward you with [spell=417884], unlocking the four Fiendish Imp tints for Warlock's Imps.
The following week you will receive [item=206681] in your mail, starting A Lighter Shade of Fel.
Turning in the quest will reward you with [item=207101].
Quest
Beginning Impositions
A World of Warcraft quest in Darkmoon Island. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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I'd entirely forgotten I picked up this quest a few weeks ago. Logged in today to go to the Faire to do the normal stuff and it throws me on a stagecoach. Had no idea what was going on, talks to the girl, ported in and killed the demon. Problem is, if you just enter the Faire by the normal means, it doesn't trigger the quest completion, you HAVE to mount it down in The Drag. You have to go back and do it from there...
For those wondering, clicking Yes to the warning message that "something bad is about to happen" will
Spoiler
throw you into the arena with Twinkle. Hopefully, he'll be asleep. You can't escape, but there's a gnome on the left pillar who'll let you out if you talk to him.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(76430))
Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Description
Darkest greetings, {race}. Ahem, yes. Yes! Darkest greetings indeed. <The lanky man seems to suddenly remember where he is.> On behalf of my patron, I bid you travel to the Darkmoon Faire. The Faire! Who doesn't love it? Yes. Yes! Ahem. She requires your presence, she does! Our Lady of the Midnight Moon. The Damsel of Darkness! The Mother of Crows... ...Madam Shadow.
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-inIn-game waypoint: /way #407 47.3 78.9
Coordinates
- Turn-inDarkmoon Island 47.3, 78.9
/way #407 47.3 78.9
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
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Other quests on the Darkmoon Island map
Storyline
Some Wicked Things
Part 10 of 13.
Previous: A Dark Summons · Next: A Lighter Shade of Fel
- 1Beginning Impositions
- 2Some Wicked Things This Way Come
- 3Hermetic Insurance
- 4Those Who Hesitate
- 5Curses & Cultists
- 6Fel Suspicions
- 7Last Rites By Accident
- 8When Revenge Burns Green
- 9A Dark Summons
- 10Beginning Impositions
- 11A Lighter Shade of Fel
- 12A Dark Summons
- 13A Wolf Among Sheep
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.
- A Dark Summons
Denizens of Azeroth, Do you thirst for power? Do you wish to change your circumstances, to become... more? More free. More respected. More feared. Do you wish to become a Warlock? If your response to any of the above is "yes", then meet with my humble servant Phineas. In temptation, Madam Shadow
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Lighter Shade of Fel
Dear <name>, Greetings. I have taken some time and collected my thoughts after our encounter with Lord Banehollow. I have also sought those who have similarly survived his dark plan, and have gathered them to me in Booty Bay so that we can decide on a way forward.
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Warlock, Adventurer · Darkmoon Island · Level 30-70.
The storyline at a glance
Some Wicked Things has 13 steps, from Beginning Impositions to A Wolf Among Sheep.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Darkmoon Island (8), Burning Steppes (1), Blasted Lands (1), Orgrimmar (1).
Other storylines on the Burning Steppes map
- Burning Steppes
- Regrets of the Past
- On the Trail of the Black Prince
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.