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Quest
Behind Scarlet Lines
A World of Warcraft quest in Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The Plaguebringer's Request is currently a prerequisite to this quest, and you cannot do this quest until you have done both this and "How to Win Friends and Influence Enemies."
You also need to complete Lambs To The Slaughter to do this. I do not think that many people know this but I just found this out only doing quests you need to do.
Quest facts
Quest ID12723
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12723))
WoW Forever: what our data shows
Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 3.80.2.69874, read from the beta game data we hold
Versus the Classic Era clientNew in the WoW Forever beta client - quest id 12723 is not sighted in our Classic Era baseline (build 1.15.9.69722)
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4
Requirements
ClassesDeath Knight, Evoker, Adventurer and Traveler
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
I have sent Orbaz, Thassarian and Koltira behind enemy lines to search for the courier. They have set up a base of operations at the Scarlet Tavern, located at the southern end of New Avalon. The tavern is tucked away behind the two orchards, adjacent to the Chapel of the Crimson Flame. You are to make your way to the tavern and report to Orbaz Bloodbane. He will update you on their situation.
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 #124 56.3 79.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 56.3, 79.8
/way #124 56.3 79.8 - Objective areaPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 54.3, 57.3
/way #124 54.3 57.3
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Getting there
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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Experience525 XP
Storyline
The Scarlet Enclave
Part 29 of 58.
Previous: How To Win Friends And Influence Enemies · Next: The Path Of The Righteous Crusader
- 24Nowhere To Run And Nowhere To Hide
- 25Lambs To The Slaughter
- 26The Plaguebringer's Request
- 27Noth's Special Brew
- 28How To Win Friends And Influence Enemies
- 29Behind Scarlet Lines
- 30The Path Of The Righteous Crusader
- 31Brothers In Death
- 32Bloody Breakout
- 33A Cry For Vengeance!
- 34A Special Surprise
- 35A Special Surprise
Showing steps 24 to 35 of 58.
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.
- How To Win Friends And Influence Enemies
In my travels across this world I have made several interesting discoveries. For instance, did you know that with the proper amount of encouragement one can extract all the truths that a man dares hide? As luck would have it, I happen to have some encouragement on hand.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Path Of The Righteous Crusader
We haven't got a damned clue about when or where this courier is supposed to show up. None of these humans had an answer either. <Orbaz points to the Scarlet corpses strewn across the floor.> I did manage to beat something useful out of the last one.
The storyline at a glance
The Scarlet Enclave has 58 steps, from In Service Of The Lich King to Saurfang's Blessing.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave (54), Eastern Plaguelands (2), Elwynn Forest (1), Orgrimmar (1).
Other storylines on the Eastern Plaguelands map
- Eastern Plaguelands
- Origins
- Path of the Light III
- Class Mount: Paladin
- The Path of Light
- The Ashbringer
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.