TheWoWDBTablet of Empire:
<The unfamiliar runes shimmer with Void magic, then shift. Suddenly, you can read the fragmented and broken text.>
Our great peoples...
...the cities we built... untold grandeur... Shimmering in the Sky...
Predacea... shone with knowledge... scholarship... our greatest weapon... in the wars to come.Riftwalker Alayshen says: Did you carve this tablet, specter? Your people... your civilization... were they lost to war?
Mysterious Specter says: Only my beautiful weapons could stop the bloodshed.Tablet of Conquest:
<The runes again Shift before your eyes, until you can read fragments of text.>
Empire of... first strike...
...City... lost... another. until no more...
...They needed me. They asked me... great Akintunde...
...make weapon... save them all...Riftwalker Alayshen says: Specter... You are Akintunde? Some sort of weaponsmith?
Akintunde the Unstoppable says: My empire asked for a weapon to end the wars. I obliged.Tablet of Annihilation:
<Once again, the runes Shift before your eyes, becoming legible.>
In the wake of my weapon... War ended.
...all ended... cities razed... no more war... no more...
Only... smallest life survived... evolved over eons... monsters, beasts now...
...In the final wave... before the end... my...
BETRAYED ME... LOCKED ME AWAY... PUNISHMENT... FOR GIVING WHAT THEY ASKED...Riftwalker Alayshen says: No, it cant be... your weapons ended all civilization on Predacea? How could you live with yourself? How do you linger?
Akintunde the Unstoppable says: Only the strong survive. My people were weak. I overcame death itself! And now you will help my rebirth.
Riftwalker Alayshen says: We'll see about that.
Quest
Buried in the Dark
A World of Warcraft quest in Voidstorm. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.
Nothing happened after the first tablet; just back and forth through the portal. Probably not working as designed.
Is there any way to enter those caves outside doing quest?
That is every comment on this page.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(92946))
What to do
Description
We're at the brink of a monumental discovery! Hurry, there's no time to even call for backup. We must find this strange spirit! With this residue, I can make a spell to adjust the vortex. It'll lead us to the source of this engraved rubble. Based on the specter's guidance, I believe we'll find an entire cave. Be ready, {name}.
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #2405 40.2 56.1
Coordinates
- Turn-inVoidstorm 40.2, 56.1
/way #2405 40.2 56.1 - Objective areaVoidstorm 40.2, 56.4
/way #2405 40.2 56.4 - Objective areaVoidstorm 38.7, 58.8
/way #2405 38.7 58.8
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 Voidstorm map
- A Matter of Strife and Death about 370 yards
- Work It about 370 yards
- Sampling the Local Fare about 380 yards
- Void is in the Air about 380 yards
- Violent Conclusions about 380 yards
- A Bigger Beast about 380 yards
- Scholarly Pursuits about 380 yards
- Yolks on You about 380 yards
- Universal Language about 470 yards
- Across Worlds about 470 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Voidstorm, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Voidstorm:
- The Ingress, Voidstorm
- Locus Point, Voidstorm
- Masters' Perch, Voidstorm
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- 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.
Community notes from Wowhead · 3 comments
Top 3 shown aboveThe comments below were written by Wowhead users. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments. See them in context on Wowhead.
All 3 comments on this page are shown in Top Comments above.
Storyline
Secrets in the Dark
Part 2 of 4.
Previous: It's Not Just a Rock! · Next: Sifting Through Void
- 1It's Not Just a Rock!
- 2Buried in the Dark
- 3Sifting Through Void
- 4In Over My Head
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.
- It's Not Just a Rock!
<name>, I have something strange, here. While scouting in the Storm Fields, I found this rock a beast was chewing. Look at it! Could these be runes? Writing? But so ancient? Here? What could it mean? Strangely, I think I've been hearing a voice in my head since I found this thing...
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Sifting Through Void
There's no rubble on the surface. The beasts are burrowing, so they must be finding it in a cavern underground. I've been thinking of how to get there. You've noticed the vortexes that dot the Storm Fields? They twist space, moving things from place to place.
The storyline at a glance
Secrets in the Dark has 4 steps, from It's Not Just a Rock! to In Over My Head.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Voidstorm (4).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Voidstorm map
- Dawn of Reckoning
- The Night's Veil
- Foothold
- Oaths to Family
- Dance with the Devil
- To Be Changed
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.