TheWoWDBThe NPC interactions associated with this quest:
Spoiler
As the player nears Sybille, the venthyr begins to speak.Lost Sybille says: Lost troupe, double dupe.
Upon accepting the offered quest, players are pounced by Sybille, who immediately runs away.Lost Sybille says: Rake awake!
Lost Sybille says: Hot chase, keep pace.
Lost Sybille says: House of bad, sad sad sad.
Lost Sybille says: House of mad, gad gad gad.
Lost Sybille says: Outfox the fox... Laughingstocks! Poppycocks!
The player chases Sybille until the venthyr begins to jump up the side of a rocky cliff, at which point players discover [npc=157639] nearby.Theotar says: Is that you, Tubbins? Did you receive my message?
Theotar says: Oh, you are no Tubbins at all! Forgive my poor manners.
Quest
Chasing Madness
A World of Warcraft quest in Revendreth. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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I see that Blizz is channeling J.R.R. Tolkien again. Does the Lost Sybille remind you of Gollum? Particularly the Gollum as depicted in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies.
On par annoying voice as with 'a turtle made it to the water!'
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-59
ZoneRevendreth
Quest ID57405
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(57405))
What to do
StorylineThe Mad Duke, step 3 of 11
Rewards12g 75s 30c, 4,000 XP
Description
<This wretched shamble of a venthyr mumbles uncontrollably as it claws at the ground. It looks up suddenly and points its finger at you.> An adversary with no ferry cannot be merry unless it is wary! <It seems to be waiting for a response from you.>
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #1525 38.0 60.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inRevendreth 38.0, 60.8
/way #1525 38.0 60.8 - Objective areaRevendreth 38.0, 63.2
/way #1525 38.0 63.2 - Objective areaRevendreth 37.4, 60.3
/way #1525 37.4 60.3
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 Revendreth map
- Skulking in the Darkness about 120 yards
- Light Respite about 120 yards
- The Folly of Envy about 120 yards
- Actions Speak Louder than Words about 130 yards
- RSVP: Stonehead about 200 yards
- Stonehead's Best Friend about 200 yards
- Harvester of Desire about 280 yards
- Common Ground about 280 yards
- Harvester of Envy about 280 yards
- The Court about 280 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Revendreth, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Revendreth:
- Charred Ramparts, Revendreth
- Sanctuary of the Mad, Revendreth
- Wanecrypt Hill, Revendreth
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.
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Money12 gold75 silver
Experience4,000 XP
Storyline
The Mad Duke
Part 3 of 11.
Previous: Sign Your Own Death Warrant · Next: My Terrible Morning
- 1Where is Prince Renathal?
- 2Sign Your Own Death Warrant
- 3Chasing Madness
- 4My Terrible Morning
- 5Unbearable Light
- 6Theotar's Mission
- 7Lost in the Desiccation
- 8Tubbins's Tea
- 9An Uneventful Stroll
- 10Into the Light
- 11Securing Sinfall
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.
- Sign Your Own Death Warrant
Ember Ward only for bad buds! <Stonehead squints at you and shakes head.> You not look like other bad buds! Bad buds come with bad paper!
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- My Terrible Morning
You simply won't believe what happened to me! I was out for my daily stroll when Marquis Pummeler and his band of ruffians assailed me! Amongst the many unfortunate and ungentlemanly behaviors they displayed was destroying my parasol. A tragedy of the highest order!
The storyline at a glance
The Mad Duke has 11 steps, from Where is Prince Renathal? to Securing Sinfall.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Revendreth (11).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Revendreth map
- The Final Atonement
- The Penitent Hunt
- Desire
- Confronting Sin
- The Seal of Contrition
- Patch Campaign
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.