TheWoWDBYou get this quest after completing Lingering on the Edge AND after completing First Contact.
[npc=101848] appears in Shal'Aran.
Quest
Cling to Hope
A World of Warcraft quest in Suramar. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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You will get [item=139779] when you're on Cling to Hope. Here is the text of the letter:
Dearest [npc=111318],
I write to tell you that I am still alive. The kindness of
the very stranger before you spared me an exile's fate.
Treat them well.
Regarding our daughter... forgive me, I could not find
her. All evidence suggests she succumbed to life
outside the Shield. Words cannot express my grief.
I cannot tell you whereI am, nor can I return to you.
This is a difficult, trying time for our people but I must
stress you: there IS still hope. I cannot risk exposing
my saviors, but help is coming. Just hold on.
Love,
[npc=101848].
After your turn in the quest Noressa says some lines:
Noressa says: I was so certain he was dead...
Noressa quickly glances over the letter.
Noressa says: Oh, Absolon...
Noressa says: Thank you, i will hold his words in my heart.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 45
ZoneSuramar
Quest ID40798
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40798))
What to do
StorylineAbsolon, step 2 of 2
RewardsSmall Jar of Arcwine, 2g 2s 20c, 775 XP
Small Jar of Arcwine, 2g 2s 20c, 775 XPDescription
Your kindness has inspired me, friend. I thought I would wander forever among the empty husks of the Withered, but Thalyssra invited me in. I have chosen to remain here with my people and together we will take back Suramar. For now I have but one request. Take this letter to my wife. She should know that I still live, among other things. Give her the hope that you gave me.
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 #680 41.6 56.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inSuramar 41.6, 56.3
/way #680 41.6 56.3 - Objective areaSuramar 37.5, 48.0
/way #680 37.5 48.0
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 Suramar map
- Take Me To Your Leader about 130 yards
- Something's Not Quite Right... about 130 yards
- Taking a Promenade about 130 yards
- A Better Future about 130 yards
- Break An Arm about 130 yards
- Liadrin's Command about 130 yards
- Trolling Them about 130 yards
- Elegant Design about 130 yards
- Down to Business about 150 yards
- Scouting the Breach about 160 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Suramar, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Suramar:
- Meredil, Suramar
- Western Suramar
- Irongrove Retreat, Suramar
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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Reward details
Items you receive
TypeConsumable
Item level45
BindingBinds when picked up
Use50 Ancient Mana
Reputation: The Nightfallen +150
These exiled Nightborne elves suffer withdrawals after being cut off from the Nightwell. They oppose their people's alliance with the Legion and fight for some kind of redemption.
Reputation group: Legion.
Other quests in Suramar that reward The Nightfallen reputation: Answering Aggression (+250), Regroup (+250), Crackdown (+250), No Reason to Stay (+250), Trail of Echoes (+250), The Only Way Out is Through (+250).
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Storyline
Absolon
Part 2 of 2.
Previous: Lingering on the Edge
- 1Lingering on the Edge
- 2Cling to Hope
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.
- Lingering on the Edge
I h-have made... mistakes... <Absolon draws in a rasping breath.> I want to make it right... I want to live! But the madness... the WITHERING.. I am... fading. <Absolon stares at you helplessly.>
The storyline at a glance
Absolon has 2 steps, from Lingering on the Edge to Cling to Hope.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Suramar (2).
Other storylines on the Suramar map
- Blood and Wine
- Balance of Power
- An Elven Problem
- Crafting War
- The Waning Crescent
- Eminent Grow-main
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.