Cowards and Fools

Reward details

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.

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Borean Tundra:

• Unu'pe, Borean TundraAlliance and Horde · about 870 yards east
• Valiance Keep, Borean TundraAlliance · about 900 yards south
• Fizzcrank Airstrip, Borean TundraAlliance · about 1,100 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

• Objective areaabout 1,100 yards south-west

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.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

• A DeserterBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

  Unit S... Unit S.... hmmmpph.... don't make any sense... it oughta be named after a town... Darkshire was sent to Dragonblight. The Goldshire boys were sent to the Fjord. Where did I hear... Oh, yes... the deserter! There's a turn-tail in the barracks prison. Got thrown in not too long ago.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

• Hellscream's VigilBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

  Throm-Ka, <race>! Welcome to Warsong Hold. My heart swells with pride to see that such a distinguished hero of the Horde has answered the call of duty! This impregnable fortress is a testament to the tenacity of the Horde. Through much we have battled to establish this foothold in Northrend.

The storyline at a glance

Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

• Nothing Boring About Borean Complete the Borean Tundra storylines listed below.
• Nothing Boring About Borean Complete the Borean Tundra storylines listed below.
• D.E.H.T.A's Little P.I.T.A. Uphold D.E.H.T.A's beliefs by completing all of the quests up to and including the Assassination of Harold Lane.

Other storylines on the Borean Tundra map

• Winterfin Retreat13 steps, starts with King Mrgl-Mrgl
• Light's Wrath8 steps, starts with The Light's Wrath
• Aluneth, Greatstaff of the Magna7 steps, starts with Aluneth, Greatstaff of the Magna
• Gnome Heritage Armor11 steps, starts with Shifting Gears
• The Veiled Ossuary20 steps, starts with Keeper of the Ossuary
• The Blue Dragons63 steps, starts with Keeper of the Ossuary

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.