Jim Cummings does a wonderful performance here. Runas was truly a memorable character, and I wish we had known him longer.
Quest
Cursed to Wither
A World of Warcraft quest in Azsuna. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Don't start heading up the mountain he's located in the cave with all the neat blue crystals that you have been going back and forth for mobs for the other quests in this quest line.
The nightfallen is located inside the huge cave behind the big rock: /way 48.25 22.71
Entrance to cave is: /way 48.14 25.7 face north and you can't miss it.
Every time I do this quest, I always stay to the end after handing it off. To witness the end of poor [npc=91131]. Even though we knew him for only a very short time, he's a character that really means something. His voice acting is terrific and his final words are so poetic and heartbreaking.
Runas:
This hunger is consuming my very mind. It is taking every ounce of my energy to just... just...
Can you hear me, my friend?
I... I can not see you anymore.
I think... perhaps it is time to say goodbye, then.
Thank you, my friend, for letting my last few hours mean something.....As I say, I never leave until he is gone. I imagine my character sitting in the pool, holding [npc=91131] as he passes.
And my characters all feel my regret, and rage, as I stand up to go out and bring vengance against [npc=91155] and [npc=90267]Goodbye, Runas the Redeemed....
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(42567))
What to do
Description
So Cedonu said he saw nightfallen going into Leyhollow? I don't like the sound of that. Grandfather seems to be holding his own, but the archmage and I will keep an eye on him. You go investigate our caves.
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 #630 48.2 22.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inAzsuna 48.2, 22.8
/way #630 48.2 22.8 - Objective areaAzsuna 49.9, 26.5
/way #630 49.9 26.5
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 Azsuna map
- Champion: Thassarian about 40 yards
- Champion: Nazgrim about 40 yards
- The Power Within about 120 yards
- Tempering Darkness about 120 yards
- Lucid Strength about 120 yards
- The Emerald Nightmare: In Nightmares about 120 yards
- Eye of Azshara: The Heart of Zin-Azshari about 140 yards
- A Vainglorious Past about 140 yards
- Darkheart Thicket: Fallen Power about 140 yards
- The Emerald Nightmare: Essence of Power about 140 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Azsuna, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Azsuna:
- Azurewing Repose, Azsuna
- Challiane's Terrace, Azsuna
- Illidari Stand, Azsuna
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
Reputation: Court of Farondis +10
The ghostly Court of Farondis and its allies continue the fight against an onslaught of invaders on the cursed island of Azsuna.
Reputation group: Legion.
Other quests in Azsuna that reward Court of Farondis reputation: From Within (+150), They Came From the Sea (+150), Our Very Bones (+150), Dark Revelations (+250), Saving Stellagosa (+150), The Walk of Shame (+150).
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
Defending Azurewing Repose
Part 18 of 19.
Previous: On the Brink · Next: Hunger's End
- 8The Consumed
- 9Stellagosa
- 10Runas Knows the Way
- 11The Hunger Returns
- 12Leyline Abuse
- 13You Scratch My Back...
- 14The Nightborne Prince
- 15Still Alive
- 16Feasting on the Dragon
- 17On the Brink
- 18Cursed to Wither
- 19Hunger's End
Showing steps 8 to 19 of 19.
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.
- On the Brink
This many withered threaten to wipe our brood out completely! Quickly, <name>! Crack off a ley crystal and heal any wounded drakes you can find out on the battlefield. I will do what I can to keep these whelplings safe and healthy.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Hunger's End
I am weak. The hunger is devastating, my friend. I understand now why your dragon rests in these pools. <cough, cough> I came to warn you but... it looks like I was too late. I hear him outside now. Ael'Yith... is... here...
The storyline at a glance
Defending Azurewing Repose has 19 steps, from Journey to the Repose to Hunger's End.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Azsuna (19).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Azsuna map
- Azsuna versus Azshara
- Legion Inscription
- Legion Enchanting
- Behind Legion Lines
- Balance of Power
- Against the Giants
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.