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Quest
Cutting off the Head
A World of Warcraft quest in Eversong Woods. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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It's a bit weird how abruptly the quest chain ends, considering Salandria and Taelia are usually more important characters, the quest is only available at 90, and you basically rescue whom I assume from earlier quest dialogue to be Salandria's best friend / girlfriend, Crusader Dawnheart. The ending quest box is like 2-3 lines of text, there's no NPC dialogue between NPCs eitther, and none of the rescued paladins have anything to say. As soon as you turn the quest in Salandria and Taelia just disappear instantly, no elaboration, while the other paladins just stay there standing at the edge of Deatholme forever.
You need level 90 to see the quest.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 90
ZoneEversong Woods
Quest ID90556
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(90556))
Requirements
Requires all ofBlessing of Freedom, Leave Ashes in Your Wake, Executing the Blades
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylinePaladin Rescue, step 12 of 12
Rewards68g 32s, 17,100 XP
Description
We'll crush their leader! For justice and the Light!
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #2395 44.4 81.1
Coordinates
- Turn-inEversong Woods 44.4, 81.1
/way #2395 44.4 81.1 - Objective areaEversong Woods 41.3, 88.5
/way #2395 41.3 88.5 - Objective areaEversong Woods 44.4, 81.3
/way #2395 44.4 81.3
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 Eversong Woods map
- Resurgence in Deatholme about 100 yards
- The Direct Method about 100 yards
- To Deatholme about 220 yards
- Void Walk With Me about 260 yards
- My Poor Beautiful Self about 280 yards
- They Always Write It Down about 280 yards
- To the South Tower about 350 yards
- The Dark Part of the Woods about 390 yards
- A Comeback Story about 490 yards
- A Fish! about 490 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Eversong Woods, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Eversong Woods:
- Tranquillien, Eversong Woods
- Silverglade Refuge, Eversong Woods
- Northpass Tower, Eastern Plaguelands
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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Money68 gold32 silver
Experience17,100 XP
Other quests on the Eversong Woods map
Storyline
Paladin Rescue
Part 12 of 12.
Previous: Blessing of Freedom
- 1Missing Paladins
- 2Missing Paladins
- 3Twilight Missive
- 4Signs of the Struggle
- 5A Somber Sun
- 6Captured Information
- 7Interrogation
- 8To the Ruins of Deatholme
- 9Executing the Blades
- 10Leave Ashes in Your Wake
- 11Blessing of Freedom
- 12Cutting off the 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.
- Blessing of Freedom
Our friends are being held in this area. I have no idea what state we'll find them in, but I pray they are at least alive. Help me find and free our missing paladins in the Ruins of Deatholme.
Also counted by Sojourner of Eversong Woods
Its criteria name 17 quests; others include:
- Academic Aspirations
- Smuggler Showdown
- The Light Provides
- Debts Paid
- What We're Owed
- First Step Into Parenthood
- Thief at Bark
- Murder Row: Harbored Secrets
The storyline at a glance
Paladin Rescue has 12 steps, from Missing Paladins to Cutting off the Head.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Eversong Woods (12).
Other storylines on the Eversong Woods map
- Prey
- Saltheril's Haven
- Shadowfall
- Far Striding
- Ripple Effects
- Whispers in the Twilight
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Sojourner of Eversong Woods: its criteria name 17 quests, this one included.
Guides for this zone
Guides and routes on this site that cover Eversong Woods.
