TheWoWDBThought Tess was talking about not being able to understand the encoded message... then Valeera translated for Tethys' accent. LOL
Quest
Dark Secrets and Shady Deals
Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.
Quest facts
Quest ID44177
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44177))
Requirements
ClassRogue
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
Whatever Amber Kearnen knew, Mathias Shaw didn't want it gettin' out... Aye, this be dirty business indeed, hiring th' Red Blade at such a price... just to hunt down and kill one of their own! Ye best get back to th' Hall 'o Shadows, and let Lord Ravenholdt know what we found here in Citrine Bay. Whatever SI:7 be up to, it be goin' deeper than we first imagined...
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.
Objective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #634 77.3 55.1
Coordinates
- Objective areaStormheim 77.3, 55.1
/way #634 77.3 55.1
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 Dalaran map
- Call of The Uncrowned same spot
- The Final Shadow same spot
- A Worthy Blade same spot
- Honoring Success same spot
- Return to the Chamber of Shadows same spot
- What Winstone Suggests same spot
- Another Worthy Blade same spot
- The Final Blade same spot
- Jorach's Calling same spot
- Meld Into the Shadows same spot
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dalaran, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dalaran:
- Dalaran
- Western Suramar
- Deliverance Point, Broken Shore
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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.
Community notes from Wowhead · 3 comments
Top 1 shown above · 2 more hereThe comments below were written by Wowhead users. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments. See them in context on Wowhead.
Kind of bad writing. he's understandable enough, just makes Tess look like an idiot.
She's just being a pompous arse. She can understand him full well, but contrast her gilnean propriety to his scurvy dog-ness and they just don't mesh.
Reward details
Items you receive
TypeConsumable
Item level1
BindingBinds when picked up
Sells to vendors for50 gold
TypeMiscellaneous
Item level1
BindingBinds when picked up
UseBandit Wanted Poster
“Free advertising and marketing for the unsavory.”
Currency: Order Resources x 1,000
Used to recruit troops, run missions, and research upgrades for your order hall.
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
Saga of the Shadowblade I
Part 7 of 17.
Previous: Time Flies When Yer Havin' Rum! · Next: Champion: Lord Jorach Ravenholdt
- 2Spy vs. Spy
- 3The Bloody Truth
- 4Mystery at Citrine Bay
- 5Searching For Clues
- 6Time Flies When Yer Havin' Rum!
- 7Dark Secrets and Shady Deals
- 8Champion: Lord Jorach Ravenholdt
- 9Convincin' Old Yancey
- 10Fancy Lads and Buccaneers
- 11Champion: Fleet Admiral Tethys
- 12Throwing SI:7 Off the Trail
- 13Blood for the Wolfe
Showing steps 2 to 13 of 17.
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.
- Time Flies When Yer Havin' Rum!
Thar be few pirates ye want to cross swords wit' less than th' Red Blade! They be salty dogs, indeed! That being said... they does have a way wit' rum! I'll level wit' ye, <name>... thar be few rums as jolly as that 'o th' Red Blade.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
The storyline at a glance
Saga of the Shadowblade I has 17 steps, from A Body of Evidence to Champion: Marin Noggenfogger.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dalaran (14), Stormheim (3).
Other storylines on the Dalaran map
- The Uncrowned
- Saga of the Shadowblade III
- Saga of the Shadowblade IV
- Saga of the Shadowblade II
- The Kingslayers
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.