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Deciphering the Book

Deciphering the Book is an Alliance-only quest for level 1-30 in Bloodmyst Isle. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 4,100 experience.

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Description

Lacking the means to read the book's contents, you think about who might be able to help you separate the author's words from the mapmaker's scrawl.

Remembering Anchorite Paetheus's collection of artifacts from countless cultures, you wonder if his experienced eye might be able to help you decipher the book's contents.

Rewards

Experience4,100 XP
ReputationExodar +250
Top Comments

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Aros+6via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

After handing in the book Anchorite Paetheus said this:

Anchorite Paetheus says: Now , let's see...
Anchorite Paetheus says: In the process of translating this, I believe I've learned more about the drunken exploits of a certain 'Andrew Clementine' than about the journal's author.
Anchorite Paetheus says: But, no matter. Mister Clementine's... err, 'contribution' notwithstanding, this seems to be the journal of a man named Nolkai. The entries toward the end describe a brutal battle.
Anchorite Paetheus says: Take a look at this passage...

and then we get to the follow up quest.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
ReputationExodar+250

Reward details

Reputation: Exodar +250

The naaru vessel that brought the draenei to Azeroth. Though stranded in the Azuremyst Isles, it acts as a home city for this noble race.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Bloodmyst Isle that reward Exodar reputation: Know Thine Enemy (+250), Containing the Threat (+250), Victims of Corruption (+250), Cruelfin's Necklace (+250), Searching for Galaen (+250), Galaen's Fate (+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.

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