TheWoWDBIn order to complete this quest, you'll have to use [item=152627] next to [npc=126586], so they turn hostiles and you can kill them.
After you finish the quest, you'll have to handle it to [npc=131715], which is located in The House of Pa'ku.After you complete the quest, you'll receive from him Offensively Defensive.
Quest
Forbidden Practices
A World of Warcraft quest in Zuldazar. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Hexlord Raal is often failing to spawn for me when I'm ready to turn in. I've had to either relog or move to a different sub-zone to make him show up.
Go down the staris behind the questgiver.
You will see lots of friendly [npc=126586] in the area.
Use [item=152627] near them and kill 9 NPC.
Turn in point is Hexlord Raal(At the end of this Terrace in the House of Pa'ku)Forbidden Practices quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPJ8pwCyQE
This quest is part of the The Zanchuli Council questchain of The Throne of Zuldazar <= more info inside or look under the spoiler.Spoiler
Quest before this questchain is Trust of a King25The Zanchuli Councilhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPJ8pwCyQE28The Zanchuli Councilhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrk8qjV2chQ291The Zanchuli Councilhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkiqQn7wxGs302The Zanchuli Councilhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD3dmGLrkQs31The Zanchuli Councilhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHzkWSJY94834The Zanchuli Councilhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knnn7VRJ7rs35The Zanchuli Council[npc=127489][currency=1553] Rewardhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiK7ivd3fR8
Id column is approximate quest № In Zuldazar sroryline
# is additional ordering info. Can take multiple quests at the same time if you see number there
Quest after this questchain is A Port in Peril
The Throne of Zuldazar <= for more info about order
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-60
ZoneZuldazar
Quest ID47423
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(47423))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineThe Zanchuli Council, step 1 of 10
Rewards25g 74s, 8,150 XP
Description
You come at a good time, {name}. I have need of a weapon such as yourself. Yazma's spies say dere are blood cultists in our ranks. King Rastakhan has charged me with tracking down any trolls guilty of practicing blood magic and purging dem. Take dis totem, route out those with de stench of blood magic, and cleanse dem from dis holy place. When you are done, tell dat lazy Hexlord Raal to get off his perch and help keep dis place secure.
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #862 58.6 33.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inZuldazar 58.6, 33.0
/way #862 58.6 33.0 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Zuldazar 57.9, 34.2
/way #862 57.9 34.2 - Objective areaZuldazar 56.4, 37.1
/way #862 56.4 37.1
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 Zuldazar map
- Discreet Discussions about 370 yards
- Fly Out to Meet Them about 440 yards
- What the Drust Knew about 470 yards
- Here In Spirit about 470 yards
- Give it a Little Juice about 480 yards
- Monstrous Matchmaker about 480 yards
- Brutal Boost about 480 yards
- Aggressive Mating Strategy about 480 yards
- The Scent for a Brutosaur about 480 yards
- Size Matters about 480 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Zuldazar, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Zuldazar:
- The Sliver, Zuldazar
- The Great Seal
- Garden of the Loa, Zuldazar
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.
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Reward details
Reputation: Zandalari Empire +75
The oldest empire of Azeroth, the Zandalari are powerful trolls who bargain with fearsome loa and whose navy is unmatched on the Great Sea.
Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.
Other quests in Zuldazar that reward Zandalari Empire reputation: The Word of Zul (+75), Shakedown (+150), Punishment of Tal'aman (+250), Punishment of Tal'farrak (+250), Deterrent (+75), Rastakhan (+75).
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
The Zanchuli Council
Part 1 of 10.
Next: Offensively Defensive
- 1Forbidden Practices
- 2Offensively Defensive
- 3Restraining Order
- 4Pterrortorial Dispute
- 5Competitive Devotion
- 6Dire Situation
- 7Picking a Side
- 8Gonk, Lord of the Pack
- 9Pa'ku, Master of Winds
- 10The Bargain is Struck
Also part of: Unrest in Zuldazar (part 20 of 81).
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Offensively Defensive
Let me guess, Loti had you kill any trolls dat smelled of blood magic, yes? Well, dat is barely a half measure. See, blood magic comes from de old ways, and our people have only been giving in to its allure since de walls fell on our northern border.
The storyline at a glance
The Zanchuli Council has 10 steps, from Forbidden Practices to The Bargain is Struck.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Zuldazar (10).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Zuldazar map
- Among the People
- Gaining a Foothold
- Serious Monkey Business
- The Strike on Zuldazar
- Warbeast Kraal
- Mole Machinations
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.