Grimtotem in the Post is an Alliance-only quest for level 15-30 in Thousand Needles. It is step 60 of 107 in the Thousand Needles storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Thousand Needles at 46.3, 57.6. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.
The journey ahead must begin with you killing the Grimtotem invaders at Freewind Post. If you can't stop them here, we won't be able to move into their territory.
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You really need to do the quests on both sides to get the full story.
This is true. However, the theme of this expansion is meant to bring tension between the factions back into the fore. Hence, Thrall is gone, replaced by the warmongering Garrosh, the worgen - arch enemies of the forsaken - have been introduced to the Alliance, the goblins - who had their ship destroyed by the Alliance - are now a part of the Horde, and so on.There is also tension within the factions, as the dwarves don't have an entirely stable government yet (and Stormwind's SI:7 attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate her when she made her claim to the throne of Ironforge), the orcs (or, more specifically, Garrosh) have banished the non-orc races to the outskirts or slums of Orgrimmar, Sylvanas continues to make moves against Garrosh's orders (at least he's smart enough to be wary of a universal, life-destroying plague), and so on.
The idea right now is that the comfortable, relatively peaceful time people spent in Dalaran with members of both factions (or, to a lesser extent, Shattrath - where people could be of the same nominal allegiance as members of the opposite faction) are gone. The portals in Shattrath and Dalaran were removed partially because of this, so that neutral areas would no longer be the main hubs for all players of both factions. Even though Deathwing and the Twilight's Hammer are a common enemy (as Arthas was in Wrath, and the Burning Legion before that), Cataclysm is meant to reinforce the notion that the factions, despite being the "enemy of my enemy" to each other, are still at war.
I believe the expression goes: "Putting the 'War' back in 'Warcraft'."
Actually, if you play alliance and do the southern barrens quests (I done them on both horde and alliance) you find out that the "Butcher of Taurajo" as the horde call him, waited for the hunters to leave to attack, yes, but he also ordered a gap in the lines so innocent civilians could escape the fighting. He wanted them to survive in hopes that someday there would be peace, but he was ambushed by horde. Also, on the alliance side, he had the looters in Taurajo arrested for looting the place. You really need to do the quests on both sides to get the full story.
Never trust a cow. In stonetalon mountains we make an alliance with the Grimtotems against the horde by cooking them some tasty food... http://www.wowhead.com/quest=25844.
Now they are taking alliance members prisoner... Save the Sentinel
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 4,100 |
| Money | Gold | 10g 50s |
| Reputation | Darnassus | +250 |
This Alliance capital is populated by Night Elves and is located in the Island of Teldrassil. Ruled by the Priestess of the Moon, Tyrande Whisperwind.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Thousand Needles that reward Darnassus reputation: To New Thalanaar (+25), The Grimtotem are Coming (+250), Free Freewind Post (+25), Save the Sentinel (+250), Horn of the Traitor (+350), Together Again (+10).
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.
| Turn-in map | Thousand Needles | Turn-in marker at 46.3, 57.6, 9 mapped points |
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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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #64 46.3 57.6
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/way #64 46.3 57.6/way #64 44.6 51.4/way #64 46.4 57.9Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Thousand Needles, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Thousand Needles:
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
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.
Part 60 of 107.
Previous: Free Freewind Post · Next: Grimtotem in the Post
Showing steps 55 to 66 of 107.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
Well, it looks like it's time for us to part ways, at least for a while. To the northwest, the tauren of Freewind Post are in desperate need of your assistance in pushing back the Grimtotem clan! You know, you've been such a great help around here, I bet you're going to be their hero in no-time!
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
<Brienna waves a note around with Taur-ahe markings on it.> Those monsters have captured one of our sentinels! They're threatening to kill her if we don't pull back! We don't negotiate with cowardly beasts! Please, if you can, rescue her before it's too late, <class>.
This one: Alliance only · Thousand Needles · Level 15-30.
Thousand Needles has 107 steps, from The Grimtotem are Coming to Spread the Word.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thousand Needles (106), Feralas (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
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.
2 quests carry the name Grimtotem in the Post. They differ in the faction shown here.
| Quest | Faction | ID |
|---|---|---|
| Grimtotem in the Post (this page) | Alliance | 25869 |
| Grimtotem in the Post | Horde | 25870 |
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