TheWoWDBDarthalia about Orkus in Welcome to the Machine:
High Executor Darthalia says: Here's to hoping he never returns. Maybe he'll drown?
Heh.
Quest
*Gurgle* HELP! *Gurgle*
A World of Warcraft quest in Hillsbrad Foothills. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Kingslayer Orkus:
I will not survive!*GULP*
HELP ME!
You:
Your feet are touching the ground, Orkus. This is shallow water. Just stand up and walk to shore.Kingslayer Orkus:
Oh... OH! YES! Orkus has regained his senses! The foul human mage must have cursed Orkus' mind. Quickly we must get to shore! Kasha is hurt!Kingslayer Orkus yells:
Kasha! Come to me! I am fine!after his frostwyrm Kasha falls down:
Kingslayer Orkus yells: KASHA! NO!
Go back and save him, do the quest chain. This brave orc is a war hero.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 7-30
Quest ID28345
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(28345))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineHillsbrad Foothills, step 16 of 39
Rewards5g 25s, 2,050 XP
Description
*GURGLE* HELP!*GASP* ORKUS IS DROWNING! HELP ME, QUEST GIVER {name}! *GLUB* Dwarf threw Orkus into the water! Must not die! *GURGLE* The shame would be too great.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #25 49.8 74.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inHillsbrad Foothills 49.8, 74.4
/way #25 49.8 74.4 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Hillsbrad Foothills 49.6, 74.4
/way #25 49.6 74.4 - Objective areaHillsbrad Foothills 49.6, 74.4
/way #25 49.6 74.4
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 Hillsbrad Foothills map
- Honor the Flame about 820 yards
- Alina's Reward about 1,020 yards
- Clearing the Highlands about 1,020 yards
- An Unexpected Message about 1,580 yards
- The Path of Atonement about 1,580 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Hillsbrad Foothills, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Hillsbrad Foothills:
- Ruins of Southshore, Hillsbrad
- Eastpoint Tower, Hillsbrad
- Tarren Mill, Hillsbrad
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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Other quests on the Hillsbrad Foothills map
Reward details
Reputation: Undercity +75
Led by Sylvanas Windrunner, the Forsaken have joined a tenuous alliance with the Horde and established this capital in the vast depths under the Ruins of Lordaeron.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Hillsbrad Foothills that reward Undercity reputation: Empire of Dirt (+250), Warchief's Command: Hillsbrad Foothills! (+250), Welcome to the Machine (+250), Trouble at Azurelode (+10), Glorious Harvest (+250), Past Their Prime (+350).
Reputation: Orgrimmar +75
Founded by Thrall, this Horde capital city is home to many of the proud orc clans of Durotar.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Hillsbrad Foothills that reward Orgrimmar reputation: Stormpike Rendezvous (+250), Kasha Will Fly Again (+250), The Road to Purgation (+250), They Will Never Expect This... (+250), Heroes of the Horde! (+500), March of the Stormpike (+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.
Storyline
Hillsbrad Foothills
Part 16 of 39.
Previous: A Blight Upon the Land · Next: Stormpike Rendezvous
- 11Freedom for Lydon
- 12Protocol
- 13Do it for Twinkles
- 14Burnside Must Fall
- 15A Blight Upon the Land
- 16*Gurgle* HELP! *Gurgle*
- 17Stormpike Rendezvous
- 18Kasha Will Fly Again
- 19The Road to Purgation
- 20They Will Never Expect This...
- 21Heroes of the Horde!
- 22Aid of the Frostwolf
Showing steps 11 to 22 of 39.
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.
- A Blight Upon the Land
With the undead outbreak contained, the time has come for Stillwater and his followers to answer for their crimes. Though we averted a tragedy the likes of which has not been seen since the Scourge invaded, we must ensure that such a thing can never happen again. They will all face true death!
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Stormpike Rendezvous
I tracked down the decrepit necromancer, Helcular, in hopes of getting a lead on Alliance movement within Hillsbrad. Helcular tasked me with finding and killing worgen.
The storyline at a glance
Hillsbrad Foothills has 39 steps, from Welcome to the Machine to Extinction.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Hillsbrad Foothills (39).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Hillsbrad Foothills map
- Arathi Highlands
- Felo'melorn
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.