<Race>. Have you been sent to speak with me? How long has it been since the master's demise on these very slopes?
- Yes, Blackhorn. I've been sent to request your aid, if you are willing.
My help? Have things really grown so dire?
<The distant flames flicker in Blackhorn's cruel, dark eyes.>
Tell me why I shouldn't let your world burn.
- You were a mortal once, Blackhorn. One of us.
Mortal? Yes I was once mortal. Weak.
You see my bonds now? These restraints are nothing compared to being shackled within a mortal coil.
Even now the master's gifts stir within me, ready to be unleashed.
No, <class>, my mortal days have passed, and if any flame of my former life still flickers within I would wish it extinguished. You'll have to do better than that, <race>.
- You'll be destroyed if the Twilight's Hammer brings this mountain down!
Destroyed? Yes, that's possible. At night I am haunted with visions of this would being torn asunder from within. I feel neither sorrow nor rage. Merely... curiosity.
I served my master in exchange for power, <class>. But those you fight... they strive for oblivion. A strange motivation.
- Will you help us to defeat them?
Madness. Chaos. Much as I thrill to see the titans' work undone, I do wish to remain alive when the master returns. I will help you.- Where is your master now, Blackhorn? It's not too late to turn to the light...
<Blackhorn strains against his bonds, for the first time visibly upset.>
Redemption! You act as if there's an escape from the Burning Legion. So smug! As though your efforts a decade ago or in Outland have slowed the Legion a single iota! They will come, <race>. They will return. And I will be here to welcome them.
- Assuming there's a world left for your legion to conquer. The Twilight's Hammer seeks to destroy everything.
Destroyed? Yes, that's possible. At night I am haunted with visions of this would being torn asunder from within. I feel neither sorrow nor rage. Merely... curiosity.
I served my master in exchange for power, <class>. But those you fight... they strive for oblivion. A strange motivation.
- Will you help us to defeat them?
Madness. Chaos. Much as I thrill to see the titans' work undone, I do wish to remain alive when the master returns. I will help you.
- You'll be destroyed if the Twilight's Hammer brings this mountain down!
Destroyed? Yes, that's possible. At night I am haunted with visions of this would being torn asunder from within. I feel neither sorrow nor rage. Merely... curiosity.
I served my master in exchange for power, <class>. But those you fight... they strive for oblivion. A strange motivation.
- Will you help us to defeat them?
Madness. Chaos. Much as I thrill to see the titans' work undone, I do wish to remain alive when the master returns. I will help you.
- Matoclaw believes that you may yet be redeemed. This is your chance to atone for siding with demons.
<Blackhorn strains against his bonds, for the first time visibly upset.>
Redemption! You act as if there's an escape from the Burning Legion. So smug! As though your efforts a decade ago or in Outland have slowed the Legion a single iota! They will come, <race>. They will return. And I will be here to welcome them.
- Assuming there's a world left for your legion to conquer. The Twilight's Hammer seeks to destroy everything.
Destroyed? Yes, that's possible. At night I am haunted with visions of this would being torn asunder from within. I feel neither sorrow nor rage. Merely... curiosity.
I served my master in exchange for power, <class>. But those you fight... they strive for oblivion. A strange motivation.
- Will you help us to defeat them?
Madness. Chaos. Much as I thrill to see the titans' work undone, I do wish to remain alive when the master returns. I will help you.
Quest
If You're Not Against Us...
A World of Warcraft quest in Mount Hyjal. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The quickest way to get this quest done is to say he'll be destroyed by Twilight's Hammer (hinted in the quest text itself).
Aessina quest chain
1. The Fires of Mount Hyjal (breadcrumb quest) 1. Fighting Fire With ... Anything (kill 10 firestorms) 2. Save the Wee Animals (gather 10 animals) 2. Oh, Deer! (escort 3 fawns) 3. If You're Not Against Us... (Persuade Blackhorn) 3. Seeds of Their Demise (gather 8 Bileberries) 3. A New Master (Use quest object on a dead orc) 3. The Name Never Spoken (toggle 3 objects) The Name Never Spoken 3. Black Heart of Flame --. (use quest object to call Thol'embaar and kill it) | 4. Disrupting the Rituals V (kill 6 Inferno Lords) 4. Last Stand at Whistling Grove (need Black heart of Flame)(go to Taldros) 4. The Bears Up There (climb tree, save cubs) 4. Smashing Through Ashes (kill 8 Charbringers, IN HYJAL) 4. Durable Seeds (collect 10 seeds) | | 5. Fresh Bait (get 4 entrails from hounds ) <-----> 6. Firebreak (kill 10 lava surgers) 5. Hell's Shells (use bait, toggle Nemesis) 6. Prepping the Soil (toggle object, defend it) 5. Tortolla Speaks -------------------. | 6. Breaking the Bonds (unchain Tortolla) <-----> 7. Children of Tortolla (kill 6 corruptors in lake, get ilvl 288 rare) | | .-------------------------------------------------. | V 8. An Ancient Awakens (go back to Hamuul Runetotem) 9. The Last Living Lorekeeper (go to Nordu) 9. Firefight (kill 5 tormentors) 9. Aessina's Miracle (go to Hamuul Runetotem, get ilvl 288 rare)
(The map of Hyjal phases at this time. The western part is no longer burnt. Tortolla moved)10. Tortolla's Revenge (go to Tortolla) Tortolla quest chain begins
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25404))
What to do
Description
South of here you'll find a solitary tower, known as "Blackhorn's Penance." Upon it is bound a demon: Tyrus Blackhorn. You may think me mad for turning to an old foe for help, but Blackhorn was once a mortal, and I can't imagine he wants to watch Twilight's Hammer triumph. Speak with Blackhorn, and see if you can convince him to help us in our fight. He may yet redeem himself. ...Just don't set him free!
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #198 22.3 44.9
Coordinates
- Turn-inMount Hyjal 22.3, 44.9
/way #198 22.3 44.9 - Objective areaMount Hyjal 22.3, 44.7
/way #198 22.3 44.7 - Objective areaMount Hyjal 19.1, 37.0
/way #198 19.1 37.0
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 Mount Hyjal map
- Mother's Orders about 780 yards
- Talon Terror about 800 yards
- Attack on the Roost about 810 yards
- Aviana's Grace about 940 yards
- Champion: Minerva Ravensorrow about 1,670 yards
- Battle Pet Tamers: Cataclysm about 1,700 yards
- Moments of Reflection about 1,720 yards
- Communing With Malorne about 1,730 yards
- A Fresh Trauma about 1,780 yards
- Healing Nordrassil about 1,780 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Mount Hyjal, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Mount Hyjal:
- Grove of Aessina, Hyjal
- Sanctuary of Malorne, Hyjal
- Shrine of Aviana, Hyjal
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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: Guardians of Hyjal +150
Faced with the impending devastation of Mount Hyjal, the most powerful members of the Cenarion Circle have joined forces with their Emerald Dragonflight allies to fend off Ragnaros' elemental hordes and the Twilight's Hammer.
Reputation group: Cataclysm.
Other quests in Mount Hyjal that reward Guardians of Hyjal reputation: Trial By Fire (+250), In Bloom (+250), End of the Supply Line (+250), In the Rear With the Gear (+250), Harrying the Hunters (+250), The Voice of Goldrinn (+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.
Storyline
Mount Hyjal
Part 43 of 118.
Previous: Oh, Deer! · Next: Seeds of Their Demise
- 38Return from the Firelands
- 39Return from the Firelands
- 40Disrupting the Rituals
- 41Save the Wee Animals
- 42Oh, Deer!
- 43If You're Not Against Us...
- 44Seeds of Their Demise
- 45A New Master
- 46The Name Never Spoken
- 47The Name Never Spoken
- 48Black Heart of Flame
- 49Good News... and Bad News
Showing steps 38 to 49 of 118.
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.
- Oh, Deer!
Do you speak deer? It's all in the nose. <She points to her nose.> The does have fled the fires, but their little fawns - Some of them are still trapped in the burning and the hurt! Go back into the Inferno and escort three injured fawns back here to their mothers right here beside me.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Seeds of Their Demise
We will decimate the Twilight's Hammer by corrupting and subverting them. Seeing that you have no intention of releasing me from my bonds, I require you to collect some reagents for me. My own demonic essence has corrupted the plant life around my shrine here.
The storyline at a glance
Mount Hyjal has 118 steps, from Protect the World Tree to The Firelord.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Mount Hyjal (118).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Mount Hyjal map
- The Eternal Dream IV
- Battle Pet Tamers
- The Eternal Dream II
- The Four Horsemen IV
- Moments of Reflection
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.