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Quest
Light's Return
A World of Warcraft quest in Krokuun. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Speak with NPC and you will be teleported to Vindicaar.
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Upon returning to Turlyon on the Vindicaar, when passing Xe'ra the Shadow Priest artifact had the following comment to make:
Such potential here, but all of it wasted on a doomed crusade.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(47653))
What to do
Description
Xe'ra has been saved! We have won an important victory here. The Light Mother should be back on the Vindicaar. No doubt she will want to speak with you. There is so much to explain... Romuul should be able to teleport us back to the ship now. Let me know when you are ready.
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.
Objective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #830 37.6 54.4
Coordinates
- Objective areaKrokuun 37.6, 54.4
/way #830 37.6 54.4
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 The Vindicaar map
- Return to the Vindicaar same spot
- Imprisoned Inquisitor same spot
- Long Overdue same spot
- The Vindicaar Matrix Core same spot
- Forming a Bond same spot
- Into the Night same spot
- A Moment of Respite same spot
- Sizing Up The Opposition same spot
- Dire News same spot
- Lord of the Spire same spot
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on The Vindicaar, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Vindicaar:
- Vindicaar, Krokuun
- Krokul Hovel, Krokuun
- Destiny Point, Krokuun
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: Army of the Light +350
After the fall of Argus, the draenei's finest warriors followed the prime naaru Xe'ra across the cosmos in an eternal war to bring about the Legion's end. Since then, other survivors of the Burning Crusade have joined the ranks of the Lightforged.
Reputation group: Legion.
Other quests in Krokuun that reward Army of the Light reputation: A Grim Equation (+150), Crystals Not Included (+150), Overwhelming Power (+150), A Strike at the Heart (+250), The Mysterious Missive (+75), Imprisoned Inquisitor (+150).
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 Light Mother
Part 10 of 13.
Previous: The Light Mother · Next: The Child of Light and Shadow
- 1Gathering Light
- 2A Grim Equation
- 3The Best Prevention
- 4Crystals Not Included
- 5Fire At Will
- 6Locating the Longshot
- 7Bringing the Big Guns
- 8Lightly Roasted
- 9The Light Mother
- 10Light's Return
- 11The Child of Light and Shadow
- 12Essence of the Light Mother
- 13An Offering of Light
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.
- The Light Mother
We must know for sure whether the Light Mother survived, <name>. Xe'ra was weakened by sending her heart to Azeroth, but she is the prime naaru. She is the Light, and she cannot fade. Let's head into the Xenedar and look for her. Light willing, she will return to guide us once more.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Child of Light and Shadow
It is time, <name>. Xe'ra is returned to us. We have Light's Heart. We have her Chosen One. Come, let us restore her. Let us forge a bright new path against our foes. Speak to me when you are ready to begin.
The storyline at a glance
The Light Mother has 13 steps, from Gathering Light to An Offering of Light.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Krokuun (10), The Vindicaar (3).
Other storylines on The Vindicaar map
- The Legion Jailbreak
- Nath'raxas Assault
- Assault on Argus
- The Heart of Argus
- Shadow of Eredath
- The Crown of the Triumvirate
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.