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Message from the Shadows

Message from the Shadows is a quest for level 45. It is step 6 of 12 in the Twins Challenge storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Dalaran at 49.4, 39.9. It rewards 6,150 experience and money.

Description

I know my brother has been misguided in the past, but I fear that he may have fallen in with an unthinkable evil. He recently began meeting in secret with a dark cult, hidden amongst the people of Dalaran.

I travelled here to try to convince him of the error in his ways, but he would not be shaken from his course. Now, he has disappeared.

When I last saw him, Raest was staying in a room upstairs. I was unable to find any clues there, but you might fare better.

Rewards

Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP

Stuck on this quest?

  • Turn in at Dalaran 49.4, 39.9 /way #627 49.4 39.9

Known issues

Top Comments

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SpakyTwo+12via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Empowering Trait Questlines
There are seven questlines, providing variation among roles and specializations. You can pick up this quest after earning 35 traits on an artifact weapon. The quest starts from
The Broken Shore: Investigating the Legion and Khadgar encourages you to find Mysterious Runebound Scroll from a random mob on the Broken Shore. Which gives you Legion Threat: Suramar and then Legion Threat: The Necromancer

This is a guide for the other specs.
www.wowhead.com/empowered-artifact-traits-in-patch-7-2

This is a macro to check your progress (Alliance Side) in the quest chain after you have acquired the spec specific quest.
(Twisted Twin is not in the macro as it already 245 characters long)

/run for k, v in pairs({Message=45185,Secrets=45187,Wisdom=45188,Thinnest=45190,Rending=45192,Behind=45193,Gift=43568,Thwarting=46127,Raest=45910}) do print(format("%s: %s", k, IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(v) and "Done\124r" or "\124cffff0000Need\124r")) end

[npc=115468] will give the quest the Twisted Twin which is spec specific. The specs for this quest are Shadow Priest, Affliction Warlock, Marksmanship Hunter, Balance Druid, and Frost Mage

The quests for this chain are as follows
Message from the Shadows
Secrets in the Underbelly
The Wisdom of the Council
Where it's Thinnest
Runes of Rending
One Step Behind
A Gift From the Six
Thwarting the Twins
Raest's Gift

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Boxofbeer+9via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

[item=143494] can be found in the room on the second floor. Follow the stairs up and move to the room that left of balcony.
Note is on the table. When you pick it up, assassin appears, defeat her and bring the note back to Karam.

Text in the note:

My Lord,

Preparations are nearly complete. As we speak, our bretheren scour the shadow
markets of the Underbelly to acquire the final reagents for the ritual.
Everything will be ready for the appointed day.
Shadows light the way,
Eriah

Message from the Shadows - www.youtube.com/watch?v=4POiWFiNLnE

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(45185))

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

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SpakyTwo+12via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Empowering Trait Questlines
There are seven questlines, providing variation among roles and specializations. You can pick up this quest after earning 35 traits on an artifact weapon. The quest starts from
The Broken Shore: Investigating the Legion and Khadgar encourages you to find Mysterious Runebound Scroll from a random mob on the Broken Shore. Which gives you Legion Threat: Suramar and then Legion Threat: The Necromancer

This is a guide for the other specs.
www.wowhead.com/empowered-artifact-traits-in-patch-7-2

This is a macro to check your progress (Alliance Side) in the quest chain after you have acquired the spec specific quest.
(Twisted Twin is not in the macro as it already 245 characters long)

/run for k, v in pairs({Message=45185,Secrets=45187,Wisdom=45188,Thinnest=45190,Rending=45192,Behind=45193,Gift=43568,Thwarting=46127,Raest=45910}) do print(format("%s: %s", k, IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(v) and "Done\124r" or "\124cffff0000Need\124r")) end

[npc=115468] will give the quest the Twisted Twin which is spec specific. The specs for this quest are Shadow Priest, Affliction Warlock, Marksmanship Hunter, Balance Druid, and Frost Mage

The quests for this chain are as follows
Message from the Shadows
Secrets in the Underbelly
The Wisdom of the Council
Where it's Thinnest
Runes of Rending
One Step Behind
A Gift From the Six
Thwarting the Twins
Raest's Gift

2
Boxofbeer+9via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

[item=143494] can be found in the room on the second floor. Follow the stairs up and move to the room that left of balcony.
Note is on the table. When you pick it up, assassin appears, defeat her and bring the note back to Karam.

Text in the note:

My Lord,

Preparations are nearly complete. As we speak, our bretheren scour the shadow
markets of the Underbelly to acquire the final reagents for the ritual.
Everything will be ready for the appointed day.
Shadows light the way,
Eriah

Message from the Shadows - www.youtube.com/watch?v=4POiWFiNLnE

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,150
MoneyGold20g 22s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapDalaranTurn-in marker at 49.4, 39.9, 2 mapped points
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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.

Dalaran Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Dalaran map showing where to go for Message from the ShadowsTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #627 49.4 39.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDalaran 49.4, 39.9/way #627 49.4 39.9
  • Objective areaDalaran 47.0, 38.9/way #627 47.0 38.9

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 Dalaran map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dalaran, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dalaran:

  • DalaranAlliance and Horde · about 180 yards east
  • Western SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards north
  • Vengeance Point, Broken ShoreAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards east

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Twins Challenge

Part 6 of 12.

Previous: Shadow: The Twisted Twin · Next: Secrets in the Underbelly

  1. 1Balance: The Twisted Twin
  2. 2Affliction: The Twisted Twin
  3. 3Marksmanship: The Twisted Twin
  4. 4Frost: The Twisted Twin
  5. 5Shadow: The Twisted Twin
  6. 6Message from the Shadows
  7. 7Secrets in the Underbelly
  8. 8The Wisdom of the Council
  9. 9Where it's Thinnest
  10. 10Runes of Rending
  11. 11One Step Behind
  12. 12A Gift From the Six

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.

  • Shadow: The Twisted TwinLevel 45

    I have a request from an old friend, Karam Magespear, to help find his brother, Raest. Karam fears that Raest is dealing with dark powers, and wishes to stop him. Originally Raest trained with the Kirin Tor, but such were his aspirations of power that he turned to the forbidden art of Necromancy.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Secrets in the UnderbellyLevel 45

    So my brother has gone off to perform some ritual with these cultists? That explains why he left, but still not to where... Wait! This letter mentions some of these "Nethersworn" cultists seeking reagents in the Underbelly. Perhaps we still may be able to find them if we hurry!

The storyline at a glance

Twins Challenge has 12 steps, from Balance: The Twisted Twin to A Gift From the Six.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dalaran (9), Broken Shore (2), Dalaran (1).

Other storylines on the Dalaran map

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.

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