The mob that drops the bow is Et'kil, who is guarded by two drones in a corner of the temple a little off the road to the north west of the quest giver. The drones do a stacking debuff on you and a 40% extra damage enrage, so be careful.
Quest
My Father's Crossbow
A World of Warcraft quest in Townlong Steppes. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Soloed as frost DK by kitting them all inside the court of the temple. The Niuzao Sentinels there where happy to help.
When you turn this in, the kid runs off to Sentinel Commander Qipan. Qipan then has Father's Footsteps available.
Quest facts
The client quest POI data records no map location for this quest, so no map is shown.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(30931))
Description
I came here to visit my dad at the temple. As soon as I got here, I saw the most terrifying thing I've ever seen. It was a mantid, walking right past me, carrying my father's crossbow. Something's happened to my dad! We've got to find out what it is... but first, we'll need his crossbow back. I saw him heading west, behind the temple.
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