Quest Log

Mysterious Messages

Mysterious Messages is a quest for level 10-45. It is step 21 of 42 in the Legion Inscription storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Stormheim at 69.3, 40.6. It rewards 6,150 experience and money.

Description

The woman at the archaeology shop just dropped off some tablets to be deciphered. Any fool can see they're written in ancient vrykul, but I lent my codex to one of my students, so I'm unable to decipher them here.

His name is Nicholo Swiftfuse, and he is in Stormheim. Let him know that if he fails to decipher them, his apprenticeship shall be terminated.

That is all.

Rewards

Money20

Experience6,150 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Turn in at Stormheim 69.3, 40.6 /way #634 69.3 40.6
Go to Dalaran 41.1, 36.8 /way #627 41.1 36.8

Known issues

Top Comments

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

entlassenOct 2, 2016+17via Wowhead

The NPC is not inside the fortress valley. He's up on the plains to the west of it.

varenneAug 19, 2016+11via Wowhead

First quest of 104 level inscription questchain.
We have to go to the Stormheim and find [npc=97748] near the Haustvald
/way Stormheim 69.3, 40.6 Nicholo Swiftfuse
Here is my main [spell=201703] post.
You can find more info about the profession there.
Mysterious Messages quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWnVPapSK9U

Full quest chain under the spoiler.
You can see how far you are in the storyline.
Spoiler

ID
Quest
Zone
Reward
Video
1
Sign This
[zone=7502]
[spell=201703]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUoRorVhl-g
2
Smashing Herbs
[zone=7502]
[spell=192962] **
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT6roHNNUtg
3
Fish Ink
Azsuna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OF7OeFO_s8
4
The Card Shark
[zone=7502]
Prophecy Tarot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYxyOnR_SJg
5
Our New Allies
Azsuna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeMje-dBrdY
6
The Price of Power
Azsuna
[spell=193050]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eheYagyVtNQ
7
1
Inscription of the Body
Azsuna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0cUEUsOtVs
8
Opposites Repel
Azsuna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wEv0m7rP2g
9
Containing the Demon Within
Azsuna
[spell=193049]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jinr7WU53iM
10
2
Scribal Knowledge
Azsuna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COKYs2z9Iac
11
1
Runes of Power
Azsuna
[spell=210344]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5xxjBJ77Ns
12
2
Control is Key
Azsuna
40xRoseate Pigment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-wRm_STtgE
13
The Burdens of Hunting
Azsuna
[spell=193748]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vahpoc8Q34
14
Mysterious Messages
Stormheim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWnVPapSK9U
15
1
Runes Within the Ruins
Stormheim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9PkkQ6Z1aI
16
2
Right Tool for the Job
Stormheim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7iEYcK2T6w
17
Not So Complex?
Stormheim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9jOYoSuilc
18
Ancient Vrykul Mastered
Stormheim
[spell=193363]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdqD10676fM
19
The Ink Flows
The Underbelly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6lXyvPDha8
20
Once a Scribe Like You
The Underbelly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOjgIIXGfNQ
21
An Odd Trinket
[zone=7502]
[spell=192855]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e51rQ-QmcS8
22
Halls of Valor: Vision of Valor
[zone=7672]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6sQDEk2Oo0
23
An Embarrassing Revelation
[zone=7502]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ti8WWFMGFU
24
The Plot Thickens
Undercity*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2Ew5adTpbg
25
The Legacy Passed On
Undercity*
Steamy Romance Novel Kit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aail5z8oTAI
26
Mass Milling Techniques
[zone=7502]
[spell=210810]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAOCm3jFc_E
27
Aethrem Crystal
Azsuna
[spell=210811]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5xMPtjarPQ
28
Bulging Nightmare Pod
Azsuna
[spell=210812]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws7dKlEDX2o
29
Woody Seed Cluster
Azsuna
[spell=210813]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyNyq45rHeg
30
Fjarnsk
Azsuna
[spell=210814]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFBe7qVaOlY
31
Roseate Essence
[zone=7502]
[spell=210815]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76jMQs3a3OU
32
Sallow Essence
[zone=7502]
[spell=210816]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbHBI1PLSn4
33
Demon Ink
Suramar
[spell=193479]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhxn4VbSVDY
* Undercity - Horde, Ironforge - Alliance
** Need 20xRoseate Pigment & 2xSallow Pigment
2-nd collum is additional ordering info. For example you can do both Inscription of the Body and Scribal Knowledge after The Price of Power

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Top Comments

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

entlassenOct 2, 2016+17via Wowhead

The NPC is not inside the fortress valley. He's up on the plains to the west of it.

varenneAug 19, 2016+11via Wowhead

First quest of 104 level inscription questchain.
We have to go to the Stormheim and find [npc=97748] near the Haustvald
/way Stormheim 69.3, 40.6 Nicholo Swiftfuse
Here is my main [spell=201703] post.
You can find more info about the profession there.
Mysterious Messages quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWnVPapSK9U

Full quest chain under the spoiler.
You can see how far you are in the storyline.
Spoiler

ID
Quest
Zone
Reward
Video
1
Sign This
[zone=7502]
[spell=201703]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUoRorVhl-g
2
Smashing Herbs
[zone=7502]
[spell=192962] **
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT6roHNNUtg
3
Fish Ink
Azsuna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OF7OeFO_s8
4
The Card Shark
[zone=7502]
Prophecy Tarot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYxyOnR_SJg
5
Our New Allies
Azsuna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeMje-dBrdY
6
The Price of Power
Azsuna
[spell=193050]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eheYagyVtNQ
7
1
Inscription of the Body
Azsuna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0cUEUsOtVs
8
Opposites Repel
Azsuna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wEv0m7rP2g
9
Containing the Demon Within
Azsuna
[spell=193049]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jinr7WU53iM
10
2
Scribal Knowledge
Azsuna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COKYs2z9Iac
11
1
Runes of Power
Azsuna
[spell=210344]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5xxjBJ77Ns
12
2
Control is Key
Azsuna
40xRoseate Pigment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-wRm_STtgE
13
The Burdens of Hunting
Azsuna
[spell=193748]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vahpoc8Q34
14
Mysterious Messages
Stormheim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWnVPapSK9U
15
1
Runes Within the Ruins
Stormheim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9PkkQ6Z1aI
16
2
Right Tool for the Job
Stormheim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7iEYcK2T6w
17
Not So Complex?
Stormheim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9jOYoSuilc
18
Ancient Vrykul Mastered
Stormheim
[spell=193363]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdqD10676fM
19
The Ink Flows
The Underbelly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6lXyvPDha8
20
Once a Scribe Like You
The Underbelly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOjgIIXGfNQ
21
An Odd Trinket
[zone=7502]
[spell=192855]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e51rQ-QmcS8
22
Halls of Valor: Vision of Valor
[zone=7672]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6sQDEk2Oo0
23
An Embarrassing Revelation
[zone=7502]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ti8WWFMGFU
24
The Plot Thickens
Undercity*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2Ew5adTpbg
25
The Legacy Passed On
Undercity*
Steamy Romance Novel Kit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aail5z8oTAI
26
Mass Milling Techniques
[zone=7502]
[spell=210810]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAOCm3jFc_E
27
Aethrem Crystal
Azsuna
[spell=210811]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5xMPtjarPQ
28
Bulging Nightmare Pod
Azsuna
[spell=210812]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws7dKlEDX2o
29
Woody Seed Cluster
Azsuna
[spell=210813]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyNyq45rHeg
30
Fjarnsk
Azsuna
[spell=210814]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFBe7qVaOlY
31
Roseate Essence
[zone=7502]
[spell=210815]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76jMQs3a3OU
32
Sallow Essence
[zone=7502]
[spell=210816]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbHBI1PLSn4
33
Demon Ink
Suramar
[spell=193479]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhxn4VbSVDY
* Undercity - Horde, Ironforge - Alliance
** Need 20xRoseate Pigment & 2xSallow Pigment
2-nd collum is additional ordering info. For example you can do both Inscription of the Body and Scribal Knowledge after The Price of Power

TheololOct 24, 2016+5via Wowhead

This quest and the ones that follow will send you to Haustvald. It will take some time, especially since you'll have to grind [npc=93071] for a while here.
It's convenient that you do this profession quest along with the Stormheim Story quests (4/8 Chapters in).
First you have to do faction intro quests, then Hrydshal, then Thorignir dragons, then you go to Valdisdall and right after Vydhal's quests (the "talking tree"), you'll be arriving at Field of Fallen Kings (*outside* Haustvald), where this NPC is. [npc=97748] is surrounded by Restless Ancestors, needed for Lay Them to Rest, which you hand in at [npc=93446], who then starts the Haustvald quests. Go back and hand in the quests at the gnome as soon as they are completed, and then finish them before going inside the underworld area to complete Haustvald (then go to Dalaran later after you're done with the zone).

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	6,150
Money	Gold	20g 22s

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Stormheim	Turn-in marker at 69.3, 40.6, 1 mapped point
Objective area	Dalaran	1 mapped point

World Map

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 map showing where to go for Mysterious Messages — **Dalaran** Objective area 1 mapped point

Coordinates

Turn-inStormheim 69.3, 40.6/way #634 69.3 40.6
Objective areaDalaran 41.1, 36.8/way #627 41.1 36.8

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 Stormheim map

Waking the Shieldmaiden about 150 yards
The Runes that Bind about 190 yards
Breaking the Bonespeakers about 190 yards
Regal Remains about 190 yards
Lay Them to Rest about 200 yards
To Silence the Bonespeakers about 220 yards
Fel Annihilation about 230 yards
Judgment Day about 320 yards
The Gjallarhorn about 410 yards
Stolen Honor about 410 yards

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

Getting there

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

Valdisdall, StormheimAlliance and Horde · about 640 yards south-west
Greywatch, StormheimAlliance · about 760 yards south
Stormtorn Foothills, StormheimAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 5,600 yards south-west (on the Dalaran map)

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

Legion Inscription

Part 21 of 42.

Previous: Control is Key · Next: Runes Within the Ruins

Showing steps 16 to 27 of 42.

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.

Control is KeyLevel 10-45
I trust you remember why you removed your eyes? Even though we can see more clearly now, the demons have found ways to mask even their fel energies from us. A demon commander walks amongst the troops below, commanding them from the shadows. His cloak is powered by an energetic crystal.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Runes Within the RuinsLevel 10-45
Unfortunately, Pallin's codex isn't complete. There are many symbols here that simply cannot be deciphered with what we've learned. Looks like we'll need to go and collect more tablets down in the area that the vrykul call Haustvald.

The storyline at a glance

Legion Inscription has 42 steps, from Sign This to Demon Ink.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dalaran (18), Azsuna (15), Stormheim (4), Ironforge (2).

Other storylines on the Stormheim map

The Trial of Valor14 steps, starts with The Trials Continue
The Trial of Will12 steps, starts with Will of the Thorignir
Wreck of the Skyfire9 steps, starts with Supplies From the Skies
The Secret of the Shieldmaidens8 steps, starts with To Catch a Banshee
The Trial of Might7 steps, starts with Havi's Test
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Goblins7 steps, starts with Eating Into Our Business

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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