TheWoWDBOn this leg of the journey, the 3 NPCs continue to discuss their troubles:
Tarenar Sunstrike yells: I can't believe I let Gidwin run off like that!
Fiona says: It's not your fault, Tarenar. He ran off on his own will. None of us could stop him.
Argus Highbeacon says: We can't be certain that he was killed. Maybe he just ran off somewhere.
Tarenar Sunstrike yells: No, he'd never just leave his prayer book behind! He was always nose-deep in that book, studying.
Tarenar Sunstrike says: He was always studying, always trying to get better.
Argus Highbeacon says: Even more reason to believe that he's still alive.
Argus Highbeacon says: A paladin like Gidwin makes a fine death knight. Any member of the Scourge powerful enough to defeat him would know that.
Argus Highbeacon says: It's likely that he's being held somewhere, awaiting a death ritual.
Fiona yells: Really? That's great news!
Fiona says: Well, actually, that's pretty bad news, but considering the alternatives...
Argus Highbeacon says: If we're to find him, we're headed in the right direction. It's likely that he was taken to Stratholme, or potentially to the Plaguewood.
Argus Highbeacon says: Both are places of great evil. This is the leg of my journey that I shun the most.
Tarenar Sunstrike says: I'm not sure I'm ready to go in there alone.
Fiona says: You're not alone, Tarenar. You've made allies along the way. And besides, you're a skilled paladin in your own right.
Tarenar Sunstrike says: Me, skilled? No, no, Gidwin was the good paladin. He's the one who stayed up for hours every night practicing...
Fiona says: ...yet it was you that continually kept up with him. Without practice.
Fiona says: I've watched both of you fight, Tarenar. You've got natural talent - more than Gidwin ever will.
Argus Highbeacon says: Perhaps that's why he left without you.
Tarenar Sunstrike says: What do you mean?
Argus Highbeacon says: Perhaps he felt he needed to prove that he was as talented as you.
Tarenar Sunstrike says: This is all my fault. I've got to go find him, to set things right.
Argus Highbeacon says: I wouldn't say that it's your fault, Tarenar. But don't let that stop you from saving Gidwin.
Quest
Nobody to Blame but Myself
A World of Warcraft quest in Eastern Plaguelands. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.
Giddy may be a stick-in-the-mud, but when it comes down to it, he can swing the Light like a champion.
So that's what that book he was studying so hard was...
jumped on her wagon and then was booted off about 20 yards down the ramp from the tower about 5 seconds later. she didn't appear at the new tower and was missing from the old tower. i abandoned the quest in hopes of resetting the phase and still nothing. =(
edit: relogged and the problem was fixed
Quest facts
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What to do
Description
This is my fault. I... I ignored his warnings, his complaints, everything. I couldn't help myself - I saw those Scourge just beyond the tower, and I... I HAD to go kill them. Argus says that Gidwin was taken northwest, and that's our only lead, so that's where we'll head. Northdale and the Argent Crusade be damned! We're getting Gidwin back from those Scourge trash.
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 #23 50.5 20.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inEastern Plaguelands 50.5, 20.4
/way #23 50.5 20.4 - Objective areaEastern Plaguelands 62.4, 42.2
/way #23 62.4 42.2
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 Eastern Plaguelands map
- Battle Pet Tamers: Eastern Kingdoms about 1,080 yards
- Relics of Light's Hope about 1,290 yards
- Flickering Hope about 1,300 yards
- Relics of Paladins Past about 1,300 yards
- Hope Prevails about 1,300 yards
- The Search for the Highlord about 1,300 yards
- Light's Charge about 1,320 yards
- Awakenings about 1,320 yards
- Ravencrest's Legacy about 1,320 yards
- In My Father's House about 1,320 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Eastern Plaguelands, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Eastern Plaguelands:
- Northpass Tower, Eastern Plaguelands
- Eastwall Tower, Eastern Plaguelands
- Light's Shield Tower, Eastern Plaguelands
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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Other quests on the Eastern Plaguelands map
Storyline
Eastern Plaguelands
Part 41 of 46.
Previous: Impatience · Next: Beat it Out of Them
- 35Befouled No More
- 36Argent Upheaval
- 37Like Rats
- 38Argent Call: Northdale
- 39Ix'lar the Underlord
- 40Impatience
- 41Nobody to Blame but Myself
- 42Beat it Out of Them
- 43Blind Fury
- 44The Baroness' Missive
- 45Gidwin's Fate Revealed
- 46Journey's End
Showing steps 35 to 46 of 46.
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.
- Impatience
Damn that dwarf. He's always getting me in trouble with Fiona. Look at her! She won't even TALK to me! I'm going to stay here and try to mend my friendship with our worgen friend. Would you mind going out and making sure Gidwin is alright? I'm sure he's fine; he knows how to take care of himself.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Beat it Out of Them
We paladins are normally taught to exercise judgment and control when dealing with foes, but this is an emergency, and I never paid too much attention to my trainers anyhow. I'm going to head into the Plaguewood and find out what I can about Giddy.
Also counted by Eastern Plaguelands Quests
Its criteria name 5 quests; others include:
The storyline at a glance
Eastern Plaguelands has 46 steps, from Gidwin Goldbraids to Journey's End.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Eastern Plaguelands (46).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Eastern Plaguelands map
- Origins
- Path of the Light III
- Class Mount: Paladin
- The Path of Light
- The Scarlet Enclave
- The Ashbringer
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Eastern Plaguelands Quests: its criteria name 5 quests, this one included.