TheWoWDBPre-requisite to get this series of quests is the completition of:
All Hail the Conqueror of Skorn!
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?quest=11250Quest rewards are wrong as well... *sigh*
You will be getting 20100 experience points.
You will be awarded 4 Gold 70 silver (not 14 Gold 36 Silver).
And you will earn 250 reputation with the Valiance Expedition.Note this will also open another chain, the NPC Mage-Lieutenant Malister will "whisper" you, opening the following quest:
Sleeping Giants:
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?quest=11432Quests chains are totally dismantled in the database as of 2008/09/03. :-(
Quest
Of Keys and Cages
A World of Warcraft quest in Howling Fjord. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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A Reference to the book "Of Mice and Men" written by John Steinbeck.
Thats what I think anyways.
Gnomedalf posted this on the horde version of this quest, but I think applies to the Alliance just as much if not more.
""When opening cages make sure you see what kind of prisoners they contain, to avoid accidently freeing a gnome.""
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneHowling Fjord
Quest ID11231
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11231))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineHowling Fjord, step 99 of 162
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
The captain may not care, but from the little we know, the vrykul are conducting heinous rites in some sort of 'awakening' ritual up north in Gjalerbron. They're using living sacrifices to fuel their unholy rituals! {class}, you must put a stop to this! It matters not who or what is in those cages, they must be freed. I'd bet that the vrykul hold the keys. The Light knows the last thing we need is more of those strange vrykul walking about, or worse yet, them wakening something even more evil!
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #117 28.9 44.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inHowling Fjord 28.9, 44.0
/way #117 28.9 44.0 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Howling Fjord 36.2, 11.8
/way #117 36.2 11.8 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Howling Fjord 36.0, 13.1
/way #117 36.0 13.1
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 Howling Fjord map
- Honor the Flame about 2,080 yards
- Hero's Call: Howling Fjord! about 2,090 yards
- To Northrend about 2,200 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Howling Fjord, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Howling Fjord:
- Westguard Keep, Howling Fjord
- Kamagua, Howling Fjord
- Valgarde Port, Howling Fjord
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 Howling Fjord map
Reward details
Reputation: Valiance Expedition +250
The main armies of the Alliance in Northrend, moving against the Scourge and unified under King Varian Wrynn's command.
Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.
Other quests in Howling Fjord that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: Break the Blockade (+250), Scare the Guano Out of Them! (+250), Shoveltusk Soup Again? (+250), The Clutches of Evil (+250), Mage-Lieutenant Malister (+10), Two Wrongs... (+250).
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
Howling Fjord
Part 99 of 162.
Previous: Dealing With Gjalerbron · Next: Necro Overlord Mezhen
- 94Gruesome, But Necessary
- 95Burn Skorn, Burn!
- 96Towers of Certain Doom
- 97All Hail the Conqueror of Skorn!
- 98Dealing With Gjalerbron
- 99Of Keys and Cages
- 100Necro Overlord Mezhen
- 101In Service to the Light
- 102Sleeping Giants
- 103The Slumbering King
- 104Down to the Wire
- 105The Yeti Next Door
Showing steps 94 to 105 of 162.
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.
- Dealing With Gjalerbron
And now we have a different problem. My scouts that have lived to return have informed me that the vrykul are up to no good at their main fortress to the north. They call the place Gjalerbron, though you'd pronounce the 'Gj' as if it were an 'Sh'. Odd creatures.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Necro Overlord Mezhen
The Scourge are at Gjalerbron and they have necromancers with them! They must be working to bring the vrykul into Arthas' fold. I want the leader of these necrolords eliminated!
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Howling Fjord · Level 10-30.
The storyline at a glance
Howling Fjord has 162 steps, from Hell Has Frozen Over... to Alpha Worg.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Howling Fjord (147), Grizzly Hills (15).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Howling Fjord map
- Truthguard
- Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.