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Our Oldest Enemies

A World of Warcraft quest in Arathi Highlands. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Boxofbeer+11via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Trolls that you have to slay can be found in west part of the city. Trolls stay grouped, that makes annihilation easy, just try to avoid [npc=107795]s as they have much hp, dont waste your time killing them.
[npc=108236] can be found at 12.0 69.6 point, near the stone tower's entrance.

TomTom:
/way Arathi Highlands 12.0 69.6 Ojin'ba

Our Oldest Enemies — www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dw07oOIHO0

This quest is a part of [class=6] class hall quest campaign. Full chain is under the spoiler, you can check your progress through it:

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[class=6] class hall campaign
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A Glorious Campaign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQjrqOunHow

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cadfile+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you aren't in a group, avoid the [npc=107795] (the trolls on steroids). They are tough to bring down and hit very hard. Two patrol the area and are easy to avoid and a third one was next to a supply cache needed for another quest offered in this area.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-45
CategoryDeath Knight Campaign
Quest ID42534

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(42534))

Requirements

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

I will grant the Ebon Blade access to my father's tomb. First though, I must ask a favor. I have taken up the sword and banner of my father. I have reclaimed Stromgarde with its former citizens as my guard. Yet, one task remains. Witherbark invaders have blockaded themselves in the former mage district of the city. My men have suffered heavy losses at their vile hands. Cut them down to the last! Bring me their heads and I shall give you what you seek. You have my word as the King of Stromgarde.

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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.

Arathi Highlands Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Arathi Highlands map showing where to go for Our Oldest EnemiesTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #14 19.4 67.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inArathi Highlands 19.4, 67.3/way #14 19.4 67.3
  • Objective areaArathi Highlands 11.8, 69.8/way #14 11.8 69.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Arathi Highlands 13.7, 68.7/way #14 13.7 68.7

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 Arathi Highlands map

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

Getting there

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

  • Galen's Fall, ArathiHorde · about 780 yards north
  • Refuge Pointe, ArathiAlliance · about 850 yards north-east
  • Dun Modr, WetlandsAlliance · about 1,200 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 270 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 200 yards west

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.

Related
Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP

Storyline

The Four Horsemen I

Part 2 of 13.

Previous: The Ruined Kingdom · Next: Death... and Decay

  1. 1The Ruined Kingdom
  2. 2Our Oldest Enemies
  3. 3Death... and Decay
  4. 4Regicide
  5. 5The King Rises
  6. 6A Personal Request
  7. 7Champion: Thoras Trollbane
  8. 8Knights of the Ebon Blade
  9. 9Champion: Koltira Deathweaver
  10. 10Steeds of the Damned
  11. 11Neltharion's Lair: Braid of the Underking
  12. 12Recruiting Ebon Knights
  13. 13Darkheart Thicket: The Nightmare Lash

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.

  • The Ruined KingdomLevel 10-45

    So the Lich King has revealed the second of the Four Horsemen... it appears that not even kings may rest as the world burns around them. So be it, Deathlord. I will send Nazgrim and Thassarian to meet you at the fallen kingdom of Stromgarde.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Death... and DecayLevel 10-45

    My family has fought the Witherbark trolls for generations... their presence in Arathi has always been a curse upon the land. I want to drive them out of Stromgarde for good! Destroy their supplies and we shall give them no incentive to return. Blight their supplies...

The storyline at a glance

The Four Horsemen I has 13 steps, from The Ruined Kingdom to Darkheart Thicket: The Nightmare Lash.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Acherus: The Ebon Hold (5), Arathi Highlands (4), Acherus: The Ebon Hold (3), The Maelstrom (1).

Other storylines on the Arathi Highlands 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.