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Peering Into the Past

A World of Warcraft quest in The Jade Forest. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Depending on your race, different people will appear and Cho will say something different.

Blood elf: Ah, noble is your lineage! Your people possess GREAT power, and all the terrible burdens that come with it. Equally great has been your suffering. Now I see why you call yourself 'Blood' elves.

Goblin: Well... that's interesting. It appears most of your ancestors died in a fire. Oh my. Your people put themselves at great personal risk in the name of progress! I wish more Pandaren had your initiative.

Orc: Astounding! A lineage of great warriors... From a different world, no less! It is rare for a Pandaren to leave his or her homeland. You are rightly proud of who you are.

Tauren: "Look at that. Your people revere their ancersors as well. And you cherish the land. We have much in common! Ah, but I see your ancestors were nomads, whereas we Pandaren prefer the comforts of hearth and home. You'll find few travellers among us.

Troll: Oh my - as I suspected. Your ancestry dates back to the dawn of the world. Great were the ancient empires of the trolls. I see a spark in your eyes, a powerful will - you wish to be great again, yes?

Undead: How fascinating. I thought you looked sickly - but now I see the truth. Your people suffer under the weight of a terrible darkness. What strength you must have, simply to press on forward.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-35
ZoneThe Jade Forest
Quest ID31152

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(31152))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineThe Jade Forest, Strange Bedfellows & Grookin Hill, step 9 of 24
Rewards3,600 XP

Description

Just a moment, now. Allow me to gather my things. Wouldn't want me to lose these notes now, would we? Especially after you risked life and limb for them! There, all set. Let us be off, shall we? I must say, I feel much safer traveling with you after seeing how you handled that saurok!

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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.

The Jade Forest Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
The Jade Forest map showing where to go for Peering Into the PastTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #371 28.8 32.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Jade Forest 28.8, 32.6/way #371 28.8 32.6
  • Objective areaThe Jade Forest 30.4, 34.6/way #371 30.4 34.6

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 The Jade Forest map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Jade Forest:

  • Grookin Hill, Jade ForestHorde · about 720 yards south
  • Honeydew Village, Jade ForestHorde · about 800 yards north
  • Binan Village, Kun-Lai SummitAlliance and Horde · about 970 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 140 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 160 yards south-east

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
Experience3,600 XP

Storyline

The Jade Forest, Strange Bedfellows & Grookin Hill

Part 9 of 24.

Previous: If These Stones Could Speak · Next: Family Tree

  1. 4Acid Rain
  2. 5Lay of the Land
  3. 6Stay a While, and Listen
  4. 7A Mile in My Shoes
  5. 8If These Stones Could Speak
  6. 9Peering Into the Past
  7. 10Family Tree
  8. 11Swallowed Whole
  9. 12Orders are Orders
  10. 13Instant Messaging
  11. 14Beyond the Horizon
  12. 15Furious Fowl

Showing steps 4 to 15 of 24.

Also part of: The Jade Forest (part 28 of 83).

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.

  • If These Stones Could SpeakThe Jade Forest · Level 10-35

    This is a very ancient place, traveler. Only recently have I pieced together a method of translating the forgotten language carved into these stones. Oh, the thrill of discovery! This never gets old, I assure you. Here, you are the guest. You do the honors. I insist.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Family TreeThe Jade Forest · Level 10-35

    So there you have it, traveler, or as much of it as would make for a proper introduction, hmm? What of you, then? Are your people so much different than mine? Surely, there must be things we share in common. Let us see...

The storyline at a glance

The Jade Forest, Strange Bedfellows & Grookin Hill has 24 steps, from Nazgrim's Command to Boom Goes the Doonamite!.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Jade Forest (24).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on The Jade Forest 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.