TheWoWDBI didn't really like this quest. Knowing that these are puppets being held against their will and they can see and feel but cannot control their movements and I had to kill them.
Quest
Pulling Strings
A World of Warcraft quest in City of Threads. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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You can repeat this quest chain on alts and you get 285 kej each time - the only reward unique to the first completion is the rep. You do not need to do the zone storyline on the character.
Considering you can do this in a couple of minutes at level 70, it's a nice quick kej boost.
The puppets he controls are already dead. One of the four incomplete puppets that you save says: "That paralytic is dangerous. Any puppets fully under his control are already gone, sorry to say.".
Quest facts
Quest ID80205
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(80205))
What to do
StorylinePawns and Puppetry, step 4 of 4
Rewards30g 38s, 10,600 XP
Description
Just think of it! Overcrawlers, war prisoners, civilians, fellow nerubians, important nobility being kidnapped and turned into puppets right under the Magistrate's nose. It's horrific--and exactly what I needed! If we save the Magistrate from this fate, he'll owe me. Not just for saving his life, but to keep quiet about all this. We're off to the theater, then. If you can keep the Puppetmaster occupied, I'll free High Elevator Etak'kaht from his grasp. Hopefully he's not part of the show yet.
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.
Nearby on the City of Threads map
- Testing Formulae: Gelatinous Unguent about 100 yards
- Wet Work: Death of a Salesman about 110 yards
- Information Control: The Right Side of History about 130 yards
- Rogue Agent about 200 yards
- Dropping Eaves: Saving the Past about 200 yards
- The Queen's Chains about 260 yards
- Wet Work: Step Into Their Parlor about 360 yards
- Like a Spider on the Wall about 390 yards
- Rewriting the Rewritten about 400 yards
- Spiders! about 400 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on City of Threads, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on City of Threads:
- The Burrows, Azj-Kahet
- Wildcamp Ul'ar, Azj-Kahet
- Weaver's Lair, Azj-Kahet
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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Money30 gold38 silver
Experience10,600 XP
Storyline
Pawns and Puppetry
Part 4 of 4.
Previous: Marionette Mercy
- 1Social Clues
- 2Espionage and Ventriloquism
- 3Marionette Mercy
- 4Pulling Strings
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.
- Marionette Mercy
It's perfect! The Puppetmaster is so interested in adding you to his collection, he literally invited us to go rescue the Magistrate. I don't want to imply I've been using you as bait this entire time, but... Let's just say certain calculated risks have paid off.
Also counted by Sojourner of Azj-Kahet
Its criteria name 18 quests; others include:
- Boom or Blight
- Intention vs Instinct
- Delegated Dig
- Permanent Hire
- Removing the Cap
- Burn It With Fire
- That Airspace is Mine(d)!
- Offensive Counter
The storyline at a glance
Pawns and Puppetry has 4 steps, from Social Clues to Pulling Strings.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): City of Threads (4).
Other storylines on the City of Threads map
- News from Below
- To Kill a Queen
- Plans within Plans
- Grieve & Weave
- Pillar-nest of Horrors
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.
- Sojourner of Azj-Kahet: its criteria name 18 quests, this one included.