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Rational Explanation

Rational Explanation is a quest for level 80-83 in Eversong Woods. It is step 3 of 15 in the Shadowfall storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Eversong Woods at 47.7, 69.8. It rewards 11,750 experience and money.

Description

Something just doesn't feel right about all of this. Umbric can look into the notebook, but I suspect there's something more going on here.

It couldn't hurt to ask around Tranquillien and see if anyone's heard anything odd. I'll take the north side of town, and you take the south.

And... use your discretion, my friend. We should avoid alarming anyone for now.

Rewards

Money30 gold98 silver
Experience11,750 XP
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP11,750
MoneyGold30g 98s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapEversong WoodsTurn-in marker at 47.7, 69.8, 20 mapped points
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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.

Eversong Woods Quest turn-in 20 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #2395 47.7 69.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inEversong Woods 47.7, 69.8/way #2395 47.7 69.8
  • Objective areaEversong Woods 49.3, 67.5/way #2395 49.3 67.5
  • Objective areaEversong Woods 48.9, 69.6/way #2395 48.9 69.6
  • Objective areaEversong Woods 47.7, 65.2/way #2395 47.7 65.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Eversong Woods 48.4, 67.4/way #2395 48.4 67.4
  • Objective areaEversong Woods 47.8, 69.7/way #2395 47.8 69.7

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 Eversong Woods map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Eversong Woods:

  • Tranquillien, Eversong WoodsAlliance and Horde · about 160 yards north
  • Fairbreeze Village, Eversong WoodsAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards north
  • Silverglade Refuge, Eversong WoodsAlliance · about 2,000 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 210 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 120 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 290 yards north

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Shadowfall

Part 3 of 15.

Previous: Appeal to the Void · Next: The First to Know

  1. 1The Wayward Magister
  2. 2Appeal to the Void
  3. 3Rational Explanation
  4. 4The First to Know
  5. 5Chance Meeting
  6. 6The Ransacked Lab
  7. 7The Battle for Tranquillien
  8. 8The Heart of Tranquillien
  9. 9The Traitors of Tranquillien
  10. 10The Missing Magister
  11. 11Face the Past
  12. 12The Past Keeps Watch
  13. 13Comprehend the Void
  14. 14To Deatholme
  15. 15Void Walk With Me

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.

  • Appeal to the VoidEversong Woods · Level 80-83

    Kasiea... whatever you've found, you've perished for it. I won't let her work be in vain. There's something to be found here, <name>. There are a few locations listed. Let's travel to them and try some of these theorems.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The First to KnowEversong Woods · Level 80-83

    Notes speaking of fear, of uncertainty--of some mysterious truth? This is not good, <name>. By all accounts, it sounds as if a cult has managed to infiltrate Tranquillien. If that journal entry was true, Kasiea was attempting to leave it. We must tell Antenorian.

The storyline at a glance

Shadowfall has 15 steps, from The Wayward Magister to Void Walk With Me.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Eversong Woods (15).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Eversong Woods 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.

Related

Guides and routes on this site that cover Eversong Woods.

Database

Quest Location and Connections

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