TheWoWDBIf you came here from seeing just a single entry on the achievement Allied Races: Earthen, brace yourself. This may look like a single quest but you cannot finish the Allied Race achievement without first doing this: The War Within. This is confusing because I'm 80 and I've completed the "main campaign" quests with also takes you "back to Dornogal" and also ends with talking to Alleria, but apparently that was a "different" war within campaign by a similar name. Who knew.
It is also confusing that the entry on Allied Races: Earthen for "The War Within Campaign" links back to this quest and NOT to the actual war within campaign achievement The War Within. So the war within campaign portion of the Earthen achievement looks just like the other three things, which are actually just three short storylines (broken tools, merrix and steelvein, and mourning rise). But no, the war within campaign line refers to a whole separate achievement.
Quest
Return to Dornogal
A World of Warcraft quest in Hallowfall. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Before you run off to start your new Earthen alt, stop for a moment and use the "stay awhile and listen." It is one of the first times that I've seen them use mocap or something similar in the game to really try to get the voice actors onto the NPC models rather than just reuse a standard jaw movement 2-3x while the audio plays. Anduin looks hella goofy with his nose and jaw cutting into his clothes at times but I can see progress and hope for how much better the non-video cut scenes could become. Good job team and keep improving inch by inch!
After you complete this quest, there is a nice follow up "Stay a while and listen" with Alleria and Khadgar (sporting his new mode of transport) in Foundation Hall, Dornogal.
TomTom:
/way #2339 42.37, 27.19
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(83503))
Requirements
Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.
What to do
Description
The battle is finally over and I suppose it's time we lick our wounds. Head back to Dornogal, Champion. I'll be right there as soon as Khadgar is healthy enough to withstand travel.
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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #2215 35.9 35.5
Coordinates
- Objective areaHallowfall 35.9, 35.5
/way #2215 35.9 35.5
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 Dornogal map
- A Shadowy Invitation about 40 yards
- Found Friends about 40 yards
- Last Bastion of the Light about 150 yards
- Champions of Quel'Danas about 150 yards
- Where Heroes Hold about 150 yards
- The Hour of Need about 150 yards
- Luminous Wings about 150 yards
- The Gate about 150 yards
- Ethereal Eradication about 150 yards
- Voidborn Banishing about 150 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dornogal, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dornogal:
- Dornogal, Isle of Dorn
- Rambleshire, Isle of Dorn
- Durgaz Cabin, Isle of Dorn
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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Storyline
A Light in the Dark
Part 6 of 6.
Previous: A Light in the Dark
- 1A Tide Needing Turned
- 2The Might of Khaz Algar
- 3Steel and Flames
- 4Cutting Off the Legs
- 5A Light in the Dark
- 6Return to Dornogal
Also part of: Catch Up: War Within: Wrapper 3 (part 17 of 17).
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Quest chain
- 1A Light in the Dark
- 2Return to Dornogal
Step 2 of 2. Chain order is read from the prerequisite data in the current retail client build, so it reflects what the game requires, not a curated storyline.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Light in the Dark
Something is very wrong. As the battle continues, each side has become more aggressive. Alleria seems to know something - she ran off at one point during the battle. We've been giving chase, but I cannot leave these soldiers to die. She's just ahead, we can reconvene with her together.
Also counted by Allied Races: Earthen
Its criteria name 4 quests; others include:
Also counted by The War Within
Its criteria name 5 quests; others include:
The storyline at a glance
A Light in the Dark has 6 steps, from A Tide Needing Turned to Return to Dornogal.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Hallowfall (5), Dornogal (1).
Other storylines on the Dornogal map
- Khaz Algar Emissary
- Rise of the Red Dawn
- The Light's Summons
- Overcharged Delves
- Horrific Visions Revisited
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 these achievements.
- Allied Races: Earthen: its criteria name 4 quests, this one included. Reward: Earthen Race Unlocked.
- The War Within: its criteria name 5 quests, this one included.