Quest Log

Rider on the Storm

Rider on the Storm is a Horde-only quest for level 10-30 in Desolace. It is step 20 of 63 in the Desolace storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Desolace at 44.6, 29.4. It rewards 3 reward items, 5,150 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

You cannot help but to feel a twinge of pride, having unlocked this long lost secret of the ancient worshippers of Elune.

You now possess the power to inflict great damage upon your enemy.

As it was Furien's tireless work that made this possible, it only seems right that the weapon should be unleashed upon those who took his life.

The Alliance scum at Nijel's Point shall pay for their offenses against the Horde!

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money21

Experience5,150 XP

Top Comments

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551326Nov 24, 2010+486via Wowhead

"Nijel's Point Ruin" is the archway in the entrance at the bottom of the hill, which you can see when you mouse over it.
The storm will carry you in circles around Nijel's Point as many times as you need. Use your Flashfire ability to burn down guards and merchants where they stand, or just let the storm run them over to see them get launched extremely high and catch fire in the air. Either method produces a lot of screaming, so turn up your speakers and enjoy.
Button 4 will carry you back to Furien's Post when you're done.

ContayNov 25, 2010+133via Wowhead

Considering that you likely had just completed the quests for Stonetalon Mountain before this quest chain and had Garrosh Hellscream drill into your head the importance of not slaughtering civilians, does anyone else find it a bit odd that the final step of this chain has you going out of your way to kill merchants? Merchants that likely had nothing to do with shooting down a blood elf carelessly flying into an Alliance base's airspace?
I mean, I understand the killing of the guards, but .... yeesh.
Garrosh probably can't portal out to every single time someone screws up and give a "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE" speech, though.
edit: I'm not saying or even trying to claim that the Horde alone is guilty of killing civilians, it's just.... come on now. You just got lectured by a huge brown Orc that was >yeh< close to grabbing you by the neck and pitching you off of a cliff. Can't you (your character) be the bigger guy, or at least demonstrate you've learned something? (then again I really wasn't impressed by the questing in Desolace, so I go to South Barrens -- I guess that resolves that).

497644Nov 28, 2010+129via Wowhead

Even after five years and the introduction of the map markers, Blizzard is still pants at quest directions.
Thank goodness for Wowhead, eh? :P

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	5,150
Money	Gold	21g

Reward details

Pick one of these

Nimblefinger Cloak

TypeCloth Back

Item level19

BindingBinds when picked up

Armor3

Stats+3 Agility, +5 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike

Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster

Sells to vendors for85 silver25 copper

Tranquility of Furien

TypeArmor Held In Off-hand

Item level19

BindingBinds when picked up

Stats+5 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike, +10 Intellect

Suited toDiscipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Mistweaver, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost

Sells to vendors for97 silver99 copper

Flashfire Collar

TypeArmor Neck

Item level19

BindingBinds when picked up

Stats+3 Strength, +5 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike

Suited toProtection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood

Sells to vendors for12 silver44 copper

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Desolace	Turn-in marker at 44.6, 29.4, 16 mapped points
Objective area	Stonetalon Mountains	1 mapped point

World Map

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.

Stonetalon Mountains map showing where to go for Rider on the Storm — **Stonetalon Mountains** Objective area 1 mapped point

Coordinates

Turn-inDesolace 44.6, 29.4/way #66 44.6 29.4
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Desolace 66.6, 9.2/way #66 66.6 9.2
Objective areaStonetalon Mountains 51.4, 85.2/way #65 51.4 85.2

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 Desolace map

Merda Stronghoof about 740 yards
Desecrate this Fire! about 1,030 yards
Honor the Flame about 1,650 yards

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Desolace:

Furien's Post, DesolaceHorde · about 20 yards south-west
Ethel Rethor, DesolaceAlliance and Horde · about 260 yards west
Karnum's Glade, DesolaceAlliance and Horde · about 850 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 1,200 yards north-east
Objective areaabout 1,200 yards north-east
Objective areaabout 1,400 yards east (on the Stonetalon Mountains map)

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

Desolace

Part 20 of 63.

Previous: Firestarter · Next: The Emerging Threat

Showing steps 15 to 26 of 63.

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.

FirestarterDesolace · Level 10-30
You are now able to understand the script in which the journal was written. Along the runestone, it is explained that the monument's gemstones were imbued with the power to summon a firestorm.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

The Emerging ThreatDesolace · Level 10-30
I am all that remains of my company, sent to monitor the many changes on this coast of Desolace. I have reported of the dramatic increase of naga here, but to no effect. My peers are focused on other crises, so I must ask you, a stranger, to assist me in my research.

Also counted by Desolace Quests

Its criteria name 15 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Desolace has 63 steps, from Rerouted! to Death to Agogridon.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Desolace (61), Stonetalon Mountains (2).

Other storylines on the Desolace map

Battle Pet Tamers18 steps, starts with Zunta, The Pet Tamer

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.

Desolace QuestsComplete the Desolace storylines listed below.10

Desolace Quests: its criteria name 15 quests, this one included.

Community notes from Wowhead · 132 comments

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