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Quest
Scenes from a Memory
A World of Warcraft quest in Suramar. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The voice acting this expansion is simply great.
This might not be entirely accurate but this quest really spoke to me and this is what I walked away with... Through My Words, so to speak. After Theryn was brought Home, Thalyssra granted us a glimpse of what might have caused his mind to go into Regression. What was shown was much like an Overture for whatever the poor creature had lived through, A Strange Deja Vu painting a quite disturbing image. Through Her Eyes we were allowed to witness The Dance Of Eternity, a premonition of what might await us Beyond This Life. The story of Theryn is probably best described as a Fatal Tragedy but as the champion of Azeroth we were willing to set out yet again, having an almost blind faith in the fact that no matter how dark the night gets, The Spirit Carries On.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 45
ZoneSuramar
Quest ID40325
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40325))
What to do
WhereSuramar, around 37.1, 46.2
StorylineAn Ancient Gift, step 2 of 8
RewardsEnchanted Nightborne Coin, 20g 22s, 6,150 XP
Enchanted Nightborne Coin, 20g 22s, 6,150 XPDescription
Theryn is at the mercy of his own mind. Whatever we find in there, it may be difficult to control. I will need your help to sort through the visions, so be ready for anything. With any luck, we will discover what makes Theryn special. And... whether there is anything left of who he used to be.
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.
Turn-inIn-game waypoint: /way #680 37.1 46.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inSuramar 37.1, 46.2
/way #680 37.1 46.2
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 Suramar map
- Shal'Aran same spot
- And They Will Tremble same spot
- Vengeance for Margaux same spot
- Ancient Mana same spot
- A Change of Seasons same spot
- Giving It All We've Got same spot
- Ephemeral Manastorm Projector about 10 yards
- Flow Control about 10 yards
- Mouths to Feed about 10 yards
- Hungry Work about 10 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Suramar, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Suramar:
- Meredil, Suramar
- Irongrove Retreat, Suramar
- Obsidian Overlook, Highmountain
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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Reward details
Items you receive
TypeConsumable
Item level1
BindingBinds when picked up
Sells to vendors for25 gold
“Handed down for generations, this coin holds lingering knowledge from all its previous holders.”
Reputation: The Nightfallen +25
These exiled Nightborne elves suffer withdrawals after being cut off from the Nightwell. They oppose their people's alliance with the Legion and fight for some kind of redemption.
Reputation group: Legion.
Other quests in Suramar that reward The Nightfallen reputation: Answering Aggression (+250), Regroup (+250), Crackdown (+250), No Reason to Stay (+250), Trail of Echoes (+250), The Only Way Out is Through (+250).
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.
Storyline
An Ancient Gift
Part 2 of 8.
Previous: Arcane Communion · Next: Cloaked in Moonshade
- 1Arcane Communion
- 2Scenes from a Memory
- 3Cloaked in Moonshade
- 4Breaking the Seal
- 5Moonshade Holdout
- 6Into the Crevasse
- 7The Hidden City
- 8The Valewalker's Burden
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.
- Arcane Communion
All of Kel'danath's experiments to connect with the withered failed, and some even made them more dangerous. Until he found Theryn. His arcane essence - the very soul of the shal'dorei - had been touched by something special. But what?
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Cloaked in Moonshade
I do not know what Theryn found, but I know where he found it. Moonshade Sanctum, to the west. Beyond the Temple of Fal'adora. Whatever power altered Theryn's arcane essence... Whatever power allowed Kel'danath to create a spell to soothe the withered... Its source rests there.
The storyline at a glance
An Ancient Gift has 8 steps, from Arcane Communion to The Valewalker's Burden.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Suramar (8).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Suramar map
- Blood and Wine
- Balance of Power
- An Elven Problem
- Crafting War
- The Waning Crescent
- Eminent Grow-main
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.