TheWoWDBWhen you get Gandling to about 50% hp, he will lift you in the air, and Koltira and Thassarian will come and finish him off, after he teleports away, Koltira and Thassarian will have the following conversation:
Thassarian: Koltira! I had heard rumours that you were here in Lordaeron.
Koltira Deathweaver: You had heard correctly, Thassarian. I wanted to give you a chance to kill me again.
Thassarian; It looks like it may have to come to that.
Koltira Deathweaver: Yes, it may... but not today. with the scourge out of the way, I plan to pull my troops back and regroup.
Thassarian: I see. Then I will do the same.
Thassarian: But you must be aware, Koltira: we are brothers no longer. You are a member of the horde now, and I of the Alliance.
Thassarian: Eventually we will fight this battle for Andorhal, and only one of us can walk off of this battlefield victorious.
Koltira Deathweaver: Yes, I know. And don't think I'll go easy on you.
<Thassarian laughs>
Thassarian says: Very well. I look forward to it.Koltira Deathweaver whispers: You are not to speak to ANYONE about the agreement that was made today, <name>. Consider this an order from your direct superior.
(note: this is the horde version, missed the '500 reputation with stormwind', and wowhead was/is showing '?' at side)
Quest
Scholomancer
A World of Warcraft quest in Western Plaguelands. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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It's good that Thassarian and Koltira command you not to reveal their torrid love affair, as Don't Ask Don't Tell has not yet been repealed. They could get in huge trouble!
This is one of the 3 quests you get that take you deeper into the town. There are battles between NPCs (your faction) and the soon-to-be-routed Scourge mobs.
You should get all three of these quests together--Araj, Gandling, and Rattlegore.
This is important: if the faction NPCs are fighting the Scourge mob you can run past and not aggro them. If the mob is not in combat or kills the faction NPC while you are in proximity you will be targeted.
Fairly challenging for me as a L36 Resto Shaman to burn him down to halfway. Idk if he has a nature resistance or some sort of healing convention, but it seemed like it took a very long time. He has higher health than the other two mini bosses but you also only have to get him to 1/2 health.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27162))
Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Gandling's Gloves, 
Burden of Time, Shoulderguard of Timeless Restraint, 31g 50s, 6,200 XPDescription
The Scholomance is one of the few Scourge holdouts remaining west of the Thondroril. The headmaster of Scholomance, a cultist by the name of Darkmaster Gandling, has made an appearance on the battlefield. This will be his final mistake. You will find Gandling in a square near the southern end of town. I want you to fight and weaken Gandling. I will join you to help finish him off.
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-inObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #22 41.2 70.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inWestern Plaguelands 41.2, 70.3
/way #22 41.2 70.3 - Objective areaWestern Plaguelands 45.3, 72.9
/way #22 45.3 72.9 - Objective areaWestern Plaguelands 41.1, 70.5
/way #22 41.1 70.5
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 Western Plaguelands map
- Honor the Flame about 360 yards
- Keeping the Peace about 500 yards
- Sacred Ground about 500 yards
- Seeking Guidance about 510 yards
- The Light Reveals about 600 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 650 yards
- Finding the Scepter about 1,230 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Western Plaguelands, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Western Plaguelands:
- Andorhal, Western Plaguelands
- Chillwind Camp, Western Plaguelands
- The Menders' Stead, Western Plaguelands
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Choose one of these rewards:
Other quests on the Western Plaguelands map
3D Model
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Reward details
Pick one of these
Reputation: Stormwind +500
One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Western Plaguelands that reward Stormwind reputation: The Battle for Andorhal (+25), Scourge First... Horde Later (+250), War Machines (+350), The Endless Flow (+250), Brute Strength (+500), Victory, For Now (+10).
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
Western Plaguelands
Part 4 of 63.
Previous: The Endless Flow · Next: Brute Strength
- 1Scourge First... Horde Later
- 2War Machines
- 3The Endless Flow
- 4Scholomancer
- 5Brute Strength
- 6Araj the Summoner
- 7Victory, For Now
- 8Go Fletch!
- 9A Mighty Hunger
- 10Uther's Blessing
- 11The Abandoned Crypt
- 12Ambushed!
Showing steps 1 to 12 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.
- The Endless Flow
Araj the Summoner is bolstering the Scourge defenses with simple skeletons... an army of weaklings that will overwhelm you before it overpowers you. He has assembled animi within Andorhal's northern towers that spew these skeletons out at an alarming rate. But I've got the solution!
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Brute Strength
Gandling has brought his lieutenant, Rattlegore, with him. This clattering horror is far more dangerous than any of the other Scourge you will find upon the battlefield... even the abominations. You will find Rattlegore within an old town-hall building, near the center of town.
Quests that require this one
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Western Plaguelands · Level 15-30.
The storyline at a glance
Western Plaguelands has 63 steps, from Scourge First... Horde Later to Turning Yourself In.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Western Plaguelands (63).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Western Plaguelands map
- The Ashbringer
- Tirisfal Glades
- Scepter of Sargeras
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.