Skip to content
Advertisement
Quest Log

Speaker for the Dead (Level 10-40)

Speaker for the Dead is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-40 in Shadowmoon Valley. It is step 12 of 18 in The Exarch Council storyline. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 5,450 experience and money.

Description

This was a betrayal from within. There's no other explanation for it. None of the Exarchs trust each other now - especially me. But Othaar and Akama can damn their laws. We've got to rout out the traitor and the only way to do it is to speak to the corpse!

Join me just outside the Altar of Sha'tar atop the eastern cliffs. Soulbinder Nyami and I will perform an exorcism to save Hataaru's immortal soul... and maybe learn who did this to him.

Do you trust me, <name>?

Rewards

Money16 gold98 silver
Experience5,450 XP
ReputationCouncil of Exarchs +250
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
MarsJenkar+46via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

A little note for the suspicious...spoilers ahead!

SpoilerHataaru's last words were indeed an accusation of Soulbinder Nyami, and Nyami's ending of the ritual was an attempt to stop Hataaru from saying anything more. You later face her as a boss in Auchindoun. Othaar/Socrethar may have ordered the killing, but Nyami was probably the one who wielded the knife.
2
StansDad+22via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Just a note on the name of this quest...

It is clearly a tribute to the work of Sci-Fi author Orson Scott Card, known mostly for "Ender's Game". The book spawned a series, one of which was the title of this quest. Just sayin'... ;)

3
Draewind+19via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I sat waiting for the quest to begin and nothing. Head up the path to the east and go through and behind the large building. You will see Maladaar there and must speak to him to start the event. A floating mob will spawn and spew ... kill it and wait for the scene to end. Done.

Read all 29 on Wowhead ↗

Advertisement
Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,450
MoneyGold16g 98s
ReputationCouncil of Exarchs+250

Reward details

Reputation: Council of Exarchs +250

Under the leadership of five powerful exarchs, the draenei of Draenor have prospered in a savage world.

Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.

Other quests in Shadowmoon Valley that reward Council of Exarchs reputation: The Fate of Karabor (+250), Think of the Children! (+250), Into Twilight (+75), A Hero's Welcome (+250), The Clarity Elixir (+250), A Grandmother's Remedy (+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.

Where it comes from
Objective areaShadowmoon Valley3 mapped points
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.

Shadowmoon Valley Objective area 3 mapped points
Shadowmoon Valley map showing where to go for Speaker for the DeadObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #539 66.5 26.1

Coordinates

  • Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 66.5, 26.1/way #539 66.5 26.1
  • Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 62.6, 26.2/way #539 62.6 26.2

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 Shadowmoon Valley map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Shadowmoon Valley:

  • Elodor (Alliance), Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 580 yards south-west
  • Path of the Light, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 1,000 yards south-west
  • Tranquil Court, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 1,100 yards south

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

The Exarch Council

Part 12 of 18.

Previous: Friend of the Exarchs · Next: The Sting

  1. 7Fun with Fungus
  2. 8Hataaru, the Artificer
  3. 9Engorged Goren
  4. 10Exarch Maladaar
  5. 11Friend of the Exarchs
  6. 12Speaker for the Dead
  7. 13The Sting
  8. 14Warning the Exarchs
  9. 15The Traitor's True Name
  10. 16Shut 'er Down
  11. 17Trust No One
  12. 18Supply Drop

Showing steps 7 to 18 of 18.

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.

  • Friend of the ExarchsShadowmoon Valley · Level 10-40

    Only three members remain of the Exarch Council, but we are all deeply indebted to you. The vote is unanimous: Your Alliance will have our full support on Draenor. We are also going to place a draenei representative under your direct command. Three potential candidates are here in the courtyard.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The StingShadowmoon Valley · Level 10-40

    The exarchs seem to trust you, <class>. Are you venturing into the Umbrafen? The Sporebats in this area are usually docile, but something's got them all riled up. When they attack, their stingers wrap around exposed limbs. I've seen them tear through reinforced leather like it was paper.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Shadowmoon Valley · Level 10-40.

The storyline at a glance

The Exarch Council has 18 steps, from Migrant Workers to Supply Drop.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shadowmoon Valley (18).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Shadowmoon Valley 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Speaker for the Dead. They differ in the level/zone/rewards shown here.

QuestLevelZoneRewardsID
Speaker for the Dead (this page)Level 10-40Shadowmoon Valley5,450 XP34789
Speaker for the DeadLevel 20-40Talador675 XP34701
Related
Speak With Spraggle
Speak with the Dead
Speak with your Ambassador
Speak with your Ambassador
Speaker of the Horde
Speaking of Bones
Speaking Their Language
Speaking to the Dead
Database

Quest Location and Connections

More Quests in Shadowmoon Valley

See all 167 quests in Shadowmoon Valley
Downloads

Background