Quest Log

Stirring in the Shadows

Stirring in the Shadows is a scenario quest for level 45. It is step 8 of 8 in the Class Mount: Paladin storyline, the final step. It rewards 6,150 experience and money.

Description

We must now purify the barding by both material and immaterial means. For the material, we need to travel to Stratholme.

When it thrived, before the plague, it produced holy water capable of cleansing even the darkest of magics. There still may be caches of it lying untouched there that we can use.

Then it's just a matter of imbuing enough holy power into the barding to make sure it overcomes the will of Rivendare's mount, Shadowmane.

Travel to the service gate of Stratholme when you're ready.

Rewards

You will receive:

Spell: Highlord's Golden ChargerSummons and dismisses your Highlord's Golden Charger. This is a flying mount.

Money20

Experience6,150 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Go to Eastern Plaguelands 43.4, 19.5 /way #23 43.4 19.5

Known issues

Top Comments

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littlegreenwomanJan 2, 2018+218via Wowhead

at the end, after binding the mighty steed, the scenario tells you to "talk to grayson if you want to leave". I could not talk to him in any way, so I just left the scenario. luckily, it was complete and all I had to do was return to my class hall.

1032025Mar 13, 2017+192via Wowhead

1. Don't forget the class hall is 2 mins flight from Strath, using the portal from new to old dalaran takes much longer than walking up some stairs. :p
2. you can mount inside the Straholme scenario, Praise the Light!

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Top Comments

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

littlegreenwomanJan 2, 2018+218via Wowhead

at the end, after binding the mighty steed, the scenario tells you to "talk to grayson if you want to leave". I could not talk to him in any way, so I just left the scenario. luckily, it was complete and all I had to do was return to my class hall.

1032025Mar 13, 2017+192via Wowhead

1. Don't forget the class hall is 2 mins flight from Strath, using the portal from new to old dalaran takes much longer than walking up some stairs. :p
2. you can mount inside the Straholme scenario, Praise the Light!

xDLM710Nov 7, 2025+99via Wowhead

To anyone trying to do this in remix. You do not have to rush, just leave the order hall and fly in that direction. Yes the screen will turn grey with the warning but just keep flying. As you get closer color comes back and you can start and finish the scenario.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	6,150
Money	Gold	20g 22s

Collectibles from Stirring in the Shadows

1 collectible whose in-game collection entry names Stirring in the Shadows as a source.

Mounts (1)

Highlord's Golden ChargerMount

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Light's Hope Chapel
Objective area	Eastern Plaguelands	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.

Light's Hope Chapel Quest turn-in

Eastern Plaguelands map showing where to go for Stirring in the Shadows — **Eastern Plaguelands** Objective area 1 mapped point

Coordinates

Objective areaEastern Plaguelands 43.4, 19.5/way #23 43.4 19.5

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 Light's Hope Chapel map

The Highlord's Command same spot
Logistical Matters same spot
A Sound Plan same spot
The Blood Matriarch same spot
Dark Storms same spot
Recruiting the Troops same spot
Wrath and Justice same spot
Tech It Up a Notch same spot
Allies of the Light same spot
Black Rook Hold: Lord Ravencrest same spot

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Light's Hope Chapel, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Light's Hope Chapel:

Light's Hope Chapel, Eastern PlaguelandsHorde · about 80 yards south-west
Acherus: The Ebon HoldAlliance and Horde · about 280 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 1,600 yards north-west (on the Eastern Plaguelands 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

Class Mount: Paladin

Part 8 of 8.

Previous: Leather to Legendary

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.

Leather to LegendaryLevel 45
Let's begin, shall we? I mean, I'll be doing all the work, but you get to watch! <Alard grins a wide smile at you and begins working.>

The storyline at a glance

Class Mount: Paladin has 8 steps, from Worthy of the Title to Stirring in the Shadows.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Eastern Plaguelands (4), Dalaran (3), Light's Hope Chapel (1).

Other storylines on the Light's Hope Chapel map

The Silver Hand17 steps, starts with An Urgent Gathering
Path of the Light I17 steps, starts with A Sign From The Sky
Path of the Light II14 steps, starts with Cracking the Codex
Path of the Light IV9 steps, starts with Judgment Awaits
Path of the Light III8 steps, starts with Blood 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.

Community notes from Wowhead · 62 comments

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