TheWoWDBThe turn in for this quest isn't by the Violet hold NPC with the same name, it's in the Citadel itself with the "hologram" version of this NPC where the old Caverns of Time portal used to be.
Quest
The Arcane Way
Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Midnight prepatch seems to have yielded a progression issue at least for boosted characters. Doing the quest chain including farming out the blood and being entitled by Illidan lets me turn in The Arcane Way but does not give me the next in the chain, Move Like No Other. I added "A Falling Star" and "The Hunt for the Harbinger" in hopes this would help, but I cannot turn in A Falling Star even relogging after doing The Hunt for the Harbinger. It seems the phase with Khadgar and Jaina in the Chamber of the Guardian gets stuck. I am assuming this is blocking access to Move Like No Other, but this in itself is also curious.
If you've hit level 103 and are wondering why you can't pick up this starter quest, I've done a bit of experimenting to see what the prerequisite is.
You need to complete the quest to gather 100 fel bloods (The Blood of Demons) and then the followup quests in the basement of the Fel Hammer where you summon the image of Illidan and he speaks to you of becoming the Illidari leader. Once this has been done and you've gone upstairs for Kayn or Altruis to make the announcement, then this quest (The Arcane Way) becomes available.
**Just a note regarding The Blood of Demons quest, I've seen it mentioned in comments to do "The Defense of the Exodar" scenario. This quest chain starts with Khadgar in the Violet Citadel where he sends you to Suramar to investigate the thing falling from the sky. I can recommend this as a good way to get most of them. I managed 80/100 by killing a few stray mobs on the way into the Exodar. By the time you've rescued frightened citizens and closed the portals the demon mobs become thin on the ground. Try and hold off completing the portal closure until you've got the bulk of the bloods you need. Also, towards the end of the scenario when lots of friendly npc's are clustered around the place, try and pull mobs to them and tag them all.
Quest facts
Quest ID42593
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(42593))
Requirements
ClassDemon Hunter
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
Getting into the Black Temple is going to be tricky. Following the break-in by the Council of the Black Harvest, Akama had his Sha'tari priests erect a holy barrier. It prevents my teleportation. However, I might know a way to bypass those protections and take us directly to the Temple Summit. Long ago, I had a... liaison with a certain high elf wizard named Lan'dalock. He later joined the Kirin Tor. If you were to ask him very nicely, and drop my name, I am certain that he would help.
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 #627 26.0 52.1
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #719 70.0 39.9
Coordinates
- Turn-inDalaran 26.0, 52.1
/way #627 26.0 52.1 - Objective areaMardum, the Shattered Abyss 70.0, 39.9
/way #719 70.0 39.9
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 Dalaran map
- Arming Dalaran about 10 yards
- The Light's Wrath about 20 yards
- The Nexus Vault about 20 yards
- Aluneth, Greatstaff of the Magna about 20 yards
- A Portal Away about 20 yards
- The Frozen Flame about 30 yards
- Elemental: The Folly of Levia Laurence about 30 yards
- Fel-Crossed Lovers about 30 yards
- A Triumphant Report about 30 yards
- A Gift From the Six about 30 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dalaran, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dalaran:
- Dalaran
- Western Suramar
- Shackle's Den, Azsuna
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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Money10 gold11 silver
Experience3,050 XP
Storyline
Destiny of the Illidari I
Part 4 of 17.
Previous: Leader of the Illidari · Next: Move Like No Other
- 1The Blood of Demons
- 2Immortal Soul
- 3Leader of the Illidari
- 4The Arcane Way
- 5Move Like No Other
- 6Back in Black
- 7Confrontation at the Black Temple
- 8Confrontation at the Black Temple
- 9Into Our Ranks
- 10Into Our Ranks
- 11Champion: Akama
- 12Champion: Shade of Akama
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 17.
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.
- Leader of the Illidari
Illidan has officially placed you in charge, <name>. The Illidari are now yours. Meet me upstairs. We will let everyone know together.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Move Like No Other
Sorry about the holographic projection... I literally need to be in two places at once these days. A holy barrier that protects against fel magic, you say? I have just the thing to bypass it and enable Malevolence's teleport.
The storyline at a glance
Destiny of the Illidari I has 17 steps, from The Blood of Demons to Working With the Wardens.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Mardum, the Shattered Abyss (13), Mardum, the Shattered Abyss (3), Dalaran (1).
Other storylines on the Dalaran map
- Legion Alchemy
- Legion Tailoring
- Legion Leatherworking
- Legion Inscription
- Legion Blacksmithing
- Legion Engineering
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.