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Quest
The Art of Persuasion
A World of Warcraft quest in Borean Tundra. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Rofl, these comments are ridiculous.
- To 'garrote' someone means to drag a sharp or barbed wire across someone's throat and incur heavy bleeding or death.
- To 'gouge' someone's eyes means to stick your thumbs (or any other foreign object) into someone's eye sockets to subdue them.
- A 'sap' is a club-like item you use to beat someone over the head to knock them unconscious.
- To 'eviscerate' means to disembowel.
- Not to mention all the diseases to spread, kidneys to punch, dirt to throw around, information and precious items to steal, wars to start and end, fires to be set and enemies frozen and shattered...
And yet, you all complain about this simple little quest. /boggle
I think this quest was neat; it's something Blizz hasn't done before in letting the player actually get some much needed information.
I mean, it's not like Malygos is planning to kill all mortal magic users, right? Or torturing his own prisoners in the confines of The Nexus. This is all just senseless torture at no gain.
Oh wait.
/point
/laughDownrank if it makes you happy :p I did this out of spite and for fun, going around picking out all the 'graphic' things you do in this game. Enjoy.
The Imprisoned Beryl Sorcerer is just beside the questgiver sitting in a chair. Simply find/use Neural Needler, provided upon accepting the quest, five times and the quest will complete.
Dialogue:
- Pathetic fool! A servant of malygos would sooner die than aid an emeny...
- Aargh! Do your worst, <class>! I'll tell you NOTHING!
- Aahhhh! Release me! I am of no use to you. I swear it!
- Stop! I beg you, pleae stop. Please....
- (Quest Completion) -- Alright! I am beaten. Your previous archmage is held in a prison, elevated and sealed. Even if you manage to reach her, Salrand herself holds the key. Your mission is folly!
- I've given you the information, <Race>! You're wasting your time....
- Noooo! This tortue is inhumane! You have what you want... why don't you just kill me?
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneBorean Tundra
Quest ID11648
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11648))
What to do
WhereBorean Tundra, around 46.3, 32.9
StorylineBorean Tundra, step 81 of 182
Rewards7g 87s 50c, 3,100 XP
Description
It is fortunate you're here, {race}. You see, the Kirin Tor code of conduct frowns upon our taking certain 'extreme' measures - even in desperate times such as these. You, however, as an outsider, are not bound by such restrictions and could take any steps necessary in the retrieval of information. Do what you must. We need to know where Lady Evanor is being held at once! I'll just busy myself organizing these shelves here. Oh, and here, perhaps you'll find this old thing useful....
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 #114 46.3 32.9
Coordinates
- Turn-inBorean Tundra 46.3, 32.9
/way #114 46.3 32.9
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 Borean Tundra map
- Desecrate this Fire! about 710 yards
- Honor the Flame about 710 yards
- Smarter Than Your Average Trogg about 740 yards
- King Mrgl-Mrgl about 740 yards
- Adopt a Tadpole about 740 yards
- A Tundra Conundrum about 750 yards
- Unleashing Judgment about 810 yards
- Arcane Unleashed about 810 yards
- Warchief's Command: Borean Tundra! about 850 yards
- Now With More Mechanical Fowl about 1,060 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Borean Tundra, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Borean Tundra:
- Amber Ledge, Borean Tundra
- Transitus Shield, Coldarra
- Fizzcrank Airstrip, Borean Tundra
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
Reputation: Kirin Tor +150
The mages and archmages running the city of Dalaran. Faced with the rising threats of the Blue Dragonflight and the Scourge, they've transported their city to the heart of Northrend.
Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.
Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward Kirin Tor reputation: Monitoring the Rift: Cleftcliff Anomaly (+150), Monitoring the Rift: Sundered Chasm (+150), Prison Break (+250), Abduction (+250), The Borean Inquisition (+25), Sharing Intelligence (+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
Borean Tundra
Part 81 of 182.
Previous: The Borean Inquisition · Next: Sharing Intelligence
- 76Monitoring the Rift: Sundered Chasm
- 77Monitoring the Rift: Winterfin Cavern
- 78Prison Break
- 79Abduction
- 80The Borean Inquisition
- 81The Art of Persuasion
- 82Sharing Intelligence
- 83A Race Against Time
- 84Reforging the Key
- 85Taking Wing
- 86Rescuing Evanor
- 87Dragonspeak
Showing steps 76 to 87 of 182.
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 Borean Inquisition
Listen closely, <name>, for there is not a moment to spare. Your prisoner is being prepared for interrogation here in our tower. In the event that he is less than forthcoming, your assistance may be required.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Sharing Intelligence
Thank you, <class>! The information you've extracted is of vital importance to the Kirin Tor. Return at once to Donathan as we make plans for the rescue of Lady Evanor.
The storyline at a glance
Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Borean Tundra map
- Winterfin Retreat
- Light's Wrath
- Aluneth, Greatstaff of the Magna
- Gnome Heritage Armor
- The Veiled Ossuary
- The Blue Dragons
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.