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The Assassin (Horde)

The Assassin is a Horde-only quest for level 10-30 in Hellfire Peninsula. It is step 11 of 103 in the Hellfire Peninsula storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Hellfire Peninsula at 33.6, 43.5. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 4,100 experience.

Description

<name>, we recently uncovered a plot to assassinate our envoy to Falcon Watch. Hellfire Citadel learned of our plans to send an expedition there earlier this morning and set up an ambush.

Our scouts have informed me that an assassin known as Krun Spinebreaker waits along the road north of the Citadel. Go there and slay this assassin. Show the fel orcs we're not to be trifled with!

Rewards

Experience4,100 XP
ReputationThrallmar +250
Top Comments

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123744+210via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I originally posted this under the Rep page and under the final quest page but I thought it would be appropriate for the up and comers to see what they have to look forward to. This is easily the best quest chain in the entire game. Have fun doing it. I've done it 3 times now and a 4th pretty soon. Please rate me up, this took a long time to compile and code, Thanks.

This Quest Chain starts in Hellfire with The Assassin. This requires you are able to speak to Nazgrel which means you will have to have done at least some of the level 58 outland Quests*.

1. The Assassin
2. A Strange Weapon
3. The Warchief's Mandate
4. A Spirit Guide
5. The Mag'har
6. Messenger to Thrall
7. Envoy to the Mag'har

Also given at this point are the following, but may not be necessary to complete the Hero chain. They are very nice rep rewards for each so you may want to do them since you’re there anyway.
1. A Debilitating Sickness
2. Administering the Salve

The next part leads you to Jorin Dead Eye in Garadar, Nagrand.

1. The Impotent Leader
2. Don't Kill the Fat One
3. Success!
4. Because Kilrath is a Coward
5. Message in a Battle
6. An Audacious Advance
7. Diplomatic Measures

Takes you to Nagrand to Find Lantresor of the Blade which gives you the Blademaster Chain

1a. Armaments for Deception
1b. Ruthless Cunning
2a. Returning the Favor
2b. Body Of Evidence
3. Message to Garadar

You will also need to complete The following Unrelated Quests.
1. The Totem of Kar’dash

which is a simple escort quest beginning with the Mag'har Captive in one of the buildings of Sunspring Post.

The second part involves Altruis the Sufferer who is right by the Mag’har captive so these are good quests to do together.

1. Survey the Land
2. Buying Time
3. The Master Planner
4. Patience and Understanding
5. Crackin' Some Skulls
6. It's Just That Easy?
7. Forge Camp: Annihilated

This unlocks the final sequence which returns you to Garrosh . He sends you finally to visit Greatmother Geyah .

1. A Visit With the Greatmother
2. Material Components
3. To Meet Mother Kashur
4. The Agitated Ancestors
5. A Visit With The Ancestors
6. When Spirits Speak
7. A Secret Revealed
8. Auchindoun...
9. What the Soul Sees
10. Return to the Greatmother
11. The Inconsolable Chieftain
12. There Is No Hope
13. Thrall, Son of Durotan
14. Hero of the Mag'har

Congrats on you Uber new Gear and Exalted Rep.

Small disclaimer. This is a compilation from a lot of peoples work using information from Allakazam, Wowhead , WoWWiki , and the Armory . This took many hours to complete since the info was so scattered so please rate me up if possible.

Raimi, 70 Undead Warlock,
Titianna 70 Belf Priest
Heghbathl 70 Belf Tankadin
Sentinals
*
1. Through the Dark Portal
2. Arrival in Outland
3. Journey to Thrallmar
4. Report to Nazgrel
5. Eradicate the Burning Legion
6. Felspark Ravine
7. Forward Base: Reaver's Fall
8. Disrupt Their Reinforcements
9. Mission: Gateways Murketh and Shaadraz
10. Mission: The Abyssal Shelf

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Sware+58via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The quest coined as "Mankirk in Outlands", where you find the dead body of an assassin with the name "Fel Orc Corpse".

To find the corpse, go the top road leading out of Thrallmar and follow the path that goes past the Pools of Aggonar. Keep going past the pools and when you reach a wooden-spike barricade go past it and turn to your right around the corner should be the dead orc corpse.

Posting screenshots soon.

Read all 55 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
ReputationThrallmar+250

Reward details

Reputation: Thrallmar +250

The expedition sent through the Dark Portal by Thrall has built a stronghold in Hellfire Peninsula. Thrallmar serves as a base of operations for much of the Horde's activities in Outland.

Reputation group: The Burning Crusade.

Other quests in Hellfire Peninsula that reward Thrallmar reputation: Preparing the Salve (+250), A Strange Weapon (+250), The Warchief's Mandate (+75), The Mag'har (+250), Burning Crusade: Through the Dark Portal (+250), Dealing With Zeth'Gor (+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
Turn-in mapHellfire PeninsulaTurn-in marker at 33.6, 43.5, 6 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.

Hellfire Peninsula Quest turn-in 6 mapped points
Hellfire Peninsula map showing where to go for The AssassinTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #100 33.6 43.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHellfire Peninsula 33.6, 43.5/way #100 33.6 43.5
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Hellfire Peninsula 33.6, 43.5/way #100 33.6 43.5
  • Objective areaHellfire Peninsula 55.0, 36.0/way #100 55.0 36.0

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 Hellfire Peninsula map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Hellfire Peninsula:

  • Falcon Watch, Hellfire PeninsulaHorde · about 640 yards south-west
  • Thrallmar, Hellfire PeninsulaHorde · about 1,200 yards east
  • Swamprat Post, ZangarmarshHorde · about 1,400 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,100 yards east

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

Hellfire Peninsula

Part 11 of 103.

Previous: Doorway to the Abyss · Next: A Strange Weapon

  1. 6Mission: The Abyssal Shelf
  2. 7Return to Thrallmar
  3. 8Forge Camp: Mageddon
  4. 9Cannons of Rage
  5. 10Doorway to the Abyss
  6. 11The Assassin
  7. 12A Strange Weapon
  8. 13The Warchief's Mandate
  9. 14A Spirit Guide
  10. 15The Mag'har
  11. 16Cruel's Intentions
  12. 17The Agony and the Darkness

Showing steps 6 to 17 of 103.

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.

  • Doorway to the AbyssHellfire Peninsula · Level 10-30

    You are an honor to us, <name>. But now we must strike before the Legion recovers! To the north of Thrallmar lies Invasion Point: Annihilator. It houses a warp-portal through which the Legion draws its reinforcements. You must overload that portal - and blast it back to the abyss it came from.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Strange WeaponHellfire Peninsula · Level 10-30

    You pull the stone axe out of the body to examine it more closely. There's something unusual about the craftsmanship of the weapon. Its origin appears orcish, though the materials aren't like anything you've seen before. Nazgrel might be interested in seeing the weapon.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Hellfire Peninsula · Level 10-30.

The storyline at a glance

Hellfire Peninsula has 103 steps, from Eradicate the Burning Legion to Natural Remedies.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Hellfire Peninsula (103).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Hellfire Peninsula 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 The Assassin. They differ in the faction/level/zone shown here.

QuestFactionLevelZoneID
The Assassin (this page)HordeLevel 10-30Hellfire Peninsula9400
The AssassinSameLevel 15-30Eastern Plaguelands27613
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