TheWoWDBYou can find Hermit Ortell at 67,69 - inside a cave.
Quest
The Deserter
A World of Warcraft quest in Silithus. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneSilithus
Quest ID8285
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(8285))
What to do
StorylineSilithus, step 9 of 12
Rewards3,100 XP
Description
There are rumors of a Twilight's Hammer member called Ortell having deserted his sect. Word has it he hid in the mountains south of Southwind Village, where he lives as a hermit. Perhaps you can enlist his help in deciphering the tablet. Take the restored tablet with you and seek out Ortell.
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-inObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #81 68.7 63.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inSilithus 68.7, 63.0
/way #81 68.7 63.0 - Objective areaSilithus 53.6, 35.3
/way #81 53.6 35.3
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 Silithus map
- No Spies Allowed about 190 yards
- The Source of Power about 190 yards
- Larvae By The Dozen about 190 yards
- Desert Research about 190 yards
- Khadgar's Request about 190 yards
- Lazy Prospectors! about 250 yards
- The Seething Shore about 250 yards
- The Twilight Survivor about 250 yards
- The Blood of Azeroth about 250 yards
- The Speaker's Perspective about 1,180 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Silithus, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Silithus:
- Oasis of Vir'sar, Uldum
- Cenarion Hold, Silithus
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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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Experience3,100 XP
ReputationCenarion Circle +75
Reward details
Reputation: Cenarion Circle +75
The druids of Cenarion Circle are guardians of nature and make their home in tranquil Moonglade.
Reputation group: Classic.
Other quests in Silithus that reward Cenarion Circle reputation: Deadly Desert Venom (+150), Noggle's Last Hope (+250), The Twilight Lexicon (+250), Securing the Supply Lines (+150), Stepping Up Security (+250), Noggle's Lost Satchel (+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.
Storyline
Silithus
Part 9 of 12.
Previous: Unraveling the Mystery · Next: The Twilight Lexicon
- 1Twilight Geolords
- 2Vyral the Vile
- 3The Twilight Mystery
- 4Dearest Natalia
- 5Into The Maw of Madness
- 6Glyph Chasing
- 7Breaking the Code
- 8Unraveling the Mystery
- 9The Deserter
- 10The Twilight Lexicon
- 11True Believers
- 12A Terrible Purpose
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.
- Unraveling the Mystery
We're on the verge of a breakthrough, <name>! The rubbings you recovered have allowed us to recreate the glyphs on this crystalline prism. They are apparently a means for the Qiraji and other unknown entities to communicate various messages to the silithid.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Twilight Lexicon
The Twilight's Hammer are not kind to those that leave their ranks. They hunt me to this day like I'm some sort of beast! Needless to say, an enemy of theirs is a friend of mine! To decipher this Tablet I'll need the book used by their scribes to encode secret messages: the Twilight Lexicon.
The storyline at a glance
Silithus has 12 steps, from Twilight Geolords to A Terrible Purpose.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Silithus (12).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Silithus map
- Visions of Azeroth
- Dalaran Intro
- The Elemental Lords I
- The Heart of Azeroth
- Never Hunt Alone
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.