TheWoWDBMy son, a terrible darkness has returned to our world. As before, it seeks to annihilate everything that we hold dear. I go to face it, knowing I may not return. All my life I have lived by the sword. I've seen kingdoms burn, and watched brave heroes die in vain. It's been difficult for me to trust after losing so much. But from you I have learned patience, tolerance, and faith. Anduin, I now believe as you do, that peace is the noblest aspiration. But to preserve it, you must be willing to fight -- For Azeroth!- King Varian Wrynn
Quest
The Fallen Lion
A World of Warcraft quest in Stormwind City. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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"Dad? ...Dad, come on... You gotta get up. Dad. We gotta go home... HEEEELP! Somebody! anybody! help..."
It bugs me a lot that Valeera Sanguinar and Broll Bearmantle aren't at the funeral. They're Varian's best friends!
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-45
ZoneStormwind City
Quest ID40517
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40517))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
I haven't left the deck of this ship since we got back. The fleet must be made ready for war. Don't know where we will be needed, but when the call comes, we'll be ready. Truth be told... I welcome the distraction. The others are paying their respects to Varian, but I... I cannot bring myself to face that casket. To face his son. Varian gave me a letter he wrote to Anduin. Please, take it to him on my behalf.
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.
Objective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #84 21.3 33.7
Coordinates
- Objective areaStormwind City 21.3, 33.7
/way #84 21.3 33.7 - Objective areaStormwind City 84.8, 32.1
/way #84 84.8 32.1 - Objective areaStormwind City 20.1, 34.9
/way #84 20.1 34.9
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 Stormwind City map
- Battle for Azeroth: Hour of Reckoning about 20 yards
- The Battle for Broken Shore about 20 yards
- The Hand of Fate about 40 yards
- To Be Prepared about 90 yards
- The Nation of Kul Tiras about 110 yards
- Making the Rounds about 140 yards
- Hero's Call: Vashj'ir! about 150 yards
- Twilight Shores about 180 yards
- Allegiance of Kul Tiras about 180 yards
- A Royal Summons about 180 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Stormwind City, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Stormwind City:
- Stormwind, Elwynn
- Furlbrow's Pumpkin Farm, Westfall
- Goldshire, Elwynn
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
Where this quest fits
Other storylines on the Stormwind City map
- The Missing Expedition
- The Dragonscale Expedition
- Dragon Isles City Intro Quests
- The King's Path
- Cataclysm Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
- Allies of the Alliance: Dark Iron Dwarf
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.