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The Forgotten Tale

A World of Warcraft quest in Dragonblight. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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rukkyg+24via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest gives some emotional backdrop to the events of Warcraft III. When you're Arthas and have the mercenaries you've hired destroy the boats so you can get Frostmourne, and then tell your men that it was their fault, so they kill them.

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AzurePai+22via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Want to see something really creepy? After you've questioned the ghosts, return to the place where you drank the potion. You'll see yourself on the ground and if you mouse over that, it will read as the corpse of a forgotten soul.

It will vanish when you dismiss the buff.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneDragonblight
Quest ID12291

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12291))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineDragonblight, step 115 of 149
Rewards4,100 XP

Description

The toxins in the murkweed elixir will render you unconscious. So powerful is the effect of the murkweed that even your spirit will be fooled, allowing you to temporarily enter the world of the dead. Once a spirit, you must speak to the ghostly denizens of the Forgotten Shore. Seek out the cause of their anguish and return to me. Remember, {name}, these spirits were once Alliance soldiers. Treat them with respect, honor, and dignity. Now, with elixir in hand, venture south to the Forgotten Shore.

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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.

Dragonblight Quest turn-in 36 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #115 87.2 57.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDragonblight 87.2, 57.5/way #115 87.2 57.5
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dragonblight 82.6, 73.1/way #115 82.6 73.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dragonblight 83.2, 70.2/way #115 83.2 70.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dragonblight 81.9, 68.7/way #115 81.9 68.7

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 Dragonblight map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dragonblight:

  • Wintergarde Keep, DragonblightAlliance · about 640 yards north-west
  • Amberpine Lodge, Grizzly HillsAlliance · about 1,500 yards east
  • Wyrmrest Temple, DragonblightAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 640 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 530 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 510 yards south-west

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.

Related
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +250, Argent Crusade +250

Reward details

Reputation: Valiance Expedition +250

The main armies of the Alliance in Northrend, moving against the Scourge and unified under King Varian Wrynn's command.

Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.

Other quests in Dragonblight that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: A Letter for Home (+250), Strengthen the Ancients (+250), Pest Control (+250), Canyon Chase (+250), The Lost Courier (+25), The Liquid Fire of Elune (+250).

Reputation: Argent Crusade +250

Led by Tirion Fordring, the Argent Crusade combines the reformed Order of the Silver Hand with the Argent Dawn in one final push against the forces of the Lich King.

Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.

Other quests in Dragonblight that reward Argent Crusade reputation: The Murkweed Elixir (+250), The Truth Shall Set Us Free (+500), The Call Of The Crusade (+25), The Cleansing Of Jintha'kalar (+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

Dragonblight

Part 115 of 149.

Previous: The Murkweed Elixir · Next: The Truth Shall Set Us Free

  1. 110On Ruby Wings
  2. 111Return To Angrathar
  3. 112Imprints on the Past
  4. 113Orik Trueheart and the Forgotten Shore
  5. 114The Murkweed Elixir
  6. 115The Forgotten Tale
  7. 116The Truth Shall Set Us Free
  8. 117Parting Thoughts
  9. 118What Secrets Men Hide
  10. 119Frostmourne Cavern
  11. 120Return To Angrathar
  12. 121WANTED: The Scarlet Onslaught

Showing steps 110 to 121 of 149.

Also part of: Lorewalking: Arthas (part 3 of 9).

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 Murkweed ElixirDragonblight · Level 15-30

    The spirits of the damned haunt the coast. In life they were brave and noble soldiers of the Alliance, but in death they are cursed - bound to this world until the end of days. We must discover the source of their anguish if we are to free them!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Truth Shall Set Us FreeDragonblight · Level 15-30

    Zelig gave this crystal ball to me years ago with specific instruction on its use. For five years, whenever I would feel anger, anxiety, or sorrow over the events that transpired here, I was to focus my thoughts upon the orb. I now understand why Zelig gave this crystal to me.

The storyline at a glance

Dragonblight has 149 steps, from The Liquid Fire of Elune to Really Big Worm.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dragonblight (144), Crystalsong Forest (5).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Dragonblight 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.