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The Listener

The Listener is a quest for level 83-88 in Harandar, added in Midnight. It is step 1 of 13 in The Empty Cradle storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Harandar at 53.4, 49.4. It rewards 12,150 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

Now that you've learned about our legends, you've earned the notice of one of our elders. He wants to meet you.

His name is Aksem, and he knows things that the rest of us have never learned. History that remains hidden, even in the paintings.

Go and introduce yourself. He's expecting you.

Rewards

Money31 gold90 silver
Experience12,150 XP
Top Comments

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Axxislex+10via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I discovered a part of the problem. On my main when i try to do the weekly legend, the root one is not available to me yet. The problem is that for that one at least you need to do “The Empty Cradle” cradle story line that starts with the quest The Listener

After that you suppose to do In the Name of the Goddess but this one never started for me. To open the weekly Root of the World you suppose to follow that chain all the way up to The Empty Cradle but since the chain is broken (idk why still is to this day) you cant progress towards Chronicler of the Haranir

I have tried everything i could think of, even going with a fresh lvl 80 throw the Harandar main campaign and still nothing. What a waste of time.

Edit: By chance i found out what character's of mine started this chain. That week i had to repeat one of the quests, then the following week a new repeat but the next week after that i got the blue "!" for the weekly plus a yellow "!" quest for the next part that was unlocked for me. So i continued week after week on the same character until i got the achievement.
Seems that the developer of this quest chain only thought of it from the POV of one character or more likely they messed it up locking it for alts so you cant exploit it and finish all in one week.
GL everyone, i hope this helps you avoid all the research that i did!

3
Arilysse+6via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

i just hit 90 and am trying to be able to start the questline on an alt, cause i missed a couple of the lore objects on my main. i have the Midnight: world Tour questline too, and completed that part of the quest, but the part to start this isnt showing up for me. And yes, I'm at the right place.
This is really annoying.
All i can think is I have to wait for reset, cause its Saturday? Who knows?

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP12,150
MoneyGold31g 90s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapHarandarTurn-in marker at 53.4, 49.4, 2 mapped points
Quest Line

Storyline

The Empty Cradle

Part 1 of 13.

Next: In the Name of the Goddess

  1. 1The Listener
  2. 2In the Name of the Goddess
  3. 3The Stolen Staff
  4. 4To the Blossoming Terrace
  5. 5That's Not Yours
  6. 6Nested Clues
  7. 7The Root of Things
  8. 8A Legend to Know
  9. 9Once More Into the Rift
  10. 10Shrouded by Aln'hara
  11. 11Ritual Reinforcement
  12. 12The Dreamrift: Malformed Mystery
  13. 13The Empty Cradle

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Quest chain

  1. 1The Listener
  2. 2In the Name of the Goddess

Step 1 of 2. Chain order is read from the prerequisite data in the current retail client build, so it reflects what the game requires, not a curated storyline.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • In the Name of the GoddessHarandar · Level 83-88

    The high priest Aksem has asked for you again. He said you are not the only one on a quest for knowledge about the deep history of Harandar. Go to him. I believe he already has another guest who is also interested in learning this hidden history.

Also counted by The Empty Cradle

Its criteria name 4 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

The Empty Cradle has 13 steps, from The Listener to The Empty Cradle.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Harandar (12).

Other storylines on the Harandar 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

The Empty CradleComplete the following questlines alongside the Legends of the Haranir.10
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.

Harandar Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Harandar map showing where to go for The ListenerTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2413 53.4 49.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHarandar 53.4, 49.4/way #2413 53.4 49.4
  • Objective areaHarandar 54.2, 53.1/way #2413 54.2 53.1

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 Harandar map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Harandar:

  • The Den, HarandarAlliance and Horde · about 200 yards south
  • Har'athir, HarandarAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards east
  • Har'kuai, HarandarAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 200 yards south

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.

Build history

First seen in build 12.0.7.68887 (Midnight patch 12.0.7, the oldest build in our datamine).

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