The Looming Dark is a quest for level 60 in Oribos. It is step 2 of 3 in the Covenant Hall Intro storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Oribos at 38.9, 69.9. It rewards 4,100 experience and money.
It is good you have returned safely from Revendreth, <name>. We sensed a betrayal that has shifted the infinite threads of fate.
The Maw surges with power. We must know the cause.
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I did not get the quest after completing The End of the Beginning. Is this quest only available at level 60?
In case you want to read it altogether, here's the dialogue that occurs during this quest with significant actions in < >.
Spoiler
<You are gathered in The Enclave in Oribos. Tal-Inara stands with two Overseers. Highlord Bolvar Fordragon stands with two of his vanguards. Taelia Fordragon and Calia Menethil are still present as well. General Draven stands to the side, facing Tal-Inara.>
General Draven: Denathrius caused the anima drought and has fed his vast stores into the Maw. He is in league with the Jailer.
Tal-Inara: Purpose save us all! It is worse than we could have imagined.
Highlord Bolvar Fordragon: It seems the Jailer has been pulling the strings of fate on our world as well.
<An Overseer floats into the room and approaches Tal-Inara.>
Overseer Kah-Sher: Honored Voice! The Eternal Ones have summoned you to the Arbiter's chamber!
Tal-Inara: Then I must answer their call. Come with me, Maw Walker. Perhaps they can guide our path. Kah-Delen, bring the covenant representatives to the Enclave. After the mortal and I have finished, we will convene with you there. With her voice have I spoken.
Overseer Kah-Delen: Blessed be her voice.
<A cinematic starts.>
<Having accompanied Tal-Inara from the Enclave, you stand by them in the Crucible above Oribos. A projection comes to life above three of the Eternal Ones' platforms around the edge of the central platform. The camera usually focuses on the current speaker, or will zoom out to include everyone.>
Tal-Inara: As the Arbiter's voice, I heed the call of the Eternal Ones. How may I serve?
Kyrestia the Firstborne: The Maw grows, surging with power! How did this come to pass?
Winter Queen: The evil we believed forever bound has conspired to distract and divide us.
<The camera cuts over to the Primus' platform, which merely shows a banner with his coat of arms.>
Winter Queen: The Primus realized the truth, but his warning came too late. I fear he paid a grave price for this knowledge.
<The fourth platform comes to life as a projection of Prince Renathal appears.>
Kyrestia the Firstborne: You speak for Revendreth? Where is your sire? Where is our brother Denathrius?
Prince Renathal: My sire... has betrayed us all. The drought was his doing. He stole the very lifeblood of our realms, starving his own people... and yours as well. When his lies were exposed, Denathrius unleashed his vast coffers of anima into the Maw... to fuel the might of his true master.
Kyrestia the Firstborne: Long ago, we stood as one to imprison that... monster. With the Primus gone and Denathrius a traitor, our pantheon has been broken... and doom comes for the Shadowlands.
Prince Renathal: There is yet hope. This mortal saved me from the Maw and revealed the sire's treachery.
Winter Queen: They aided my forest as well. Their kind has shown great potential. If focused, it could turn the tide in our favor.
Kyrestia the Firstborne: Agreed. For the good of the Shadowlands, each mortal must choose a covenant.
Winter Queen: And when our realms have regained their strength, we will stand together against the darkness.
Tal-Inara: I will see it done, Eternal Ones. With her voice have I spoken. Come, mortal. The hour of decision is at hand.
If you happen to log out, like I did, during this dialog, it will not finish once you log back in. Simply abandon the quest and re-accept it.
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 4,100 |
| Money | Gold | 12g 87s |
| Turn-in map | Oribos | Turn-in marker at 38.9, 69.9, 2 mapped points |
|---|
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 #1670 38.9 69.9
TheWoWDB/way #1670 38.9 69.9/way #1670 38.9 70.1Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Oribos, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Oribos:
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.
Part 2 of 3.
Previous: The End of the Beginning · Next: Choosing Your Purpose
Also part of: Choosing Your Covenant (part 2 of 3), Time Skip (part 6 of 6).
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
<Renathal struggles to speak, his wounds evident.> I knew Denathrius had hoarded anima, but this... this is beyond imagining. The Jailer will surely use this power to shatter his bonds. Should he break free of the Maw, all the realms of Death will fall.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
Each covenant is vital to the Shadowlands. Though they often seem at odds with one another, this too is part of the Purpose. All the covenants need to grow strong to face the threat of the Jailer. But your efforts cannot be divided. They must be focused upon a single path.
Covenant Hall Intro has 3 steps, from The End of the Beginning to Choosing Your Purpose.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Oribos (3).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
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.
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