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The Shadow of Gilneas

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

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GeertJan+12via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

A max level Worgen can do the questline:
The Shadow of Gilneas
Into Duskwood
Bane of the Nightbane
Cry to the Moon
The Spirit of the Hunter
Waking a Dreamer
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Let Sleeping Wolves Lie
The New Guard

This rewards the appearance items:
[item=173998]
[item=173999]
[item=174000]
[item=174001]
[item=174002]
[item=174003]
[item=174004]
[item=174005]
[item=174006]
You've completed the set [spell=313601].

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 50-90
CategoryHeritage
Quest ID54976

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(54976))

Requirements

RaceWorgen

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

Champion of Gilneas! I have a letter for you from Princess Tess Greymane. She requests your presence in Stormwind Keep.

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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.

Stormwind City Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Stormwind City map showing where to go for The Shadow of GilneasTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #84 82.5 28.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inStormwind City 82.5, 28.1/way #84 82.5 28.1
  • Objective areaStormwind City 52.0, 13.4/way #84 52.0 13.4

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

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

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

  • Stormwind, ElwynnAlliance · about 560 yards south
  • Goldshire, ElwynnAlliance · about 1,100 yards south
  • Flamestar Post, Burning SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 560 yards 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
  • Spell: Heritage of GilneasUnlock the appearances of the Heritage of Gilneas on completion of the Heritage storyline.
Money2 gold80 silver
Experience1,200 XP

Storyline

Worgen Heritage Armor

Part 1 of 8.

Next: Into Duskwood

  1. 1The Shadow of Gilneas
  2. 2Into Duskwood
  3. 3Bane of the Nightbane
  4. 4Cry to the Moon
  5. 5The Spirit of the Hunter
  6. 6Waking a Dreamer
  7. 7Let Sleeping Wolves Lie
  8. 8The New Guard

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

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Into DuskwoodLevel 50-90

    There is a night elf I met in Teldrassil, Vassandra Stormclaw, who may be able to teach Tess without resorting to such an extreme measure. She is the one who originally helped our people with their affliction.

The storyline at a glance

Worgen Heritage Armor has 8 steps, from The Shadow of Gilneas to The New Guard.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Duskwood (6), Stormwind City (2).

Other storylines on the Stormwind City 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.