His location is difficult to see from ground level. Look for a large raised hut. He is inside facing away from the entrance.
Quest
The Shadows of Skettis
A World of Warcraft quest in Spires of Arak. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6iZIoMm04k
1. News from Spires of Arak - (Video) - You may have picked up this quest from [npc=79618] in Fort Wrynn, Talador. If not, pick up (or continue to) the quest Arakkoa Exodus.
2. Arakkoa Exodus - (Video) - Speak to [npc=81103], your garrison's Gryphon Master and select "Please fly me to Spires of Arak."
• Turn in Arakkoa Exodus, and pick up The Shadows of Skettis at [npc=79539] (coords 37.9, 18.0)
3. The Shadows of Skettis - (Video) - Follow the path around and downhill to coords 41.3, 17.2 and enter Skettis.
• Continue to a small building at coords 43.5, 13.4 and speak to [npc=79519] inside, selecting "Shadows gather..."
• Turn in The Shadows of Skettis and pickup Adherents of the Sun God and Hidden in Plain Sight.4. Adherents of the Sun God - (Video) - Kill 8 [npc=79598] while completing the next quest.
• Hidden in Plain Sight - [item=111524] - Exit structure and turn left, continuing to coords 45.0, 15.1 and loot the [item=111524].
• [item=111485] - Travel southwest to coords 41.3, 16.2 (near where you entered Skettis), and loot [item=111485].
• After you have also killed the 8 [npc=79598], travel northeast to coords 43.6, 13.0 and turn in the quests to [npc=79519].5. Orders From On High - (Video) - Leave the building, turn left and travel to coords 46.0, 15.2 and kill [npc=79516].
• You will also have to kill a [npc=78877]. After you reduce [npc=78877]'s health to 1, [npc=78877] casts [spell=152953]. Once he begins to cast this, turn away from him to avoid being blinded.
• Loot [npc=79516]'s corpse to retrieve [item=111575].
• Travel south, leaving Skettis to coords 45.4, 18.2 and turn in the quest to [npc=79519].6. The Crone - (Video) - Follow the path to Crow's Crook and turn in the quest to [npc=79890], by speaking to her and selecting "Shadows gather..."
• Pickup the quests All Due Respect and A Charming Deception from [npc=79890], and Echo Hunters from [npc=79519].
• NOTE: While traveling to turn in the quest for Step 6, you may also loot the treasure items, [object=234157] at coords 50.5, 22.1, and [object=234159] at coords 50.7, 28.7.7. Echo Hunters - (Video) - While completing the next series of quests, kill 10 [npc=79895].
• All Due Respect - Travel to Hut at coords 50.3, 36.4, and click on 5 [object=230714] (while traveling to Syth's Hut), which will turn you into an Arakoa and attract a single [npc=82529] per [object=230714] clicked.
8. A Charming Deception - (Video) - Once you have arrived at coords 50.3, 36.4, click on [npc=80047] and loot the [item=111850].
• Enter the hut in front of you and click on [object=233073].
• [npc=82611] and [npc=82792] will enter the hut and you must kill 3 waves of Adherent Arakoa (2 mobs per wave).
• After the waves have been defeated, [npc=82611] and [npc=82792] will exit the hut and [npc=82611] will give you [item=111892].
• Turn in the quest All Due Respect and pick up Syth's Secret.9. Syth's Secret - (Video) - Travel south to the Ravager Den, an underground cave (entrance @ coords 49.0, 41.3), and attack [npc=82623].
• Once defeated, loot [item=113282] from [npc=82623], and exit the cave.
• Travel south to Terokkar Wayshrine, at coords 48.6, 44.4, and turn in the quest to [npc=81770].10. A Gathering of Shadows - (Video) - Travel southwest to coords 46.5, 45.6, entering Veil Terokk, and turn in the quest to [npc=82720] as soon as [npc=81770] enters Veil Terokk.
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Quest facts
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What to do
Description
My people flee our homeland in droves. I sell trinkets to ease the journey. But I see that you are not interested in trinkets... No, what you seek are answers. Skettis lies just ahead. Once a great city built by Terokk as a refuge for the unwanted. Now a ruined slum. An old storyteller lives there - a scrollkeeper named Reshad. Find him and speak these words: "Shadows gather." He will know you are a friend. Now go. Your presence is bad for business.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #542 43.6 12.9
Coordinates
- Turn-inSpires of Arak 43.6, 12.9
/way #542 43.6 12.9 - Objective areaSpires of Arak 43.7, 13.4
/way #542 43.7 13.4 - Objective areaSpires of Arak 37.9, 18.0
/way #542 37.9 18.0
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 Spires of Arak map
- Blades in the Dark about 450 yards
- A Feast of Shadows about 450 yards
- Behind the Veil about 450 yards
- Hot Seat about 620 yards
- Power Unearthed about 620 yards
- Legacy of the Apexis about 620 yards
- Hardly Working about 620 yards
- Attempted Murder about 670 yards
- Egg Punt about 720 yards
- The Power of Poison about 820 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Spires of Arak, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Spires of Arak:
- Apexis Excavation, Spires of Arak
- Crow's Crook, Spires of Arak
- Exarch's Refuge, Talador
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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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Other quests on the Spires of Arak map
Reward details
Reputation: Arakkoa Outcasts +250
Working from the shadows, the Arakkoa Outcasts seek to bring a brighter tomorrow.
Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.
Other quests in Spires of Arak that reward Arakkoa Outcasts reputation: Arakkoa Exodus (+10), Hidden in Plain Sight (+250), Adherents of the Sun God (+250), Orders From On High (+250), The Crone (+250), A Charming Deception (+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
Shadows Gather
Part 1 of 10.
Next: Hidden in Plain Sight
- 1The Shadows of Skettis
- 2Hidden in Plain Sight
- 3Adherents of the Sun God
- 4Orders From On High
- 5The Crone
- 6A Charming Deception
- 7Echo Hunters
- 8All Due Respect
- 9Syth's Secret
- 10A Gathering of Shadows
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.
- Hidden in Plain Sight
<Reshad begins hastily stuffing scrolls into his robes.> I thought I would have more time to prepare! There are powerful relics hidden out there in Skettis - if I leave without them, I may as well have died. The first is a pair of wingblades being held by an effigy near the front gate.
The storyline at a glance
Shadows Gather has 10 steps, from The Shadows of Skettis to A Gathering of Shadows.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Spires of Arak (10).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Spires of Arak map
- Establishing Axefall
- Securing Southport
- Pinchwhistle Gearworks
- When the Raven Swallows the Day
- Secrets of the Talonpriests
- The Gods of Arak
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.