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Quest
The Truth Shall Set Us Free
A World of Warcraft quest in Dragonblight. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Captain Luc Valonforth says: I apologize, emissary, but the prince is away on an errand. What brings you to this desolate place?
Alliance Emissary says: By royal edict, you men are to return to Lordaeron immediately. Lord Uther has convinced the king to recall this expedition.
Captain Luc Valonforth says: We're to just pick up and leave?
Alliance Emissary says: That's correct. My men report that the roads from here to the shore are held by the undead. You'll need to find an alternate route back to your ships.
Captain Luc Valonforth says: To hell with the undead! We'll cut our way through the woods, men!<The Alliance Emissary walks away, and Arthas and Muradin appear>
Prince Arthas says: Captain, why are the guards not at their posts?
Captain Luc Valonforth says: Well, milord, your father had our troops recalled at Lord Uther's request.
Prince Arthas says: Uther had my troops recalled? Damn it! If my warriors abandon me, I'll never defeat Mal'Ganis. The ships must be burned before the men reach the shore!
Muradin says: Isn't that a bit much, lad?
Prince Arthas says: Burned down to their frames! No one goes home until our job here is done!
Muradin says: You lied to your men and betrayed the mercenaries who fought for you. What's happening to you, Arthas? Is vengeance all that's important to you?
Prince Arthas says: Spare me, Muradin. You weren't there to see what Mal'Ganis did to my homeland.<Arthas casts a spell which turns the soldiers & peasants into ghosts and disappear>
Forgotten Footman says: May your soul be torn asunder by the very thing you hate most, young prince.
Forgotten Footman says: Our lives were worth far more than your blood feud...
Muradin's last comment only makes sense if you know that Arthas hired local mercenaries to burn down the ships and then got his men to kill them.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneDragonblight
Quest ID12301
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12301))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineDragonblight, step 116 of 149
Rewards6,200 XP
Description
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. Take my crystalline orb to the Forgotten Shore. Find the ruins of my old base on the upper reaches of the beach and place the orb in the center of town. Let the forgotten see the world through my heart and soul.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #115 87.2 57.5
Coordinates
- Turn-inDragonblight 87.2, 57.5
/way #115 87.2 57.5 - Objective areaDragonblight 86.9, 66.4
/way #115 86.9 66.4
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 Dragonblight map
- Honor the Flame about 840 yards
- Onslaught Envoy about 1,030 yards
- Apostate Liberation about 1,050 yards
- Saving Nine about 1,100 yards
- Killing Time about 1,100 yards
- Cut from the Same Cloth about 1,100 yards
- Scarlet Redemption about 1,120 yards
- Draconic Secrets about 1,510 yards
- The Day That Chromie Dies about 1,530 yards
- Rewind about 1,530 yards
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, Dragonblight
- Amberpine Lodge, Grizzly Hills
- Wyrmrest Temple, Dragonblight
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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Experience6,200 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +500, Argent Crusade +500
Reward details
Reputation: Valiance Expedition +500
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 +500
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 Forgotten Tale (+250), 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 116 of 149.
Previous: The Forgotten Tale · Next: Parting Thoughts
- 111Return To Angrathar
- 112Imprints on the Past
- 113Orik Trueheart and the Forgotten Shore
- 114The Murkweed Elixir
- 115The Forgotten Tale
- 116The Truth Shall Set Us Free
- 117Parting Thoughts
- 118What Secrets Men Hide
- 119Frostmourne Cavern
- 120Return To Angrathar
- 121WANTED: The Scarlet Onslaught
- 122Blighted Last Rites
Showing steps 111 to 122 of 149.
Also part of: Lorewalking: Arthas (part 4 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 Forgotten Tale
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.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Parting Thoughts
You have honored me and honored the memory of hundreds of Alliance veterans, <name>. Zelig was wise in sending you here. Please return to him and give him my thanks. He will be happy to hear of the events that transpired at the Forgotten Shore.
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
- The Deaths of Chromie
- Fulfilling the Prophecy II
- Icecrown
- Light's Wrath
- Aluneth, Greatstaff of the Magna
- Borean Tundra
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.