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The Warchief Cometh

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

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Kanfazar+128via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

First of all, I'm getting downrated for expressing an opinion relevant to the quest and topic in a perfectly neutral manner? What is this, YouTube?

Second of all, what he does with Vol'jin isn't at all relevant to what I said, nor did I mention him.

My point is, while Garrosh is certainly crude and does things he shouldn't do, it's easy to have this whole "They're valuable allies and should be respected" and all that from a player point of view, but that's not the same thing.

A minority can very easily give the majority a bad name, justified or no, real life examples are absolutely everywhere, and perfectly good and normal people fall for them. And we're talking "backstabbing killers who toy with deadly plagues" -level here.

And if you've done SFK for example, you'll know that the Forsaken are completely ready to just plain disregard the warnings, calling the orcish High Warlord Cromush basically a "thick-skulled brute with a fool's brain", and play with the plague anyway. There are many similar quests as well, such as gathering those "supplies" in Hillsbrad.

And none of this, mass-raising the dead Lich King -style, allying themselves with the goons of the aforementioned Lich King or developing deadly plagues can possibly look like anything but trouble for any non-Forsaken or has any positive effect on you if you're alive (like Garrosh and the REST OF THE WORLD), but there's a whole lot of potential for disaster. It's all entirely and completely for the Forsaken and the Forsaken alone, there is zero "respect" for any other race in all of Azeroth, and you're complaining that THEY aren't shown enough respect?

I would dare to say that you didn't look at it from all perspectives. Just because Sylvanas is liked and Garrosh hated doesn't mean everything is black and white. Also, I'm seeing way too much trouble making an argument about fictional characters and using way too many silly links, especially considering I'll probably get downrated again and this'll all go to oblivion, but hey. If you read all the way here, have a cookie.

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Kanfazar+48via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)
the alliance between the horse and the forsaken

So THAT's how they created Dreadsteeds.

I stand by my point, if your neighbour was a zombie whose cousin happened to kill half the neighborhood with blueberry pie, you probably wouldn't support his plans of building a pie factory even if it is to support his family no matter how well it's advertised for the dough to be "to die for" (Recipe of the Month in the Cooking Mama And Her Pets -magazine!), especially if you get to see the blueberries being grown with "100% safe mystery fertilizer" provided by Ol' Elkay's "Kill 'Em Good" Nuclear Rat Poison Company.

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Contay+43via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

As seen/reported to be in the Beta as of 6/22/2010

Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25482320560&sid=2000&pageNo=2#27

I won't be surprised if this gets 'toned down' a bit in later Beta builds or when Cataclysm goes live, as you will see...

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Where is that Orge headed buffoon?
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner Ah, speak of the devil...
*Portals from Ogrimmar arrive with Hellscream, Hellscream's elite, and High Warlord Cromush*
*Hellscream jumps from the portal down to Sylvanas*

Garrosh Hellscream: This better be important, Sylvanas. You know how I detest this place and its foul stench. Why have you called for me?
Garrosh Hellscream: And more importantly, what are those Scourge fiends doing here? *Garrosh makes a gesture @ the Val'kyr*
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Warchief, so glad you could make it.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: With the death of the Lich King, many of the more intelligent Scourge became...unemployed. Those 'fiends,' as you so delicately put it, are called val'kyr. They are under my command now...
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: ...and they are part of the reason that I asked to see you.
Garrosh Hellscream: Get on with it Sylvanas.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Very well, Warchief. I have solved the plight of the Forsaken!
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: As a race, we Forsaken are unable to procreate.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: With the aid of the val'kyr, we are now able to take the corpses of the fallen and create new Forsaken.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Agatha, show the Warchief!
*The Val'kyr Agatha proceeds to resurrect fallen corpses as Undead*
High Warlord Cromush: ABBERATION!
Garrosh Hellscream: What you have done here, Sylvanas....it goes against the laws of nature. Disgusting is the only word I have to describe it.
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Warchief, without these new Forsaken my people would die out...Out hold upon Gilneas and northern Lordaeron would crumble.
Garrosh Hellscream: Have you given any thought to what this means, Sylvanas.
Garrosh Hellscream: What difference is there between you and the Lich King now?
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner: Isn't it obvious, Warchief? I serve the Horde. (She does the Female Blood Elf salute, which is downright hysterical because it's such a condescending salute to begin with ;p)
Garrosh Hellscream: Watch your clever mouth, $%^&*.(Yes he really called her a @#$%^)
Garrosh Hellscream: Cromush, you stay behind and make sure the Banshee Queen is well "guarded." I will be expecting a full report when next we meet.
High Warlord Cromush: As you command, Warchief!
Garrosh Hellscream: Remember, Sylvanas, eventually we all have to stand before our maker and face judgment. Your day may come sooner than others...

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Quest facts

Quest ID26965

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26965))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

WhereSilverpine Forest, Tirisfal Glades
StorylineSilverpine Forest, step 1 of 57
Rewards3,100 XP

Description

You're just in time, {name}nub. It is {name}nub, right? <Grand Executor Mortuus looks at a sheet of paper.> Yes, that's what the paperwork says: "{name}nub." <Grand Executor Mortuus points to your name on the sheet of paper.> Where was I? Oh yes, you're just in time! The Warchief should be arriving at any moment to meet with our leader and savior, the Dark Lady herself. Just stand by and be at your best behavior. I expect that when this demonstration is over we will all receive commendations!

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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.

Silverpine Forest Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Silverpine Forest map showing where to go for The Warchief ComethTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #21 57.4 10.1

Tirisfal Glades Objective area 1 mapped point
Tirisfal Glades map showing where to go for The Warchief ComethObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #18 44.1 81.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSilverpine Forest 57.4, 10.1/way #21 57.4 10.1
  • Objective areaSilverpine Forest 57.3, 10.3/way #21 57.3 10.3
  • Objective areaTirisfal Glades 44.1, 81.5/way #18 44.1 81.5

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 Silverpine Forest map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Silverpine Forest:

  • Forsaken High Command, Silverpine ForestHorde · about 40 yards north-east
  • Forsaken Rear Guard, Silverpine ForestHorde · about 580 yards south-west
  • Undercity, TirisfalHorde · about 790 yards east

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
Experience3,100 XP
ReputationUndercity +150

Reward details

Reputation: Undercity +150

Led by Sylvanas Windrunner, the Forsaken have joined a tenuous alliance with the Horde and established this capital in the vast depths under the Ruins of Lordaeron.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Silverpine Forest that reward Undercity reputation: Warchief's Command: Silverpine Forest! (+250), The Gilneas Liberation Front (+250), Agony Abounds (+250), Guts and Gore (+250), Iterating Upon Success (+350), Waiting to Exsanguinate (+500).

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

Silverpine Forest

Part 1 of 57.

Next: Agony Abounds

  1. 1The Warchief Cometh
  2. 2Agony Abounds
  3. 3Guts and Gore
  4. 4The Gilneas Liberation Front
  5. 5Iterating Upon Success
  6. 6Dangerous Intentions
  7. 7Waiting to Exsanguinate
  8. 8Belmont's Report
  9. 9The Warchief's Fleet
  10. 10Playing Dirty
  11. 11Steel Thunder
  12. 12Give 'em Hell!

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 57.

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.

  • Agony AboundsSilverpine Forest · Level 5-30

    You have no doubt heard about the incident that transpired at the Wrath Gate in Northrend, yes? Due to those unfortunate events we are strictly forbidden from using the strain of life-shattering blight that we finally perfected. Now we have rules and regulations and other nonsense!

The storyline at a glance

Silverpine Forest has 57 steps, from The Warchief Cometh to Cities in Dust.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Silverpine Forest (46), Ruins of Gilneas (11).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Silverpine Forest 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.