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The Warden's Cage

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

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This is a quest involved in the Black Temple Attunement Chain:

The Black Temple attunement starts at The Altar of the Sha'tar for Aldors, and the Sanctum of the Sun for Scryers. Both are in Shadowmoon Valley.

Aldors start attunement from Anchorite Ceyla (http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=21402) at the Altar of Sha'tar in Shadowmoon Valley:
1. [A] http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10568 [70] Tablets of Baa'ri
2. [A] http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10571 [70] Oronu the Elder
3. [A] http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10574 [70] The Ashtongue Corruptors
4. [A] http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10575 [70] The Warden's Cage

Scyers start attunement from Arcanist Thelis (http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=21955) at the Sanctum of Stars:
1. [Sc] http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10683 [70] Tablets of Baa'ri
2. [Sc] http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10684 [70] Oronu the Elder
3. [Sc] http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10685 [70] The Ashtongue Corruptors
4. [Sc] http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10686 [70] The Warden's Cage

After that, the chain comes together for Aldor and Scryer.

5. http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10622 [70] Proof of Allegiance
6. http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10628 [70] Akama
7. http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10705 [70] Seer Udalo

Seer Udalo is found in the Arcatraz (http://www.wowhead.com/?zone=3846) just before the last boss.

8. http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10706 [70] A Mysterious Portent
9. http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10707 [70] The Ata'mal Terrace
10. http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10708 [70] Akama's Promise

After you finish this chain, you get to pick from some rewards and the chain seems like it ends. It continues however, inside Serpentshrine Cavern (http://www.wowhead.com/?zone=3607) from an NPC called Seer Olum (http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=22820) who you can speak with after killing Fathom-Lord Karathress. He starts the next part of the Black Temple Chain by offering the quest:

1. http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10944 [70] The Secret Compromised
For this quest you just return to Akama.
2. http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10946 [70] Ruse of the Ashtongue
In this quest, you must use the costume Akama provides, and kill A'lar in Tempest Keep: The Eye while wearing the Ashtongue Cowl. Attunement for The Eye is a whole different chain.
3. http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10947 [70] An Artifact From the Past
In this, you need to gain access to The Battle of Mount Hyjal in Caverns of Time, and slay the first boss, Rage Winterchill. Attunement for this involves killing Lady Vashj and Kael'Thas Sunstrider.
4. http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10948 [70] The Hostage Soul
For this you must speak with A'dal in Shattrath city.
5. http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10949 [70] Entry into the Black Temple
For this, just speak with the naaru Xi'ri in front of Black Temple.
6. http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10985 [70] A Distraction for Akama
Unknown what this quest asks of you, most likely you need to defend Xi'ri and make your way into Black Temple. At the end, you become attuned to enter and are granted The Medallion of Karabor (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32649)

At this point, you are attuned and can enter Black Temple, although the chain continues and you can soon upgrade your medallion. It continues with:

1. http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10958 [70] Seek Out the Ashtongue
You just need to find Seer Kanai (http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=23158) inside Black Temple.
2. http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10957 [70] Redemption of the Ashtongue
This involves entering Black Temple, and killing the boss the Shade of Akama (http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=22841).
3. http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10959 [70] The Fall of the Betrayer
After killing the Shade of Akama and returning to Seer Kanai, he asks one last thing of you. Kill Illidan The Betrayer. After doing so, you are granted the Blessed Medallion of Karabor, an upgraded version of your original medallion, and allows teleportation to the Black Temple.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 25-30
ZoneShadowmoon Valley
Quest ID10686

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10686))

Requirements

ReputationThe Scryers: Neutral or higher

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineShadowmoon Valley, step 124 of 147
Rewards2,050 XP

Description

The fragments you obtained are only half of the medallion. The Ashtongue leader, Akama, must have kept the other half. I dread to ask this of you, as Akama is both evil and cunning. He and the Ashtongue Deathsworn - the vilest and most brutal of the tribe - are rumored to run a torture chamber inside the Warden's Cage. I want you to find that dreaded prison, and find the whereabouts of Akama. His second in command at the location is a Broken known as Sanoru - interrogate him if you have to.

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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.

Shadowmoon Valley Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Shadowmoon Valley map showing where to go for The Warden's CageTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #104 57.3 49.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 57.3, 49.6/way #104 57.3 49.6
  • Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 56.3, 59.6/way #104 56.3 59.6

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 Shadowmoon Valley map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shadowmoon Valley:

  • Sanctum of the Stars, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance and Horde · about 310 yards south
  • Altar of Sha'tar, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance and Horde · about 770 yards north-east
  • Wildhammer Stronghold, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 1,100 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 370 yards south

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
Experience2,050 XP
ReputationThe Scryers +75

Reward details

Reputation: The Scryers +75

Voren'thal the Seer leads the dissident blood elves who've rejected Kael'thas' path to power. They've joined forces with the naaru of Shattrath City, much to the dismay of the Aldor.

Reputation group: Shattrath City.

Other quests in Shadowmoon Valley that reward The Scryers reputation: Tablets of Baa'ri (+250), Oronu the Elder (+250), The Ashtongue Corruptors (+250), Karabor Training Grounds (+250), A Necessary Distraction (+250), Return to the Scryers (+75).

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

Shadowmoon Valley

Part 124 of 147.

Previous: The Ashtongue Corruptors · Next: Proof of Allegiance

  1. 119The Ashtongue Corruptors
  2. 120The Warden's Cage
  3. 121Tablets of Baa'ri
  4. 122Oronu the Elder
  5. 123The Ashtongue Corruptors
  6. 124The Warden's Cage
  7. 125Proof of Allegiance
  8. 126Akama
  9. 127Seer Udalo
  10. 128A Mysterious Portent
  11. 129The Ata'mal Terrace
  12. 130Akama's Promise

Showing steps 119 to 130 of 147.

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 Ashtongue CorruptorsShadowmoon Valley · Level 25-30

    According to Akama's letter, four fragments of the medallion were unearthed and given to the Ashtongue Corruptors. These dreaded Broken were once powerful shaman who now defile the very elements they revered. Haalum, Corruptor of Air, can be found at Netherwing Pass.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Proof of AllegianceShadowmoon Valley · Level 25-30

    Akama has been tracking your progress quite closely, <name>. The Ashtongue you've slain at the Ruins of Baa'ri are amongst the most evil Broken known among us... carefully hand-picked by Akama himself to maintain the facade we need to present to Illidan.

The storyline at a glance

Shadowmoon Valley has 147 steps, from Spleendid! to A Job Unfinished....

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shadowmoon Valley (129), Terokkar Forest (10), Nagrand (7), Shattrath City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Shadowmoon Valley 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.