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The White Pawn

The White Pawn is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-35 in The Jade Forest. It is step 1 of 13 in The Jade Forest, The Waterspeaking Ceremony storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Jade Forest at 50.4, 88.3. It rewards 1 reward item, 4,800 experience and money.

Description

Alright, soldier. I've got a critical mission for you.

Get down to the coastline south of here - in the cove there you'll find a wrecked Alliance vessel. I need you to search it and find out if it was the ship that was carrying Anduin.

Then, recover the Captain's Log and see if it has any information on where we can find him.

Since the log is from a military ship, it'll be written using a cipher - take it to Nodd Codejack afterwards. He's keeping watch on the wreck from the other end of the cove.

Rewards

You will receive:

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
Top Comments

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1
Diwtay+62via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The 3 Clues are:

1. Dead body on the deck of the ship.
2. Alliance Banner inside ship.
3. Journal inside the ship.

The Encoded Captain's Log drops from a Hozen Diver swimming inside the sunken ship. He's wearing a diving helmet.

2
724847+57via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

When you pick up the Fine Leather Journal, be sure you have inventory space because you "create" Partially Soaked Pages when you do. If you are unable to create the pages then you will not be able to complete the quest. A little FYI I learned after a few moments of bewilderment.

3
PriestessAur+14via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest also rewards a book called "Partially Soaked Pages". The book reads:

<Most of the pages are soaked in water, you can make out a few passages.>

The battle is more fearsome then I could have imagined.
All around us, I hear the booming of Horde artillery.
Their shells rain upon the deck above, and the screams of the crew are drowned out only by the roar of return fire.
Admiral Taylor bade me hide here, in the hold, until the fighting ceases.
They have posted guards outside my door.
I feel restless, I should be out there, helping them!

Those that did not perish in the initial battle were lost in the ensuing storm.
As our battered ships fought their way through rain and fog, the most critically injured succumbed to their injuries.
I did what I could to staunch their wounds, but it was not enough.
Why am I always too late to save my friends?

I awoke in the middle of the night to the sound of a great, loud noise, like thunder.
The ship was running aground on the rocks.
The ship groaned and listed, and shouts and screams erupted on deck.
I rushed to the door of my cabin, but my bodyguard locked me inside.
There is nothing I can do now but wait.

The Sapphire has washed up on an unfamiliar shore. The ship is still, and all around me, I hear silence.
No one has come for me and I fear that the crew is dead.
The cabin is filling with water, so I must find a way out soon.
If any Alliance soldier finds this, know that I, Prince Anduin Wrynn, am alive.
I am going to travel inland and search of food and aid.
Please tell my father that I am well.

This is a lore item only, and it may be safely deleted once you are finished with it.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s

Reward details

Items you receive

TypeMiscellaneous
Item level1
BindingBinds when picked up
Sells to vendors for25 copper

“The penmanship is impeccable.”

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapThe Jade ForestTurn-in marker at 50.4, 88.3, 3 mapped points
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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.

The Jade Forest Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
The Jade Forest map showing where to go for The White PawnTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #371 50.4 88.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Jade Forest 50.4, 88.3/way #371 50.4 88.3
  • Objective areaThe Jade Forest 50.3, 90.8/way #371 50.3 90.8
  • Objective areaThe Jade Forest 47.8, 88.1/way #371 47.8 88.1

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 Jade Forest map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Jade Forest:

  • Paw'Don Village, Jade ForestAlliance · about 340 yards north-west
  • Pearlfin Village, Jade ForestAlliance · about 590 yards north-east
  • Serpent's Overlook, Jade ForestAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 120 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 180 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

The Jade Forest, The Waterspeaking Ceremony

Part 1 of 13.

Next: Hozen Aren't Your Friends, Hozen Are Your Enemies

  1. 1The White Pawn
  2. 2Hozen Aren't Your Friends, Hozen Are Your Enemies
  3. 3The Missing Admiral
  4. 4The Path of War
  5. 5Freeing Our Brothers
  6. 6Ancient Power
  7. 7Kung Din
  8. 8Jailbreak
  9. 9The Pearlfin Situation
  10. 10Road Rations
  11. 11The Elder's Instruments
  12. 12Family Heirlooms
  13. 13Spirits of the Water

Also part of: The Jade Forest (part 19 of 88).

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.

  • Hozen Aren't Your Friends, Hozen Are Your EnemiesThe Jade Forest · Level 10-35

    We've located an Alliance wreck to the south. Unfortunately, the locals have informed us that it's currently being scavenged by a group of creatures called "hozen." By pillaging our wrecked ships, these creatures have already shown that they aren't friendly.

The storyline at a glance

The Jade Forest, The Waterspeaking Ceremony has 13 steps, from The White Pawn to Spirits of the Water.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Jade Forest (13).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on The Jade 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.

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