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Quest
They Drew First Blood
A World of Warcraft quest in Redridge Mountains. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Upon completing this quest, he very slowly dons his bandana.
Guide to Redridge Quests:
Do these at any time:
Nida's Necklace
An Unwelcome Guest
Lake Everstill Cleanup
Wanted: Redridge Gnolls
Franks and Beans
Threat to the Kingdom (from Westfall chain)Optional prequest: Hero's Call: Redridge or Hero's Call: Redridge
Then a long chain:
Still Assessing the Threat
Parker's Report
We Must Prepare! (available earlier)
Completing the above enables: Like a Fart in the Wind
Tuning the Gnomecoder
Canyon Romp
A gnoll drops dirt-stained scroll which allows for He Who Controls the Ettins and Saving Foreman Oslow
They've Wised Up
Yowler Must Die!
John J Keeshan
This Ain't My War
Weapons of War
Accepting this enables Render's Army and Surveying Equipment
His Heart Must Be In It
In Search of Bravo Company (I'm not sure what the exact prerequisties are)
Breaking out is hard to do
Jorgensen
Krakauer
And Last but not Least...Danforth
Return of the Bravo Company
They Drew First Blood
It's Never overThen do these together:
Bravo Company Field Kit: Camouflage
Bravo Company Field Kit: Chloroform
Hunting the Hinters
Point of Contact: Brubaker and Unspeakable Atrocities(Main chain Continues)
Prisoners of War
To Win a War, You Gotta Become War
Detonation
(Shadowhide Extinction now available)
The Dark Tower
The Grand Magus Doane
AHHHHH! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Showdown at Stonewatch
Darkblaze, Bood of the Worldbreaker
Triumphant ReturnA truly epic chain!
Quest facts
LevelLevel 7-30
Quest ID26607
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26607))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineRedridge Mountains, step 16 of 31
Rewards2,050 XP
Description
Take this bundle of Keeshan's possessions and head back to the Lakeshire inn basement. Bravo Company is already there, talking to Keeshan. Remind him of who drew first blood, {name}. Lakeshire needs Keeshan. The Alliance needs Keeshan. Dismissed, soldier!
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 #49 26.3 40.1
Coordinates
- Turn-inRedridge Mountains 26.3, 40.1
/way #49 26.3 40.1 - Objective areaRedridge Mountains 28.6, 40.7
/way #49 28.6 40.7
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 Redridge Mountains map
- Lumber for Lakeshire about 70 yards
- A Day in the Life about 120 yards
- Food on the Table about 120 yards
- Millie's Garden about 160 yards
- Lakeshire's Last Stand about 160 yards
- Honor the Flame about 230 yards
- Lindsay about 280 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Redridge Mountains, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Redridge Mountains:
- Lakeshire, Redridge
- Camp Everstill, Redridge
- Eastvale Logging Camp, Elwynn
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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Experience2,050 XP
ReputationStormwind +75
Reward details
Reputation: Stormwind +75
One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Redridge Mountains that reward Stormwind reputation: Hero's Call: Redridge Mountains! (+250), Still Assessing the Threat (+350), WANTED: Redridge Gnolls (+250), Parker's Report (+75), Franks and Beans (+250), Nida's Necklace (+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
Redridge Mountains
Part 16 of 31.
Previous: Return of the Bravo Company · Next: It's Never Over
- 11Breaking Out is Hard to Do
- 12Jorgensen
- 13Krakauer
- 14And Last But Not Least... Danforth
- 15Return of the Bravo Company
- 16They Drew First Blood
- 17It's Never Over
- 18Bravo Company Field Kit: Camouflage
- 19Bravo Company Field Kit: Chloroform
- 20Hunting the Hunters
- 21Point of Contact: Brubaker
- 22Unspeakable Atrocities
Showing steps 11 to 22 of 31.
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.
- Return of the Bravo Company
I don't know who you are, mister, but you've earned the respect and admiration of the Bravo Company. You've managed to save all our hides and kill a boatload of orcs in the process. Now we return the favor. Get back to Lakeshire and report to Colonel Troteman.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- It's Never Over
Those Blackrock orcs are gonna need an army to handle the Bravo Company and you, <name>. When you're ready to go, meet us at the dock facing Lake Everstill and we'll set off on my riverboat for Camp Everstill on the other side of the lake. See you there, <name>.
Also counted by Redridge Mountains Quests
Its criteria name 3 quests; others include:
The storyline at a glance
Redridge Mountains has 31 steps, from We Must Prepare! to Triumphant Return.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Redridge Mountains (31).
Other storylines on the Redridge Mountains map
- Lost Honor
- Trial of Ascension
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Redridge Mountains Quests: its criteria name 3 quests, this one included.