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They Drew First Blood

They Drew First Blood is an Alliance-only quest for level 7-30 in Redridge Mountains. It is step 16 of 31 in the Redridge Mountains storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Redridge Mountains at 26.3, 40.1. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 2,050 experience. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

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!

Rewards

Experience2,050 XP
ReputationStormwind +75
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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 over

Then 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 Return

A truly epic chain!

Read all 14 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP2,050
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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapRedridge MountainsTurn-in marker at 26.3, 40.1, 2 mapped points
World Map

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.

Redridge Mountains Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Redridge Mountains map showing where to go for They Drew First BloodTurn-inObjective area

In-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

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, RedridgeAlliance · about 240 yards south
  • Camp Everstill, RedridgeAlliance · about 720 yards east
  • Eastvale Logging Camp, ElwynnAlliance · about 890 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 60 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Redridge Mountains

Part 16 of 31.

Previous: Return of the Bravo Company · Next: It's Never Over

  1. 11Breaking Out is Hard to Do
  2. 12Jorgensen
  3. 13Krakauer
  4. 14And Last But Not Least... Danforth
  5. 15Return of the Bravo Company
  6. 16They Drew First Blood
  7. 17It's Never Over
  8. 18Bravo Company Field Kit: Camouflage
  9. 19Bravo Company Field Kit: Chloroform
  10. 20Hunting the Hunters
  11. 21Point of Contact: Brubaker
  12. 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 CompanyRedridge Mountains · Level 7-30

    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 OverRedridge Mountains · Level 7-30

    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

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 QuestsComplete the Redridge Mountains storylines listed below.10
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They Can't Stay Here
They Come from Below
They Could Be Anyone
They Don't Know What They've Got Here
They Grow Like Weeds
They Have Allies, But So Do We
They Have Alpacas Here
They Might Be Delicious
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Quest Location and Connections

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