I was able to finish it by just swimming to the boat near the ramp, approaching it and finally interacting with the NPC. That's all it took, so you can bypass elite mobs that are nearby.
Quest
Thinly Veiled Threats
A World of Warcraft quest in Suramar. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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A way to bypass any fighting is:
- to stay mounted and ...
- a) manoeuver through all detecting NPCs forth and back without getting revealed
- b) should you drop your illusion, run 15 yards past Aurore and drop into the little "garden" right behind her and stay close to the front wall .... NPCs wont follow you into it as there is "no path available"; they will reset after a few seconds and you should be able to get up after a few tires again.
Dear quest taker...
I hope you like corpse running, because you're about to do a lot of it...
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43312))
What to do
Description
How could I let this happen? <Aurore wrings her hands.> Yesterday Coryn Stelleris approached me about the appointment. He sought my support, but I did not offer it. He said my son's life would continue as normal... if I gave him my vote. This morning my son was gone. I can only think of the terrible things he may be suffering. You know what this family is capable of! You want my support, but I can do nothing while my son is in danger. Nothing. Please... save him!
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #680 57.6 57.6
Coordinates
- Turn-inSuramar 57.6, 57.6
/way #680 57.6 57.6 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Suramar 58.1, 68.4
/way #680 58.1 68.4
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 Suramar map
- Sip and Savor about 100 yards
- Meet with Meerah about 120 yards
- The Vintner's Assistants about 120 yards
- How It's Made: Arcwine about 170 yards
- Intense Concentration about 170 yards
- Fermented for the Horde about 180 yards
- A Particular Process about 180 yards
- The Old Fashioned Way about 180 yards
- Playing to Their Strengths about 220 yards
- The Fruit of Our Efforts about 230 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Suramar, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Suramar:
- Crimson Thicket, Suramar
- Eastern Suramar
- Thorim's Peak
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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Other quests on the Suramar map
Reward details
Items you receive
“A powerful relic passed down through the Astravar family.”
Reputation: The Nightfallen +50
These exiled Nightborne elves suffer withdrawals after being cut off from the Nightwell. They oppose their people's alliance with the Legion and fight for some kind of redemption.
Reputation group: Legion.
Other quests in Suramar that reward The Nightfallen reputation: Answering Aggression (+250), Regroup (+250), Crackdown (+250), No Reason to Stay (+250), Trail of Echoes (+250), The Only Way Out is Through (+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
Statecraft
Part 3 of 10.
Previous: Either With Us · Next: Vote of Confidence
- 1The Perfect Opportunity
- 2Either With Us
- 3Thinly Veiled Threats
- 4Vote of Confidence
- 5Or Against Us
- 6Death Becomes Him
- 7Rumor Has It
- 8In the Bag
- 9Ly'leth's Champion
- 10Friends With Benefits
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.
- Either With Us
Thalyssra asks much of me, but our cause is worth the risks. The title of advisor would grant us enormous influence. Information. Access. I could change this rebellion. I could save so many lives. I will need strong endorsement to ascend, though.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Vote of Confidence
I will endeavor to protect my son until the votes are cast. Coryn Stelleris is a predator even among the nobility. It does not surprise me that he should stoop to such depths to ensure his own success. Tell Ly'leth that she has my support. Unequivocally.
The storyline at a glance
Statecraft has 10 steps, from The Perfect Opportunity to Friends With Benefits.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Suramar (10).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Suramar map
- Blood and Wine
- Balance of Power
- An Elven Problem
- Crafting War
- The Waning Crescent
- Eminent Grow-main
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.