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Unraveling Wards

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

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jedijesse+10via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Dawnblaze? Blackmail?

The info here is split between quest text and in-game dialogue, so pay attention to speech bubbles/chat if you want to follow the story.


As I was saying, the wardsmiths are led by Magister Dawnblaze. She inherited the vacant seat following the war but has proven inadequate since then.
She does not adapt to the new challenges the sin'dorei face. That is why I proffered myself to take her seat.
She has fabricated blackmail against me in an attempt to prevent this. You can see how this is a great injustice.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 80-83
Quest ID89200

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(89200))

What to do

StorylineLesser Evil, step 3 of 11
Rewards30g 98s, 11,750 XP

Description

Dawnblaze is keeping the blackmail documents in her study. It is highly warded, naturally. The wards themselves are pitifully made. However, she is supplying additional power to them using arcane conduits placed throughout the city. I found the first link in the chain and brought it here to study. It is also warded, but weakly. I theorize that if the conduits are broken in sequence, then the shields on Dawnblaze's study will be vulnerable. Sabotage them, then recover the documents. Understood?

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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.

Silvermoon City Quest turn-in 7 mapped points
Silvermoon City map showing where to go for Unraveling WardsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2393 37.4 74.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSilvermoon City 37.4, 74.3/way #2393 37.4 74.3
  • Objective areaSilvermoon City 53.9, 34.0/way #2393 53.9 34.0
  • Objective areaSilvermoon City 49.3, 42.5/way #2393 49.3 42.5
  • Objective areaSilvermoon City 52.8, 44.4/way #2393 52.8 44.4
  • Objective areaSilvermoon City 53.6, 76.9/way #2393 53.6 76.9
  • Objective areaSilvermoon City 31.6, 67.7/way #2393 31.6 67.7

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 Silvermoon City map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Silvermoon City:

  • Sanctum of Light, Silvermoon CityAlliance and Horde · about 390 yards east
  • The Royal Exchange, Silvermoon CityHorde · about 920 yards east
  • Fairbreeze Village, Eversong WoodsAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 880 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 680 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 710 yards north-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.

Related
Money30 gold98 silver
Experience11,750 XP

Storyline

Lesser Evil

Part 3 of 11.

Previous: A Small Task · Next: Outschemed

  1. 1Gold is Gold
  2. 2A Small Task
  3. 3Unraveling Wards
  4. 4Outschemed
  5. 5Stir the Nest
  6. 6Mutual Benefit
  7. 7Five Finger Discount
  8. 8Cutting a Key
  9. 9Break and Enter
  10. 10Rats Can Bite
  11. 11What We're Owed

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.

  • A Small TaskEversong Woods · Level 80-83

    You will forgive the lack of pleasantries, as this situation requires prompt remediation. All you need know is that I am Aradis, wardsmith of Silvermoon. We are an order of Magisters who maintain the city's defenses. I am recovering from a...

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • OutschemedEversong Woods · Level 80-83

    The entrance to Dawnblaze's study is in the terrace just beneath us. Since my magic can project this close to her wards, that means the magic guarding this place has been weakened... as I predicted. Break the larger ward sealing the entrance and find the documents she forged to slander me.

The storyline at a glance

Lesser Evil has 11 steps, from Gold is Gold to What We're Owed.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Silvermoon City (11).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Silvermoon City 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.

Guides and routes on this site that cover Eversong Woods.