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“Powerful spirits watch over my tribe — Kaskala will not be lost. Issliruk will give us courage, Tayutka will make sure our survivors always have food and shelter and Karkut will watch over the fallen so they do not lose their way. Issliruk’s guidance is the one we need the most right now. I asked my nephew, Iruk, to bring me Issliruk’s totem, but the Kvaldir’s spears struck him down and his body fell into the waters to the north.
Bring me the totem, Vikstone. Don’t let my nephew’s death be in vain.”
-Elder Muahit
Elder Muahit at Njord’s Breath Bay wants you to find Iruk‘s corpse in the water and retrieve Issliruk’s totem.
You will be able to choose one of these rewards:
Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
Quest Giver: Elder Muahit at Njord’s Breath Bay [67, 54]
Turn In: Elder Muahit at Njord’s Breath Bay [67, 54]
Objective: Find Iruk’s corpse in the water and retrieve Issliruk’s Totem.
Quick Facts
Walkthrough
Step 1: Locate Iruk’s Body
From Elder Muahit’s island, head directly north toward the mainland. Iruk’s corpse is in the water at [67.6, 50.4], roughly halfway between Muahit’s island and Kaskala.
Visual Reference: If you don’t use coordinates, aim for directly under the last “A” in “Kaskala” on the map.
Step 2: Dive Down
The body is underwater, about halfway between the surface and the ocean floor (roughly 20 yards down). It’s not floating on the surface and not at the very bottom. Adjust your camera angle to spot it in the water column.
Step 3: Loot the Totem
Click on Iruk’s corpse to retrieve Issliruk’s Totem.
If the quest doesn’t complete after looting, try typing /console reloadui in chat. After the quick reload, the quest completion should appear.
Step 4: Return to Muahit
Swim back south to Elder Muahit on the island to turn in.
Quest Completion Event
When you turn in the quest, the area briefly experiences a light snowfall as the Spirit of Issliruk manifests. This snowstorm is Issliruk answering Muahit’s prayers and sets up the finale of the questline.
Story Context: A Nephew’s Sacrifice
Elder Muahit (quest text): “Powerful spirits watch over my tribe. Kaskala will not be lost.”
“Issliruk will give us courage, Tayutka will make sure our survivors always have food and shelter, and Karkut will watch over the fallen so they do not lose their way.”
“Issliruk’s guidance is the one we need the most right now. I asked my nephew, Iruk, to bring me Issliruk’s totem, but the Kvaldir’s spears struck him down and his body fell into the waters to the north.”
“Bring me the totem, <name>. Don’t let my nephew’s death be in vain.”
Elder Muahit (completion): “Can you feel Issliruk’s presence, <name>? He does not want his children to perish at the hand of the mist-walkers.”
Muahit sent his own nephew Iruk to retrieve the totem needed to invoke Issliruk’s aid. The Kvaldir killed Iruk before he could complete his mission. Now you must recover what Iruk died trying to deliver so that his death has meaning.
Lore: Issliruk, Spirit of War
Issliruk is depicted as a silver eagle in tuskarr mythology. Stories tell of how he fought against a hundred worgs to protect his young.
By retrieving Issliruk’s totem, you enable Muahit to invoke the spirit’s power. In the follow-up quest The Tides Turn, the Spirit of Issliruk creates an unnatural snowstorm that slows down the Kvaldir’s ships and creates enough confusion for you to kill their leader, Heigarr the Horrible.
Muahit’s stubborn faith in the spirits, which seemed like dangerous denial in the previous quest, turns out to be completely justified. The tuskarr spirits do answer when properly invoked.
Explore Borean Tundra’s hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Borean Tundra Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.
Vikstone's War JournalMuahit’s certainty hadn’t wavered.
“Powerful spirits watch over my tribe. Kaskala will not be lost.” He named them like old friends. “Issliruk will give us courage. Tayutka will make sure our survivors have food and shelter. Karkut will watch over the fallen so they do not lose their way.”
The incense smoke curled around his hands.
“Issliruk’s guidance is the one we need the most right now. I asked my nephew, Iruk, to bring me his totem.” The shaman’s eyes found the water to the north. “The Kvaldir’s spears struck him down. His body fell into the waters. Bring me the totem. Don’t let my nephew’s death be in vain.”
I dove.
The water was dark and cold, visibility measured in arm’s lengths. I found Iruk on the seafloor, still clutching the totem even in death. He was a young tuskarr, barely grown. The spear wounds in his back told the story clearly enough… he’d been running toward his uncle when they caught him.
I pried the totem from his fingers.
When I surfaced and placed it in Muahit’s hands, snow began to fall. Soft and light, though the sky had been clear moments before.
“Can you feel Issliruk’s presence?” Muahit closed his eyes. “He does not want his children to perish at the hand of the mist-walkers.”
Snow was falling and Issliruk’s spirit was stirring, and Muahit had his totem, though the fleet in the fog still needed somebody to walk into it, which the tuskarr call A Diplomatic Mission.
