A Disturbance In The West

Quest Giver: Vas the Unstable — Wintergarde Keep, Dragonblight (high elven arcane sanctum)

Objective: Speak to Rodney Wells at the gryphon station in Wintergarde Keep to secure a ride to Stars’ Rest.

Walkthrough

• Pick up the quest from Vas the Unstable inside the high elven arcane sanctum at Wintergarde Keep. He relays that Archmage Modera has detected a disturbance in the magical ley lines to the west.
• Walk to the gryphon station in Wintergarde Keep and speak with Rodney Wells to turn in the quest. He immediately offers the follow-up, To Stars’ Rest!
• Important: Dismount and cancel any shapeshift forms before accepting To Stars’ Rest! Accepting the quest automatically puts you on a gryphon bound for Stars’ Rest. If you’re mounted or shapeshifted, you’ll get an error and have to abandon and reacquire the quest.
• Upon landing at Stars’ Rest [29, 55], speak with the Image of Archmage Modera to complete To Stars’ Rest! This opens up the Stars’ Rest quest hub.

Breadcrumb Note

• This is an optional breadcrumb quest. It’s one of several ways to get directed to Stars’ Rest. The alternatives are Your Presence is Required at Stars’ Rest (from Moa’ki Harbor) and Hero’s Call: Dragonblight! (from the Hero’s Call Board).
• Since all these breadcrumbs lead to the same destination, once you’ve picked up or completed any one of them (or already started questing at Stars’ Rest), the others become unavailable. This is normal breadcrumb behavior, not a bug.
• If you’ve already visited Stars’ Rest and picked up quests like Rifle the Bodies, this quest will not be available. That’s fine. You haven’t missed any content; you just arrived at Stars’ Rest through a different route.

Efficiency Tips

• Grab this quest at the same time you’re turning in other Wintergarde quests at the gryphon master area. The ride to Stars’ Rest is free and saves you the flight path cost.
• Stars’ Rest also provides the flight path for western Dragonblight, so make sure to bind it if this is your first visit.

Easter Egg

• Vas the Unstable‘s name and spiky blonde hair are a reference to Vash the Stampede from the manga/anime series Trigun. He’s also one of the few high elf NPCs in WotLK, located in the only in-game high elven arcane sanctum.

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