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“After the betrayal at the Forgotten Shore, Prince Arthas – with Muradin in tow – began his quest for Frostmourne. Could the location of the cavern where Frostmourne was found be near? What secrets could it hold? While the orb has no answers for these questions, it does show me something. To the northeast of Wintergarde Keep is an outpost built by the Scarlet Onslaught. Somewhere within that outpost is a map. The orb tells me that this map will be of great use to us.
Retrieve it!”
-Zelig the Visionary
Zelig the Visionary at Wintergarde Keep in Dragonblight wants you to find the Onslaught Map and return it to him.
Quest Giver: Zelig the Visionary — Wintergarde Keep, Dragonblight
Turn In: Zelig the Visionary — Wintergarde Keep
Objective: Find the Onslaught Map and return it to Zelig.
Quick Facts
Walkthrough
Zelig has been using his scrying orb to trace Arthas’s path after the betrayal at the Forgotten Shore. The orb shows him a Scarlet Onslaught outpost northeast of Wintergarde Keep that contains a map of strategic importance: “The orb tells me that this map will be of great use to us. Retrieve it!”
Head northeast from Wintergarde Keep to the Onslaught Base Camp. The map is inside the half-finished scout tower at [87.6, 38.2]. It sits on a table on the ground floor. Interact with it to loot the Onslaught Map, then return to Zelig.
Do not confuse this camp with the larger Scarlet Onslaught presence at Scarlet Point to the northwest, or with New Hearthglen to the southeast.
The Onslaught Base Camp is the smaller camp with a single unfinished tower, located just north of the Carrion Fields beneath Naxxramas. Look for the single half-built tower.
Zelig’s reaction upon seeing the map: “A cave? Could it be? There can be no other correlation!” The Onslaught map reveals the location of Frostmourne Cavern, setting up the chain’s climactic final quest.
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Lore & Story Context
This quest is a critical narrative bridge.
Zelig has spent the entire chain following Arthas’s trail: first through the scrying orb’s imprints (Imprints on the Past), then through Orik’s eyewitness testimony at the Forgotten Shore. Now he picks up the trail again.
After the betrayal and ship-burning, Arthas took Muradin Bronzebeard and marched inland to find Frostmourne. Zelig is trying to locate the cavern where the blade was found, and the Onslaught has unknowingly mapped it for him.
The question Zelig raises is a good one: “Why the Scarlet Onslaught is interested in such things is unknown.”
The Onslaught has a separate, more heavily fortified presence at Scarlet Point, guarding the entrance to Frostmourne Cavern itself.
Their interest in the cavern is never fully explained, but given that their organization was secretly founded and manipulated by the dreadlord Mal’Ganis (disguised as Admiral Barean Westwind), and Mal’Ganis was the very demon Arthas chased to Northrend and “killed” with Frostmourne, the cavern may hold personal significance for the dreadlord who orchestrated Arthas’s fall.
Cross-Expansion Connections
Explore Dragonblight’s hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Dragonblight Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.
You will be able to choose one of these rewards:
Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
Vikstone's War JournalFrostmourne.
“After the betrayal at the Forgotten Shore,” the visionary said, “Prince Arthas began his quest for Frostmourne. Could the location of that cavern be near? What secrets might it hold?” He turned to his orb, fingers tracing its surface. “The orb shows me something. To the northeast is an outpost built by the Scarlet Onslaught. Somewhere within is a map that will be of great use to us.”
The Scarlet Onslaught were zealots who hunted the Scourge with a fervor that made Hallard’s methods look gentle. They at least wore their madness openly, wrapping murder in holy purpose.
Their outpost stood on the frozen hillside. I found the map on a table inside an unfinished tower, its parchment marked with cave locations and patrol routes. The Onslaught had been searching for something, perhaps the same thing we sought.
Zelig’s hands trembled when I returned with the map.
“A cave,” he said, studying the markings. “Could it be? There can be no other correlation.”
Frostmourne Cavern. The place where a prince had traded his soul for a blade, where Muradin had fallen, where everything that followed had truly begun.
The map confirmed what Zelig had feared, that Frostmourne Cavern was real and close by, and the orb would show what happened inside it the moment Arthas took the blade and Muradin fell, which is one name for The Path of Redemption.
