Keeper Witherleaf

Quest Giver: Lurielle — Frozen Glade, Howling Fjord [61, 22]

Objective: Kill Keeper Witherleaf.

Quick Facts

• Level: 71
• Faction: Both
• Chain Position: Final quest of the Frozen Glade chain. Requires completion of both Spawn of the Twisted Glade and Seeds of the Blacksouled Keepers. No follow-up.

Walkthrough

1. Head back to the Twisted Glade, northwest of the Frozen Glade.
2. Find Keeper Witherleaf. He wanders near the center of the glade around [53, 19]. 
3. Kill him. He’s a level 71 Keeper of the Grove with one ability: Wrath, which hurls Nature damage bolts.
4. Return to Lurielle at the Frozen Glade [61, 22].

Tips

• Clear the surrounding Thornvine Creepers and Spores before pulling Witherleaf. He patrols among them, and pulling extra mobs can be annoying even if not dangerous. It is recommended to approach from the north around [53, 14] on the ledge overlooking the glade, where you only need to clear two mobs before he wanders into range.
• Respawn warning: Witherleaf respawns almost immediately after death. Do not linger at his spawn point or he will aggro you again.
• You must accept this quest before killing him. This quest only unlocks after turning in both Spawn of the Twisted Glade and Seeds of the Blacksouled Keepers. You cannot get credit by killing Witherleaf during those earlier quests, since this quest is not yet available. Plan on one extra round trip to the Twisted Glade.

Lore Context

• Keeper Witherleaf is a Keeper of the Grove, one of the male children of the demigod Cenarius. Keepers are half night elf, half stag, with enormous antlers, nature magic, and a sacred duty to protect Azeroth’s wild places. They are the brothers of dryads and, by extension, of the frost nymphs who are the evolved Northrend branch of that lineage. Lurielle’s completion dialogue makes this family bond explicit: “My heart broke when I learned the keepers had turned against us. Once, we considered them our brothers and our closest friends.”
• This quest is the emotional climax of the Frozen Glade chain. Across six quests, Lurielle asks you to restore her elemental companions, save her sisters from madness , clear the corruption choking her homeland, and finally kill her own brother. Her farewell is simple: “I grieve for the brothers and sisters we have lost, but without your help, there would be no hope for our future. You will always be welcome among us.”

Cross-Expansion Lore

The corruption of keepers of the grove becomes a major theme in Legion’s Val’sharah zone, where Cenarius himself falls to the Emerald Nightmare. Players fight corrupted keepers throughout the Dreamweavers storyline and must free Cenarius from the Nightmare Lord Xavius.

What happens to Witherleaf and his fellow keepers in Howling Fjord is a small, early preview of what will later threaten their entire species at its source.

Explore Howling Fjord’s hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Howling Fjord Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.