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“The Lich King’s lackeys have dared to bring weapons of destruction into my domain. I will not stand for this. Go to their outpost to the north and destroy the weapons they would use against the land. We cannot let the Scourge taint another inch of these sacred lands.”
-Avatar of Freya
The Avatar of Freya wants you to go to the Death’s Hand Encampment to the northwest and destroy 4 Unstable Explosives.
You will be able to choose one of these rewards:
Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
Quest Giver: Avatar of Freya — Rainspeaker Rapids, Sholazar Basin [64.6, 48.7]
Objective: Destroy 4 Unstable Explosives at the Death’s Hand Encampment.
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Lore Context
The Cult of the Damned brought these explosives to destroy the Glimmering Pillar, one of the titan crystal pylons that maintains Sholazar Basin’s climate and anti-Scourge defenses. They already succeeded in toppling the Lifeblood Pillar earlier in the chain, and this camp is their staging ground for the next attack.
Explore Sholazar Basin’s hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Sholazar Basin Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.
Vikstone's War Journal“The Lich King’s lackeys have dared to bring weapons of destruction into my domain,” she said. “I will not stand for this. Go to their outpost to the north and destroy the weapons they would use against the land. We cannot let the Scourge taint another inch of these sacred lands.”
Four bombs sat among the tents. They hadn’t left themselves any margin for waste, which told me how confident they were.
I smashed each one. The devices ruptured under my weapons, spilling whatever foul components made them potent. There was no careful way to do it.
A few cultists had survived the first sweep and came at me over the wreckage, which changed nothing.
I returned to Freya.
“I thank you, night elf. You’re proving to be a worthy ally.”
Ally. She’d had a hundred chances to call me something smaller than that and hadn’t taken any of them. But her earlier words still echoed. Too late.
The bombs were slag and the camp was quiet, which left Vikstone free to notice what the cultists had been guarding besides their explosives in A Timeworn Coffer.
