Near Miss

Quest Giver: Stefan Vadu — Ebon Watch, Zul’Drak [14, 73]

Objective: Take the Unliving Choker to Bloodrose Datura for a demonstration.

Quick Facts

• Chain Position: Step 2 of the Drakuru infiltration chain (following An Invitation, of Sorts…).
• Next Quest: You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide
• Alternate Version: Players who completed Drakuru’s Grizzly Hills chain get Close Call instead (follows Darkness Calling, uses Writhing Choker). Same demonstration, slightly different completion text.

Walkthrough

This is a quick walk-and-talk quest that takes about 10 seconds.

• Bloodrose Datura is in the tent immediately to the left of Stefan Vadu. She doesn’t have a quest marker above her head, but she’s easy to spot.
• Speak to her. She takes the choker and offers it to a Captured Drakkari Scout in a nearby cage. The scout eagerly puts it on and transforms into a ghoul. Bloodrose kills it.
• Return to Stefan Vadu (two steps away) and turn in.

Lore Context

This brief demonstration shows you what the choker was designed to do: convert living trolls into undead Scourge minions. That was the fate waiting for you if you’d put it on instead of bringing it to Ebon Watch.

Stefan’s completion text spells out the implication: “The simple truth of the matter is this; You’re wanted by the Scourge.”

The choker wasn’t random loot. Someone in Voltarus specifically targeted you.

Bloodrose Datura is a blood elf death knight stationed at Ebon Watch. Her casual cruelty toward the captured troll sets the tone for the rest of the chain: the Knights of the Ebon Blade fight the Scourge with Scourge methods, and they don’t lose sleep over collateral damage.

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