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Comment by Lighter

Available after killing Riplash Myrmidon, the prisoner he is fighting, Captured Tuskarr Prisoner will offer this quest.

Comment by 14822

This quest seems to not exist in live - can anyone confirm?

Comment by dangerfox

Saved the prisoner three times now, still no quest available. Bugged?

Comment by 228816

this quest for both sides

Comment by 247587

Quest does work. First time I killed the naga, the tuskarr got an exclamation point, but ran away while I was still fighting the Kvaldir and I lost him.

Takes a long time to respawn, but if you kill the Kvaldir first, you should be ok.

Comment by 169876

Hey guys...I need to know. I have 2 quests left for the quest achievement in borean tundra. can you do this quest more than once and will it count towards that achievement? I can't find any other quests. I've already done this quest once.

Comment by 80539

I had trouble getting this quest too, flew in, killed the naga and the quest NPC ran away with no exclamation mark.

Next I killed all the surrounding mobs ('longboatsmen' standing in a circle) and finally the naga. The quest NPC looked into the air for a moment and said: "You have saved me...blablabla" and gave me the quest.

Perhaps killing the surrounding mobs (not only the naga) has some influence.

Comment by 303177

Confirming above comments... Killed only a few spectators and the naga; the quest giver got the ! over his head but quickly ran away. As was said above, be warned of the long respawn time.

I needed to kill all of the "spectator" mobs as well as the naga to get the quest giver to work properly.

Also once I killed the specators and the naga the quest giver did take a while to display his ! and make the quest available. So if you don't see the ! right away just stand there with him for a bit and he will make it available.

Comment by 65430

He's fighting a myrmidon in the middle of a ring of cheering Raiders.

Kill the Raiders first and then kill the myrmidon.

If you kill the myrmidon first and leave any of the Raiders, the tuskarr will dash away from the danger and you'll have to wait for the 10 minute respawn.

If there are no threats nearby, he'll stay, say thanks, and let you pick up his quest.

Comment by Yankee

Some of this is untrue.
What I did was to rush into the circle (I was level 73 so I could run past the spectators) I killed the naga, and stood there for a couple of secs, when the "!" appeared above the prisoners head, but after approx 15 secs one of the spectators throws whatever weapon he wields, and kills the prisoner. If the spectators are still alive, new prisoners will spawn right away, since the spectating longboatsmen yells something about sending in the new prisoners who have to fight for their lives.

Comment by 408011

done without problems, maybe i was lucky ;o

Comment by 419768

Killing all spectators and the the Riplash Myrmidon made the Captured Tuskarr Prisoner run away.

So, I killed the Riplash Myrmidon first and then the nearest spectator to activate the "!" above the Captured Tuskarr Prisoner's head when he respawned.

Comment by 144415

Here is the deal:

I ran in twice randomly, started killing stuff, noticed that the Captured Tuskarr Prisoner NPC name was yellow. When I killed the mobs around him and then the naga, he immediately got the quest icon above his head, and ran off faster than I could accept the quest.

So I waited for him to respawn while I was already in the mist. You get the following notification:

Skadir Longboatsman yells: You may have survived for our amusement, but now, you shall die at our hands!

Once you get that notification, the tuskarr will respawn. He is a green icon NPC, and as soon as you kill the naga, he stands there, waits a while, talks a bit, and then pops up the quest icon. He'll sit there as long as you need to get the quest.

You don't have to have this quest to complete the Borean Tundra achievement, but if you really want that quest for some reason, clear the area, let him run off, then wait for him to respawn.

Good luck!

Comment by 464789

I just completed it, and it yielded me 300 reputation instead of the noted 150.

Comment by fredd13

I think it's simply an annoying bug that Blizz have never gotten around to fixing.

I killed all the Kvaldir first time, but the Tuskarr ran off with a quest mark over his head. Second attempt I left them all alone (except one that aggro'd on me) and it worked fine.

Comment by 360166

I killed 2 spectating longboatsmen, then the naga, 5 seconds later the quest icon popped.

Comment by 785496

First time I killed the naga and he took off running. I wasn't able to catch him to get the quest and he despawned. Second time I killed the naga and one of the Longboatsman yelled something. I only killed the one who yelled something and was able to get the quest. So I guess kill the one who yells something and you'll get the quest.

Comment by Jimbofult

Yeah, it was a bummer when the little guy ran off so quickly! I just came back and fished while I waited for him to respawn. That DID take a while. When I noticed that he was back, I did as suggested here and let my pet handle the Naga, while I positioned myself between the Tuskarr and the roadway that takes you back to Valiance Keep. I did kill one of the spectators, because I knew he would aggro when I ran past him. This time, the little guy did not run off. I did not see the "!" over him, but I clicked him anyhow and could get the quest.

Comment by Boxofbeer

Cruelty of the Kvaldir http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF8X_gd5hC4

Comment by Kaylaandra

posting in BFA, i had to kill the 4 longboatsman standing near the npc and riplash, then the quest appeared

Comment by Bayta

Borked but doable. Once the naga is dead he will run at about full speed +30% to the top of the embankment and remain for about 1 second before disappearing. If you have some sort of dash use it. If not, use a DOT on the naga and get a head start. If you get a chance, talk to him and accept the quest as fast as you can. You'll have to have instant quest text on for this. The turn in is to the east.

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Cruelty of the Kvaldir

Speak to Karuk about the Captured Tuskarr Prisoner.

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I thank you for saving me, <name>. The kvaldir are animals!

They made us fight the other prisoners. It would've been more merciful to just kill us all.

The youngling Karuk is still alive -- I noticed him arrive here. Tell him his father fought until the end.

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

150 reputation with The Kalu'ak

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12471))

Cruelty of the Kvaldir

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