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Unique Questchain in Hallowfall for Dark Magic Wielders
The War Within
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18.06.2024 um 14:40
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A small side quest in Hallowfall involving earning the trust of a wary Arathi soldier has a unique variant for player characters such as void elves, undead, demon hunters, shadow priests, death knights, and warlocks, in which he not only comments on your dark nature, but offers an additional quest to prove your worth.
The Arathi of Hallowfall
The inhabitants of Hallowfall have a deep-seated distaste for the powers of the void. They not only hail from a distant Empire ruled by a prophetic holy Emperor, but their mission at his command involves seeking power to fight in what they call 'Renilash', the coming clash between the forces of Light and Darkness. In their quest for this power, they were caught in a massive storm, and teleported below ground in a flash of Light, finding themselves in a massive cavern that they were now stranded inside. There, they not only fend off dark forces such as the Nerubians and Kobyss, but weather against the onslaught of dark magic that results from their guiding star, the massive holy crystal of Beledar, turning dark on an unpredictable schedule.
Beledar, cast in both light and darkness.
A Creature of Darkness
In the Arathi outpost of Dunelle's Kindness, you can find a couple named Lerrenai and Derill Fayn. While Lerrenai seems rather tolerant towards the player, Derill acts rather distinctly distrustful, demanding that you prove your worth and complete a simple task of pest control for him. For most players, this will simply be shown as a matter of suspicion amidst their stressful circumstances, but for players of a race or class that wields dark magic, he has an extra word of distrust for your shadowy nature.
Derill's suspicion towards regular players.
Derill's adverse reaction towards players such as void elves.
For other players, the questline ends after this simple task, but for those he distrusts for their magic, Derill's ill gaze towards you has not quite dissipated, and he demands another task to prove your worth.
Proving Your Mettle
In order to test your resistance to the forces of the void, Derill asks that you aid their town in combatting the shadows that have been wreaking havoc on the local area. He does this with the clear expectation that you will not prove up to the challenge, and despite his prejudice, the player aids him in fighting this threat.
When you arrive before the shadowy monster, Derill arrives alongside you, expressing his surprise at your arrival. Once you defeat it, he equally expresses his shock at you standing by his side against the threat, which causes him to reevaluate the tenets on which he was raised.
Derill Fayn says:
I did not believe you would show up! I'm glad we fight shoulder to shoulder, stranger.
Derill Fayn says:
You stood by me... side by side, against that monster.
I have been following the Church of the Sacred Flame since the moment I was born. Doctrine is hard to set aside.
But I see now that you are here to help. And as long as you use your powers for us, I will reach out a hand of friendship-- regardless of where that power came from.
I will tell the others that you can be trusted. Thank you for your help.
Once the quest is complete, his wife Lerrenai from earlier shows up to ensure he is safe, and to give him a few words of advice.
Lerrenai Fayn says:
So this is where you went, old man?
Derill Fayn says:
<Player> helped me clear the evil that was gathered here. Maybe...
Lerrenai Fayn says:
It's a new world for you and me, Derill. Come on, let's go back home.
Derill Fayn says:
... yeah. Home.
Hope for the Arathi
While this questline is minor and relatively short, its contents offer an intriguing look into the people of Hallowfall. The Empire that they hail from clearly espouses rather extreme doctrines, both on the matters of Light and Darkness as well as their opinions on foreign races. Even separated from their home for over a decade, the conditioning of their homeland still holds strong in the Arathi.
Quests like this, however, show that while many of them might still hold their prejudices, they are not above learning to overcome them. Experiencing Azeroth's myriad peoples beyond the propaganda they have been taught in their home seems to offer one way of opening themselves up to the world. Such methods may not prove as effective on all of the Arathi we meet in Hallowfall, as we can see in one of the zone's dungeons, the Priory of the Sacred Flame. The zealous fervor for which the Arathi of the Priory worship their Emperor leads them not only to defend against outsiders such as the player with hostile intent, but delve into acts such as raising their fallen into a state of light-infused undeath.
Be they willing to accept outsiders through experience, or stand firm in their zealous beliefs, the small contingent of Arathi in Hallowfall likely mirror many of the opinions back in their homeland. We don't know when or if we'll ever visit this mysterious Empire beyond the Storming Sea, but our time getting to know and trust the people of Hallowfall will likely play a role in stories to come as we prepare for our own clash against the forces of the Void.
The Priory of the Sacred Flame, Hallowfall's leveling dungeon.
Unique Player Interactions
While interactions based on your race and class aren't unique to
The War Within
, there has certainly been a visible uptick in their presence. Mages have unique interactions with a fellow spellcaster in the same zone, and Demon Hunters and Warlocks have a special quest to track down a demon that can be found in Dornogal.
Quests like these are much appreciated by the community, not only for their potential for unique rewards such as this special sword
Klinge des Hasses
from another unique questline in Dornogal, but also for their value in emphasizing the player's choices. Small quests like this make players who would typically feel out of place in such a Light-centric storyline like Hallowfall feel more actively acknowledged for their unique role, and as we move further into a grandiose conflict such as what
Midnight
promises, we hope that more unique quests like this will be seen in the future.
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