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1.	Siegebreaker
2.	Taking Back Taurajo
3.	Desolation Hold Inspection
4.	Changing of the Gar'dul

Storyline
Southern Barrens Clear the High Road Feeding the Fear Warriors' Redemption Eye for an Eye Holdout at Hunter's Hill Raptor Scraps Put the Fear in Them The Low Road Stalling the Survey Keeping the Dogs at Bay Bad to Worse Speaking Their Language When Plants Attack A Curious Bloom Biological Intervention Adder Subtraction Lashvine Seeds Sowing a Solution To Harvest Chaos The Nightmare Scar A Line in the Dirt Meet the New Boss Lion's Pride Siegebreaker Taking Back Taurajo Honoring the Dead Desolation Hold Inspection Changing of the Gar'dul Flightmare Silithissues Claim the Battle Scar Intelligence Warfare The Butcher of Taurajo Parts-is-Parts Hearts-is-Hearts Smarts-is-Smarts Mahka's Plea Don't Stop Bereavin' Mangletooth The Disturbed Earth Blood of the Barrens Echoes of Agamaggan A Weezil in the Henhouse Dwarf Fortress Sabotage!

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Comment by Cornnelius

Entrance to the tower is at 40,69. This is by far my favorite new quest in cataclysm. I won't spoil what happens but I actually yelled "YES!" during the event.

Happy questing =P

Comment by thereign

An awesome quest, but I'm having trouble finding the turn in. Oh well.

Comment by 289671

If you see Gar'dul standing by the bonfire after the quest objectives complete and use Carbonite, try "/console reloadui". That fixed it for me. Gar'dul suddenly changed to Bloodhilt and I was able to accept more quests from him.

Comment by 315117

Garrosh's Horde does not tolerate failure.

Comment by 512409

Note the North Tower is the Inn and you have to stand in the correct position at the top to complete that portion. There are parts of the top floor which do not trigger the 'Go to the Top of the Tower' portion.

Specifically going from the top step to the center of the top, does not trigger the first requirement.

Comment by Roxxy

A Youtube video of the quest.

Comment by pattycakes

I had the same problem, getting the "go to the top of the tower" to update. I found that once you're at the top of the tower (the one with the innkeeper), there was only one small space that gave me the quest update.

Here's how to find that spot:
Looking towards the window, you'll see 3 sections of floor in front of the window.
Stand in the middle section at the lower left corner (as your character is looking towards the window).
Take 2 steps backwards (which takes you into the middle section of the floor behind you), and the quest updated for me.

Hope this helps!

Comment by 744920

This was a pretty funny quest. Especially the part when Warlord Gul'dan turns hostile, aggros a guard, and then gets one shot.

Comment by prohan

Took a bit of aimless running around at the top of the tower, but Eventually got it. Just try running side to side on the middle, largest panel of wood. So you sweep it thoroughly.

Comment by medvih

When you reach the top wait a little Gul'dan takes his time to get to the top

Comment by 792908

This quest is marked as "both" but I assure you if you try to get to the quest giver as alliance it will end in a lot of bloodshed since it's in the middle of a Horde town.

Comment by 814926

And out the window you go :)

Comment by Pwnzoar

Garrosh's Horde seems to enjoy chucking people off high objects.

Comment by lightcry

Victory or Death !

when he said that....i was like

YESSSSSSSSSSS! Horde Rage :P

Comment by Thrallscream

lol i love this quest. i always make sure to pick it up while leveling an alt just to see Gar'duls butt fly out the window lol. His armor is also pretty sweet if you don't have looms (leveling on a different account, so my new toon is heirloomless)

Comment by Tripster

Is aggroing the 85 guard supposed to be part of the quest? I was kinda hoping to see them duke it out.

Comment by saeid

go upside of north tower ! warlord will come there and just look and have fun !

Comment by Rumbuddy

The animation of Bloodhilt dragging Gar'dul to the window is priceless.

Comment by 1017007

There's a quest in Stonetalon where Garrosh throws one of his generals off the cliff. He seems to enjoy this as the best way to discipline his troops. Almost better than all the goblin quests to see him throw all of them over the edge :)

Comment by docinaz

same tower as the Inn

Comment by LostDrewid

Am I the only one disappointed by this quest? Damn it, this is the guy who let Camp Tau be overrun. This is the guy who made excuses instead of protecting MY goddamn village. I wanted to kill him. I didn't get to do more than land one hit before a guard dropped him, and then Bloodhilt steals the honor of hurling his ass off the tower. That should have been *my* job. I'm the Tauren here, damn it!

Yes it's years later and I'm still bitter about Taurajo.

Comment by 1440987

Changing of the Gar'dul http://youtu.be/oXa_PMgiuS4

Comment by 1374013

Changing of the Gar'dul https://youtu.be/nsiiPIZMzgE

Comment by WoWGnGP

i made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzUVLhbkXKs&feature=youtu.be

Comment by dillybar

Pretty brutal, interesting fact: after you go outside, head around to the left (facing out the entryway), and you'll find the corpse of Warlord Gar'dul lying below the window.

I was pleased by this, not because I'm a sadist myself, but because this is the sort of little addition that makes this game fun. I fully expected I wouldn't find the corpse below... delighted I was incorrect.

Comment by DaemoniKira

(When you reach the top of the tower and trigger the quest, the conversation is as follows:)

Warlord Gar'dul says: Thank you, {player}. I trust you will, ah, defer to my authority on this matter.

Warlord Bloodhilt says: So this is where you're hiding, Gar'dul.

Warlord Gar'dul says: Hiding? Listen Bloodhilt - I've, ah, reinforced our grip on the Barrens.

Warlord Bloodhilt says: You cower behind your walls! If it wasn't for {player} here the Alliance would be marching through Mulgore.

Warlord Gar'dul says: But they've, ah, they've gotten reinforcements! From the Eastern Kingdoms. Whereas I've been, ah, cut off -

Warlord Bloodhilt says: Your excuses sicken me! Consider yourself relieved of command.

Warlord Gar'dul says: Relieved? Over my dead body!

Warlord Bloodhilt says: So! You DO have a spine!

(Warlord Gar'dul turns hostile. The player and Warlord Bloodhilt and a random guard? fight him until he turns green again and says:)

Warlord Gar'dul says: Wait, ah - wait! I yield. I yield!

Warlord Bloodhilt says: Yield? You ... YIELD?

(Warlord Bloodhilt grabs Warlord Gar'dul by the throat and carries him this way to the window.)

Warlord Bloodhilt says: What part of "Victory or Death" don't you understand!

(Warlord Bloodhilt defenestrates* Warlord Gar'dul (throws him out the window).)

Warlord Bloodhilt says: Garrosh's Horde does not tolerate failure.

Warlord Bloodhilt says: Meet me down below and we'll discuss our upcoming counter-attack.

*Ha! I see what you did there, Blizzard.
The part about this that I find quite amusing is best explained/understood if you Google "define: defenestrate". Here's the result of that Google query:
defenestrate
verb
past tense: defenestrated; past participle: defenestrated
1. (RARE)
throw (someone) out of a window.
"she had made up her mind that the woman had been defenestrated, although the official verdict had been suicide"
2. (INFORMAL)
remove or dismiss (someone) from a position of power or authority.
"the overwhelming view is that he should be defenestrated before the next election"

Blizzard took the word "defenestrate" and applied both definitions to this quest/encounter! Clever. :)

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Changing of the Gar'dul

Go to the top of the northern tower in Desolation Hold and help Warlord Bloodhilt "Relieve" Gar'dul of command.

	Go to the Top of the Tower (1)
	Gar'dul "Relieved" of Command (1)

Description

When Bloodhilt arrives, I'd like to - ah - talk in private. Can you accompany me to make sure things stay on the level? This Bloodhilt is a, ah, he's a, he's a loose cannon.

<Gar'dul tries to compose himself.>

Meet me atop the northern tower and we'll talk with Bloodhilt together.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Gar'dul's Armor			Gloves of Desolation Hold
	Breeches of Authority			Loose Cannon
	Gauntlets of Desolation Hold

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with Orgrimmar

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(24591))

Changing of the Gar'dul

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