Quick Facts

Series

1.	Emerald Allies
2.	The Captured Scout
3.	Twilight Captivity
4.	Return to Alysra
5.	A Prisoner of Interest
6.	Through the Dream
7.	Return to Nordrassil

Storyline
Mount Hyjal Protect the World Tree The Flameseer's Staff Flamebreaker The Return of Baron Geddon Emerald Allies The Captured Scout Twilight Captivity Return to Alysra A Prisoner of Interest Through the Dream Return to Nordrassil The Return of the Ancients Harrying the Hunters End of the Supply Line The Voice of Goldrinn The Voice of Lo'Gosh Goldrinn's Ferocity Howling Mad Lycanthoth the Corruptor Lycanthoth the Corruptor The Eye of Twilight Mastering Puppets Elementary! Return to Duskwhisper From the Mouth of Madness Free Your Mind, the Rest Follows Cleaning House Cleaning House Lightning in a Bottle Lightning in a Bottle Gar'gol's Gotta Go Get Me Outta Here! Forged of Shadow and Flame Rage of the Wolf Ancient Crushing the Cores Cindermaul, the Portal Master Forgemaster Pyrendius Return from the Firelands Return from the Firelands Disrupting the Rituals Save the Wee Animals Oh, Deer! If You're Not Against Us... Seeds of Their Demise A New Master The Name Never Spoken The Name Never Spoken Black Heart of Flame Good News... and Bad News The Bears Up There Smashing Through Ashes Fresh Bait Hell's Shells Tortolla Speaks Breaking the Bonds Children of Tortolla An Ancient Awakens An Offering for Aviana The Wormwing Problem Scrambling for Eggs A Bird in Hand A Prayer and a Wing Fact-Finding Mission A Gap in Their Armor Disassembly The Codex of Shadows Egg Hunt Sethria's Brood Sethria's Demise Return to the Shrine An Ancient Reborn The Hatchery Must Burn Flight in the Firelands Wave One Wave Two Egg Wave Return to Aviana The Last Living Lorekeeper Firefight Aessina's Miracle The Hammer and the Key The Third Flamegate The Strength of Tortolla Finish Nemesis Tortolla's Triumph The Ancients are With Us Commander Jarod Shadowsong Signed in Blood Your New Identity Trial By Fire In Bloom Waste of Flesh Twilight Training Physical Training: Forced Labor Agility Training: Run Like Hell! Mental Training: Speaking the Truth to Power Walking the Dog A Champion's Collar Grudge Match Gather the Intelligence Seeds of Discord Spiritual Training: Mercy is for the Weak The Greater of Two Evils Twilight Territory Speech Writing for Dummies Head of the Class Graduation Speech Twilight Riot Slash and Burn Might of the Firelord The Sanctum of the Prophets Magma Monarch The Twilight Egg Brood of Evil Death to the Broodmother Secrets of the Flame The Gatekeeper The Firelord

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Comment by azek

This quest leads to The Return of the Ancients.

Comment by Whiterock

End of the Supply Line and Harrying the Hunters can be done by both factions, but "The Voice of..." followup requrement is different.
Goldrinn's Ferocity and Howling Mad allows other players to share you quests next on line, but Lycanthoth the Corruptor {H} will let you be in same phase as npc.
Into the Maw!{A2 ;H ;H2}. There are 2Alliance and 2Horde variants, for each faction one from wolf spirit and one backup from main quest guy in Shrine of Goldrinn.
Whole Firelands Forgeworks(8) chain doesn't have any pre-quests. You can get first time to Hyjal and ask warlock to summon you there and do the quests. However Lightning in a Bottle {H} is needed to use the standart teleport.

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Comment by 123042

After you turn in,

Ysera says: I fear for Alysra's fate. Fandral's corruption ran deeper than anything I encountered in the nightmare. Yet we can't afford to dwell on this.
Ysera says: During my stay in the dream I made a vital discovery. The rift that weakens the boundaries of this world has hastened the return of powerful allies.
Ysera says: The Ancient Guardians are coming back. Cenarius, Aviana, Goldrinn... I can feel their presence. We must make sure we usher them into this world. Their timely aid will be indispensable.

Then you can see the gossip options when talk to Ysera.

Tell me about the Shrine of Goldrinn.
Goldrinn is the wolf ancient, known as "Lo'Gosh" in the Horde tongue. His tenacity is legendary.

A shrine dedicated to him is in a basin west of the World Tree, but its keepers have fallen silent in the wake of the attack. I fear the worst.

Before we can move on, you must save this shrine, discover the whereabouts of the wolf ancient, and beat back his foes.
What is happening at the Grove of Aessina?
Aessina is the spirit of nature, my everlasting companion in both this world and the dream beyond. Her shrine in western Hyjal is at the forefront of the Twilight offensive, and may be ablaze this very moment.

<name>, we will never restore Mount Hyjal without Aessina's help. Save her shrine from the fires, and save the nearby animals threatened by the blaze. We must do this or the entire mountain is lost.
How can I help the Shrine of Aviana?
Aviana is the lost guardian of the skies, a bird goddess who perished fighting the demon hordes ten thousand years ago. A shrine is dedicated to her memory just southwest of Nordrassil, within the boughs of a great tree.

The Druids of the Talon are based within the shrine, and we will need their support. You must aid them. And aid Aviana, should she find her way back into this world...
Is there something I can do at the Shrine of Malorne?
I have dispatched Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem to the burned out husk of the Shrine of Malorne. He is behind the front lines, on scorched terrain known as the Flamewake. He is looking into how we can undo the damage, and investigating the whereabouts of the turtle ancient Tortolla.

But before you can help him, you must first ensure that the Shrine of Aessina to the west is secure and the animals are saved from the flames. Otherwise all is lost! Concentrate on matters at the Grove of Aessina first, and they will send you to the Arch Druid in good time.

Comment by 568151

If this quest never shows after turning the the previous one in the chain, run back to where you first picked up the guy the quest before, and run back out (only takes a minute, it's still all green but there's no mobs) and Alysra should have the quest for you.

Comment by wharris

Guide to Alliance Mount Hyjal Quests, part 1:

Optional initial quests:
Hero's Call
As Hyjal Burns
The Earth Rises
Inciting the Elements and Flames from Above

Then:
Protect the World Tree (unlocks optional War on the Twilight's Hammer)
The Flameseer's Staff
Flamebreaker
The Return of Baron Geddon
Emerald Allies
The Captured Scout
Twilight Captivity
Return to Alysra
A Prisoner of Interest
Through the Dream
Return to Nodrassil

At this point, you must awaken three ancients. A Vision of Ysera will appear after each. You must awaken Goldrinn before beginning the Aessina/Tortolla quests but can otherwise work on them in any order.

Goldrinn Quests:
The Return of the Ancients (enables optional Harrying the Hunters and In the Rear with the Gear)
End of the Supply Line
The Voice of Goldrinn
Goldrinn's Ferocity
Lycanthoth the Corruptor enables several optional quest chains:

The Shrine Reclaimed (optional but do it now if you are are going to do it)
Gar'gol's Gotta Go and Get Me Outta Here!
From the Mouth of Madness and Free Your Mind, the Rest Follows
The Eye of Twilight, Mastering Puppets, Elementary!, and Return to Duskwhisper

Cleaning House (enables optional Sweeping the Shelf)
Lightning in a Bottle (enables optional Into the Maw! / Into the Maw!)
Rage of the Wolf Ancient, Forged of Shadow and Flame, and Crushing the Cores
Cindermaul, the Portal Master
Forgemaster Pyrendius
Return from the Firelands

Aviana Quests:
(optional linking quests ofWings over Mount Hyjal or Aviana's Legacy)
Two chains:
* An Offering for Aviana, A Plea from Beyond, and A Prayer and a Wing
* The Wormwing problem, Scrambling for Eggs, and then A Bird in Hand

Next comes Fact-Finding Mission which enables these required quests:

Finish the above for
Sethria's Demise
Return to the Shrine
An Ancient Reborn

Optional bonus:
The Hatchery Must Burn
Flight in the Firelands
Wave One
Wave Two
Egg Wave
Return to Aviana

Aessina/Tortolla Quests (must do Goldrinn first)
The Fires of Mount Hyjal (optional)
Save the Wee Animals and Oh, Deer!
Fighting Fire With ... Anything (optional, but must complete before Aessina's Miracle)
Disrupting the Rituals
If you're Not Against Us...
Seeds of Their Demise
A New Master
The Name Never Spoken
Black Heart of Flame
Good News... and Bad News (auto-accepted; can not be obtained later)
Last Stand at Whistling Grove
The Bears Up There (a good time to do Bounce!)
Smashing Through Ashes enables additional required quests:

Fresh Bait
Hell's Shells
Tortolla Speaks
An Ancient Awakens .

After waking all the ancients, the third vision gives The Last Living Lorekeeper.

Continued in part 2

Comment by wharris

Guide to Mount Hyjal Quests (Alliance), part 2:
After waking all three ancients (see part 1), Ysera or her vision will continue the chain with The Last Living Lorekeeper.

Next come:
Firefight
Aessina's Miracle (brief cutscene; phases the zone)
Optional quests now available:

Tortolla's Revenge (enables optional Breakthrough)
The Hammer and the Key
The Third Flamegate (enables optional The Time for Mercy has Passed)
The Strength of Tortolla
Finish Nemesis
Tortolla's Triumph
The Ancients are With Us
Commander Jarod Shadowsong
Signed in Blood (allows you to visit Twilight camp including Edric Downing and Grunka who sell food needed for Cataclysmically Delicious)
Your New Identity
In Bloom, Trial by Fire, and Waste of Flesh
Twilight Training unlocks several additional required chains:
* Gather the Intelligence and Seeds of Discord
* Walking the Dog, A Champion's Collar, and Grudge Match
Physical Training: Forced Labor
Agility Training: Run Like Hell!,
Mental Training: Speaking the Truth to Power
Spiritual Training: Mercy is for the Weak
Twilight Territory and The Greater of Two Evils

All of the above for
Speech Writing for Dummies
Head of the Class
Graduation Speech
Twilight Riot
Slash and Burn (cutscene)
Three chains, all required:
* Might of the Firelord, The Sanctum of the Prophets, and Magma Monarch
* The Twilight Egg (starts here),Brood of Evil, and Death to the Broodmother
* Secrets of the Flame and The Gatekeeper
Last quest: The Firelord

Comment by LexDozel

I'm probably the only person ever who will need to know this, but just in case someone is trying to figure out how to get this quest if they just randomly stopped questing in Hyjal a few years ago and needed to pick it back up...

Head to the Barrow Dens and go deep inside to the NPC there, Captain Saynna Stormrunner. Run back outside and Alysra should be phased there and ready to give you the next quest.

Comment by 1440987

Return to Nordrassil http://youtu.be/fslvt-XoAbE

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=A8orHTN4YJ0&feature=youtu.be

Comment by bigunde

A Video Of The Quest Return To Nordrassil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFVtJoAF_Co

Comment by Shadorinn

I've recorded a video for anyone who may be having difficulties with this quest. Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ypkhDc1MfM

This video is from quest acceptance to quest completion. Hope it's of some help!

Comment by Mwuuh

Ok, so if you're like me and you're questing in Mount Hyjal at level 120, you might find that you can't find Ysera anywhere, because where she was supposed to stand, is Magni standing there with his diamond butt staring blankly at some sort of monster lurking in the lake. You can't talk to him, and killing the monster does nothing. No hints whatsoever, Magni just stands there looking diamond-y, ignoring you.

What you have to do to make him move his butt out of the way and allow Ysera to return, you'll have to pick up A Fresh Trauma in the Chamber of Heart and do that. He'll be like, oh, please go to Nordrassil in Mount Hyjal and kill this lake monster and also some of the lesser monsters around the lake, and once you're done, please return to me in the Chamber of Heart.

Once you've done this, you can return to Mount Hyjal, and Ysera will be there waiting for you to turn in this quest.

Comment by Zection

There is currently a phase bug causing Magni Bronzebeard to appear instead of Ysera. NOTE: This may not be the case for everyone.

Links

Return to Nordrassil

Speak to Ysera at Nordrassil in Hyjal.

Description

I will take Fandral to Moonglade swiftly. I hope to return soon so I may continue to aid in the battle.

In the meantime, report back to Ysera and inform her of these recent developments.

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with Guardians of Hyjal

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25578))