Quick Facts

Storyline
Badlands To Fuselight Proper Easily Swayed A Strange Request First Sample: Wild Eggs Second Sample: Whelps Lifting the Veil Third Sample: Implanted Eggs Rhea Revealed The Venerable Doctor Blam Troggish Troubles Dustwind Dig All's Fair in Love, War, and Archaeology The Warden's Pawn The Sentinel's Pawn The Warden's Game The Sentinel's Game Ancient Protectors The Titans' Trove Return to Blam Into the Dragon's Mouth The Swift, the Fierce, and the Stout Eric, the Utility Dwarf Baelog, the Glass Cannon Olaf, the Big Fella' The Wrath of a Dragonflight Their Hunt Continues The Sorrow and the Fury The Hidden Clutch Rheastrasza's Gift Bloodwatcher Point It's Not About History, It's About Power The Warden's Pawn The Sentinel's Pawn The Warden's Game The Sentinel's Game Ancient Protectors The Titans' Trove Return to Blam New Kargath The Bad Dogs Amakkar, Jack of All Trades Jurrix the Striker Gargal, the Behemoth The Wrath of a Dragonflight Their Hunt Continues The Sorrow and the Fury The Hidden Clutch Rheastrasza's Gift Devastation The Egg Lives On The Day that Deathwing Came The Day that Deathwing Came: The Real Story The Day that Deathwing Came: What Really Happened

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Comments

Comment by 322335

So that's what happened to Hagrid's motorbike!

Comment by 480691

Most epic quest line EVAH!

Comment by 650345

Beat Deathwing in a knife fight?

Comment by 642354

it was at that moment, when i remembered my motorcycle could fly!
that would have been useful to remember earlier...

Comment by Aquahoof

I saw a video of this on you tube it was hillarious XD

Comment by Elitebuster

Cause you can't have a story without hot babes...

Comment by 564822

The day that Deathwing came, blood rained from the skies.
I believe I was showing my motorcycle to some hot babes at the time.
After Deathwing appeared, they became quite frightened, but I only had room to rescue one of them.
Obviously, I picked the night elf.
Blood Elf Admirer says: I can die in peace, knowing that my last few moments were with Martek.
Orc Admirer says: I loved you, Martek!
Human Admirer says: I can die in peace, knowing that my last few moments were with Martek.
We rode off down the canyon, careful to avoid falling rocks.
When I reached the end of the canyon, I remembered that my motorcycle could fly.
That would have been helpful to know earlier.
I flew to the top of the pillar located just north of the canyon.
During the flight, I shared a tender moment with the grateful young night elf.

Funny thing: the blood elf admirer is male.

edit: gah, it seems that I missed the last part of the text somehow. :(

Comment by 310422

These were the first quests I completed after logging in 4.0.3a. I had no idea what would come when I first accepted the "listen to the story" quest, and was pleased to see a cinematic instead of having to skip 4 pages of dialogue. I'm bad at reading those kinds of quests, I admit that.

But boy'o'boy, this was the most refreshing and epic quest chain I've seen for a while. It was so much fun :D I don't even know which story I liked the best, especially the gnome and the orc ones were so much fun. This was great, I really thank Blizzard for this :)

Comment by 178814

This quest is obviously a reference to how my everyday life goes.

Comment by 44621

Blood Elf is a male. Figures.

Comment by 604508

epic quest lol

Comment by Tenjen

best part is the ending. No spoilers XD

Comment by Cubedout

Obviously I chose the blood elf

Comment by minaiu

I chose the blood elf too. Because she was obviously the hottest. Period!

Comment by 711560

I believe the joke here is that the Orc, having no real sense, has no idea that the BE he imagined is a male.

Comment by Shada

During the final confrontation with Illidan, Maiev had our backs.

During the final confrontation with Arthas, Tirion had our backs.

When the time comes to face down Deathwing the Destroyer, Aspect of Death...I want these guys at my side.

Make it happen, Blizz.

Comment by 494733

Yes he does have a "tender moment" even if you choose the male belf:

"During the flight, I shared a tender moment with the strapping blood elf."

Comment by JuanK

Bloodelf = hot babe
lol
Priceless

Comment by Fizzledark

What Really Happened:
Tholdurin(T): "It'd Deathwing! I gotta punch him in the face!"
Lucien(L): "I'll catch him in the clouds!"
Martek(M): "Don't forget the babes, the babes! Gotta save them!"
T: "Oh wait. I still have a gold coin in my bag! Drinks on me!"
L: "Agreed."
M: "Completely."

Comment by GeneralRhinox

Haha! That Blood Elf Guy had some fun with my orc! ^_~

Awesome quest line. Aside from the flying motorcycle, I liked how The Gnomelette prior to this grew up, reached into the sun and grabbed Deathwing before throwing him to Kalimdor.

Comment by 261514

hey guys can we stop it with the "well obviously it's a lolmalebelfs joke" and maybe consider the fact that the orc is in fact bisexual? thanks

Comment by 718482

i just did this quest line and it was just such a great laugh.

my favorite might be this one due to the interruptions by Theldurin and Lucien.

All in all one of the best quest lines ever..

I do like wrathgate one i suggest everyone who gets to that level does it, its just so win.

Comment by 316084

The blood elf is indeed a dude, and it is a jab at the effeminacy/perceived homosexuality of male blood elves. The orc does indeed know that that's a guy; he calls him "strapping," which I've never heard used to describe women. And if you so choose to save the blood elf, he asks "Going my way?"

Whatever floats your boat, or flying motorcycle, as it were.

Comment by 555720

Other new quests involving NPC's mistaking male blood elves for women:
A Lost Lad
Town Dwellers Were Made to be Saved

Comment by Iconoclast

This is the best quest line in WoW, very lulzy.

Comment by Apricot

Happened to notice Deathwing's gear score: 314,910.

Comment by Teelie

Most epic quest ever, I haven't ever shed a tear from laughing in WoW but this was damn well close to. Of course I chose the blood elf... Which resulted in "During the flight, I shared a tender moment with the strapping blood elf." Hahaha - man this expansion rocks!

Comment by Koviko

The only way the male blood elf could have been funnier is if it was a level 19 rogue. ;)

If you didn't get it, you'll get it in a second.

Comment by 713111

Red sky, flying motorcycle, kinda reminds me of Meatloaf's Bat Out Of Hell album cover
http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-parodies/

Comment by RaZZoR

as reward pick Martek's Knife if you wanna win Deathwing in a duel or...
pick Theldurin's Fist if you wanna break rocks and faces or...
pick Tosselwrench's Shrinker, like me, for the lulz.

Comment by Hobgoblin

LOL'D AT THE MALE BLOOD ELF ADMIRER

I LOVE YOU, BLIZZARD

Comment by Izithel

But if you where to safe him you'd be upsetting the balance of nature again!

Comment by 355455

LOL at all the threatened fanboys trying to explain away Martek's obvious bisexuality. Guys, he knows the Blood Elf's male. He calls him "strapping", which is an adjective no one ever uses to describe women. The orc's not dumb, people. He just bats for both teams.

Comment by 261514

Does anyone know what he calls the orc, human, and night elf women? I know he refers to the blood elf as "strapping", and I think the orc was "grateful" but I'm not sure.

Comment by JadedWisdom

LOL I dunno if anyone noticed, but his license plate says "Pwn." I want it :D

Comment by asloversgo

"When I reached the end of the canyon, I remembered that my motorcycle could fly.
That would've been helpful earlier."

Comment by 620453

I don't know why, but when Martek is on his bike during the quest hes wielding Doomhammer!
Have you guys seen this?
Just take a closer look.

nvm, I'll just upload a pic.

Comment by 662504

All 3 dudes used to be Badlands quest givers pre Cata.
Not sure about the Orc, but I remember the gnome had some alchemy quest and the dwarf was inolved in a long Arathi Highlands quest chain that I used to like a lot.
I'm glad they not only survived the Cataclysm, they also punched Deathwing in the face, kicked him across the ocean and saved some babes.

(edit for typos)

Comment by HaddonEast

My God, all that crapp above, would some one actualy like to give some advice about the dam quest (Which is what this page is sposed to be for) Like,,,, How the hell do you get up to Deathwing?

Comment by 668746

I don't think that anyone's noticed that his name changes from "Martek the Exiled" to "Martek the Awesome" while in phase; you can see it when you click his model on the bike.

Comment by Mormolyce

But.. but... what REALLY happened the day that Deathwing came!

Comment by 812798

Use this quest to discover the whole of the Badlands. While you're massively enlarged, it's easy to walk around and get the achievement and xp!

Comment by 163020

Yey! A bisexual character.

Comment by 812974

What male Blood elf?

Comment by Yutrippin

Hm...so the title could be a double entendre. I mean, look at the shape of the indentation in the land, coupled with the placement of the two plateaus on either side of it...and then the location of the Dragon's Mouth...

Oh, Blizzard. You so dirty.

Comment by Macree

Quit possibly one of the most amusing quests in the game...thoroughly enjoyed this one! Too bad you can't catch up with them again for a followup story....

I did manage to find a way to unite the Alliance and the Horde....send bikini clad babes to keep the peace with the other faction....

Comment by 146544

Drug testing should be mandatory for such quests like this and the 2 quests it follows. The little guy bunching one time only to Rolling Rock / Stone guys was a grinding waste. The Gnome too big for his britches, having, " LOOK HOW BIG I AM" attitude. First 3 clouds, I was bunching #1 and # 2 so much, that I wondered whether I was hitting anything there, moved out of the valley then clouds started appearing got the last 2 clouds an seeing them. The Orc on his ROD, the comments were so sexually oriented that I almost missed the fight he had which was way too short, he won. But the Red Rubber Ball in the sky, was nothing more than these quests are at an end. I hope I was helpful, but that was what happened to my Rogue-Combative-level 51. Level up!

Comment by nashwa1

This questline needs to be a daily.

Comment by NissaR

Loved this one! Just happened to come across it during Midsummer Festival, I love how Blizz also takes the mickey out of male BE for being, well, rather more feminine like than other male races. The questline with Johnny Awesme was great too. Worth doing this questline just for the LOL's.

Comment by ullsokken

I picked the blood elf man admirer, "You got room for one more, sugar?" -"Hop in, baby"
HAHAHAH.. Looks like the blood elf isn't the only one racing on the other side..

Comment by linkhyrule

Blizzard, Blizzard, Blizzard. Why must you add more fuel to the already burning fire about male Blood Elves. Its bad enough this game is filled with homophobes as it is.

Comment by 439368

I believe the joke here is that the Orc, having no real sense, has no idea that the BE he imagined is a male.

Just decided to do the Quest-line with an "Alt" and chose the "Night Elf" instead this time.

instead of "During the flight, I shared a tender moment with the strapping blood elf." he said " During the flight, I shared a tender moment with the grateful young Night Elf""

Since "Stapping" usually does apply to males, I believe that Martek (Quest Giver) in fact did know that the Bloodelf was Male.

Comment by 733706

No one really mentioned the actual mechanics of how to do the quest, I suppose because its so simple-you just do what the narrative suggests-pick a partner, ride to the end of the canyon (trying to avoid the falling rocks) and fly to the top of the pillar where Deathwing is. You can see his icon on the mini-map.

If you get up there and nothing happens, get closer to Deathwing, the narrative will continue. You just sit back and watch.

Comment by Felpuppy

People need to just give in and let it go. The orc's bi. Get over it. (The fact that he calls the blood elf "strapping" is proof he knows the elf's a boy. You don't use "strapping" for girls.) Jeez, people. Let the GLBT community have their moment. God knows they don't get many in this game.

Comment by Daedralia

But boy'o'boy, this was the most refreshing and epic quest chain I've seen for a while. It was so much fun :D I don't even know which story I liked the best, especially the gnome and the orc ones were so much fun. This was great, I really thank Blizzard for this :)

KUDOS

Comment by TGFseb15

Here is a newsflash to 81 posts above me:

- The story is made up and the storyteller is drunk. (Ya rly)
- Blood Elf is male because that is the joke.
- This quest is not the first time that Blizzard refers to male Blood Elves as females, other examples are: A Lost Lad and Town Dwellers Were Made to be Saved. As you can see other characters also couldn't see the difference between males and females when it comes to the Elf race because, again, that is the joke.
- So obviously this Orc isn't gay or bi, he is simply drunk and confused, or are you telling me he really does have a bike and it really can fly?

Oh, and...

- I'm gonna punch that dragon in the face!

Comment by cephadex

I can't be the only one here thinking of Sirius Black's flying motorcycle.

Comment by 718694

make sure that when you get to the top of the pillar, you go right up to deathwing, don't get out of the bike, or you'll have to repeat the process.

Comment by koldhara

what i wanna know is what the armor sets were that the BE and human were wearing.

Comment by 925222

Why don't you list the night elf admirer? I don't know about all you other guys, but every admirer, when I did the quest, was clearly a hot babe, one of which was a night elf hot babe, who I chose to save.

Comment by 742619

The Theldurin's Fist weapon cannot be used for transmorging "items appearance cannot be used." :(

Comment by Effectrix

Did anyone actually not pick the blood elf?

Comment by 893482

Of course the blood elf would be gay, can't have gays that look like men now can we? Unless of course they're tough looking orcs that ride flying motorcycles and beat up world destroying aspects.

Comment by OtakuboyT

You MUST do the other 2 quests in the chain first

The Day that Deathwing Came
The Day that Deathwing Came: The Real Story

all three quests are super easy and fun to boot.

Comment by 800781

Next drink's on me..

Comment by 933205

If you for some strange reason don't want to take your time while you do this quest, I noticed (just as I finished, lolwhoops) that there's an ability on the vehicle bar that does something to the effect of increasing your speed by a bunch for a few seconds. It's not anything crucial to the quest completion, it's just nice to have if you're getting surrounded by the falling rocks, etc.

Comment by 130037

"Sexy dames and plenty of them!"

Comment by 943129

Why can't I redo this quest over and over?

Comment by allovuhsudden

I picked the Blood Elf, obviously.

Comment by 939976

I'd either pick the orc or the night elf.

Because I really don't think it's funny how blizzard uses the awkward parent type of humor, trying to joke with their fans about how the blood elf male model is somehow feminine regardless of it having no feminine features.

I mean the rest of the questline is great, but this isn't really funny at all to me.

:p

wat a killjoy i no

Comment by 984673

Is it just me or is this quest eerily similar to the music video here?
Meat Loaf - The Monster Is Loose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43nTA-CJM5M

Comment by Snoipah

There should have been a woman of each race.

Where is my tauren woman in scantily clad clothing, blizzard?

Then again, we've saved tauren babes before, like on that island in stranglethorn form the monkey and in thousand needles from the grimtotem.

Comment by 359013

Obviously, I picked the Night Elf. Who didn't?

Comment by SpectrusLegend

"When I reached the end of the canyon, I remembered that my motorcycle could fly."

Comment by Whitedrache

Best questline ever! :)

Comment by Drynii

I just started leveling my shammy when I came across this quest... I laughed soooo hard when I saw the choices... Obviously, I chose the male Belf... LOL

Comment by Karsciyin

Whoever wrote this quest must be some kind of comedy GOD. This was the best quest of all I have done in WoW. I'M INCLUDING HORDE'S "Welcome to the Machine" LINE IN THIS.

Comment by 1242068

It made me SO happy there was a male option for Martek. That's something that always bothered me in a different game I played, that there were only ever hetero options. Everybody's different.

Comment by Vadegu

I always thought I was different of everyone, but reading that everyone took the male Belf changed my mind. ^^

Comment by 1442743

Looks like its currently bugged as the bike is stuck in a hovering mode.

Comment by 123836

As of 6.1 this quest appears to be bugged as the bike starts off flying and you can go "down" to the spot to trigger the completion of "ride to the end of the canyon" -- I have 3/4 but not that one.

Comment by warp9pnt9

My entire Badlands breadcrumb chain got messed up somehow, and I never did this quest. A friend was confused, asked me to try, I did, and I was like, WTF, the bike auto-flies, but can't steer with mouse, nor go up/down with 'space' 'x' as expected. You fly over the rocks and therefore can't dodge them nor pass by the completion blue zone (x,y,z coordinates, z is way too high). Both playing Patch 6.1. Friend submitted bug report. As I see others here have too, I'm not sure what advantage there will be to report again. I'm sure they're well-aware of it by now, and have already decided whether or not they will fix it.

Comment by Boxofbeer

The Day that Deathwing Came: What Really Happened http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VNx6Nf2Mfk

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=3HPvgzZiGYs

Comment by 1374013

The Day that Deathwing Came: What Really Happened https://youtu.be/P-ouIlM9Ym0

Comment by schnizol

I picked the blood elf to see what happens... then I abandoned the quest and did it again with a night elf - the proper way :P

Comment by Deastrumquodvici

There are people who don't go for the Blood Elf male?

Comment by kerluna

I just finished this quest today on my level 100 Blood Elf Rogue, and there were no quest rewards at all. Apparently this quest got messed up with 7.0.

Comment by XargonDragon

I never noticed until today that during this quest, Martek has The Doomhammer on his back.

Comment by Animexlife

I laughed so hard at these quests, this last one was the best. Of course I picked the Blood Elf stud. Flying motorcycle lol.

Comment by Likotot

As of the 8.0 prepatch this quest DCs you when you choose your hot babe.

Comment by cephadex

I don't know why there's so much hype about the orc being "BE-curious" here. There are a bunch of lesbian plotlines in the story and no one bats an eye. This is pretty much the only case in the game where there's a suggestion of even mild m/m interest, stop making a huge deal out of it. (And no, I'm not counting Savage Passions, because it was the only one of the many Steamy Romance Novels where what was going on was completely implied, while all the others ones were blatant and explicit about the romantic/sexual situation). So please stop making a big deal out of this tiny situation where the male orc called the male BE "strapping." (No, he's not mistaking him for a female here - you wouldn't call a female "strapping"). No wonder Bliz heaps on the lesbian storylines and never gives any male-male romantic plotlines if players react this way about it. This sort of reaction gives them no motivation to even things out and have fewer double standards.

Comment by Nefalas

This quest seems to be bugged since the Shadowlands pre patch. The rocks now cause way too much damage, making it impossible to go through the canyon. Istead, drive around it on the left side, you'll be able to get to the next part of the quest that way. Good luck!

Comment by Vythika

Everyone is so focused on the male Belf option... I've not seen one comment about how this Orc's Motorbike seems to have the unique armor class of ORIGAMI PAPER! One falling rock and it's F.U.B.A.R!

>:(

So frustrating!

EDIT: I actually missed the comment right above mine... seems there will be some minor casualties in The Squish. :/

Comment by spaz1729

Help :( I have been trying this since the prepatch, but any time i get hit by any rock i immediately die...is this a bug or am i that bad?

Comment by millerwolf

This quest appears to be impossible as of the Shadowlands pre-patch.

Getting hit by 1 rock puts you down to 5% HP, and then the second just kills you.

Considering rocks can just appear out of nowhere on top of you, you can get killed incredibly quickly without any fault of your own. I'm on attempt 12 and I've not got past the second hill.

EDIT: I was able to drive round the canyon and complete the quest that way.

Comment by Kyuubro

I did the quest recently and the falling rocks kill you instantly, since they are not scaled at all at the moment. It's propably impossible to do normally.

But, you can just drive around the whole canyon and enter from the oter side to complete the quest.

Comment by deepspace8

You have to listen to the whole story (watch the whole video) of Theldurin the Lost, otherwise you won't be able to do the quest. If you skipped over it, you can go back and talk to him. Also, you need to punch through the rocks to get through them to get to Deathwing.

Comment by Grim32

RIP the lines: "Hop in, baby." & "I believe I was showing my motorcycle to some hot babes at the time."

Links

The Day that Deathwing Came: What Really Happened

Listen to Martek the Exiled's version of the story.

Choose an admirer to save (1) (1)

Ride to the end of the canyon (1)

Find Deathwing (1)

Beat Deathwing in a knife fight (1)

Description

These two have no idea how to tell a story. Theldurin's story was too short, and Lucien's tale was a little too tall, if you catch my drift.

Also, neither of their stories had action and fans admiring my awesomeness in them.

Sit back, <name>. I'll tell you what really happened that day.

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Martek's Knife			Tosselwrench's Shrinker
	Theldurin's Fist			Martek's Stick of Truthiness
	Genuine Deathwing Fang

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27715))