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Series

1.	Tablets of Baa'ri Tablets of Baa'ri
2.	Oronu the Elder Oronu the Elder
3.	The Ashtongue Corruptors The Ashtongue Corruptors
4.	The Warden's Cage The Warden's Cage
5.	Proof of Allegiance
6.	Akama
7.	Seer Udalo
8.	A Mysterious Portent
9.	The Ata'mal Terrace
10.	Akama's Promise

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Comment by 12293

Quest chain begins here: http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10705

Comment by bl00mie

Tough call for a druid. The staff is nice, but probably replaceable, whereas the gloves are untouchable at for tanking. I can't imagine being able to turn down the gloves. Even the tier 5 set is only arguably better. Nordrassil has more strength and agility, but the same stamina and *way* less armor (393 vs 267 (2374 vs 1613 in thick-hide bear)). I think it's a must have for any druid who might need to off-tank any instance/raid fights in the future.

Comment by decker12

I'm a feral / resto hybrid who occasionally tanks and I'm excited to get these gloves. However, the quest chain is incredibly long and difficult. While you're working on this quest, a nice in between and far more easily obtainable tanking gloves is at:

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30341

Comment by Sihmm

The process of attunement to the Black Temple begins in Shadowmoon Valley with a very long quest chain that requires trips to the Arcatraz, Serpentshrine Cavern, Mount Hyjal and finally the doorstep of the Black Temple itself. Even if you're not planning on raiding just yet, the chain does offer some nice blue rewards half way through. It starts differently depending on whether you're Aldor (A) or Scryer (S):

Aldors pick up the line from Anchorite Ceyla in the Altar of Sha'tar:
1. (A) Tablets of Baa'ri
2. (A) Oronu the Elder
3. (A) The Ashtongue Corruptors
4. (A) The Warden's Cage

Scyers get it from Arcanist Thelis at the Sanctum of Stars:
1. (S) Tablets of Baa'ri
2. (S) Oronu the Elder
3. (S) The Ashtongue Corruptors
4. (S) The Warden's Cage

At this point the chains converge for both factions:
5. Proof of Allegiance
6. Akama
7. Seer Udalo (Dungeon)

Here, you have to venture into the Arcatraz (which requires a Rogue with 350 lockpicking or somebody to open the door who's completed the Arcatraz Key chain, which requires trips to the Mechanar and the Botanica respectively) to the room just before the final boss. Sadly it's impossible to solo-stealth to. Finding Udalo leads to:

Talk to Akama:
8. A Mysterious Portent
Kill waves of nonelites, 3 elites and a boss (5-man) on a terrace outside the Black Temple:
9. The Ata'mal Terrace
Finally, deliver the medallion to A'dal in Shattrath City:
10. Akama's Promise

The chain ends here, and you're granted a choice of rewards:
Akama's Sash (cloth DPS belt)
Bloodwarder's Rifle (gun)
Spellbreaker's Buckler (spelldamage shield)
Ashtongue Blade (phsyical DPS dagger)
Verdant Gloves (feral leather gloves)
Staff of the Ashtongue Deathsworn (healing staff)
However, if you now go into Serpentshrine Cavern and kill Karathress, you'll be able to talk to Seer Olum who'll continue the quest chain for you:

1. The Secret Compromised
Go back to Warden's Cage in SMV and talk to Akama.
2. Ruse of the Ashtongue
Using the Ashtongue Cowl provided, kill Al'ar in Tempest Keep while disguised as a member of the Deathsworn.
3. An Artifact From the Past
You need to be attuned to Mount Hyjal for this. Simply kill Rage Winterchill and loot his phylactery (what is it with liches and their phylacteries?), then deliver it to Akama...
4. The Hostage Soul
...then return to Ad'al in Shattrath City...
5. Entry Into the Black Temple
...then go back to Shadowmoon and talk to Xi'ri on the road leading to the Black Temple. He'll ask you to help with
6. A Distraction for Akama
...but once you tell Xi'ri you're ready (talk to him after accepting the quest), you can watch a scripted sequence that you do not actually have to help with in any way. After this is finished, talk to Xi'ri again for your Medallion of Karabor and the completion of Black Temple attunement. Congratulations, you can now waltz in to Illidan's latest bachelor pad!

But before you go, the chain continues from Xi'ri with:
7. Seek Out the Ashtongue
Time to start exploring the Black Temple! When you find the Deathsworn, they'll give you
2. Redemption of the Ashtongue
...which requires you to kill the Shade of Akama. Finally you're given
3. The Fall of the Betrayer
Yup, kill Illidan. No problem. Then you're done.

Comment by 25633

By looking over all the quest's in this chain, to see if it is a good "gold chain", i got the total gold and rep you earn are:

You'll get 1925 rep with Ashtongue Deathsworn, a faction with no reputaition rewards so far.
If you're Aldor you'll recive 1825 rep and lose 907 rep Scryers.
If you're Scryer you'll recive 1825 rep and lose 907 rep Aldor.
You will also get 12 rep with Sha'tar.

If you need any of the rewards from the last quest you will still earn 28.41 gold. If not you should take the staff and sell it, which will give you a total amount of 38.63 gold.

I havn't done this questchain yet, just looked it over to see how much gold and rep I could get from it. Will try to confirm it in the oncoming days.

Comment by 23388

The completion of the final chain of the quest has neat ending :D. "You see a glimpse of the future. You see Akama and Maiev fighting their way through to Black Temple. But you see a third shrouded figure, and that figure is you."

Comment by 55449

does nobody know, how to actually get the medallion to Black temple?
did this quest line today, but no medallion.
And then i talked with a friend who told me that you have to kill a Boss in the Hyjal. And to get attuned to Hyjal, you need to be attuned to Serpentshiren Cavern and The Eye ? or?

Comment by 21551

Once you complete this questline/quest you will be able to talk to an NPC who resides in a cage behind Fathom-Lord Karathress in SSC. After killing Fathom-Lord the NPC will be freed and you will be able to pickup a Quest which will be to return to Akama and report some findings.

http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10944

When you get to Akama you will notice he is having a conversation with "Illidan's Presence". Illidan orders Akama to have one of his Ashtongue venture into TK to kill A'Lar. Akama passes this duty on to you in the following quest(line):

1. Ruse of the Ashtongue:
http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10946
2. An Artifact From the Past
http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10947
3. The Hostage Soul
http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10948
4. Entry Into the Black Temple
http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10949
5. A Distraction for Akama
http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10985

It is at this point where you recieve the actual Medallion of Karabor which grants you access to the Black Temple, but the questline is not yet complete. The final quest awards The blessed Medallion of the Karabor which upon "use:"transports you to the entrance of the Black Temple but you need to kill Illidan to get it =)

6. Seek Out the Ashtongue
http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10958
7. Redemption of the Ashtongue
http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10957
8. The Fall of the Betrayer
http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10959

Comment by 81639

Not that this matters that much but if youre doing the BT-preQ questline you probably wont ever use any of these rewards and the staff will most likely give you the most gold when sold to a vendor. 10 g 22s.

Comment by Caylie

Theese gloves are amezing for feral tanking druids.
I've been unlucky with tier 4, but so far that's the only thing that I would replace it with. (Ofcourse with T5 etc if I had it.)

Go get it Tanking Druids!

Comment by brenthebli

I like the ending to this quest chain. It is cool that you are shown (even if you dont see it) a vision in where you are fighting side by side witth two ledgendary figures in the game. Plus the gear is verry good, but can be replaced by gear obtained from raids.

Comment by Thesteini

I was relieved to find out that this counts towards the Shadow of the Betrayer achievement. It was the last quest I needed for it.

Comment by 531512

I completed this quest but it didn't show up in the WoWhead looter, although I know I must have since one cannot finish the attunement series without it. Perhaps it has something to do with the availability of the title and an older quest version was deleted outright.

Comment by Goodwinn

If you are trying to get Blessed Medallion of Karabor and forgot which step of the quest line you are on, you can use this macro to determine where you left off:

/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10551)print("1. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed Allegiance to the Aldor (Aldor)")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10552)print("1. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed Allegiance to the Scryers (Scryers)")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10568)print("2. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed Tablets of Baa'ri (Aldor)")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10683)print("2. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed Tablets of Baa'ri (Scryers)")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10571)print("3. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed Oronu the Elder (Aldor)")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10684)print("3. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed Oronu the Elder (Scryers)")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10574)print("4. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed The Ashtongue Corruptors (Aldor)")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10685)print("4. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed The Ashtongue Corruptors (Scryers)")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10575)print("5. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed The Warden's Cage (Aldor)")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10686)print("5. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed The Warden's Cage (Scryers)")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10622)print("6. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed Proof of Allegiance")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10628)print("7. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed Akama")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10705)print("8. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed Seer Udalo")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10706)print("9. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed A Mysterious Portent")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10707)print("10. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed The Ata'mal Terrace")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10708)print("11. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed Akama's Promise")
/run print("12. Now go into Serpentshrine Cavern and kill Karathress then talk to Seer Olum (48,18).")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10944)print("13. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed The Secret Compromised")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10946)print("14. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed Ruse of the Ashtongue")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10947)print("15. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed An Artifact From the Past")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10948)print("16. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed The Hostage Soul")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10949)print("17. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed Entry Into the Black Temple")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10985)print("18. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed A Distraction for Akama (Aldor)")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13429)print("18. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed A Distraction for Akama (Scryers)")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10958)print("19. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed Seek Out the Ashtongue")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10957)print("20. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed Redemption of the Ashtongue")
/run local c = IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10959)print("21. You have"..(c and "" or " not").." completed The Fall of the Betrayer")

Comment by Vlad

If you feel lost and unsure where you are in the chain, use the following copy-paste scripts:

The Aldor
/run local y={568,571,574,575,622,628,705,706,707,708,944,946,947,948,949,985,958,957,959}print"The Aldor:"for i,q in ipairs(y)do q="10"..q print(i,"\124cffffff00\124Hquest:"..q.."\124h\124h\124r",IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(q)and YES or NO)end

The Scryers
/run local y={683,684,685,686,622,628,705,706,707,708,944,946,947,948,949,985,958,957,959}print"The Scryers:"for i,q in ipairs(y)do q="10"..q print(i,"\124cffffff00\124Hquest:"..q.."\124h\124h\124r",IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(q)and YES or NO)end

Simply copy the script and paste in chat. You'll find a lot of text saying Yes/No for each quest in the chain, chronologically. Find the quest that isn't completed and look that up on Wowhead to proceed.

Have fun obtaining your Blessed Medallion of Karabor

Comment by Aurleis1

Aldor Video Guide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIO0DqmrMBU 1
Scryer Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpfbu0ewmSY 1

1The quest IDs are the same for The Aldor and The Scryers; however, the separate videos will direct you to the applicable flight locations.

1. Akama's Promise
• Accept the quest Akama's Promise from Akama, at coords 58.1, 48.2, in Warden's Cage, Shadowmoon Valley (Outland).
• Jump into the water and swim the water passageway to coords 57.5, 47.8, run along the traverse the above-water passageway to the ramp located at 57.4, 49.7, and go up that ramp aboveground.
• Fly to Shattrath City either via a gryphon flight master, or via your flying mount.
- - Aldor players should travel to coordinates 63.2, 30.4, to the Altar of Sha'tar Flight Master, Maddix.
- - Scryer players should travel to coordinates 56.2, 57.8, to the Sanctum of the Stars Flight Master, Alieshor.
• Speak with and turn in the quest to A'dal at coords 54, 44.

Full Guide to obtain Blessed Medallion of Karabor.

If you're unsure about which stage of the quest line you are in to obtain the Blessed Medallion of Karabor, enter the following script into the chat box (special thanks to Vlad for the script):

The Aldor

/run local y={568,571,574,575,622,628,705,706,707,708,944,946,947,948,949,985,958,957,959}print"The Aldor:"for i,q in ipairs(y)do q="10"..q print(i,"\124cffffff00\124Hquest:"..q.."\124h\124h\124r",C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(q) and 'YES' or 'NO')end

The Scryers

/run local y={683,684,685,686,622,628,705,706,707,708,944,946,947,948,949,985,958,957,959}print"The Scryers:"for i,q in ipairs(y)do q="10"..q print(i,"\124cffffff00\124Hquest:"..q.."\124h\124h\124r",C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(q) and YES or NO)end

Comment by Eewec

Hmmm I seem to be bugged as this quest isn't showing as complete for me here.... in fact it isn't showing in the list of Outland missions at all or Overall Progress as at 20/02/2016 8am GMT.

Comment by Lycangemz

Swimming back and forth through the underwater passage after every quest was not my favorite....

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Akama's Promise

Bring the Medallion of Karabor to A'dal in Shattrath City.

Description

<Akama inserts the crystal into the medallion in his hand.>

I am not as strong as I once was, <name>. Being so close to evil itself all these years - I do not know if I can trust myself with an artifact as powerful as this.

Take this as my promise to you that when the time comes and you face Illidan, I will be on your side. Take it to the one being we know we can trust with its power. Take the medallion to A'dal in Shattrath City.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Akama's Sash			Verdant Gloves
	Spellbreaker's Buckler			Ashtongue Blade
	Bloodwarder's Rifle			Staff of the Ashtongue Deathsworn

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

1,000 reputation with The Sha'tar
1,000 reputation with Ashtongue Deathsworn

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10708))

Akama's Promise

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