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Series

1.	The Strength of Tortolla
2.	Finish Nemesis
3.	Tortolla's Triumph
4.	The Ancients are With Us
5.	Commander Jarod Shadowsong
6.	Signed in Blood
7.	Your New Identity

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 134238

Simple, just use the quest item when he is about to erupt.

Comment by Pixiez

By the way. Nemisis is inside the cave where you get the small turtle. After the phasing Nemesis disapears from outside.

Comment by crazyprsn

The Child of Tortolla WILL attack everything it sees, whether it's yours or not. And it WILL stand on top of the body when you try to loot.

One would think you'd get a little more respect for saving its life...

Comment by zukeithat

I am probably the only one who would fall into the lava, but I did near Nemesis and although it didn't kill me there is no way that I could find to get out. Ended up having to hearth. Flew to moonglade.
Picked up another turtle, and all was well.

Comment by 267801

Tortolla quest chain

You're most likely coming from Aessina's Miracle

(The map of Hyjal phases at this time. The western part is no longer burnt. Tortolla moved)
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1. Tortolla's Revenge (go to Tortolla)
1. The Hammer and the Key (kill ogre) 2. Lost Wardens (rescue 8) 3. Breakthrough
1. The Third Flamegate 2. Pressing the Advantage (k 4 ogres) 4. Hyjal Recycling Program
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1. The Time for Mercy has Passed 5. The Strength of Tortolla (bring turtle to crystal)
(kill 4 + 10) 5. Finish Nemesis (kill Nemesis in cave)
5. Tortolla's Triumph (go to Tortolla, get ilvl 288 rare)
5. The Ancients are With Us (go to Ysera)
Twilight quest chain begins

Comment by Whiterock

The Return of the Ancients Quest Tree From Whiterock
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Return from the Firelands {H}*──>G)The Fires of Mount Hyjal
| 4)Fighting Fire With ... Anything
G)Aviana's Legacy
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| S)Wings Over Mount Hyjal<──Return to Nordrassil*
|OR| ┌──────────┴──────────┐
1)An Offering for Aviana 1)Scrambling for Eggs 1)The Wormwing Problem
S)A Plea From Beyond ├─────────────────────┘
1)A Prayer and a Wing 1)A Bird in Hand
├────────────────────────┘
2)Fact-Finding Mission
├─────────────────┬──────────────────────┐
2)Sethria's Brood 2)The Codex of Shadows 2)A Gap in Their Armor
| 2)Egg Hunt 2)Disassembly
├─────────────────┴──────────────────────┘
2)Sethria's Demise
1)Return to the Shrine
1)An Ancient Reborn
├>3)The Hatchery Must Burn
| 3)Flight in the Firelands
| 3)Wave One
| 3)Wave Two
| 3)Egg Wave
| 1)Return to Aviana
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| The Return of the Ancients*
| ├─────────────────────┬────>4)If You're Not Against Us...
| 4)Save the Wee Animals | 4)Seeds of Their Demise
| 4)Oh, Deer! | 4)A New Master
| | | 4)The Name Never Spoken (ver2)
| | 4)Disrupting the Rituals 4)Black Heart of Flame
| ├──┴─────────────────────────┘
| S)Last Stand at Whistling Grove
| 4)The Bears Up There
| 5)Smashing Through Ashes
| ├───────────────┬──────────────>6)Firebreak
| 6)Fresh Bait 6)Durable Seeds 6)Prepping the Soil
| 6)Hell's Shells └────────────────┴──────────┐
| 5)Tortolla Speaks |
| ├────────────────────┐ |
| 5)Breaking the Bonds 5)Children of Tortolla |
| ├────────────────────┘ |
| 5)An Ancient Awakens |
├──┴───────────────────────────────────────────┘
6)The Last Living Lorekeeper<──Return from the Firelands {H}*
6)Firefight
4)Aessina's Miracle───┬>7)Hyjal Recycling Program
7)Tortolla's Revenge └>7)Lost Wardens
├>7)Breakthrough 7)Pressing the Advantage
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7)The Hammer and the Key
8)The Third Flamegate─────>8)The Time for Mercy has Passed
8)The Strength of Tortolla
8)Finish Nemesis
7)Tortolla's Triumph
9)The Ancients are With Us──>Commander Jarod Shadowsong*

Quest zones:
1)Shrine of Aviana_____2)Sethria's Roost_____3)Firelands Hatchery_____4)Grove of Aessina+The Inferno_____5)Ashen Lake+Sanctuary of Malorne_____6)The Flamewake_____7)The Scorched Plain_____8)The Crucible of Flame_____9)Nordrassil
G)Gluing Separate Questlines_____S)Skippable
*Click to see more info about that quest-line.

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Comment by phseven

The Child of Tortolla turtle has to be alive for the Totem of Tortolla quest item to work while killing Nemesis.

...Took me a couple of deaths before I realized why the quest item wasn't working

Comment by 744104

OK, this was probably obvious to everyone but me. I had to die one time to learn what to do. The totem puts you and the turtle in a shell. So the first thing I did was click on the totem. While it was cooling down, he eruped and I died. Wait for the warning and then click the totem. I thought the totem was going to be active the entire time and protect us. Wrong!

Comment by 773237

I killed Nemesis before he could even erupt. Pretty easy for (i think) a big quest.

Comment by yellowmana

As a rogue, I thought I could stealth past trash mobs. I thought if I sap shadowflame masters on the way, I had only molten tormentors to kill. I sapped shadowflame master but the turtle aggro'd it even if he was sapped, so I had to kill all of them.

Comment by 759519

well, you know. just a bit of advice. if you're an assassination rogue and you find out your turtle glitched up and isn't doing any damage, forget to reapply your poisons and do almost no dps, and end up getting hit by nemesis's fire AoE because of poor timing on the item.. well. you're screwed. just saying. not fun.

Comment by 533012

Made me sad when I couldn't keep my baby turtle friend :(

Comment by 421352

I had to attempt this quest a second time before successfully completing it. The first time, I fled when I couldn't find the totem on my action bar. I took considerable damage, but survived (Draenei Retadin with about 50k health in blues and greens). On my second attempt, I bolstered my attack power (relative to the first attempt) with a couple of armor upgrades and a Titanic Strength flask, and was able to burn Nemesis down faster this time. However, he erupted sooner as well, which suggests his ability is tied to his Health Point percentage (I can't say this for certain, especially in light of the post above where the player was able to finish him off before the eruption, but it is a fairly common mechanic in boss fights...).

I was also too slow to activate the totem, and took the eruption hit. It took me from more or less full health down to somewhere in the 30 - 40% range. But again, survivable in melee range for Plate-wearers near full health with decent questing gear (I know, a contradiction in terms. But relatively speaking... And let's just say cloth and leather wearers should not expect to be as lucky). I finished him off quickly after the eruption snafu.

Comment by LaCrysta

I got this on the first try, but the cooldown for the totem is longer than Nemesis' Eruption, so I did get hit once.

Comment by ziggy29

A couple of thoughts here, after following some of the instructions here and dying three times anyway before success:

1. Do yourself a favor and put the totem on a key binding and/or the action bar. It's MUCH easier and faster than trying to frantically move the mouse and click on the icon representing the totem in the Objectives area.

2. Use the totem as soon as you can when Nemesis is about to erupt - don't wait until just before it happens. At first I was doing it just before the eruption, and because the timing of the eruptions is essentially identical to the totem's 20 second CD, by the second or third eruption you'll find yourself unable to get the shield up in time... then your turtle dies, your totem stops working... and soon you're dead, too. As long as you see the message that Nemesis is about to burst again, the shield will hold up long enough if you invoke the totem.

Once I did these two things it was a very easy kill.

Comment by 833385

Unless you are underpowered, I'd like to suggest you don't obsess too much about the child turtle and the totem. Spending time thinking about it distracted me from working my own abilities. It was only after both the child turtle and I died that I got myself together, rebuffed, and killed Nemesis without one. I'm a rogue, I have Cloak of Shadows and I'm not afraid to use it!

(83 Combat Rogue in greens and blues)

Comment by fordahord

I thought Nemesis was a little disappointing. Running a level 82 Afflock in blue/green quest gear, I took him (her/it?) down quickly and easily.

Of course, to be fair, I was a bit concerned because of some of the previous posts, so I summoned my Doomguard to start the attack. That got things off on the right foot!

Dotted up, haunt, seed of corruption, then hit the totem. By the time the first eruption was over, Nemesis was down to 10% health.

Comment by noobisafroob

easy quest, just use that totem as soon as you need to.

2 EASY steps how to get out:
1, be an holy paladin
2, ignore the mobs and just keep running sometimes do holy shock/word of glory xD

Comment by Skyweaver

Forgot to use the totem; the blast isn't even close to deadly.. Just ignore it if you don't feel like using the totem :P

Comment by 913534

For hunters, don't even use the turtles protection, send your pet in and stand right at the edge of your ranged weapons. Nemesis' area attack won't reach you, but you might want to throw the occassional mend pet into your rotation.

Comment by Arekkusanda

This quest was easy for me, as a level 81 arcane mage. Use the 4 arcane blast and arcane missiles combination, and use the totem when it pops up he is about to explode, and you're fine. Having mana shield up will obviously help also.

Comment by 994513

cords to turtle are 61.8 62.3.

Comment by Whoisthiscook

Apparently the turtle you go along is the same one as in the Molten Front daily quest for killing an echo of Nemesis; "Nemesis is about to erupt! Get under Tooga's shell!"

Comment by Boxofbeer

Finish Nemesis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxdq6DQbAdU

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=zE8OgMg5SPY&feature=youtu.be

Comment by pure162

I finished this quest as a level 86 outlaw Rogue without the help of the tortolla. I blinded Nemesis just before the first cast, which interrupted it, I survived the second flame with 20% HP and used cloak for the third flame. However when I was done, the quest giver was nowhere to be found! :(

Edit: This was still an issue after relogging. However the very next day the quest giver was back!:)

Comment by Llyrellenya

Don't know why, but the quest item didn't work. Clicked on it multiple times when I got the screen warning that Nemesis was about to erupt, and never got any indication of anything happening or not happening. Somehow survived the first explosion, then finished nuking him down before his second eruption. (Playing a destro warlock.)

Comment by Liyka

Just done this quest on 10/05/2021 at 00:02 and as previously mentioned the quest item didn't work or give any indication of it doing anything whatsoever but I still managed to survive the eruptions from Nemesis as a 32 Troll Prot Warrior with some CDs so it's definitely do-able without the shield provided by the quest item.

Comment by gwennie72

Just did this on my 39 warrior. Tried it once just by clicking the quest item icon on the quest log. Didn't work. Once I put the item on my action bar, it worked just fine.

Comment by Mackenheimer

Ok so yesterday I did this quest and the totem did nothing. So today I tried the quest line on a different toon and watched things more carefully. During the quests leading up to this one, I noticed I had the "Turtle-power!" buff from the Child of Tortolla that was following me. When I got back to Garunda to turn the quests in, I noticed that the buff had gone away. I figured that must be the key to making the totem work in the next quest so after picking it up I asked him for another turtle. Well the one I still had with me disappeared when I did that. I asked him again for another turtle and got a new turtle and then the buff came back! This time the totem worked as advertised when facing Nemesis. So if the totem isn't working for you go back and ask for a new turtle until you get the Turtle-power! buff.

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Finish Nemesis

Use the Totem of Tortolla and the help of a Child of Tortolla to defeat Nemesis. See Garunda Mountainpeak if you lose your turtle companion.

	Nemesis slain (1)

Provided item:

	Totem of Tortolla (1)

Description

Your turtle companion can use this newfound power to render the two of you invulnerable for a short period of time. You can "turtle up" to avoid the worst of Nemesis and his fury. To do so, simply invoke this totem.

This is all I can do for you. Together, you and a Child of Tortolla must defeat Nemesis, once and for all. Finish the Usurper!

Return to me if you lose your turtle friend.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Nemesis Crushers			Tortolla's Discarded Scales
	Leggings of the Vanquished Usurper			Liberating Crown

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(25923))