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Storyline
Deepholm, The Stone Throne The Very Earth Beneath Our Feet Crumbling Defenses Core of Our Troubles On Even Ground Imposing Confrontation Rocky Relations Hatred Runs Deep Unsolid Ground Loose Stones Violent Gale Depth of the Depths A Rock Amongst Many Entrenched Making Things Crystal Clear Intervention Putting the Pieces Together Clingy So Big, So Round... Petrified Delicacies Rock Bottom Steady Hand Don't. Stop. Moving. Hard Falls Fragile Values Resonating Blow Rocky Upheaval Doomshrooms Gone Soft Familiar Intruders A Head Full of Wind Unnatural Causes Wrath of the Fungalmancer Shaken and Stirred Corruption Destruction At the Stonemother's Call Audience with the Stonemother Rallying the Earthen Ring Our Part of the Bargain The Stone March The Twilight Flight Therazane's Mercy Word In Stone Undying Twilight The Binding

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Comment by 124958

A quick suggestion for this quest. Along with this quest you also get On Even Ground, in which you recieve an Elementium Grapple Line.

When you assist Tawn Winterbluff, she is already fighting a Servant of Therazane. If you use the grapple line on this add, it will significantly weaken the Servant and lets you kill two birds with one stone.

Comment by 64786

Look for the giant "minor hunter mark" and attack those large mobs or elementals, those will be the npc's you are looking for.

Comment by Danemy

I turned in On Even Ground before doing this quest. I figured out that if you kite the Servant of Therazane away, it will relieve the npc. The Servant will probably follow you for quite a while, though.

Comment by 735747

The completion condition is to "remove the NPC from combat."

Since there are several bugs and design flaws with the current version of this quest, I suggest a cheap workaround. Stand on top of something that causes the elites to evade bug and then draw aggro.

Comment by Aspic

This quest can be farmed endlessly for gold, albeit slowly. Ideally do it with mining and an AoE pet. Toss an AoE effect between mining and looting to tag and it'll be near impossible to die in decent gear. It's terrible money v. time but can be done while watching TV. clickclickclickclick

Shimmering shards and scintillating shards, very rare volatile earths.

Comment by Pypode

And, for those of us who die, mob doesn't regain full health. So you can go back and finish the job.

Comment by Goats

For any elemental shamans that enjoy an absurb amount of haste, use lust with the npc's lust. You will witness some insane lightning bolt mastery procs. My lightning bolts were at a 1 second cast time and they were procing all over the place.

Comment by Whiterock

Bottom World Pillar Fragment Quest Tree From Whiterock
The Middle Fragment* The World Pillar Fragment*
\ /
a)The Very Earth Beneath Our Feet
/ | \
a)Crumbling Defenses a)On Even Ground a)Core of Our Troubles
\ | /
a)Imposing Confrontation
b)Rocky Relations
/ | \
b)Unsolid Ground b)Loose Stones b)Hatred Runs Deep
\ | ┌────┘
c)Violent Gale
c)Depth of the Depths
c)A Rock Amongst Many──>#)Wayward Child(Stonecore)
d)Entrenched────┐
/ ├>d)Intervention
d)Putting the Pieces Together └>d)Making Things Crystal Clear
S)Pebble
d)Clingy
d)So Big, So Round...
| \
d)Rock Bottom d)Petrified Delicacies
├─────────────┴───────────────┐ ┌>f)Gone Soft
e)Steady Hand f)Rocky Upheaval────┴>f)Doomshrooms
e)Don't. Stop. Moving. f)Familiar Intruders
| \ f)A Head Full of Wind
e)Hard Falls e)Fragile Values f)Unnatural Causes──>g)Wrath of the Fungalmancer
| / / \ |
e)Resonating Blow g)Shaken and Stirred g)Corruption Destruction |
\ | / |
h)At the Stonemother's Call |
h)Audience with the Stonemother |
i)Rallying the Earthen Ring |
j)Our Part of the Bargain |
/ | \ |
j)The Stone March j)Therazane's Mercy j)The Twilight Flight |
\ | ┌────────┘ |
k)Word In Stone | ┌>Fungalophobia
k)Undying Twilight ┌>D)Glop, Son of Glop┴>The Glop Family Line
k)The Binding |
k)The Stone Throne─Revered,OnePerDay┴>D)The Restless Brood──>My Very Own Broodmother
┌────────────────┘ |
├>D)Motes | ┌>D)Beneath the Surface
├>D)Soft Rock └OnePerDay┼>D)Underground Economy
├>D)Fear of Boring └>D)Lost In The Deeps──>Rock Lover
├>D)Through Persistence
└>D)Fungal Fury──>Fungal Frenzy

Legend:
S menas Skippable
# means Other Zones
* means another Quest Tree.
IMPORTANT INFO:

The World Pillar didn't made it to live.
Wrath of the Fungalmancer is indeed needed for Glop, Son of Glop to be aviable.
Underground Economy is used to get to Jadefang read comments on NPC for more info.

Comment by Takata

Thanks a lot blizzard! Seems many of us are turning in the quest "on even ground" before completing this quest. It would be nice if you let us keep the grappling line for this quest to. I died twice trying to kill those servants as it is the only way of relieving those Earthen Ring NPC's.

Comment by 882009

This quest is bugged dont waste your time.

Comment by AriHasArrived

I also turned in On Even Ground as a mage. Therefore, I had to complete this quest without the grappling hook. I was able to take down the elite with my mirror image spell. With four casters for thirty seconds, it takes a bit out of him. However, you will need to use health potion once while you are waiting for the cooldown to finish him off with another mirror image. Good luck

Comment by 2885

Bugged in 5.4.2. None of the mobs in the area are attackable, even though they show up with their names in red. Core of Our Troubles is also affected. Neither quest is currently completable.

Comment by 1440987

Crumbling Defenses http://youtu.be/l6QP49fSkQM

Comment by Boxofbeer

Crumbling Defenses http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fOUY0DxF6g

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=8vPJi-Q_yCs&feature=youtu.be

Comment by iiky

Many people seem to have the same issue, that the mobs are not attackable - that is because you are already exhalted with "Therazane" - simply go to your reputations window and select "At War" at the Therazane Faction - now you can attack them and be able to complete this quest!

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Crumbling Defenses

Relieve Tawn Winterbluff, Stormcaller Mylra, and Hargoth Dimblaze by helping them to defeat their opponents.

	Tawn Winterbluff relieved (1)
	Stormcaller Mylra relieved (1)
	Hargoth Dimblaze relieved (1)

Description

When da attack started, we pushed out to take da field as quickly as we could. Dere forces were deep and endless... we underestimated dem. Now some of our best shaman be stranded out dere, exhausted, far from our defenses.

Make your way out and take da pressure off of our stranded brothas. Even a small break in battle be a chance to get much needed room ta breathe.

Be swift, <class>.

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with The Earthen Ring

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26312))