Quick Facts

Storyline
Bloodmyst Isle The Kessel Run Declaration of Power What Argus Means to Me Blood Watch What We Know... What We Don't Know... Intercepting the Message Translations... Audience with the Prophet Truth or Fiction I Shoot Magic Into the Darkness The Cryo-Core Searching for Galaen Galaen's Fate Galaen's Journal - The Fate of Vindicator Saruan Matis the Cruel Don't Drink the Water Limits of Physical Exhaustion Vindicator's Rest Clearing the Way Oh, the Tangled Webs They Weave Fouled Water Spirits Cutting a Path Critters of the Void Ending Their World The Sun Gate Maatparm Mushroom Menagerie Ysera's Tears Urgent Delivery Restoring Sanctity Into the Dream Razormaw The Bloodcurse Legacy The Bloodcurse Legacy The Bloodcursed Naga The Hopeless Ones... Ending the Bloodcurse The Unwritten Prophecy

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Comments

Comment by lininjim

This is so easy, make sure you have your flare to hand and the hard work is done for you. The summoned Hand fights your fight.

Comment by 13451

What your looking for is a blood elf on a horse. Once you find him, inch up to him slowly then use the flare gun. A hunter will appear, let him get aggro then help him fight.

Comment by Henryk

Matis paths on the road from 42,44 to 21,54.

Comment by 16637

Vindicator Kuros will not offer you this quest unless you first pick up Gaelan's Journal:
http://www.wowhead.com/?object=182032

The journal spawns the "Galaen's Journal - The Fate of Vindicator Saruan" quest:
http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=9706

Once you pick up the journal and turn in the quest to Vindicator Kuros, he will offer you the Matis quest.

Comment by 2603

This quest is soooo bugged. I was waiting for him at a clear area and a level 24 gnome warlock got ahead of me and killed him right before my eyes and I also got the quest completed so you just have to watch him die.

Comment by walros

really long respawn rate

Comment by 65604

he is riding a felsteed on the road to vector coil. oh and dont kill him for quest you have to use flare gun on him then a guy comes and capures him. go back to blood watch and his trail awaits. its pretty funny he laughs and calls names to the profit then a dranei comes up and kills him in one hit

Comment by Windwalk

How do I capture this guy? I summoned the friendly elite and we killed him...

I've tried twice now...am I missing something?

Comment by 77826

Matis the Cruel walks up and down the path from the Vector Coil.
He is easily soloed, once you find him just use the flare gun and an npc will appear and pretty much kill him for you.

Comment by benefactorsama

Sometimes this quest can bug and the summoned NPC will ignore Matis while he beats the daylight out of you. My pet and I got creamed by Matis while the Tracker just walked around in circles. I think this happens if you are too far away when you shoot the flare. I had to drop the quest and pick it up again because the flare only has one charged and is consumed completely once it is used (the item disappears).

Make sure you're close to Matis. Try to catch him further down the road away from the blood elf camps and it should go fine.

Comment by 63363

really easy did it at level 19 pala, lost 0% of HP :P

Comment by Cipri

I was sitting next to the road when someone ran up and attacked matis, and captured him using his flare gun/hunter, but I still got credit for the quest.

Comment by 139307

u dont need to kill "matis the cruel" just shot to him and run away :) done it with lvl 16 shaman :)

Comment by 63363

i killed him 3 times with 18 frost mage, i always forgot to use flaregun:P so very easy mob ;) however you must summon the guard, not to kill him alone :)

Comment by Rained

Matis himself is fearable, but if you fear him at a bad time just as he falls unconcious he bugs out and you don't get credit.

Also of note, the tracker that assists you can die, so be wary of that.

Comment by 159774

I submitted a screenshot of this a while back; but there are several people in LightHeaded who cannot see screenshots and may be curious. Upon completing this quest you will see a 'cut scene'; which is one of the few in the game. Here is the dialogue typed out:

Image of Velen says: Bring forth the blood elf.
Image of Velen says: Matis, blood elf lieutenant of the Sunhawks, you have been found guilty of genocide against the draenei people.
Image of Velen says: You are to be executed at light's dawning. Have you anything to say for yourself?
Matis spits at the image of Velen.
Image of Velen says: May the Light have mercy on your soul. Take him back to his cell.
Matis glares at Velen.
Matis says: The Light?
Matis laughs.
Matis says: I am a Blood Knight, mongrel. I do not serve the Light, the Light serves me. If mercy is to be granted, it will be by me.
Matis says: You seek to martyr me before my order - so be it. Strike me down, another will rise in my place and the suffering of the Light - of the conquered - will continue uninterrupted.
Vindicator Kuros says: You blaspheme! The Light would never allow such an aberration!
Matis says: The Light has no choice. It does as it is commanded. Just as the naaru you hold at the core of your vessel will do when we capture and enslave it... Do my words surprise you, blue blood? Yes, we know... We know everything.
Image of Velen Says: Take him away.
Blade of Argus says: Move!
Matis says: Draenei dog! Did you know that one you call Saruan wept like a babe as I beat him? A feeling of euphoria coursed through me, knowing that I had a member of a high rank in my grasp. Were it not for Sironas' plans for him, I would have tortured him to death... As I do to all draenei that I capture. Alas, I am certain that you will see him again soon...
Matis grins wickedly..
Vindicator Kuros says: Breathe your last breath, heathen.
{Right here in the cutscene Matis is killed.}
Vindicator Kuros spits on the corpse of Matis.
Image of Velen says: Find their source of power and tear it down. Tear all of it down.

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Honestly I think it is harsh for a reaction of the draenei to be that way. I always thought they were a forgiving people and a peaceful people until I saw this. I cannot quite place my finger on it but it kind of shakes me up. Also; this indicates that Kael'Thalas knows the draenei came to Azeroth. The blood elves on Azuremyst and Bloodmyst Isles are loyal to Kael.

Comment by Jarigise

You can do this quest easily at almost any level, as long as you can obtain the quest. Just get somewhat close to him, use the gun, start doing some damage, and bam, you'll be done quicker than you can say his name.

Personally, it took me maybe 5 seconds to do it as a 17 hunter. I'm confident I could have done it at a much earlier level, though.

Comment by ThyFlame

As a shaman, just kite it around a searing totem using frost shock every cooldown.

Comment by 190777

Lol! I didn't read the quests rules close enough when I did this, so I ended up killing him instead. Make sure you use your flare gun, do not kill him. haha. Otherwise its a simple quest. Easy XP.

Comment by conkier

eeeasy solo as a lv 15 shammy

Comment by 342644

this was easy as hell it took me 5 secs he is on the road inbetween the 2 blood elf camps the one with like 13 and 14s and then the one where the journal quest comes from i was a 16 paladin when i did this quest super easy try it out.

Comment by v3rgil

where's my one week vacation?11one

Comment by whquaint

If you are a very high character, do not hit him at all. You will one-shot him. He is not to be killed, only captured. Just stand there and watch. Maybe heal NPC if needed.

Comment by Trich

If you accidentally kill Matis just abandon the quest and try again. I used the flare and the Tracker spawned and aggro'ed Matis, but I accidentally killed him. The Tracker was still there though, so I decided to wait for Matis to spawn and see if the Tracker would still capture him. After Matis spawned, I trained him to the Tracker, who aggro'ed and attacked Matis until he died.

Comment by mrswarden

It is not longer necessary to fight him. When you find him, just fire off the flare, an npc shows up and fights him. 7/14/2012

Comment by 1440987

Matis the Cruel http://youtu.be/xSYeJJ_RkiI

Comment by maryalice

I did this quest with my 62 rogue because I wanted the black leather pants. In order to get this quest you first need to do quest Galaen's Journal - The Fate of Vindicator Saruan.

To start Galaen's Journal quest you need to go to 37.6, 61.3 and click on the red book laying on the ground.

Comment by 1374013

Matis the cruel https://youtu.be/6KLFmZBqMX4

Comment by Boxofbeer

Matis the Cruel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqnRVyZznkI

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=byZMpuBXALw&feature=youtu.be

Comment by ercarp

The Flare Gun is consumed on use, so if you use it and kill Matis the Cruel by accident, you'll have to abandon the quest and retake it.

Comment by gingerbread2465

Checking in from patch 10.2.6 at level 70. I tried many ways and the only way that worked for me was to taunt Matis, then use the Soft Foam Sword toy, THEN use the flare. The NPC will spawn, hit him and seemingly kill him, but then the quest will complete and he'll be on his horse ready to be escorted back.

Links

Matis the Cruel

Vindicator Kuros at Blood Watch wants you to capture Matis the Cruel.

	Matis the Cruel Captured (1)

Provided item:

	Flare Gun (1)

Description

Matis will be brought to justice, <name>; and I want you to be the one to find him and bring him back to the Triumvirate.

Scour the island for this killer. Should you find him, use this flare gun. When my trackers see the flare, they'll come and assist in capturing Matis. Return to me after he's been captured.

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Vindicator's Woolies			Vindicator's Leather Chaps
	Vindicator's Iron Legguards			Vindicator's Chain Leggings

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with Exodar

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(9711))