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Series

1.	Dragonkin Menace
2.	The True Masters
3.	The True Masters
4.	The True Masters
5.	The True Masters
6.	The True Masters
7.	The True Masters
8.	Marshal Windsor
9.	Abandoned Hope

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Comment by kreghx

The quest isn't too hard to solo as a level 60 rogue. I think any other class would need a full party.

I used nightscape boots to help with the stealth, I highly recommend them for this trip. Also, you'll want to have 300 lockpicking (though I don't know if you need it at 300, that's what I had)

From the entrance, go straight between the two guards and into the courtyard. Be very careful, there are patrols with dogs doing circles. The guards won't see you, but if you're not careful the dogs will. The place you want to head is at your 2 o'clock position. As you get closer, you'll see the little jail cages suspended from chains.

Follow the corrodor, avoiding dogs and patrols. Your minimap will show Windsor up as the little yellow dot we've all come to know and love. It should lead you to a cell that is guarded by three dwarves and a dog.

Here's the tricky part. You have to get rid of the guards to pick the lock on the door to get to Windsor. The way I did it was to sap one of the guards, kill the dog and vanish. Wait for cooldowns, sap a guard, kill the other two guards (thank you blade flurry) and vanish again. Finally kill the last guard. The guards run, so use crippling poison.

I had some epics in my gear which made life easier; I suspect though it could be managed with just blues, just brind blinding powder and maybe a healing potion or two.

When you leave the instance, make sure you don't reset it. Once you turn in the quest, the chain will continue till you get the crumpled note. That note will mean another trip back to Windsor and since the respawn rate in BRD is very, very slow, if you do them quickly you will come back and find the guards still dead.

Good luck!

Comment by 37673

wat cord is he on

Comment by 64664

Do you lose the key when you used it?

Comment by Thottbot

You can find him if you take the first passage on the right from the entrance.

Comment by Thottbot

Dragonkin Menace -> The True Masters (part 1, Redridge) -> The True Masters (part 2, SW) -> The True Masters (part 3, back to Redridge) -> The True Masters (part 4, back to Morgan's Vigil in Burning Steppes) -> talk to Ragged John -> talk to marshal Maxwell -> Marshall Windsor -> Abandoned Hope. Next step begins when you find a Crumpled Note off random drop in BRD. Take it back to Marshall Windsor and get A Shred of Hope -> Jail Break -> Stormwind Rendevous -> The Great Masquerade, and you then get the key to Onyxia's Lair!

Comment by Thottbot

When you get near the correct cell you'll hear him scream to let him out.

Comment by Thottbot

As soon as you enter the instance, go straight into the first room. It splits off into many paths. Go to the right. The three right passages all lead to the same place. Right, left, and to the middle. The two side passages circle around and join each other, the middle path has square rooms. The high interrogator is what drops the key. That mob is in the last room of the middle path. You can get there from any of the paths. I don't know about the random cell location. Bring a hunter :)

Comment by Thottbot

It's high interrogator, not inquisitor. Not sure if blizzard renamed her or not.

Comment by Thottbot

I WAS on this same quest till I dropped it, and now can't get any of the quest givers to give ity back, Fordragon has noting in SW, mayor of redridge nothiin, Guy at Morgan's Virgil has nothing and nor does Ragged John have the speech balloons anymore...might be contacting a GM seeing howe it's the onyxia chain

Comment by Thottbot

Dropped, a GM wouldnt help me much

Comment by Thottbot

I did the same thing and got the quest back from maxwell in bs. he had no ! over him so you may want to check that out

Comment by Thottbot

you cant do this in raid

Comment by Thottbot

Killed the high interrogator and she did NOT drop a key. Bugged? Either way I reported it. Anyone else get this problem? Cheers,

Andy

Comment by Thottbot

I did a jailbreak the other day, but it failed.. then i abandoned the quest because i was told too, but now i can't get the quest. Not even Dragonkin Menace.. What shall i do?

Comment by Thottbot

@ 60 with 5 in MoD and Wearing Nightscape Boots (1 to stealth rank) I could get near the cell (shows which on the mini map). Finding it is Easy Avoiding Dog Patrols is a pain. After distracting a patrol that passed just out of agro reach I could sap 1 guard then throw it all down at the 1 dog at the door while 2 other guards beat on me. After lying out the dog I vanished and waited for patrols. Retreated tactically when patrolls passed and waited for that same oppertune moment. Sapped the next guard and took down 1 of the remaining 3. Using Prep I could vanish again. Then after waiting about 5 Min I sapped the final and took down the 2nd to last. After dropping him I opened the door and vanished.. =) only died twice in the process.... Damn those dogs are nuts.

Comment by Thottbot

well i had this quest and someone shared the next q ( jail break) in a group, we tried but we failed...
i didn't have the note and i dont know if now i can get it....so that i can start the jail quest again.....
after we failed the jail q i tried to speak to the dwarf .... all he said was.... all is lost, i went back to maxuel but he doesnt speak to me ..... what am i to do :(

Comment by Thottbot

Did with a 58 Druid (me) and a 60 Rogue.

Stealthed through the dogs, we managed to work out the pattern and then headed right... theres is a small part of the wall which is slanted and can be walked upon. Walk up it then you should see 2 dogs and a few dwarfs to your left. Distract them if you can. Stealth down the corridor, sticking to the wall when a dog patrol came. STAY STILL If they see you!

When we got to the door I jumped into bear form while the rogue opened the door. I used frenzied regeneration to stay alive. When the door was open. I jumped out of bear took a health potion, ran in completed the quest and accept the new one.

Out of bear form i was dead within seconds, so you have to be VERY quick!

If your a druid this is the end of the line im afraid, die and run back to the instance to res.

Rogues can vanish and hearth, will probably find it extremely hard to stealth back.

Good luck.
ShadowsZ - 58 Druid & Halbarad - 60 Rogue
Frostwhisper EU

Comment by Thottbot

Very easy to solo as a 60lv rogue. Get inside BRD, avoid the dogs and get close to the door where Marshal Maxwell is locked. The door is guarded by 4 mobs, two 50lvl guards, one 51 lvl and a dog.
There are 2 groups of patrols passing by, outside the cell:3 dogs and 1 guard with 2 dogs. Just wait for them to pass.
1st. Kill the dog, use evasion and all the dps goes to the dog till its dead. Then vanish. It�s good to have Luffa trinket to avoid bleed effect from the guards for a quicker and safer vanish. At this point it�s good to have a health potion just in case that dog delays you, also the guards may disarm you as well.
2nd Sap the 51lv guard, blind the second and kill the other. These 50 lvl guards are easy to kill, use cold blood if needed. Then vanish.
Same tactic for the 2nd guard, sap the 51lv and kill the 50lvl.
Finally the last guard (51 lvl) will be peace of cake. Careful that this guard is running just before dying, control him to avoid taking aggro from him.
The patrol gods are not a problem at all. If you stay near the wall they just look at you and pass by. I didn�t take agro by them even when I was unstealthed while killing the last guard.

Comment by Thottbot

I failed quest, and it disappeared from my quest log, but i can`t takeit again from marshal maxwell in burning stepps. Anyone knows, where can i take it from?

Comment by Thottbot

i Abandoned Marshall windsor quest but how do i get it back again cos ive tried tlkin to marshal maxwell but i cant any ideads ?

Comment by Thottbot

http://www.wowwiki.com/Drakefire_Amulet#Obtaining_the_Drakefire_Amulet_to_Enter_Onyxia.27s_Lair_.28A lliance.29

full ony chain right there Alliance and horde if any diffrent

Comment by Thottbot

For all of those who abandoned this chain and whine on where to pick it up...
Like all chains you have to pick it up at _exactly_ the step where _you_ choose to forfeit the chain, the only sensible feedback any of us thotters can give you is to try to speak to everyone in the chain and see who responds to your desperate cry for help.

There is no way that any of us will know where _you_ abandoned the chain, so stop asking us and try to remember, or do as I suggested above.

Thank you for your attention (in case you actually read as far as this, before giving up)

Comment by Thottbot

Me (a hunter level 60) and my frined (a mage level 60) used this tactic: Bypass all camps (you can do it.
Maybe you need to kill some pats of 3 non-elites/1 elite and 2 non-elites.
When you get to the cell he is standing in you open a portal, let the pet take aggro, open and talk to him then use portal to get out:)
This can also be used at the cumpled note q!

Comment by Thottbot

Im still trying to find where I dropped it, chased it upto BRD but being 63 having troubles soloing to find marshal windsor (or whaeteverevere)

Comment by Thottbot

For those of you who failed the quest jailbreak, simply leave the instance, have the leader reset the instance and try it again. It is the simplest way to do it. I know it works b/c before I had the quest, we ran a group, failed the jailbreak and reset the instance. Worked for us just fine. Just be sure to clear all the pats before the break, because there are ALOT of adds during the escort. Be sure to bring alot of mana pots for the healer.

Comment by Thottbot

for this quest enter BRD go into the room ith like 7 paths go to the far right... i am 66 hunter doing this quest :( and i cant take 3 51 elites and 3 50 none elites so i got a healer to heal me and did it keep going down and you will see the golden circle in the mini map and open the door it does require the shadowforge key witch you get from a quest i sugggest a group

Comment by Thottbot

Coordinates for Blackrock Mtn------> 48,67 (Big StoneFace Doors, one is open on bridge. Northwest in Burning Steppes. I like coords.

Comment by Thottbot

what is the name of the key needed?
is it Shadowforge key? Prison Cell key?

Comment by Thottbot

you get the first part of the ony attunement quest from the nightelf in the alliance town in burning steppes.

Comment by Thottbot

easy to see where he is since 2.3 with the huge question mark on your minimap

Comment by Allakhazam

where is he in the dungen i cant seem 2 find him i ran it twice

Comment by Allakhazam

Guys any tips on completing this

Comment by Allakhazam

What lvl should i be for tanking brd up to marshal?

Comment by Allakhazam

anyone could help me, I get the Marshal Windsor quest done, but never got the Abandoned hope quest from, anysuggestion?

Comment by Allakhazam

For some reason every time i try to do this quest i follow this guy thru BRD and he kills things in the big circle then walks back to the front door now hes standing there and wont talk to me.. someone in my group got a note and handed it to marshall before we let him out i think this killed my quest

Comment by Allakhazam

The quest seems to end like *poof*, nothing to be done next, BUT if u continue with some little darkiron dwarves farming u might get " a crumpled up note" from them, thats your next path. Give that to Marshal and you shall continue. I dont know the %drop but i do know u can farm the Slaves outside instance too, there's where i got mine.

Good day.

Comment by Allakhazam

when i got to this guy he doesn't give me the quest for it and ive done all of the pre quests for it

Comment by Allakhazam

thanks hoffa! advice helped. :D

Comment by isoloeverything

This is easy to solo by many classes if you have engineering (225, Large Seaforium charge). I can confirm it's possible with Rogue, Hunter, Warlock and Mage at least.

Kill the first two mobs, or sneak/blink past them. In the big room, simply avoid enemies and go the the "upper" entrance (the bottom right "tentacle on the map") to the jail cells. This entrance has a broader path to the left, which makes it easy to avoid the mobs, you can run up the wall basically.

In the jail corridors, avoid the mobs and be careful of the patrols. Once you get to the Windsor cell (check map, there's a yellow dot), simply kill the guards with your prefered method. Hunters/warlocks, just nuke the mobs down with your pet, freeze one. Mage open with all your CD's and a pyroblast/fire blast then poly one, frost nova when mobs come close and then just finish them off. For rogue, check the comment above regarding rogues.

When the mobs are dead, use your Large Seaforium Charge on the door. It might fail, but it wont consume your bomb if it does.

I would say this is doable with 59-60, it's no big deal if you die, as long as you kill some of the mobs.

The note is the same thing, just kill mobs one by one and get the note.

Comment by oxmoze

Quest no longer available in WOTLK classic

Comment by stakkels

GO to BRD kill High Interrogator Gerstahn get the High Interrogator Gerstahn, then go to Marshal Windsors cell talk to him then go turn it in, after wards go kill in brd outside the instance until u get A Crumpled Up Note. then >>>> A Crumpled Up Note

Comment by Muzurio

As 58 hunter in SOD its very easy to reach him if you have the prison key.

1. Run in past the first 2 mobs, use feign death in a safe place.
2. Run into the second hall way (of the first ring)
3. Again use feign death to get rid of the mobs
4. Zig zag through the groups in the hallway, you will not aggro them if you stay in the center of the zig zag pattern.
5. Send pet into the group in front of his door.
6. Go in, and complete the Q and run out.
7. Feign death again in safe spot.
8. Teleport out.

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Marshal Windsor

Travel to Blackrock Mountain in the northwest and enter Blackrock Depths. Find out what became of Marshal Windsor.

You recall Ragged John talking about Windsor being dragged off to a prison.

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So that good for nothing coward says that Windsor is alive, eh?

Suit up, deputy, you are going in to find him. If Windsor is alive, you are to bring him back. If he's dead, I want proof.

<Maxwell laughs.>

I bet you are getting tired of hearing that, aren't you?

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

500 reputation with Stormwind

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/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(4241))

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