Kurzübersicht

Screenshots

Videos

Kommentare

Kommentar von 42042

she is in the military ward in ironforge

Kommentar von RedForty

The followup:
https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=4514

Kommentar von 133752

Quest is started by grabbing the letter at 44,92 Thandol Span

Kommentar von 139078

This is a rather touching tribute to the now-famous Sullivan Ballou Letter, used in the PBS Civil War series.

Kommentar von 139102

I have searched everywhere for this letter, can anyone give me a hand with some better directions?

Kommentar von 182143

Based on this realtime letter:
http://www.sullivanballou.info/letter_2.html

Kommentar von Maledicta

I've added a screenshot on the Waterlogged Envelope page showing what it looks like and where I was when I found it :-)

Kommentar von randris

Actual coords are 44.4 92.8.

Kommentar von 446389

Actually its hard to see him. Because he almost blend with the rock and the water. His in he middle of the 2 pylons and the letter is on his hand.

Kommentar von 412940

How is anyone supposed to find this? You can't even easily tell that the envelope is clickable. I only found out about it because this quest was linked in a comment on an unrelated quest. Is any mention made of it elsewhere in the game? Are there any hints in-game that there might be a reason to dive to the ocean floor under the broken bridge?

Kommentar von Nebina

Counts towards Loremaster of Eastern Kingdoms.

Kommentar von ZanathKariashi

I first found it on my 20 orc lock when I was doing succy questline and escaping from 2 allies who came after me when I got flagged by killing the guy. You could open the letter and get the starter quest but it says Requires Alliance or some such. So I came back later on an ally and actually started the quest. It's actually kind of a long quest line, with a large lvl range.

Kommentar von 609615

this is nuts, how is anyone supposed to find it. the dwarf i can understand, not hard to spot, but the letter? god if u didn't know, and u just happen to mouse over him and found a 0.2 second flash of gear icon... it took me 2 mins to figure out that thing was actually in his hand... like it's so easy to spot... geeze, nice one.

Kommentar von Thottbot

its under water about middle of expanse under water on west side of bride look for corpse under a rock (can only see half the corpse). the letter is a little above him like in his hand. can not get letter unless your lvl 25+ i think.

Kommentar von Thottbot

The dead dwarf in the water below Thandol Span has the letter. It is right next to his hand, hard to see and click but it is on the bottom of the river.

Kommentar von Thottbot

dive off bridge leading to arathi highlands...go straight down...there is a dwarf crushed under some equipment. Look to his immediate right and clicked...then you will get the letter

Kommentar von Thottbot

its under the bridge "Thandol Span" between the 2 sides next to a skeleton crushed by a falling bridge piece, i saw the quest from the collectors dvd ^_^

Kommentar von Thottbot

At 44,93 there is a dead body under a rock. Just near his hand is a small white parchment. It took me ages to find, was about to give up when I accidentally found it. :P

Kommentar von Thottbot

Realy tloc position is: 63,68

Kommentar von Thottbot

If u still can't find it, the letter is right on the border between Arathi and Wetlands. The guy's hidden under the rock north of a broken catapult. Stick to the bottom and u should see a dead body.

And the coordinates are correct only if u are in Arathi. If ur in Wetlands, it's different.

Kommentar von Thottbot

where can i find this quest?

Kommentar von Thottbot

there is a dead guy under a rock underwater and a letter is right next to his hand... the letter is the trigger

Kommentar von Thottbot

Hmmm Im at the guy underwater that is crushed under a rock. Looks like he had a rifle. Anyway, I cannot find anything to click. Perhaps at 33 I cannot pick up this quest.

Kommentar von Thottbot

You have to mouse exactly over the letter for you to be able to interact with it so maybe you should try again but be more careful.

Kommentar von Thottbot

I am a 27 Human Paladin on the Dethecus server. I spent all tonight and the previous night looking for the envelope and still have not found it. Is it very close to the skeleton with the rifle or a little ways away? I cannot see any hand, just a skull and what appear to be ribs. I thought maybe I should talk to Sara Balloo first, but I cannot at all. If someone can give an exact description of where exactly I should look, I will appreciate it. Thanks.

Kommentar von Thottbot

Sara Balloo's Plea

Kommentar von Thottbot

If you are looking around the skeleton you are at the wrong place. The guy with the letter is actually a non-skeleton dwarf.

Kommentar von Thottbot

Okay... there's a better way of getting down to the water than jumping off the bridge.

Pass over the bridge into Arathi and walk across the rope bridge. Be careful, 'cause there's Dark Dwarves on the other side (lvl 31-32)... beyond them is a natural "ramp" going down to the water... swim back to the bridge and then look around. It's near the north end of the bridge, between the two bridges... a non-skeletal dwarf body facing upwards with a white envelope in his hand.

I'm a 29 Paladin and I made it past the dwarves with little difficulty. I only needed to kill two to go past... the others were far enough away from the path to the bridge that I could avoid them.

Good luck!

Kommentar von Thottbot

The letter is right by the middle pillar just where thottbot says it is if you do an item search on the map. There is a big peice of stone and a dwarf underneath. A peice of a broken catapult is resting up against it. The letter is a little shred of paper just by his right hand.
P.S.
Jumping off the bridge was SWEET!

Kommentar von Thottbot

The secret is that there more the 1 skelet.

Kommentar von Thottbot

The letter you get is really quite beautiful and touching. Especially for being in a video game. Someone at Blizzard really outdid themselves, I'd recommend you read it.

Kommentar von Thottbot

I found the dwarf under a rock like others said at 44,92. Only took a second.

Kommentar von Thottbot

This quest also leads to A King's Tribute in Hillsbrad.

Kommentar von Thottbot

44,93 Arathi Highlands map . Jump from the bridge into the water, and find the letter in the sand, near a dead body. Right click on the letter, accept the quest, and take it to the Military Ward in Ironforge. Requires level 25 to start the quest. The quest is located under Ironforge in your quest log.

Kommentar von Thottbot

Who to take this quest from?

Kommentar von Thottbot

OK, the guy is a shade of grey. Very difficult to spot. If you click on him he does not do anything, you need to click on his right hand. I'm lvl 33 hunter and I was able to obtain quest. The only problem I have is, how do you get out of here? No one has addressed that issue. I could hearth but then I would not be in this area. So far I swam up the right side channel, (so much for a ramp I read about) and now I am going around the island. There are lvl 38's to the left of island. Probably better to hearth. GL

Kommentar von Thottbot

To get out swim East of the Bridge a little ways, youll see a ramp on the left side to walk up.
Easy to find the letter thanks.

Kommentar von Thottbot

just get in between the 2 main pillars of the bridge;
when you look down you'll see a metal wreckage of some sort swim towards it. You should see the skeleton now.
the letter is small so make sure you scroll all

Kommentar von Thottbot

where do i turn it in?

Kommentar von Allakhazam

!@#$ head

Kommentar von Allakhazam

Sara Balloo is in the Military Ward across from the main trainer's hall.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

isn't really a very easily found NPC..

... first, he's dead. And you see only half of him.

... secondly, he's in the water, buried underneath a piece of rock. He's under the bridge (north end) leading to Arathi Highlands from the Wetlands. The crumbling one, not the one you walk over.

... thirdly, you have to mouse over the VERY tiny letter in his hand. Two of us passed over it numerous times before we actually found it. Must get very close to it.

From there, go to Iron Forge, pass the letter to Sara Balloo. She will then give you the next quest in this chain, A King's Tribute

Kommentar von Allakhazam

This is at 44, 92 in the Arathi Highlands for those using Cosmos.

Kommentar von Allakhazam

How the hell do I get out of the water without having to hearth?

Kommentar von Allakhazam

The coords actually is 44,93.

If you swim down to the ruins, there is part of a busted catapult. The arm of the catapult (the part with the basket) is leaning against a piece of wreckage. He is on the east (right) side of that.

Kommentar von Tercespot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY1lmeL22jg (a dramatic reading)
A week before the Battle of Bull Run, Sullivan Ballou, a Major in the 2nd Rhode Island volunteers, wrote home to his wife in Smithfield:

July 14, 1861
Camp Clark, Washington

My very dear Sarah: The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days — perhaps tomorrow. Lest I should not be able to write again, I feel impelled to write a few lines that may fall under your eye when I shall be no more …

I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not halt or falter. I know how strongly American Civilization now leans on the triumph of the Government and how great a debt we owe to those who went before us through the blood and sufferings of the Revolution. And I am willing — perfectly willing — to lay down all my joys in this life, to help maintain this Government, and to pay that debt …

Sarah my love for you is deathless, it seems to bind me with mighty cables that nothing but Omnipotence could break; and yet my love of Country comes over me like a strong wind and bears me unresistibly on with all these chains to the battle field.

The memories of the blissful moments I have spent with you come creeping over me, and I feel most gratified to God and to you that I have enjoyed them for so long. And hard it is for me to give them up and burn to ashes the hopes of future years, when, God willing, we might still have lived and loved together, and seen our sons grown up to honorable manhood, around us. I have, I know, but few and small claims upon Divine Providence, but something whispers to me — perhaps it is the wafted prayer of my little Edgar, that I shall return to my loved ones unharmed. If I do not my dear Sarah, never forget how much I love you, and when my last breath escapes me on the battle field, it will whisper your name. Forgive my many faults and the many pains I have caused you. How thoughtless and foolish I have often times been! How gladly would I wash out with my tears every little spot upon your happiness …

But, O Sarah! If the dead can come back to this earth and flit unseen around those they loved, I shall always be near you; in the gladdest days and in the darkest nights … always, always, and if there be a soft breeze upon your cheek, it shall be my breath, as the cool air fans your throbbing temple, it shall be my spirit passing by. Sarah do not mourn me dead; think I am gone and wait for thee, for we shall meet again …

Sullivan Ballou was killed a week later at the First Battle of Bull Run.

Kommentar von joshuacalebs

Pickup: /way Arathi Highlands 44,93

Turn-in: /way Ironforge 63.8, 67.6

Kommentar von Cercie

Path out of the water is at Arathai Highlands 53.51, 91.27.

Kommentar von Cirebiel

This starts a chain quest that got me over 10K XP as a level 30 Hunter. Each segment was 2500 or 3000 XP. The hardest part of the chain was getting the Alterac Marble from the Yeti Cave at Darrow Hill in Hillsbrad.

Kommentar von Etreum

Just don't try going down the stairs. Elite Dark iron Saboteurs waiting for you...

Links

Sully Balloos Brief

Bringt Sully Balloos Brief zu Sara Balloo.

	Sully Balloos Brief (Bereitgestellt) (1)

Beschreibung

Der durchnässte und zerrissene Umschlag löst sich in Euren Händen auf und Euch bleiben nur einige Seiten eines Briefes, der mit viel Mühe geschrieben wurde.

Der Brief ist adressiert an eine Frau Sara Balloo in Eisenschmiede und beginnt mit den Worten, "Meine liebe Sara...".

Fortschritt

Vervollständigung

Belohnungen

Ihr bekommt:

Belohnungen

Bei Abschluss dieser Quest erhaltet Ihr:

250 Ruf mit der Fraktion Eisenschmiede

Wenn du Folgendes im Spiel eingibst, kannst du überprüfen, ob du das schon abgeschlossen hast:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(637))

Sully Balloos Brief

Beschreibung

Fortschritt

Vervollständigung

Belohnungen

Belohnungen

Weiteres

Beitragen