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1.	In Search of Thaelrid
2.	Blackfathom Villainy

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Comment by 40220

This quest is also available to Horde, though the questgiver is a bit out of the way. (And, of course, it doesn't grant the Darnassus rep.)

Comment by 3996

In the room with the turtle boss, there is a cave (past the turtle platform). You have to swim underwater to get to it. Thaelrid is in there. (Look for the dot on your map.) Note that this is not the same cave as the one that holds Lady Sarevess (https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/npc=4831) which is farther to the right.

Comment by 301

This quest gives 1000 Argent Dawn reputation, not 350 as listed.

Comment by 38829

6/26/2008 Recieved:

1100 Argent Dawn Rep
550 Darnassus Rep
17 Silver 40 Copper

as a level 70 Human Mage

Comment by 179785

Please note that the quest Blackfathom Villiany can be accepted without this quest and if you do not accept this quest first and do Blackfathom Villiany, In Search of Thaelrid will not be available to you upon completion. (found that out the hard way)

Comment by Shodan

Counts both on the Loremaster of Kalimdor and the total quests achievements

Comment by Aiue

Trying to accept the followup quest as Horde gives you "That quest is not available for your race.".
He still gives the Horde version of that quest, though. Basically just an annoyance. ^^

Comment by 160394

In addition to being offered to Horde, confirmed to count towards Loremaster of Kalimdor (Horde).

Also counts for 3000 Quests Completed.

EDIT: why am I being downrated? It's important to know that this quest explicitly counts towards the Horde version of the achievement, too!

Comment by 221307

soloed as a 22 night elf druid. just stayed stealthed the whole time avoiding mobs.

Comment by 365903

I tried to do this quest today. (Level 24 Blood Elf Hunter) Made the mad dash through Auberdine and the and the purple "portal" only to find that the stupid guy wouldn't give me the quest! You must have to be a higher level have it offered as horde. Or perhaps, you must already have rep with Argent Dawn. I don't know. I just wanted to post so that no one else had to waste the time that I did. :(

Comment by 348567

lvl 43 Lock
Exp gained was 290 and Rep for Argent Dawn is +1100

Comment by 420268

Would be nice to have the location of the person offering the quest. Helpful for those trying to find quests for a particular faction.

Comment by Thottbot

Actually, I was able to confirm yesterday that Horde characters can indeed obtain the quest from Dawnwatcher Shaedlass in Darnassus. She is a neutral faction in the middle of the city. You just have to either raid the city to get there, or just corpse hop all the way to her. Once there, rez and talk and accept the quest before the guards kill you again.

Comment by Thottbot

Anybody give me any idea where this guy is? Is he in the first part before instance or in the instance? Thanks

Comment by Thottbot

where is he...i cant find him anywhere.. i played through the whole stage 3 times now.
can anyone help me?

Comment by Thottbot

Thaelrid is southwest of the turle pond:

http://www.videogamemaps.net/wow/maps/Blackfathom%20Deeps%20-%20Mephea.jpg

(D'oh..wish I'd known that before I travelled all the way to the end and mistakenly teleported out)

Comment by Thottbot

It's possible to get to the quest givers for this and Twilight Falls at level 25 if you're patient and willing to die a few times. I recommend swimming to Teldrassil along the path of the boat. When you get exhausted and die you can ride the boat back to your corpse and start swimming fresh from there. Even if you sprint through Rutharen Village the guards will catch you once or twice and you'll have to ride the boat back as a ghost again. Once you're in Darnassus jump in the water and swim underwater to the craftsman's terrace. Try to die the next time next to the alchemy shop. When you rez at the Argent Dawn folks you should be able to talk to them and hearthstone out without any more hassling from the guards.

Note that I wasn't able to get the Twilight Falls quest at level 32 with 4.067 Argent Dawn faction. In a way I was relieved that I wouldn't have to come back to turn it in. I was able to get Search for Thaelrid but only got 950 exp and no reputation. There's a bit of confusion where Thaelrid tries and fails to give you the alliance version of Blackfathom Villainy when you finish Search for Thaelrid but you can talk to him again and get the horde version.

-- Meego

Comment by Thottbot

I've also abandonned the quest (by mistake) and now can't get it back.

So I just went into the Blackfathom Depth because I thought Thaelrid might still give me a quest once I've found him. But he didn't. :(

Does anyone have an idea how I can get this quest now? Is this a bug? I want the reward. :(

Comment by Thottbot

Does one get zapped/transported back to Darnassus once the quest is completed?

Comment by Thottbot

Where is blackfathorn deeps located at ive been searching everer

Comment by Thottbot

My understanding is you skip the first part of the quest and get the second part directly from the gun in the instance. See http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?wquest=1200

Hope this helps. I haven't confirmed since I'm alliance but thought I'd pass on the info I saw.

Comment by Thottbot

There are two quests available in Darnassus at the Craftsmans area. This one and Twilight Falls. The location of the two NPCs is 55.24 They are on the second floor of the Alchemy tree.

Comment by Thottbot

Confirmed; it is possible for a patient orc to get the quest in Darnassus.

Comment by Thottbot

There's a detailed guide to doing this quest at gedsguides.com: http://wow.gedsguides.com/quests/674

Comment by Thottbot

This quest is also found in Astranaar. I had a 28 drud and didn't get it from the 2 places your talking about. I think it's nere Raeine with the chain of Raeine's Cleansing quests.

Comment by Thottbot

I think it's true that you skip first quest cuz we went over to Thaelrid yesterday and he had a quest it was a wand and sometin else.

Comment by Thottbot

a shame that you get so much xp from this. i want it for my twink but can't afford that.

Comment by Thottbot

where is the guy to complete this quest Thaelrid?

Comment by Thottbot

Where the giant turtles are swim under water thru a cave and he is there, Be careful thier is another cave fulll of death.

Comment by Thottbot

- neither Shaedless gives the quest to find him, nor Agent Thaelrid got any quests for me. All I get out of him is "help arrives at last..."

Comment by Thottbot

I am lvl 23 warlock and I was able to corpse hop my way to Darnassus and get the quest from Dawnwatcher Shaedlass at 54,24...the upper floor of the Alchemist place. It took me 1.5 hours to get here...it wasn't hard....just time consuming.

Comment by Thottbot

i went to the alchemy shop and all that and shaedlass is stood there without the above his head, what lvl is it to accept the quest coz im lvl 22

Comment by Thottbot

well im lv 22 as well and i got this quest a couple lvs ago...

Comment by Thottbot

The quest giver : Dawnwatcher Shaedless is to be found in Darnassus at Craftsmen's Terrace. Cords 55,25

Comment by Thottbot

You don't have to do this quest in order to get the other quest :)

Comment by Thottbot

I'm a level 31 nightelf in booty bay and i don't know where thaelrid is! The other comments mention giant turtles bu i don't know where to find them. does anyone know? In directions not coordinates.

Comment by Thottbot

Here is a step by step on this quest

Comment by Thottbot

where is thaelrid?

Comment by Thottbot

To find Thaelrid, you need to swin under water into a cavern from the room where all the turles reside. Not sure of the coors, just swim underwater to find the "secret" cavern.

Comment by Thottbot

what are the coords for where Thaelrid is? we want to know where Thaelrid is.. come on, spill the coords!

Comment by Thottbot

lol just want to ask a question ::: what is the minimum lvl to run blk fathom see im making a preist twink on arcihmonde server and im new to presist i really want the quest after this one for grave stone scepter looks sick plus damage so it wud be nice if u guys cud help me out name on servr ; shadowpewpew

ally ftw

horde stop QQ more pew pew

Comment by Allakhazam

where can we found dawnwatcher shaedlass?

Comment by Allakhazam

start npc should be Dawnwatcher Shaedlass
I am a mage

Comment by Allakhazam

Location of quest giver
55
23

Comment by Allakhazam

While raiding Darnassus as Horde I picked this quest up and did it =D

Increased my rep with argent dawn slightly

Comment by Allakhazam

I found guard Shaedlass, but he won't give me the quest.. no mark over his head or anything and I can't click him to get a quest.

Comment by Allakhazam

To those people who aren't sure how they get this quest, I had the same problem. But I managed to fix it! Someone had shared the quest "Blackfathom Villainy" with me and even though that's technically the second part it's still sharable ... So just abandon that quest and this one will become available. And then, when you find the guy, you can re-get the villainy one.

Comment by Allakhazam

IF there a quest you need to do before this. i click on the guy and nothing. I clicked on the other guy close and got a different quest did it and went back to both and still can't click on him. Can anyone help me with this?

Comment by Allakhazam

Once you get to the large pool with Ghamoo-ra in the middle
Ghamoo-ra should be in a dead end in one of the tunnels to the east.

Comment by Allakhazam

start npc should be Dawnwatcher Shaedlass
I am a mage

Comment by Allakhazam

Small underwater cave just SW from wall on Ghamoo-ra isle.

Comment by Allakhazam

I found him, he is inside the instance back in a crevice dead end spot where you would not likely go, he is laying on the ground sleeping.

Melocz - Bleeding Hollow / Alliance

Comment by Allakhazam

Horde can get this quest, but it requires a trip to Darnassus, so be prepared to die several times to the guards. However, doing this quest earns you 150 Argent Dawn rep + 2400 XP.

Edited, Dec 4th 2006 12:32pm by ExecutorArchon

Edited, Dec 4th 2006 12:32pm by ExecutorArchon

Comment by Allakhazam

Attained at lvl 18!

Comment by Allakhazam

is it in the bit where u got to jump on the platforms above the water

Comment by Allakhazam

what levels are they in Blackfathom Deeps and were about is Blackfathom Deeps to ?

Comment by Allakhazam

In the turtle cave
Go South West.... swim
It is a UNDERWATER Cave
Dive underwater...and into the cave
He is lyeing on the ground sleeping.
Leads to another quest.

Edited, Nov 20th 2007 12:59am by labrynthz

Comment by Tylak

This is marked incorrectly as Alliance only quest and is still available to the Horde as of WOW Classic 1.13.2.

Comment by jemaris

Building in Craftsman's Terrace nearest the water & Battle Masters. Lower floor of building has alchemy NPC's. The Argent Dawn guys are on the upper floor. Dawnwatcher Shaedlass & Argent Guard Manados.

Comment by Punie

You complete the quest inside the dungeon Blackfathom Deeps.

After you kill the first boss, Ghamoo-ra you head through the underwater passage South-West from the turtle lake.

He's basically to the right side of where you normally continue heading towards when you leave the turtle lake.

Comment by Kalimash

For your completionists, if you are Horde, and can get to this NPC, he'll give you the quest as well.

Comment by Twentyfours

Is this quest not appearing for anyone else on SOD?

Comment by Hertf

This quest has been removed from Era as well. A typical example of how Blizzard messes up with Era with updates on SOD and Cata.

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In Search of Thaelrid

Seek out Argent Guard Thaelrid in Blackfathom Deeps.

Description

Many rumors circulate these days about the union of the Twilight's Hammer and the naga in Blackfathom Deeps on the coasts of Ashenvale.

My role here with the Argent Dawn is to collect as much information as I can, so we know when and where help is needed.

It has been weeks now since I sent a scout to check on the activity at Blackfathom Deeps. Argent Guard Thaelrid has not yet reported back.

My other scouts are preoccupied with pressing matters.

Seek out and aid Thaelrid for me, <name>.

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

500 reputation with Argent Dawn
500 reputation with Darnassus

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(1198))

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