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NeutralA Pawn on the Eternal Board
Start Crystalline Tear
End Anachronos
Level 60 (Requires 60)
Category Silithus
Experience 6600 EXP (or 3g 96s at max level)
Reputation +100 Brood of Nozdormu
Previous Long Forgotten Memories
Next The Charge of the Dragonflights

This quest is part of the introduction to [The Scepter of the Shifting Sands] quest chain to open the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj.

Objectives

Learn all that you can of the past, then speak with Anachronos at the Caverns of Time in Tanaris.

Description

As you regain your composure and focus your gaze, you notice that something stirs within the crystal. Upon closer inspection, you realize that you are looking into the past... a memory... long forgotten.

Completion

After Staghelm's betrayal, I gathered the shattered pieces of the [Scepter of the Shifting Sands] and returned here. I had every intention of protecting the scepter from those that would seek to use it to cause harm to our world - thus was born the charge of the Dragonflights.

A scepter divided amongst the four mighty Aspects would prove to be nearly impossible to restore for those willfully seeking chaos... or so I thought. What a fool I was. Even now I am hunted by that cursed flight.

Notes

Accepting the quest will trigger a cutscene with (until the Burning Crusade) unique background music:

The four dragons, Staghelm, and a large group of qiraji and night elves appear out of the sands of time.
Anachronos the Ancient says: We must act quickly or all will be lost!
Fandral Staghelm says: My forces cannot overcome the Qiraji defenses. We will not be able to get close enough to place your precious barrier, dragon.
Merithra of the Dream says: There is a way...
Arygos nods knowingly.
Caelestrasz says: Aye, Fandral, remember these words. Let not your grief guide your faith. These thoughts you hold... dark places you go, night elf. Absolution cannot be had through misguided vengeance.
Merithra of the Dream glances at her compatriots.
Merithra of the Dream says: We will push them back, Anachronos. This I vow. Uphold your end of this task. Let not your hands falter as you seal our fates behind the barrier.
Merithra runs to the fight.
Merithra of the Dream yells: Succumb to the endless dream, little ones. Let it consume you!
She drops her night elf guise, casts a nature breath attack on the qiraji and flies over the gate.
Arygos says: Anachronos, this diversion will give you and the young druid time enough to seal the gate. Do not falter. Now, let us see how they deal with chaotic magic.
Arygos follows in Merithra's steps, dropping his gnomish guise and casting a chaos magic breath attack on the melee.
Arygos yells: Let them feel the wrath of the Blue Flight! May Malygos protect me!
Caelestrasz says: Do not forget the sacrifices we made on this day, night elf. We have all suffered immensely at the hands of these beasts.
Caelestrasz repeats the process with flame attack.
Caelestrasz yells: Alexstrasza grant me the resolve to drive our enemies back!
Fandral Staghelm says: It is done dragon. Lead the way...
Anachronos the Ancient says: NOW, STAGHELM! WE GO NOW! Prepare your magic!
Anachronos the Ancient says: Stay close...
Anachronos and Fandral run through the melee to the gate to seal off the gate. Time for the elves and the qiraji comes to a standstill
Anachronos the Ancient says: The sands of time will halt, but only for a moment! I will conjure the barrier.
Anachronos the Ancient says: FINISH THE SPELL, STAGHELM! I CANNOT HOLD THE GLYPHS OF WARDING IN PLACE MUCH LONGER! CALL FORTH THE ROOTS!
Fandral Staghelm says: Ancient ones guide my hand... Wake from your slumber! WAKE AND SEAL THIS CURSED PLACE!
Staghelm calls roots to seal the gate, ending the attack.
Fandral Staghelm falls to one knee - exhausted.
Anachronos the Ancient says: It... It is over, Lord Staghelm. We are victorious. Albeit the cost for this victory was great.
Anachronos the Ancient says: There is but one duty that remains...
Anachronos the Ancient says: Before I leave this place, I make one final offering to you, Lord Staghelm. Should a time arise in which you must gain entry to this accursed fortress, use the Scepter of the Shifting Sands on the sacred gong. The magic holding the barrier together will dissipate and the horrors of Ahn'Qiraj will be unleashed upon the world once more.
Anachronos the Ancient hands the Scepter of the Shifting Sands to Fandral Staghelm.
Fandral Staghelm says: After the savagery that my people have witnessed and felt, you expect me to accept another burden dragon? Surely you are mad.
Fandral Staghelm says: I want nothing to do with Silithus, the Qiraji and least of all, any damned dragons!
Fandral Staghelm hurls the Scepter of the Shifting Sands into the barrier, shattering it.
Anachronos the Ancient says: Lord Staghelm, where are you going? You would shatter our bond for the sake of pride?
Fandral Staghelm says: My son's soul will find no comfort in this hollow victory, dragon. I will have him back. Though it takes a millennia, I WILL have my son back!
Anachronos the Ancient shakes his head in disappointment.
Anachronos the Ancient kneels down to pick up the fragments of the shattered scepter.
Anachronos the Ancient says: And now you know all that there is to know, mortal...

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

Quest progression

For the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj quest, see N [60] What Tomorrow Brings.
HordeWhat Tomorrow Brings
Start Automatic
End Automatic
Level 5-30
Category Ruins of Gilneas
Experience 1350
Reputation +350 Undercity
Previous H [5-30] On Whose Orders?
Next H [5-30] Fall Back!

Forward Commander Onslaught

Forward Commander Onslaught
Search the area for the 7th Legion telescope.

Objectives

Use the 7th Legion Telescope to Scout the Harbor.

Description

<The F.C.D. buzzes.>

Look around the Cathedral Quarter. There should be a telescope nearby that the 7th Legion uses for spying. Find it and use it to scout the harbor. We need to find out how the 7th Legion got past our fleet.

Hurry, <name>. We can't hold these beasts back much longer.

What does tomorrow bring?

Completion

Forward Commander Onslaught

Forward Commander Onslaught
We've been torpedoed!

<The F.C.D. crackles with electricity.>

TORPEDOED! We have everything at the water line covered, but nothing below the line. They must have snuck in beneath our defenses and then blown our warships to smithereens.

And now the rest of the Alliance fleet is nearly here...

Notes

Interacting with the telescope shows a submarine with 7th Legioners and Halford Wyrmbane and approaching Alliance ships.

Alliance reinforcements have arrived.

Progression

Optional breadcrumb: H [5-30] Warchief's Command: Silverpine Forest!

  1. H [5-30] The Warchief Cometh
  2. H [5-30] Guts and Gore
    Side quests: H [5-30] The Gilneas Liberation Front / H [5-30] Agony Abounds
  3. H [5-30] Iterating Upon Success
  4. H [5-30] Dangerous Intentions
  5. H [5-30] Waiting to Exsanguinate
  6. H [5-30] Belmont's Report
  7. H [5-30] The Warchief's Fleet
  8. H [5-30] Steel Thunder & H [5-30] Give 'em Hell!
    Side quest chain:
    1. H [5-30] Playing Dirty
    2. H [5-30] It's Only Poisonous if You Ingest It
  9. H [5-30] Lost in the Darkness
    1. H [5-30] Skitterweb Menace
    2. H [5-30] Deeper into Darkness
  10. H [5-30] Orcs are in Order
  11. H [5-30] Rise, Forsaken
  12. H [5-30] No Escape
  13. H [5-30] Lordaeron
  14. H [5-30] Honor the Dead
    1. H [5-30] Reinforcements from Fenris
    2. H [5-30] The Waters Run Red...
    • Worgen assassins quests:
    1. H [5-30] Excising the Taint
    2. H [5-30] Seek and Destroy
    3. H [5-30] Cornered and Crushed!
    4. H [5-30] Nowhere to Run
  15. H [5-30] To Forsaken Forward Command
  16. H [5-30] In Time, All Will Be Revealed & H [5-30] Losing Ground & H [5-30] The F.C.D.
  17. H [5-30] Break in Communications: Dreadwatch Outpost
  18. H [5-30] Break in Communications: Rutsak's Guard
  19. H [5-30] Vengeance for Our Soldiers & H [5-30] On Whose Orders?
  20. H [5-30] What Tomorrow Brings
  21. H [5-30] Fall Back!
  22. H [5-30] A Man Named Godfrey & H [5-30] Resistance is Futile
  23. H [5-30] The Great Escape
  24. H [5-30] Rise, Godfrey
  25. H [5-30] Breaking the Barrier & H [5-30] Unyielding Servitors
  26. H [5-30] Dalar Dawnweaver
  27. H [5-30] Relios the Relic Keeper
    Side quests: H [5-30] Practical Vengeance & H [5-30] Ley Energies
  28. H [5-30] Only One May Enter
  29. H [5-30] Transdimensional Warfare: Chapter I & H [5-30] A Wolf in Bear's Clothing
  30. H [5-30] Transdimensional Warfare: Chapter II
  31. H [5-30] Transdimensional Warfare: Chapter III
  32. H [5-30] Taking the Battlefront
  33. H [5-30] Pyrewood's Fall & H [5-30] Lessons in Fear & H [5-30] Of No Consequence
  34. H [5-30] 7th Legion Battle Plans & H [5-30] Sowing Discord
  35. H [5-30] On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  36. H [5-30] Cities in Dust

Patch changes

External links

Patches and hotfixes

WoW Icon update Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Added

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