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Core of Our Troubles
Start	Earthmender Norsala
End	Earthmender Norsala
Level	83 (Requires 81)
Category	Deepholm
Experience	43,900
Reputation	+250 Earthen Ring
Rewards	8 60
Previous	The Very Earth Beneath Our Feet
Next	Imposing Confrontation

Core of Our Troubles
Level: 83 (Requires 81)
Earthmender Norsala
Earthmender Norsala
XP: 43,900
Rewards:
8 60

Objectives

Collect 6 Irestone Cores.

•  [Irestone Core] x6

Description

Elementals are chaotic by nature, but dis kind of organized aggression is out of character. More so down here where dere deaths be a bit more permanent. I suspect dis is Therazane the Stonemother's doin', but I have to be sure.

Destroy da Irestone Rumblers and bring me their cores. We'll be settlin' here and now if dis is da Stonemother's hatred brought down on us.

Progress

We've never been claimin' a great friendship with da Elemental Lords, but we still be trustin' in a bit of security in da chaos. As long as dey be remainin' unorganized, we've been havin' little to fear.

If the Stonemother is truly rallyin' da earth against us, we be havin' a great deal more to be fearin'.

Completion

Dese are in surprisingly good condition - good work, mon.

Rewards

You will receive:

• 8 60
• 43900 XP
• 250 reputation with the Earthen Ring

Notes

Pick up Crumbling Defenses and On Even Ground before heading out. Don't focus on killing elementals. Focus on saving the shaman. Then go kill elementals once the three shaman are saved.

On complete:

Earthmender Norsala says: So it is certain, then. These elementals were bound from dormant stone only recently.

Earthmender Norsala says: Only an elemental lord could bind so many elementals so quickly. It seems we are at war with the Stonemother herself...

Earthmender Norsala says: May the elementals protect us.

Quest progression

1.  [83] The Very Earth Beneath Our Feet
2.  [83] Crumbling Defenses /  [83] On Even Ground /  [83] Core of Our Troubles
3.  [83] Imposing Confrontation
4.  [83] Rocky Relations
5.  [83] Hatred Runs Deep /  [83] Unsolid Ground /  [83] Loose Stones
6.  [83] Violent Gale
7.  [83] Depth of the Depths
8.  [83] A Rock Amongst Many
9.  [83] Entrenched
10.  [83] Intervention /  [83] Making Things Crystal Clear /  [83] Putting the Pieces Together
11.  [83] Clingy
12.  [83] So Big, So Round...
13.  [83] Rock Bottom
    •  [83] Petrified Delicacies
14.  [83] Steady Hand
15.  [83] Don't. Stop. Moving.
16.  [83] Hard Falls /  [83] Fragile Values
17.  [83] Resonating Blow
18.  [83] Rocky Upheaval
19. Complete all of:
    •  [83] Doomshrooms /  [83] Gone Soft
    •  [83] Familiar Intruders &  [83] A Head Full of Wind &  [83] Unnatural Causes
20.  [83] Shaken and Stirred /  [83] Corruption Destruction /  [83] Wrath of the Fungalmancer
21.  [83] At the Stonemother's Call
22.  [83] Audience with the Stonemother
23.  [83] Rallying the Earthen Ring
24.  [83] Our Part of the Bargain
25.  [83] The Stone March /  [83] Therazane's Mercy /  [83] The Twilight Flight
26.  [83] Word In Stone
27.  [83] Undying Twilight
28.  [83] The Binding
29.  [83] The Stone Throne

Patch history

Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Added 

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