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Discretion is Key
Start	Warden Stillwater
End	Warden Stillwater
Level	21
Category	Hillsbrad Foothills
Experience	1650
Reputation	+250 Undercity
Previous	No One Here Gets Out Alive
Next	Little Girl Lost

Discretion is Key
Level: 21
Warden Stillwater
Warden Stillwater
XP: 1650

Objectives

Kill Citizen Wilkes and Clerk Horrace Whitesteed.

•  Citizen Wilkes slain
•  Clerk Horrace Whitesteed slain

Description

We must destroy all of the evidence, <name>! Did I say evidence? I meant crazed undead! Anyway, discretion is key. We must not let the rampaging undead make it out of the Sludge Fields and no one outside of this institution must know about what happened here!

Directly southeast of here in what used to be the old mushroom farm you'll find a reanimated fiend known as Citizen Wilkes and his cohort, Clerk Horrace Whitsteed. They have been causing huge problems for my guards. Find them and kill them!

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	[Citizen Wilke's Ring]		[Clerk Whitsteed's Cloak]
	[Crossbow of the Twice-Slain]

Progress

Kill the beasts! We can't have a rampaging geist and skeleton wandering the countryside!

Completion

Well done! Wilkes was hanged after we discovered that he was ingesting mass quantities of mushrooms and other highly toxic substances. After he died he awoke, reborn as an undead geist. Many of my guards fell to Wilkes before he ran off into hiding. Fearing something like this might happen again, we incinerated the Clerk until only bones were left!

Why would they willingly ingest toxic substances? I have no idea! This is a farm, sir, nothing more!

Notes

Clerk Horrace Whitesteed drops [The Battle for Hillsbrad] for The Battle for Hillsbrad.

Citizen Wilkes hides near the alchemy gazebo, and only appears when aggroed. This means high-level PCs can only complete this quest when partied with appropriate-level (20s range) PCs. (inaccurate)

Citizen Wilkes sits on top of the Alchemy Gazebo. Target him and use a ranged attack.

Quest progression

1.  [20] Warchief's Command: Hillsbrad Foothills!
2.  [20] Welcome to the Machine
3.  [20] Trouble at Azurelode &  [20] Glorious Harvest &  [20] Past Their Prime
4.  [20] Human Infestation &  [20] Thieving Little Monsters! &  [20] Coastal Delicacies!

   Optional quest:  [20] Deep Mine Rescue

5.  [21] Trouble at the Sludge Fields
6.  [21] No One Here Gets Out Alive
7.  [21] Discretion is Key &  [21] For Science!

   Side quest:  [21] The Battle for Hillsbrad,  [21] Do the Right Thing

8.  [21] Little Girl Lost
9.  [21] Freedom for Lydon
10.  [21] Protocol &  [21] Do it for Twinkles
11.  [21] Burnside Must Fall
12.  [21] A Blight Upon the Land
13.  [22] Trouble at Southshore
14.  [22] Studies in Lethality &  [22] Green Living &  [22] Helcular's Rod Giveth... &  [22] Helcular's Command

    Side quest:  [22] Angry Scrubbing Bubbles,  [22] Trail of Filth

15.  [22] Can You Smell What the Lok'tar is Cooking?
16.  [22] *Gurgle* HELP! *Gurgle*
17.  [22] Stormpike Rendezvous
18.  [22] Kasha Will Fly Again

    Side quest:  [22] Terrible Little Creatures

19.  [22] The Road to Purgation
20.  [23] They Will Never Expect This...
21.  [23] Heroes of the Horde!
22.  [23] Aid of the Frostwolf
23.  [23] Matters of Loyalty
24.  [23] March of the Stormpike
25.  [24] Breaking the Hand
    1.  [24] Cry of the Banshee
    2.  [24] Decimation
    3.  [24] Infiltration &  [24] Deception and Trickery
    4.  [24] Domination
26.  [24] Stormpike Apocalypse

Patch changes

• / Patch 4.0.1 (12-Oct-2010): Added. 
  

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