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The Smoldering Ruins of Thaurissan

Venture to the Ruins of Thaurissan in the Burning Steppes and recover information from the Thaurissan Relics. Return to Royal Historian Archesonus when you have recovered the information.
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Description

Venture to the smoldering ruins of Thaurissan in the Burning Steppes and gather as much information as possible.

It is said that mysterious relics litter the ruins. Perhaps you should start your search there, <name>. Beware the Thaurissan guardians: Assassins that guard the ruins, keeping whatever secrets may still be buried there protected.

Reward

You will receive:
Ring of the Aristocrat
Also, you get: 1 65

Progress

Do you bring new information?

Completion

Oh my! This information explains quite a lot about Thaurissan.

There is much more to learn!

Gains

Upon completion of quests, get:
  • 545 experience (32 70 at max. level)
  • 250 Reputation with Ironforge

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By SeriusJones on 12/12/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
Venture to the ruins (55,40 Burning Steppes) and loot the pillars. Many of them are unguarded.

- SJ
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By chaya on 12/22/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
The pillars now offer some insight into the lore surrounding the ruined city.

""A tormented voice whispers: He cannot be defeated. &lt;The relic burns to nothing. The memories it held are now your own. This city was destroyed by a being not of this world.&gt;""

""A tormented voice whispers: Your existence is acknowledged. &lt;The relic turns to dust. Your head throbs with newfound wisdom. Something evil lurks in the heart of the mountain.&gt;""

""A tormented voice whispers: Help us, outsider. &lt;The relic crumbles to dust. A vision of eight Dark Iron dwarves performing some sort of ritual fills your head.&gt;""

""A tormented voice whispers: You will perish here. &lt;Your mind fills with visions of chaos and destruction.&gt;""

""A tormented voice whispers: Defiler... you will be punished for this incursion. &lt;A symbol of flame radiates from the relic before it crumbles to the earth.&gt;""
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By Missmopar on 02/18/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
these are coords for the 12 I found

(72,33) (68,40) (59,43)
(69,38) (67,43) (59,40)
(67,38) (65,44) (57,39)
(67,35) (64,41) (61,41)
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By Mythaniel on 04/18/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
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By Innervate on 04/25/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
This quest is a prerequisite for a BRD quest given by the king of Ironforge,

https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=4341 https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=4341
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By Aratheras on 06/24/2007 (Patch 2.1.2)
Actually u can just wait for them to respawn :D
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By captainbigmac on 04/07/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
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By Brokenhorse on 11/13/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
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By VanCleef on 09/02/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
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By Kusrio on 03/14/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
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By Nanshama on 05/28/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
https://vanillawowdb.com/?object=153556 Thaurissan Relic is the object you ""loot"" to get the information for this quest.
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By rupertb on 08/16/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
There are a lot of pillars: I was worried I had to find the 12, but it easier than that.

What's more, if you die, the pillars you have been to ""respawn"" so you can just go collect them again.

Very easy, and (as noted above) you can avoid the mobs if you are careful.
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By Shockna on 10/16/2008 (Patch 3.0.2)
Appears to be bugged as of 3.0.2

I see the relics, but am unable to loot them for info.
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By warrigt on 10/18/2008 (Patch 3.0.2)
they don't 'glow' like quest objects, nor does my cursor change shape to 'use' but I can still right click and receive the information. (it's channeled, so let it finish before moving on)
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By Valdan on 01/10/2008 (Patch 2.3.2)
This quest now gives 2G 13S at completion on lvl 70.
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By militriax on 07/10/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
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By Andeh2010 on 08/10/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
Beware the Scourge Invasion during this quest, I nearly died on several occasions because they aggro like crazy against me, being a level 55.
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By flymolo21 on 05/11/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)
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By Nyalee on 02/02/2009 (Patch 3.0.8)
This is a simple quest once you read the above comments, as you can see in the image, aswell as you shall notice the 'standout-ish' pillars of rocks all around the area (external parameter, and inside) - 12 seems daunting, particularly if you're going for the interior ones, but there is plenty on the outside which you can do with little-to-no mob killing, perhaps one or two of the level 55 patrolling guards. Elementals, I think.

It was really easy to do this with low aggro at level 52, and I finished the other half at 53 (got pulled away for instances) - the humanoids seem to aggro from a fair distance, though.

You need to be relatively close to them to touch them, they do not have noticable sparkles or the cog signal such as most quest items, chests, or other items you may pick up (like darkmoon reserve!)

Happy questing!
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By crackberry on 11/02/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
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By seabee66 on 03/13/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
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By mattaio on 03/21/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
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By Truthseeker on 03/25/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
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By nelys on 03/29/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
30th of March, still bugged!
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By Metalizer on 12/03/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
Alright this is a very easy quest as of 3.0.2 it has been bugged. The screenshot is correct that is what they look like so make sure you look at it. you can still pick them up by just right clicking. GL on leveling
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By fiote on 03/04/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
So, what happened? From the visions, in order we will have:
  • Something evil lurks in the heart of the mountain.
  • Eight Dark Iron dwarves perform some sort of ritual.
  • A creature composed entirely of flame.
  • Chaos and destruction.
  • This city was destroyed by a being not of this world.
  • A lone Dark Iron dwarf is surrounded by seven corpses, kneeling before a monolith of flame.
Eight dwarves started the summoning of Ragnaros. The summoning was completed, Ragnaros was ""awake"". Then it killed the dwarves... but not all of them (you will fight the 7 spirits inside BRD). I guess the imperor was the one lone dwarf. But, why would ragnaros spare him?
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By candigrl on 01/09/2009 (Patch 3.0.3)
i did the quest with no problem, seems bugs are fixed now
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By Korwynd on 02/02/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
I can also confirm that this quest is no longer bugged, the quest items have that sparkle to guide you.
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By CarmelGurrl on 06/26/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
So I do not know what is wrong... maybe its the most recent patch... but i can click and see the lil comments about the clues... but it doesnt register that i have clicked on them... I have done about 20 and my info count is still at 0... Any clues?
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By zofidi on 07/24/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
I can see the relics, but its like the rest of the background, the mouse do nothing, cant click, no loot. My hunter get close to the relics but I cant do anything =.(
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By Cariea on 09/27/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
I just finished this quest, and none of the relics whispered to me. Very disappointing.
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