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A Rogue's Deal

Deliver the Nondescript Letter to Innkeeper Renee in Tirisfal Glades.
Nondescript Letter
Provided Item:
Nondescript Letter

Description

Hey, mate! Do a favor for a young man who's been fighting more than his fair share of mindless zombies and spiders?

I got this here letter that needs to go to Brill... to an innkeeper named Renee something-or-other. Don't really matter none what her last name is.

Anyway, it's a nice cozy little place full of victims of the plague trying to make their way in the world. And it be a great spot for you to rest too if the need arises. You should check it out... you do and I'll pay you well.

Reward

You can choose one of these awards:
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Forest Mushroom Cap
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Refreshing Spring Water

Progress

Yes? Yes? What is it?

The forsaken; they certainly do have huge appetites. Make yourself at home... yes, rest those weary bones. My name's Renee if you need anything at all.

Completion

Oh? A letter? Wonderful news! I've been waiting on word from my dear old mother in Deathknell. Such a saint, she is. I wonder how she's holding up.

What? Too cheery? Not buying it, are you?

Well, get lost then... it's really no business who the letter's from anyway. Go on! Get lost!

Come back when you've got some coin to spend... loafer.

Next thing you know, you'll be coming back to rest after a long days adventure or some stupid thing like that.

Gains

Upon completion of quests, get:
  • 110 experience (66 at max. level)
  • 25 Reputation with Undercity

Related

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By doramil on 09/04/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
Can be found at 56,26
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By Reredrum on 10/04/2007 (Patch 2.2.2)
A real simple quest, just grab it on your way to Brill, (start - 38, 57) and head to inkeeper renee at co ords 62, 52.
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By remax on 06/21/2007 (Patch 2.1.2)
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By Celovek on 10/06/2007 (Patch 2.2.2)
Whew! I just soloed this as a 31 shaman and I had to do more graveyard runs than I'd like to admit. The warlocks do run around a lot, so the challenge is to pull them away from other enemies, or else they'll pick up adds. Of course, they're casters, and it's in tight quarters, so while you try to pull them away, chances are they'll be tossing shadowbolts at the back of your head.

I suspect ranged characters (nukers and hunters) will have better luck with this place. They can CC the voidwalker pets if need be, and then just out-DPS the warlocks. The warlocks don't run around, I assume, if you're not getting up into melee range.

Oh, and the boss guy is just a plain ol' warrior type; no specials that I saw. Easy as pie.
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By mamezcua on 07/28/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
Just soloed as a 29 druid, the trick well the thing i do lol was kill one of the two warlock closer to him, and well then you die, but when you return you can pull without any adds and loot his head. ;)
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By Slange on 08/07/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
After you have delivered this quest in Brill, you can head back to Calvin and he will have another quest for you.
He will deny any reward he promised you, then attack you.

He will surrender eventually, and obviously give you your reward.
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By Exsism on 09/08/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
Just soloed as 29 hunter.

the trick for me was to kill the 2 warlocks at the bottom floor, always send pet in first. After that i had no trouble walking in withouth aggro, use eyes of the beast to control your pet, walk him up to the first warlock then let him run down far enough for you to be in line of sight. Do this all the way up, i had no trouble doing this, not even with the top level, i could easily get the 2 at the stairs, regain health and mana.
Last thing, send your pet to one of the warlocks next to Athrikus, this will also aggro him, but that's allright as long as you remember to slow down the warlock so it doesn't run !
Kill the warlock, then Athrikus and last the voidwalker, and voila you've got the head. No harm done :)
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By tizz66 on 12/23/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
Easy to solo as a Mage. Be sure to use Counterspell on the warlocks to reduce damage. They'll then run towards you to melee, so frost nova them and their minion, then DPS. Repeat for each. Just be careful of the threat from counterspell, although I didn't have any problems.
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By Motor on 12/23/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
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By brasshopper on 12/27/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
I tried this several times and finally soloed it at level 35, as a priest. It was still yellow. At L30, the two warlocks at the base of the tower were still able to combine and kill me. Tonight the right warlock would just evade, but I think that I could have taken the pair.

The warlocks will always attack before their minions. Routine was shield, dot, dot, manaburn, manaburn, wand if needed. re-shield, dot, wand the minion. Only one warlock would attack at a time. I was able to single pull all warlock/minion pairs, just walking around the tower. If I could not easily target the warlock, I would let them attack to establish a target, as the warlock would always attack before sending their pet. If you attack from a distance with a spell or probably an arrow, attacking the warlocks adjacent to Athrikus did not aggro him, although that might have been a level thing - a lower level might have a higher aggro radius. In any case I never want to go into that silly tower again, at least with this toon.

There were respawns before I started down the tower. I could go down one stair while they were on the other without aggroing and kill the ones I had to. I would not do that on the way up because I was worried about him calling his minions for help but there had already been repops on the lower levels that did not interfere.
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By jsf132 on 01/14/2008 (Patch 2.3.2)
Yep, not too hard. Just solo'd him 3 times as a level 33 warrior while waiting for a party member to come along.

It's possible to pull a voidwalker and warlock on their own each time and work your way around to the main dude.
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By hardhat1203 on 01/22/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
Just solo'd this as a 31 feral Druid. I was able to stealth up to the top lvl, just have to watch the patterns of the locks. Then it took me 2 ""death trips"", to get a clear space where i could pull the lock to the left of Athrikus. Then was able to solo pull him and kill him. Then stealthed back down. GL!!
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By Roxyvan on 02/01/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
With a shaman level 30 solo him had hard time take 1 voidstalker and 1 warlock at a time easyer to aggro at this level but he died...

Anyone as an idea if the ""journal page"" is a trash item ?
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By mrdummy on 09/01/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
Before you're near the boss, you can pull 1 on 1 to lower floor level. They shall follow you to the trap, then nuke them. Soloable at l33 shaman. When done, fight with boss is easy.
It's indeed pretty thight with many warlocks and adds. and they respawn pretty fast.

I died in the begin, rezz at floor below boss (1 lower floor) - that saves you long time fight and you can start with pulling mobs from top floor.
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By dbodinem on 12/01/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
Towers are really frustrating.

I see my pet and who he's fighting, but since its on a curve it says target is not in line of sight, but I can see him.

Hard quest at 29.

Feel like I could do it if I could navigate the tower better.
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By Kahin on 02/18/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
Easy as pie....soloed this quest as a L32 shaman didn't die once... the quarters are tight but earthshock is for the win... stoneclaw every other voidwalker and it was just a matter of killing the target.
earthshock stops them from running away from you to cast and makes them run to you to melee. Once you earthshock them move away from other npcs and its done.
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By apfhex on 02/20/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
Did it as a lvl 30 feral druid, was pretty easy. Killed the warlock/voidwalker pairs on my way up (being careful to watch for pats), killed the pair at the top of the stairs (on the opposite side of the room from Athrikus), then pulled the pair close to him. He aggroed as well, but I tossed up some HoTs, used a health pot for good measure, and went back to kitty to kill them all.
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By terentius on 03/26/2008 (Patch 2.4.0)
Easy soloable as 32 combat rogue.

The tower is filled by warlocks with Void Walkers. These warlocks are dangerous only for a reason: they always try to escape from melee range to nuke you with shadowbolts. For that reason is important to not challenge them in tight spaces, otherwise they will bring adds.
One simple trick: sap warlocks, killing their pet in the meanwhile, then finish them easily, kicking when they shadow bolt. If you kick them they will escape anyway, but they will come back a short after to hit you in melee (they cannot cast for 5 seconds).
On the last floor there are 4 warlocks + Void Walkers with Athrikus: you can pull each of them without aggroing Athrikus. Sap each warlock, as usual, pulling her pet and killing it in a safe place; then climb down one ramp breaking line of sight and wait for the sapped warlock to follow you down: you have plenty of space to kill each of them without aggroing anyone else.
Once every warlock is dead, Athrikus is a piece of cake.
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By Enche on 04/18/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)
Yay you got it!
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By jhuseman on 04/24/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)
Soloable as a 31 hunter although I did die a couple times, its no easier after patch 2.4 then it was a year ago on my Pally
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By MashedIdiot on 12/04/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
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By Funder on 05/14/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
Just soloed as a lv28 Rogue...not too hard if you're willing to die a couple of times. Stealth in, watch for the movement patterns of the warlocks and their minions and slip past them, then at the top of the tower sneak up behind the target and focus on killing him. Die...run back and loot the body. Die...run back and rez...turn in quest. Voila.
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By betosalazar on 05/17/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
I did it as 32 Rouge and died a couple of times due mistakes, but may be there's a bug after patch 2.4. I killed Athrikus but I died with him. When I returned for my body (2 minutes after), Athrikus was respawned altough his corpse was in front of him! I had to sap him again to loot his corpse an get his head for complete the quest. Crazy if you ask me... lol.
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By BlakMajik on 06/14/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
Did this as soon as I hit 20. I handed in 1 quest in the Crossroads, then turned 1 more quest in at Tarren Mill. I had never been to Ashenvale or Hillsbrad, and the only thing I killed was the elemental. After completing the quest, I had 75%, which is 15 bars, 5 bars left til 21. Lots of exp for level 20. =] Plus, healing stream totem is very nice.

Oh, and by the way...

GRATS FOR FINISHING THE CHAIN! The wind totem quest is a lot easier than this one. And a lot shorter too...
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By MrSatan on 07/12/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
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By WarToast on 09/13/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
Received 14,5k xp for completing the final step of this questline as level 58. The other steps gave me about 6-8k exp.
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By EzakimaK on 12/09/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
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By Justtomatoes on 10/12/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
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By Shmash on 11/21/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
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By kirby111 on 03/11/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
He can't kill you,at least I think I remember.But I tried it on my rogue to see if I would die.Be careful though if you do this quest and hurt him you go PVP,the guards DON""T attack you,but if an Alliance group is attacking you might want to take it off.It happened to me.What are the odds!

Be sure to do it for a little extra xp I didn't do it til' I was a lvl 23.
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By Jonnerzz on 06/11/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
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By blockhead66 on 12/11/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
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By mikemayhem1234 on 12/17/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
does anybody know where i can get the quest?
i know i sound retarded but I have no idea where to get it at.
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By Faze101 on 12/18/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
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By Keifers on 12/30/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
I had to register just to add this comment, since nobody appears to have mentioned it yet. Provided that you're either a rogue or a druid, you can solo this quest as long as you've done a little preparation.

Get food buffed before you go in to the tower. Stealth your way up to the 2nd level from the top and clear the one patrol that walks up and down the staircase between that level and the top floor, then stealth up behind Athrikus (it helps tremendously to have a talented stealth ability as a rogue, or feral instinct as a druid).

The way I finished this with my 28 druid was by opening up with rake, faerie fire, claw to 5 cp, then rip and refreshed rake. This is where you pop your https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=5816 Light of Elune that you received as a quest reward from: https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=1017 Mage Summoner because you should be very nearly dead at this point. The important thing is to not use the item too soon - you want to use it when you're close to dying so that it's still active with enough time to loot. The combination of your bleed effects and continued melee should be more than enough to burn him down with time to spare on your bubble.

Loot him as soon as he dies, then jump over the railing so that you land on the stairway going down to the next level (which should still be clear at this time) and vanish / shadowmeld to reset agro. Then it's just a matter of healing up and stealthing your way out to turn in the quest.

I know, doing it this way requires that you waste the single greatest alliance only item in the game. That said, I've still yet to find 'the perfect use' for the Light of Elune on any of my other characters - it's still rotting in their banks - so if you're one of those people that likes solo challenges, this is a great time to make use of it.

Edit: just to clarify, this is mainly a strat for solo players who want to try to take him down at a relatively low level without having to make use of the 'kill / die / respawn and loot / die again' method. If you've got a use in mind for the Light of Elune, just party up with another player and finish the quest in a normal way.
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By axs757 on 02/16/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
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By lolbr on 02/20/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
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By iranou on 02/26/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
This quest is similar to https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=249 Morganth in Redridge - identical towers, lots of dark magic and a boss to kill at the top.. and they're both pretty difficult to solo at the ""correct"" level.
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By Tordik on 03/15/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
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By ianwk420 on 09/03/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)

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