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Into The Maw of Madness

Commander Mar'alith at Cenarion Hold in Silithus wants you to find his beloved Natalia. The information that you gathered points to Hive'Regal in the south as being the area in which you may find Mistress Natalia Mar'alith.

Do not forget to visit the dwarves at Bronzebeard's camp before venturing into the hive. They might have some additional work and advice for you.

And <name>, remember the Commander's words: "Do what you must..."
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The Fate of Mistress Natalia Mar'alith

Description

I need you to venture into Hive'Regal and find what became of my dearest Natalia, <name>. This will be no easy task for you. Before you dive headlong into the maw of madness, make sure that you go back and speak with those dwarves. They might be able to give you some tips on dealing with the silithid that inhabit that hive.

And <name>, if she truly is as mad as they say... do what you must.

<Commander Mar'alith turns away from you.>

Reward

You will receive:
Corrupted Blackwood Staff
Also, you get: 1 80

Progress

Natalia?

Completion

<Commander Mar'alith clutches at his chest.>

C'Thun? WHAT is the meaning of all this? What is C'Thun? How could this fiend have turned my sweet Natalia into the monster that you described?

Gains

Upon completion of quests, get:

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By xurrent on 01/30/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
Oh my freaking God! That was a 18 minute fight as a Protection Pally! I pulled a second freaking mob while fighting her (about 5 minutes in) because of that stupid fear. I mean what is the cooldown on that?! And the Greater Healer was really stupid too. Required pretty much no mana and having to DPS as a Pally with a One-Hander it was just stupid. Along with the Mind Flay being uncleansable. That seriously needs to be reviewed by developers, haha.
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By saxon1971 on 12/01/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
She constantly heals herself and any other mobs in the room, I fought her for about 8 minutes till i gave up. unless you have a way of keeping her from casting, or can kill her in 2-3 strikes i wouldn't try more than once.
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By Gopem on 11/23/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
As of Patch 4.0.3a the location is now 58.3, 78.5
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By Pancakez on 12/23/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
Oh no! Not the Sarlac Pit!
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By Aeothan on 02/28/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
The cave entrance is at 58,78. It is part of Hive'Regal.

Natalie herself is as far south in as you can go. It's a long, linear, winding hive cave unlike the others. She is at 55,90.

Make sure to get Hive'Regal's glyph, which she is staring at, for the Glyph Chasing quest.
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By Cmastah on 01/23/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
I haven't seen any comments on this but here goes:

This quest likely is a reference to john carpenter's 'into the mouth of madness', in it, some text from a man who was empowered by beings such cthul and the old ones was able to drive people murderously insane who then turned into dark creatures (though you never saw the creatures they turned into).

In this quest, the night elf finds ancient text that drives her murderously insane, text from ahn'qiraj and most likely it is c'thun who has control of her mind.
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By demacky on 01/24/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
Dammnnn this, in my opinion, is the single most annoying q i ever did during 2 yrs of WOW. I almost gave up on it. But in the end i found it.

Since Cata expansion the entrance of the cave is located in the southwest corner of the Hive Regal (58,78!). Just follow the way south and on the way u will encounter a Cenarion Scout. Then u know that ur close to Natalia. When u reach the room, just clear all the other mobs and then take out Natalia. She stands at 55,90 inside the cave.
GL!
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By Dominek on 03/02/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
Ok FYI I killed this chick on accident with my treants as a druid and did not receive kill credit. So be sure to do some kind of dmg to her if say your farming rep for cenarious :P

Edit:

Respawn isn't very quick either...
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By Pypode on 03/02/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
Be sure to take his advice and visit the Bronzebeard camp again (46,79 southern edge of Silithus, just east of those southern ruins by mountains). You will pick up two quests to complete while in the hives. I didnt. bah.
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By Lathdari on 02/04/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
""C'Thun? WHAT is the meaning of all this? What is C'Thun?""

He may well ask. Nobody has mentioned C'Thun up to this point, and nobody will again. (The reason being, I think, that C'Thun is dead in Cata lore.)
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By kschiasson on 05/27/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
Actually, the lore in some zones still runs as normal, so currently he's asking because he doesn't know who c'thun is not because he is dead
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By ricomoss on 06/16/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
Easy mode - 3 hit. Did it as a 57 warrior in most BoA items. Just be prepared for her fear - pop zerker rage.
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By Derpity on 07/25/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
C'thun is NOT dead, we only killed his destroyed his physical manifestation. If we had actually killed C'thun the planet would've blown up. (If anyone is interested)
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By nolkaiortell on 07/29/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
They couldn't have made a better-hidden cave, could they?
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By Aleq on 01/07/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
That was one annoying cave to move around in. I like it!
When you enter, just move to the left and you will soon enough find a "" linear, winding cave"". There you will just go straight forward and you should be able to find her..
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By SubyWRX on 07/07/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
Back in vanilla, this quest was hard as heck to solo.....as a ret pally at least (no spell interrupt for the heal, she was a 60-61 elite)
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By mewmewface on 08/16/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
refer to the screenshot sent in 2010 for the entrance. theres a lot of entrances. :(
as you enter the entrance, turn left. u will encounter a night elf guy.
head to the middle (ur right, when facing night elf guy)

very annoying quest.

she will fear you, then heal herself to FULL. so save ur ccs,
intimidating shout, fear, etc
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By Jestana on 08/08/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
For people who don't use add-ons with coords, there's at least two cave entrances in the southwestern corner of the hive. If the one you enter has brownish-red walls, you're in the wrong one. Go back out and go further west. It should have greenish-purple walls.
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By neonhomer on 10/12/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
I find her, but can't kill her. Every time I get close, she does heal and I get screwed. I've tried using ""Dispel Magic"" but it does no good....
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By Sulis on 12/26/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
Entrance of the hive is 58, 78.
Enter the hive and take left at first T-corner. From here, dont take any turns. When u see the elf guy on ur left side, just keep heading slightly south-west. Into the large room.
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By monabonbona on 12/29/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
Ok so it took me an HOUR to frikin find the right cave since there are 3, I repeat 3 CAVES in Hive'Regal! And this is specifically for people who don't have cords, since I don't and I know how annoying it is to have to read all the chord comments.You find Natalia and the glyph in the greenish/purple cave located to the very south/west of Hive Regal. Now this isn't the redish brown cave to the very south, and its not the bluish one to the south/east. Its the south/west you wanna look around and you'll find it easy:) Again, all these 3 caves are at the south of Hive Regal, but you want the one to the west.
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By BartJ385 on 01/28/2012 (Patch 3.1.3)
A lot of confusing info here. There are three entrances to Hive'Regal: SW, SE and E. You want the SW entrance. Then go as far south in there as you can. Done.
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By Royalblood on 03/22/2012 (Patch 3.1.3)
Shes at the back of the cave in the last room(55.6,90.6), as you approach her, she will attack you and say ""C'Thun will retake this world"".
Pretty easy to kill, but be sure to be quick if you see other players because shes got 5-10 min respawn time.

Hope this will help (:
Good Luck!
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By Kilalah on 06/13/2012 (Patch 3.1.3)
After around an hour of searching I finally found her. So I'll attempt to simplify this quest. It is easiest to start this quest along with Breaking The Code and Glyph Chasing.

From the start of the cave (Co-ords - 58.0, 78.8) Head straight and take the first tunnel on your left.
Follow this tunnel along, ignore the small side tunnel to your right with the Hive'Regal Burrower, and keep going.
You'll arrive at a crossroads, you want to take the left tunnel which will lead to a room
(Again, ignoring the little side room with the Hive'Regal Burrower).
When you reach the room, continue towards the tunnel directly across the room in front of you, dispatching any of the mobs you need to on the way.
(Note: If you see Cenarion Scout Landion, you are on the right track. He may be stealthed).
Once you reach the end of this tunnel, there is a short tunnel to your right that gets cut off, and a large room to your left.
Mistress Natalia Mar'alith is in the room to your left, kneeling before the quest item for 'Glyph Chasing'.
Please note you do not need to kill all the inhabitants of this room, however if you wish to it may assist with the fight.

Mistress Natalia Mar'alith (Co-ords - 55.6, 90.6) has several spells she casts, none of which are extremely horrible. She can heal herself so whenever you can interrupt her casting that will help. She can cast a fear ability similar to a Priest' Psychic Scream and she has a stun called Blackout, which incapacitates you momentarily.

Best of luck to everyone attempting this quest. It was much easier when I found the right tunnel.

=)
Happy Questing!
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By MikadoGG on 09/14/2012 (Patch 3.1.3)
Natalia has a pretty long respawn timer (10 minutes or so), so if you get to her spawn room with the glyph in the middle and she's not there, you might have to wait. You need to tag and kill her to complete the quest. I do not recommend standing in the middle of the room where the glyph is, especially if there is competition to tag her. She spawns and immediately fears you for several seconds giving competition time to tag her and kill her.
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By Regormak41 on 12/18/2012 (Patch 3.1.3)
If you don't have coords, use this simple macro.

/script local x,y=GetPlayerMapPosition(""player""); SELECTED_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(string.format(""Location: %d,%d"",x*100,y*100))

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