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Level: 30
Requires level: 25
Side: Alliance
Start: Sentinel Melyria Frostshadow
End: Sentinel Melyria Frostshadow
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1.	The Howling Vale
2.	Velinde Starsong
3.	Velinde's Effects
4.	The Barrens Port
5.	Passage to Booty Bay
6.	The Caravan Road
7.	The Carevin Family
8.	The Scythe of Elune
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The Howling Vale

Go to the Howling Vale and study the Tome of Mel'Thandris, then return to Sentinel Melyria Frostshadow at Forest Song.

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Though we have put many resources and much effort into driving the remaining demons from the Felwood to the north, our successes have been few. We have been able to keep much of the demonic presence from Ashenvale.

To the north, near the Felwood border, the ruined shrine of Mel'Thandris has been overtaken by mysterious wolf-men. Their chilling calls have led the area to be known as the Howling Vale. The Tome of Mel'Thandris kept at the shrine may shed some light on why these wolf-men have come.

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

2450 experience ( 14 70 at max. level)
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Rating: +29 [-] [+]

By Daerion on 09/25/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)

To reach the vale you travel north toward Felwood and look west until you see a sloping path. The path has a few worgen and leads up to a cave at 53, 38. Go through the cave and you'll find the shrine on the other side. The book is on a table just in front of the shrine.

Rating: +27 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 10/30/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)

The location "53,58" means nothing to people without cosmos.&nbsp So if your'e like me and don't have it, heres what to do for this quest:
Follow the road north towards Felwood, and on the WEST side of the road there is a path that leads up to a cave entrance.&nbsp On the map, it uses the cave symbol.&nbsp Thats what made me go crazy about this quest, I assumed the shrine couldn't possibly be in a cave. Well it is.&nbsp Go through the cave passage and youll find a green ziggurat like thing at the other side.&nbsp Kill about 20 of the wolf dudes and then read the tome.&nbsp

Rating: +19 [-] [+]

By DarkColdKing on 04/19/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

55,32 you will see a path that leads up to the cave where you will find the book on a table. This is the correct cords.....

Rating: +15 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 10/30/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)

it's at (52,37).&nbsp The book is on a table outside but close to the building.

Rating: +13 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/17/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

2450 XP at 34, when the queat is green.

Rating: +10 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 09/23/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)

Lemme just say this: Part of fantasy gaming IS getting lost. Sure you can get directions. Sure you&nbsp can find a walk through. But damn, at least TRY and find a site w/out coords. Now I may be dating myself (I AM and I dont care) but in the (ahem) old days... say, the apple II Proving Grounds of The Mad Overlord days. We had to map the grids by hand. Step by step, taking into account random teleports and spinners and magical darkness and all sort of B.S. But we did it. Why? Well.... because we were obviously uber dorks... with time... massive amounts of time... I digress (hehe) Now I'm not saying I hate ya or that I think anything less of a player for getting a nudge (that's a lie). I, after all, have logged on to this site more than once, but still all of this belly aching and whining about quest being too hard or not worth it and such really gets under my skin. I love WoW, I enjoy the community feel, but for CRYING OUT LOUD, step up and explore. When you get lost you end up finding places that you would have had to ask directions to later... except you've already accidently&nbsp found them!
Just because you reach 60 doesn't mean you've taken advantaged of a great game. In fact, if one CONSTANTLY, uses coords to find sites you're TOTALLY taking advantage of a neato speedo community, but missing one of RPG's main points. That being character interaction. I mean seriously how hard is it to find (in game) directions from somebody who might already know where you need to go? I'll answer that. Sometimes pretty hard, ok? But, in the spirit of the game, I have accompanied, more than once, a poor unfortunate, lost soul and escorted (just fer kicks) them to their destination... and vice versa.
Seriously If you want permanent crutches, jump off of the Tree of Life (there's a few DAMN FINE places for doing just that BTW) I would provide coords but... you know.
If you want specific directions to a site then stop off at the nearest gas station, inn, or where ever other PC's might be gathered and... ask.

p.s.

trebor sux

Rating: +7 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 04/30/2006 (Patch 1.10.1)

You get the quest from a nightelf in the Shrine of Aessina. My 28 Druid stealthed through the cave and right up to the ziggurat. Found the Tome and snuck up on it from the shrine. Shifted into Druid and triggered the gearwheel. A 29 and 30 attacked me instantly.

Interesting. Their attacks stopped the quest item timer, so I couldn't kamekazi it. Had to fight. Problem #2 couldn't heal fast enough with both of them attacking me at the same time. My heal would only replace what they then removed and the cycle would repeat until I ran out of mana.

Faeried the 29 and shifted to bear at about half health, managed to kill him with about 175 left, turned to the 30 and hit him with Bash/stun, shifted into Druid, healed, faeried, moonfired, shifted back to bear and then it was only a matter of time. Because I had pulled them away from the book (towards the ziggurat), nobody else joined the party.

I approached the book very carefully (from the ziggurat side) in Druid form but no one else attacked. Finished the quest, shifted to Cat/prowl and stealthed out, back through the tunnel.

This would be long and tough for an under-30 without stealth. You'd have to kill at least a dozen of the beastoids to get to the Tome. Just something to keep in mind when you're allocating your time.

Rating: +7 [-] [+]

By guitar on 06/12/2007 (Patch 2.1.1)

Note that both Sentinel Melyria Frostshadow and Illiyana have been moved to Forest Song, at around 86,44

Rating: +6 [-] [+]

By Baybans on 08/03/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)

Just done this mission with my lock at level 30. So here's some clarification...

Firstly 55,32 is the path up to the cave, go here and head up the path to the cave.
Secondly once through the cave you do not have to fight all the way down the path and around to the book, just head to the left as you come out of the cave drop down off the side to end up behind the book.
Thirdly, the pack leader is a Silver Elite who I have seen once and this was that time, I was a little confused with the comments about him until I did it again. I pulled him by himself and killed him. Got a nice Necklace for it too!

As someone already said take it easy in there and you'll be fine. When I was done I Hearthstoned out... lazy maybe... late for work yes :)

Rating: +5 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/11/2007 (Patch 2.0.3)

Yea don't bother running out to the Shrine as the quest says to..Melyria has now been moved to Forest Song so get your running shoes on

Rating: +5 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 04/30/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

The coords where the path starts are 53,32, the book is at 50,39.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Zeipii on 03/25/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

I did this at hunter level 28. Just send your pet to attack Packleader, then read the book and RUN! Easy :)

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By onegirlarmy on 04/05/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

Don't know if this quest has changed, but on my way to the tome I was able to pull the lvl 28 mobs one by one, and then when I reached the tome I just pulled the lvl 28 mob closest to it so I could read the thing without aggro'ing anyone.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 07/12/2006 (Patch 1.11.2)

I just completed this as a 31 priest, and if a squishy like me can do it solo, anyone can if they are an appropriate level for this quest.

Find the path just where noted by other players, kill a few of the "wolfmen" on the way up and three just outside the cave, then run thru the cave which is very short, more like a tunnel.&nbsp On the other end kill 2 or maybe 3 more wolfmen right at the exit.&nbsp (Pick wild steelbloom if you're an herbalist.)

On the left of the cave exit is a large rock which abuts the foundation of a building.&nbsp Climb onto the rock and locate the tome on the small table just below.&nbsp Judge if you need to kill the closest mob or not, and if so pull him to you and do your thing.&nbsp I did not see any elites here as some have noted.

Then jump from the rock to the building foundation.&nbsp One click at a time move forward until the tome is right-clickable, read it, and go back exactly the way you came.

By the time you get to the other side of the tunnel the mobs will probably have respawned, so be prepared to take them out.&nbsp I did not run back down the path but instead at the other end I went over the hills back down to the road, and I didn't have to kill a thing along the way.

Good luck and have fun!

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 03/25/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

Path up begins at 54,32

Kill 3 and through the cave, jump down kill 1.&nbsp Crawl back up the way you came before respawns.

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By Anonymous on 10/30/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)

http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=65

And please lose the attitude.

Rating: +3 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 12/06/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)

Yes,she is at Forest Song!Guess the patch really messed things up didn't it?

Rating: +3 [-] [+]

By Dizmo on 10/06/2007 (Patch 2.2.2)

The path starts at 55.32 near the enter of Felwood, the Cave is at 53.38, easy to do ..... stilling on a table near the path down once you gone though the cave did this at lvl 30 *mage*
Very easy ..... Good luck people... And do take you time in killing unless u dont have much time

Last edited by Dizmo on 10/06/2007 (Patch 2.2.2)

Rating: +3 [-] [+]

By Ozhey on 02/15/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)

If your a bit low, its no problem to sneak to there by killing just 2-3 mobs

Last edited by Ozhey on 02/15/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 07/12/2006 (Patch 1.11.2)

The priest is right I took out the guys on the way 1 by 1 and then turned left at the rock to walk down to the "mossy structure" was and killed the closest guy and read the tome. Left the way I cam and killed the wolves on the path by the cave 1 by 1.

As a rogue, of course, stealth helped a lot.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/11/2007 (Patch 2.0.3)

Teh Entrance from the road to Felwood is at 56.33

If you don't have Addon for coords pls copy this Macro code:

/script px,py=GetPlayerMapPosition("player")
/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(format("[ %s ] %s , %s",GetZoneText(),(px*100),(py*100)))

Good luck!

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 03/25/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

Loads of people are complaining saying "i can't find it" or "its too hard", well guess what. even without the coords, i completed the whole chain in 1 day along with a few other quests on the way, i was only lvl 30 wen i started, lvl 31 at the end. Trust me, if u just get on with it and do it right. its not that hard.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Micalonious on 11/23/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)

Completed it as a 27 Hunter w/ 26 Ghost Saber. I ran into one problem when I pulled three at once but I droped back behind the shrine and the Worgen got confused and couldn't follow me, they just run back and forth ona tree limb. Not sure if this works every time though cause I never got a chance to actually test it or see if I just got Lucky. Just pull one at a time and you got it. Hope this helps.

Coords are
50,39 for teh book
52,37 For the Cave mouth
And 55,32 For teh Trailhead.
For people w/o Coords it's a trail with Werewolf thingies on it just left of teh road to Felwood Near all the Treants.

Last edited by Micalonious on 11/23/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 07/10/2005 (Patch 1.5.1)

Travel north on the road to Felwood to 55,32 then head west up the path that curls south. Vale is at the top of the hill through a small tunnel

Tome is inside the vale at 50,39

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By Anonymous on 01/16/2007 (Patch 2.0.5)

Does anyone else find it just too cool that you can skin humanoids? I got some good Heavy Hide off these Terrorwolves.

I soloed this at level 29 (Hunter) and was taking on three at a time with no problems at all. Easy.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 02/27/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

Communication is a lost art.

This extends to the use of the english language, and is especially true of online games "communications"

Giving directions seems to be a lost art as well. Case in point: Q: Where is the temple of athena. A: Right here Q: Where are you A: At the temple of Athena Q: Ok but how do I get to you A: Look! It is simple just come to where I am and you will be at the Temple of Athena. Q (in frustration) I dont know where you or the temple is. Could you be more specific?

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 11/18/2005 (Patch 1.8.3)

1950 XP, 80 Darnassus Faction at lvl 36.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 12/30/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)

lvl28 hunter with pet got it in 10 mins kill all the wolfmen till the farside of tunnell and the 2 on the slope drop down ledge on the lefthand side beside the tomb the table with the book on it is at the corner of the tomb on a table draw in the wolfman near the table to the side of the tomb kill him then inch your way to table read book go back to side of tomb and use your hearthstone thats that part of quest over

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/31/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)

The coords and whatnot are correct, and it's not too hard to find if you know where to look. Pay attention to your map... Go through Ashenvale to the road that goes north past Raynewood Retreat towards the Felwood region. Almost to Felwood there will be the place on the left (west) side of the road where there are a few Treants hanging around in static spots among some ruined white columns and such (part of the quest for the rod that turns you into a Furbolg is found there). Just past that on the same side of the road is a path just off the road that leads up to the entrance to the cave that leads to Howling Vale. You should even be able to see one or more Terrowulfs that partol the path up to the cave from the road.

If nothing else, barring the quests, it's a good place for someone to get not only silver but leather, hides, Large Fangs and the occasional green... not to mention XP if you're within a good range of their levels, which most of them are in the 28-30 range.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/05/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

Ashenvale's border with Felwood is almost all of it's northern mountains. Unless you expect a person to search all the of the mountains from the entrance to Darkshore to east of Satyrnaar, then I don't think it should be considered easy to find at all.

That being said, what the quest text means is that it's near the entrance to Felwood. Where the road straights out just before you get to Felwood, you head west off of the road, and look for a path going up into the mountain a bit. It leads to Terrowulves and a cave, which is the Howling Vale.

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By Anonymous on 08/29/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)

Velinde Starsong says: Goddess, grant me the power to overcome my enemies! Hear me, please, my need is desperate and my cause is just!
Velinde Starsong says: What... what is this? Could this be the answer to my prayers? Elune has granted me a weapon--this scythe--to defeat the demons.

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By Anonymous on 07/16/2005 (Patch 1.6.0)

iam at the tome at 50,39 but cant complete it, i have read it and a night elf comes out of the book and says something but my log says i havent viewed it :/

edit: nvm, i read it a few times and i got it

Edited, Sat Jul 16 08:50:19 2005

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By Anonymous on 05/01/2005 (Patch 1.4.0)

I soloed it at lvl 28 hunter
it took me about 20 minutes to kill all terrowolfs

just pull them one by one and you should be fine

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By Anonymous on 11/09/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)

Had the same prolem with this one.

The book you need to read is on left side of the tomb on a small wooden table.

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By Anonymous on 01/03/2007 (Patch 2.0.1)

Wow, this sucks. The quest says "..then return to Sentinal Melyria Frostshadow at the Shrine of Aessina". I went directly from the Howling Vale to the Shrine of Aessina - and she was not there. Turns out she was at FOREST SONG.

/golfclap

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By Anonymous on 01/05/2007 (Patch 2.0.1)

lvl 30 druid solo, died like 3 times. However i found the alter in the middle (green thing) to be helpful to pull the wolf things to me. Um, i also used prowl to bypass like 30 percent of the outer wolves. Goodluck this is an interesting one.

You need to read the book on the table not the acient script. In case anyone else was being a do do bird like me.

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By Anonymous on 01/19/2007 (Patch 2.0.5)

I didn't read far enough to find out how to find the HOwling Vale, and after an hour searching for it I dumped the quest. Now I don't much care.

It does show that one should read the whole thread before giving up. Eventually they'll tell how to find that vale. It's not obvious and the directions don't really help.

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By Anonymous on 09/22/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)

Hi...hoping someone can help me. I found the howling vale...I made my way down the hill and killed the mobs....and to the left of me is a big sort of column (thinking this is the tomb?) and then there are some columns on the ground and a tablet or some kind...I've read the tablet or book..not sure what it is....NOTHING happens...I read it more than once and got killed because I wasn't paying attention.lol

What am I missing here? I don't see an entrance to this big column...am I supposed to get IN it to explore it?

Thank you in advance to anyone that can help!

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By Anonymous on 01/26/2006 (Patch 1.9.2)

I had a map but i dont know how to put it here any1 can help me?

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By Anonymous on 01/03/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

"To the north, near the Felwood border, the ruined shrine of Mel'Thandris has been overtaken by mysterious wolf-men. Their chilling calls have led the area to be known as the Howling Vale."

If yo know where the Felwood Broder is you'll probably find the location ...

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