Here is what you need to do. I followed the posts above and it worked great. You need to go to the mage in the tower just outside the city to get the part of the quest to kill Hendel. Next you go to his spawn spot and accept his question mark. He then pops another quest. When you accept this one, they aggro. What you want to do is to accept the quest and haul a to&nbsp the guards. Hendel will stay on the dock but his 2 buddies will follow you. Get the guards to kill these 2. When they are dead, the quest will fail and Hendel will despawn. You need to wait like 5-10 minutes for him to re-pop. Do the same thing again and he comes with you this time to the guards. Make&nbsp sure you get the 1st hit on him and they will take him down to around 40%. Once this happens, he'll give up and run back to the dock. Follow him back and you'll see the 2 guys there that let you finish your quest. Very easy to do. Thanks to all above that figured this out.

I completed the quest at level 28, in order to do it I failed one time, then came back when one guard was fighting another and he wasn't back up yet.&nbsp Then I helped kill the remaining guard at the tower, and waited for Private Hendel to respawn.&nbsp When he respawned I talked to him, hit him once and ran to the tower nearby with guards.&nbsp The guards and I got him down and then he ran back to the spawn site.&nbsp I followed him there and finished the quest when Lady Proudmore showed up with the wizard and a guard.&nbsp This might not work for everyone, but it did for me, you get a nice ring for completion of the quest.

Apparently Bizzard has gotten wise, and will no longer allow for you to drag Hendel and his henchmen to the nearby guards...

Step 1:
Visit tower, get buff, blah blah blah, Locate Hendel.

Step 2:
Talk to Hendel, get quest to defeat him.

Step 3:
Engage and hit Hendel (make SURE you hit him), only once is nessecary, but don't hit the guards. Proceed to run across bridge twoards friendly guards, they should all stop following you before they reach the guards (Hendel should follow further, however) and return to stationary positions.

Step 4:
Wait a little bit (recover damage dealt to you), then return, Hendel should be on the bridge. If you were like me (both times I did this quest) You won't be able to hit him with ranged or melee. Everyone should still be hostile at the tents.

Step 5:
Aggro his cronies, but do not hit them, train them twoards friendly guards, crossing water instead of bridge. Run until they cease following.

Step 6:
Immediately return to the camp, stay away from aggro range and wait. Hendel should stay hostile while his cronies should revert back to friendly. They will engage Hendel and take him down (With ease i might add), but you will still get credit, seeing how you engaged (And damaged) him earlier.

Proudmoore will arrive, they will subdue him and viola! Quest complete!....And that's how I defeated Hendel with a 51 dmg Sinister strike =)

For those actually seeking coordinates, he's at 45,24.

/tloc 45,24

Hendel can be found next to a tent, standing on a small dock located just outside and to the north of the second tower from Theremore, in Witch Hill. Speak with him to complete the quest, then be prepared, because as soon as you accept the next quest, he will attack and one of his boys nearby will jump in as well. Just focus on Hendel and everything should be ok. At roughly 30-40% health remaining, Lady Proudmoore will show up and the fight will end.

I know this is not part of the quest, but the King is actually in the game. The Naga and the Defias teamed up to take down the king, and he is alive and being held in Alcaz island. When you go in Alcaz Island, there are 3 pathes. Take the middle one and find the stairs that go downward. Keep following the path straight until you see water. Jump into the water, and swim until you can go up. When you get out of the water, "Varian Wrynn" <The King of Stormwind> Is standing there. No quest, no talking to him. If your Horde, you can kill him and hes not hostile, But no loot.

i found it easy - level 34 mage.

here's what you need to do:

1. get the quest to defeat hendel.

2. run to the guards at the tower to the south east.

3. kill the 2 guards that follow you with the help of the 'friendly' guards.

4. abandon the quest - take it again from hendel.

5. kill him before his guards respawn.

6. just get him down to about 30% and he gives up.

7. 3 dudes come and deal with hendel.

8. talk to the 2 people and you get 2 rewards.

9. quest complete!

good luck!

After drawing the guards away and returning to kill Hendel he was green to me.&nbsp I abandoned the quest and he disappeared.&nbsp He came back after a minute or so.&nbsp Here is what I did to defeat him.

1.&nbsp I aggroed a nearby raptor.
2.&nbsp Run to the guards near Hendel.
3.&nbsp While they are engaging the raptor I accepted Hendel's quest.
4.&nbsp By the time the raptor is dead you will have Hendel low enough in health that Jana appears.&nbsp

I just did this as a level 31 warrior by using the "lure a monster over and have the guards fight it" strategy, and I have a tip.

I pulled the spider over, and the guards went after it, and I went after Hendel.&nbsp I got him down to the part where the others appear to finish the quest.&nbsp The first time I did that, the two guards came back after me, and since I didn't have enough life left, I died.&nbsp I clicked "release spirit" right away, and got the "Quest failed" message.

The second time, I had the same thing happen - guards attack spider, I beat up on Hendel, other guys come in and start their spiel, and the guards came back to fight me and killed me.&nbsp However, I noticed as I was fighting the guards and died, the Archmage and Proudmore were still going on with their spiel.&nbsp So I waited to release my spirit until after they were done, and I could see the yellow "?" over one of their heads.&nbsp And I got the "Quest Completed" notification (it says "Subdue Private Hendel - 1/1" or something).&nbsp THEN I released the spirit.

When I ressurected, the quest was still marked completed, and when I got back to the tower, I could proceed on with the quest as normal - the mage and Proudmore were there, the yellow "?" was in view, and I completed the rest of the quest.

So if you die after Hendel is subdued, give the other two time to complete their speeches before you rez - it might just save a lot of frustration and you may not have to try again.

so is there a quest after this one? All proodmore says is that he is being interrogated.

Her ring has strength and stamina on it. What kind of mage would wear that?

One more thing! :) Try that trick explained above where you pull a monster into Hendel's two guards before accepting the quest. It's definitely a better strat for a solo player than trying to lure them all into the tower guards. The run to the tower is not real short and if you're soloing, it's easy to lose aggro or get killed.
&nbsp This is one of the best quest series of all, and you should definitely finish it. It's a really fun series, and the rewards for this last part here are very high, in gold, rep, xp, and that awesome ring!

The exploit is fixed as of 02/14/08.
As long as his guards are in combat, Hendel will always be friendly, and you will not be able to accept his quest.
He is also put in friendly/passive mode if one of his guards takes any other target than a player while the quest is already running.

I can assure you that you can get this quest back from Pvt. Hendel any number of times: I just did six! Just abandon the quest and you will make Hendel disappear, but he will return with an exclamation mark to give you the quest again. But it takes about FIVE FULL MINUTES for Hendel to respawn! I think that's why some players are thinking the quest is broken or something. Also, there IS a weird situation where if they give up chase on you, they remain red but can't be attacked anymore: don't freak out like I did, just abandon the quest. Hendel will disappear, and come back in 5. Do some fishing. You can fish right across the little pond and watch for Hendel while you do it. :)

I have abandoned the quest and gone back to Comander Samual in Theramore at least 4 times, after abandoning the quest, re-taking it, logging in and out, and nothing works. I even helped three other people finish the quest, but the "?" never shows up for me at Hendel. Be aware this thing may just be friggin broken.

Sometihng no-one else has mentioned is that fighting Hendel and the guards flags you PvP.

Note: Kiting Hendel to the friendly guards at the tower will cause him to run back to camp when his health gets low, and you will fail the quest if you die after that. So make sure that you chase Hendel as soon as he starts running back, 'cause that means that Jaina and her crew are about to appear at his camp.The two guards that aggro'd you should either disappear after you chase Hendel, or continue to fight the friendly guards that were helping you. If you are there when Hendel gets back to his camp, then Jaina will cast a spell on him and this will complete the quest.

- If you drag mobs to Hendel's guards and get them to die before accepting the quest, then you can defeat Hendel, but the quest won't complete and the guards will eventually respawn and immediately aggro you. Once again, if you die at this point, then the quest will fail because Jaina won't show up until Hendel's two guards have also been defeated... either by you or by the friendly guards at the tower. Letting the swamp mobs kill the two guards will not result in a completed quest even if you defeat Hendel afterward, they must be killed by you or the guards at the tower.

As a Level 34 Druid, I originally had trouble with this level 38 quest. If you're going to try to solo this without the help of the friendly guards or swamp mobs, then wait til you're higher.

*** Edit: If you are healing class and you kite mobs over to kill Hendel's guards - make sure that you don't have the defeated Hendel selected... 'cause even though he will return to Friendly mode after defeat, his guards will respawn and attack. If you try to heal yourself, you may end up healing Hendel instead. This n00b move 'caused me a couple of deaths and a great deal of frustration... hence the 4 edits to this post -_- ***

I didnt even bother dragging a mob over before accepting the quest. Just accept, tag him and get over to where the guards are at the tower. Then just keep killing until your finished. The guards at the tower will help you fight :-D.

As a Draenei Shaman, I found a nice trick is to drop a Stoneclaw totem to slow him down a bit, I also accepted it in GhostWolf form, so I can stay ahead, pulling the lot of 'em to the tower, and let the guards handle the rest. I started this quest line at level 31, and did it with no major difficulties, and did about 33% of my level 31 experience all in about 2 hours. Not bad at all.

Just finished this as a level 35 Priest. Approach Private Hendel from the dock, as others recommend. Get yourself buffed as much as you like, have your healing pots ready, then cast PWS. Talk to Hendel to get him to attack. Cast damage spells until PWS wears off, then cast Psychic Scream. Heal as necessary, recast PWS and continue hammering away with damage spells. I hit Desperate Prayer just after the Scream and never was below half my health.

The coords for him is about 45,26
easy dude

Did this entire quest as a lvl 29 Priest. Finished by starting the final step twice. First only 1 guard followed me to the Tower. I assisted the guards in killing Hendel's bodyguard. Then abandoned quest, challenged him again, and pulled them both to the Tower. There was like 6+ guards on his last remaining bodyguard, and just me on Hendel. I spammed Mind Blast until he got low enough, then he returned to his camp. Upon heading back to his camp, I saw *gasp* all 3 of em! The Archmage, Lady Proudmoore and Pained (her Night Elf @#$%^ with the cool sword enchantment). Talked to Archmage, then talked to Lady Proudmoore. Got the ring, the 4300 xp, and the 1g 30s. Sold the ring (stamina and strength were sorta useless to me, especially when I had two better Blue rings) for 46s and change. Not a bad quest!

Ok rogues have it easy on this part of the quest. Drag an elemental over to the guards then accept the quest. Vanish. Private Hendel will glitch and be "aggressive" but you cant attack him. When the guards are done with the elemental the guards will attack Hendel and then you deal with the guards that remain, should be one guard at around 1/4 health. Hope this helps. Completed at 29.

Did this as a 29 priest. Just shielded and inner fire'd before initiating the fight, then ran back to the North Point Tower the guards killed him for me :)

Just concentrate pet and arrows on Hendel and it's over in a trice. Did this lvl 33 and absolutely no probs...Great rewards too

Hendel can be found at 45, 25

soloed this very easily as a 36 rogue. I simply used evasion just as the fight started and spammed sinister strike. once his health gets down halfway or so, the theramore guards stop attacking and jaina proudmoore shows up and takes him away. My health bar never got less than 3/4.

Coords are 45,24

Solo'd as a 33 fire mage.
1) Frost Nova
2) Pyroblast
3) Fire Blast
4) Blast Wave
5) Blink
6) Scorch

Probably should have done scorch earlier, but oh well ... Had the same lag as the prior poster.

Had to take one healing pot. Ignore the guards.

If you happen to mess up the first time, just abandon the quest. Hendel will disappear. Just wait until he respawns and you will get the yellow ? over him to try again. I don't see any mobs closeby to pull in for the guards to tackle either.

Sorry, meant this to be in the next quest part.

Edited, Jan 22nd 2007 1:18am by ottershammy

i did as every1 else did, pull a mob, the guards atk the mob, i kill Hendel
but they guards atked hendel in the midle of the fight :)
but after i won the guards taked me so i ran a bit off
i ran back the the guards still atk me to this day ~_~
when i can, those nubs are toast ^^

for me even though hendel was subdued his boy kept attacking and killed me, when I went back I couldnt find proudmore, and after a little while more Hendel respawned but cant be talked to anymore

They are both level 35.

I was unaware of his guards as lvl 34 Paladin. When they attacked, I tried to run back to the tower. Only his guards followed me, so I could easily take them out. When I came back, Hendel was unattackable, so I abandoned quest and talked to him. Then he attacked me and was beaten to a bloody pulp.

Good rewards for this...

I did exactly the hunter technique described below and soloed as a level 32 hunter with no problems....plant the frost trap, attack with pet...run to tower and let them pummel the guards. all told got 6000xp with both parts of this quest!

what he and his boy lv plz ?