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Guardians of the Altar

Protect Ranshalla while she attempts to reactivate the Altar of Elune. Report your findings to Erelas Ambersky in Rut'theran Village.
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 Discover the secret of the Altar of Elune

Description

At the very top of the ridge lies what I believe to be an altar of the goddess Elune. From what I can tell, we need to light the five torches in each cave, and then we will be able to access the altar directly.

I transcribed some incantations carved into the stone in the ancient ruins of Kel'Theril, which I believe are the secret to unlocking the altar. I'll need your help to light each torch, while I recite the spell.

If we are successful, you'll be able to report our findings to Erelas!

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
  • 4800 experience ( 28 80 at max. level)
  • 150 Reputation with Darnassus

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Rating: +29 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 12/14/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
The other night I (57 mage) did this with a 54 druid friend, but what surprised me was how far back we had to stay from Ranshalla. The first try we followed at maybe 5-10 yards, but every time Ranshalla drew aggro, the wildkin went right through her and aggro'd the druid. It didn't go well, the druid died, and I escaped to the road with only 5% health remaining. While I was healing up, I got the message that the quest had failed, so this one is not like the standard escort quests. Most likely what happened is that Ranshalla went to the next torch and casted her strange spell, but neither of us were there to click on the torch so it did not light. So very likely that's what failed the quest and not too much distance which normally causes escort quests to fail. The next time we tried it we both kept back from Ranshalla at the limit of my casting range and that worked very well - Ranshalla became the tank and we just nuked any wildkin that wanted to fight. Another note - only one party member needs to light the torch for everyone to keep advancing the quest, so if you bring a group, select one to go with Ranshalla, everyone else can just kill the wildkin to keep the area clear. The ending animation for this quest is very cool and something that I wish WoW had more of. FFXI was full of great cutscenes like this and something that I've missed since departing from that game. Maybe BC will bring more of these kinds of animations, but who knows ...
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By Anonymous on 02/23/2006 (Patch 1.9.4)
On the surface this can appear quite daunting but theres an easy way round it for the right classes...

To start with she can be found by simply riding the road to south and looking to the left side of the road when you reach the "owl wing thicket".

Now she just walks to each cave in turn ignoring the beasts, but, if you let her get attacked first (shock horror!) then she will fight back and you can then take the aggro off her and she'll help you fight the target.&nbsp Also you can heal and buff her so dont forget to use this.

Make sure you get her to help as much as you can, it slows her up and makes things easier on you.

Also note her threat area is quite small so stay back and let her lead to ensure you dont pull first.

If you do by accident, dont panic, she's quite tough and can take a good few hits herself before you need to step in.

Soloed at 56 druid without one potion.

good luck.
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By Medopine on 12/17/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
This escort quest ends in a pretty cool lore event concerning the history of the wildkin, check it out.

Leads to the quest "Wildkin of Elune." (https://classicdb.ch/?quest=4902) Erelas wants you to go talk to the whiney Archdruid in Darnassus to share what you've found out.
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By Chiisai on 04/27/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)
Ranshalla says: The altar is glowing! We have done it!
Ranshalla says: What is happening? Look!
Priestess of Elune says: It has been many years...
Priestess of Elune says: Who has disturbed the altar of the goddess?
Ranshalla says: Please, priestesses, forgive us for our intrusion. We do not wish any harm here.
Ranshalla says: We only wish to know why the wildkin guard this area...
Priestess of Elune says: Enu thora'serador. This is a sacred place.
Priestess of Elune says: We will show you...
Priestess of Elune says: Look above you; thara dormil dorah...
Priestess of Elune says: This gem once allowed direct communication with Elune, herself.
Priestess of Elune says: Through the gem, Elune channeled her infinite wisdom...
Priestess of Elune says: Realizing that the gem needed to be protected, we turned to the goddess herself.
Priestess of Elune says: Soon after, we began to have visions of a creature... A creature with the feathers of an owl, but the will and might of a bear...
Priestess of Elune says: It was on that day that the wildkin were given to us. Fierce guardians, the goddess assigned the wildkin to protect all of her sacred places.
Voice of Elune says: Anu'dorini Talah, Ru shallora enudoril.
Priestess of Elune says: But now, many years later, the wildkin have grown more feral, and without the guidance of the goddess, they are confused...
Priestess of Elune says: Without a purpose, they wander... But many find their way back to the sacred areas that they once were sworn to protect.
Priestess of Elune says: Wildkin are inherently magical; this power was bestowed upon them by the goddess.
Priestess of Elune says: Know that wherever you might find them in the world, they are protecting something of importance, as they were entrusted to do so long ago.
Priestess of Elune says: Please, remember what we have shown you...
Priestess of Elune says: Farewell.
Ranshalla says: Thank you for you help, <name>. I wish you well in your adventures.
Ranshalla says: I want to stay here and reflect on what we have seen. Please see Erelas and tell him what we have learned.
Rating: +20 [-] [+]
By Gattam on 12/17/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
One tip on completing this quest, let Ranshalla aggro the owlbeasts. She can take a hit or two, and if she isn't the one to aggro them, sometimes she just keeps walking while you're in battle, and can get into trouble by aggroing more of them.
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By sturn on 01/29/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)
You never have to fight more than one wildkin (level 56-58) at a time, so it's a pretty easy escort quest. It takes about 17 minutes for the whole script, for what it's worth.
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By Anonymous on 11/06/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)
Finally, after all of this time using thott I can actually post something constructive for future generations.

It's a rather simple escort quest: you go to five caves and light five torches (you must right click the torch to light it) and then to an alter where you get a nice light show followed by the reward detailed above.

Nice and easy.

/Lore of Garona
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Rating: +18 [-] [+]
By sheboshan on 09/21/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
Even though it doesn't say this, this is part of a chain quest.

You need to do these three quests first before you can do this escort quest.
1) "Favored of Elune?" http://classicdb.ch/?quest=3661
2) "Moontouched Wildkin" http://classicdb.ch/?quest=978
3) "Find Ranshalla" http://classicdb.ch/?quest=979
Rating: +17 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 11/06/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)
I reccomend doing this with the Enraged Wildkin quest line (specifically part 3: https://classicdb.ch/quest=4864).&nbsp You have to kill the same wilkdin in both.&nbsp

Good luck!
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By Anonymous on 12/29/2005 (Patch 1.8.4)
Ranshalla says: The altar is glowing! We have done it!
Ranshalla says: What is happening? Look!
Priestess of Elune says: It has been many years...
Priestess of Elune says: Who has disturbed the altar of the goddess?
Ranshalla says: Please, priestesses, forgive us for our intrusion. We do not wish any harm here.
Ranshalla says: We only wish to know why the wildkin guard this area...
Priestess of Elune says: Enu thora'serador. This is a sacred place.
Priestess of Elune says: We will show you...
Priestess of Elune says: Look above you thara dormil dorah...
Priestess of Elune says: This gem once allowed direct communication with Elune, herself.
Priestess of Elune says: Through the gem, Elune channeled her infinite wisdom...
Priestess of Elune says: Realizing that the gem needed to be protected, we turned to the goddess herself.
Priestess of Elune says: Soon after, we began to have visions of a creature... A creature with the feathers of an owl, but the will and might of a bear...
Priestess of Elune says: It was on that day that the wildkin were given to us. Fierce guardians, the goddess assigned the wildkin to protect all of her sacred places.
Voice of Elune says: Anu'dorini Talah, Ru shallora enudoril.
Priestess of Elune says: But now, many years later, the wildkin have grown more feral, and without the guidance of the goddess, they are confused...
Priestess of Elune says: Without a purpose, they wander... But many find their way back to the sacred areas that they once were sworn to protect.
Priestess of Elune says: Wildkin are inherently magical this power was bestowed upon them by the goddess.
Priestess of Elune says: Know that wherever you might find them in the world, they are protecting something of importance, as they were entrusted to do so long ago.
Priestess of Elune says: Please, remember what we have shown you...
Priestess of Elune says: Farewell.
Ranshalla says: Thank you for you help, <name>. I wish you well in your adventures.
Ranshalla says: I want to stay here and reflect on what we have seen. Please see Erelas and tell him what we have learned.
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By paidaros on 07/05/2007 (Patch 2.1.2)
Try to do and this quest http://classicdb.ch/?quest=4864 at the same time.
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By tweek on 08/19/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
At around 56-57, you start running out of quests to do before hitting Outland content; most of them require you to run back and forth across the world a lot.

This one is probably one of the easier quests around that level range; you start at the house near the dock in the village by the Darnassus portal, you go to Winterspring and pick up ten easy-to-get feathers anywhere in the zone, you go back to the village, then back to Winterspring for an escort quest where there are no random spawns and you fight one mob at a time, then go back to the village again, and into Darnassus to finish.

While doing this escort, like an above poster mentioned, do the Enraged Wildkin quest chain that starts in Starfall Village. To the west of this escort quest, there's a camp with two objects to pick up, and you don't have to kill more than two or three oomkins to get them, then you just kill the oomkins that you were going to kill anyway while doing this escort for the amulet.

Total exp:

5650 for the feathers
3000 for finding the escort
4800 for finishing the escort
6000 for finishing the chain

on top of

13k from Enraged Wildkin roughly

fair bit of exp from the oomkins themselves

a somewhat cool cutscene
Rating: +10 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 12/12/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
This quest give you 150 rep with Darnassus.&nbsp I am lvl 60 and don't feel like doing the math to convert to XP but it gives you 2 Gold 88 Silver.

Turning this in also opens up the quest Wildkin of Elune
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By Anonymous on 08/28/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
Horde are such dip#$%^s.. god I wish I could smash their face, in real life.
I seriously hate horde asswipes who keep killing NPC and ruining quests just because
they can.. a big FU to all of you idiots.
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Rating: +9 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 02/23/2006 (Patch 1.9.4)
you return the quest to rut'theran village back to erelas ambersky
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By Anonymous on 02/23/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
I have just completed this quest, as a level 54 Warlock. It is relatively simple the NPC that you "escort" can take care of herself.
However, make sure that you let her lead the way. If you aggro, she will not come to your aid if the monster aggros on her, however, she will fight it.
The enemy monster will always have an advantage on her make sure that you either heal her or get a hit or two in for yourself.
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By Anonymous on 04/22/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
I got to the altar with her (all torches lit) and then couldn't figure out how to light the altar.&nbsp It says to come up with a way...
Time ran out before I could figure it out....nothing to push or touch?&nbsp do i go back for a torch?
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By Anonymous on 03/29/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
Just solo'ed this as a 54 NE Hunter. As has been said before, let here lead the way and let her take the aggro. She is a level 58. Every Owlkin in her path, maybe due to the fact that I am only a 54,&nbsp aggroed on her. They were easy to take down, but in the 2nd and 5th cave the Owlkin was a level 60. Be careful and patient and you should be able to complete the quest.
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By Sakarazu on 02/18/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
This may take your health down some so when whe is channeling at the torches she will continue to until u right-click it. This is a good time to eat/drink.
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 06/13/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
I talked to Ranshalla and she said "I'm getting ready to travel up the ridge... etc.&nbsp Would you like to come with me?" The only options I can choose from is 'Goodbye' and no accept, i have the quest and all.&nbsp I just can't do it.
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By Anonymous on 07/19/2006 (Patch 1.11.2)
This quest is easy to solo :)
Let Ranshalla lead all the time, so she'll pull aggro.
Help her in the fights and you'll be alright.
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By Anonymous on 08/25/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
A very nice quest, easy to do solo and nice effect
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By Anonymous on 12/12/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
did this quest as lv55 rogue, just feinted all wildkins to Ranshala tank them.
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By Anonymous on 12/12/2005 (Patch 1.8.4)
Let them attack to the elf first. Sometimes girl doesnt help and keeps moving even if they attack you.
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By Anonymous on 05/07/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
Very easy solo, just have her attack first and you'll not fight more than one wildkin at a time.&nbsp And you finally get to see why the wildkin are here!
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By Kathucka on 01/25/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
There is a Horde quest line (http://classicdb.ch/?quest=4883 and http://classicdb.ch/?quest=4721) that requires killing a lot of moonkin, but there's only a hint that the moonkin are guarding something important and that we'll learn more about it later (we never do).

So, for the Hordies, does anyone want to post a spoiler on what happens in this escort quest?
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By mrdummy on 05/09/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)
I timed around 14 minutes. That is with l60 shaman.
Long but easy quest. With nice show at the end.
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By Anonymous on 01/27/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)
Exp Reward: 4800 exp
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By Returner99 on 04/04/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)
If you aggro the wildkins(like any other mob on an escort quest) while standing close to her, she will get in combat as well and run over to beat on it. There's no need to wait for her to attack it, so ranged can just start nuking while making sure to stand next to her.
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By Anonymous on 04/01/2006 (Patch 1.10.0)
I just tried to do this.&nbsp Everything was working fine and I made it to the last torch.&nbsp Then she just vanished right after we killed an owlbeast.&nbsp She had full health.&nbsp I have no idea why she vanished?&nbsp I was standing about 3 feet away from her!
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By Anonymous on 07/19/2006 (Patch 1.11.2)
first off its a lil bugged, an owl would just follow her but not attack her and she wouldnt attack it until it used moonfire, so i ended up battled 2-3 at a time. Still woulda been an easy quest if horde rogues wern't such pricks ganked me in the middle of a fight after i let 3 torches, prob watched me light a few and just wanted to wait a bit
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By Anonymous on 09/04/2005 (Patch 1.6.1)
ok have read all these post but still does not work for me. I have tried 7 times with no luck. GM sas its working but ill be dammed if i can do it. One thing i have noticed is that in at least one cave she does not tell you to lite it, just starts chanting, Its a differnt cave each time and im wondering if that may be the bug?
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By Anonymous on 06/01/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
Soloed this easy as a 54 pally. just let her walk a good distance ahead of me, so she gets the aggro and thus helps to fight the mobs. 6000 exp at lvl 54 =))
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By Anonymous on 04/13/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
Soloed at lvl 57 (hunter)... Piece of cake. Animation at the end is worth it.
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By Anonymous on 06/19/2005 (Patch 1.5.1)
For this quest, I hate the horde for this. Its so sad. They keep killing the quest giver.

Bunch of idiots.
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By Anonymous on 01/10/2007 (Patch 2.0.3)
I soloed this with my 55 Paladin and found as others that you have to give her a large lead so that she aggros otherwise she just leaves you behind to fight alone. She did wait long enough for me to kill one in a cave alone and then light the torch. It took a while but the quest didn't fail. Easily took two on at a time without her getting killed. Heal fast. She doesn't wait.
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By Anonymous on 04/21/2005 (Patch 1.4.0)
Its the same for me.. the torches is loosing the fire when u go out of each cave, and when i come to the altar click on it as she enchants, it wont happen a thing, anyone know if its buged?
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By Anonymous on 03/29/2006 (Patch 1.10.0)
As of Patch 1.10, this quest grants 2g 88s and 75 Darnassus reputation for Level 60. XP unknown, as it is no longer reported at Level 60.
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By Anonymous on 05/12/2005 (Patch 1.4.2)
I have attempted this quest 5 times and 4 of those times failed. First time was with a party, and although I wasn't on the quest, they completed it ok. Second time with a different party, did the same routine but the altar wouldn't light. Third and Fourth time with a different party again, altar wouldn't light. Fifth time solo, same bug!

Sent a ticket to GM and got a response like this: The quest is working as intended, is there anything else I can help you with? And then got the short sharp shift from some cold robotic moron. Wtf is going on?

Edited, Thu May 12 08:09:58 2005
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By Anonymous on 09/04/2005 (Patch 1.6.1)
They made her PvP apparently...not to mention she spawns pretty fast.
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