Another Ambush

Another Ambush
Start	Brena [28.8, 34.7]
End	Brena [28.8, 34.7]
Level	65-68
Category	The Azure Span
Experience	9,800
Reputation	+200 Iskaara Tuskarr
Rewards	26 91 48
Previous	[65-68] Spreading Decay
Next	[65-68] Urgent Action Required

Another Ambush
Level: 65-68
Brena ^{[28.8, 34.7]}
Brena ^{[28.8, 34.7]}
XP: 9,800
Rep: +200 Iskaara Tuskarr

Rewards:

26 91 48

Objectives

Speak to Akiun and examine 4 nearby corpses.

• Speak to Akiun ^{[28.7, 34.8]}
• Bodies examined (4)

Description

A tragedy. And potentially the first of many more.

Find out what Akiun knows, then examine anyone who fell in the attack.

I have my hunches about what happened here. Let's see if the clues support my theory.

Meanwhile, I'll try to reassure my rattled friends.

Rewards

You will receive:

• 26 91 48
• 9,800 XP
• +200 reputation with Iskaara Tuskarr

Progress

We must pinpoint the source of this gnoll aggression, before they can do any more damage.

Completion

This is truly a tragedy... but at least we can follow the clues.

We are getting closer to the source of this rot.

Notes

On accept:

Brena says: Tell my friend what you told me.

Akiun says: If you insist.

Speak with Akiun:

<Akiun gazes upon you with weary eyes.>

For your own safety, please don't stand too close.

I am injured... and unwell.

 Can you tell me what happened?

Akiun says: They came without warning. Foul, fetid gnolls.

Akiun says: The only thing they took... was my friend's lives.

Akiun says: I'll be dead soon, like the others.

Norukk says: You are not dying.

Brena says: He's right. You'll pull through, Akiun. We'll escort you to safety.

North of the road in the river is a dead Tuskarr Fisherman at ^{[29.2, 33.6]}:

<Claw marks crisscross all along this tuskarr's back. She was clearly killed while fleeing. Oddly, the fresh wounds have already begun to fester.>

 <Inspect the corpse further...>

Two Oozing Decay pop out of the corpse!

Just northwest is a dead Tuskarr Hunter at ^{[29.2, 32.6]}:

<Gnolls would normally retrieve their prey, or at least their belongings, but they have left this tuskarr and his things.>

 <Inspect the corpse further...>

Two more oozing decay...

Off to the west is a dead Tuskarr Craftsman at ^{[28.2, 31.9]}:

<There are wicked daggers embedded in this corpse. The blades are clearly of gnoll design, but you saw no such weapons with the Shadepaw gnolls.>

 <Inspect the corpse further...>

As before, out pop the oozing decay.

Finally, and perhaps sensing a pattern, down to the south is not another dead tuskarr, but instead a Festering Gnoll at ^{[28.0, 32.8]}:

<The hide of this foul gnoll is reminiscent of Kargpaw, but even more fetid. Its fur is missing, in patches, and what remains is matted with oozing pus.>

 <Inspect the corpse further...>

Alas, the pattern continues, and two more oozing decay pop out.

Progression

1.  [65-68] Ask the Locals
2.  [65-68] Catch the Caravan
3.  [65-68] Howling in the Big Tree Hills,  [65-68] Snap the Traps, &  [65-68] Those Aren't for Chewing
4.  [65-68] Supplies!,  [65-68] Ill Gnolls with Ill Intent,  [65-68] Leader of the Shadepaw Pack, &  [65-68] Gnoll Way Out
5.  [65-68] Spreading Decay
6.  [65-68] Another Ambush
   • Optional breadcrumb:  [65-68] Falling Water
7.  [65-68] Urgent Action Required

Patch changes

• Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Added.
  

External links

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