Taoshi

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NeutralTaoshi
Image of Taoshi
Title Shadow
Gender Female
Race Pandaren (Humanoid)
Class Subtlety rogue
Resource Energy
Affiliation(s) Uncrowned, Shado-Pan, Shado-Pan Assault
Occupation High-ranking member of the Shado-Pan, Shadow and Champion of the Uncrowned
Location Various
Status Alive

Taoshi is a high-ranking member of the Shado-Pan and the Uncrowned. She is described by their leader Taran Zhu as "his best"[1] and is often seen in the position of Taran's right-hand woman.

History

Mists of Pandaria

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Taoshi in Longying Outpost.

By the time of the rediscovery of Pandaria, Taoshi was stationed in Townlong Steppes and was first seen at Longying Outpost with her fellow Shado-Pan.[2] Her leader Taran Zhu sent her to Gao-Ran Battlefront to make sure there were no mantid on their flank,[3] to investigate the rumors that they had somehow made it through the blockade, and to plug any holes in their defenses.[1] There, she received help from adventurers and handled them several tasks, including using the her flare to aid in killing Mantid Scentlayers.[4] She was directing Shado-Pan scouts[5] and fighting the mantid attempting to invade the Steppes.[6] She also told Mao the Lookout that the adventurer should be able to reset Shado-Pan spike traps.[7] After they made their reports to Taran Zhu[8] and cut down the swarn of mantid,[9] she, along with the adventurer, destroyed Norvakess, the Terror of the Dread Wastes.[10] Following this, she accompanied Taran in his mission to defeat the Sha of Hatred,[11] leaving only briefly to take care of a Shado-Pan camp taken over by sha-infected scorpions.[12] As she was finishing up, she sent the adventurer to join the action at Dusklight Bridge.[13]

Once Dusklight Hollow was cleared, Taoshi regrouped with her colleagues[14] and rode with them to Rensai's Watchpost. Once there, Lord Taran sent her to track down the Sha of Hatred.[15] Once successful, she set up a spyglass on the ridge edge to show Taran what her scouting uncovered. She explained that the was inside Sik'vess Lair and identified three mantid leaders that guarded the keys to the lair.[16] As such, she then set up an ambush for Korvexxis and was tasked with retrieving his crystal so that the Shado-Pan could use it to open the door to the Lair.[17] She then found the sha's hiding place, where she, Hawkmaster Nurong, and Lao-Chin the Iron Belly broke into. Together with Taran Zhu and the adventurer, they ultimately defeated the Sha of Hatred.[18] With its death, Taoshi directed the adventuring hero to Bowmistress Li to aid the Shado-Pan in the Dread Wastes.[19]

After the sha's defeat, she and several other high-ranking Shado-Pan stayed at Shado-Pan Garrison. Taoshi was among the Shado-Pan who fought against the Shan'ze mogu outside Niuzao Temple and triumphed.[20]

Isle of Thunder

Taoshi facing Hu'seng the Gatekeeper.

When the threat of Lei-Shen, the Thunder King, reappeared, Taoshi went with Shado-Pan forces to the Isle of Thunder to stop him. Though the Shado-Pan remained neutral, as the Horde and Alliance were at odds, Taoshi noted all three factions shared a mutual goal to take down the Thunder King. As such, she worked with both factions to recover Lightning Vein Mine from the mogu.[21]

Soon after, Taoshi formed a plan to take the palace shipyard, which Taran Zhu declared too dangerous. She asked for support from both factions, which convinced Taran Zhu to give his approval. The plan -- involving Taoshi sneaking onboard a ship and defeating its crew, then unlocking the door to the shipyard from within -- went off without a hitch, giving the Shado-Pan, Alliance, and Horde another step forward in taking the island.[22][23]

Taoshi later followed Taran Zhu and Yalia Sagewhisper to the front of the Thunder King's palace to halt the resurrection of Nalak by Shan Bu, one of the Thunder King's most loyal servants. During the fight, Taran Zhu was gravely injured, and Taoshi instructed Yalia to take Taran Zhu to safety.[24]

Timeless Isle

Taoshi could be found on the Timeless Isle overlooking the Celestial Court with Hawkmaster Nurong.

Warlords of Draenor

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During the war in Draenor, Taoshi traveled to Frostwall/Lunarfall's tavern in alternate Draenor, in order to obtain a sample of the winds from Skyreach.[25]

Legion

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Mathias Shaw and Taoshi attacking Detheroc.

Now one of the Uncrowned, Taoshi could be found within the sewers of Dalaran in the secret Hall of Shadows.

When a monk adventurer went after Sheilun, Staff of the Mists at the Terrace of Endless Spring, Taoshi was among the Shado-Pan who aided them in the battle against the Burning Legion.[26]

When the Uncrowned learned that Mathias Shaw had been replaced by Detheroc,[27] Taoshi decided to find and save the real Shaw in order to expose the dreadlord.[28] She and a fellow Shadow of the Uncrowned infiltrated Felsoul Hold, with bombs provided by Marin Noggenfogger serving as cover. They found and located Mathias Shaw, returning him to the Hall of Shadows.[29][30] After being saved, Shaw revealed to the Uncrowned that Detheroc had told lies to Anduin Wrynn about the Horde and had manipulated the new king into preparing Stormwind's armies to attack the Horde, thus beginning another conflict between the factions when the world could least afford it. To cover his tracks, Detheroc had put up wanted posters of the members of the Uncrowned all over Stormwind, claiming they had conspired with the Burning Legion, and thus turned Stormwind's citizens and guards against them. An adventurer, Taoshi, and Shaw were brought to Stormwind under the cover of night by Fleet Admiral Tethys and sneaked their way to SI:7 headquarters, where they exposed Detheroc and defeated him.[31][32]

During that time, Taoshi and the Shadow were wanted dead for conspiracy with the Legion.[33]

Battle for Azeroth

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Taoshi with Chen and Li Li Stormstout.

Following the Fourth War, Taoshi appeared in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms when it is assaulted by the Black Empire, fighting with Taran Zhu. Her focus was against the Deephive mantid, where she ordered their deaths.[34] She also instructed adventurers to destroy corrupted incubators, that contained mantid eggs that if allowed to spawn would hatch a new swarm empowered by N'Zoth.[35]

From Mistfall Village, she directed adventurers against the mantid swarms and the invading mogu clans. She seemed to be aided in this by Chen and Li Li Stormstout.

After receiving an  [Ooze-covered Amber] from adventurers, she felt that it seeped with power and corruption. Knowing that they could be faced with a threat if the rest of the mantid swarm's amber was similarly corrupted, Taoshi set off to investigate Kor'vess.[36] During the investigation, she sought to slow their amber harvesting efforts by killing a handful of them.[37] With their numbers weakened, Taoshi called on her allies to deal with the source of the corruption and acquire any corrupted amber.[38] Knowing that the kypari trees were sacred to the mantid, the fact they had allowed faceless one to corrupt them made her realize that their devotion to the Old Gods was greater.[39]

She and the adventurers were subsequently confronted by Watcher Vl'thax, causing Taoshi to remark that the mantid had earned N'Zoth's favor.[40] With the threat dealt with, they snuck into Klaxxi'vess in order to destroy the Corrupted Amber stored within.[41] Deciding that they needed to know what they were up against, they scouted out the swarm from the sky, however, they were confronted by Grand Empress Shek'zara, who ordered her swarm to show them the price for defying N'Zoth.[42] After driving the swarm off, the pair safely landed on the Serpent's Spine where Taoshi remarked that the swarm was enough of a menace on its own and that N'Zoth could transform them into something even more dire. Thus, she vowed to inform the Shado-Pan of the threat, while suggesting adventurers report to Stormspeaker Qian of the Rajani.[43]

The War Within

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After the destruction of Dalaran by Xal'atath, Taoshi could be found with the Uncrowned leaders in the Kindling Parlor in Dornogal.

She was later seen outside the Caverns of Time in Tanaris during the Bronze Celebration.

Locations

Location Level range Reaction Notes
Various in Townlong Steppes 25-35 Alliance Horde As a quest giver during the Townlong Steppes storyline.
Various on the Isle of Thunder 32-35 Alliance Horde As part of the Isle of Thunder storyline.
Trove of the Thunder King 32-35 Alliance Horde
Celestial Court, Timeless Isle[40.6, 47.2] 30-35 Alliance Horde
Lunarfall; Frostwall 10-40 Alliance Horde As a visitor of the Garrison inn.
Terrace of Endless Spring 10-45 Alliance Horde During N Monk [10-45] The Emperor's Gift.
Hall of Shadows 10-45 Elite Alliance Horde
Suramar; Stormwind City 45 Elite Alliance Horde As part of the Rogue Campaign.
Vale of Eternal Blossoms 50 Alliance Horde As a quest giver during N'Zoth Assaults.
Various in the Dread Wastes 50 Alliance Horde As a quest giver during The Mantid Threat questline.
Kindling Parlor, Dornogal[60.80, 5.87] 70-73 Elite Alliance Horde
Caverns of Time, Tanaris 80 Alliance Horde During WoW's 20th Anniversary.

Abilities

Mists of Pandaria
  • Ability rogue bloodyeye.png Assassin's Gaze — The gaze of an assassin is on the target. Taking 15% additional damage.
  • Inv throwingknife 06.png Deadly Throw — Throws a dagger at an enemy target, dealing 147% weapon damage. It also interrupts spellcasting and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 3 sec.
  • Ability rogue shadowstep.png Shadowstep — Attempts to step through the shadows and reappear behind your enemy.
  • Ability stealth.png Stealth — Puts the caster in stealth mode. Lasts until cancelled.
  • Ability backstab.png Backstab — Inflicts 150% damage to an enemy, but only if attacking from behind.
  • Ability heroicleap.png Daring Defuse — Jump to nearest mine, defusing it and all within 15 yards.
  • Spell shadow lifedrain.png Hemorrhage — Deals weapon damage and increases the Physical damage taken by an enemy by 20% for 10 sec.
  • Ability rogue masterofsubtlety.png Infiltrating Stormsea Landing — Taoshi uses Wu Kao shadow arts to stealth herself and her ally, enabling the use of Knock Out on targets afflicted by Mark of Taoshi. May be detected by enemies within 5 yds or revealed by sentry totems.
  • Ability rogue imrovedrecuperate.png Recuperate — Heals the target for 5% every 3 sec for 18 sec.
Battle for Azeroth
  • Ability hunter potentvenom.png Venomous Strike — The caster strikes their target with a blade coated in a special venom that will inflict Nature damage to the vicitm[sic] over 6 sec.
  • Ability sap.png Sap — Incapacitate.

As a follower

Taoshi is a Subtlety Rogue Class Hall champion with the following abilities:

  • Ability rogue preparation.png Preparation (Ability) — Increased success chance on missions longer than 8 hours by 15%.
  • Ability stealth.png Subtlety (Specialization) — A dark stalker who leaps from the shadows to ambush and counter some Bosses. Counters: Boss Boss
  • Ability rogue sprint.png Sprint (Ability) — Increases your movement speed to counter a Hazard. Counters: Hazard Hazard

Quests

Quotes

On-click

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Greeting
  • You are welcome among the Shado-pan.
  • Good to see you.
  • Ready for some action?
  • You have my attention.
  • Are you here to fight?
Pissed
  • I would recommend against such actions!
  • You overestimate my patience!
  • Keep it up, they'll never find your body!
Farewell
  • Stay light on your feet.
  • Be wary beyond the wall.
  • Keep your eyes keen, adventurer.
  • The Shado-pan will be here, if you need us.
  • May fortune follow you.

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Taoshi in Hall of Shadows.
Greeting
  • Lets get down to business.
  • All that matters is the mission.
  • You have my attention.
  • What's the situation?
Pissed
  • Not all words are wise. Consider this.
  • You overestimate my patience!
  • Want to have a few new scars? Maybe... here?
  • Keep it up, they'll never find your body!
Farewell
  • Stay light on your feet.
  • Keep your eyes keen.
  • Be wary.
  • Silent and deadly.

Dialogue

Shado-Pan dailies

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Chosen
  • Lets get down to business!
  • Where to?
  • I'm with you.
Aggro
  • There's no escape for you insects! You face the Shado-Pan this day.
  • You should have stayed in the Dread Wastes!
  • Your queen sends you to your deaths!
  • Silent and deadly.
Killed mob
  • We'll have this whole island cleared out soon.
  • You and I work well together.
  • Haha! Nice one.
  • Impressive.

Gossip

Shallowstep Pass

The gap in the defenses is in this path. Mantid are sneaking past the scouts and getting around the barricade.

We need to cut them off before we find ourselves surrounded.

Shado-Pan Garrison
  • Shall we get a move on?
  • None will stand against the Shado-Pan.
  • I will be the blade at the throat of our enemies.
Bleak Hollow, Isle of Thunder

It is discouraging that Lei Shen has found so many allies to flock to his throne so soon after his return. We should have done a better job to eliminate them during his absence.

 [Key to the Palace of Lei Shen] in inventory for Troves of the Thunder King

We are ready to launch the raid at a moment's notice. All we need is the key. Have you found one?

Gossip I have the key, let's start the raid. [Queue for solo instance.]

Timeless Isle
  • This island holds many secrets that have yet to be uncovered.
  • There is always value in spending time with old friends.
  • It is truly admirable to do combat with a celestial.
Garrison

Good fortune, commander.

Hall of Shadows

A very good day to you, <name>. I trust that the affairs of the Uncrowned are in order?

Vale of Eternal Blossoms, N'Zoth Assaults

We must protect the Vale.

Dread Wastes, Black Empire Campaign

The Shado-Pan remain vigilant.

WoW's Anniversary

Gossip

The Shado-Pan stands ready.

Gossip Are you finally getting a chance to relax?

As much as we ever can. The mantid have quieted again, the Sha have been nearly silent, but vigilance is how we stay safe.

Gossip Even the Shado-Pan deserve a break sometimes.

Deserve? Of course we do. But I can't risk the safety of the world worrying about what I deserve.

Notes and trivia

  • Her generic name is Shado-Pan Master.
  • Her mounts are a tiger and a kite.
  • Taoshi is voiced by Grey DeLisle.
  • She has an invisible Follower recruiting spell with the following description: Achievement character pandaren female.png Champion: Taoshi — "No rogue ever stealthed so well as Taoshi. If she does not want to be seen, she is not. This makes her especially deadly as it is nigh impossible to prevent her from executing a sneak attack from behind." The spell is associated with a buff that says "Taoshi has mastered the ways of the Subtlety rogue. She is a superb strategist and excellent diplomat."

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Buried Beneath

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See also

References

 
  1. ^ a b N [25-35] Behind the Battlefront
  2. ^ N [25-35] My Husband...
  3. ^ N [25-35] Gao-Ran Battlefront
  4. ^ N [25-35] Breach in the Defenses
  5. ^ N [25-35] The Restless Watch
  6. ^ N [25-35] Unwelcome Intruders
  7. ^ N [25-35] Trap Setting
  8. ^ N [25-35] Returning from the Pass
  9. ^ N [25-35] Cutting the Swarm
  10. ^ N [25-35] Terror of the Dread Wastes
  11. ^ N [25-35] Along the Southern Front
  12. ^ N [25-35] Enraged By Hatred
  13. ^ N [25-35] Joining the Fight
  14. ^ N [25-35] The Taking of Dusklight Bridge
  15. ^ N [25-35] Joining the Hunt
  16. ^ N [25-35] Buried Beneath
  17. ^ N [25-35] Taoshi and Korvexxis
  18. ^ N [25-35] The Sha of Hatred
  19. ^ N [30-35] The Threat in the South
  20. ^ N [25-35] Surprise Attack!
  21. ^ B [32-35] To the Skies!
  22. ^ A [32-35] A Bold Idea
  23. ^ H [32-35] Decisive Action
  24. ^ B [32-35] The Fall of Shan Bu
  25. ^ N [30-40D] Sky Dancers
  26. ^ N Monk [10-45] The Emperor's Gift
  27. ^ N Rogue [45] Deciphering the Letter
  28. ^ N Rogue [45] Where In the World is Mathias?
  29. ^ N Rogue [45] A Burning Distraction
  30. ^ N Rogue [45] The Captive Spymaster
  31. ^ N Rogue [45] A Simple Plan
  32. ^ N Rogue [45] The Imposter
  33. ^ Wanted: Dead!
  34. ^ N [50] Deephive Decimation
  35. ^ N [50] A Growing Darkness
  36. ^ N [50] Once More Into Kor'vess
  37. ^ N [50] Crippling the Hive
  38. ^ N [50] Amber Secrets
  39. ^ N [50] Rotten at the Roots
  40. ^ N [50] Old Faces, New Problems
  41. ^ N [50] A Unified Swarm
  42. ^ N [50] Heart of the Swarm
  43. ^ N [50] The Mantid Threat

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