Under the Surface
 Under the Surface | |
|---|---|
| Start | Lilian Voss [55.3, 42.3] |
| End | Lilian Voss [50.3, 48.0] |
| Level | 70 (Requires 70) |
| Category | Emerald Dream |
| Experience | 7,600 |
| Rewards |
10x  [Flightstones]28  9 |
| Previous |
 [70] Bound to You |
| Next |
[70] Wounds of the Past |
Objectives
Find clues regarding Shandris' whereabouts.
- Clues found
- Ask Keeper Sillas if he saw Shandris
- Search for more clues
- Follow the tracks
- Find more tracks
Description
I knew coming into this that Shandris likes to work alone, but letting us know where she's going would be nice.
Not a great turn in our professional relationship.
Keeper Sillas won't speak to me...
We should take a look around the camp. Maybe she left a note or some clue... maybe in her mission log?
Take a look, and see if you can get anything out of Sillas.
I'll wait here in case she comes back.
Rewards
You will receive:
- 28 9
- 7,600 XP
- 10x [Flightstones]
Completion
I haven't known Shandris for long, but her behavior is out of line.
And out of character.
I wonder...
Notes
Head behind the wagon to find Shandris's Mission Journal. It reads:
<Most of the journal consists of dry mission briefings, but the last few pages seem rushed and hard to read. >
Why am I dwelling on this now? Why here?
I hear battle shouts and screams of fear. I can smell the rivers of blood in the streets of Ara-Hinam, my home.
I feel the loneliness I felt after the Burning Legion took my family. And before Tyrande found me.
Even then, I wanted... I wanted to fight! But Tyrande forbade me.
I did not listen. And my arrows tasted blood for the first time that day. But Tyrande was right. I was not ready. I was overjoyed when I found her side again...
I was "Captain" Feathermoon then.
The fel orcs destroyed my home. I watched Cenarius fall. How could I let it happen? A looming shadow crept into my mind.
<The writing becomes indecipherable.>
More and more demons came. I could not help everyone. We retreated. Some were left behind.
In the end, the combined might of the allied armies did not bring down Archimonde. It was Malfurion. We won, but I felt weak.
The cost was great. I watched Nordrassil, the symbol of my people
<The parchment is unfinished and bears the markings of tear drops.>
There was nothing I could have done to stop the naga from taking Sardor Isle.
I have rebuilt my home... for what? There will be a time when that home will fall, and I will watch it be taken from me all over again.
Some day I will not be able to take it back.
There will never be a safe place for me to call home.
I remember Theramore fading into the distance as I led the Sentinels into Dustwallow Marsh.
A few hours earlier, I, now "General" Feathermoon, was standing with my battle sister, Jaina Proudmoore, at the center of the town.
It is gone now. All of it. The stench of battle haunts the ruins... I can smell it, here, in the Dream, between these dense forests. It feels so real.
Was there something I could have done?
Tyrande was the only mother I knew for 10,000 years.
I thought I was losing a mother again.
I pleaded her to stop the hunt, but I was too late. I watched as she was taken by the Night Warrior.
Whatever hope I had was shattered by
<Several partial or crossed out attempts at writing Sylvanas's name fill this space.>
The Banshee Queen.
I could not save her. I would have lost her if not for Ysera's intervention. I would have lost my mother again.
Again I was not enough. In Tyrande's rage she... she attacked me. Tyrande, why could you not see me?
Elune herself had to intervene. And what could I have done? Nothing.
The Druids of the Flame burn everything.
I have that sinking feeling in my chest, the same feeling when I heard Malfurion's call to defend Ashenvale reached my ears.
"What are you doing in Silithus?" I asked myself. "This will just end in tragedy again!"
Will this be another Darkshore? I can smell the forest burning.
We were not. No. I was ill prepared and I led them all to their deaths. Catapults rained arcane fire on our ships. Infiltrators used the chaos to destroy the fleet.
I had to sound the horns of retreat.
I smell the fire between these trees, it is all around me.
<The handwriting becomes erratic.>
The smell of burning trees. I cannot get it out of my head. These Druids. Teldrassil.
I can't do this anymore.
Then speak with Keeper Sillas:
Shandris was assigned to help us foil Raelas Firewind's plans of turning this area into kindling...
But the other one. She was not part of the plan.
(Quest) Have you seen Shandris?
- Lilian Voss says: Giving us the information we need will only help you, Sillas.
- Keeper Sillas says: I do not answer to the likes of you.
- Lilian Voss says: I don't have time for this. Tell me where Shandris went!
- Keeper Sillas says: Shandris headed south from here. She seemed... full of haste.
- Lilian Voss says: See? That wasn't so hard now, was it?
- Lilian Voss says: I am going to find Shandris, <name>, and you are coming with me.
Head southeast to the Meandering Rootlands and find Hasty Tracks at [56.3, 45.2]:
- Lilian Voss says: These boot prints could be Shandris's.
Inspect them:
- <These tracks, light and swift, are heading west.>
Continue west to the Lushdream Crags and at [56.3, 45.2] find Confusing Tracks. Continue further and find Heavy Tracks at [51.9, 46.6]:
- Lilian Voss says: Fresh tracks. Shandris must be close.
Inspect them:
- <These tracks are heavier and slower than before. Seems like Shandris was struggling with the thick mud.>
- Lilian Voss says: She must be in that cave. I have a hunch the spirit's there too. We need to get to her--now!
- Lilian runs into the cave up ahead.
Follow suit:
- Lilian Voss says: Shandris! What's going on?
- Shandris Feathermoon says: Why did you follow me, Forsaken? Leave my presence!
- Lilian Voss says: This isn't you, Shandris. It's the spirit. It has bonded to you!
- Shandris Feathermoon says: I can see their faces and hear their voices--everything! It is like a waking nightmare!
Progression
- [70] A Call to Aid
- [70] Smother the Flames
- [70] One Last Step
- [70] Bound to You
- [70] Under the Surface
- [70] Wounds of the Past
- [70] A Better Future, Together
PTR version
- Description
- Shandris likes to work alone, but letting us know where she's going would be nice.
- Especially since we've worked together all this time now...
- We should take a look around the camp. Maybe she left a note or some clue in her mission orders.
- I usually wouldn't snoop around in her mission orders since she "outranks" me, but since I'm the only one of any rank here... Go take a look.
- Completion
- Shandris's behavior... I have not seen her like this before.
- I wonder...
- Speaking with Sillas
- Lilian Voss says: Yeah, Keeper, have you seen Shandris?
- Keeper Sillas says: I do not answer to the likes of you.
- Lilian Voss says: I don't have time for this. Tell me where Shandris went!
- Keeper Sillas says: Shandris headed south from here. She seemed... full of haste.
- Lilian Voss says: See? That wasn't so hard now, was it?
- Lilian Voss says: I am going to find Shandris, <name>, and you are coming with me.
- First tracks
- Lilian Voss says: These tracks look like Shandris' boot prints.
- Third tracks
- Lilian Voss says: She must be in that cave. I have a hunch what's wrong. We need to get to her--fast!
- In cave
- Lilian Voss says: Shandris! Are you okay?
- Shandris Feathermoon says: Why did you follow me, Lilian. Leave me alone!
- Lilian Voss says: It's okay, Shandris. I know what's happening.
- Shandris Feathermoon says: I can see their faces and hear their voices--everything! It is like a waking nightmare!
- Shandris's gossip
- Why is she here?
- Why are you following me?
- Do you not understand? I want to be left alone.
Patch changes
Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07): Added.