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Release Them

A level 52 elite quest for the Alliance, from level 40.

Unchanged in Forever as far as is known: the text, objectives and rewards below are Classic’s.

Quest Objectives

Find the Mysterious Artifact being guarded by the Twilight's Hammer Idolaters in the northwest quadrant of the Searing Gorge and bring it to the Altar of Suntara in the Slag Pit.

Mysterious ArtifactTwilight Artifact

Description

Release them, ‹race›. Even after their bodies give out, the power of the Suntara forces them to complete their tasks.

The altar of Suntara is the key. Go northwest; in the hills above the cave... Twilight's Hammer guard a relic. Retrieve it and place it on the altar of Suntara.

Rewards

Experience: 5,100

+100 reputation with Ironforge

When you come back

The altar is empty.

When you hand it in

You place the mysterious artifact on the altar of Suntara.

The chain

5 quests from level 48 to 55, 27,150 XP in all.

[48]Suntara Stones
Help Dorius get back to Ironforge.
Dorius StonetenderSearing Gorge
4,400 XP
[48]Suntara Stones
Take the Singed Letter to Thorius in Ironforge.
Singed LetterSearing Gorge
4,400 XP
[55]Dwarven Justice
Return to the Searing Gorge and find Dorius's archaeology unit.
Curator ThoriusDun Morogh
5,650 XP
[52]Release Themthis quest
Find the Mysterious Artifact being guarded by the Twilight's Hammer Idolaters in the northwest quadrant of the Searing Gorge and bring it to the Altar of Suntara in the Slag Pit.
Dying ArchaeologistSearing Gorge
5,100 XP
[52]Rise, Obsidion!
Slay Lathoric the Black and Obsidion, and return to Thorius in Ironforge with the Head of Lathoric the Black and the Heart of Obsidion.
Dying ArchaeologistSearing Gorge
7,600 XP

Text, givers, objectives and rewards come from the cMaNGOS Classic database (a reconstruction of the 1.12 world), with what Forever changed on top: the game server’s own answers where we have them, else Wowhead’s Forever database. Places are Classic’s, shown on the Forever maps. Quest text © Blizzard Entertainment.