The Spear in the Shadow

Objectives
Hunt down Highmountain's Bane.
 * Take the Eagle Spirit flight to the harbor
 * Slay the Highmountain's Bane and reclaim Talonclaw
 * Return to Dalaran

Description
Many years ago, a corrupted nightsaber hunted my people. Our chieftain, Dorro Highmountain, took Talonclaw and pursued the beast, but never returned.

I have heard tales of a fearsome nightsaber that now stalks the mists of Stormheim. My brother and I believe this to be our ancient foe.

The weapon must be there too! If we kill the beast and reclaim the spear, it will be of great use against the Legion.

Rewards

 * 22,600 XP

Completion
So the Bane of the Highmountain is dead and Talonclaw is recovered! Well done, !

I mourn the loss of Apata and Wuho. They will be greatly missed in the conflict to come.

Stage 1: Landing

 * Wuho should have located a good spot to start. Wait for his signal, then regroup at the landing site.


 * Speak with Apata at the landing site.

Speak with Apata, who is standing next to Wuho and Deesa.
 * That was easier than expected. Most of the kvaldir must be off raiding.
 * say
 * say
 * say
 * say

Stage 2: The Haunted Harbor

 * Kvaldir wards bar the way further into the swamp. Investigate Tideskorn Harbor to find a way through.


 * Investigate Tideskorn Harbor

Apata has the following optional gossip text:
 * I will speak to my brother a bit longer and then we will head to the barrier. Good luck!

Head east until you see a yellow pillar of light with a downward-pointing arrow. Simply stepping into it will trigger the next stage.

Stage 3: Distracting Them Wisely

 * The Mist Warders manage the wards. Use a Freezing Trap or slay them to steal the wardstones.


 * Defeat the Mist Warder using your Freezing Trap.


 * say
 * say

Stage 4: Easy Pickings

 * Steal the Wardstone now that the Warder is taken care of.


 * Obtain the Activated Wardstone


 * say

Stage 5: Just a Few More

 * More wardstones will be needed to breach the wall. Collect more wardstones from the kvaldir in the harbor.


 * Obtain more Activated Wardstones (3)

Make your way through Veteran Enforcers, Veteran Harpooners, and Elder Runecarver and click on Runic Wardstones.


 * say
 * say

Stage 6: The Wall of Fog

 * Apata and Wuho are out near the wards, find them and find a way to breach the wards.


 * Speak with Apata.

Head back west to find Apata and Wuho again, who have entered an argument.
 * say
 * say
 * say

Talk with Apata again.
 * We were just about to come find you. The wards block off the whole northern shallows.
 * Ah, you found something in that nightmarish village?
 * say
 * Apata attaches the runes to three harpoons and ties the ends to ropes.
 * say
 * Apata attaches the runes to three harpoons and ties the ends to ropes.

Stage 7: Into the Mists

 * Harpoons and runes in hand, the fog barrier can be breached. Use a harpoon to cross the wards.


 * Use the harpoon to cross the fog.


 * say
 * The three hunters hurl the harpoons into a tree trunk on the other side and use the ropes to leap through the barrier.

Stage 8: The Shallows of Death

 * Apata wants to get the lay of the land carefully, follow her around the swamp.


 * Follow Apata.


 * say
 * say
 * say
 * A short cutscene then begins, showing Dakarr, Highmountain's Bane, appearing from the fog and standing atop a large rock, with several s emerging from the mists on the ground.
 * yell
 * The cutscene ends.

Stage 9: Deadly Shadows

 * Dakarr is sending illusionary stalkers at you, defend yourself!


 * Use Flare to reveal and defeat the illusions.''
 * say
 * say

Stage 10: The Hunter or the Hunted

 * Dakarr hides in the deep mists, go into them and lay traps to catch him.


 * Place a trap in the mists to catch Dakarr.


 * say
 * say

Enter the mist, find a Mist Trap on the ground and interact with it. The longer you take to set the trap, the more attacks you will suffer from Dakarr (who always abruptly vanishes again after attacking) as well as his Illusory Stalkers.
 * say
 * say

Once the trap has been set, Dakarr emerges from the mists.
 * bossemote
 * say

Dakarr will periodically enter stealth. Heed Apata's advice and use Flare to reveal him.
 * say
 * say

Eventually, Dakarr kills Wuho before disappearing again.
 * yell
 * Apata kneels next to her brother's corpse.
 * say

Stage 11: For the Fallen

 * The beast has fled to another lair of mist, trap it again and avenge Wuho.


 * Trap Dakarr in the mist lair.
 * say

Follow Apata northeast. You suffer from Corrupted Wounds, preventing you from healing past 75% Health.
 * say

Set the trap in the same way you did in Stage 10.
 * say

Find the quest trap and set it:
 * bossemote

Eventually, Dakarr mortally wounds Apata in the same way he killed Wuho before fleeing, wounded, to his lair in the north.
 * yell

Stage 12: The Lair of the Beast

 * Dakarr has fled to his true lair, but is too weak to hide behind fog. Finish him in his lair.


 * Slay Dakarr.


 * A short cutscene begins to play, showing Dakarr retreating to the Lair of the Beast.
 * yell
 * yell
 * The cutscene ends. Apata lays dead on the ground, with Deesa refusing to leave her side.

Go directly north, enter the lair and finally kill Dakarr.

Final Stage: Talonclaw

 * The foul beast is dead and the path to the Spear is open. Take up Talonclaw.


 * Take Talonclaw.

On the ground by the artifact is the bleached skeleton of Dorro Highmountain. After looting the artifact, his spirit appears standing over his remains.
 * say

If you talk to him, he has the following to say:
 * Again I thank you. I will find the spirits of your friends and ensure they do not stay here.

If this is your character's first artifact, return to Dalaran using your Dalaran Hearthstone and find Emmarel Shadewarden where you first found her, in the Hunter's Reach shop.

If it's your character's second or third artifact, Emmarel will instead be found at the Trueshot Lodge, either at her usual spot, or at the southern watchtower.


 * say

Take Dorro's portal to Dalaran.