The Hostage Soul
A verified Blizzard quest record from Shattrath City. Use the archive brief, rewards, and linked research to finish it without losing your place.
Who gives The Hostage Soul
1 recordThe NPC, object, or item that starts this quest, with the first known coordinate when available.
- AkamaNPC #21700Shadowmoon Valley · 58.0, 48.2
Where to turn it in
1 recordThe NPC or object that accepts the completed quest. Phasing and alternate-faction versions can produce more than one endpoint.
- A'dalNPC #18481Shattrath City · 54.2, 44.4
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What To Do
Complete the quest objective shown in your tracker in Shattrath City, then return to the turn-in NPC.
Quest Text
You might wonder why I go to such lengths to hide my intentions. Why not throw my lot in openly with the naaru? My very essence - my soul - is held prisoner inside the Black Temple. Illidan could destroy me any moment... until now! This phylactery will allow me to regain control of my soul. The time has come, {name}. I'll lead Maiev and my Deathsworn to Illidan's doorstep. Speak to A'dal and and tell him of our plan. If we strike together we'll break through Illidan's defenses.
Plan the run before you travel
Check the quest area, faction, and level range before you travel. If this quest is part of a chain, finish nearby campaign quests in the same zone first.
Check the exact quest giver and turn-in records above first. Use this page's community comments for phase changes, cave entrances, spawn timing, and corrections from the live game.
No group size is listed by Blizzard, so this is usually soloable unless the objective text says otherwise.
Pin the quest in-game, enable objective outlines, then use the exact-title references in the archive for NPC or object coordinates. Add a correction below if the live game differs from this record.
Objectives and map pin
Blizzard's public API publishes a quest's text and rewards but not its objectives, its own level, whether it can be shared, or any map coordinate. Nobody has synced quest 10948 yet, so there is nothing to show here rather than a guess. Running the WowGodSync addon while you play contributes those fields for everyone.
Check it in game
Quest completion is stored per character on Blizzard's side and is not in the public API, so paste this in your chat box and it prints true or false for “The Hostage Soul” on the character you are logged into.
/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10948))/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompletedOnAccount(10948))A false also comes back for a quest id the client does not know, so it means “not recorded as complete” rather than proof the quest exists on your account.
Build The Hostage Soul together
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Rewards
- Experience
- 2,050
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