Killer Queen

Killer Queen concludes the Horde perspective of the War of the Thorns event.

After completing this quest chain, the Battle for Lordaeron begins, starting with Hour of Reckoning (Horde).

Scour the forest of Darkshore to find the Warchief.

• Find Saurfang in Northern Darkshore
• Assist the Warchief
• Follow Saurfang
• Speak with Sylvanas

Lor'danel is now secure, but something is amiss... there has been no sign of Stormrage.

Malfurion would have never let Lor'danel fall without a fight. He must have gone after her.

My army has approached from the North, and our reinforcements have arrived from the South -- which means that they are not along any of the roads.

Search the forest with me,. We will find them and be done with this once and for all.

You will receive:

• War-Torn Reins of the Undercity Plaguebat
• 24,680 XP
• +500 reputation with Horde

The Horde endures.

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Head due west, just southwest out of town. Malfurion is fighting Sylvanas! Corpses of Orgrimmar Grunts are nearby. Varok Saurfang approaches the archdruid from behind...

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• Varok tosses his weapon at Malfurion.
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• Sylvanas walks to the wounded archdruid. Varok falls to his knees in remorse at his action.
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• Sylvanas mounts and rides away.
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• Tyrande appears over a hill and runs to Malfurion.
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• Tyrande walks closer to Malfurion and aims her bow at Varok.
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• Tyrande summons the light of Elune and begins healing Malfurion as Varok walks away.
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• Tyrande uses her Stormwind Hearthstone to teleport Malfurion and herself to safety.

Head north to the Mist's Edge, where the Horde forces are gathered. Nathanos Blightcaller and Captain Delaryn Summermoon are there too.

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The Warbringers: Sylvanas cinematic plays:

• The camera pans along the shore of Darkshore, aflame. The silhouettes of three people are looking at Teldrassil: Varok Saurfang, Nathanos Blightcaller, and Sylvanas Windrunner.
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• Sylvanas hears the weak coughing of a dying night elf, Delaryn Summermoon, and turns to her.
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• Sylvanas kneels down, pulls Delaryn's face up to her, and leans close to her ear, whispering.
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• Sylvanas recollects her fateful encounter with Arthas Menethil, the Lich King, in Quel'Thalas. She and a handful of rangers are launching bow shots at the invading undead. A mother elf with her daughter stumble to the ground near Sylvanas, who pulls the mother to her feet.
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• Arthas, astride Invincible, appears with his army, rushing toward the line of defense. Sylvanas spares a glance at a defender and springs into action, landing strike upon strike against an innumerable amount of undead. Pulling out her daggers, she intends to land a blow on Arthas, when he unsheathes Frostmourne and runs her through. Tears fall from her eyes, the streaks burning into her skin as Frostmourne takes her soul. She looks at her lifeless body on the ground before spotting the mother and child off in the distance. They too did not survive the attack.
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• Sylvanas, still whispering into the ear of Delaryn, pulls back. Tears fall from Delaryn as Sylvanas looks impassively at her before breaking into a smile. She wipes a tear from Delaryn's cheek.
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• Sylvanas's smirk is wiped from her face.
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• Sylvanas turns to face Teldrassil before looking back at Delaryn.
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• As Delaryn stares at Sylvanas in horror, she turns Delaryn's head to look in the direction of Teldrassil.
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• Sylvanas turns her eyes, then her whole body in the direction of Nathanos and Saurfang, upset that her order was not carried out. Nathanos looks at Sylvanas as if to confirm what he heard.
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• Nathanos starts to move. The catapults are loaded with burning projectiles and start firing on Teldrassil, landing strikes on the tree. As Delaryn breathes her last, she sees Teldrassil aflame, and Sylvanas on the beach staring at it.

On the other side of the cutscene, Delaryn is dead and Teldrassil burns. Check in with Sylvanas one final time:

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• Sylvanas, Nathanos, and Varok walk inland, not looking back.

• Like several other quests from the War of the Thorns event, this quest's name is a reference to one of 's songs, .