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Storyline
Lorewalking: Ethereals Lorewalking: The Protectorate The Ethereum Ethereum Data Potential for Brain Damage = High Delivering the Message Nexus-King Salhadaar Recipe for Destruction Dimensius the All-Devouring Lorewalking: Locus-Walker Throwing Shade The Shadowguard Incursion Sources of Darkness A Vessel Made Ready Lorewalking: The Brokers The Al'ley Cat of Oribos Insider Trading Things Best Kept Dark Seeking Smugglers Above My Station Dead Drop Coins for the Ferryman The Veiled Market Ease of Passage Grab Bag Locus-Walker, Telogrus Ranger Veni Vidi Ve'nari

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Comment by auryunderground

As the quest progresses, players can ask Lorewalker Cho for extra insights about the various aspects of the lore behind the Ethereals. For those who didn't notice this option, I've recorded the responses below:

Void Ethereals: Argus

Ah, Argus. Once the homeworld of the eredar--including the draenei, its fate is most tragic indeed. The eredar were adept wielders of arcane magic you see, and had the misfortune of attracting the attention of Sargeras, leader of the Burning Legion.

In exchange for the eredar's loyalty, he offered them untold power. There were those who accepted his offer, and one who saw a vision of the truth--were they to accept his bargain, they would become demons themselves.

And so they fled. But Argus? Argus itself was devoured by the Legion, torn into great chunks of fel-riddled masses floating in the Great Dark Beyond. As for the eredar, they suffered the fate that was foreseen, their civilization corrupted just as terribly as their world.

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Void Ethereals: Locus-Walker and Alleria

Alleria spent many years fighting the Burning Legion in the Twisting Nether, where time flows differently.

Eventually, she was captured by the Legion, and held on their prison world of Niskara. Locus-Walker was also a prisoner there.

Too weak at the time to fight himself, he taught Alleria to harness the power of the Void, which she did quite successfully.

She defeated the inquisitor who had been torturing them, and so began her education in the Void from Locus-Walker.

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Void Ethereals: Shadowguard

The Shadowguard are ethereals who succumbed to the call of the Void. We encountered them first on Argus, the corrupted homeworld of the eredar. There, they sought to call the Void to Eredath and plunge what remained of the city into shadow.

Thankfully, their efforts to swallow Argus into darkness were halted by Alleria Windrunner and another hero. But the Shadowguard ethereals remain a threat that have yet to be fully stopped.

Indeed, it seems as though Locus-Walker is perhaps the only void ethereal who has not followed the path of corruption and destruction.

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Ethereals: Netherstorm

According to locals, the shattered fragments that make up Netherstorm used to be a lush island called Farahlon. This was, of course, before the planet of Draenor shattered into what is now called Outland.

Here, the energies of the Twisting Nether and the physical realm bleed together into a most chaotic landscape. Some have discovered ways to harness the Twisting Nether's energy, though not necessarily for good.

The blood elves led by Kael'thas Sunstrider built massive manaforges here, using them to siphon magic. The more they bled the Nether, the more unstable the region became, as you can see.

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Ethereals: Nexus-King Salhadaar

Nexus-King Salhadaar ruled the ethereals after Dimensius destroyed their home of K'aresh. Intent on his people's survival, Salhadaar led them to other worlds.

He encouraged those loyal to him to seek revenge--even if they needed to use the Void to achieve it.

But the power of the Void overcame even his desire to seek vengeance on Dimensius. Power, it seemed, was all he craved now.

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Ethereals: Dimensius

Dimensius the All-Devouring is a terrifying entity, a void lord that destroyed the ethereal homeworld of K'aresh long ago. Little is known of how he first discovered K'aresh, but the result was much the same as you see here--the world was rent asunder.

K'aresh was not the only place attacked by this being. A world called Karkora also suffered, but the naaru T'uure arrived to protect it. T'uure sacrificed its own life to save the world's inhabitants. Unfortunately, the ethereals were not as fortunate.

The ethereals escaped K'aresh, and swore vengeance on Dimensius for what he had done. But that quest for vengeance would soon turn to... darker pursuits.

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The story Lorewalker Cho tells during the quest:

Lorewalker Cho says: The Ethereum may have sought the Void for the sake of power, but one ethereal learned to wield it for more altruistic purposes.
Lorewalker Cho says: Or at least he would have us believe. We first met Locus-Walker on Argus, where he reunited with his former student, Alleria Windrunner.

Lorewalker Cho says: Locus-Walker had hoped that there were others of his kind interested in his studies, but the Shadowguard were too far gone. They had let the call of the Void consume them entirely.
Lorewalker Cho says: And this was all the evidence Alleria needed to prove just how dangerous attempting to master the Void could be. Yet... perhaps it was worth the danger.

Lorewalker Cho says: Unlike the Shadowguard, Locus-Walker mastered the Void without succumbing to its whispers... and he then taught Alleria how to do the same.

Comment by Cuffouis

Another batch of recycled bug-ridden quests that nobody asked for.

Lorewalking: Blade's Bane
Echo of Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire

Lorewalking: Ethereal Wisdom
K'aresh Memory Crystal

Lorewalking: The Lich King
Royal Visage

On the brighter side, the toys actually do look pretty cool.

Comment by AveryZan

I had to run around on my mount for a bit for this to show up. Eventually it did. Did not see anything on the map for a while though.

Comment by Malvenue

Quest got bugged after I completed Lorewalking: Locus-Walker. The only option available was to exit and I could not turn in the quest. Selecting Continue on the first UI panel simply put me in the same state. I tried relogging and even restarting with no luck. Given how freaking long these quests are I'm not anxious to "start over".

Comment by LexDemonica

If Throwing Shade bugs out.

1. Talk to Lorewalker Cho and choose the "Teleport I'm a little lost" option. This will return you to the start of the area.

2. Pull a mob on the path you are supposed to stealth on and you will hear Alleria say " How did you do that?" This will restealth you.

3 . Stealth back to Alleria and the quest marker should appear for hand in.

Comment by Naetheras

Got bugged? Here is how to fix it.

Click the chat bubble so you sit on the bench with cho. Then abandon quest and you can repick the quest without starting over the entire questline. Then you just have to do the sneak-event over again.

Keep away from EVERYTHING. I got it when i took my time and stood away from the regular etherals as well, so you dont aggro. Its fidgety and poorly designed (ofcourse) but doable. GL, soldier.

Comment by Stigma666

To get started, talk to Lorewalker Cho in Dornogal at /way 49.6 31.4

Welcome to a quite lengthy mashup of some old Shadowlands quests! Just read, listen(!), wait, kill, collect, run all over Oribos, etc. ... as told and you'll be fine.

The Throwing Shade part is a bit tricky. Just don't interact with anything other than the 2 quest objectives and then reach Alleria. (Stealth is definitely very helpful here, but not needed.)
If you get detected via Banish From the Void and sent back to the starting point, you might as well start over by talking to Cho. (For me the quest objectives weren't interactable anymore after I failed once.)

Links

Lorewalking: Locus-Walker

Follow Cho's guidance to learn about void ethereals.

	Talk to Lorewalker Cho to learn about void ethereals (1)
	Aid Locus-Walker in teaching Alleria to master the Void (1)

Description

While the Protectorate of Outland may have stopped Dimensius and Salhadaar, the Ethereum remained. And as Salhadaar had wished, they chose to embrace the Void. Not just embrace it--become it. It twisted them into shadows of themselves, consumed with the pursuit of power. But there was one ethereal, Locus-Walker, that sought to harness the Void for more altruistic purposes. His history is entwined with an elf from our world--Alleria Windrunner.

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

	Lorewalker's Crate of Memorabilia		Valorstones
	Weathered Undermine Crest		Weathered Ethereal Crest

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(85029))

Guides

Lorewalking Overview