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Storyline
Badlands To Fuselight Proper Easily Swayed A Strange Request First Sample: Wild Eggs Second Sample: Whelps Lifting the Veil Third Sample: Implanted Eggs Rhea Revealed The Venerable Doctor Blam Troggish Troubles Dustwind Dig All's Fair in Love, War, and Archaeology The Warden's Pawn The Sentinel's Pawn The Warden's Game The Sentinel's Game Ancient Protectors The Titans' Trove Return to Blam Into the Dragon's Mouth The Swift, the Fierce, and the Stout Eric, the Utility Dwarf Baelog, the Glass Cannon Olaf, the Big Fella' The Wrath of a Dragonflight Their Hunt Continues The Sorrow and the Fury The Hidden Clutch Rheastrasza's Gift Bloodwatcher Point It's Not About History, It's About Power The Warden's Pawn The Sentinel's Pawn The Warden's Game The Sentinel's Game Ancient Protectors The Titans' Trove Return to Blam New Kargath The Bad Dogs Amakkar, Jack of All Trades Jurrix the Striker Gargal, the Behemoth The Wrath of a Dragonflight Their Hunt Continues The Sorrow and the Fury The Hidden Clutch Rheastrasza's Gift Devastation The Egg Lives On The Day that Deathwing Came The Day that Deathwing Came: The Real Story The Day that Deathwing Came: What Really Happened

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Comment by Neogoose

This questline is almost as sad as the Little Pamela one. =(

Comment by 315117

The most heartbreaking quest I have ever done.
For those of you who want to know how this questline ends, Rhea goes to hide the egg in a cave, but Deathwing shows up to eliminate the purified egg and Rhea herself.
Rhea begs that Deathwing show mercy on the egg but he torches them both and flies away.
You investigate the cave and discover that the egg was not the black dragon egg you've worked so hard to purify, but rather one of Rhea's own eggs. Rhea chose to lose one of her own children rather than sacrifice the black dragon egg, which is hidden somewhere not mentioned.
The quest reward is Rhea's last egg in the form of a trinket that summons a red dragon whelp to defend you.
Absolutely heartwrenching.

Comment by zynester

this quest shows how powerful blizzard can make quests

Comment by Narij

After finishing this quest chain, I don't feel nearly as bad about killing the brood-mother Nyxondra.

Kudos Blizzard for another well done quest(chain).

Comment by kamiawolf

This quest chain brought tears too my eyes. The little flavor text of the trinket just stabs me in the heart!

Comment by 704577

Man...I'm sitting here crying a bit now...this is...almost too sad. Atleast the black egg was saved. I just hope that it's really cured.

I wonder where it is now.

Comment by vsavatar

I can't bear to sell the trinket even though it's worthless to use at my level. This will sit in my bank until WoW ends.

Comment by Lesuje

So touching :(

Great questwriting from Blizz..!

Comment by 35738

Phenominal questline. Blizzard needs to give major kudos to whoever wrote the badlands quests. They are outstanding.

Comment by violetta

breaking the world I can forgive, let's face it, it's a lot more fun in Azeroth now thanks to Deathwing
but now I really want to kill Deathwing!

Comment by jdar

i wanted to smash deathwing.

Comment by lifedragon

Anyone else going to go into the Deathwing Fight screaming FOR RHEA!

Comment by 692807

Sold the egg for a whisker over 1g and bought 5 tasty poached emperor salmon with it, very nice.

Comment by 718691

I have never teared up at a WoW quest, but this baby made me cry! I, also, cannot bring myself to sell that precious egg. That little snippet of text gets me everytime :( Blizzard, you have outdone yourself on this one!

Comment by Maxtro

This quest line really made me want to punch Deathwing in the face.

Comment by 373011

is there a continuation of this quest anywhere ? i really want to know what happens to the black dragon egg. if it grows to a pure young dragon or just another angry monster.

Comment by Roaning

I would appreciate if somebody could tell people which quest actually starts the chain rather than discussing your emotions.

Comment by alexiel

After completing this questline, head to Searing Gorge to pick up Lunk's Task.

Comment by 363739

So,it seems that this purified black dragon egg Rhea was hiding,is going to play a role in the future? :o

Comment by rhysdog

i've been trying to get for ages and then i see deathwing go right past me burn her and then go back past me

Comment by rhysdog

i've been trying to get Stood in the Fire for ages and then deathwing goes right past me and burns her and leaves me achievmentless

edit:yay i got the achievement!

Comment by Souzan

Man, I cant wait till the fight against Deathwing, I told my entire guild to do the questline, and we all agreed to scream: FOR RHEA! when we get into the fight to beat his ass.
I also cant wait to find out what role that little purified egg plays in the future..... maybe he/she might even help us in the fight against DW......

Comment by silenzia

I want to see a raid down deathwing, where all 25 members have the egg trinket equiped and pop it at the same time.

REVENGE!

Comment by LaCrysta

That ending just put a whole new spin on the quests and Rhea. The whole time she was talking about the horrible things she had to do to get the purified egg, it sounded less like she was trying to convince us that what she was doing was right, but trying to convince herself. She knew all along that to get the egg out safely, she'd have to make the black dragons think the egg was destroyed, by sacrificing herself and one of her unborn children. She wasn't regretting what she did, she was psyching herself up just to go through with this insane plan.

Comment by tobindax

Whoever did the Badlands quests deserves a million.

Comment by Lurelina

If I EVER get to see Deathwing in his lair, I don't care what people say, I am popping the trinket and /y FOR RHEA!

Comment by 557195

In 4.0.1, seems the quest is a little bit glitched. Or the cinematic is - spent the entire time staring at the back wall of the cave, unable to even see the text.

Comment by 842036

yea. we wont let her sacrifice be in vein. deathwing will pay!
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Comment by Hummingbird

Right after I handed in this quest, the gnome said, "You have a great day now!"

...

F**k you, Blam. F**k you.

Comment by Sunwhisper

All this spam and not one usefull comment, where does this questline start ?

Even with my addon Quest Completist I can't find Rhea or Dr. Hieronymous, nobody giving quests at those locations.

Comment by Ionite

Thanks to Rhea and her efforts, we, rogues, now get a neat legendary.

Comment by Tarvos

Ghostcrawler

The story of these legendary daggers has to do with the last remaining pure black dragon egg. (...)
So players who play through the Cataclysm quests in the Badlands will remember a questline around this uncorrupted black dragon egg. It was free of the taint of the Old Gods. So what is going to happen is that black dragon egg eventually hatches and there is a black dragon prince who is pure – he’s not a minion of Deathwing; he’s not corrupted by the Old Gods. But that doesn’t mean he is necessarily a good guy. He’s kind of out for himself, he’s kind of got his own agenda, and to bring his plans to fruition he contacts the Rogue because Rogues are a little shady, always working in the shadows, always playing a number of games and has other things going on. The black dragon prince reaches out to the Rogue character and says “If you help me out, I’ll reward you with these increasingly more powerful daggers”.

Source: http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2459-Patch-4.3-Interview-with-Greg-Street-%28Ghostcrawler%29

Comment by Morgaledh

Fighting back tears? Heartbreaking? Is everyone in this game these days a 13 year-old? You're that easily emotionally maipulated?

No wonder things are as bad as they are.

Any in any event, any dragon who willingly takes on the form of a mudrace goblin rather than something exalted like the other dragons deserves whatever it gets. Chromie <shudder> was bad enough... but this, this "Rhea" thing was awful. Truly awful.

Good grief.

Comment by Morgaledh

Ha, I wasn't commenting on the "storytelling" I was confused and alarmed at the maudlin and overly-dramatic responses here. Still am. "For Rhea"? Great battle cry there, lol. Deep and meaningful. If this is all it takes to make people cry, no wonder they can be led about by their emotions right and left. Sad.

Well, that, and disgusted that any dragon would choose to take the form of a goblin. Maybe she lost a bet. Wow. Anyway, downrate away, just thought someone ought to bring a bit of perspective to this orgy of misplaced sentiment. Cheers!

Comment by rhysdog

shhhhh dont let deathwing know!

Comment by jaq1010

Did this chain working my way across Eastern Kingdoms for Loremaster.

I am NEVER selling this egg. Never. It will be in my bags to equip and use after my guild downs Deathwing. He will pay. Oh yes he will.

Comment by jtbalogh

The quest description is bugged for this quest ID 27859, "The Egg Lives On." Both Wowhead and the quest tooltip linked in the game say, "Wait as Rhea retrieves the egg from the Hidden Clutch." Obviously wrong since Rhea is dead. That description is for the previous quest ID 27898, Rheastrasza's Gift

The completion text is at least correct by Dr. Hieronymus Blam.

Comment by 921693

I had just finished the quest before this when i finally got loremaster of Badlands. So I left at that and moved on. One day while skimming through Wowhead, I was lead to this. I remembered her bravery and returned just to get the reward and keep my promise. I will always take care of him.

Comment by Grubitsch

The egg truly DOES live on.
If you go to 46.96, 56.97 (Agamond's End, Dr. Heironymus Blam's camp) you still see the Purified Black Dragon Egg from when you turned in the Eye of the Watchers to him.

Comment by 767692

Yeah , Felt really sad as well completing this quest, It's amazing how Blizzard have made a quest chain that can make your emotions change. Poor Rhea :'(

Comment by Suunde

Could this egg be Wrathion in Mists of Pandaria?

Comment by sleepyredmoo

Is this still in the game? There's nobody in the cave? :(

Comment by Waaargh

It is now believed that the saved egg is the egg of Wrathion, the last known surviving member of the black dragonflight.

I have no love for my father, whose corruption destroyed my race, or for the Red Dragonflight, who stole away and experimented on my egg to create me.

Comment by Avines

Rhea's Last Egg - I promise to protect this egg to the very end of World of Warcraft, Rhea.

Comment by bebita

The Egg Lives On https://youtu.be/uX8lr4jv31I

Comment by Zuckerguss

How to get Rhea's Last Egg :
This is the Alliance version. Horde has equivalent quests, although some are from different questgivers.

(Optional) Hero's Call: Badlands! / Warchief's Command: Badlands!
(Optional) Fuselight, Ho!
(Optional) To Fuselight Proper
Start here if you skipped the optional quests. Easily Swayed
A Strange Request
First Sample: Wild Eggs
Second Sample: Whelps

Lifting the Veil
Third Sample: Implanted Eggs
Rhea Revealed
The Venerable Doctor Blam
Troggish Troubles
Dustwind Dig
All's Fair in Love, War, and Archaeology

Ancient Protectors
The Titans' Trove
Return to Blam
Into the Dragon's Mouth
The Swift, the Fierce, and the Stout

The Wrath of a Dragonflight
Their Hunt Continues
The Sorrow and the Fury
The Hidden Clutch
Rheastrasza's Gift
Devastation
The Egg Lives On

Comment by WoWGnGP

i made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCWiS-c_JI0&feature=youtu.be

Comment by MapleWarrior

Dear lord, I remember this.... Is that egg still in my bank?

(Rushes to check.)

Yep, still there.

So sad....

Comment by kxs031

With Wraithon being a big player in the coming patches, I wanted to start this quest ( since I never did it). However, it doesn't seem to be there anymore. Does anyone know if it was removed? Thanks!

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The Egg Lives On

Wait as Rhea retrieves the egg from the Hidden Clutch.

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	Rhea's Last Egg

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