Quest: The Great Masquerade

Objectives

Follow Reginald Windsor through Stormwind. Protect him from harm!

Description

It has been quite the adventure, friend. I owe you a great debt of gratitude. Perhaps, when all is said and done...

As you have no doubt ascertained by now, Lady Prestor is Onyxia: Brood of Deathwing, twin to the tyrant of the Spire, Nefarian.

For too long she has held our kingdom in her captivating gaze. Even the Highlord is controlled by her trickery - a puppet. It all ends today... The spell will be broken.

Worry not, for together, we shall be victorious!

Are you ready?

Completion

<Bolvar holds the shattered medallion.>

The magic held within must be reignited. The dragon's eye must be attuned.

Windsor's sacrifice has freed our Kingdom, but the threat of Onyxia and her kin is ever looming.

This medallion is what held my mind and body captive. It is also what gave me access to Onyxia's own mind - to her secrets. Albeit the visions are muddled now, some things I do remember.

Reputation

+500 reputation with Stormwind

Additional Notes

You will now have to follow Marshal Windsor through Stormwind, talk to him to start the quest. He will stop to talk to General Marcus Johnathan, just let him yap and eventually you will be told to follow him to the keep. When you get to the gates of the keep, he will stop and tell you to give him the signal when you are ready. Just click him again and you will have to follow him into the keep. When you get to Highlord Bolvar Fordragon, you listen to some arguement and then Lady Onyxia will spawn. At this point, if you are melee get the hell out of the way and DO NOT try and help Bolvar. He will be fighting a bunch of level 62 elites. When I did it, a crit of 1300 damage didn't even budge one of their HP bars. Bolvar will be taking them down, you can do this with just one ranged class helping. Myself and a warrior did it after the buff the dragons got in the patch, I attacked whatever one Bolvar was, and the warrior just watched.

Click here to view the quest guide by Filterspawn in detail.

This page last modified 2008-05-07 15:09:43.


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NOOO
Posted: Sep 4th 2008 11:29pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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A girl died in 1933 by a homicidal murderer. He buried her in the ground while she was still alive. The murderer chanted,"toma sota balchu" as he buried her. Now that you have read the chant, you will meet this little girl. In the middle of the night she will be on your ceiling. She will suffocate you like she was suffocated. If you post this, she will not bother you. Your kindness will be reward!
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a girl died in 1933 by a homicidal murderer. He buried her in the ground while she was still alive. The murderer chanted,"toma sota balchu" as he buried her. Now that you have read the chant, you will meet this little girl. In th middle of the night she will be on your ceiling. She will suffocate you like she was suffocated. If you post this, she will not bother you. Your kindness will be rewarded
A Very Special "Moment"
Posted: Apr 23rd 2007 2:23am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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This quest is a "moment". It's one of the greatest experiences in the game. I loved watching it as a lowbie. I loved dying, and I longed for the day when it would be my turn.
The walk is so atmospheric, the guards are whispering about what a great honour this is. NPCs are awestruck. This is why you rolled Alliance. >YOU< are now involved in the affairs of Kings, Kingdoms and Dragons.

We make a guild event of this quest: Everyone is invited, Lowbies too. Everyone turns up in their finest dress gear: Not the best armour, but the stuff that looks coolest. Epic mounts: Novelty Pets: Evil Looking Weapons and Armour. Wear it all for the show.

Picking up other players just for the feeling of the march, and that *SOMETHING SPECIAL* is about to happen. The groups of lowbies who come along just to see it. This is a moment to treasure.

No, you don't have to join in the fight. But you *HAVE TO*. It's what is right.

Incidentally Windsors speech has changed over the months. He now refers to the events and judgements in Karazhan. Is this a clue to new content, or just a simple dialogue chance to make the plot bigger?
Posting from Yorkshire, England
easy
Posted: Dec 31st 2006 4:01pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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The quest attribute says "raid". U can solo it.
- speak with squire
- escort marshal to the destination
- watch the show from distance

You dont need to do anything. Bolvar will do all the work for u. Just grab the golden "?" when the slaughter is done.

You`ve done the quest and ready for the next step
How To Start Over
Posted: Oct 29th 2006 9:43pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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If you die and need to restart the quest, go to the gate of Stormwind. Talk to the Squire standing off to the side and tell him you're ready for Windsor. Immediately talk to Windsor once he gets off his horse and he slaps it away. Go through the walk to the Keep. DO NOT ATTACK THE DRAGONKIN. They won't attack you at all if you don't attack them. Once they all die, talk to Bolivar quickly and take the next chain of the quest which leads you to The Dragon's Eye.
marshall
Posted: Sep 22nd 2006 5:15am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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i have done all the escort into stormwind, and arrive at the keep the lady wasn't here, so now im trying to speak to the marshall at the gate of stormwind and nothing happen. so do i have to abandonned the quest and try to talk to him again in BRD or what ? plz i need ur help
Its fixed now on Aggramar
Posted: Aug 24th 2006 1:50pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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And they changed Onyxia!
Its fixed now on Aggramar
Posted: Aug 26th 2006 11:04am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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Yep she now looks like a smaller version of her full dragon form rather than just another dragonkin.
:(
Posted: Aug 9th 2006 12:38am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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i got disconnected and when i logged on again the q wasnt in q log... not in BS.. and windsor does not show up again :S what should i do ??
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Posting from Norway
Quest does work : ) ..........sometimes : (
Posted: Jul 26th 2006 4:04pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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Tried quest 3 or 4 times on the 23 rd July/o6. Didn't seem to work...Windsor's respawn seemed out of synch with the key Npc's in Stormwind Keep. I would arrive at the Keep with Windsor and noticed that the Dragon Lady was there while Bolvar was not there. It also happened the other way around for some odd reason. If you see this happening, the quest will not activate to the final grand battle I found. One of the 4 times it failed she actually spawned into the dragon, but that was it.......the quest stalled there, Windsor disappered, FAILED. This happened when there was alot of activity in SW and there were people in the Keep being a nuisance.laughing at me.....saying I'm wasting my time etc etc. So i waited till there were very few people on (1:30 am PAC time) and had a Guildie go to the keep and gave me a thumbs up on the status on all the NPC's. Got to the KEEP, let it all play through without doing a damn thing. Just activate and let it all play out and Voila.....Quest Completed!!!!!
Posting from Westcoast
ugh
Posted: Jul 12th 2006 1:11pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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this quest is not working as intended...
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Twizzot - Lvl 60 Druid - Mannoroth
Soloable
Posted: May 9th 2006 9:30pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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No problem with this quest solo. Just stand back like everyone says. I just targeted Winsor's target and helped with range DPS. Got aggro once, feigned... no problem at all except for the poor Palli that tried to help (warned him in advance) one milisec and he was dead.
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"All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near." -Suntzu
Posting from Taiwan
IF YOU FAIL IT
Posted: Apr 23rd 2006 11:47am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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if you fail it, go to gate of SW

wait till he shows up, he should just stand there

abandon this quest, and he will regive it to you, and start it again
haha
Posted: Feb 21st 2006 8:11am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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while escorting windsor there were lots of messages in local and world defense sayin SW is under attack. the horde were raidin SW. we reached the keep without seein the horde raid and continued on with the quest. towards the end of the fight bolvar was on 72% life when the horde reached us. they killed bolvar and ran/died. they left 2 elites left and it was me (59 hunter) and my 60 druid friend. since all the guards were dead from the horde i ended up kitin (with heals) until our guild ended an AB and all came at the battlemaster in SW. i instantly got heals from 3 priests and 3 druids at the same time and we pwned the elites. i was so happy that my guild came to help. i then went to the deeprun tram and found the horde raid. i alerted my guild (who had ported to IF (the lazy bastards)) and we were standin in the rooms near the gnome king. the horde got ready and charged the gnome king and we instantly came at them. the battle went for a surprisingly long time but we won and got honor. lowbies joined in and the horde mages AoEd to kill them. the horde then resed again in that room and half of us had left. luckily by then all of IF knew and some of the ppl at the battle masters came and we slaughtered the horde again and again. was quite embarassing for the horde since they had nef on farm status for 6 months and we had downed rag for the first time the day b4. it was a fun day
RE: haha
Posted: Mar 30th 2006 10:11pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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Thats an awesome story man, I would kill to see a video of that. The events what happened just seemed so much like a movie :P
did it
Posted: Jan 19th 2006 10:41am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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i did this guest at level 56
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Kieria: lvl 60 paladin on feathermoon server

el pollo diablo: the all powerful acrona chicken who soloed ragnaros, nef, onyxia, vael, and Allakhazam at the same time.....and won

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Bugged. 1.9 patch FTW
Posted: Jan 9th 2006 2:46am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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Tried this after 1.9 patch and I follow Windsor all the way to the keep, intitiate chat and then follow him up to Lady Prestor. Then he just sits there. nothin happens at all. Left there after a 10 minute wait, failed quest, abandoned quest. Waited 30+ minutes outside SW and he's not respawning. Check Morgan's Vigil and no new quest there either.
RE: Bugged. 1.9 patch FTW
Posted: Jan 27th 2006 5:13pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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i got that same problem, if anyone has a fix for this please let me know
RE: Bugged. 1.9 patch FTW
Posted: Jan 29th 2006 6:40pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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Yes, it is bugged for us too. Reginald Windsor starts the argument, but Onyxia never shows up. The NPCs just stand there doing nothing.
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RE: Bugged. 1.9 patch FTW
Posted: Feb 1st 2006 6:46am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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Well... then something bugged for ya guys, i did it last night on Aszune. Evrything ok and now i ahve to only take the black champ blood back to Haleh.
Ah except one thing - got 4 AoEs of those onyxias guradians in a row and died (with my l60)... luckily there was another paly in group :)))
ps. lowbies were told to leave the room, but who is listening to stupid l60 who is talking something about incoming dragons? they attacked guardians and died immediately...
RE: Bugged. 1.9 patch FTW
Posted: Mar 30th 2006 10:12pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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rofl, you can't "tell" someone to leave a room made of pixels, let them die, let them watch who cares they won't ruin anything for you.
This quest is bugged
Posted: Dec 10th 2005 6:36am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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All you should do is sit back and try to tag as many of the spawns as possible, then let bolvar waste them all and collect exp. mission accomplished.
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Posting from Ohio
This quest is bugged
Posted: Dec 10th 2005 6:35am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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All you should do is sit back and try to tag as many of the spawns as possible, then let bolvar waste them all and collect exp. mission accomplished.
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Scarlet Crusade 40 NE Druid Caprificus
Scarlet Crusade 10 HU Warrior Daggorath
Scarlet Crusade 5 NE Priest Mebel
Guild: The Silver Circle
Posting from Ohio
Woot
Posted: Nov 6th 2005 3:02pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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I just soloed this as a hunter. Just sit back and shoot, Bolvar holds ALL of the aggro. Just dont get close the do an AOE melee attack, i saw a bunch of lowbies go up and die.
Posting from Monkeytown, Finland
:)
Posted: Sep 29th 2005 8:30am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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...and oh yeah... forgot. You have to stand behing two horizontal lines on the floor in the corridor. My mate stood up closer - died in a blink of an eye.
We did it for the second time - he was more cautious . We both got XP :)

Edited, Thu Sep 29 08:45:31 2005
:)
Posted: Sep 29th 2005 8:18am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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I haven't done this quest at all. But I saw it happening in the keep. I was level 27 or something like that. When the dragons spawned I started shooting at them standing in the corridor. When dragons started dying 2 orange of them gave me 480 xp each.. the red one got me 780 xp... and that's without a single hit (which would probably kill me anyway)... so here's advice: take a ranged weapon (i used a gun, 'cause I'm a warrior), sit there and wait for the show, participating in it from a distance... is it a bug?
Just a thought
Posted: Sep 24th 2005 9:09am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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So if Balvor does all the work and take all the aggro, a lvl one guy could do this quest?
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RE: Just a thought
Posted: May 20th 2006 9:51pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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So if Balvor does all the work and take all the aggro, a lvl one guy could do this quest?


Yes, but they couldn't get the quest. Plus there's more than 10 steps before this one, some of which involve killing tons of elite mid 50ish mobs.

So no, a level 1 couldn't really do this quest, unless somehow they could trick the game into giving them the first quest and then they got other people to do most of the quest for them.
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sooooo easy
Posted: Aug 24th 2005 2:01pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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I didn't do a thing, I sat back and watch Bolvar kill all the dragons. At the end of it, he was only at half health =P Although, I did get a bit close, and as a mage, I died really fast, because they all attack wtih sweeping strikes, lol. Luckily a nice lvl 10 priest ressed me. Soloable. . .just watch =)
if you fail
Posted: Jul 20th 2005 9:27pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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if you fail this quest you dont have to abandon, but if you do abandon that's ok too, you dont have to go anywhere to restart the quest. just wait for the npc's in the keep to respawn into position. then go wait where you first saw windsor come up and you'll see him eventually ride up and you can begin the quest again.
IMHO
Posted: Jul 16th 2005 9:23pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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this part of the quest is listed as a raid, but it is very soloable. the trick is, as noted in the quest guide from filterspawn , is to actually NOT do anything.
As a paladin, all i did to 'assist' was to buff Fordragon with Blessing of Kings. then I just stood down in the hall a little ways (out of agrro range) and watched. Fordragon can tank all of them on his own (for me, he got to 49% health) . the tricky part is asking and getting the lookie-loo's to listen to your request to stay back.
once he was down to one guard and that guard was at low health i told then told them to go ahead and "help" kill the dragonkin

Edited, Sat Jul 16 21:29:26 2005
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Posting from USA
ss
Posted: Jul 2nd 2005 1:02am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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If raid groups of level 60s get all schooled by bolvar I doubt anything in a quest will kill him.
Posting from PERKASIEEEEEEEEEEEE
RE: ss
Posted: Oct 26th 2005 12:32pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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This guy is unbelievable. I decided I would heal him. His life was down to about 75%, and I started unloading my best heals on him, then I innervated myself, and kept unloading heals until I was totally empty. I couldn't see any change in his life meter, and I must have healed him for over 30K HP. I would hate to be a horde raid party trying to take this guy down. I'm sure it's been done, and to those hordies, I say gratz.
Wrong place at the wrong time.
Posted: Jun 2nd 2005 5:07pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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I was in talking to the king regarding another quest, then they come in with him, and bang there was Onyxia guards all over, and i was only lvl 35 died in one stroke :-)

So dont be there as low lvl if he comes in :-D


Edited, Thu Jun 2 17:09:38 2005
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Zinita.
Posting from Billund, Denmark
ey... quest lost
Posted: May 12th 2005 4:38pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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I failed the quest...
I quitted it...
Where the hell can I start it another time? Can't find any pnj giving a related quest...
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Posting from Azeroth
RE: ey... quest lost
Posted: Jun 14th 2005 3:37am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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I failed this yesterday and manage to redo it. basically abandon the Great Masequrade Quest and wait 10-15 mins for him to repop back at the gates and talk to him again. GL :)
Ha
Posted: May 3rd 2005 5:57pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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This quest is pretty damn easy for something that claims it requires an army. At most, all you would need is a healer (just in case Bolvar gets too low on hp) if you arn't one yourself. Just stay out of range of the dragonkins' AoEs, and let Bolvar do all the work. If you have ranged attacks, help him out, but otherwise just stay the hell away.
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Perenolde
Sardon, lvl 59 hunter
was bugged, still is
Posted: Apr 29th 2005 4:19pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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You are supposed to takle a raid group with you, say about 10 people, a proper well organised group,

2 warriors
2 palys
2 preists/druids
2 rogues
2 mages


One of each in either of the 2 groups in raid formation and take the dragons down one by one. You will beat this quest :)



before it was bugged, It was not meant to be able to be solo'd

I say it is still bugged but in a different way, the boss balivor doesn't spawn when he should and when he does it takes too long.
Lame and Probably Bugged
Posted: Apr 27th 2005 2:21am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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Quest is probably bugged, or at least I think so. If you die during the Bolvar fight, you instantly fail the quest. So it is either bugged or is one of the lamest quests out there. In other words, 'amassing an army' doesnt mean crap because you can't possibly not expect to die, someone to die, while fighting the beasts that spawn and hit for 1k. So yeah, Bolvar is supposed to solo them all.
RE: Lame and Probably Bugged
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Erm, I hate to see you survive in MC, mobs there AoE for 1k+...

Your best bet, be it solo or in a raid, at helping Bolvar is to stand in the entrance hall as Windsor does his thing. When the dragons spawn, Bolvar will aggro them all and keep aggro with his Cleaves for 700+. The dragons also have Cleave attacks, so if you don't have a healer, you'd best be careful.

As a final note, 2 parties, not raided (various reasons, guildies, just met up in SW by accident, blah-blah-blah) took this down. Most of us just goofed around shooting single arrows while Bolvar gained hate, then we swarmed the dragons one by one. Bolvar never dropped below 60% hp, he's a world boss for a reason, heh...
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broken for me, too.
Posted: Apr 22nd 2005 5:00pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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No idea, but it's damn annoying...
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ermm..
Posted: Apr 8th 2005 4:42pm | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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Ok, I follow him.. he starts chatting with the guards at the very beginning, then despawns and quest fails..

What am I missing here?
RE: ermm..
Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 3:06am | IP: Logged | Reply to this
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the quest is bugged since 1.11 patch. open a ticket with GMs and wait to be fixed.

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