Mysterious Mysteries: What's that NPC about?
by Amanda Rivera 
Nov 8th 2007 at 2:01PM
Recently on an research mission in Dun Morogh (read starting yet another alt) I came across Father Gavin, an elderly gentleman standing in the Dwarven starting area with a pleasant enough expression on his mustachioed face. What makes Father Gavin so very intriguing is not what we know about him -- he wears the tabard of the Argent Dawn, and I must assume is the Dwarves first introduction to the human race in Azeroth -- but what we don't know about him, which is just about everything else. Looking this fellow up on WoW Wiki yeilds little more than a description of his location, because, really well, there's no quest line connected to him. There are a couple NPCs out there who seem to be disconnected from society in a way Tabatha the recluse could never hope to be. How about my favorite Wetlands cipher Terl Arakor? According to WoW Head he was supposed to be a vendor, but his only use these days appears to be keeping his wagon from rolling away and providing the Horde with an easy source of wool cloth. Was he once a sheep perhaps?
There are stories out there for these people, but we can't seem to find them. What exactly is the story behind Jane and Nova (besides the obvious Final Fantasy 7 reference) trying to wake their father on the shores of Eversong Woods? Perhaps he was on a bender, and will wake up with a Thrall-sized headache just about the time the Sunwell raid instance opens. Have you seen any NPCs that seemed to have a name, seemed to have been meant to be linked to quests that no one is able to get?
Filed under: Odds and ends, NPCs
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Zengon Nov 8th 2007 2:14PM
hmmm i think its a shame blizzard have neglected some of the lesser npc's maby in time they will be used. (Expansion maby?)
SirCasey Nov 8th 2007 2:15PM
Just this week I ran across a couple NPCs in Tanaris that I had never seen before:
Zalashji
http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=8617
He's a Naga (of all things!) and he's friendly to Horde and Alliance. Doesn't have anything to say, doesn't seem to have any quest lines tied to him so far as WoWhead can tell.
Winkey
http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=7770
This is a gnome on her own random little island out where there are Coastal Giants running around. She has an eyepatch and a nifty hammock and just stands there doing nothing. Again, no quests as far as any knows.
Erika Nov 8th 2007 2:17PM
There is also a hostile npc by senjen village if you go up the coast.
YuquaiLon Nov 8th 2007 2:32PM
Arantir in Lakeshire.
http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=7009
There is nothing about him.
Skrilla Nov 8th 2007 2:35PM
Or'kaos the Insane
http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=23168
L72 elite in SMV.
drakegw Nov 8th 2007 2:48PM
James Clark
http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=13159
hpavc Nov 8th 2007 3:06PM
Well the Tanaris guys have quests to them.
There used to be a screen shot running around of that argent dawn guy being killed by someone with a 1500rep reduction. Similar to mind controlling the guy in the bar in Org to attack the AQ emmisary with mind control and loosing all a pile of rep.
Going to war against AD and TB is out of the picture now I guess.
Flizibibi Nov 8th 2007 3:56PM
The Captured Servant of Azora.
http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=3096
He sells level 20 cloaks, and has been captured by Blackrock orcs in the SE Redridge Mountains. He's happy to buy and sell stuff, doesn't seem at all concerned by his situation.
Angelus Nov 8th 2007 4:13PM
What's the deal with Paige and Erik Felixe near Feathermoon Stronghold? I always wondered whats up with them. They are just north of town.
colinsfx Nov 8th 2007 4:30PM
Jane and Nova trying to wake their father... Sephiroth trying to wake his mother, Jenova... seems pretty self contained to me.
MIrina Nov 8th 2007 4:51PM
The two little BEs in Eversong are for one of the Dev's kids. Actually stood in line with the Dev who put them in the game when I was trying to get stuff from the BlizzCon store. He told me that the sleeping NPC is supposed to represent him, and the little girls are his daughter and her friend. The discussion of the characters came up because he was asking me which part of the game I liked most stylistically--I referenced the BE starting area just for the color and wildlife, and then we were talking about the random NPCs in the game--those guys actually came up :)
Greg Schell Nov 8th 2007 5:41PM
For me, as a Rogue, it has always been very frustrating that when you are at Ravenholdt Manor, guards will tell you that the Wolfe has work for you, but Winstone Wolfe has not quest line and no info! (other then the Pulp Fiction reference)
calvin stark Nov 8th 2007 10:24PM
when ever im in dun morogh i set on at war the kill him hes really fun then i just go to grind zombies in WP (p.s. im ally)(pps you lose 125 rep )
Heraclea Nov 9th 2007 12:02AM
The one that always perplexed me was Myranda the Hag, a friendly (to Alliance at least) gnome that stands on a stump in the middle of the zombie and skeleton infested cemetery outside Uther's Tomb in Western Plaguelands.
Forged Nov 9th 2007 3:23AM
Myranda the Hag is used in the quest chain to get keyed for Onyxia's Lair.
Ookami.kun Nov 9th 2007 8:26AM
I don't know about Onyxia, but the only time I remember talking with Myranda the Hag was for the Tirion Fordring quest line in WPL. Maybe that's a Horde thing since my character is Alliance, the Onyxia key quests were different for me and never had to deal with her.
Ouchstopthat Nov 9th 2007 1:10PM
Rokar Bladeshadow in Durotar, and the other orc outside his hut.
I believe he says, "What does a want with a simple farmer like me?"
Brommon Nov 14th 2007 5:51PM
The ghost in Auberdine, definitely. (Sorry, her name escapes me at the moment.)
Next to the inn in Auberdine, just up the hill, is a named Night Elf female standing by a house. If you look closely, you'll see that she's semi-transparent, as if a ghost of some kind. And in earlier versions of the game the house next to her was wrecked and ruined, though it's since been straightened. I always thought there must be some story behind the ghostly woman standing all alone on the sea cliff next to that empty house, but WoWHead and WoWWiki confirm that she does absolutely nothing. How mysterious...