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1.	Head of the Class
2.	Graduation Speech
3.	Twilight Riot
4.	Slash and Burn
5.	Might of the Firelord
6.	The Sanctum of the Prophets
7.	Magma Monarch

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Comment by 447186

This is quite an irritating quest to complete. Once you make your way up to the hill with crowd on it you will see a small podium in front of the altar. Click on it and you will mount it in the same way as a vehicle or other mount. Your action bar changes and gives you options to work the crowd.

Members of the crowd will shout out comments (viewed in your chat pane - not audible) and you have to respond with a suitable response. You will get credit for correct ones and jeered by the crowd for bad ones. Once you have managed to get enough correct responses the crowd will start to riot and you will have completed the quest.

~~There is probably a place for someone in the future to record all of the crowd comments and appropriate responses. At the moment I can't be bothered.~~

OK. After doing this again and doing some research you may want to do the following;

Use Incite! when the crowd yells;

Raaahhh!
Blood!
Kill!
Kill them all!
Crush!
Death!

Use Pander! when the crowd yells;

It's like... it's like the void just touched my mind.
The end is nigh! The end is a new beginning!
Immalanath, yasoth nalarub!
I hear the voices!

And use Inspire! when the crowd yells;

Meh.
Yea... I don't know about this.
I'm not quite convinced.
*yawn*

If you get the responses wrong the crowd will yell things at you like;

Huh?
You lie!
Sit down!
What are you talking about?
Who is this guy?

If you get the responses right the crowd will yell things at you like;

It's like I'm hearing the Old Gods themselves!
This <girl/guy> gets it!
Tell it like it is, <brother/sister>!
<Name>damus, you're a born leader!
That's how it's done! Yeah!
History in the making!
Truer words were never spoken!

Hope that helps you all.

Lance
Beta tester for;
Wrath of the Litch King
Cataclysm

Comment by Kirska

I didn't find this quest irritating at all. There are only 3 possible options and they are all very easy to figure out.

Comment by 635433

if you get stuck you need to type this
/click BonusActionButton5

it is what i did and it worked .

Comment by 327123

What is the order?

/click BonusActionButton1 = ?
/click BonusActionButton2 = ?
etc?

With no buttons, i'm just guessing. Not sure the /click is working anyway.

Comment by 712129

Easy way - click all 3 buttons at the same time it will work

Comment by unstablereality

This quest bugged out on me when I did it. When I completed it I wasn't able to leave the podium and had to completely disable my UI to get out. It may have been an issue with bartender4 not letting me out of the vehicle. Not even the /leavevehicle command registered.

Comment by 12815

I'd prefer to put the voices in the order that the buttons are located in your keyboard. Btw, use /reloadui after the quest if your bars are messed up (bartender, ctmod, etc...)
**********************And use Inspire! (1)
Meh.
Yea... I don't know about this.
I'm not quite convinced.
*yawn*
***********************Use Incite! (2)
Raaahhh!
Blood!
Kill!
Kill them all!
Crush!
Death!
**********************Use Pander! (3)
It's like... it's like the void just touched my mind.
The end is nigh! The end is a new beginning!
Immalanath, yasoth nalarub!
I hear the voices!

Comment by Mmbooger

Not to be a word Nazi or anything...
A podium is a just a raised platform.
A lectern is a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service.

The thing you're standing behind in game is mistakenly named a podium, not a lectern.

Comment by 730308

There is also posturing of the crowd. If they raise their arms and hop, use the "incite" button. If they sit down, use "inspire," and if they point and laugh use the "pander" option.

Comment by 398495

it took me a while to 'get' how to do this quest, but once i did i found it pretty fun

Comment by 283591

Yet another quest you'll need to disable CTMod for

Comment by Whiterock

Hyjal Burns Quest Tree From Whiterock
<<Feedback here, please>>

The Ancients are With Us*
|
1)Commander Jarod Shadowsong
1)Signed in Blood
2)Your New Identity
├──────────┬───────────────┐
2)In Bloom 2)Trial By Fire 2)Waste of Flesh
├──────────┴───────────────┘
3)Twilight Training
├──┬───────────────────>1)Physical Training: Forced Labor
| 1)Walking the Dog 3)Agility Training: Run Like Hell!
| 1)A Champion's Collar 3)Mental Training: Speaking the Truth to Power
| 5)Grudge Match 4)Spiritual Training: Mercy is for the Weak
| ├─────────────────────┴────┐
| 6)The Greater of Two Evils 6)Twilight Territory
| └─────────────────────┬────┘
3)Gather the Intelligence |
5)Seeds of Discord |
├────────────────────────┘
1)Speech Writing for Dummies
3)Head of the Class
4)Graduation Speech
6)Twilight Riot
1)Slash and Burn────────────┬──────>7)Might of the Firelord
| | 7)The Sanctum of the Prophets
7)The Twilight Egg | 8)Magma Monarch
7)Brood of Evil | |
7)Death to the Broodmother 7)Secrets of the Flame |
| 7)The Gatekeeper |
├──────────────────────────┴─────────────────────┘
9)The Firelord
G)The Battle Is Won, The War Goes On {H}
|
The Maelstrom*

Quest zones:
1)Darkwhisper Gorge_____2)The Twilight Gauntlet_____3)The Forge of Supplication_____4)Doom's Vigil_____5)Seat of the Chosen_____6)Gates of Sothann_____7)Ascendant's Rise_____8)The Throne of Flame_____9)The Inner Spire
G)Gluing Separate Questlines
*Click to see more info about that quest-line.
The Mount Hyjal is done! Leave your comments/sugestions at my comment in Mount Hyjal zone. Thanks everyone who helped me to make it via comments on wowhead and in-game pre-quest tracking.

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Comment by 233449

I promised myself I wouldn't cry
(sniff)

Comment by 695338

A partial list of things you might say:

Inspire!

<name> says: Not all of you will ascend to glory. Look to your left. Look to your right. THEY will perish in the end times. But YOU will become immortal.

Incite!

<name> says: But a bitter stench blows into our ranks. The answer is to purge! PURGE! Purge until the Twilight's Hammer is pure again!

<name> says: But always remember that our movement cannot stay pure if some traitors among you still draw breath. You know who I mean.

<name> says: We walk over the edge of a precipice. Some of us must be pushed over for the rest of us to continue.

<name> says: And some will preach unity! But does unity prevent a chain from breaking at its weakest link?

<name> says: And yes, Cho'gall might have founded the Twilight's Hammer, but who made it what it is today? Who preached the truth and faced persecution in the orc and human cities?

Pander!

<name> says: And you will be rewarded! If you fall in battle, yours will be a virtuous death! You will be at his side when he rises! You will share in his glory!

<name> says: And sometimes you have to ask yourself, "Is it worth it?" And the answer is plain: "Pain is not the cost, but the reward!"

Comment by 203746

When I heard "You lie!" all I could think of is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgce06Yw2ro

"The reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those cultists that are here illegally.

*cough*"

Comment by Swiftleaf

I ended up not having to use the Incite option once, so the end result was that when I said: "Yes, my fellow initiates. The friend of my enemy's enemy... well he is also the enemy of my friend. And yes... he shall perish too!" (the crazy option), the crowd broke into a riot.

Pretty disappointingly random if you ask me, they should have at least designed it so that for the final time you will definitely need to use the Incite option or something.

Comment by 239616

I ended up using the smashing of all 3 buttons technique to complete this quest and it actually started to be fun as i imagined the buttons 1,2 and 3 being whoever is responsible for this

Comment by DarkShado

This quest again is buggy as hell you bar doesn't change
and doesn't show you the right buttons.

What I did was make 4 macros

Inspire: /click BonusActionButton1
Incite: /click BonusActionButton2
Pander: /click BonusActionButton3

Now if you need to stop the quest for any reason
use this macro to stop and step away from the
podium.

/click BonusActionButton5

Comment by Tzeee

When the crowd is sitting down, they're bored, use skill 1 (inspire)

When the crowd is wielding swords, they're angry, use skill 2 (incite)

When the crowd is dancing, they're happy, use skill 3 (they're crazy)

Comment by Farmbuyer

You'll notice that the crowd responds to your action. While your action bar's on cooldown, the crowd will make another response - if you don't see it by the time the cooldown's up, give it a second or two, then choose the appropriate action. Otherwise, you may end up wasting time.

This! The quest is incredibly easy to do, as long as you don't get impatient and start spamming buttons. The key is in the quest text: "It'll be important to read your audience's emotions and use words that best address those emotions."

Click the podium, and wait. One of them will say something. If he's bored, then Inspire them; if he's angry, then Incite them, and if he sounds like Glenn Beck, then push the crazy button. Somebody else in the crowd will respond to you, and you'll know from their response whether you chose correctly or not. Then just wait a little and it will all happen again.

If you start spamming abilities, then you'll fall behind, you'll have no feedback and it will seem very frustrating.

Comment by 37419

You can click the button multiple times to get a successful speech.

That is, if you are supposed to click Inspire, press 1 multiple times in rapid succession. I've been able to get 3 completes from a single GCD.

Edit: No longer seems to be possible.

Comment by 71064

"F'tagh nah'hat! I'mmathan! Sha'lub nahab! Sha'lub nahab, my friends!"

One of those 'not having to kill X NPCs or loot Y items' quests. Definitely one of my all-time favourites.

Comment by StaticLgtBrngr

OR look at them,
sitting - push 1
standing stilll - push 2
dancing - push 3
easy.

This.

They also have their weapons drawn when when you should push incite which is another signal.

Comment by 780506

I don't see the podium anywhere and there is no use icon coming up anywhere. :/

Comment by travisdead1

the Podium is at 95.25, 51.33.

Comment by 784507

Turn in is right behind the podium. Talk to Jarod Shadowsong as the crowd is rioting. He'll tell you to meet him at the Gates of Sothann.

Comment by cmeierd

If you spam click on the appropriate action you can sometimes get an additional +1 towards completing the quest. I don't often advocate skipping lore or taking advantage of quest bugs, but when it's your third or fourth run through...or you sixth, *cough* you get a little tired of this quest.

Comment by bblz

One of the lines you drop when choosing "Pander" is a pretty blunt reference to the Cthulhu mythos, including words like "fhtagn". Not that the whole Twilight Cult thingie isn't a big bow to Lovecraft anyway.

Comment by Morzella

It's ashame there was no option to ditch your old life and continue on in the Twilight Hammer. I felt I had real promotion oppertunitys with these guys.

Comment by killerdinoblood

I feel your pain Morzella :(.For the sake of the RP i did the Twilight Undercover quests to a certain extent so the NPC of Darkwhisper Gorge were left friendly to me.When we have a RP Guild Meeting the guild members and i meet up in The Forge Of Supplication.

Comment by wharris

Guide to Alliance Mount Hyjal Quests, part 1:

Optional initial quests:
Hero's Call
As Hyjal Burns
The Earth Rises
Inciting the Elements and Flames from Above

Then:
Protect the World Tree (unlocks optional War on the Twilight's Hammer)
The Flameseer's Staff
Flamebreaker
The Return of Baron Geddon
Emerald Allies
The Captured Scout
Twilight Captivity
Return to Alysra
A Prisoner of Interest
Through the Dream
Return to Nodrassil

At this point, you must awaken three ancients. A Vision of Ysera will appear after each. You must awaken Goldrinn before beginning the Aessina/Tortolla quests but can otherwise work on them in any order.

Goldrinn Quests:
The Return of the Ancients (enables optional Harrying the Hunters and In the Rear with the Gear)
End of the Supply Line
The Voice of Goldrinn
Goldrinn's Ferocity
Lycanthoth the Corruptor enables several optional quest chains:

The Shrine Reclaimed (optional but do it now if you are are going to do it)
Gar'gol's Gotta Go and Get Me Outta Here!
From the Mouth of Madness and Free Your Mind, the Rest Follows
The Eye of Twilight, Mastering Puppets, Elementary!, and Return to Duskwhisper

Cleaning House (enables optional Sweeping the Shelf)
Lightning in a Bottle (enables optional Into the Maw! / Into the Maw!)
Rage of the Wolf Ancient, Forged of Shadow and Flame, and Crushing the Cores
Cindermaul, the Portal Master
Forgemaster Pyrendius
Return from the Firelands

Aviana Quests:
(optional linking quests ofWings over Mount Hyjal or Aviana's Legacy)
Two chains:
* An Offering for Aviana, A Plea from Beyond, and A Prayer and a Wing
* The Wormwing problem, Scrambling for Eggs, and then A Bird in Hand

Next comes Fact-Finding Mission which enables these required quests:

Finish the above for
Sethria's Demise
Return to the Shrine
An Ancient Reborn

Optional bonus:
The Hatchery Must Burn
Flight in the Firelands
Wave One
Wave Two
Egg Wave
Return to Aviana

Aessina/Tortolla Quests (must do Goldrinn first)
The Fires of Mount Hyjal (optional)
Save the Wee Animals and Oh, Deer!
Fighting Fire With ... Anything (optional, but must complete before Aessina's Miracle)
Disrupting the Rituals
If you're Not Against Us...
Seeds of Their Demise
A New Master
The Name Never Spoken
Black Heart of Flame
Good News... and Bad News (auto-accepted; can not be obtained later)
Last Stand at Whistling Grove
The Bears Up There (a good time to do Bounce!)
Smashing Through Ashes enables additional required quests:

Fresh Bait
Hell's Shells
Tortolla Speaks
An Ancient Awakens .

After waking all the ancients, the third vision gives The Last Living Lorekeeper.

Continued in part 2.

Comment by 858134

Don't know if anyone else is having this problem, but I have tried for 3 days to complete this quest. No podium shows up : - ( Have never had this problem with any other toon.

Comment by violetta

one of the best quotes
"The only hope is hopelessness!" for pandering. hilariously fun little quest

Comment by FuryWar

When the cultists start rioting and fighting each other, just hop off the pedestal and free Jarod Shadowsong.

Comment by 146544

I did this with my Level 85 DK-Unholy, No Pet! Followed pretty much what Igthomas blogged above and tried a little with what Viakarados, thanks goes to both of you. Jarod is the only one with a white "?" above his head, and a podium in front of him. So, when you get the #10, his White "?", turns to a Yellow "?". Click it and bug out. You do not get your reward until you return to the island where Jarod is now standing. Level up.

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Comment by seahen

You'd think after completing this quest, they'd give you a graduation ring or something.

Comment by swiftouch

This is the worst wow quest ever. So freakin stupid.

Comment by Acry

You can spam 1-2-3 in this quest all at once to do multiples of the speech options to make this quicker and easier.

Comment by simorie

I was unable to leave the podium after completing the 10 speeches; logging out and back in fixed it.

Comment by Igpolaris

I couldn't use the "Pander" button as it didn't showed up to me, but the quest is easy to complete if you wait/pay attention to the audience reactions.

Comment by Khayos

I've found that the easiest way is to spam click all the buttons at the same time. The correct one will go off and you will get credit. Sometimes you may get credited 2 corrects in one go.

Just tried this a min ago and it works.

Comment by 380116

People who cannot leave podium can delete their buff and finish the quest..

Comment by Uccello

Podium is at 95 51, or head for the purple crystal thing and it's on the hill just behind.

Comment by helmates

DO NOT do this quest! It is horribly bugged and you will get stuck in the vehicle. Blizz has broken it and it should not be done until it is fixed.

If you get stuck, see Welde's comment above. Also, upvote his comment plz, so people see it until such time as Blizz fixes it.

Comment by mbradleyc

I just did this with my third toon and there was a bug with the console. It ony had 1 and 2 as choices. 3 was gone and 4 was blank.

I pushed 1 if they were sitting and 2 if they were standing and that worked fine, but when I had gotten to 10 points and the killing started, the questlight turned yellow but I couldn't get away from the lectern. There was no release, so I couldn't get to Jarod.

I finally tried pressing 3 and it did nothing except there as a cooldown like it was an answer. Pressing 4 did nothing at all. Then I pressed 5 (which had no button on the console) and was released from the lectern.

Comment by Takata

I did this quest with my human paladin not to long ago. I only got the first two options, inspire! and incite! I didn't have pander or even step down. When I completed the quest I had to log out to get the bar removed. Now doing this on my Nelf warrior....I got inspire! incite! and pander! and also I got step down. I have a feeling there was a 4th one there to that wasn't showing up..Anyways when I first started it, I didn't get any right. Not until after a few clicks I started getting some credit. But this quest is still completable despite all the bugs.

Comment by 938154

if you get stuck /click BonusActionButton5 it will work.

Comment by DArcMattr

This is too good to leave only in the game: "Place a palm across your heart and reach forward with your other hand to touch the infinite. Does it feel soft? NO! It feels... immense."

Comment by 930859

Bugged at the end of it had to relog to turn in quest.

Comment by Tensaiga

A note for everyone like me that has the bar at the bottom not show all 3 of the buttons (In my case, I could not see pander at all):

There are two ways to deal with this. First, you can just hit the buttons like normal. The 1 key Inspires, the 2 key Incites, and the 3 key panders, even if you can't see the button.

Secondly, you can also just ignore audience members you can't do the action for. If you need to pander, just do nothing and eventually they will say something else. However, on that note, you can also simply choose the wrong response. You aren't penalized for a wrong response at all, all you need is 10 successful responses to complete the quest, wrong responses do not take away from that.

Comment by 944997

wow, i think its easier than goin into so much detail, very easy quest to finish, just respond to the crowd, if they are bored, hit 1, if not hit 2. the only thing i found hard was getting STUCK after, wtf! SO.. thanx to skylaa, just copy and paste (ctrl v) /click BonusActionButton5

Comment by Eillesthis

As soon as you complete the requirements of this quest (even before you turn it in), you have worked the Twilight Initiates into such a frenzy that they start attacking the Twilight Enforcers. The latter periodically yell:

Twilight Enforcer yells: Agghh! So many of them!
Twilight Enforcer yells: I knew the puny ones weren't to be trusted! Smash them!
Twilight Enforcer yells: You runts want to riot? I'll show you!

Once you accept Twilight Riot, Elementalist Ortell uses the cover to help Commander Jarod Shadowsong escape.

Comment by 996179

Quest buggy on May 30, 2012. No podium. reloaded 4 times with same result. will have to abandon entire string of quests I guess.

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Graduation Speech

Use the Initiation Podium at Doom's Vigil to successfully deliver the Graduation Speech.

	Graduation Speech (10)

Description

You're finally ready, <name>damus.

I am so proud of you and all you've accomplished.

Today you will deliver a speech in front of your peers and inspire them to crush our enemies until Hyjal is nothing but a pile of ash.

Remember, <name>damus. It'll be important to read your audience's emotions and use words that best address those emotions.

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You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

500 reputation with Guardians of Hyjal

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25315))

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