Respect for the Past

Respect for the Past (four parts)
Wisdom of Lohfal (last part)

This is the last quest of four to gain full access to Keya's Leatherworking. Definitely one of the most frustrating set of quests in memory. The quests themselves are never the problem - the problem is always how to get to it. This quest is supposed to take place in Highmountain. However, depending on where Keya is currently at, the location could be Highmountain, Stormheim, or Suramar.

I finally started watching you tube videos of the quest. I hate them because they are almost always poor quality and hard to follow. I did find one that worked for me. The quest is unbelievably complicated with a seemingly endless choice of wrong paths, dead ends, and sudden drop offs, while the mountains being climbed just get taller and narrower, covered in ice and lined with slippery ice bridges. Just watching the video brought out my fear of heights. Keya was so nervous she sweated despite the sub-zero temperature. And that's just from watching the video.

For the real thing, Keya decided to return to Thunder Totem, Highmountain as their base. Using the utube as a guide, Keya followed the video directions. We played stop and go, switching between the video and Keya's movements, taking a section at a time, and with stops in between. Following that trail would be a nice challenge even without the pressure of finishing the quest. Things got nasty at the end. Keya had to scale a slippery ice crag while batting at angry demons. She overshot her final hurdle and for a moment I thought she was going to fly right over the edge and off the mountain. Keya regained her balance quickly and sank to the ground, inches from a very long fall. Keya then - carefully - walked to the edge of the precipice where a piece of leather was stretched tight. She collected her quest. Finally.

Now that it's done and she's safe (but still feeling a chill in her bones), Trainer Hrul Sharphoof had something more to say back at Thunder Totem. He thanked Keya for allowing him to teach Keya the ways of leather working. Keya then hearthed to Dalaran and reported to Namha Moonwater. Is her training fulfilled? Of course not. Namha now wants Keya to further her arts by learning how to use demon hide, something that probably means she'll be skinning demons. That kind of work is likely done in Suramar.