A Pawn on the Eternal Board

This quest is part of the introduction to The Scepter of the Shifting Sands quest chain to open the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj.
==Objectives==
Learn all that you can of the past, then speak with at the Caverns of Time in Tanaris. 
*The War of the Shifting Sands
==Description==
As you regain your composure and focus your gaze, you notice that something stirs within the crystal. Upon closer inspection, you realize that you are looking into the past... a memory... long forgotten. 
==Rewards==
Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
*9550 XP (or at level 70)
*250 reputation with Brood of Nozdormu
==Completion==
After Staghelm's betrayal, I gathered the shattered pieces of the The Scepter of the Shifting Sands and returned here. I had every intention of protecting the scepter from those that would seek to use it to cause harm to our world - thus was born the charge of the Dragonflights.
A scepter divided amongst the four mighty Aspects would prove to be nearly impossible to restore for those willfully seeking chaos... or so I thought. What a fool I was. Even now I am hunted by that cursed flight.
==Notes==
Accepting the quest will trigger a cutscene with (until The Burning Crusade) unique background music:
:The four dragons, Staghelm, and a large group of qiraji and night elves appear out of the sands of time.
:Merithra runs to the fight.
:She drops her night elf guise, casts a nature breath attack on the qiraji and flies over the gate.
:Arygos follows in Merithra's steps, dropping his gnomish guise and casting a chaos magic breath attack on the melee.
:Caelestrasz repeats the process with flame attack.
:Anachronos and Fandral run through the melee to the gate to seal off the gate. Time for the elves and the qiraji comes to a standstill.
:Staghelm calls roots to seal the gate, ending the attack.
==Progression==
==Patch changes==
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==External links==
Category:Removed Brood of Nozdormu quests