Kurenai

The Kurenai, Draenei for "redeemed", are a faction of Broken draenei who have escaped the grasp of their various slavers in Outland and have made their home at Telaar in southern Nagrand. It is there that they seek to rediscover their destiny. They also maintain a small presence at Orebor Harborage in Zangarmarsh.

History[]

From the official site:

The Kurenai are a group of Broken who have escaped the grasp of their various slavers in Outland. They recently took possession of Telaar, a town in the far south of Nagrand. Unlike many other Broken, the Kurenai are trying their best to overcome their demonic taint. Nevertheless, despite their noble intent, the Kurenai are cautious toward all outsiders, who sometimes mistake the Kurenai for their wretched brethren. A number of Kurenai also dwell in Zangarmarsh at the Orebor Harborage, where they are trying to strengthen the ties between the draenei at Telredor and the Kurenai home city of Telaar. Yet the path of the Kurenai's destiny is long and dangerous, and many threats lurk on the winding road ahead... quite literally. In order for messengers to pass swiftly between Telaar and Telredor, the roads of Zangarmarsh must be secured. The task will prove difficult, considering the marsh's abundance of mostly aggressive wildlife.

The most imminent danger to the Kurenai, though, comes from ogres. In Zangarmarsh, the Ango'rosh ogres are moving in from the west, while in Nagrand, ogres from the Boulderfist and Warmaul clans are a constant threat to the safety of Telaar. Infighting between the ogre clans has displaced some of the big brutes from their mounds, sending them out searching for food in regions that had previously been spared the ogres' insatiable appetite. Another problem the Kurenai face in Nagrand is being caused by a different group of Broken: the Murkblood tribe. These savage Broken sacked the Mag'har settlement of Sunspring Post, slaying many orcs and destroying any chance of peaceful coexistence between Kurenai and Mag'har in the near future. To make matters worse, the Murkblood tribe seems to be planning to use their newfound strength against the people of Telaar.

Because the Kurenai are trying to mend their ties to their draenei brethren, they are supporting the draenei's decision to join the Alliance by allowing all Alliance members to enter Telaar unharmed. Those who seek out Telaar will find that the Kurenai, although wary of strangers at first, are good people who greatly honor the friendship of their proven allies.

Reputation[]

Alliance players start unfriendly with the Kurenai. If you are interested in getting exalted with the Kurenai, please look at the short Kurenai Reputation Guide.

	Unfriendly	Neutral	Friendly	Honored	Revered	Exalted	Rep	Notes
Repeatable Quests			[67] Fierce Enemies (R)				550	Obsidian Warbeads x10
Quests	Zangarmarsh						~4500
Quests	Nagrand						~10,570
Mobs	Boulderfist Crusher, Mystic						10	Burning Blade Ruins
	Kil'sorrow Deathsworn, Cultist, Spellbinder						10	Kil'sorrow Fortress
	Boulderfist Mage, Warrior						10	Northwind & Southwind Clefts
	Murkblood Scavenger						2	Sunspring Post
	Murkblood Brute, Putrifier, Raider						10	Sunspring Post
	Warmaul Reaver, Shaman						11	Laughing Skull Ruins
	Warmaul Brute, Warlock						11	Warmaul Hill

Be aware that the Obsidian Warbeads are also used for Consortium reputation so think carefully on where you want reputation before handing them in.
Also keep in mind that the consortium only gives half the rep per bead and they have multiple repeatable quests to get rep once you can handle Netherstorm mobs, whereas the beads and killing Ogres are basically it for Kurenai once you do the other quests.
As of patch 3.0.8, the ogres give full rep at 80.
As of 5.0.5, Warmaul ogres give 11 rep per kill and Obsidian Warbeads 550 per turn-in.

Rewards[]

Trader Narasu <Kurenai Quartermaster> located on the east side of the Inn, outside:

Trader Narasu <Kurenai Quartermaster>
	Item	Cost	Type
Friendly	[Pattern: Netherfury Belt]	12	Leatherworking (340)
Honored	[Pattern: Reinforced Mining Bag]	5	Leatherworking (325)
	[Pattern: Drums of Restoration]	16	Leatherworking (350)
	[Pattern: Drums of Speed]	16	Leatherworking (350)
	[Pattern: Netherfury Leggings]	12	Leatherworking (340)
	[Worg Hide Quiver]	10	18-Slot Quiver
Revered	[Recipe: Transmute Primal Fire to Earth]	8	Alchemy (350)
	[Band of Elemental Spirits]	17 59 52	Ring
	[Kurenai Kilt]	21 88 18	Leather
	[Blackened Leather Spaulders]	16 7 43	Leather
	[Pattern: Netherfury Boots]	12	Leatherworking (350)
Exalted	[Arechron's Gift]	52 43 92	Two-Handed Mace
	[Cloak of the Ancient Spirits]	13 3 14	Cloth
	[Far Seer's Helm]	20 71 31	Mail
	[Reins of the Cobalt Riding Talbuk]	70	Mount
	[Reins of the Silver Riding Talbuk]	70	Mount
	[Reins of the Tan Riding Talbuk]	70	Mount
	[Reins of the White Riding Talbuk]	70	Mount
	[Reins of the Cobalt War Talbuk]	100	Mount
	[Reins of the Silver War Talbuk]	100	Mount
	[Reins of the Tan War Talbuk]	100	Mount
	[Reins of the White War Talbuk]	100	Mount
	[Kurenai Tabard]	1	Tabard

Quests[]

Zangarmarsh[]

Total Reputation Gained: 4,500

[62] Concerns About Tuurem
[64] A Message to Telaar
[64] Ango'rosh Encroachment (+500 Reputation)
- [64] Overlord Gorefist (+500 Reputation)
[64] Daggerfen Deviance (+500 Reputation)
[64] Wanted: Chieftain Mummaki (+500 Reputation)

Require neutral reputation[]

[64] Lines of Communication (+500 Reputation)
[64] Natural Armor (+500 Reputation)
- [64] Maktu's Revenge (+500 Reputation)
[64] Stinger Venom (+500 Reputation)
[64] The Terror of Marshlight Lake (+500 Reputation)

Nagrand[]

Total Reputation Gained: 10,570

[65] Do My Eyes Deceive Me (+500 Reputation)
- [65] Not On My Watch! (+1000 Reputation)
  - [65] Mo'mor the Breaker (+20 Reputation)
    - [65] The Ruins of Burning Blade (+500 Reputation)
      - [66] The Twin Clefts of Nagrand (+700 Reputation)
        [66] Diplomatic Measures (+300 Reputation)
        [66] Ruthless Cunning
        [66] Body of Evidence
        [66] Message to Telaar (+700 Reputation)
[65] HELP! (+500 Reputation)
- [66] Corki's Gone Missing Again! (+500 Reputation)
  - [67] Corki's Ransom (Group) (+500 Reputation)
    - [67] Cho'war the Pillager (Group) (+700 Reputation)
[66] The Throne of the Elements (+50)
[67] Fierce Enemies (+500 Reputation)
- [67] More Warbeads (+500 Reputation) [Repeatable]
[66] Wanted: Giselda the Crone (+500 Reputation)
[66] Wanted: Zorbo the Advisor (+500 Reputation)
- [66] Wanted: Durn the Hungerer (+700 Reputation)
[67] The Ravaged Caravan (+700 Reputation)
[67] Solving the Problem (+500 Reputation)
[67] Stopping the Spread (+500 Reputation)
[67] The Totem of Kar'dash (+700 Reputation)

There are a variety of quests. Four of them involve Wanted: Dead or Alive themes in which you are asked to slay various interlopers (Ogres, Warlocks). In others you act as an emissary and you are assigned to act as an enactor of their will (e.g. kill several Daggerfen members, an assassin group of Lost Ones).

There is one repeatable Quest where you can turn in 10 Obsidian Warbeads, that drop from Ogres in Nagrand. Note that you could also turn these Beads in for Reputation at the Consortium (Quest at Aeris Landing).

Trivia[]

Kurenai is Japanese for "crimson".
Alliance players were previously able to check the "At War" box for this faction, letting them kill guards and vital NPCs. This has since been patched.

External links[]

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