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Comment by 18814

Aean Swiftriver is a Night elf outrider accompanied by two other night-elves and a human at all times, all of whom are elite, between levels 24-26. She always drops a scroll that begins the following quest:
The Runed Scroll:
https://www.cuckhead.com/cata/quest=3513

That quest has a followup that takes you to Stonetalon. If possible, you can do this followup quest and the quest "The Den" at the same time. Requires a group though.

The Den:
https://www.cuckhead.com/cata/quest=1089

Her path actually follows the flight path north from Freewind Post, so you should be able to scout for her if you fly from there to the Crossroads. The only place she deviates from this path is around Camp Taurajo, where she goes a bit east of the road, just past a pair of tents along the road. I'd recommend flying back and forth from Freewind post to the Crossroads to scout for her. Much faster than scouting on foot.

I did this as a level 30 subtlety rogue by sapping her, waiting till JUST before sap wears off, then ambushing her. By the time her friends had come back to aid her, she was already dead and I could Vanish to safety. I suspect a BM Hunter could sick her pet in and then focus entirely on her to kill her, then feign death. Any other classes would probably struggle though, so you may want to find a group.

Good luck!

Comment by Immanio

Soloed all 4 with a lvl 24 affliction warlock. It took some deaths, but I got them in the end. Tanked one mob with voidwalker and DoTed it up, and fear juggled the others. It might be useful to know that if you kill one of the 4, that one won't respawn, so even if you die you can corpserun and then get the rest. Also, it seemed that if I just kept fearing the ones I weren't focusing on, without doing any damage to them, then they would reset after a while, and leave me to finish off the one I was damaging.

Comment by 69001

I tried to solo these as a lvl 32 Druid. Three deaths prove that I can't. :-(

Comment by 69658

i soloed easily as a 33 feral druid had to come out of cat heal then go bear to finish her then i ran good luck everyone :D

Comment by VooktaVelen

solo'd easily as 66 hunter of course. Saw them last night, was 4 or 5 of them walking slowly on wolf mounts. All of them were rare, dropped 3 green items which i gave to the crowd that watched me kill them in a few seconds lol

I see them approx once every few days when i fly by.

Comment by Wark

They appear to spawn at the southernmost part of their route-- at least they did for me.

Comment by 52224

Exact spawn coordinates with Cartographer are (48.50, 79.70)
8 minute re-spawn timer.

Comment by 13973

If you're unable to solo the three and want the quest, and have a range instant attack, you can make use of the guards from Camp Taurajo. The group comes somewhat close to the camp. Use a range instant attack on whichever you want to kill when they're nearby, then start running them over. Ensure that every 8 seconds, you hit your target with that instant spell. If you're lucky, the guards will pick up the other three while you continue to kite yours around. It's long, and without a good mana pool and regen you could get screwed. I was able to manage this as a level 29 feral druid by using Moonfire to kite Aean, then using cat form to make distance when they got close. Of course, even then it was very close.

Comment by 203775

Heres my trick: (33 prot pally)

throw on seal of light, run in judgement it on hannah then throw seal back on kill her/run till they un agro and heal up.

repeat with aeon.

last run just take out thora and marcus

Comment by 227387

One of the Aillaince Outrunners

Comment by Skelic

Aean Swiftriver <Alliance Outrunner> is a level 22 elite rare mob night elf found in the Barrens.

Aean Swiftriver is one of 4 Alliance Outrunners who are scouting the Barrens. The others are Hannah Bladeleaf, Marcus Bel, and Thora Feathermoon. The mounted outrunners ride a patrol from Bael Modan in the south to the Lushwater Oasis in the north. The outrunners are elite fighters around level 25 and will fight together. Unless you are prepared or are high-level, Horde characters should keep their distance.

She drops Runed Scroll that starts a quest for level 15+ characters, but is recommended for ~25. The quests rewards serve as twink-gear at 10-19 bracket.

Comment by 131798

I just killed them at Lushwater Oasis, so I can confirm that they also pat closer to it.

Comment by neoreaper

be 80.
easy.

Comment by 199961

soloed as 24 lvl bm hunter. (Bear) let your pet have aggro dont mend ( if you heal your pet other 3 will attack you at that level pet cant hold much aggro ) kıll them one by one.. İf your pet dıes retreat revive repeat.

Comment by 222263

Killing this outrunner drops the runed scroll, a quest which leads to the edge of the Barrens (Mo'shan Ramparts). From there, a player can then go to Stonetalen Mountains and do the second part of the quest, Horde Presence.

The glove reward from this is great caster gear, which are equal to Gold-flecked Gloves from Deadmines and Serpent Gloves, a drop from Wailing Caverns.

The Trailblazer Boots reward from this same quest chain aren't too shabby for their level, either.

Comment by 422006

Cant count how many times she and her buddies slaughtered my tauren characters on my way to Crossroads. Sure felt good to beat the crap out of them as my hunter.

Comment by 106622

23 hunter, aspect of the cheetah, kite. Don't get aggro on the others and only have your pet attack at the very end, you're good. Use aspect of the viper if you need mana (when you're at range). Easy mode.

Comment by johannhowitzer

Ran between Taurajo and Bael Modan for an hour and a half without finding them. Looked at all four NPCs' maps on this site to get their rough patrol route, spent some time waiting at the coordinates listed for them to respawn... nothing. I have yet to read a surefire strategy; trying for Loremaster and this is one of the few times Wowhead has failed me. This group of mobs definitely goes on my list of most annoying to find - right up there with the Harvester.

Comment by 475603

I have seen this group wandering around just south of the Lushwater oasis then crossing the dry river bed that bisects the Barrens. They march by Mankrik's wife; I lost them after that.

Comment by 223108

These guys are rather infuriating - I've run into them every single time I've gone through Southern Barrens with a lower level character (at that time I had no idea there was really a purpose to killing them, thus I avoided them like the plague if I saw them), but as SOON as I actually do need them, for Loremaster and The Seeker, they are nowhere to be found ...

Typical! >.<

Comment by 490198

As a Mage it should be easy get em together throw a blizzard/flame strike and they'll be dead in a sec. Pretty easy as a mage.

Comment by Fuzzbutt

These guys are obnoxious if you're doing loremaster, but there's an easy way to isolate what part of their path they're on. At no point in the southern part of their route, except the hill just south of Camp T, do they loop far enough from their path to be out of range of the other end of their path (you should be using a /tar macro). A quick run around the hill south of Camp T will show they're not there.

If you follow their path south from Camp T and ride back up, you can make sure they aren't in the southern area. After that, ride up to where the mobs path in the circle up to the oasis. If they aren't on the lower half, then they have to be in this section. Just wait at the dry riverbed near (48,51) and they'll come to you.

I had been trying to find these guys for awhile and this method made it super easy for me, at least.

Happy hunting!

Comment by ricster8

To say these guys are elusive would be an understatement.

Comment by hampusdif

U can't kite them :( but u can kite the hydra,i killed him on lvl 16 just do moonfire then travel form.. :) hope it helps

Comment by Jadaard

I ran across the group at 50.2, 44.3. For those without coordinates, this is southeast of the Lush Oasis, where the road passes between two hills (they were on the small strip of land between the western hill and the road). Of note, for anyone trying to catch them as they move around, they were headed south. While I didn't plan this, it seems like a good chokepoint to catch them in.

Comment by 164885

As of the Sundering (Cataclysm), the Alliance Outrunners no longer patrol the Barrens.

Comment by Thottbot

46,70

Comment by Thottbot

Aean is a mounted elite/rare that wanders The Barrens along with THREE other mounted/elites. They spawn at approx. 46.70. I killed them at 48.54.

Aean drops Runed Scroll, which starts you on a quest (Horde).

http://i9.tinypic.com/61l6tqx.jpg

Comment by Thottbot

Well, "Feet of the lynx" is the actuall twink I think - 8agi 3str - well, the quest they dropp is a chain quest that gives you boots with 7agi and 3stam, isnt that better? atleast for a hunter and a rouge to i guess. they are able at lvl 19, a little easier to get if you were gonna loot lynx by yourself.

Comment by Thottbot

OK PEOPLE, LET ME CLEAR THIS UP!
everyone says they are a rare/elite spawn,
THEY ARE NOT
they have a 1sec spawn time, i was just runing down the barrens, from x roads to 1k needles for skining, i ran into em just past camp t, killed em, got wool, couple silver and a green, countinued my trip, as i got to the fork in the road the leads to dustswallow, i ran into them again, literly 5min later..... so theres ur info.

Comment by Thottbot

Found then just south of Camp T, looked like they were heading south on the road. Happy hunting.

Comment by Thottbot

Here's how to get the Runed Scroll as a solo rogue without being too high level. ;-)

You can either cut them down one-by-one or go straight for Aean, but the method is the same. It might be better to pick them off one-by-one as Aean is sometimes between her companion, making it harder to sneak up on her and Sap her undetected.

As the group passes by, carefully use Sap to immobilize one of them, whether Aean or one of her companions. Don't use Distract prior to Sapping as the group will end up staying and moving together (this happened to me). But Sapping without Distract will lock the victim in place while the group moves on without the target, completely oblivious.

Wait for the group to move a good distance away, Sapping again to maintain your hold on your target. The time for 2 Saps to elapse (since you 1st Sapped and stopped your target) is usually enough to give you enough distance between you and the other outriders. Don't wait too long as the sapped target may begin to evade and even de-spawn (happened 1st time I tried this).

At this point, you attack.

Either the others won't come back to attack you, or one or two of the group will return- but the distance should be great enough to give you enough time to kill your target. You can then either Vanish or fight the incoming mob, but this time on a more equal footing, one-on-one.

When I did this, slaying her three fellow outriders, it was Aean who kept moving on and away, and I had to chase up to her while hoping no one else had caught and killed her and gotten the Runed Scroll. But it was mission accomplished soon enough.

Comment by Thottbot

Ok,these guys are really REALLY easy to kill as a lvl 31(Does spec matter?)Markmanship hunter,so maybe they arent those hard-to-kill-super-elites everybody on my realm keeps talking about?Lol Anyways Aean just dropped one green for mail,and a scroll.They have good coin drops tho ^_^

Comment by Thottbot

i ran into them once with my 37 druid, nice 5 guy's i was alliance though

Comment by Thottbot

oh god i cant remember how mant times i was eating traning and they would kill me DX over and over.. agrod me pretty far lol

Comment by Allakhazam

22 Hunter kited her to death on the road with aspect of the cheetah on. Used one minor mana pot. Pet died, but it was worth it.

Edited, Jun 12th 2008 4:25pm by crimeariver

Comment by Allakhazam

god think before you speak THEY ARE NON PLAYER CONTROLLED, THEY CAN HAVE FREAKIN FLYING MOUNTS AT LEVEL 1

Comment by Allakhazam

is Aean Swiftriver his he a beast or a humanoid?

Comment by Allakhazam

I just solo'd this as a 26/27 rogue (ding'd in the procces).

Sap 1 except Aean Swiftriver (do her last), wait for the pack or just Aean Swiftriver to disappear (keep your target sapped till he leaves range of sight) and then kill the sapped one, repeat this till only Aean Swiftriver is left. u can kill her aswell then and Voila one Runed scroll

If u find yourself pulling more than you can handle Vanish

Gl

Edited, Jan 13th 2008 10:14am by Worldow

Comment by Allakhazam

Soloed all four as a 31 hunter, used 1 pot but no traps, sent in pet and if i was attacked just feign. easy...

Comment by Allakhazam

I want to know how lev 25's got mounts....

Comment by Allakhazam

lol horde have lvl 15 on mount so why not alliance whit 25 ^^

Comment by Allakhazam

how often do they do there "trip" spawn whatever u want to call it :P

im trying to get the quest but cant find them

Comment by BeerWolf

You can solo them by luring the patrol to a guard at Camp Taurajo.

Comment by sebvasquez91

If like me, you have spent a long time trying to track this mob and her party up and down the Barrens, in order to get The Runed Scroll (https://www.cuckhead.com/cata/quest=3513), but haven't been able to find them, then make sure you check Lushwater Oasis, just south of Wailing Caverns. For some reason, they stop for an undetermined period of time at a centaur tent south of the oasis (47.3, 41.8).
I found them standing there, after looking for them a long time...

I had no idea allies were friends with the centaurs of the Barrens! :P

Comment by Anon3612

Soloed as a 27 Paladin, just pull her and keep hitting her while running away; the other mobs will reset and she will keep fighting you.

Comment by Trickenzie

If you kill this mob and not the others, she does not respawn. That means anyone else wanting to get the quest has to kill the remaining three and wait for respawns. I have no idea what the timer is on that.

But if possible, please kill them all. It's kinda hard on other people on the server if you don't.

Comment by Torm

NPC respawns around 47.79 in Barrens. Respawn time is around 7-8 minutes.
Tomtom: /way 47 79

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Aean Swiftriver <Alliance Outrunner>

This NPC can be found in Northern Barrens (162).

Aean Swiftriver <Alliance Outrunner>

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