If there's one thing that's true about any version of World of Warcraft, it's that Blizzard loves hiding convoluted quest chains behind mundane objects, the first of which has been found in WoW Forever.
If you've started a Skyborne character in Forever, you've probably completed a quest that rewarded you with an 'Ancient Heirloom' ring with no stats, and wondered why it even exists. Well, it turns out that it kicks off a whole hidden quest chain if you know where to look.
This secret was discovered by the WoW Secret Finding and Collections Discord, and it involves getting that ring, finding a sword hilt that only shows up when you're using a specific torch, then finding a blade with a random location and then finding and cleansing a 'Befouled Water Globe.' The community has put together a guide on Wowhead of the known steps so far, but there's a catch – it doesn't seem like anyone has actually finished the little scavenger hunt yet.
As of this morning, folks in the WoW Secret Finding Discord are still actively trying to see what gets unlocked at the end of this convoluted chain, but for now, the community is calling it the "Dawn Waker Secret" and seems to believe it revolves around a couple of swords: Eluvi'ana and Eluvi'tor.
As part of the process, you'll end up with a sword that you need to cleanse, and to do that, you'll need to clear the Capital Gardens section of Dire Maul and talk to Prince Tortheldrin, whose dialog hints that "such knowledge is reserved by those honored in my royal court." And, in classic WoW fashion, this probably means a lengthy rep grind is needed.
According to admin Miko in the WoW Secret Finding Discord, "Our most recent discoveries hint us that the rewards for this chain will involve the swords of Eluvi'ana and Eluvi'tor. The most recent step points us to a rep grind with the Shendralar Faction, as Prince Tortheldrin in Dire Maul tells us that only those Honored with his court are worthy enough to obtain the knowledge about these blades."
Depending on how long it takes players to actually get Honored with the Shendralar faction, it might be a while before the final reward is actually revealed. But there are hundreds of players in this Discord channel working on the secret, so it's only a matter of time.
We're still in the early days of WoW Forever, after all, and it's been a massively successful launch. And as more players start to get to max level, more secrets are sure to pop up in the world. After all, while World of Warcraft takes a lot of queues from Classic WoW, the developers have added a ton of content, so who knows how many secrets have been buried in the corners of Azeroth?