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Of Traitors and Treason

Quest 2 of 9 in the Wintergarde Keep Chain
Alliance • Dragonblight • Level 72 • Stars' Rest
Show the Alliance Missive to Palena Silvercloud at Stars' Rest.
Courier Lanson in his tent at [28, 56]. Palena Silvercloud is the hippogryph master just steps away. No combat. Important: The follow-up, High Commander Halford Wyrmbane, triggers an automatic express flight to Wintergarde Keep the moment you accept it. Finish all Stars' Rest business before accepting. Dismount and cancel shapeshift first or you'll get an error. If the flight fails, talk to Palena again and select "I need to get to Wintergarde Keep fast!" Howling Fjord players can get this same quest from Captain Adams at Westguard Keep instead.
Vikstone's Classic Expedition
Palena Silvercloud read the missive and her face went pale. Three words before rushing to prepare her fastest hippogryph: "Go. Now. Fly." Wintergarde waited to the east, and somewhere below, traitors walked among soldiers who trusted them.

“The list I hold must be delivered to High Commander Halford Wyrmbane. He commands the 7th Legion, stationed at Wintergarde Keep on the eastern borders of Dragonblight. If any of the traitors on this list are stationed at Wintergarde… it could be catastrophic. Hurry, Vikstone.

Show the document to Palena Silvercloud here at Stars’ Rest and explain the nature of your mission. She will put you on her fastest hippogryph to Wintergarde!”

-Courier Lanson

Objective

LEVEL

72

Requires level

71

Show the Alliance Missive to Palena Silvercloud at Stars’ Rest.

  • Alliance Missive (Provided)

 

Quest Giver:
Courier Lanson, found at 28, 56 in Stars' Rest, Dragonblight.
Available after completing The Lost Courier.
Courier Lanson in his tent at [28, 56]. Palena Silvercloud is the hippogryph master just steps away.

 

Reward

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
2,050 experience
10 reputation with Valiance Expedition

Walkthrough

 

Quest Giver: Courier Lanson — Stars’ Rest, Dragonblight [28, 56]

Turn In: Palena Silvercloud — Stars’ Rest, Dragonblight

Objective: Show the Alliance Missive to Palena Silvercloud at Stars’ Rest.

 

Quick Facts

 

Walkthrough

Accept and Complete

  • After turning in “The Lost Courier,” Courier Lanson immediately offers this quest. He explains that the list of suspected Cult of the Damned traitors must reach High Commander Halford Wyrmbane at Wintergarde Keep, and directs you to show the [Alliance Missive] to Palena Silvercloud for urgent transport.
  • Palena Silvercloud is the hippogryph master at Stars’ Rest, just steps away from Courier Lanson’s tent. Speak with her to complete the quest.
  • She immediately offers the follow-up, High Commander Halford Wyrmbane, which auto-flies you on a fast hippogryph directly to Wintergarde Keep.

 

Efficiency Tips

  • Dismount and cancel shapeshift before accepting the follow-up. The “High Commander Halford Wyrmbane” quest triggers an automatic flight to Wintergarde Keep on accept. If you’re mounted or shapeshifted, you’ll get an error. You can talk to Palena Silvercloud again and select “I need to get to Wintergarde Keep fast!” to retry.
  • This is a one-way express flight. Make sure you’ve finished any business at Stars’ Rest before accepting the follow-up, because the flight takes you straight to Wintergarde Keep on the far eastern side of Dragonblight.
  • If you’ve already been to Wintergarde Keep and completed Flight of the Wintergarde Defender, this quest will not be available. You’ve already passed this point in the chain and can continue from where you left off.

 

Lore Context

  • The “Alliance Missive” contains a list of suspected Cult of the Damned infiltrators within Alliance ranks. This directly ties back to the spy uncovered during the Thassarian chain in Borean Tundra, where one of Unit S‘s members turned out to be a cultist.
  • The urgency of getting this list to Wyrmbane sets the tone for Wintergarde Keep’s storyline, where the 7th Legion is under siege from Naxxramas above and infiltration from within.

 

Explore Dragonblight’s hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Dragonblight Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.

You will receive:

4 Gold

70 Silver

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

20,100 experience
250 reputation with Valiance Expedition

Warrior IconVikstone's War Journal

Lanson’s list were names of the damned by their own choosing.

Vikstone Portrait Act 1
Illustrated by Christian DiBari and Simon Gough.

High Commander Halford Wyrmbane commands the 7th Legion at Wintergarde Keep, the Alliance’s forward position on Dragonblight’s eastern edge. The 7th Legion. Veterans who have never broken. If cultists have infiltrated their ranks, the entire front could collapse from within.

Palena Silvercloud read the missive. She was already moving toward the paddock. “You’ll take my fastest hippogryph. This reaches Wyrmbane tonight.”

“Go. Now. Fly.”

Her mounts stamped and shifted in their paddock. 

They chose this. Men and women who looked at the Lich King’s work and agreed to sin, who traded their souls for power, or immortality, or whatever lie he whispered to them.

Namarie never chose. Lunara never chose.

The hippogryph launched and Stars’ Rest fell away beneath me. Wintergarde waited to the east, and the list waited in my pack, and somewhere below, traitors walked among soldiers who trusted them.

 

The hippogryph went east toward a keep rising out of the snow and a necropolis hanging over it, where High Commander Halford Wyrmbane was waiting for both.

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