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“We see one brave hippogryph circling over the fort, then swooping down and taking prey. Jethan over there has taken a couple of shots at the creature, but his arrows bounced right off! We’ve taken to calling this remarkable creature Steelfeather, but we can’t see why he prefers the area around Fort Wildervar. Most hippogryphs are wary of people. Researcher Aderan has helped us fashion a charm from one of the creature’s feathers.
He claims it will allow the user to see through Steelfeather’s eyes.”
-Gil Grisert
Locate Steelfeather circling Fort Wildervar and use the Feathered Charm to discover his secret. Report your findings to Gil Grisert.
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Quest Giver: Gil Grisert — Fort Wildervar, Howling Fjord [60, 16]
Objective: Locate Steelfeather circling Fort Wildervar, use the Feathered Charm on her, and report back to Gil Grisert.
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Possible CSI Reference: Gil Grisert’s name bears a strong resemblance to Gil Grissom, the forensic entomologist protagonist of CBS’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Explore Howling Fjord’s hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Howling Fjord Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.
Vikstone's War JournalGil pointed skyward.
“We see one brave hippogryph circling over the fort, then swooping down and taking prey. Jethan over there has taken a couple of shots at the creature, but his arrows bounced right off!”
I watched the hippogryph drift against the sky, magnificent and fearless.
“We’ve taken to calling this remarkable creature Steelfeather, but we can’t see why he prefers the area around Fort Wildervar. Most hippogryphs are wary of people.”
He pressed a charm into my hand, fashioned from one of the creature’s own feathers.
“Researcher Aderan has helped us fashion this. He claims it will allow the user to see through Steelfeather’s eyes.”
My people had ridden hippogryphs for millennia, bonded with them in ways humans couldn’t comprehend. Steelfeather’s behavior made no sense unless there was something here worth defending.
I activated the charm.
Suddenly I saw the fort from above, the tiny figures of soldiers, the sweep of wilderness below. Through Steelfeather’s eyes, I circled once, twice, then dove toward a hidden cleft in the rocks.
A nest was there. Three hatchlings, still downy, huddled together. The same fierce intelligence as their mother burned behind those small bright stares.
The vision faded. I stood in the fort again, the charm warm and spent in my hand.
“You saw a nest, with hatchlings?” Gil’s eyebrows rose. “Hmm… so our ‘he’ is actually a ‘she,’ eh? I guess that settles it. I suppose I wouldn’t want to move a nest full of hatchlings just because of a new neighbor, either.”
He shot a mock glare at Trapper Jethan.
“I’m sure we’d get along just fine if ol’ Jethan would stop trying to make a trophy of her.”
The fishermen had a different complaint, since something near the Grizzly Hills border was eating their catch off the line, and Old Finn wanted somebody mad enough to say I’ll Try Anything!
