Eyes of the Eagle

Quest Giver: Ulfang — Cave in northwest Rivenwood, Howling Fjord [29.5, 5.8]

Turn In: Ulfang (same NPC; must be wearing Worg Disguise)

Objective: Collect the Eyes of the Eagle by killing Talonshrike, a great eagle who nests at the base of a waterfall southwest of Skorn.

Quick Facts

• Level: 71
• Faction: Alliance (Horde version available via Sage Mistwalker)
• Chain: 4 of 5 — The Cleansing → In Worg’s Clothing → Brother Betrayers → Eyes of the Eagle → Alpha Worg

Walkthrough

Getting to the Waterfall

• From Steel Gate or Skorn, follow the road southwest toward Whisper Gulch. Just before the north-south bridge east of the gulch, look left (east) for the waterfall.
• Talonshrike’s Egg is in a nest at the base of the waterfall at [41, 37].
• Don’t jump off the bridge or cliffs. The water below is shallow, and the drop can kill you. Instead, take the path down to the river. A trail begins around [38.9, 35.5] and leads safely to the river’s edge.

Summoning and Killing Talonshrike

• Right-click one of the eggs in the nest. Talonshrike swoops down from the sky and attacks immediately.
• She’s a level 71 Beast. Not elite, but she hits with two notable abilities:
  • Eye Peck — Reduces your chance to hit by 20% for 5 seconds.
  • Talon Strike — Melee strike dealing weapon damage plus bonus damage.
• Clear any nearby mobs before clicking the egg. The hit debuff from Eye Peck makes fighting adds at the same time annoying.
• Kill Talonshrike and loot the Eyes of the Eagle from her corpse.

Returning to Ulfang

• Put your Worg Disguise back on and head to Ulfang’s cave at [29.5, 5.8] in northwest Rivenwood.

Tips

• If you wander too far south downstream past the waterfall, you’ll run into the Deranged Explorers in Whisper Gulch. That means you’ve gone past the egg location. Turn around and head back upriver.
• Hunters: Talonshrike is classified as a Beast. She’s tameable if you want an eagle pet, though she’s nothing special compared to other options.

Lore Context

Ulfang needs Talonshrike’s eyes because Garwal, the usurper alpha worg, “hides himself behind an unnatural magic. None can see him unless he wants you to.” Talonshrike is legendary among the worgs for having eyes that “can see anything,” so her eyes are the only way to pierce Garwal’s disguise for the chain’s final quest.

Talonshrike is Ulfang’s personal enemy. His completion text betrays a grudging respect: “The honor of the kill is yours. I wish that it had been my maw to finally close upon her neck.”

Then the practical side kicks in: “Let us not waste the sacrifice that she has made for us. Here, eat them!” You eat the eagle’s eyes. You’re in worg territory now.

The quest reinforces the idea that you’re fully operating within Ulfang’s world. You’re wearing his pack’s disguise, hunting his enemies, and now consuming his rival’s eyes to gain supernatural sight.

Watcher Moonleaf’s druidic connection to Ulfang has put you deeper into the animal kingdom than most Alliance quest chains ever go.

Whisper Gulch connection: Those “deranged dwarves” nearby are Explorers’ League members driven insane by saronite ore, the crystallized blood of the Old God Yogg-Saron.

The whispers echoing through the gulch are Yogg-Saron’s influence. Players encounter the full horror of saronite’s effects later in Icecrown at the Saronite Mines, and ultimately confront Yogg-Saron himself in Ulduar.