Quick Facts

Series

1.	They Took Our Men!
2.	Leave No Goblin Behind
3.	The Crone's Bargain
4.	Mildred the Cruel
5.	Discipline
6.	Examples to be Made
7.	A Certain Prisoner
8.	A Change of Scenery
9.	Is That Your Goblin?
10.	The Hyldsmeet
11.	Taking on All Challengers
12.	You'll Need a Bear
13.	Bearly Hanging On
14.	Cold Hearted
15.	Deemed Worthy
16.	Making a Harness

Storyline
The Storm Peaks Clean Up Just Around the Corner Slightly Unstable A Delicate Touch Reclaimed Rations Expression of Gratitude Ample Inspiration Only Partly Forgotten Bitter Departure Cell Block Tango Know No Fear A Flawless Plan Demolitionist Extraordinaire Offering Thanks Missing Scouts Loyal Companions Stemming the Aggressors Baby Stealers Sirana Iceshriek On Brann's Trail Sniffing Out the Perpetrator Pieces to the Puzzle Data Mining The Library Console Norgannon's Shell The Missing Bronzebeard The Nose Knows Sniffing Out the Perpetrator Speak Orcish, Man! Speaking with the Wind's Voice Catching up with Brann Pieces of the Puzzle Data Mining The Library Console Norgannon's Shell Rare Earth Fighting Back Relief for the Fallen Slaves of the Stormforged The Dark Ore The Gifts of Loken Facing the Storm Armor of Darkness The Armor's Secrets Valduran the Stormborn Destroy the Forges! Hit Them Where it Hurts A Colossal Threat The Heart of the Storm The Iron Colossus Aid from the Explorers' League The Frostborn King Fervor of the Frostborn An Experienced Guide Unwelcome Guests The Lonesome Watcher The Hidden Relic Fate of the Titans Fury of the Frostborn King The Master Explorer The Brothers Bronzebeard Going After the Core The Core's Keeper Forging the Keystone Xarantaur, the Witness The Witness and the Hero Memories of Stormhoof Distortions in Time Where Time Went Wrong The Hero's Arms Changing the Wind's Course They Took Our Men! Leave No Goblin Behind The Crone's Bargain Mildred the Cruel Discipline Examples to be Made A Certain Prisoner A Change of Scenery Is That Your Goblin? The Hyldsmeet Taking on All Challengers You'll Need a Bear Bearly Hanging On Cold Hearted Deemed Worthy Making a Harness The Last of Her Kind The Warm-Up Into the Pit Prepare for Glory Lok'lira's Parting Gift The Drakkensryd Sibling Rivalry Mending Fences The Refiner's Fire A Spark of Hope Forging an Alliance You Can't Miss Him Battling the Elements In Memoriam A Monument to the Fallen Forging a Head Placing Hodir's Helm Forging Hodir's Spear A New Beginning Veranus Territorial Trespass Krolmir, Hammer of Storms The Terrace of the Makers The Earthen Oath Loken's Lackeys The Reckoning

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Comments

Comment by Reeve

Goblin prisoner cages can be found around the Sifreldar Village at 41, 70. Keys to the cages drop off the local storm maidens.

Comment by Hiddenshadows57

I'm pretty sure this quest is in reference to the south park episode where the old people are running around going "THEY TOOK OUR JOBS"

Comment by 223436

If a site mod is reading this, this quest isn't alliance only as stated in the quick facts, it can be accepted by both factions. You can just remove this post once you make the change.

Comment by 40081

I'm pretty certain this is a bit more basic than a South Park reference. There are only tales of Amazons or similar warrior women stealing men in about half a dozen different cultures.

Y'all might want to consider reading a book now and again.

Comment by elilla

I'm unsure if it was just me and my poor luck, or the way they're currently flagged 'quest item' instead of 'quest (unique 5)'; but I only ever got 1 key at a time no matter how many I killed. After I released a goblin, I would get a key on my next or second next kill.

Comment by 135813

i am having trouble getting this quest,i am an 80 blood elf paladin am at the said questgiver "Gretchen Fizzlespark" but there is no quest,i have been through my quest log to see if i was further down the chain , but no luck with that, is it possible there is another quest you need to do b4 you can start this chain or is this a bug ? plz help need to start chain :)

Comment by 165175

Unsure if this is happening to anyone else. But once you acquire a key from the mobs and attempt to gain another one it does not refresh your current amount. Only allowing you to carry one key, but taking any you may pickup along the way.

Comment by 203775

They took our jobs!
reference anyone?

Comment by 260501

In order to reach the area needed you will have to fly. Not flying in Northrend yet? No problem, just talk to Honest Max right by the fp to get a loaner flying mount.

Comment by elilla

You can definitely have more than one key at a time.

It could very well be that this has been hotfixed since I've been through on my mage which wouldn't surprise me, there's been at least 3 serverside hotfixes since I completed this quest.

Comment by 102785

Lol is this a typo?

Description: "Gretchen Fizzlespark wants you to go to Sifreldar Village and rescue 6 Goblin Prisoners."

But the objective says to free 5 of them.

Comment by 251380

kinda cool, during this quest chain if you are a druid, you can go flight form but still look like a human so your basically floating...kinda funny looking

Comment by amundine

coords are 40,72

Comment by 86724

This is a must-do quest! It leads to a long, fun and ultimately necessary chain to eventually get rep with sons of holdir. They sell the new shoulder inscriptions, which everyone is going to want to get eventually, so don't pass up this quest.

Comment by Blackboy0

Do it with Equipment Recovery. Run around Sifreldar Village and kill the Storm Maidens who drop the keys, then unlock the cages and you get the objectives :)

Comment by 37070

i see that someone answered its part of a chain but can someone tell me which quest it is that enables her to start giving me quests? she doesnt offer anythign atm. thanks

Comment by 258733

i cant seem to get this quest, im standing here at gretchen. i cant get any other quest nearby k3, why is this? :S

Comment by 282693

Kill Sifreldar Storm Maiden, Sifreldar Runekeeper for keys which is used for the rescue 6 Goblin Prisoners in The Storm Peaks 40,70 around here.

Comment by wolfmusic

Heh, free 6 Goblin Prisoners.

Goblin Prisoner freed: 0/5

screenshot

Comment by 293633

To anyone who does this quest chain I HIGHLY recommend reading these quests, not just doing their goals. The story/lore of it is superb, and should not be passed up. On top of that you unlock the Sons of Hodir Rep, for shoulder enchants (they are the scryer/aldor equivalent for LK) and other goodies.

Comment by 295668

terrible drop rate for the keys for me...

Comment by 142728

This quest is the start of the quest chain to open up The Sons of Hodir Faction.

Turn in these two quests back to Thorim and you will now be Neutral with The Sons of Hodir.

Comment by 302504

Anyone know why i cant pick up quest from gretchen? im lvl 80 and @ K3.

Comment by 306855

I find it funny that when you release them they say: "Yes! Im finaly free to go!"
DUDE, you are on the biggest mountain ever XD! How are you going to get down XD?

Comment by Null

It's not a typo. Quest description for follow-up quest:

All of our boys are back... thanks to you, <name>! Well... all but one.

My brother Zeev is still up there according to the others. Apparently they have some sort of mine where they make their prisoners work. Go in there and see if you can find out anything.

Comment by 325752

One of the best story lines in World of Warcraft. Leads to why Thorim became a boss in Ulduar.

Comment by Divni

Hi, I'm lvl 80 and I'd like to start this quest chain but the quest giver doesn't have the quest for me.. I am currently hated by "The Sons of Hodir".

What do I need to do to start this quest?

Comment by 342302

I can't seem to get the quest does anyone know why? I go to the quest giver but she doesn't have it for me.

Comment by 347138

You need to make sure you pick up the slag covered metal and start the quest like that it begins. you have to kill 10 of the elementals around the anvil, and then turn that in to Thorim too. After that, and the chain up above, you should be in good shape.

Comment by 210079

They took our job! (South Park)

Comment by 151627

They Took Our Jobs!

Comment by Sagentine

I also think "They took our Gobs!" would have been a valid name for this quest. lol

Comment by 275445

Possible reference to south park: they took our jobs!

DEY TUKKER JABS! :D

Comment by 152517

this chain will give about 210,000 xp when finished, not counting the xp from kills. as others have said if will lead u to start rep for the sons of hodir, for their rep items.

Comment by d3xx

Is there a prereq for this quest?

Comment by unstealthed

What's the point of being a rogue if you can't pick the cages' locks? Other than to %^&* people off...

Comment by 460562

http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=12956

Is also NEEDED to get neutral. Not sure if that applies for humans, but it does apply for orcs :)

If you do the first thorim-quest and not that one, you can still use the anvil without killing the elite. He moves away from it every once in a while and leaves only the remnants guarding the anvil :)

Comment by 491990

I've found the person who gives the quest, but for some reason I she does not have the quest and I know I didnt complete it. I am also hated by the sons of hodir I dont know what to do can someone help

Comment by 492673

Hey guys. I did this long Q, to get the shoulder enchant, and at the end, listening to that big guys story, I got 22k rep with em'. But i'm still hated, halfway in. So what do I do?

Comment by Heritz

As of 3.3, after turning in A Spark of Hope (28600 rep) and Mending Fences (28600 rep) you will end up on 6200/12000 Honored.

This makes the reputation farming to Exalted way much easier, since you only have to work from half Honored to Exalted, instead of Neutral to Exalted as it was before patch 3.3.

Comment by 501797

For people who can not start the quest:

If you want to grind rep by doing the quest line, but can not get the quest from Gretchen Fizzlespark, this is because you have started this chain quest earlier when you were playing here and then abandoned it somewhere. What you have to do is, visit every person (NPC) who gives the quests in the chain. You will see the ! sign on the NPC who will give you the next step of this chain quest when you visit him/her.

I spent 3 hours thinking what the problem might be and then i found this solution. (I found out that I abandoned the chain quest at the 7th part and picked up from where I left off.)

Hope this helps you.

If you have enough Emblems of Triumph, buy a commendation badge from Emblem of Triumph vendor (In Dalaran). This will put SoH on your reputation list (as hated).

Comment by 507108

so i think i did some of the chain to unlock SOH so i went back to all npc's to see if i can pick it up again and no npc is around to give me a quest so i got hodir badges thinking it will unlock the quartermaster and nope nada so now i am friendly with no quartermaster and i know i need to do some of the chain still but went through the hole chain that someone link and went to the npc's and nothing is there can someone please help just trying to get the shoulder chant thank you :)

Comment by Boltexx

These quests seems as much. But I did all quests in 30-45 min, they are pre-quests to farm reputation with Sons of Hodir

Comment by thehansenman

Durkee Durr!

Comment by 301101

So, giant blue amazon women pillage a town and steal the men.
Were I them, I believe I would have gone a bit farther out of my way in order to avoid a goblin town.

Comment by 549298

I'm trying to get to the Honoring part of Sons of Hodir to get the glacial bag lesson.
But this quest thing is making my rep with them to hated... How is this quest going to help?

Comment by 565267

I finished this quest chain with Mending Fences only to be told I was now hated with Sons of Hodir. I tried googling for help, but no-one had a straight answer they all wanted to talk about how much they own, or how easy it was blah blah YAWN!

Anyway, if you are like me and have finished the chain and are hated, then don't worry because it's only something you missed. There is an additional quest you must do which is found, ironically enough, when you are doing part of the actual quest chain.

Whilst killing Stormforged Iron Giants, one of them will drop an item called Slag Covered Metal. If you do not have this in your bag, then go kill more giants until you do. This item begins a quest called The Refiner's Fire and is the beginning of a two quest chain of its own.

The Refiner's Fire quest starts with the Slag Covered Metal and ends at Fjorn's Anvil. Once completed you will be given the second quest in the line which is called A Spark of Hope. All you have to do for this is fly back to Thorim and turn it in.

If you are hated, like I was, completing this chain will bump you straight to honored with Sons of Hodir.

Hope this helps :)

Comment by Anuga

Don't go and buy Commendation's before doing this quest line, you'll end up still being Hated ;)

Comment by Crazyshockz

DURPA DURRRRRR- DEY TOOK ER JEEEERBZZ

(southpark)

Comment by Antodan

I wonder how they reproduce if they are all female?

Comment by 258765

laughed so hard i peed myself

Comment by 651069

hi all, when i was doing this Q i noticed that you can also do Equipment Recovery at the same time!, while doing Equipment recovery the boxes respawn really fast to its easy to do =) gl

Comment by 440334

-You're implying that a group composed entirely of female animals will... breed?
-No, I'm simply saying that life, uh... finds a way.

- #1 = ~~The lawer representing Jurassic Park's investors.~~ One of the Jurassic Park Geneticists.

- #2 = Dr. Eien Malcom, Chaotician / Mathmetician

The first Jurassic Park movie/book is where he got the quote, for those who didn't figure that out.

Edit: Eleet11 is indeed correct, had it wrong.... :( Fail on my part.

Comment by Garner

Might seem obvious but you can't loot the keys if you're in a raid (say like one directly after Wintergrasp).

Comment by 713310

This quest is the first one for the Sons of Hodir chain... Started it a 77 no probs

Comment by lassemik

i cant find this quest i am with the woman but cant take it
whats wrong?

Comment by 1079717

Who finished 23Quest line, still cant find Lillehow, must complete this two quests, droped by mobs on lake.

Comment by ArtisticSixx

This quest chain rewards 30-32k rep to the Sons of Hodir as a Human, for other races it will reward 28-30k instead, so other races, unless you got rep increasing perks, you going to be at halfway Honored instead of fresh start at Revered.

Getting rep perks as a Human is just overkill..

Comment by sivlah

Remember turn enable low level quest tracking if you're well above the level requirements.

Comment by 1440987

They Took Our Men! http://youtu.be/BIMmBmqE9vk

Comment by WoWGnGP

I made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdrj9WeA9hc&feature=youtu.be

Comment by Boxofbeer

They Took Our Men! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl_rfOstlKE

Comment by allOf

They Took Our Men! https://youtu.be/scemCtPiIEo

Comment by voredor

they took our jobs! (South park)

Comment by GeertJan

Prerequisites:

Starting this quest requires The Iron Colossus

By that time you will have done five chapters of The Summit of Storm Peaks in this order:

chapter 'Defending K3'
Clean Up Just Around the Corner Slightly Unstable A Delicate Touch Moving In Ore Repossession Reclaimed Rations Expression of Gratitude Ample Inspiration Only Partly Forgotten Bitter Departure Cell Block Tango Know No Fear A Flawless Plan Demolitionist Extraordinaire

chapter 'Norgannon’s Shell'
On Brann's Trail Sniffing Out the Perpetrator Pieces to the Puzzle Data Mining The Library Console Norgannon's Shell

chapter 'The Harpy Problem'
When All Else Fails Ancient Relics Offering Thanks Missing Scouts Stemming the Aggressors Sirana Iceshriek

chapter 'For the Frostborn King'
Aid from the Explorers' League The Frostborn King Fervor of the Frostborn An Experienced Guide The Lonesome Watcher Fate of the Titans The Hidden Relic Fury of the Frostborn King The Master Explorer The Brothers Bronzebeard Loyal Companions Baby Stealers Unwelcome Guests

chapter 'Bringing Down the Iron Colossus'
The Exiles of Ulduar Rare Earth Relief for the Fallen Fighting Back Slaves of the Stormforged The Dark Ore The Gifts of Loken Facing the Storm Armor of Darkness The Armor's Secrets Valduran the Stormborn Destroy the Forges! Hit Them Where it Hurts A Colossal Threat The Heart of the Storm The Iron Colossus

This quest is relevant for unlocking The Last of Her Kind that leads to Mending Fences (28,600 reputation with The Sons of Hodir) and A Spark of Hope (28,600 reputation with The Sons of Hodir). The total of 57200 reputation is enough to take you from 0/36000 hated with The Sons of Hodir to 200/21000 revered with The Sons of Hodir and Hodir's Tribute unlocks already at 0/3000 neutral with The Sons of Hodir
At exalted with The Sons of Hodir you can buy two extra mammoths, but more important than the mounts is meeting the one and only King Magni Bronzebeard during The Brothers Bronzebeard. You have to do it, especially if you're a Dwarf.

Comment by MarshaII

Chain Quests will open after you will finish storyline for "Frosthold" with will start from "k3". so basicly just do quests until you find Muradin

Comment by chinchillaqueen

I'm so frustrated! I'm lvl 27 and have the "They've Taken Our Men!" quest. The flying mount I borrowed from the NCP won't fly! I left the game and checked back in. Still no luck. Any advice?

Links

They Took Our Men!

Gretchen Fizzlespark wants you to go to Sifreldar Village and rescue 5 Goblin Prisoners.

	Goblin Prisoner freed (5)
	Cold Iron Key (5)

Description

You have to help us! We were in the middle of an expedition into the mountains to set up a transmission tower when we were attacked.

They looked like vrykul, except their skin was blue and layered with frost... and they were all female! They took all the men in the expedition and let us women go. Please, <name>! We think they're being held in Sifreldar, the village overlooking K3.

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Fur-Lined Shoulder Warmers			Frozen Mood Ring
	Fur-Lined Mittens			Chestguard of the Frozen Ascent
	Summit Bracers

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12843))

Guides

A Fortnight in Dalaran: Farming Northrend Mounts and Pets