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Series

1.	Into Hostile Territory
2.	Steamtank Surprise
3.	Scattered To The Wind
4.	The Chain Gun And You
5.	Plunderbeard Must Be Found!
6.	Plunderbeard's Journal
7.	Chasing Icestorm: The 7th Legion Front
8.	Chasing Icestorm: Thel'zan's Phylactery
9.	Finality

Storyline
Dragonblight The Liquid Fire of Elune Kill the Cultists The Favor of Zangus The High Cultist Rifle the Bodies Prevent the Accord A Strange Device Projections and Plans The Focus on the Beach Atop the Woodlands Search Indu'le Village Let Nothing Go To Waste Slay Loguhn Spiritual Insight Elder Mana'loa Freedom for the Lingering Conversing With the Depths The End of the Line Gaining an Audience Speak with your Ambassador Report to the Ruby Dragonshrine Heated Battle Return to the Earth Through Fields of Flame The Steward of Wyrmrest Temple Informing the Queen The Obsidian Dragonshrine No Place to Run No One to Save You The Best of Intentions Defiling the Defilers Culling the Damned Neltharion's Flame Tales of Destruction Cycle of Life The Plume of Alystros Seeds of the Lashers That Which Creates Can Also Destroy Mystery of the Infinite Mystery of the Infinite, Redux Naxxramas and the Fall of Wintergarde Flight of the Wintergarde Defender Return to the High Commander The Demo-gnome The Search for Slinkin The Bleeding Ore Leave Nothing to Chance Understanding the Scourge War Machine Rescue from Town Square Find Durkon! Secrets of the Scourge Mystery of the Tome Understanding the Language of Death A Righteous Sermon Into Hostile Territory Steamtank Surprise Scattered To The Wind The Chain Gun And You Plunderbeard Must Be Found! Plunderbeard's Journal Chasing Icestorm: The 7th Legion Front Chasing Icestorm: Thel'zan's Phylactery Finality An End And A Beginning To Fordragon Hold! Audience With The Dragon Queen Galakrond and the Scourge On Ruby Wings Return To Angrathar Imprints on the Past Orik Trueheart and the Forgotten Shore The Murkweed Elixir The Forgotten Tale The Truth Shall Set Us Free Parting Thoughts What Secrets Men Hide Frostmourne Cavern Nozzlerust Defense Stocking Up Shaved Ice Soft Packaging Something That Doesn't Melt Hard to Swallow Lumber Hack Harp on This! Slim Pickings Messy Business Stomping Grounds Apply This Twice A Day Worm Wrangler Really Big Worm

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Comments

Comment by 15702

Go speak with the guy right beside the flight point guy. then hope onto one of the gryphon. It'll take u to the spot for the next quest

Comment by 217395

Wrong End quest. 89 46 http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?npc=27157 need

Comment by Soroush

for taking this quest you must have done the quest chains starting with Rescue from Town Square and The Demo-gnome

Comment by Soroush

first part of the (Alliance) chain quest for the Wrath Gate event and The Battle For The Undercity chain quest.

Comment by 249159

I have already finished 'A righteous Sermon', but Wyrmbane is not giving me the quest 'into hostile territory', anyone knows why?

Comment by 250059

I couldn't talk to the guy that the quest wanted me to talk to. However, I just jumped on a Gryphon and it took me straight there. :-D Hope it helps

Comment by 245677

the mod the quest leads u to is at 89.46

Comment by 8153

When I talk to Urik he doesn't offer to fly me anywhere. Tried talking to the gryphon rider and same deal. I get the feeling it's because I accidentally hopped on once and then flew back. So just a tip for anyone else, you only get one ride behind enemy lines and then you're stuck walking it.

Comment by Nirocelin

i had the same problems. When you have completed the 2 quests, and ulrik doesnt wanna offer you a ride, it's probably because you have to jump on the gryph it self.

Comment by 111195

Says it requires level 72, just accepted the quest at level 71, with about 1/5 of a bar to go before i ding.

Edit: Wowhead fixed it, but why did someone downgrade my comment? Oh well.

Comment by 253878

just so people get this one straight:

all you need is the quest Into Hostile Territory. there is a set of 4 gryphons to the RIGHT of gryphon master Wells. just click on one to jump onto it, and then off you go! no need to actually TALK to Urik.

Comment by 90582

Alliance chain is as follows:

Part One
1) Into Hostile Territory - report to Report to Duke August Foehammer at Thorson's Post.
2) Steamtank Surprise - destroy 6 plaguewagons and drop the 7th Legion Elite at the Wintergarde Mausoleum.
3) Scattered To The Wind - pick up 8 Wintergarde Munitions
4) The Chain Gun And You - rescue 8 injured 7th Legion soldiers
5) Plunderbeard Must Be Found - find the gnome Plunderbeard in the Mausoleum.
6) Plunderbeard's Journal - find the missing four pages of Plunderbeard's journal
7) Chasing Icestorm: The 7th Legion Front - report to Legion Commander Tyralion at the 7th Legion Front
8) Chasing Icestorm: Thel'zan's Phylactery - retrieve Thel'zan's Phylactery from the frost wyrm Icestorm
9) Finality - take Thel'zan's Phylactery to Legion Commander Yorik

Part Two
1) And End And A Beginning - defeat Thel'zan the Duskbringer
2) To Forgragon Hold! - speak to Highlord Bolvar Fordragon at Fordragon Hold
3) Audience With The Dragon Queen - speak to Alexstrasza the Life-Binder at Wrymrest Temple
4) Galakrond and the Scourge - Speak with Torastrasza at Wrymrest Temple
5) On Ruby Wings - kill 30 Wastes Scavenger and retrieve the Scythe of Antiok

Part Three
1) Return To Angrathar - speak to Highlord Bolvar Fordragon again. Epic cinematic to follow

Part Four
1) Reborn From The Ashes - talk to King Varian Wrynn in Stormwind City
2) Fate, Up Against Your Will - speak to the Warchief of the Horde, Thrall
3) A Royal Coup return to King Wrynn
4) The Killing Time - report to Broll Bearmantle
5) The Battle For The Undercity

There are a few quests you need to do before the first step in Part One but some of them are just bread crumb quests to let you know where to go. Hope this helps.

Comment by 246138

The quest A Righteous Sermon leads to this quest. You don't always see it available because someone might be in the middle of listening to the sermon. Just sit in the jail and wait till their done.

That is probably why the majority can't get the start of this quest.

Comment by Blackboy0

Oh, I found out how to get the ride... Just go to one of the Wintergarde Gryphons, and you'll get the Green arrow. Click it and you'll be sent to 89,46.

Comment by 170360

u must make http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=122812 2 this quest unlocked for me:)

Comment by Corvus

To get this quest you must complete the following:
First quest chain
1. The Lost Courier (optional)
2. Of Traitors and Treason
3. High Commander Halford Wyrmbane
4. Naxxramas and the Fall of Wintergarde
5. Flight of the Wintergarde Defender
6. Return to the High Commander
7. Rescue from Town Square
8. Find Durkon!
9. The Noble's Crypt
There you find a book which leads to next chain.
1. Secrets of the Scourge
2. Mystery of the Tome
3. Understanding the Language of Death
Last quest:
1. A Righteous Sermon
Second quest chain
First sub-chain (one must complete Flight of the Wintergarde Defender first)
1. The Demo-gnome
2. The Search for Slinkin
3. Leave Nothing to Chance
Second sub-chain (one must complete Flight of the Wintergarde Defender first)
1. The Bleeding Ore
After these are complete, a new quest becomes available:
1. Understanding the Scourge War Machine

With all these quests done, Into Hostile Territory finaly unlocks.

Comment by 180403

Its NOT Urik that gives you the ride, but the dwarf on a gryphon beside.

Comment by Aros

A few notes for this quest chain:

When you reach the step Plunderbeard Must Be Found! it is a good idea to do Breaking Off A Piece at the same time.
When you reach Plunderbeard's Journal you are going to need 4 bag slots for the journal pages. I could not find any vendor in the mausoleum so I had to get back to the keep to make space. That means I had to fight my way into the mausoleum again when I came back.

Comment by 40799

I think I see where some confusion is coming from. At level 71, Gryphon Commander Urik will have a gray ! over his head, since he also starts The Hills Have Eyes, which is a level 73 quest. Since 'Into Hostile Territory' tells you to talk to him, it can easily seem like it's a pointer quest that you are too low of a level to complete. As others have said, all you need to do is go click on one of the Gryphon's :)

Comment by Jubjub

Just a random note. When the gryphon shoots you off and you gain a parachute, if you spam click on the gryphon you can actually get back on and carry on flying. In mid-air the gryphon disappears and you fall to your death though (Unless you can avoid it)

Comment by 178266

Beware, when the gryphon rider is taking you to the quest area, it is possible to aggro a Reconstructed Frost Wyrm, and it will NOT stop attacking you when you're dropped off. The 7th Legion npcs on the tanks next to the quest ender will aid you in fighting it, but they will not be able to defeat it on their own.

Comment by 181741

I can not take quest though I have done Rescue from Town Square, The Demo-gnome and Secrets of the Scourge. And I'm lvl 71
Has this happened to anyone else?

Comment by chiane7

In order for you to unlock The Demo-Gnome and The Resuce from Town Square, you must have done Naxxramas and the Fall of Wintergarde. Hope this helps anyone ^.-

Comment by sivla

interestingly after durkon, finding the book off the human mobs etc, everything came to a sudden end, not sure why, but I believe it to be level based. You need to be 73 for this stupid chain to complete imo, i cant continue it at all.

Comment by Paegan

You need to be 73 for this stupid chain to complete imo

No you don't, I have completed it at L71 on at least 3 alts, including one just now.

If the questline stopped then you didn't do a required quest. Read Corvus's post above carefully, that contains all the quests required to get this one. As well as Durkon and the book, you also need to do the quests in the mine.

Comment by 225109

As it was mentioned several times, you don't need to speak to Gryphon Commander Urik in order to take the gryphon. You just need to hop on the gryphon behind you.

The white exclamation mark on his head has nothing to do with this quest. It's for The Hills Have Us which you can get at lvl 73, the breadcrumb quest to Grizzly Hills.

Comment by 1440987

Into Hostile Territory http://youtu.be/Lj1WxrBGlwI

Comment by Boxofbeer

Into Hostile Territory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8TlX1if0yQ

Links

Into Hostile Territory

Speak with Gryphon Commander Urik to secure a ride to Thorson's Post. Report to Duke August Foehammer when you arrive at Thorson's Post in Dragonblight.

Description

You have done much to advance our efforts against the Scourge, <name>. In fact, the morale of all those who have come into contact with you soars! Such is your influence over the soldiers and citizenry of Wintergarde, ally.

And because of you we are now prepared to go on the offensive! You are to report to Duke August Foehammer, across the Carrion Fields at Thorson's Post, east of here. Gryphon Commander Urik at the gryphon station has prepared a special gryphon to drop you behind enemy lines. Go now!

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

25 reputation with Valiance Expedition

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12325))