With this, you'll be able to set up a camp anywhere out in the wilderness. What you've learned is just the basics, so you won't be able to place too many furnishings around it. Raise your cooking skill and you might just be able to learn to make even bigger fires. You can also learn the basics of furnishing your campsites from other tradeskill trainers if you're savvy in their skills.

Valennia looks away briefly before looking hesitantly back in your direction. The Shal'nan was the very best of us. It was he who stood up for our people against madness and oppression in Eldre'Thalas nearly ten thousand years ago. It was the Shal'nan who led us across the uncharted sea to escape the murderous vengeance of our ancient enemies. It was the Shal'nan who brokered the pact of friendship with the wind spirits that allowed us to ascend to Skywall... and survive. He was ever the servant leader to his people, even after he abdicated his position of power and retired.

<The two cultists nearby are talking. You might be able to learn something if you hide behind this wardrobe and eavesdrop.>

I suppose that is true. I and the rest of my elites used to belong to an order known as the Empyrean Blades. We were the personal guard of our former leader, the Shal'nan. In the current, uncertain times we do what we can to help lead the peacekeepers citizen militia, since we are the closest thing to professional soldiers left on Zephras.

This is most troubling, but unfortunately unsurprising. We've been aware of the cult's movements for some time, but we've been content to watch from afar. Their agitation of the wind spirits near the standing stones is a clear escalation on their part. You've performed a difficult but necessary service for Thendal Grove, adventurer. Thank you.

The spirits of the wind may have left us, but the power of the elements is not entirely out of reach for those with the patience to seek them out. If you are initiated in the ways of the shaman, I can help you grasp them.

Thanks hero. This should help us get by for now. If we can't get the supply routes squared away soon though, a few stolen windstones will be the least of our worries.

Greetings child, my name is Sania Silverstream and I am a junior priestess in the Order of the Al'Aketh. Do you wish to learn more of our sovereign, the Windlord Al'Akir? There is always room at the Windlord's table for the righteous and the repentant.

Aetheen sent you, then? I'll confess, you don't look like much to me, but Shen'dar Village won't turn down willing aid, much less aid sent from Elder Aetheen herself.

Thank you very much for these. As elves we all have a deep connection to magic and these windstones are becoming more and more precious as the magic imbued into this island by the great anchor pylons continues to fade. Windstones aren't the only beneficial thing you can harvest from the land. Please, take one of these manuals.

So now that we've learned the basics, why don't you go and learn a tradeskill from the trainers in the village nearby. They will also teach you how to create a camp fixture suitable to your new profession.

These sneakthieves have likely been breaking into our supplies for months. I tried to convince Aonda to put a raid together to clear out that bandit cave for good, but she didn't want to pull the few peacekeepers we have away from the village. With the cultists at Falaath Village to the south growing in numbers, I suppose I can't fault her for that.

The ursera have grown far more aggressive of late. I wonder what has changed to cause this shift in behavior?

You touch the small white crystal and you can hear faint sounds on the wind. This is an audio recording of some sort. "The Rebellion in Eldre'Thalas, Part 1"

Welcome to Shen'dar Village, some of the best fishing this side of the mountain range. If you are looking to catch fish I can teach you, for a price.

Well done, hero. The Rangers of the Grove are in your debt.

Hello there, hero.

Greetings, hero. Do you come seeking the blessings of the Windlord?

What I ask of you is not easy, but you must be prepared for much greater challenges if you are to survive long enough to be of service to Zephras Isle.

Well met!

It pains me to shed shen'dorei blood here in the grove, but we do what we must.

Hi there. I'm Gubber Blump.

Welcome to my Inn, weary traveler. What can I do for you?

May Elune walk with you, hero. The Temple of the Moon has come to help the troubled citizens of Auberdine.

Hello there, young hero. I am Rathiril Sunlance and I am an elder Magister of the High Order here on Zephras Isle. It's always good to see bright-eyed young shen'dorei, ready to do their duty in service to their homeland. Don't let this dusty old mage hold you up however, no doubt you've got many adventures to see to. Feel free to stop by later if you'd like to speak more.

It was all I could do to stop myself from going over and joining you from my position here. I can only hope that these louts got the message and clear out of here soon. Thank you, hero. You have the gratitude of the Rangers of Thendal Grove.

The cult hit us by surprise. Raani never saw it coming and Arvensus took a sword to the gut. For my part, I took a lightning bolt to the chest and blacked out. They never bothered to finish me off... I guess they assumed my wounds would do me in. When its all said and done, I suspect they might.

Very well done. You've felled beasts and laid low cultist interlopers. You have shown great promise but your path must soon take you beyond the relative safety of Thendal Village.

Excellent work, adventurer. You'd make a fine ranger if this whole "adventurer" thing doesn't work out for you.

With the bandits dispersed, that is one less problem for us to deal with. Though I confess that now I worry that any bandits who survived may turn next to the cult for protection, further bolstering their increasingly alarming numbers. Still though, we'll take the victories where we can get them.

Welcome to the Calmbreeze Inn, traveler. Would you like some refreshment?

The Hippogryph is a noble beast, proud and swift. They are an honor to train, and can quickly take their rider a great distance.

The Windfield Orchard has seen better days...

I can teach you to craft fine leather armor, if you have the aptitude.

<As you approach the enormous cyclone construct, you hear a faint buzzing emanating from beneath its massive armor plates. If you listen carefully you think you might be able to hear a few words being formed but they are too distorted to make out.>

"Whatever the truth may be, our benefactors clearly have no wish to speak of Al'Akir or his servants, and they are quick to dismiss all rumors of the Windlord's presence as idle fancy, unworthy of serious heed. They assure us that we need not trouble ourselves with such matters here, safe upon our Skyborne Isles. While this offers solemn comfort to many, it also raises a troubling question: what, precisely, are the wind spirits concealing from us?"

"Who is Al'Akir the Windlord? The priests of the radical Al'Aketh would have us believe him to be the true ruler of Skywall, the realm we now call home. In their telling, we are but interlopers here, and one day Al'Akir shall appear before us to reckon with our trespass into his dominion within the elemental plane. Though such claims may at first seem the ravings of the misguided or the mad, there may yet be some measure of truth in them. When asked of Al'Akir's nature, the wind spirits grow evasive and agitated. Indeed, even the mere speaking of the so-called "Windlord's" name appears to cause them profound unease, perhaps even fear."

adventurer, I've come to find out how rampant the effects of Fel Moss are throughout Darkshore. The corruption of Teldrassil and our surrounding lands really concerns the druids of the Cenarian Circle, and all Night elves. It is my goal to find out why this has happened and to put an end to it.

Thank you, stranger! You'll find that these are delicious once roasted! Please excuse me, it won't take me long to whip this up.

I don't get too many cooks in here looking for training, but I guess I could teach you something if you're ready.

I hope that your interruption is for a good cause, I was in the middle of some important work.

I might be the only living shen'dorei left amongst our people who had more than a handful of words with him. I served him as the captain of his Empyrean Blades for nearly nine centuries, right up until... he left us. Even still, I can't rightly claim that I "knew" him. He was ever a reserved and solitary man. He spent most of his time alone or in communion with the spirits in the spires high above the Shrine of the Four Winds... the place that the cult now calls the 'Shrine of Akir'.

Welcome to the Calmbreeze Inn, traveler. Would you like some refreshment?

Would you like a flight to Rut'theran Village, courtesy of the Cenarion Circle?

Hail friend - a moment of your time, if I may... We have endured much in our trials and tribulations in establishing Teldrassil. Were the constant strife of the times not enough, we now find ourselves in a dire shortage of cloth. If you have the materials to spare, I ask that you please donate them. You certainly would earn the gratitude of night elves everywhere in helping us out!

Although the coast of Darkshore is more dangerous than that of Teldrassil, many fishers find profit here.

All of the skyborne islands became destabilized and began to move apart a few years ago. If that wasn't bad enough, now large pieces of Zephras are beginning to fall away. It's hard to imagine your home falling into the sky, but that is my reality now.

Greetings, traveler.

Greetings, citizen.

To maintain our link to the mainland, we have hippogryphs constantly flying between Rut'theran Village and Darkshore.