The Swarm Grows

Many travelers who've come through the Crossroads helped me gather eggs from the Field of Giants, and many of them have tales of how deadly the creatures are. I've heard enough to consider them insects a much larger threat than my masters first thought. I need a courier to travel to Orgrimmar to meet Belgrom Rockmaul. It be no simple matter, and someone who would take the task seriously should go. Belgrom usually be found outside the warriors' guild house.

Ah, a note from Korran. He has been a loyal servant for some time now. I was wondering how his duties were going in the Crossroads.

So, Korran has come to a similar conclusion about these insects--they seem to be a larger threat than we assumed. A few days ago a hunter returned to me from Thousand Needles nearly dead. He was with a raiding party sent to drive a dwarven excavation team out of the Shimmering Flats. During the attack, more of these insects erupted from a cave in the dig site and nearly killed the party. They were led by Moktar Krin, and they've taken refuge on the border of the Shimmering Flats. Bring him this note.

Don't mind the thundering echoes off the mountains' walls. The goblins and gnomes are out among the Flats racing one another in atrocities created by what they call science. There are bigger threats here in Thousand Needles, one of which killed more than half my war party. But we remain here until we hear word from Belgrom in Orgrimmar. Until then, we hold our position here, and stay vigilant.

Hmm. Seems Belgrom thinks those monsters are a threat. He wants them pushed back into whatever depths they crawled up out of. I guess killing the dwarves sent by the Explorers' League wasn't enough--now I have to send a half-dead war party into another battle. We won't be able to do it ourselves; not while we're in this condition. The dig site's to the south of here. There shouldn't be anymore dwarves to deal with. Feel up to wielding a blade or staff and doing your part to aid us?

Ha! That ichor you're covered in actually makes you prettier, <name>! It certainly does make you reek at the same time though. Don't stand too close to the kodo; you'll either start a stampede or cause them to go into heat. I think my companions would agree that your smell alone is proof you've done your part to help us against those insect creatures. Thank you, <name>.