Winterpelt Furbolg

Winterpelt Furbolg
	; Ice cave
Main leader	Kranac Sagesnow
Race(s)	Furbolg
Base of operations	Winterpelt Hollow, Azure Span [66, 12]
Reputation
Token(s)	[Liberated Furbolg Artifacts] [Intact Scribe Stick]
Currency	[Dragon Isles Supplies]
Quartermaster	Kazzi
Notable reward(s)	[Driftling]

The Winterpelt Furbolg speak a language no one seems to understand. Perhaps more will be revealed in the future.

The Winterpelt Furbolg are a very isolated furbolg tribe based out of Winterpelt Hollow in northeastern Azure Span on the Dragon Isles.

The Winterpelt were unique amongst the furbolg tribes of the Dragon Isles due to their isolationist nature.^[1] After the Primalists arrived in the Azure Span, they sought to recruit the furbolg tribes of the span into their forces. While the Rustpine clan accepted this bargain and joined the Primalists, the Winterpelt refused and subsequently found themselves enslaved by Stormshackler Rynea.^[2]

Under Rynea's thrall, the tribe became actively hostile and assaulted the Dragonscale Expedition outpost at Theron's Watch immediately to the southwest of their home. This would however prove to be Ryena's undoing, as the expedition would send adventurers on a fact-finding mission to figure out what caused the Winterpelt to go from isolationists to hostiles and these adventurers would ultimately kill her and liberate the tribe. In the immediate aftermath of her death, Chieftain Kranac Sagesnow gestured to adventurers to leave their cave and the tribe ceased their hostile activities.^[2]

Sonova Snowden hopes to crack the code of the Winterpelt's language in order to help establish proper diplomatic relations relationships between the tribe and the Dragonscale Expedition.

Sources

Players start out at 100/3,000 unfriendly with the faction, and all standing is gained from completing quests. Two quest chains breadcrumb into each other, so they can be completed in either order.

Patch 10.0.2

At Theron's Watch, Sonova Snowden starts a quest chain for the nearby furbolg:

[65-68] Hollow Up & [65-68] Aggressive Self-Defence
[65-68] Bear With Me
[65-68] Ice Cave Ya Got There
[65-68] Academic Acquaintances →

At Camp Nowhere, Garz, a lone furbolg, runs into camp looking for help:

[65-68] Broken Traditions, Broken Bodies
[65-68] Former Furbolg Family, [65-68] Elemental Influence, [65-68] Rescuing Radza
[65-68] His Stone Heart
[65-68] Nowhere to Go
[65-68] What of the Winterpelt Clan? →

After completing [65-68] No Vengeance on an Empty Stomach, two quests within the subsequent quest chain provide reputation.

[65-68] A Far Furbolg Friend
[65-68] A Little Kelp for My Friends

All of the above quests will get players to 2,050/3,000 unfriendly standing. No additional sources exist in patch 10.0.2, but more reputation is expected in future patches.

Patch 10.0.7

In patch 10.0.7, Sonova Snowden sends mail to players who completed the Winterpelt Hollow and Rustpine Den chains:

I cracked it!

<Name>! I've made a breakthrough with tha Winterpelt dialect. Ya helped get tha ball rollin' on this, so I felt like I ought ta keep ya apprised of the situation.

Meet me in Theron's Watch in the Azure Span and I'll tell ya all about it.

- Sonova Snowden

[Sonova's Request] is attached, which starts another quest chain:

[70] Academic Assistance (optional breadcrumb)
[70] Primalist Pillagers & [70] Honor Their Sacrifice
[70] Academic Acquisitions
- Repeatables: [70] Additional Academic Acquisitions, [70] Astonishing Academic Acquisitions
At 25 skill:
1. [70] Honeyfreeze Mead & [70] Hive Maintenance
2. [70] Local Flavors
At 50 skill:
1. [70] A Living History
2. [70] Gathering Together & [70] More Effort, More Reward
3. [70] Break Him
  - [70] Returning the Blade
At 75 skill:
1. [70] Path of Trust
2. [70] Our Honored Ancestors
3. [70] History Heist
  - [70] Ancestral Advice, [70] Our Path Ahead
At 100 skill:
1. [70] Words of the Winterpelt
2. [70] Ursol's Wisdom & [70] Ursoc's Strength
3. [70] Champion of the Winterpelt

Academic Acquisitions will get players to neutral, then they need to grind out the repeatable quest to skill up in Furbolg language a bit...

Language skill

After completing [70] Academic Acquisitions, players gain a new line in their Languages passive skill:

Languages — Furbolg (Proficiency 1/100)

To gain proficiency, complete the repeatable quest [70] Additional Academic Acquisitions ninety-nine more times, each time turning in five [Liberated Furbolg Artifacts]. Artifacts drop from humanoid and tarasek Primalists and furbolgs at Vakthros Range, the Rustpine Den, Imbu, and Shiverweb Vale. Rarely, any creature that can drop an artifact can also drop an [Intact Scribe Stick], which is worth a skill point all by itself in [70] Astonishing Academic Acquisitions.

Note that the items drop regardless of quest status, so should players feel the desire to loot a hundred or so without ferrying a handful to Sonova each time, feel free!

At 100 skill, players earn the achievement [Winterpelt Conversationalist] and unlock the ability to speak Furbolg in say chat!

Rewards

Kazzi (Winterpelt Furbolg quartermaster)
Rep	Item	Cost	Type
Friendly	[Big Chunk o' Meat] x5	15	Food
Friendly	[Frozen Solid Tea] x5	15	Drink
Honored	[Winterpelt Mending Totem]	150	One-hand mace
	[Winter Pelt Cloak]	75	Cosmetic back
	[Hollowed Furbolg Food Pack]	500	Cosmetic back
	[Cliffside Wylderdrake: Plated Nose]	50	Drakewatcher manuscript
	[Highland Drake: Sleek Horns]	50	Drakewatcher manuscript
	[Renewed Proto-Drake: Stubby Snout]	50	Drakewatcher manuscript
	[Windborne Velocidrake: Exposed Finned Back]	50	Drakewatcher manuscript
Revered	[Pattern: Paw-Made Winterpelt Reagent Bag]	200	Dragon Isles Tailoring (25)
	[Hollowed Winterpelt Food Pack]	500	Cosmetic back
	[Recipe: Firewater Sorbet]	750	Dragon Isles Cooking (1)
	[Snow Blanket]	20	Toy
	[Cliffside Wylderdrake: Spiked Horns]	100	Drakewatcher manuscript
	[Highland Drake: Horned Chin]	100	Drakewatcher manuscript
	[Renewed Proto-Drake: Malevolent Horns]	100	Drakewatcher manuscript
	[Windborne Velocidrake: Spiked Neck]	100	Drakewatcher manuscript
Exalted	[Driftling]	150	Companion pet