Key to Searing Gorge quest chain

Key to Searing Gorge
Level range	48
Zones	Loch Modan, Searing Gorge Ironforge

The quest to get you the  [Key to Searing Gorge], which allows you to pass through the Stonewrought Pass tunnel.

Note that because of the flight point at Thorium Point, this tunnel is not often used.

The Key to Searing Gorge

Mountaineer Pebblebitty

You ride south from Thelsamar in Loch Modan, and find yourself in front of the gates to Stonewrought Pass. You try to enter, but the gates are locked. You talk to the guard, Mountaineer Pebblebitty...

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 [48] The Horn of the Beast

You travel through the Badlands and on into the Searing Gorge. You find the Stegodon called Margol the Rager, and slay it.

Examining the horn, you find that the "bit of metal" you'd seen in it was an axe labeled 'Property of Mountaineer Pebblebitty'. You try to pull the axe free of the horn, but the weakened axe head shatters.

 [48] Proof of Deed

You show the horn to Mountaineer Pebblebitty, but since the axe disintegrated when you examined the horn, he doesn't believe you. However, he IS willing to believe Curator Thorius in Ironforge. Pebblebitty insists that you take the horn to him, and have him verify its authenticity.

Curator Thorius is quite pleased to see this horn; Margol the Rager was the bane of every archaeologist to set foot in Searing Gorge. And now, he's a trophy. You give the horn to the Curator, and he mounts it in a spot that he'd been saving for just this very thing. (Tells you just how much damage Margol had done to the archeology digs, now doesn't it?)

 [48] At Last!

You wait for Curator Thorius to finish puttering about, mounting the horn, then remind him that you needed a certificate of authenticity. And with a donation like that, a  [Proof of Deed] certificate is no problem.

You return to Mountaineer Pebblebitty with the sheaf of papers. Pebblebitty sourly keeps his part of the deal, and hands you a key, warning you that if ill befalls you in Searing Gorge, it'll be your own fault.

Rewards

• about 15,000 XP
• +850 reputation with Ironforge
• [Key to Searing Gorge]

Summary

1.  [48] The Horn of the Beast
2.  [48] Proof of Deed
3.  [48] At Last!