Pao'ka Swiftmountain

Pao'ka Swiftmountain is a tauren quest giver located at Highperch in the Thousand Needles. To find him, look for the large tauren totempole. There is a small path leading up the mountainside behind it.

Years after finding his way to freedom after being trapped in Highperch while trying to study the native wind riders, Pao'ka resolved to return and protect them. When the Cataclysm struck, he sought to defend the creatures from capture or destruction by the Twilight’s Hammer.

• Trouble at Highperch
• Free the Pridelings
• Death to all Trappers!
• Release Heartrazor
• The Twilight Skymaster
• On to the Bulwark

• Homeward Bound

Years ago, I was trapped here while trying to study the wind riders. But once I made my way to freedom, I resolved to return and protect them.

• Gossip

Now the Cataclysm has struck and the Twilight's Hammer is capturing all of these sacred creatures, or worse, destroying them.

• Dialogue

• He was initially planned to appear in Warlords of Draenor with an updated model.

• List of Thousand Needles NPCs