TheWoWDBI submitted a bug report about this issue, but there was no response from Blizzard. I tried Exile's Reach with five different characters until I finally figured out how to fix this bug.
Create a [race=7] Level 1 [class=5]
Choose Exile's Reach. Don’t forget to use your heirloom gear so you can one-shot everything with Shadow Word: Pain while in Exile's Reach.
Do not pick any talent specialization such as Shadow or Holy.After you queue inside the dungeon and finish it, you will get teleported to the Dragon Isles. ONLY deliver the quest An End to Beginnings to [npc=238913], then do not take the new quest that gives you a flying mount.
Go to the dock and wait for the Stormwind ship to take you there.
Now fly to the Stormwind gate, where you will see [npc=154169]. Pick up the quest “Welcome to Stormwind.”
Do NOT click “Skip.” Deliver the quest to [npc=163095], and you will get the [item=248336].Enjoy! ^^
Note:
The reason I told you to create a [race=7] is so you can buy [item=256330] from [npc=1247] <Must be a Gnome or Dwarf> :D
Quest
An End to Beginnings
A World of Warcraft quest in Exile's Reach. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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"Alliance gryphon riden to Stormwind," so says the quest requirement. Yet shortly after you take to the air a gunship arrives over the island and instead of flying to it and riding on that back, we just keep going. Poor gryphons having to haul our butts all that way.
They need to move the quest hand in at least for the pre-patch event as there's no way of handing it in. I'm sure once the event is gone it won't be a problem.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(55991))
What to do
Expeditionary Leather Tunic, 
Expeditionary Leather Tunic, 
Expeditionary Mail Armor, 20s, 5,650 XPDescription
You've done fine work within Exile's Reach, recruit. You should continue on to the Dragon Isles. I'm afraid I must change my plans and go back to Stormwind. I need to find out how the ogres found such powerful shadow magic. I'm sure we'll meet again. I can tell you've got many adventures ahead of you.
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Nearby on the Exile's Reach map
- An End to Beginnings same spot
- Dungeon: Darkmaul Citadel same spot
- Like Ogres to the Slaughter about 10 yards
- Catapult Destruction about 10 yards
- Controlling their Stones about 10 yards
- Right Beneath Their Eyes about 20 yards
- A Druid's Form about 430 yards
- To Darkmaul Citadel about 500 yards
- A Warlock's Bargain about 530 yards
- A Warrior's End about 530 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Exile's Reach, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Exile's Reach:
- Ogre Citadel, Exile's Reach Island
- Alliance Outpost, Exile's Reach Outpost
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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Choose one of these rewards:
- Expeditionary Leather Tunic
- Expeditionary Leather Tunic
- Expeditionary Mail Armor
Expeditionary Mail Armor
Expeditionary Plate Chestpiece
Expeditionary Plate Chestpiece
Expeditionary Cloth Robe
Expeditionary Cloth Robe
Reward details
Pick one of these
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Storyline
The Missing Expedition
Part 49 of 70.
Previous: Hunting the Stalker · Next: Finding Your Way
- 44A Druid's Form
- 45A Mage's Knowledge
- 46The Best Way to Use Sheep
- 47A Hunter's Trap
- 48Hunting the Stalker
- 49An End to Beginnings
- 50Finding Your Way
- 53What's Your Specialty?
- 54Home Is Where the Hearth Is
- 55Welcome to Stormwind
Showing steps 44 to 55 of 70.
Also part of: To Darkmaul (part 7 of 7), A Dark Ritual (part 35 of 35).
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Hunting the Stalker
Now that you have your trap, there's a problem we need to deal with. A wild beast has been stalking our camp. It's already stolen some of our food. We have little enough as it is. You and I will work together. Set your freezing trap and lure out whatever this creature is.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Finding Your Way
Stormwind has a lot to offer adventurers like us, but it's far too big to explore on foot. The captain has arranged for you to receive a mount to help you get around. She said to speak with Curly at the stables in Old Town... but I can't seem to remember the way there. Have no worries, <name>!
The storyline at a glance
The Missing Expedition has 70 steps, from Warming Up to Aiding the Dragon Isles.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Exile's Reach (49), Stormwind City (16), The Great Sea (3), The Waking Shores (2).
Other storylines on the Exile's Reach map
- The Harpy Problem
- What Lurks Below
- Classical Learning
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.