TheWoWDBI dunno if this may help, but it took me a while to understand why I couldn't get this quest from Janice Mattingly until I found out that first of all you have to do 2 quests from Commander Walpole in Stonetalon Pass :
Running the Gauntlet and Breaking the Siege.
These two will lead you to Janice ;)
Quest
Futile Resistance
A World of Warcraft quest in Southern Barrens. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Well, I lost one hour trying to find how unlock this quest... Thanks!
Can confirm this is the correct quest chain. I found the quest giver northwest of Honor's Stan, down the hill in a small clearing on the right. He's standing in front of a little tent. Thanks for the help!
Quest facts
Quest ID25186
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25186))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
WhereSouthern Barrens, Northern Barrens
StorylineSouthern Barrens, step 3 of 89
RewardsGloves of Honor's Stand, 
Singleton Sash, Singleton Gauntlets, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Gloves of Honor's Stand, Singleton Sash, Singleton Gauntlets, 10g 50s, 4,100 XPDescription
{name}, I certainly don't want to deliver my report to Commander Singleton without at least a little bit of good news. We've got to wrestle control of these roads back from these Horde holdouts. From what we can gather, Kona Thunderwalk is the name of the ringleader. He's got a camp just north of here. A Stonetalon native, he knows these roads better than his own hide. If we can wipe him out, resistance from the west might vanish. Find and kill Kona Thunderwalk, then report to Commander Singleton!
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.
Turn-inObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #199 38.8 11.4
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #10 25.0 54.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inSouthern Barrens 38.8, 11.4
/way #199 38.8 11.4 - Objective areaSouthern Barrens 35.1, 6.9
/way #199 35.1 6.9 - Objective areaNorthern Barrens 25.0, 54.2
/way #10 25.0 54.2
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the Southern Barrens map
- Desecrate this Fire! about 2,770 yards
- Honor the Flame about 3,090 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Southern Barrens, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Southern Barrens:
- Honor's Stand, Southern Barrens
- Northwatch Expedition Base Camp, Stonetalon Mountains
- Ratchet, Northern Barrens
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
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:
Other quests on the Southern Barrens map
Reward details
Pick one of these
TypeLeather Hands
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+4 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for48 silver25 copper
TypeCloth Waist
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+4 Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for48 silver61 copper
TypeMail Hands
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+4 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for49 silver32 copper
Reputation: Stormwind +350
One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Southern Barrens that reward Stormwind reputation: Running the Gauntlet (+250), Breaking the Siege (+250), Report to Aubrey (+75), Repel Boarders! (+250), The Guns of Northwatch (+75), Run Out the Guns (+250).
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
Southern Barrens
Part 3 of 89.
Previous: Breaking the Siege · Next: Repel Boarders!
- 1Running the Gauntlet
- 2Breaking the Siege
- 3Futile Resistance
- 4Repel Boarders!
- 5The Guns of Northwatch
- 6Run Out the Guns
- 7Langridge Shot
- 8Re-Take the Courtyard
- 9Back in the Fight
- 10Lifting the Siege
- 11Silencing Rageroar
- 12Teegan's People
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 89.
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.
- Breaking the Siege
Horde scouts hiding in the ruins up ahead ambushed my supply train. Only two of my bodyguards made it out of there alive. And me? I used to have hair! The supplies I was delivering are scattered through the ruins up ahead. Gather them up and take them to Janice Mattingly at Honor's Stand.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Repel Boarders!
<name>, the sea is our only lifeline, and right now most of my fleet is either steaming back to Theramore for repairs or rusting at the bottom of this bay. Only the Blackpool remains afloat to defend our harbor. But she's just signaled that she's being boarded!
Also counted by Southern Barrens Quests
Its criteria name 22 quests; others include:
- Sowing a Solution
- The Nightmare Scar
- Echoes of Agamaggan
- The Disturbed Earth
- Run Out the Guns
- Lifting the Siege
- Silencing Rageroar
- Teegan's People
The storyline at a glance
Southern Barrens has 89 steps, from Running the Gauntlet to Sabotage!.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Southern Barrens (88), Northern Barrens (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Southern Barrens map
- Northern Barrens
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Southern Barrens Quests: its criteria name 22 quests, this one included.