Of Hawks and Heroes Walkthrough in Where Winds Meet (Mirkvale Part 9)

Of Hawks and Heroes is a short Wandering Tale tucked into Mirkvale, the mechanical workshop valley inside Hidden Mountain. It takes about five minutes to finish, but it has one gate that stops a lot of players cold: the person you need to talk to will not answer the door until the in-game clock says it is the middle of the night.

Quick answer: Take the Hawk Tail Bell from Zhu Jin, set the in-game time to the Zi hour, hand the bell to the Osprey Trainer through the sliding door of the nearby hut, release the raptor from its perch, follow its flight with Wind Sense, then return to Zhu Jin to close out the tale.

Where to start Of Hawks and Heroes in Mirkvale

The tale lives in the small village area of Mirkvale, deep in the valley below Heaven’s Threshold. The fastest approach is the Coughing Knoll teleport point, then a short run downhill along the woodland trail until the wooden houses come into view.

Zhu Jin, an elderly woman, is standing near the village buildings. She is the only NPC you need for the start and the finish, so mark her position mentally before you wander off.

Of Hawks and Heroes walkthrough

Speak with Zhu Jin. She explains that an old friend of hers is now “above the sky,” and asks you to pass along a keepsake left behind by someone who has died. Accepting adds the Hawk Tail Bell to your inventory and starts the tale.

The Wandering Tales menu open on the Of Hawks and Heroes entry with its first clue listed — The Wandering Tales menu, showing the opening clue for Of Hawks and Heroes after Zhu Jin hands over the bell.

Open the system menu, pick Time, and move the clock forward to the Zi hour. This is the dead-of-night slot, and it is what makes the Osprey Trainer available.

The in-game Time screen with the Zi hour highlighted on the clock selection wheel — The Time screen with the Zi hour selected, the night slot the tale requires.

Walk to the hut beside Zhu Jin and step inside. Interact with the closed sliding screen door and the Osprey Trainer will answer from the other side without opening it.

Tell him a friend sent a keepsake, then choose the Give option to hand over the Hawk Tail Bell. He recognises the name Zhu, and the objective updates to “Wait for developments.”

Gameplay view inside the wooden hut with the Wait for developments objective on screen — Inside the hut after the bell is delivered, with the “Wait for developments” objective active.

Step back outside and look for the long wooden table in the open. Resting on it is a document called Ten Edicts Beneath a Crooked Table Leg, dated the 19th Day of the Twelfth Month, 946 CE. Reading it is optional flavour, not a blocker.

Find Zhu Jin again. She moves to the open ground by the village gate, near the campfire and watchtower, and an interaction prompt appears when you get close. Tell her the keepsake was delivered.

An NPC by the camp with a G button interaction prompt floating beside her — The interaction prompt appears once you are close enough to talk near the campfire.

Head to the wooden hawk perch a few steps away and interact with the raptor sitting on it. Releasing the bird into the sky fires a new clue notification.

Zhu Jin standing in the clearing while the Wait for developments objective is displayed — Zhu Jin waits in the clearing near the perch while the objective ticks over.

Activate Wind Sense and follow the raptor’s flight path. The trail resolves into the final clue, which you can read straight away from the Wandering Tales menu.

A Wandering Tales New Clue Acquired banner with the View button prompt on screen — The “Wandering Tales – New Clue Acquired” banner, with the View prompt for reading the entry.

Return to Zhu Jin one last time. The closing conversation covers the lodestone powder packed inside the bell, which explains how the hawk knew where to fly, and the completion screen appears with your rewards.

Of Hawks and Heroes rewards

Reward	Amount
Echo Jade	30
Hidden Mountain Exploration	10
Coin	3,750
Stored EXP	3,750

The Hidden Mountain Exploration points count toward regional progress, so this is a cheap way to nudge that meter while you are already in the valley.

How to confirm the tale is finished

A completion pop-up titled Of Hawks and Heroes appears the moment the final dialogue with Zhu Jin ends, listing the reward payout on screen. The entry also drops off your active Wandering Tales list, and your overall Wandering Tales completion percentage for Mirkvale ticks up.

Between steps you should see “Wandering Tales – New Clue Acquired” banners. If one of those never fires, the previous action did not register.

Why the quest does not progress

The clock is not set to night. The Osprey Trainer only responds through the sliding door during the Zi hour, so an unresponsive door almost always means the time change was skipped.
The bell was never handed over. Talking to the trainer is not enough. You have to select the Give option and submit the Hawk Tail Bell.
You went looking for Zhu Jin in her original spot. After the delivery she relocates toward the gate area by the campfire and watchtower.
The hawk is still on its perch. Wind Sense has nothing to track until the raptor has been released.

Mirkvale itself sits behind the Heaven’s Threshold route added in Version 2.1, which opens only after your server finishes rebuilding the Cloudstair and you clear the Hidden Mountain Chapter 1 requirements. If Mirkvale is not on your map yet, that is the gate to clear first, and this Wandering Tale will still be waiting once you drop into the valley.