I am in chapter 2, I have been asked to investigate the deaths in the Umar Hills. The Hills show up on my world map, but it is grayed out (ie. I can't go there). What is the reason for this? Also, when you are doing small missions and people ask you to do it quickly, is there ever a time limit to accomplish these tasks?

Thanks for any help

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Leave the city via the city gates at the City Gate District, and no there are no time limit to this (and many) other quest. If it is time limited, you will know.

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Just to clarify:

The city gate has an exit, point your cursor in the Northeast - East side of the map will reveal a "wheel".

Also, the only time limited quests that are significant to the game's progress is in the later chapters.

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As Accord said, try the gates first.

If it is still grey, then go to the D'Arnise keep and then jump to Umar Hills.
There are times you have to take little leaps to get around, but after you get a lot of the map showing, you won't have to.

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Thanks, I should have thought of that. I guess I didn't because it let me go to the keep from anywhere.

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A similar problem occurs when Firkraag puts Windspear Hills on your map. You have to hop to it via Trademeet