I just hit level 80 with my first GW2 character (Human Ranger). I finished all of the personal story missions except "Victory or Death". I have done zero dungeons while leveling and don't even know how to start a group to get that dungeon mission done. Do I have to finish that mission before going to Silverwastes and beginning the HoT story? I ask because I looked on the wiki and saw that the beginning mission for HoT is "Rally to Maguuma", but the NPC that I'm supposed to get the mission from is not there (Tactician Elke).
I'd really like to get the "glider" ability and then, from PoF, the ability to obtain mounts. I'm just at a loss as to how to continue right now. Any help would be greatly appreciated.