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Series

1.	Marauders of Darrowshire
2.	Return to Chromie
3.	The Battle of Darrowshire
4.	Hidden Treasures

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Comment by osuracnaes

I did this quest very easily with about 20 people - I'm sure you'd be fine with less. The most important thing to do is keep Davil Lightfire and Captain Redpath alive. Have the raid leader use the built-in symbols to mark them when they show up to make it a lot easier to keep track of where they are.

Comment by salvation122

Five-manned it with a paladin, two priests, a hunter, and a warlock, all in MC gear. It was hard, but god was it a lot of fun.

Comment by 2089

Is it repeatable? Getting more tea with sugar would be nice.

Comment by daurenr

Did that quest in trio : 60 pala , 60 war, 60 dr00t
dont have even normal green gear.
The point is : at the end u don't have to slain Corrupted Redpath,
we tried to kill him but he dissappeared in next 10 min
although u can die SH quite close so its not so serious.

Comment by 16310

Tried to solo it as a lvl 63 protection/retribution pally in all greens - didn't work. Should be possible in a couple of levels though.

Comment by 50864

did it with 5 players
but a well organized trio can handle it too
1) a tank that knows to hold aggro
2) a mage that knows how to aoe
3) a healer that knows to keep these two alive

2-3 waves includes elite minibosses
expect these waves a mage and a priest can handle easly until last wave where corrputed comes
for these minibosses and last wave you need a tank that knows to keep aggro so that redpath is being kept alive.
A funny quest that gives decent Agent Dawn rep. Some mobs give +1 a few gives +5 so all in all roughly 250~500 rep totally.

P.S chest you need to open with the key given to you is behind Pamela.

Dont miss the fun and do this quest at least once :)

Comment by 42924

Done it with 4 people,me(lvl 59 MM hunter),a lvl 61 holy pala,a lvl 61 frost mage and a lvl 60 BM hunter.Easy and fun :),it gives you a lot of AD repuation and quiet nice rewards(they sell for about 3g at the vendor all together and the amulet is good for spelcasters).Tip:before doing this quest capture the crown guards tower to have a graveyard near the area,in case someone dies so that he can ress quickly.

Comment by 42924

If you fail you must abandon the quest and accept it again.Just remember thet the NPC who gives it is Chromie in the WPL and not Carlin Redpath in EPL.

Comment by 27468

you can destroy the item if you aren't using it during the quest

Comment by 24840

my friend and i needed this on our warlocks, so she started it and i solo'd it all on my 70 paladin.. after logging back over i was able to talk to the ghost on my warlock and finish the quest.. quite easy~

Comment by Merylyan

Totally soloed with a well-geared prot warrior, T5/T4.

Focus your attention on Davil Lightfire and Captain Redpath, taunt the mobs off them, and don't pay attention to other NPC.

The "bosses" aren't really tough.

Comment by pibbz

Soloed as a retribution paladin (Level 70). Used all cooldowns but made it on first try.

Comment by raum

As of 2.2, You can not heal Redpath at all with any druid spells or bandaging. Don't know exactly when this was changed.

Comment by Zesha

myself 70 enhancment shammy and a 56 shadowpriest managed to do this by ourself, altho it was no easy pickings, so if u wanna do this with a friend make sure his lvl 70 and preferbly can heal a little, dont have to be resto/holy, but some healing would make it alot easier. and i did pop all my cooldown abilities, that include both elemental totems

Comment by 48132

solo'd today as a 70 shockadin. no where near easy and had to chug a pot, but its possible.

Comment by 68524

Two-manned it. Level seventy marksmanship hunter and a level fifty-nine arcane mage.

Kiting rocks.

Comment by 31199

Easily soloable by lvl70 holy paladin. Just move to mob groups and consecrate. That keeps the NPC's alive and they kill the mobs for you. Just heal yourself once in a while.
Had to drink three times. (after the mini bosses)

Comment by 29978

2.3 turned this quest into what it probably should have originally been as the 5-man quest way back when. All of the minions of Horgus are now non-elite when they used to be elite and Horgus himself is only a normal elite now instead of being boss worthy himself. Only the Bloodletters at the end are elite for the regular mobs and Redpath was considerably downgraded as well.

This quest no longer requires a raid or a really good 5-man to do. Now just about any 5-man group should be able to come in and complete it.

Comment by 13725

I was able to do it today with my level 59 warlock and a medium-geared level 70 mage.

Comment by 32542

just soloed it today on a 70 prot warrior with so-so gear (mix of blue/epics)
took a LONG time, and 2 deaths but it kept the line going and i was able to down the evil redpath in about 2min of nonstop tanking him. kinda interesting i never tried this quest before now (but wow, i woulda been massacred if i had)

Comment by 104258

where is the town square??

Comment by jaschmidt22

59 Shadow Priest and 70 Shadow Priest were doing just fine on it, until we forgot about Redpath and he died.

Otherwise, a decently geared 70 should be able to help you 2-man this quest that used to take about 10 in the olden days.

Comment by irni

This was quite easily solod by a 70 (I think I was shadowstep at the time) rogue.

I tanked as many mobs as I could so that the NPCs would not die. It was very easy until the Bloodletters came, they were a bit tougher, but were still no considerable challenge.

It was a very fun event and everyone ought to do it!

edit: This quest also gave me 1,000 Argent Dawn reputation upon completion.

Since someone decided to downmark all comments on this page.

Comment by 24111

Cool thing, like Pre-TBC Caverns of Time, just that this time you "fix" the history, cooler deal to change things rather than just follow the known history :)

+ a Happy End /cheers

Comment by 29281

Not a cakewalk to solo.

Basically there are three 'battle lines'. The main battle line is on the road into town. The second battle line is up on a hill to the right, within view of the main battle line. The third battle line is not in your primary line of sight, but if you draw a line due east from the center of town, you will see another small hill where there is fighting.

Captain Redpath will actually rotate between all three battle lines, which means you need to follow him around. While the other battle lines don't spawn elites like the main battle line, Captain Redpath can still take a lot of damage over time if allowed to tank the trash mobs, especially if they are allowed to back up, or if the other defenders are killed.

Your first challenge will be Horgus the Ravager, since you need to kill him as soon as he spawns. The reason being is he has an aura that will do damage to all friendly targets in range, which can markedly reduce how long the other defenders live if you don't kill him fast. He will show up on the main battle front, and you will hear the 'noise' of his aura happen every second, which should make you notice that he is there. He looks like a zombie type of mob, like the flayers in the zone.

The next challenge will be the 'bloodletters', which are elite and continually spawn. You need to be able to get these mobs off him fast if you are going to succeed. That means a tank with a taunt or some kind of pet with a taunt. You can't rely on just out damaging Captain Redpath, since every hit he takes is one hit closer to him dying. These Bloodletters have 11K health, so you won't be able to insta-kill these mobs. You are best to set him up as a focus target and then target his target, taunt, and then repeat once he changes targets.

Even with L70's helping, I would suggest that you have 3-5 people there to make it run smoothly. A healer is mandatory for the most part unless you have heal spells.

If you fail the quest, you don't have to abandon and re-accept the quest from Chromie. Just head to Light's Hope Chapel and talk to Carlin Redpath, he will have a chat bubble asking if you want another relic bundle.

Comment by Ishamael

A level 58+ Frost mage will have no real trouble with soloing this quest.

Firstly kill anything that goes for Davil or Redpath.
Otherwise you can ignore most the other critters.
(I only killed the ones at the main (Road) entrance just to waste time)

Horgus will die very fast if you focus on him.

After Redpath is corrupted pull him away from the front and kite him around.
If there is a lot of undead with him wait until they are distracted with a newly spawned guard and then pull him.

He will take a while but as long as your smart with your kiting he will die long before he lands a hit on you.
(I kited him between the graveyard and Pamela's house, blinking through him when needed)

Comment by 36802

Just did it as 70 prot pally. Used SoW and consecration rank1 mostly to save mana.

Comment by 153413

This quest now gives 11900 xp

Comment by 88219

Soloed this at 59 as a tankadin. Getting to the end was no problem, but using every trick in the book I couldn't even get close to killing Redpath the Corrupted, so I sat down and started reading everything I could, seeing if maybe there was a strategy that might work to kill him.

Of course, eventually he despawned, but for whatever reason, him and Davil both appeared in the town square and I was able to complete the quest.

Long story short, if you can solo your way to the end, you don't actually need to defeat Redpath, just wait for him to despawn.

Comment by wingsofscion

The full quest chain:

Villains and Heroes do both need to be completed in order to get Marauders. However, Defenders of Darrowshire (the Uncle Carlin chain) does not need to be completed in order to get to The Battle of Darrowshire.

Other notes on this. Duo'd with a 65 frost mage and a 58 resto shaman. Once Redpath dies, do not abandon the quest unless everything despawns. He died and I unknowingly abandoned the quest, thinking I'd failed, but everything continued to spawn. You will need to look for the Corrupted Redpath and defeat him when Captain Redpath despawns, as his death is scripted into the event. Keep him up until he despawns, however, as letting him get killed by the NPCs will fail the quest. The two ghost NPCs spawned after we'd killed Corrupted Redpath, and everything else despawned, leading me to believe that the quest was not failed to begin with. In fact, everything would *not* despawn until Corrupted Redpath was dead. That includes the Darrowshire Defenders; they kept spawning regardless of there only being the undead mobs around.

You can heal both Davil and Redpath. If you are a shaman, you can hit either of them with Chain Heal and it will jump to members of your party. However, you cannot hit your party members with Chain Heal and expect it to jump to either Davil or Redpath. Also, you can die during this fight, and as long as Redpath or Davil are still alive when you resurrect, you should be able to finish (there was one point where both the mage and I died, but the battle continued).

There are many opportunities to rest and get mana while you are completing this quest, so I would suggest taking every opportunity possible. You should, however, be careful of the Bloodletters; they hit really hard (they were hitting my shaman for about 500-700 in mail) and move rather quickly. However, they (and Corrupted Redpath) are susceptible to snares (Frost Shock, Earthbind, etc.).

Edit: Upon further investigation, Chain Heal will jump from party (and non-party) members to both Davil and Captain Redpath. It is still limited by the range thing, though, so if you're doing this with a bunch of ranged people, you may be better of with LHW/HW instead of Chain Heal.

Edited for some clarification after looking over this again.

Comment by 138194

I went in as a level 61 protection warrior, figuring I'd test the waters a bit. A level 70 holy paladin came along a few minutes after the start, and we completed the event together. The most important thing is to focus on the task at hand. You do not need to aggro as many mobs as possible and nuke them all into oblivion. The fight consists of three stages: defending Davil and destroying Horgus, defending Redpath and finally, destroying Corrupted Redpath. As of 2.3 (most likely), the NPC's can be healed. This is a huge help, as you can now keep the elites alive a lot easier.

During the first fase, there's Marauding Zombies and such running around, which aren't very strong and go down quickly. After a while, Minions of Horgus will start popping up, which are a bit tougher, but still no real threat. Just follow Davil around and help him fight stuff. Nothing should go wrong at this point. Once Horgus pops up, take him out. His aura, which deals a bit of shadow damage every few seconds, is both annoying and convenient. As it hurts the npc's, too, he'll draw aggro and be overwhelmed quickly.

After Horgus is defeated, Davil will get a sudden heart attack and bite the bullet. After a bit of fighting, Cap'n Redpath shows up. The undead respond by sending in the Bloodletters, which are elite, and hit around 150 on the sword 'n board. They also perform Rupture, lasting 12 seconds and ticking for around 100 damage. Soon enough, Marduk the Black will show up and corrupt Redpath, causing Corrupted Redpath to join the fight. The bad way to handle this, is to pull every bloody undead in sight and attempt to smack 'm all down. The defenders will be getting overwhelmed at this point (especially if there's just two of you), which results in a rather painful battle.

The more subtle method of pulling Corrupted Redpath with a gunshot and taking him out on his own, while the Bloodletters and corrupted militia and such massacred the defenders 100 yards away from us. The battle ends as Corrupted Redpath is defeated.

I hope you like sugar :)

Comment by 46483

Be warned: This is a pretty long battle. Stage 1 (defending Davil) is short enough, but stage 2 (defending Redpath) takes a very, very, very long time. I (70 Tankadin) was in a group with a 70 resto Druid and a 64 hunter, and the battle took over half an hour. I was starting to think the quest was bugged and the zombies would never stop spawning. *rocks back and forth shivering*

Comment by 176454

solod, just SoC all ud:s and kill all elites ASAP. tip: redpath is not immune to fear ;)

Comment by 64664

Not a bad quest. It's probably much harder at level 60 to tackle it solo.
Piece of cake for a level 70 protection warrior.
The Bloodkillers, i think they were called like that can do pretty nasty damage. I think it's best to kill those fast or they'll kill the friendly npcs rapidly.
The last mobs takes a while, it's good plan to pull him towards the elite guards. When he gets low on health he'll fear npcs on occasion. Nothing to be worried about if it already went quite well.

Rewards aren't that good ofc, unless you don't have TBC I suppose. Rewarded with a 1000 Argent Dawn rep was nice at the end of the chain.

Funny how Blizz to decides to make this quest solo-able for a 60-70. While the other Raid quest in Eastern Plaguelands, with the 2 dogs, will still need a couple of good geared level 70s.

Comment by 87606

For those who mess up on the quest and thought to restart it. it takes a VERY LONG time before the one you started first to finish. I did this while in the middle of it and it glitched it to where it wont summon any npc with a name and i think i screwed my realm for those who want to do this quest chain

Comment by 164918

This quest chain is the inspiration for the song titled Darrowshire, by Cranius. Personally, I find this song amazing and captures the sheer feeling of the quest chain perfectly.

Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dTxcHulFBI&feature=related

Lyrics:

I've seen a great many things that cause a man to wonder.
I've seen a great many things that can tear a man's heart asunder..
But the day that will not let me go, it haunts me to my burning soul..
Is the day I found Pamela wandering Darrowshire.

"Can you help me find my dolly?
I left her by the window sill.
Have you seen my daddy?
I think he went off to war.
And can you tell my family I've been missing them for oh so very long.
Ask them why'd they leave me here alone in Darrowshire."

I bring word from your sister, she's alive and well in Winterspring.
Here I found your dolly, it's up to you to keep her safe And your father's coming home again.
The war for him is over, and your spirits once again may be at rest in Darrowshire.

Comment by Toumei

Just soloed this with ease on my 70 feral dps/tank druid.
Just stick near the named NPCs and make sure they don't die. When corrupted Redpath appears, beat him down quick. The new talent Berserk and the Swipe doing more damage and hitting all targets in melee range really do make this a cakewalk.

The best part, for me, was that it still felt pretty epic, even doing it solo!

Comment by Shockna

Appears to be bugged. The event is going on endlessly on Malygos-US. Davil and Redpath are nowhere to be found, and the spawns of Bloodletters, Betrayers and Defenders never stop.

Comment by Kaaosa

Lots of fun (and needless to say easy) for a 70 prot paladin. Huge numbers with Holy Wrath are always fun.

Comment by Fengor

Did this on 10/28/08 as a 70 enhance shaman, very easy. The quest bugged though with the appearance of the corrupted Redpath and I had 2 of him that I had to fend off. Called in an argent pally for kicks, the bubble hearth is priceless.

I could have probably done nothing until the elites came out, never needed to heal either Davil or Joseph, but they are healable in case you bite off more than you can chew.

Comment by 213121

Just did this as a 70 BM Hunter, was fun =D Had no problems.

Comment by 116063

I tried this as a 58 Prot Paladin without any high expectations, but I made it ! Just kill the named one. Bring Joseph Redpath near Defenders so the will help you. Use Turn Evil on him for fear. Was a blast! =)

Percival - Ysera

Comment by 258919

This is a pretty fun and active quest. First off, you will want all of your party members to be at least around 57 or higher (reccomended 60+ would be best) (if you have a level 65+ friend who wants to tag along, it makes it a helluva lot easier). Otherwise, have at least one AoE mage, a good healer or two (with reviving capabilities), and a tank (death knights work well)

When you start, there won't be any major enemies. You will have many NPC allies that are capable of killing about 1 1/2 to 2 enemies before their health is exhausted. Aid them in their fight against the scourge. Eventually, Davil Lightfire will appear (he's easy to find, he has a blue smoke rising from him). PROTECT HIM AT ALL COSTS. He is a 60 elite, I believe, so he is perfectly capable of defending himself from up to two or three enemies. However, occasionally he will bound off towards a larger group of enemies. Follow him and use your AoE mage's powers to ward off the enemies so you can pick them off easier.

When NPCs with the word "horgus" in them start to appear (forgot their exact names), you know you're close to your first objective.
Once Horgus (the Devourer?) appears, have someone protect Davil (probably your AoE mage, just to keep him alive) while everyone else charges to Horgus. Kill him soon and you won't have to worry about Davil, who afterwards collapses from his wounds anyways.

Now there will be a brief period with simply enemies attacking, like the beginning. Aid your allies in the fight until Captain Redpath appears (he will also have a bluish smoke surrounding him).

Halfway through the second objective, elite monsters will start appearing. Wipe these out, but don't let your eyes off of Redpath, who may run off to take on a group of monsters without warning. When Redpath the Corrupted appears, leave a guard or two on the Captain (once again, your AoE mage is the best choice) and target him and only him. Once he dies, defeat any remaining Scourge and talk to the man in the town square, then to the girl in the back of the village.

Also, it is important to keep an eye on your health- the fight is long, and you will tend to get carried away in it. Watch your health and make sure your healer is always prepared. A good first aid skill benefits everyone, too.

Comment by Looplizard

Check during the battle that there are Defenders alive to the east (36-84), sometimes you have to give them a hand.
Keep Captain Redpath alive.
When Redpath the Corrupted spawns pull him immediately to that spot so that those Defenders engage with him. (don't bother with the rest of the battle at this point, just concentrate on Redpath the Corrupted)
Even if you die it's only a few paces to your corpse, meanwhile the Defenders keep doing dmg to Redpath the Corrupted, so you can finish him off or stand aside and watch he Defenders do their thing :)
Then speak with the spirit of Joseph Redpath when he appears at the town square to finish the quest and then speak with Pamela at her home to get Hidden Treasures (the box is behind the house next to the chimney 32-83).

The saddest side effect of Classic WoW is that nobody does these quests anymore. It's impossible to find groups. Everyone is furiously obsessed with farming Strat, Ony, and MC.

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The Battle of Darrowshire

Place the Relic Bundle at the Darrowshire town square.

Prevent Davil Lightfire's death until the death of Horgus.

Prevent Captain Redpath's death until Redpath the Corrupted appears.

Defeat Redpath the Corrupted.

Speak with the spirit of Joseph Redpath when he appears at the town square, then speak with Pamela at her home.

	Accept Redpath's Forgiveness (1)

Provided item:

	Relic Bundle (1)

Description

Now, <name>, you will take part in battle of Darrowshire, and you will save Joseph Redpath.

Place this relic bundle in the Darrowshire town square, and the spirits of Darrowshire will rise. Join their battle and assure that these two things come to pass: Davil must survive beyond the death of Horgus, and Redpath must survive to be corrupted, then defeated.

After defeating the corrupted Redpath, his spirit will be saved. Speak with him, then return to his daughter Pamela.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

	Tea with Sugar

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

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