The Battle of Darrowshire

The Battle of Darrowshire

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A SEEMINGLY SIMPLE QUEST to find a little girl turns into one of the biggest battles in the Eastern Plaguelands. This quest chain can begin with either Marlene Redpath in the Western Plaguelands or Jessica Redpath in Winterspring.

Quest List

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Little Pamela (55)
Sister Pamela (55)
Pamela's Doll (55)
Uncle Carlin (56)
Auntie Marlene (56)
A Strange Historian (56+)
The Annals of Darrowshire (56)
Brother Carlin (56)
Villains of Darrowshire (57)
Heroes of Darrowshire (56+)
Marauders of Darrowshire (60)
Return to Chromie (60)
The Battle of Darrowshire (60+ raid)
Hidden Treasures (60)

Little Pamela (55)
Starts At: Marlene Redpath - Sorrow Hill (WP)
Zones: Eastern Plaguelands

Sister Pamela (55)
Starts At: Jessica Redpath - Everlook (Winterspring)
Zones: Eastern Plaguelands

These quests are actually two different starting points for the same task: find Pamela Redpath. The little girl can be found in the ruins of Darrowshire, in the south of the Eastern Plaguelands.

Pamela's Doll (55)
Starts At: Pamela Redpath - Darrowshire (EP)
Zones: Eastern Plaguelands
The little girl asks you to find three pieces of her doll, scattered throughout the ruins of Darrowshire.

Auntie Marlene (56)
Starts At: Pamela Redpath - Darrowshire (EP)
Zones: Western Plaguelands
Pamela asks you to search for her father, starting with Auntie Marlene. She's in the inn at Sorrow Hill, east of Chillwind point.

A Strange Historian (56+)
Starts At: Marlene Redpath - Light's Hope Chapel (EP)
Zones: Western Plaguelands
Auntie Marlene asks you to find the grave of Joseph Redpath outside her house, retrieve his ring, and bring it to Chromie, a gnome who resides at the inn inside Andorhal. This quest is marked Elite but should be easy for level 60s.

The Annals of Darrowshire (56)
Starts At: Chromie - Andorhal (WP)
Zones: Western Plaguelands
Go to the City Hall in Anderhol, find the Annals of Darrowshire, and bring it back to Chromie. Many of the books scattered around are booby-trapped (it's all trial and error as far as I know) and will release one or two spirits; having someone else around isn't a bad idea.

Brother Carlin (56)
Starts At: Chromie - Andorhal (WP)
Zones: Eastern Plaguelands
Bring the Extended Annals of Darrowshire to Carlin Redpath at Light's Hope Chapel in the Eastern Plaguelands. Both "Villains of Darrowshire" and "Heroes of Darrowshire" open up after this.

Villains of Darrowshire (57)
Starts At: Carlin Redpath - Light's Hope Chapel (EP)
Zones: Eastern Plaguelands
Find the Skull of Horgus and the Shattered Sword of Marduk and bring them to Carlin Redpath at Light's Hope Chapel. The skull can be found at the bottom of a pool in central EP (west of the small bridge), while the sword can be found in one of the trenches not far south of there. In both cases, you'll find neutral spirits battling it out, making the items easier to find.

Heroes of Darrowshire (56+)
Starts At: Carlin Redpath - Light's Hope Chapel (EP)
Zones: Western Plaguelands
Bring Davil's Libram and Redpath's Shield to Carlin Redpath. The shield can be outside a barn near Gahrron's Withering. The libram is in Hearthglen, guarded by several 55+ elite paladins, and can be very hard to reach. The disguise from the "Scarlet Subterfuge" quest (in Taelan Fordring's chain) can help if you want to solo it, although looting the libram destroys the illusion.

Marauders of Darrowshire (60)
Starts At: Carlin Redpath - Light's Hope Chapel (EP)
Zones: Eastern Plaguelands
Bring 5 Resonating Skulls and the Mystic Crystal to Carlin Redpath in Eastern Plaguelands. Skulls are created with the given quest artifact, used on skulls dropped by Scourge Champions in the Noxious Glade and the Fungal Glade.

Return to Chromie (60)
Starts At: Carlin Redpath - Light's Hope Chapel (EP)
Zones: Western Plaguelands
Take the bundle of relics you've collected back to Chromie in Andorhal.

The Battle of Darrowshire (60+)
Starts At: Chromie - Andorhal (WP)
Zones: Eastern Plaguelands
Place the bundle of relics at the Darrowshire town square and defeat Redpath the Corrupted to save the spirit of Joseph Redpath. This is a long battle with many, many waves of enemies, and it's worth having anywhere between 10-20 people on hand for it. Return to Pamela when the battle is over.

Hidden Treasures (60)
Starts At: Pamela Redpath - Darrowshire (EP)
Zones: Eastern Plaguelands
Take Joseph's Key to Joseph's Chest, behind Pamela's house, and collect your reward. You receive three items for your efforts: the Ring of Protection (150 AC / 9Sta), the Archlight Talisman (10Int/10spi/8Sta necklace), and Magebane Scion (+10 Fire/Frost/Arcane off-hand).

Gauging Difficulty

We completed this event with a level 56 Warlock, 61 Hunter, 70 Mage and 59 Druid. There were no deaths and it was fairly easy. Althoguh chaotic, this doesn't seem to be a very difficult event. I believe that five high-50s players or four low-60s players could succeed easily. Three high-60s or two 70's could also handle this. That should help you gauge the difficulty level.

Location

Darrowshire is a very small hamlet in south-central Eastern Plaguelands. You can take a flight path to Light's Hope Chapel in Eastern Plaguelands and run West along the road or take the flight path to Chillwind Camp in Western Plaguelands and run East along the road. Darrowshire is in middle, between those two camps. If you don't have that flight path, take the flight path to Aerie Peak in the Hinterlands and run North to WPL. The "Town Square" is not much to speak of - the road makes a small circle, about 15 feet in diamter inside a cluster of a few buildings. This circle is the "town square". There is a post in the middle and a skeleton on the ground. Stand here and right-click the sack of relics. This drops the pack on the ground and begins the script.

Re-starting

If you die, the graveyard is very close and you can run back quickly. If your named helpers (Davil or Repath) die, the event ends and you lose. If this happens, abandon the quest and run back to Chromie in WPL and get the quest again - she will give you a new sack of relics and you can try again immediately.

Battleground layout

Imagine looking down on Darrowshire from an aerial view, the town looks like clock, with the town square in the center. The road entering from the North is roughly at 12 O'clock. Position yourselves on the road just North of the town square (facing 12 O'clock). There are a LOT of NPC's in this battle, not just 3 or 4. The Darrowshire Defenders will appear as green-label ghosts. The Scourge army will appear, and approach from, three locations. There is one main skirmish, with two smaller skirmishes:

North of the city between 11 O'clock and 12 O'clock. Just left of the road and on the road. This is the largest group of attackers and the main battle location.

Northeast at the 2 O'clock position, up a small hill. The defenders from the main battle will aggro over to help the defenders here. Your named helpers (Davil and Redpath) will aggro over here to help.

Southeast at the 4'Oclock position, again up a small hill. This group of defenders is the weakest and some defenders here will die.

Strategies

Position yourself as described above. Quickly pull attackers to you, so the mass of defenders quickly kill them. Do not run to engage them in battle. Pull them to you so the defenders and you stay in a group.

You can completely change the tide of the skirmish atthe SE location with this strategy. Keep an eye on that location. When their fighting starts, run up and AE the atatckers, who will chase you. Run the short distance back to the town square, where the mass of defenders will quickly kill them all.

Davil seems to handle himself easily enough so we didn't even watch him. When Redpath replaces him, you have to watch and heal Redpath. We didn't watch Redpath and he died, causing us to lose our first attempt. Our second attempt, we had our druid find him (in the mass of green label NPC's) and keep him healed and we won easily.

Finishing

Davil's ghost appears. Talk to him. You also have to go to the town square to find Redpath's ghost and talk to him.