Rewriting the Battle of Darrowshire quest chain

... Wherein the hero discovers the various fates of the Redpath family, and with the assistance of Chromie of the bronze dragonflight, attempts to rewrite a short portion of history.

Note: This is one of a very few quest chains in the original "Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor" content that were retained essentially unchanged when the Cataclysm quest revisions were put in place.

Carlin Redpath at Crown Guard Tower in Eastern Plaguelands asks you to search for signs of his niece Pamela in the ruins of Darrowshire.

• Little Pamela

You find that Pamela is now just a ghost. The building she was hidden in was burned, much like the the rest of Darrowshire when it fell to Horgus the Ravager and Marduk the Black.

• Pamela's Doll (quest)

Now, she simply wants you to find her dolly for her.

You go looking through the ruins. Several times you are assaulted by ghosts of the past, but eventually you find enough pieces of the doll that you are able to put it back together for the lost little girl.

Pamela tells you about the two swords that her daddy kept: one for fighting men, and one for fighting animals. Some time he came back without his animal sword. Pamela asks you to find it, so when her daddy comes home he will be pleased.

• I'm Not Supposed to Tell You This

You find the sword in the (ghostly) body of a wolf. Defeating the wolf, you return with the sword.

Once she has the sword, though, she thinks better of playing with it and asks you to take it to her uncle Carlin.

• Uncle Carlin

Carlin takes the news of Pamela's death hard when presented with the sword. Still, he thinks that this 'strange gnome' (Chromie) who arrived a short while ago might be able to help change Joseph's fate.

• A Strange Historian

Chromie sets three tasks before you.

• These quests can be completed in any order.

The (extended) annals tell of the how Horgus the Ravager was destroyed in the foothills north of Crown Guard Tower, and how his skull remains there. The fabled sword of Marduk the Black was looted then abandoned near the road, southeast of the tower. Chromie asks you to bring them.

• Villains of Darrowshire

You travel to the foothills, and find a battle going on, a remembrance of the Battle of Darrowshire being reenacted by ghosts. Nearby, you locate the Skull of Horgus. Taking it, you note that the ghosts disperse.

Next, you follow the road and come across the sword. And again, the ghosts disperse as you retrieve the item.

Chromie is glad to have the relics, telling you that they retain memories of the Scourge forces at Darrowshire.

In addition to those relics of the Villains, Carlin also asked you to retrieve relics from the heroes. In particular, the Extended Annals of Darrowshire, the Libram of Davil Lightfire, and the shield of Joseph Redpath.

• Heroes of Darrowshire

Carlin holds the annals, which describe how the Scarlet Crusade took Davil's libram to Hearthglen. The shield was apparently broken near Gahrron's Withering and left there. Between then and now, though, the residents of Marris Stead managed to obtain both the libram and the shield.

The Marris Stead, when you arrive, has some ghostly hounds that bother you as you find the libram and shield, but they are easily dispatched.

Chromie sends you after the skulls of 5 of the scourge who participated in the battle. To properly identify them, Chromie gives you a crystal that will identify the proper skulls.

• Marauders of Darrowshire

The fact that you have to demolish Scourge Champions to get the skulls is merely a bonus. It takes a while, but eventually you do find enough skulls for Chromie.

Chromie puts a spell upon the relics, and gives you instructions. It seems that you will take part in the Battle of Darrowshire! You are to place the relic bundle in the center of Darrowshire, whereupon the spirits of Darrowshire will rise again and relive the battle.

• The Battle of Darrowshire (quest)

Your instructions are:

• Prevent Davil Lightfire's death until the death of Horgus.
• Keep Captain Redpath alive long enough for him to become corrupted.
• Defeat Redpath the Corrupted.

Redpath became corrupted, therefore he had to become corrupted, you could not prevent that. But you could, and do, limit the damage he causes, and even save Darrowshire in the process. For now, or at least for certain values of "now".

You return to the ghost of Pamela, who tells you she heard the fighting end. As you talk with her, the ghost of Joseph Redpath comes to take her in his arms.

You talk with the ghost of Pamela Redpath again. She tells you her daddy gaver her a key to give to you, that opens a chest behind the house.

• Hidden Treasures

You open the chest, and find some powerful magical items, mementos of the recent events.