Changes: Darkshire

Revision as of 21:34, 9 June 2011

The correct name is Istaria. An 'I', not an 'A'. Patch 4.2 PTR Build 14241. I was going to correct the page, but then realized I didn't know how to fix the web page's name. Probably need to discard this article and recreate it with the accurate information. Aliok (talk) 21:34, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

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+The correct name is Istaria. An 'I', not an 'A'. Patch 4.2 PTR Build 14241. I was going to correct the page, but then realized I didn't know how to fix the web page's name. Probably need to discard this article and recreate it with the accurate information. [[User:Aliok|Aliok]] ([[User talk:Aliok|talk]]) 21:34, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
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-[[Image:darkshire.jpg|thumb|Darkshire|left]]
-'''Darkshire''' is a once-quaint little woodland village located in [[Duskwood]], but it has fallen on literally dark times. The surrounding forests have been filled with an evil malaise that cloaks the land in constant darkness. The walking dead choke the graveyards, and foul creatures known as [[worgen]] have overrun many of the outlying farmsteads. Even worse, [[Stormwind]] has all but abandoned the village and the surrounding area, as most of the Stormwind army is currently off fighting on the Horde/Alliance front.  This has left the stubborn people of Duskwood little choice but to defend themselves.
-The small town now numbers a scant 3,500 people (according to the WOW RPG books) a great deal of them refugees from [[Raven Hill]]. Lord [[Ello Ebonlocke]] is the elected mayor of this town.  His daughter, Commander [[Althea Ebonlocke]], runs the [[Night Watch]], a local militia that works to keep the roads free and the creeping darkness back for as long as possible. They strike against the undead and worgen that plague the land. The people of Duskwood are a jumpy and suspicious lot, but they are desperate for any aid they can get against the evil that now surrounds their homes.
-==Darkshire and [[PvP]]==
-Due to Darkshire's focal location on the roads of Duskwood, Horde players are forced to travel through and around the town in order to reach the [[Swamp of Sorrows]] to the east for their next questing zone after [[Stranglethorn Vale]]. On PvP servers, level 18-30 Alliance players questing in the area often avoid running through Duskwood all together by traveling to [[Sentinel Hill]] in [[Westfall]] and then flying back and forth to Darkshire since it's not only shorter, but because there are also level 35+ Horde players that traffic Duskwood's roads. Questing in Duskwood can be an inconvenience to Alliance players who are constantly under assault by the Horde at the Ravenhill Cemetary; however, Horde must go through Alliance's city, Darkshire, which now spawns level 65 Darkshire Guards, in order to reach their own respective questing zones.
-Although Duskwood is classified as [[Contested Territory]], it contains no Horde [[flight point]] and only one source of Horde quests, the tower of [[Beggar's Haunt]], northeast of Darkshire along the road to [[Deadwind Pass]].
-== Travel Connections ==
-[[Image:Darkshire Overhead.jpg|thumb|Darkshire as seen from above.]]
-===Flight===
-;{{Alliance Icon Small}} [[Stormwind City]]
-;{{Alliance Icon Small}} [[Sentinel Hill]]
-;{{Alliance Icon Small}} [[Lakeshire]]
-;{{Alliance Icon Small}} [[Rebel Camp]]
-;{{Alliance Icon Small}} [[Nethergarde Keep]]
-;{{Neutral Icon Small}} [[Booty Bay]]
-== Darkshire NPCs ==
-* Vendors
-:{{RaceIcon|Human|Female|Small}} {{NPC|Alliance|Alyssa Eva|Reagent Vendor}}
-:{{RaceIcon|Human|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Alliance|Antonio Perelli|Traveling Salesman}}
-:{{RaceIcon|Human|Female|Small}} {{NPC|Alliance|Avette Fellwood|Bowyer}}
-:{{RaceIcon|Human|Female|Small}} {{NPC|Alliance|Danielle Zipstitch|Tailoring Supplies}}
-:{{RaceIcon|Human|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Alliance|Gavin Gnarltree|Weaponsmith}}
-:{{RaceIcon|Gnome|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Alliance|Herble Baubbletump|Engineering & Mining Supplies}}
-:{{RaceIcon|Human|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Alliance|Lohgan Eva|Tailoring Supplies}}
-:{{RaceIcon|Human|Female|Small}} {{NPC|Alliance|Mabel Solaj|General Goods Vendor}}
-:{{RaceIcon|Human|Female|Small}} {{NPC|Alliance|Malissa|Poison Supplier}}
-:{{RaceIcon|Human|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Alliance|Morg Gnarltree|Armorer}}
-:{{RaceIcon|Human|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Alliance|Scott Carevin|Mushroom Seller}}
-:{{RaceIcon|Human|Female|Small}} {{NPC|Alliance|Sheri Zipstitch|Tailoring Supplies}}
-*Trainers
-: [[Mining]]
-: [[Blacksmithing]]
-: [[Engineering]]
-==History==
-{{speculation}}
-[[Image:Stormwind2.jpg|thumb|The old kingdom]]
-According to the [[The Story of Morgan Ladimore]], Darkshire did not always have that name.  It is possible that Darkshire might have been the town of [[Sunnyglade]]. Grand Hamlet was supposedly destroyed by orcs, whereas Sunnyglade was sacked, the citizens taken as slaves. They were then rescued and the town rebuilt, though it likely would have been destroyed when the [[Horde (pre-Thrall)|Horde]] fully overran the former kingdom of [[Azeroth]].  The obvious ironic similarity in the names (Sunnyglade, Darkshire) might indicate Sunnyglade as this gloomy town's former identity.
-It is possible that the dark times began with a slaughter of noble houses of Darkshire at the [[Moroes|party]] in [[Medivh]]'s tower of [[Karazhan]], not far from Darkshire. Several notable names can be met as enslaved ghosts within the tower, including possible brother or father of current mayor, [[Ebonlocke]], and relatives of all councilmen in current Town Hall.
-Darkshire may have been the human outpost used in the mission [[The Borderlands]] to attack the orcs roaming in the [[Borderlands]]. The location of Darkshire and the outpot are in the southeastern edge of [[Elwynn Forest]].
-Also, since Darkshire had a different name at one time according to The Story of Morgan Ladimore, it may have been called "Elwynn" since the area is called by some the "forest of Elwynn".
-== External links ==
-*Thottbot[http://thottbot.com/?z=52]
-{{Duskwood}}
-[[Category:Human territories]]
-[[Category:Alliance towns]]