In my opinion it really was the little things like this that made WoW as great as it was. Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that there are overarching stories now like in the Stone Talon mountains and the military quest line in the barrens, but it was always nice to have these mini stories to kind of take you away from it all. Like your character is busy saving the world, but every once in a while something like this pops up and it just kind of makes you forget everything else. Like helping this little girl is the most important thing in the world. That was honestly what made the game for me.
SvartTK yea, but they removed others that were dubbed "obsolete" like the one to go to Uther's tomb and ask for a blessing. It may not have been important in the grand scheme of things, but thats how it is in a real world. Not everything serves a purpose for some grand design; some things are just meant for closure.
+armsdragon05 "like the one to go to Uther's tomb and ask for a blessing." That one also still exists as a world event (Harvest Festival) quest. The Horde version has you go to Grom's Monument instead.
2024, and this song/video/quest still gets to me. I remember doing the Pamela and Battle of Darrowshire quests back in the days of Early WoW; and not that long ago Classic WoW, and it was one of the hardest, saddest, and yet happiest quest chain I ever did.
When the quest still had you go see her uncle and he said "You've seen Pamela? She's alive? She's dead? No! Oh, Pamela! Why does your spirit still suffer in this world. Why are you perished, while fortune keeps me alive? In an instant I would switch places with you and wander dead Darrowshire, a ghost and alone!" That quote really hit me deep.
its a display of true love. Somewhere deep in all of us that resonates. Its the kind of thing that can bring people together and dispel hatred. Good on you for seeing it.
It's been 14 years. A long road, getting from there to here. The last few years have been dark, barren, and tortured. I hope they turn once more towards better times. Take us back to Darrowshire.
I found this song when I was 11. I am 26 now and it still gives me chills. Thank you Cranius for the good music and good memories. I have never forgotten this song and many others of yours.
I just recently came back to Wow after three years or so and one of the first things I did was catch up with a friend of mine and we took a trip down memory lane. Guess what came up? Pamela Redpath and Darrowshire. These "small stories" are worth if only for the story itself. I finished this quest again for the third or fourth time and it never gets old.
yea same i returned a while ago after a few years , i always end comeing back to old zones and the stories . also i miss class quests , thank god for classic wow i guess.
It's been many years. Around me lay the bodies of youtube songs that have come before, left in the dusts of time to be forgotten. But still, I venture through. I dig and claw my way through this wasteland to hear it once again. Maybe for a final time, who is to say. To hear the story of Darrowshire sung. Just one, final time.
I'll never forget the hayday of wow at its heights. All the Machinima's and rap videos and things. Though out of all of them this one was always my favorite. The song and the story just struck to the core, especially at the end. "And you're fathers coming home again, the war for him is over." Just the supporting vocals and how he is walking up as a ghost just...ugh...feels. I love this video.
+Calomel I know that feel, there is something hopelessly sad about ghost little girls that does not know they are dead... I am glad we made her rest in peace. Thanks Cranius for the beautiful song.
You see... THIS is the kind of thing that makes a legendary game. Sure, Bioshock and PvZ references are cute and all, but it is bits of lore like this, helping the ghost of a young girl and her father who was cursed to find some measure of peace and pass on... THIS is a flipping 'sidequest'. Years later, long after I stopped playing WoW, this song still brings tears to my eye.
honestly guys, I've barely started on it. I'm in school for an engineering degree so it's difficult to have time to write. Besides it's my first writing project so it's likely that it won't be that good.
"Entire planetary systems born and razed in the time that it takes your mortal hearts to beat once." -Algalon the Observer Before the time it takes for this mortal heart to beat, this piece already crushes and reduces me to tears.
2023 When i back to this video it always an eternal reminder that the world i grew up does not exist anymore and move forward whit out forget what it was back them
So many years has passed since I discovered this gem... An even though I stopped playing WoW, I still feel chills listening to Darrowshire. Dang. Hope you and Legs are still well and kicking!
Oh this brings back some memories... When I first heard this song I went back and replayed this quest on my paladin. I miss those days, sadly WoW is no longer what it used to be... no deep hidden gems of story, just unrefined fetch quests with no real emotion to them.
I quit world of warcraft partly because of them butchering stuff like this. They added so much content and made it so the whole point of the game was rushing to max and raiding but way back in the day pre bc and bc there was SO much game to be experienced before max level. I used to full clear entire zones just so I could read the lore and quests and see, hear, and read all these crazy, intense and touching backstories and stuff about the zone. This one and the story and questline of morgan ladimore were always ones I looked forward to. Now you don't even have to go to 90% of the zones to get to max. Before you HAD to go to 90% of them.
Actually, i had to grind/do dungeons to reach lvl 60 in vanilla cause there were not enough quests. I hit lvl 60 farming elementals in felwood...I reached lvl 90 in pandaria by doing two zones, so yeah. I say they have focused too much on the easy part. They should atleast cut down on the quests so that you'll see the entire map before hitting max.
Selor12 haha i know how you feel. I played pre bc sadly i dont have the honor of being an end game pre bc veteran. my best friend who introduced me shortly before bc was in Eitriggs top guild and he ran out of quests and round from i think it was 56-60 in the small graveyard at the entrance to western plagulands simply because he was a paladin and that place had a stupid respawn rate. regardless. If wow eeeeeeeeeeeeer brought back real story? id go back to it. i was an end game raider. I was the top tank on my server in wotlk, vashj. Shit server but still. i just coulkdnt handle the fact they took away everythin but the end game, gave it away for free, and even to people like me who were of the few who spent four hundred plus hours getting the winterspring frostsaber before they nerfed it to shit? MY fuckin gosh. they gave me the achievement for it. but the date on it was 3 fking years after i got it. I had it when maybe 1 or 2 people per server had it. my honor was a dat that everyone could get. I ground my sexy kitty from level 40 to level 60. i spent 700 HOURS getting her. i named her hope. and then they made her a 5 hour ordeal and an achievment 2 expansions later.... i ADORED the game. then blizzard lost sight of what they made and simply wanted money. they havent gotten mine in 4 years.
Selor12 I so wish.... this was stilll world of warcaft.... Nothing today in my opinion compares to the old WoW. fck... id pay 20 a month for a real rerelease. i search and search for a true private server but they all have sped up exp, new gear, or random shit. I dream of the old Wow. if blizzard just started over.... just.... to me they dont have a game anymore.... theyre just milkin a concept...
There have been a total of two times I had to stop playing because I was tearing up. This quest was the first time. The emotion in this quest series just hit me like a brick. Maybe two. The second was the first time I ran through Darkshore after Cata. Everything I remembered was gone, replaced with the shattered remains and dead bodies. I think I actually logged out for a bit on both. Awesome job, Cranius, on keeping the memory alive!
"Sometimes people ask what was The Scourge Invasion like? And you know what I tell them, How would it feel to have to kill your own parents, grandparents, aunt and uncles, brothers and sister, your own children, plus your next-door neighbours and their lot, every single time with the only permanent solution is either burning them all to ash or cracking in there skulls," - Knight Commander Alexandar, 7th Legion, 10th Company,
For those that want to do the original quest chain, there are many private free servers that you can join that stop at WOLK or BC, or Vanilla, (depending on which one you choose to join). I did enjoy the little extra touch that Bliz added during Cata, where if you do the quest chain, you can go back to the caravan afterwards and Pamela will follow you around Eastern Plaugelands.
This song got me through some rough times, its sad yet inspireing, i regularly come back to listen to it. It is hard to think this is now over 10 years old.
I get a chill every time I hear this song. And I'll always remember my level 60 dwarf hunter with whom I did the first time this chain. Really great job,Cranius!
fix djole WoD is awesome and i see why people love it, but Cata and MoP killed wow for me, i played when wod came out level 2 toons too 100 and then quit, i cant handle wow anymore, its lost its magic in my opinion, but for new players WoD is great.
It is mode march 2023 and this video/song still gets to me. I have watched it for God only knows how many times. I loved this quest line so much. I just waited to get my alts to EPL to do it. Yes, it created a lump in my throat every time but I had to help Pamela! Cranius, I am not sure you will see this but thank you for this song and all the rest as well. I listen to them all.
i did not kill a single crusader doing this quest chain, i just get into hearthglen fleeing from the one who aggroed me, and then used divine shield to get in, take the item needed, and get out. Yea u need to be pala for make it without dying
...played WoW for 6 years. The quests pretty much all run together, but I have always remembered this one. This was a wonderful vid. thanks for sharing it.
Great song... Like armsdragon05 mentioned... these little things were what made wow so incredible for me... I also remember I actually wanted to KILL that bastard Stalvan when I was doing that questline... Incredible and wonderful quest-stories...
This song was beautiful. I did this quest chain, and it's truly the only one I can remember that made me cry. Something about it just touches me, and this song hit me just as hard. Thank you for making this. :)
amazing...when I did this quest line, it sent a shiver up my spine. Watching this video 5 or 6 years after, still sent a shiver up my spine. Great work and a great voice.
i remember i never did this quest until i watched this video. its really touching. and your videos remind me of the good times. thanks for the memories Cranius.
In my opnion, Wrath was the greatest expansion. Not because of Northrend content, or because of Deathknights or because it introduced flying to the game, but because you where finally able to make Arthas pay for everything he had done. Everything him and Nerzhul did to ravage the world and destroy azeroth. The redpaths, Scholomance, and even the horrors of Lorderon.
+Alexander Anderson Arthas really didn't do anything at all to be honest. If anything, he's pretty much a misled hero. I find Arthas and more importantly - the Scarlet Crusade to be the pinnacle of Blizzard's story-telling. Like, they're good but at the same time, they're bad. Rather than the goody-two-shoed Alliance lore-characters we have these days and the evil Horde that claims to be good. I hope they somehow return to what they used to do!
Found out they removed this quest chain today. Hit me like a ton of bricks. Ill NEVER forget this quest chain until the day i die. One of the absolute best storys ive ever heard in my entire life. Thank you so much Cranius for making this song. It means more than you could realize. Im a HUGE fan of your work, your music and your videos are absolutely amazing. I look forward to hearing new music from you everyday. Again, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for your amazing work, sir.
