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“Crusader Dargath, Crusader MacKellar, Engineer Reed and the twins, Gerk and Burr, were sent to the Dead Fields to establish a battle front days ago. As of my last correspondence with them, they had successfully established a camp on the border of the Dead Fields, northwest of here. In light of this newfound information about Drakuru and Prince Navarius I think it would be prudent to send someone to the Crusader Forward Camp post-haste.
Pack up your belongings, Vikstone. You must leave at once!”
-Crusader Lord Lantinga
Seek out Crusader MacKellar at the Crusader Forward Camp in Zul’Drak.
Quest Giver: Crusader Lord Lantinga — Light’s Breach [32, 76]
Turn-in: Crusader MacKellar — Crusader Forward Camp [25, 64]
Objective: Report to Crusader MacKellar at the Crusader Forward Camp.
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Walkthrough
Lore Context
Lantinga sent a five-person team to establish a forward position near the Dead Fields: Crusader Dargath, Crusader MacKellar, Engineer Reed, and the twins Gerk and Burr. The Scourge hit them hard.
Prince Navarius, the San’layn warlord who commands the Scourge in this part of Zul’Drak, personally led the attack. Dargath and the twins were captured; the steam tank was destroyed. MacKellar’s blunt assessment: “Seems this whole area is some type of factory for Scourge. We’re in the middle of a damned undead mine field!”
This sets up the Forward Camp’s entire questline: rescuing the captured crusaders, scavenging parts to repair the tank, and ultimately riding the storm giant Gymer to destroy Navarius, Thrym, and the Scourge army in The Storm King’s Vengeance, one of WotLK’s most memorable quest experiences.
Keep an eye on the camp’s details. A cart containing a mangled body with a dismembered arm still twitching. Small environmental touches like this sell the reality of fighting the Scourge.
Explore Zul’Drak’s hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Zul’Drak Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.
You will be able to choose one of these rewards:
The following spell will be cast on you:
– Kickin’ Nass and Takin’ Manes: Quest Complete (Force Cast)
You will receive:
Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
Vikstone's War JournalLantinga sent me northwest to check on the forward camp. “Everything was fine until the Scourge attacked,” MacKellar reported when I arrived. His voice stayed flat, but his eyes kept drifting toward the Dead Fields. “They took Dargath, Gerk, and Burr. Destroyed our tank.”
He nodded at nothing in particular. “Guess who led that attack. Navarius.”
The camp was a ruin pretending to be a position. Engineer Reed worked on the wreckage of their steam tank while MacKellar talked. He hadn’t slept since the attack.
“Seems this whole area is some type of factory for Scourge. We’re in the middle of a damned undead mine field.”
Three crusaders taken and a factory that turned the living into the dead. And somewhere out there, Prince Navarius ran the assembly line.
MacKellar’s people are somewhere out in the Dead Fields, dragged away by things that used to be people themselves. Getting them back starts with a name and a promise in That’s What Friends Are For…
