Caverns of Time Old Hillsbrad Foothills Lieutenant Drake Captain Skarloc Epoch Hunter The Black Morass Hyjal Summit Stratholme Past Located in the eastern part of Tanaris, the Caverns of Time contain various portals to different key time periods and events in Warcraft history. The caverns act as a crossroads for the various timelines, and through them one can travel back and forth along the ebb and flow of time. The Caverns of Time are home to the Brood of Nozdormu and the bronze dragonflight. It is their sacred charge to guard the caverns against the intrusion of mortals, whose interference would assuredly disrupt the flow of time. Recently, a mysterious force called the Infinite Dragonflight has begun to meddle with time. The bronze dragonflight is recruiting adventurers to make sure that the events that took place in the past remain as they were. Old Hillsbrad Foothills is one of the timeways ("wings") accessible in the Caverns of Time. The setting is seven years before WoW's present, to when the future Warchief Thrall was a slave of Aedelas Blackmoore, master of Durnholde Keep. The questing involves helping Thrall escape. The instance area in question spans from Southshore (where familiar personalities of WoW present can be found) to Tarren Mill. Entrance Lieutenant Drake Captain Skarloc Epoch Hunter History In the original timeline, Taretha Foxton set off a diversion that allowed the young Thrall to escape Durnholde and start his journey. Meddling agents of the mysterious Infinite Dragonflight, however, have kidnapped Taretha. Since she is unable to create a diversion, the Bronze Dragonflight asks players to set incendiary devices in the five buildings of the Durnholde Internment Camp. Once all the explosives are set, players can choose to fight Lieutenant Drake. To continue, the party must then free Thrall from his cell in the basement of the keep and escort him out of Durnholde. On the way to Tarren Mill, players will encounter Captain Skarloc and two bodyguards, whom they have to slay to proceed to Taretha's prison. After freeing her, they must face the Epoch Hunter himself. Once he is dead, the original timeline is restored and the agent of the Bronze Dragonflight who sent you will remove the memory of your interference from Thrall and Taretha. Though Taretha's sad fate is unavoidable, Thrall goes off to meet his destiny - and the flow of time is preserved. Completing this quest will allow the player to enter the second instance in the Caverns of Time, which is set prior to the events of Warcraft I in the Black Morass: The Opening of the Dark Portal, featuring the Guardian, Medivh. Heroic Heroic difficulty for Old Hillsbrad Foothills is available once you reach Honored with Keepers of Time, and purchase the Key of Time from Alurmi. Reputation Killing elite mobs in Old Hillsbrad Foothills grants Keepers of Time reputation up to Exalted status. Trash mobs: 8 reputation (Heroic Mode: 15) Bosses: 150 reputation (Heroic Mode: 250) Full clear: about 1200 reputation