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Comment by 33544

Small glimmer on the ground makes for a very simple quest. Don't forget to grab the shield on the fireplace and the hoofprints outside of the Inn near the road.

This quest leads to https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/quest=1273

Comment by Miyari

The Shady Rest Inn quest chain can start either at the Inn itself, from the objects, or from Brackenwall Village (37.6,31.7), Dustwallow Marsh.
If the player chooses to start the quest chain in Brackenwall, Krog (36,31) will give the following quest:

Inspecting the Ruins

This quest completes at Inspector Tarem (29.6,47.5), located just outside of the inn, who will then use powder to help 'illuminate' the "clues." This basically causes purple arrows to appear, pointing at the individual quest objects strewn about the destroyed inn. Obtaining and completing this quest is not necessary, as the quest chains can be started directly from the objects regardless.

From the Shady Rest Inn (29.4,47.5), the quest branches into three paths, each starting when a different item gets looted.
The first quest for each chain will have you bring the three items to Krog in Brackenwall Village.

Loot the Black Shield (29.6,48.6):

Loot the Suspicious Hoofprints (29.7,47.7):

Suspicious Hoofprints

Loot the Theramore Guard Badge (29.8,48.2):

Lieutenant Paval Reethe ← You are here!
Questioning Reethe

After completing all three quest chains, Krog will offer a fifth The Black Shield quest, asking players to bring the Blackened Iron Shield to Mosarn (55.6,79.6) in Thunder Bluff.

Mosarn will then volunteer new information regarding the "mystery" and starts the following short chain:

When these three quests have been completed, Krog will direct you to Tabetha (46.0,57.1) for further progression and conclusion:

Comment by 359459

here is the url for the allience version
https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/quest=1252

Comment by Thottbot

yep, that was helpful, thanks Bee!

Be sure you get the badge and the shield at the same time, instead of like me, and making two trips :^p

Comment by Thottbot

Make sure you don't have to return for the Suspicious Hoofprints outside the door of the inn.

Comment by Thottbot

Where is the badge? Can't find it, been looking for it for half an hour.

Comment by Thottbot

Krog says he saw Ogron heading off to the southeast. Could it be an incication or just a trip to lose time?

Comment by Allakhazam

i found it inside the inn on one of the wooden boards lying on the floor

Comment by Allakhazam

It's a VEEEEEEEERY little object, over the board ^^'

Comment by Allakhazam

http://bayimg.com/CaeFBaABp

Screen shot of the badge. how are we expected to see that? :P

Comment by Allakhazam

30,48 (Metamap)

Comment by Allakhazam

I could not find this item, found the other two though. Is it in the Inn or outside?

Comment by dasbaum

Full Reethe Questline Info

It's a long story following Rethe's mystery on both alliance and horde side. I will tell the alliance side of things. I can also confirm it works in classic, you just need to get the required prequests. Questie will show the badge on the map, even if you didn't complete the prequests yet.

Alliance starts with James Hyal and the followup James Hyal OR They Call Him Smiling Jim (you can do only one of the prerequisites)

Once you got these prerequisites you will be able to loot the Blackened Iron Shield and Reethe's Badge as well as inspect Hoofprints in the burned down Inn in Dustwallow Marsh at 29 47.

The badge is really small sitting on a plank in the middle of the inn, the shield hangs on the chimney, the hoofprints are in front of the house.

These items start 3 quest:

Lieutenant Paval Reethe
The Black Shield
Suspicious Hoofprints

You are then send around 2 more times to other NPCs with the shield:

The Black Shield
The Black Shield

And the badge continues to the following questline:

Lieutenant Paval Reethe
Daelin's Men
The Deserters
The Deserters

There is no follow-up to this quest, though you do get a bit more from the Horde's perspective if you come back and do their side of the chain. The conclusion to the mystery was not added into the game until Patch 2.3, thus we won't be seeing it in Classic. That patch addressed many of the abrupt endings to quest chains in Dustwallow Marsh.

On Horde side:

Lieutenant Paval Reethe from Theramore Guard Badge

Suspicious Hoofprints from Hoofprints

The Black Shield from Black Shield
The Black Shield
The Black Shield
The Black Shield

Questioning Reethe

After handing in Reethe's Badge you get an escort quest to help an ogre go talk to him.
However before you can get anything out of him some alliance show up and kill him for treason.
After all three of them has been completed horde gets a quest to go talk to the smith of the Blackened Iron Shield in Thunderbluff.
Unfortunatly the smith cant possibly remember for whom he made the Blackened Iron Shield so the quest ends there.

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Lieutenant Paval Reethe

Bring Reethe's Badge to Krog in Brackenwall Village.

	Reethe's Badge (Provided) (1)

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A glint of light on the ground catches your eye from underneath the rubble. Brushing debris and ash caked onto the object reveals the insignia of a gold anchor on white, enameled on the surface: the sign of Theramore.

Underneath the anchor is embossed the name "Lieutenant Paval Reethe".

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See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(1269))

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