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Unshackling The Past

Level 20 · Adventuring · Silverlake · Thestra

Search the jail cells of Cairnworth Hall for rusted schackles and bring them to Neilan Sparling.

Objectives

Neilan Sparling. - Rusted Shackles (0/5)

Description

Neilan says, "My great-uncle was a jealous, paranoid man who should never have served on the council. He meted out his own kind of justice during the orc invasion, imprisoning innocent men for personal slights." "I seek to undo what he did. Go to Cairnworth Hall and gather rusted shackles, for they once held the blameless men my great-uncle sentenced." "I will have the shackles melted down to cleanse them of the wrongs of the past."

What they say

On offering it

Neilan
My great-uncle was a jealous, paranoid man who should never have served on the council. He meted out his own kind of justice during the orc invasion, imprisoning innocent men for personal slights. I seek to undo what he did. Go to Cairnworth Hall and gather rusted shackles, for they once held the blameless men my great-uncle sentenced. I will have the shackles melted down to cleanse them of the wrongs of the past.

Recorded by quest description.

Notes

Marked group. (upstairs) Per the Forgotten Horde wiki's Silverlake page (Lakeview Village), 2007-2008 (http://web.archive.org/web/20080723045202/http://targonor.net/vg/pmwiki.php?n=Main.Silverlake).

1 recorded disagreement about this quest — level (the Forgotten Horde wiki).

Another account

A second source described this quest differently. Both are kept here; neither is a correction of the other.

Objectives as recorded by fandom

Rusted Shackles (5) Search the jail cells of Cairnworth Hall for rusted schackles and bring them to Neilan Sparling.

Details

Starts with
Neilan Sparling
Location
18050, 40125, 47561

Rewards

  • Neilan's Axe Neilan's Axe Soulbound AxePrimary Hand 34 - 51 Damage +55 Hit Points Required Level: 15 Adventuring Item Level: 25 Required Class: Bard, Paladin, Ranger, Dread Knight, Rogue, Warrior

Source

https://www.vgoemulator.net/archive/MMODB%20Vanguard/vg.mmodb.com/quests/unshackling-the-past-1003.html

Screenshots & maps

Neilan s Axe
Neilan s Axe item

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Write-up

Written for DungeonGuru. This is their work, reproduced here because the site it was written for is gone.

levels 20 Lakeview

Quest Scope
Group
Level to Obtain
??
Related Dungeon
Cairnworth Hall
Spoiler section
Unshackling the Past Spoilers
Start
Neilan Sparling
Finish
Neilan Sparling
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General Information

Quest Name: Unshackling the Past
Quest Scope: Group
Quest Level: 20
Level to Obtain: ??
Related Dungeon: Cairnworth Hall
Spoiler section: Unshackling the Past Spoilers

Start: Neilan Sparling
Location: Lakeview
Chunk: Silverlake

Finish: Neilan Sparling
Location: Lakeview
Chunk: Silverlake

Quest Chain

Precursor(s)

None.

Follow Up(s)

None.

Quest Required Items

5 xQuest ItemInventory[Clvl 1][Ilvl 1]Rusted Shackles

Quest Rewards

1 xAxeEither Hand[Clvl 15][Ilvl 25]Nielan's Axe

7100 XP at Lvl 22

Quest Steps

Step 1 - Get Quest

Pick up quest from Neilan Sparling in Lakeview - Journey's Respite. He's on the second floor.

Step 2 - Get 5 Rusted Shackles

Go into the jail area of Cairnworth Hall. Here's how to get there from the entrance:

  1. Go to the first room
  2. Enter the corridor directly accross from where you entered the first room
  3. You will come to a second room - Turn left, and go down the stairs
  4. At the bottom of the stairs will be another room, cross the room entering one of the two jail rooms or you can turn left into the other jail room
  5. You will find the shackles on the skeletons on the ground.

Step 3 - Turn in Quest

Go back to Neilan Sparling, and give him the shackles.

Quest Notes

Known Issues

None.

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