Breakfast Topic: Memorial Day

Below is a list of the various quests that have you visit the graves of the notable and lesser known heroes:
A Daughter's Love -- The last step of the Mor'Ladim quest chain in Duskwood, you place a ring on the grave of Morgan Ladimore, a hero of the Alliance who returned home only to find his wife and nearly everyone he cared about dead.
Of Forgotten Memories -- Part of the Tirion Fordring quest chain in Eastern Plaguelands, you visit Fordring's false grave to retrieve the toy hammer his son left there in remembrance. Sully Balloo's Letter -- The beginning of a quest that prompts Magni Bronzebeard to build a memorial to Sully Balloo, a soldier who fell defending the Thandol Span joining Lordaeron to Khaz Modan.
Peace at Last -- The end of the Shadyrest Inn quest chain in Dustwallow Marsh, you lay a wreath on the graves of the Hyal family who were killed by marauding Grimtotem tauren. (Pictured above)
A Strange Historian -- A step of the very emotional Pamela Redpath quest chain, Chromie sends you to search Joseph Redpath's grave for his wedding ring to help redeem his soul.
Fallen Hero of the Horde -- An orc ghost on the border of the Swamp of Sorrows and Blasted Lands sends you on a series of quests to free the souls of his brother warriors.
For Love Eternal -- Not exactly visiting a grave, but you visit the haunted ruins of Darkshore to free the wandering spirit of Anaya Dawnrunner for her husband Cerellean Whiteclaw. Tomb of the Lightbringer -- You escort the Anchorite Truuen to the tomb of Uther Lightbringer in the Western Plaguelands so that he may pay his respects to the great paladin.
Until Death Do Us Part -- A forsaken in Thunder Bluff sends you to place her pendant on the grave of her husband Yuriv in Silverpine Forest.
Meet at the Grave -- A part of a long quest to learn the secrets of Linken's past, you have to die
And while you can't pick up these quests for a few months, it's worth remembering:
Honoring a Hero/Honoring a Hero -- Bring an offering to remember Grom Hellscream and Uther Lightbringer, respectively.
So what quests will you be using to help remember those who have gone before?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
legnoverde May 31st 2010 8:25AM
"For Love Eternal" and "A Strange Historian" are the best.
DarkSpade May 31st 2010 8:28AM
"Until Death Do Us Part" seems a little out of place in that list.
Beruza May 31st 2010 8:38AM
why?
Valt May 31st 2010 8:48AM
Yeah the quest isn't the typical eternal love/remembering like others might be but its still filled with emotion, even tho negative. She just remembers the man in negative way rather than positive.. Its still remembering.
Thayer May 31st 2010 8:50AM
Because she's not honoring her husband... she is very angry that he is dead and gone, so she tells you to "take this piece of junk and put it on his tomb"
Aceman67 May 31st 2010 8:55AM
Anger is a very normal step in dealing with grief. Very human and very normal. Fits perfectly with this list.
Ronin May 31st 2010 9:42AM
"Anger is a very normal step in dealing with grief. Very human and very normal. Fits perfectly with this list." Except that Memorial Day isn't about the grieving process, it's about honoring those who have fallen in battle.
Marcosius May 31st 2010 1:07PM
I'll add my two cents to defend it's place on the list. Do you think there aren't plenty of graves in the world that no one remembers? Or who's occupant someone hated? There are those stories of brothers fighting on separate sides of a war and all... Until Death Do Us Part always tugs my heartstrings and is one of the few quests I do with all my characters. There are people nobody wants to remember. This paladin's story is particularly sad because he thought he was doing the right thing, and fought for it, yet, as the questgiver states - her wife and presumably child were consumed by what he was trying to stop.
Kuro May 31st 2010 2:54PM
It's not really out of place at all, My Grandfather died in 1995 and my Grandmother was angry at him for leaving her alone until the day she died, Fifteen years and ten days later. And for the sake of making this more relevant, He was a foreign wars vet, gogo Vets!
Samuel Reese May 31st 2010 8:35AM
Needs more Crusader Bridenbrad and the quest line "A Hero Remains," best quest line in WotLK if you ask me.
Samuel Reese May 31st 2010 8:38AM
To clarify why this should be also included, to quote WoWHead:
"For those that didn't know, this quest line was a dedication to a one Brad Bridenbecker, brother to Rob Bridenbecker VP of Online Technologies. Brad had suffered from cancer and was an avid WoW player. His brother requested some memorial be set up for his brother and Chris Metzen, along with others, thought up this quest line to immortalize his battle with cancer within our beloved fantasy realm."
Having quests that memorialize a fictional character is one thing, questlines and locations within game that honor real life counterparts are a whole different ballgame. I for one love the fact they integrate them all so well within the world.
chetoos May 31st 2010 8:42AM
I will also be doing this questline today, because this questline symbolizes everything I understand about memorial day.
fermosquera69 May 31st 2010 12:29PM
That questline (Bridenbrad's) is the most epic, emotional and heroic questline EVER. I think, even if that questline didn't gave you an unique title, or even an achievement... there's something you feel, that covers the achievement and the title... I mean, you feel that don't need that.
Squatstopee May 31st 2010 1:56PM
In that same light, should include Ezra's quest to find his dog. One of those quests that shows the blizzard machine has a soul. Because of the story behind it I think it's fitting.
fermosquera69 May 31st 2010 3:06PM
Of course, Ezra's questline can be included also... I've never completed it :(, but from your words, that questline has that kind of feeling too...
RedMosquito May 31st 2010 8:35AM
Lately, I've been doing a lot of quests that might be removed once Cataclysm hits, on several different characters. Out of coincidence, I did Sully Balloo's letter for the very first time yesterday.
Peredhel May 31st 2010 8:49AM
what of the Troll quest in Sen'jin to free his brother's spirit from Zalazane?
Rob May 31st 2010 8:47AM
To our soldiers in uniform and fellow WoW players, a heartfelt thank you!
Aceman67 May 31st 2010 8:59AM
I agree.
While memorial day is for remember those who have fallen, we should never forget those that are still serving, regardless of what uniform they wear or what country they serve.
You brave souls over in the sandbox, be safe, you got people at home thinking of you.
Razortooth May 31st 2010 10:45AM
and god bless America!