I crossed a footbridge and followed the former Dawning Lane south, picking up a breadcrumb quest sequence on the way. I noticed fearsome mobs on either side as you walk along, but heeded the questgiver's advice to proceed straight to Falconwing Square. The Square itself, complete with the fountain and plentywowgold of decor, seemed to express the blood elves' casual regard of the mischievous creatures inhabiting the ruins in front of the square.Falconwing Square offers players the first chance to "bind" their hearthstone to an Inn, as well as the most complete set of class and secondary tradeskill trainers anywhere in Eversong Forest outside of Silvermoon City.

Though my time doing Falconwing Square quests in the Ruins of Silvermoon was rather brief, the entrance to Silvermoon City is still a bit of a hike, so I found it best to return here to pick up my level 8 quests.

Let Blood Elves decorate your next war-torn area. (Falconwing Square)
The Ruins of Silvermoon, erm... it's more ruinous inside.

Even the mobs, like this Arcane Patroller, are stylin'. The usually vapid message uttered by mobs as you begin a fight proved a little unsettling when I ventured up to an Arcane Guardian in the ruins. "Protect the innocent!" was this one-time blood elf protector's cry. Maybe I read too much into it, but it seemed the underscore the idea that the blood elves' preoccupation went far beyond the realm of curiosity, into something very close to evil.

After polishing off the two odd quests in Falconwing Square and selling off my vendor junk, a breadcrumb quest sent me southward toward the remaining operational seats of the blood elves' magical power: the north and west sanctums. These two points of interest form a quest loop with Falconwing Square.

While the North Sanctum is functioning normally, the West Sanctum is behaving erratically, spewing out monsters born of the latent mana. Since the authorities suspected Alliance sabotage, I was sent off to investigate. Without giving away too much, it proved an interesting bit of questing that provided a little bit of insight on the blood elves' brand of justice.With all quests in the area complete, the next breadcrumb quest sent me southward toward Fairbreeze Village.