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{{Infobox instance
|name=Shadowfang Keep
|ss=Shadowfang Keep loading screen.png
|caption=Shadowfang Keep loading graphic
|loc=Southwestern [[Silverpine Forest]]
|race={{RaceIcon|Undead|Male}}{{RaceIcon|Undead|Female}} [[Undead]]<br>{{RaceIcon|Human|Male}}{{RaceIcon|Human|Female}} [[Human]]<br>{{RaceIcon|Worgen}} [[Worgen]]
|boss={{RaceIcon|Human|Male}} [[Archmage Arugal]]
|level=18-24
|minlevel=10
|players=5
|key=
|bosses={{Shadowfang Keep}}
}}

'''Shadowfang Keep''', formerly known as '''Silverlaine Keep''',<ref>[[The Silverpine Wars]]</ref> is a haunted keep in southern [[Silverpine Forest]], near [[Pyrewood Village]]. It is the base of operations for the evil archmage [[Arugal]] and his [[worgen]] progeny.

==History==
From the [https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Game_Guide/World_Dungeons World Dungeons] page on the official World of Warcraft Community Site:
:''During the [[Third War]], the wizards of the [[Kirin Tor]] battled against the undead armies of the [[Scourge]].  When the wizards of [[Dalaran]] died in battle, they would rise soon after - adding their former might to the growing Scourge.  Frustrated by their lack of progress (and against the advice of his peers) the [[Archmage]], [[Arugal]] elected to summon extra-dimensional entities to bolster Dalaran's diminishing ranks.  Arugal's summoning brought the ravenous worgen into the world of [[Azeroth]].  The feral wolf-men slaughtered not only the Scourge, but quickly turned on the wizards themselves.  The worgen sieged the keep of the noble, [[Baron Silverlaine]].  Situated above the tiny hamlet of [[Pyrewood]], the keep quickly fell into shadow and ruin.  Driven mad with guilt, Arugal adopted the worgen as his children and retreated to the newly dubbed 'Shadowfang Keep'.  It's said he still resides there, protected by his massive pet, Fenrus - and haunted by the vengeful ghost of Baron Silverlaine.''

Pyrewood Village is shadowed to the north by Shadowfang Keep, once a bastion of [[Alliance]] power but now the dark residence of a mad former [[mage]] of the [[Kirin Tor]], named Arugal. The worgen that stalk the Keep, as well as the cursed villagers of Pyrewood, are the doings of this madman.  During the Third War, Arugal made these worgen as allies but they could not be controlled and turned on him and the other soldiers.  He went mad after this and now accepts them as his "children."  His worgen run rampant throughout much of the forest.

[[Jordan Stilwell]] and [[Daphne Stilwell]] used to live and work here before the Third War.

During the events of World of Warcraft, agents of the Banshee Queen [[Sylvanas Windrunner]] were dispatched to both solve the mystery of the enigmatic worgen and ultimately terminate the source of the creatures' infestation in Silverpine.  Eventually they were able to discover that the mad archmage, Arugal, was behind the worgen's presence, and the [[Forsaken]] command ordered him slain.

==Quest guide==
{| class="fandom-table"
|-
! Quest name
! Quest giver
! Zone location
|-
!colspan="4"|{{Alliance}} Alliance quests
|- class="alt"
| {{Alliance}} [27D] [[Arugal's Folly]]
| {{RaceIcon|Human|Male}}{{Alliance}} [[High Sorcerer Andromath]]
| [[Wizard's Sanctum]], [[Stormwind City]]
|-
| {{Alliance}} [24D] [[The Missing Sorcerer]]
| {{RaceIcon|Human|Male}}{{Alliance}} [[High Sorcerer Andromath]]
| [[Wizard's Sanctum]], [[Stormwind City]]
|-
!colspan="4"|{{Horde}} Horde quests
|- class="alt"
| {{Horde}} [22D] [[Too Late to Prelate]]
| {{RaceIcon|Undead|Male}}{{Horde}} [[Father Brightcopf]]
| [[Glenshire]], [[Tirisfal Glades]]
|-
| {{Horde}} [25D] [[Deathstalkers in Shadowfang]]
| {{RaceIcon|Undead|Male}}{{Horde}} [[High Executor Hadrec]]
| [[The Sepulcher]], [[Silverpine Forest]]
|-
| {{Horde}} [25D] [[Into The Jaws]]
| {{RaceIcon|Undead|Male}}{{Horde}} [[Pierce Shackleton]]
| [[Magic Quarter]], [[Undercity]]
|-
| {{Horde}} [26D] [[The Book of Ur (quest)]]
| {{RaceIcon|Undead|Male}}{{Horde}} [[Keeper Bel'dugur]]
| [[Apothecarium]], [[Undercity]]
|-
| {{Horde}} [27D] [[Arugal Must Die]]
| {{RaceIcon|Undead|Male}}{{Horde}} [[Dalar Dawnweaver]]
| [[The Sepulcher]], [[Silverpine Forest]]
|-
!colspan="4"|{{Neutral}} Class specific
|- class="alt"
| {{Neutral}} [[File:Warlock (Class Icon).png|16px]] [25D] [[The Orb of Soran'ruk]]
| {{RaceIcon|Human|Male}}{{Neutral}} [[Doan Karhan]]
| East of [[Camp Taurajo]], [[Barrens|the Barrens]]
|-
| {{Alliance}} [[File:Paladin (Class Icon).png|16px]] [22D] [[The Test of Righteousness (2)]]
| {{RaceIcon|Human|Male}}{{Alliance}} [[Duthorian Rall]]
| [[Cathedral of Light]], [[Stormwind City]]
|-
|}

==Patch changes==
* [[File:Expansion_logo_mysteriesofazeroth.png|40px]] '''[[Patch 1.17.2]] (2024-11-01):''' New area and boss added: Prelate Ironmane. A spectral priest and preacher of the Light as it was in the Gilnean faith, haunting the keep's church, seeking peace. Lay the prelate to rest to purify the keep.
* [[File:WoWlogo.png|40px]] '''[[Patch 1.3.0]] (2005-03-07):''' Capped at ten players.

==References==
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[[Category:Instances]]
[[Category:Silverpine Forest subzones]]
[[Category:Keeps]]
[[Category:Worgen territories]]