Keepers of the Glade

I found this on Shadowknight.org. Enjoy.

Guide for Evil DoN Progression

So, you want to follow the Dark Reign? Just follow these simple steps to get there and soon you'll be enjoying the life of killing and slaughtering all of those who follow Friona Vie.

First thing is first, the Dark Reign just won't START to like you because you want to follow them, you have to prove your dedication to them.

Go to the Wayfarer Camp in Lava Storm Mountains just east of the Soldung B entrance at /loc 2200, -50. When you get there, you might want to talk to either Wayfarers Mercenary Varein, Jeryx, or Elanye. They'll give you some soloable mission to increase your faction for the Dark Reign. Once you've done enough of these missions, or the groupable ones (from someone who has indifferent faction or better), then head off and talk with Zaerr Ty'Dal in the Dark Reign Outpost in Lava Storm Mountains at /loc 3000, -350. Follow the text and soon he'll ask you to help out in the most meager form possible. Find Officer Sirrikis Ryktor and chat with him. You'll get 3 tasks that will be automatically put into your Task Window (Alt + Q).

First Tasks

Task: Blood of the Basilisk
Zone: Tirranun's Delve
Objective: Loot 5 Simmering Basilisk Bloods
Walkthru: Invis to the center of the zone where there are 4 basilisks. Kill them. Loot the bloods. Win.

Task: Clearing the Path
Zone: Stillmoon Temple
Objective: Kill 8 Stillmoon Drakes
Walkthru: Only Stillmoon Drake mobs will complete this task. You can be grouped to complete it as well. Kill them. Win.

Task: The Burning Poison
Zone: Lavaspinner's Lair
Objective: Loot 5 Caustic Lavaspinner Venoms
Walkthru: Kill the Lavaspinner spiders and loot the venom. Win.

Once you've completed those quests, go back and talk with Commander Zaerr Ty'Dal again. He'll give you a character flag and tell you to speak with Officer Vacax Rol`Tas and accept the mission.

First Mission

Task: Have Note Will Travel
Zone: Tirranun's Delve
Objective: Kill a number of goblins in the zone to spawn the named at the end of the zone. Kill the named and loot the piece. Then you need to kill 9 goblin guards on the way back to the zone in.
Walkthru: I'd suggest a full group for this. Many of these goblins Complete Heal and Gate. They come in packs and at one point, we had 7 in camp. The named hits for 1k, but we had a monk tank it and 2 shamen keeping him up was over kill.

Once you've completed that quest, talk with Commander Zaerr Ty'Dal and receive your new AA and character flag.

Gift of the Dark Reign: Level 1
Effect: Increase all stats by 10, Increase all stats max by 10.

If Commander Zaerr Ty'Dal won't talk to you anymore after that, its because you need amiable faction to progress. So do a few missions with friends, I'd suggest the Animated Statue plans. Once you get to amiable faction, talk to the Commander again. He'll direct you to Officer Sirrikus Ryktor and he'll give you another 3 tasks to complete.

Second Tasks

Task: Army of Stone
Zone: Stillmoon Temple
Objective: Loot 5 Animated Guardian Essence
Walkthru: The objective says it all. Kill the golem mobs and loot the items. Win.

Task: Blood from Sand
Zone: Stillmoon Temple
Objective: Loot 7 Impure Goblin Blood
Walkthru: Goblins are pretty plentiful in Stillmoon Temple. Kill them, look the bloods, and win.

Task: Reap the Kirin Mind
Zone: The Ascent
Objective: Loot 3 Pristine Kirin Brains
Walkthru: This task was a pain in the ass to do solo. I'd suggest invising and conning everything in the zone as you make your way up. You'll see a Kirin or two on the way. If you can kill them and find a brain, more power to you. I managed to solo my way to the top and I just killed the 2 static spawns there. Loot and win.

Go back to the Commander and talk to him again. He'll send you over to Officer Vacax Rol`Tas who will send you on a mission.

Second Mission

Task: Drake Egg
Zone: The Ascent
Objective: Loot a Drake Egg and kill one 'a goblin guard'
Walkthru: Get a splitter for this one. You can invis to the top to where you will see 2 'a drake', either one of those will drop the egg. Loot it. Invis back down *Do not succor*. You will see 2 golem guards, and 2 goblin guards, get those split, and kill one of the goblin guards. Port out since there isn't a zone out of that instance.

That's as far as I've gotten. The next step I believe is the 24 person mini raid on Emoush the Destroyer. You can flag 6 people past this point if they've done everything up to this. Your Gift of the Dark Reign AA will increase to be...

Gift of the Dark Reign: Level 2
Effect: Increase all stats by 10, Increase all stats max by 10, Increase HP/Mana/End by 250