Westfall Westfall borders the Elwynn Forest and prior to the events of Cataclysm , was mostly populated by humans not under the Alliance ' s complete control . The region was stolen right under the Alliance ' s nose by its own bitter people . Once a rich agricultural center , this land has lain fallow and forgotten since the Second War , but was held by the Defias Brotherhood for a time before the Cataclysm . Stormwind claimed the land as its own , but found little time to be concerned with it , with insufficient funds and might to retake the region . A handful of farmers still tried to keep their land , and some even attempted a tithe to Stormwind every year , but most only grew enough to feed themselves . Bandits and gnolls raided those farms that remained , and Stormwind ' s resources were stretched too thin to protect the beleaguered populace . The Defias Brotherhood controlled much of the region , focused in the southern area of Moonbrook . The People ' s Militia erected a last bastion of military power in the region at Sentinel Hill , from where they issued commands to anyone willing to aid the cause . Although most of the area ' s farms have fallen to disrepair , there are still a number of farmers who bravely ( and desperately ) cling to their holdings in spite of overwhelming odds . History . All other Azeroth territories taken out of the Alliance ' s control had the Horde , the undead , or the demons behind them . Westfall fell to bitter humans soon after the Second War . The Defias Brotherhood , led by Edwin VanCleef , attempted to take Elwynn Forest but failed . Its members chose Westfall as their new home , and the farmers , still shaken from the Horde ' s attacks , put up little resistance . The Brotherhood found that the time to steal land from their own accepted ruler was when he was too concerned with orcs , undead , and demons to realize that a good chunk of the continent was gone . The rulers at Stormwind , even with knowledge of the Brotherhood ' s actions , considered other threats to be higher priorities and figured they ' d get to Westfall eventually . They did not know the true threat Westfall presented , or even how much the city would miss the agricultural tributes the farmers made . Once the breadbasket of the kingdom of Stormwind , the land of Westfall started to grow fallow after years of conflict and neglect had diminished its harvests . Crops could eventually no longer be cultivated in the fields , and the once - abundant mines were ultimately deserted . Even the former defenders from Stormwind pulled stake and abandoned the lonely realm when the cost of upkeep became too great . Due to this lack of military protection Westfall was all but destroyed by the rebel Defias Brotherhood and its minions , who could easily take control of the poorly defended farmlands . The Brotherhood , composed mainly of thieves and bandits , made Westfall their new refuge . Employing everything from local superstitions to sabotaging mechanical harvest watcher s , the Brotherhood stopped at nothing to scare away trespassers and protect their stolen treasures while the populace lived in squalor . The thieves of the Brotherhood , on the other hand , apparently lived a fine life . Only a few Brotherhood members lived in Moonbrook , presumably acting as sentries . The bulk of the population occupied the Deadmines , which the Brotherhood converted into an underground fortress . Only the People ' s Militia , a volunteer military organization , rose to stand in their way , recruiting young heroes of the Alliance to strike back and regain what was stolen . The decline of the Defias Brotherhood . This battle with the Defias was ongoing prior to the Cataclysm , and in the end the only hope the people of Westfall had was to strike directly against the leaders of the Defias , in hiding somewhere deep below ground . Stormwind has sent more troops to the area now , driving back the Defias deep into the Deadmines and causing them to vacate all their ill - gotten holdings above - ground . This may be due in no small part to the death of their leader , Edwin VanCleef , though his daughter still hopes to somehow rally the collapsed brotherhood . With that threat greatly diminished , Sentinel Hill has been expanded with new fortifications , and even Moonbrook is now Alliance - held . All is not without tragedy , however . The Furlbrow ' s were murdered including their poor horse , Blanchy . Their farm has been overrun with drifters and homeless , as is the Jansen Stead . It seems like Stormwind still has issues to contend with regarding their beleaguered , forgotten farmers , some of whom have massed near Sentinel Hill ' s walls . The armies of Stormwind spread thin , they are unable to hold everything the Defias once called their own , as evidenced by the kobold s that now live within Jangolode Mine and the mercenaries within the Dust Plains . Later on in the main Westfall questline , Vanessa VanCleef reforms the Defias Brotherhood , as a part of their resurgence Sentinel Hill is attacked by the Defias , along with many recently converted homeless . The People ' s Militia has formed the Westfall Brigade to increase the defence , though . Geography . Once a proud land of farmers and herders , Westfall now lies fallow for the most part because of the thieves who usurped it . Weeds and seedling trees mark the rich land , and the wind cries over the fields . Thieves and bandits are the greatest problems here , but gnolls and the slouching harvest golems also terrorize the already harried farmers . Westfall has the mild temperatures of Elwynn , but winds batter it both from the sea and from Duskwood . The bare farmlands add little to break the wind , which can cut through clothing on a blustery day . The region is one of rolling pastures and farms that was once beautiful and green , but the life seems to have been drained from the very land . The sweeping plains have become barren with drought and maltreatment at the hands of bandits and abandonment from its former farmers and caretakers . The grass is yellowed and the fields are infested with ravenous carrion birds and mechanical harvest watchers gone rogue . The Defias Brotherhood still possesses a large mine with an entrance somewhere in the small town of Moonbrook , and rumor remains that they have connections with the kobolds that occupy the Jangolode Mine in Westfall and the various mines in Elwynn Forest . In Cataclysm . Much of Westfall was spared by the geography - altering events of the Cataclysm , except near the western coast . Part of the Alexston Farmstead and the entrance to the Gold Coast Quarry have been swallowed by a large sinkhole . Unbound cyclones now sweep the landscape , sweeping up all that stray into their path and tossing them through the air , potentially to their deaths . Westfall is now more directly under the authority of Stormwind , having the same status in the kingdom as Duskwood and Redridge Mountains . Notable characters . Westfall is home to several humans of note , both living and dead . At Sentinel Hill , Gryan Stoutmantle leads the People ' s Militia and sends promising young humans to investigate the potential rise of a new Defias Brotherhood . He is assisted in his efforts by Captain Danuvin , who also seeks to rid Westfall of the vile Riverpaw gnolls . And at the Westfall Lighthouse , the ghostly Captain Grayson recruits adventurers of all factions to make Longshore a safer place to venture ; one of the rewards for the quest is Grayson ' s Torch which is popular amongst RP characters because of it looking and acting like a flame - lit torch . Quests . Sentinel Hill is the main settlement in this region . It has many subquests that culminate in the large instanced dungeon called " The Deadmines " where you must find and kill Vanessa VanCleef , the leader of the Defias Brotherhood . The entrance to the Deadmines is located in Moonbrook , a broken town formerly controlled by the Defias Brotherhood in the south - west region of Westfall , near The Dagger Hills . Areas of interest . PvP . On PvP servers and even some PvE servers high - level Horde players enjoy killing human NPCs at Sentinel Hill .