Bride of the Embalmer quest chain ( Old ) The Bride of the Embalmer was a Duskwood quest chain that sent players on missions to collect various items for Abercrombie , the hermit who lives outside of the Raven Hill Cemetery . In doing so , the dark truth of a children ' s tale came to light . . . Synopsis . Part One : Ghosts and Hair . Madame Eva , a resident of Darkshire , has begun to worry about an old man who used to come to town to buy supplies but has not shown up lately . She directs the player across Duskwood to the abandoned town of Raven Hill to check on him . Arriving in Raven Hill , the player finds a shack overlooking the local cemetery . It is the humble abode of the hermit Abercrombie . He is old and is having a hard time getting out of his house , so he asks the player to return to Madame Eva to retrieve some Ghost Hair Thread . Back in Darkshire , Madame Eva is out of Ghost Hair Thread , but she can make some using the hair of a local ghost . She sends the player to Blind Mary , a specter who haunts a nearby cottage , to ask her to comb her hair using the Spectral Comb . Blind Mary happily combs her hair , but that happiness soon dissipates as she remembers that she is hideous . She throws the comb , with strands of her hair caught in it , back at the player as she begins to sob . Madame Eva quickly spins the strands into a spool of Ghost Hair Thread as she mentions some of its thousands of uses , from warding off evil spirits to giving life to inanimate objects . Finishing , she sends the thread to Abercrombie with the player , along with a small amount of money for the leftovers . Abercrombie states that he plans to string the thread over his doors and windows to keep unwanted spirits away . He gives the player some more money before asking another favor . . . Part Two : Juice and Ribs . Abercrombie next errand sends the player back to Darkshire to find Tavernkeep Smitts in the Scarlet Raven Tavern , where they serve a drink called Zombie Juice . It ' s strong stuff , and Abercrombie needs it to keep warm on cold nights . Tavernkeep Smitts is surprised to get a request for the juice because its not exactly in high demand . As such , he doesn ' t have any in stock , but he knows how to brew it . He has all of the necessary ingredients except for Rot Blossom s , so he sends the player out to retrieve some . These blossoms only grow in the skulls of undead skeletons back in Raven Hill Cemetery . Slaying some skeletons makes Darkshire a ( slightly ) safer place , so Smitts tells Althea Ebonlocke of the Night Watch that the player ' s deed . After brewing the Zombie Juice , Smitts jokes that it is strong enough to raise the dead , a power that Madame Eva had mentioned about the Ghost Hair Thread that Abercrombie already obtained . Abercrombie repeats that he wants to keep warm when it ' s cold out , but a slip of his tongue as he pays the player reveals that his intentions might not be for the best . Nonetheless , he reveals his next errand : building a scarecrow to keep ghouls away . The Ghoul Ribs he needs come from the ghouls in the cemetery , and after paying another small sum for the errand , Abercrombie tells the player he needs one more item . A few weeks prior , he was out picking some herb s near the Vul ' Gol Ogre Mound and was ambushed by ogres . The crate he was carrying is still out there and he needs it back . Though it reeks of death , he eagerly pays the player again and produces a letter for the Mayor of Darkshire . Part Three : Letters and Heart . Abercrombie says he and Mayor Ebonlocke are old friends , and that the Mayor will be happy to hear of how the player has helped the old man . The Mayor , however , does not know of an Abercrombie , and opens the letter only to be unable to read the ancient language it is written in . He asks local historian Sirra Von ' Indi to translate it . Sirra knows of Abercrombie . He begins to translate the letter , stating that living in the graveyard has likely rotted the hermit ' s brain . As he finishes , the air grows heavy as if a thick , black curtain is being drawn over the land . Abercrombie fooled the player into helping him create the abomination called Stitches ! Sirra returns the translated letter to Mayor Ebonlocke , fearing that Stitches may already be on his way to town . Reading it , the Mayor becomes visibly scared , informing the player that despite helping Abercrombie out of kindness Darkshire may be doomed . Abercrombie is " The Embalmer " , an alchemist from a children ' s tale who was driven mad by the death of his beloved wife , Eliza . He used dark magic to cut out his own heart and place it in her chest . This revived her , but as a flesh - eating ghoul , and Abercrombie was forced to rebury her in a shallow grave behind his shack . As Stitches approaches Darkshire , the Night Watch prepares to defend the town and the Mayor reveals that Abercrombie ' s source of power is his heart . The only way to prevent more him from creating more monstrosities is to cut his heart out of Eliza ' s chest . He sends the player to Raven Hill Cemetery one final time to retrieve it . As she is summoned , Eliza realizes that her husband did not unearth her and proceeds to attempt to eat the player . Slain , her corpse provides The Embalmer ' s Heart , and upon receiving it Mayor Ebonlocke lauds the player as a great hero who will go down in Darkshire ' s history ! Rewards . Completing the entire quest chain yielded the following : ( Money , experience , and loot gained from killing mobs associated with this quest line are not included . )