Southshore Southshore ( aka South Shore , often abbreviated as SS ) is an Alliance coastal town located in the region of Hillsbrad Foothills serves as the chief Alliance base on the northern coast of Baradin Bay . It is known for its sea turtles , which are a delicacy . Though only a small town , Southshore is the largest settlement in the whole Hillsbrad Foothills . A small Alliance garrison is berthed within and does its best to drive the Syndicate and Forsaken forces from their land while protecting Lordaeron ’ s southern regions from the Scourge in the north . They do a good job with their few forces , and the nearby farms thrive . Southshore ’ s town council takes an active role in all things , and Magistrate Henry Maleb is a particularly driven and wise man . Maleb and Marshal Redpath , the Alliance commander , are consumed with fights against ogres in Alterac and murloc s . In addition to its role as a base for Alliance military forces , Southshore is Hillsbrad ’ s mercantile center . Southshore ’ s small privateer fleet keeps the waterways around the shore clear , allowing ships to dock at the town ’ s harbor and keep the economy strong . It is also one of the few existing relics of the once - great human nation of Lordaeron . With the remains of the city - states of Dalaran and Stromgarde , Southshore is one of the few Alliance controlled towns in Lordaeron . The survivors of Stormwind arrived at Southshore after fleeing their destroyed kingdom of Stormwind in the First War . It was transformed into a busy seaport during the Second War . But was attacked and burned to the ground by the rampaging Horde , though it was later rebuilt . To this day the people celebrate Hordefall , signifying the defeat of the Horde in the Second War . Southshore contains an Alliance garrison within and it does its best to drive away surrounding enemies , which include the Syndicate from Durnholde Keep and the Forsaken , which now inhabit the former human settlement of Tarren Mill to the northeast . Significance . For the lower - level Alliance players ( those not seasoned enough to dare entering the Western and Eastern Plaguelands ) , Southshore is one of two of the northernmost Alliance havens — the other being Aerie Peak . For utilitarian purposes , Southshore far outstrips Aerie Peak considering the array of its services and its location as well as being the drop - off point for players beginning the long trek on foot to the Scarlet Monastery . But it is far less safe , sometimes being the location of raids going between the town and its Horde counterpart , Tarren Mill , to the North . An NPC quest giver named Marshal Redpath stands outside the Southshore Town Hall . It is unknown if he is related to the Redpaths whose history is so interlaced with the Eastern Plaguelands . Inside the inn , Lieutenant Farren Orinelle mocks Redpath for telling him to take care of the local murloc s . Facilities . Buildings : Quests . A number of quests involving the Syndicate and ogre s in Alterac Mountains start in Southshore . Also , a few quests that can be found at the inn , involve killing the nearby murloc s and naga . After the 2 . 0 . 1 patch , a new quest is now available in the inn from a Draenei named Huraan . For a full list of quests see Hillsbrad Foothills quests . World of Warcraft : Cataclysm . Southshore is destroyed by the Forsaken Blight in " Cataclysm " , and is now called the Ruins of Southshore . Southshore in the Past . In the Burning Crusade expansion , adventurers are asked to help preserve the timeline by aiding a young Thrall escape from his cruel masters at Durnholde Keep . They are transported to Hillsbrad — seven years in the past . Instead of heading straight to Durnholde , however , players may explore a portion of Hillsbrad , including both Tarren Mill and Southshore . There are many familiar faces in this past Southshore . Bartolo Ginsetti talks about the " world - famous " cloaks he will be making and Nat Pagle idly fishes off the dock . A trio of familiar characters run around as children : Sally Whitemane , Renault Mograine , and Little Jimmy Vishas . There ' s also Herod the Bully wandering around somewhere . Inside the inn , there ' s a hushed conversation between Highlord Alexandros Mograine , Isillien , Fairbanks , Brigitte Abbendis , Arcanist Doan and Tirion Fordring about the rumors of undead far to the north , and the forging of the Ashbringer . Upstairs , Stalvan Mistmantle snores away , while a young Taelan Fordring carries his father ' s hammer proudly . Phin Odelic studies with a cabal of Kirin Tor mage s , and every so often a pair of mages will walk through the town : Kel ' Thuzad as well as Helcular . There ' s also a familiar goblin merchant working on completing his Overwatch Protector " Mark 0 . " In the town hall , you can also find Nathanos Marris and Raleigh the True . Warcraft II demo . In the Tides of Darkness demo , the second Alliance level called Southshore is an early version of the retail ' s Southshore mission . The retail version reused some of text from the earlier version of the mission briefing but was modified . For example the reason for the construction of the Southshore naval facilities is a bit different in the two versions of the mission . The retail versions of the missions also have redesigned maps . Note : The Tides of Darkness demo represents missions from an early version of the game ( perhaps the beta version ) left out of the released game and later released lore . Some of the ideas evolved into the different maps seen in the released version of the game . The demo version of the mission describes southern islands found south of the Southshore region . While the islands in the demo are not given names , these may have developed into the idea of the Channel Islands ( though not the parts in the Zul ' dare region as those are south of Hillsbrad ( based on the location of Zul ' Dare shown on the Second War map ) . Another possible area they developed into could be the region near Tol Barad , which is southeast of Southshore . Tol Barad is shown to have at least two islands according to manual map . Note that most drawn maps do not even show the Channel Islands , so the full extent of the island chain is unknown . A few concept maps show the channel islands stretching all throughout the area between Hillsbrad and Southshore . This map also shows Tol Barad to be a huge island chain southwest and close to Southshore . The demo mission maps for Southshore show the islands as being to the southwest and very near Southshore ' s shore . Although the Warcraft II battle maps like most maps in World of Warcraft games are not necessarily to actual scale , and may be limited by game mechanics ( note that most Warcraft II maps don ' t even show the Channel Islands ) . The Second War map only shows a single island east of the Southshore dot ( the dot may represent the general area of the region or the township ) . It may be possible that this island may correspond to these " islands " . While not directly related , the Tides of Darkness mission map of the third Horde level , called Southshore , shows at least two islands are located in a similar configuration . The Orcs were gathering oil from a hidden location on these islands , in order to fuel for ships participating in the final attack on Hillsbrad . In the demo map , you start on one small island and take over a much smaller island . In the Alliance level called Southshore , you attack from Southshore to that much smaller island .