Shadow Captain's Heaume & 
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The following information is provided as a courtesy until I can research the quest for a full write-up.

Shade Stronghold 73.5 N, 0.2 W (Restricted to Levels 31+)
Upper Shade Stronghold 73.5 N, 0.2 W
(Restricted to Levels 26+)

Notes from Xoyungfat of TD:

My Lady Wife and I completed this quest. She was running a Level 31 UA and I a 32 Spear. Both had 7's running thanks to our monarchies' fabulous buff bot Di. 8)

Both of these dungeons are pretty straightforward. Both halves of the shade stronghold have shadows and shadow children. The upper half also has Shadow Lieutenants and the shadows and Children are noticeably stronger here. It’s a basic set up of trading switches and doors. No potential for missing turns. At the end you get portals to the Heart of Shadow, Upper and Lower respectively.

In the Heart of Shadow the Lower half gets Scrawed and Virulent Grievvers added. Very important note: do not be distracted (like I was) by the fact you are in the same dungeon with other other half of the party. Both halves start this dungeon with Levers they need to pull to advance the other group! Each half will see 3 levers. Pulling the wrong lever will set off a spell trap. The lower half wants the closest lever to you when you start. The upper half uses the middle switch. The upper half will then have the next lever. You will go up a ramp and turn left. After this there will be 4 rooms in a box that the hallway runs through. You will need the lever in the second (and last) room on the right. This opens a door into a large room for the lower half. At the end of this room is a down ramp the width of the room and side corridors to the left and right. Take a quick jaunt to the left and use that switch. This should open the last door for the upper group. Their last switch is in the final room.

The final upper room has contains 5 shadow children in cubbies up 1 level. I stayed in the hall as the cast at me and fought the Upper Shadow Heart Leader. He has the Shadow Capt. Heaume on his corpse. He seemed no tougher than a Shadow. 2 Lieutenants accompany the Lower Shadow Heart Leader. He did not seem tougher than a Lieutenant. The heart of shadow spawns on the floor in the room.

Thanks for all the great quest help. I just hope this helps someone to complete this as you other quest documents have assisted me. Thanks for all the work on this great site

Heart of Darkness & Upper Shade Stronghold
Shade Stronghold

Thanks to Dala Moondark for stats.