User:Eirik Ratcatcher/QuestBranching

Multiple starts/multiple ends

version 1

1. Gnome Engineering (disambiguation page)
2. The Pledge of Secrecy (disambiguation page)
3.   [47] Show Your Work

version 2

Any of the below paths...

• Ironforge (Tinkmaster Overspark
  1. Gnome Engineering - either of:
     •   [47] Gnome Engineering
     •   [47] Gnome Engineering
  2.   [47] The Pledge of Secrecy
  3.   [47] Show Your Work
• Stranglethorn Vale
  1. Gnome Engineering - either of
     •   [47] Gnome Engineering
     •   [47] Gnome Engineering
  2.   [47] The Pledge of Secrecy
  3.   [47] Show Your Work

Forks

See Alliance_Relations quest chain

Test Case: The Hand of Gul'dan

1.  [25-30] The Hand of Gul'dan /  [25-30] The Hand of Gul'dan
2.  [25-30] Enraged Spirits of Fire and Earth
3.  [25-30] Enraged Spirits of Water
4.  [25-30] Enraged Spirits of Air
5.  [25-30] Oronok Torn-heart
6.  [25-30] I Was A Lot Of Things...
7.  [25-30] A Lesson Learned
8.  [25-30] The Cipher of Damnation - Truth and History

This opens up the search for the three parts of the key.

Recovering the parts of the key:
Part 1:

1.  [25-30] Grom'tor, Son of Oronok
2.  [25-30] The Cipher of Damnation - Grom'tor's Charge
3.  [25-30] The Cipher of Damnation - The First Fragment Recovered

Part 2:

1.  [25-30] Ar'tor, Son of Oronok
2.  [25-30] Demonic Crystal Prisons
3.  [25-30] Lohn'goron, Bow of the Torn-heart
4.  [25-30] The Cipher of Damnation - Ar'tor's Charge
5.  [25-30] The Cipher of Damnation - The Second Fragment Recovered

Part 3:

1.  [25-30] Borak, Son of Oronok
2.  [25-30] Of Thistleheads and Eggs...
3.  [25-30] The Bundle of Bloodthistle
4.  [25-30] To Catch A Thistlehead
5.  [25-30] The Shadowmoon Shuffle
6. What Illidan Wants, Illidan Gets... (quest)
7.  [25-30G4] The Cipher of Damnation - Borak's Charge
8.  [25-30] The Cipher of Damnation - The Third Fragment Recovered

Completing all 3 parts lets you finish this chain:

•  [25-30G5] The Cipher of Damnation