Delanie, do you know if that part of the epic has been fixed? About a month ago when I was trying to get my part done, I know that it was not. High Scale Kirn now spawns in the village (not guarded by the uber quick respawning gargoyles which now populate the castle). However, when you give him the icon of the high scale or whatever it's called, he despawns just like he's supposed to, but the agro Kirn, the one you need to kill to get the ring...he still spawns in the castle...guarded by the uber quick respawning gargoyles which now populate the castle and proved impossible for Patrons of Valor to clear fast enough to get to inside the castle with three groups...
I think that WoV could bring a higher amount of DPS to the hole then we had that night, but I just wanted to give you fair warning
I haven't really been paying much attention since I got my spear, but I don't remember seeing anything in the patch messages stating that this portion of the shaman epic had been corrected, or if it was working as intended.
Oh, and as a side note, my magic slow was getting resisted left and right (even after Malo), but disease slow seems to stick just fine down there.