Some help for a noob

[MongoJerry]

Got a "Darkmoon Faire" quest from a guy in Ironforge yesterday. Said something about going to Elwen Forest.... I know it's some kind of special quest, but how does it work exactly?

The Darkmoon Faire comes once a month and stays for a few days. It sets up in Elwynn Forest or Mulgore on alternating months. The Faire is a kind of medival traveling carnival and there are quests and activities to do there, some fun and "social" (like getting your own pet frog) and others practical. On the practical side, if you turn in various items, you can earn faction with the Darkmoon Faire and if you turn in enough stuff, you can get some items. If you turn in a *lot* of stuff, you can end up getting some nice epic necklaces. Also, the Darkmoon Faire is where you turn in decks of cards once you find complete the sets to get various trinkets.

Also, is there a place in Ironforge where I could buy a mount? If not in IF, then where?

It depends on your race. It's been a while since I've played Alliance, but I believe the dwarf rams are sold at Thelsamar in Loch Modan, the human horses are sold at the Eastvale Logging Camp in Elwynn Forest, the gnome mechanostriders are sold at Kharnos in Dun Morogh (I think), and I forget where the elf tiger mounts are sold but I think in Darnassus.

Also, is there some reason besides esthetics that maces are usually not as popular for warriors as Swords or even Axes? I find their prices to be 20-25% of the prices of comparable lvl swords on the AH. I know that when I am close to 60 and can raid with you guys this will be a moot point, but for now I need to get some decent weapons for mid-high 50s and I would much rather spend 75G on a purple one-hander with around 41 DPS than 400.... I am not even considering some of the newer ones freshly available on the AH for 1.5K G.
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It probably has mostly to do with the fact that more people like the sword spec talent over the axe and mace spec talents. Mace spec used to be popular, but after they nerfed The Unstoppable Force and added diminishing returns to stuns, people left mace spec in droves. I do see axes used a lot, though, since there are quite a number of good axes in the game.

Edit:

Dwarves get their rams from small farm a little S and a lot E of Ironforge.

I was composing my post when Mirajj submitted his. I'd trust Mirajj's info over mine.