Be careful not to attack this guy again after that one hit. The silly delay on the NPC responses in this quest caused me to think I had not hit him. I attacked again and lets just say he's green and he ran away.
I found him later, and got him to show me where his friends were...That was a fun fight, solo 37 ranger vs all those undead minions of theirs. Anyway, he popped smoke as soon as we were in sight of the abandoned druid ring. I never did get his confession. Will his head work? Hehe. I hope I can still get the confession, because I'll basically have to start over at the very beginning since I do not currently have a badge.