The original quest also required 4 rings (copper, silver, gold, platinum).
The platinum ring dropped off Gynok Moltor in Befallen (as he does with the current quest). I believe he had a rare chance of dropping the copper ring, and a very, very rare chance of dropping gold.
The silver ring was a spawned item in Blackburrow at the bottom of the 'lake.' I don't know if this is the case now.
The copper and gold rings dropped from High Priestess Mitty in Kerra Ridge. Mitty was in her high-teens. I don't recall for sure what class, either a cleric or shaman.
The Severed Paw container was obtained in the same manner as with the current quest.
Most of this is from my 11-year-old memory and I used the following link to check some details.
http://www.eqclerics.org/forums/arch...hp/t-7030.html