The Great Barrow

The Great Barrow
Region:	Bree-land
Area:	Southern Barrow-downs
Location:	[33.8S, 55.8W]

The Great Barrow is a landmark and tomb within Southern Barrow-downs in Bree-land. ^{[33.8S, 55.8]}

This notable dungeon is located in the north-western corner of the Southern Barrow-downs. A Camp Site Fire is found just outside the entrance, which is useful for Hunters and fellowships. There have also a small group of elves gathered, sensing that something terrible was corrupting this tomb; indeed, recently the Witch-king of Angmar was here.

The Great Barrow is an instanced dungeon, and also used for many quests; its name is nowadays a collective name for several smaller instances; see below, Remarks and Instances. Generally speaking this place aims at characters in the levels 21 to 24 and above (as instances are adjustable) but some sections are intense and a good fellowship is recommended.

Travelling

• Camp Site Fire - with Mustering Horn

Deeds

The following deeds can be obtained by visiting this location:

• The Barrow-downs
• Great Barrow -- The Gate to Sambrog
• Great Barrow -- Maze Wing
• Great Barrow -- Water Wing
• Great Barrow -- Sambrog Wing

Quests

Starting:

• [20] Ancient Flames - Fellowship
• [20] Gaerdring and Gaerthel - Fellowship
• [20] Grim Tomb-wights - Fellowship
• [22] Gaunt Battle-caller - Fellowship
• [22] Thadúr the Ravager - Fellowship
• [24] Heading West - Fellowship
• [24] Accursed Fell-spirit - Fellowship
• [24] Ancient Flames (Sambrog) - Fellowship
• [24] Consuming Barrow-crawler - Fellowship
• [24] Sambrog - Fellowship
• [75] Challenge: Gaerdring and Gaerthel - Fellowship
• [75] Challenge: Sambrog - Fellowship

Involving:

• [21] Volume I. Book 1, Chapter 11: Othrongroth
• [21] Volume I. Book 1, Instance: Othrongroth
• [23] Collecting History - Fellowship
• [24] Purging the Dead - Fellowship

Instances

See each instance individually for more quests as well as tips and hints.
The following instances may be set to any level above their minimum; lower level characters may be brought in by a valid Fellowship.

• [20] Great Barrow: The Maze
• [22] Great Barrow: Thadúr
• [24] Great Barrow: Sambrog

NPCs

• Aradia
• Naerandir
• Peren
• Relondir

Mobs

The following creatures are found within this area:

• Accursed Fell-spirit
• Ancient Barrow-wight
• Barrow Hound
• Barrow Queen
• Barrow Spider
• Barrow-wight Bowlord
• Barrow-wight Bowman
• Barrow-wight Caller
• Consuming Barrow-crawler
• Crawling Arm
• Deathly Barrow-wight
• Devouring Barrow-crawler
• Diseased Field-rat
• Diseased Plague Rat
• Dourhand Deserter
• Dourhand Firebrand
• Dourhand Rebel
• Dourhand Traitor
• Gaerdring
• Gaerthel
• Gaunt Battle-caller
• Grim Tomb-wight
• Sambrog
• Thadúr the Ravager

Lore

In the southern reaches of the Barrow-downs lies the Great Barrow, or Othrongroth, one of the oldest and largest of the Edain mounds. For many years the Dúnedain of Cardolan protected it, until a great sickness arose from the south. This plague devastated Cardolan, leaving the ancient burial-mounds vulnerable to the horrors of the Enemy.

The Witch-king of Angmar sent fell spirits from Angmar and Rhudaur to inhabit the Barrow-downs and turn them into a place of great terror. Taking possession of the rotting remains of the dead, the spirits became barrow-wights, the chief of whom sits in lordship in Othrongroth at the command of the Witch-king. As the Shadows in the East and in the North stir once again, the wights of the Great Barrow arise and stalk the Barrow-downs in service to their master.

Remarks

Othrongroth was created by the developers at Turbine as the first public dungeon instance to be visited by players. In Volume I, Book 1 of the Epic Story, a terrible assembly of the Witch-king with other evil servants of Sauron sets in motion the events that will shape Lotro.

The Great Barrow is a collective name for several smaller instances.

With the advent of Free to Play many deeds and quests that mention Haudh Iarchith also involve this location.

External References

• lorebook

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