The Joy of Battle

Deed Lore

The Joy of Battle is an aptly named text, written by a great dwarf-champion during the height of Durin's reign in Khazad-dûm. It is no simple treatise on the art of battle, as so many texts are. Rather, it is a philosophical tract that describes the author's outlook upon warfare and battle, and how he came eventually to seek it out as a meditative and even transcendent experience that he was unable to experience in any other setting save the midst of clashing blades and cries of battle. It is not a text for the faint-hearted or the meek, but it seems oddly lofty and its tone does not reflect the maddened bloodlust that one might have expected given the title.

Alas, the long years have been rough on your copy and there are a number of pages missing from it. Gimli the Dwarf might have some insight into the missing knowledge of The Joy of Battle, since it was written by one of his forebears in the depths of time.

To complete this deed perform the following objective(s)

• The Joy of Battle, Page 11

  This page, belonging about a third of the way into The Joy of Battle, begins in the middle of an account of a great battle between the dwarves of Khazad-dûm and the Goblins of the Misty Mountains. Among the tales are some account of the author's own courageous deeds.

• The Joy of Battle, Page 14

  This page of the author's encounter with the chief of the goblin invaders. The battle had raged for many hours and his strength was flagging, he was able to muster his strength in the defence of his fellows.

• The Joy of Battle, Page 18

  In this text, the author exhorts the reader not to become so carried away in battle that he does not recognize danger posed to his allies, but rather to allow the excitement and energy generated by the thrill of battle to strengthen his arms against all threats, to himself and to his allies.

• The Joy of Battle, Page 24

  This page begins a series of meditations the author went through while preparing for battle. Amounting more to rallying speeches and self-praise than deep meditations, he used these to enervate himself.

• The Joy of Battle, Page 25

  This page continue's the author's battle meditations, though the writing begins to scrawl a little as though he were becoming wrapped up in his own diatribe.

• The Joy of Battle, Page 28

  This page sounds almost like a joyous and bloodthirsty rant. The author either lost focus or was intentionally trying to get the reader's heart pounding.

• The Joy of Battle, Page 32

  The tone of this page is much more subdued than previous pages. The author explains the importance of fervent resolve and idealism to a champion's inner strength.

• The Joy of Battle, Page 36

  This page wraps up the text with an overview of all that came before. Though there are some pages damaged beyond recall, a reader of this book may still take from it the heart of the author's teachings.

Rewards

10 LOTRO Points

Additional Information

• This deed is available for Champions at level 39.

This deed starts by acquiring the legendary book The Joy of Battle, then pages need to be collected, see the Legendary Book Pages for more information on page locations.