Quest:Book 1, Chapter 2: Start of a Grand Adventure

Book 1, Chapter 2: Start of a Grand Adventure
Level	9
Type	Solo
Starts with	Skardí Bendblade
Starts at	Mossward Blacksmith Shop
Start Region	Swanfleet
Map Ref	[60.7S, 34.8W]
Ends with	Merion
Ends at	Mossward
End Region	Mossward
Map Ref	[60.7S, 34.1W]
Quest Group	Before the Shadow, Book 1

Quest Chain

Previous: Before the Shadow, Prologue

Before the Shadow, Book 1

[8] Chapter 1: In The Wizard's Employ
[9] Chapter 2: Start of a Grand Adventure
[10] Chapter 3: In the Damp and the Mud
[11] Chapter 4: Uruks in the Elf-city
[12] Chapter 5: Bregoleth
[13] Chapter 6: Celebrimbor's Citadel
[13] Chapter 7: The Giver of Gifts
- [13] Instance: The Giver of Gifts
[14] Chapter 8: The Grasping Hand
[15] Chapter 9: The Hall of the Swift River
[15] Chapter 10: On the Precipice of Danger
[16] Chapter 11: The Crossing at Tharbad

Next: Book 2, Chapter 1: Something Creeps in Tharbad -- Before the Shadow, Book 2

Walkthrough & Notes
Boars are most prevalent to the north-west of Mossward ^{[59.1S, 36.7W]} Potential whetsones are on the Old South Road starting at ^{[58.6S, 34.0W]} and heads to ^{[58.5S, 32.6W]} Search for some sign- Uruk Bootprints ^{[60.5S, 34.2W]}

Rewards

90
2 Iron Coin of Cardolan

Selectable Rewards:

Quest Text

Bestowal dialogue

I could use a number of items to restock my supplies while you continue looking into the matter of the raiding-party, <name>: sharp stones, boar tusks, and craban talons.

And do you think you could do something about Tegwyn? He's been bothering me with questions since this morning, and I need to get this work done!'

Background

Most adventurers get their start from humble beginnings, and few can see at the beginning how grand their adventure might become.

Objective 1

Talk to Tegwyn inside the Mossward Blacksmith Shop

Tegwyn has been bothering Skardí Bendblade all morning, and the blacksmith wants you to do something about him.

Tegwyn: I'm ready for a more important adventuring task, <name>! What can I do to help the village? Can I come with you?'

Reluctant to send the boy into danger, you ask that he patrol the outer palisade of Mossward.

'Okay. I guess I can do that. Maybe I can accompany you later?'

Objective 2

Collect boar tusks along the Old South Road (0/8)
Collect craban talons along the Old South Road (0/8)
Collect potential whetstones along the Old South Road (0/8)

Skardí Bendblade asked you to collect boar tusks, craban talons, and potential whetstones he might put to various uses for the town.

Objective 3

Bring the tusks, talons, and potential whetstones to Skardí Bendblade in his shop

Skardí Bendblade is waiting in his shop in Mossward for the items you collected.

Skardí Bendblade: 'Thank you for these items, <name>, but I'll have you know this: I am quite cross with you! All I want is to be left in peace, free to do my work, but folk are constantly barging in here, interrupting me and slowing down my work. That boy's mother was just here, Wenna, and she says he hasn't returned home.

'The last I heard, you sent him to scout the edge of town, so you get to go looking for him! You send him back to his parents before they come bothering me again, will you?'

Objective 4

Search the perimeter of Mossward for some sign of the missing boy

Skardí Bendblade told you that Tegwyn never returned to his home, and you should check the perimeter of the town for the missing boy.

Footprints trample the earth here on the outskirts of Mossward

The footprints are old, most likely made during the Uruk attack on Mossward.

Objective 5

Talk to Merion by the east gate of Mossward

You should tell one of the nearby town guards that Tegwyn is missing from Mossward.

Merion: 'Tegwyn is missing? It would not be the first time the boy has gone looking for trouble... but with Uruks and goblins about, he might have gotten in over his head this time.'