Quest:Chapter 5: The Bitterest Victory

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The Bitterest Victory
Level 130
Type Solo
Starts with Hermáth Stormhammer
Starts at Azanulbizar, T.A. 2799
Start Region Azanulbizar, T.A. 2799
Map Ref [67.4N, 136.0W]
Quest Group Azanulbizar
Quest Text

Bestowal Dialogue

'Before the pass leading to the gates of Khazad-dûm, the survivors of the confrontation against Azog gathered anew. After the slaying of Azog, they had withdrawn from the encampment, anticipating another assault from the Orcs who still dwelt within Khazad-dûm. With them, they bore away only the head of Azog and the body of Náin Orcsfoe. Indeed, Náin's mail-collar had withstood Azog's blow, but the same could not be said for his neck. It snapped, and by all accounts, Náin had died in an instant.

'Little comfort this was to Dáin, who had remained silent ever since he ventured beyond the Great Gates. Even so, the head of Azog was the prize King Thráin had sought ever since Nár brought word of Thrór's death to the exiles at Zudrugund. And it had been won!

'Left nearly halt after Urro wounded him at Durin's Stone, King Thráin knelt among his guard, but his eyes would not be turned from Khazad-dûm.'

Background

As you continue to read Hermáth Stormhammer's account of the Battle of Azanulbizar, you begin the fifth and final chapter in which the Dwarves of the Haban’akkâ of Thráin must reckon with the cost of victory over Azog.

Objective 1

King Thráin can be found at Muru Azog.

After the defeat of Azog, King Thráin appears intent on routing the remaining Orcs at Azanulbizar. You should talk to King Thráin.

King Thráin: 'Azog is slain, and the Ironfoot has taken his head. The Orcs should know the battle has turned against them!
'And yet, some of Azog's own clan still cling to their meagre holdings outside the Great Gates. It cannot stand!
'Slay these... Ufúrzrak, and drive the rest of his ilk back beyond the gates of Khazad-dûm! Azanulbizar will be ours!'

Objective 2

  • Investigate the gates of Khazad-dûm
  • Defeat Ufúrzrak Orcs at Muru Azog (0/10)
  • Defeat Ufúrzrak thrug-hai at Muru Azog (0/4)

Nud-mekhem, the east-gate, can be found to the west of Muru Azog.

Hoping to rout the last of the Orcs at Azanulbizar, King Thráin has asked you to investigate the gates of Khazad-dûm and defeat Orcs of the Ufúrzrak clan.

Before the gates of Khazad-dûm, crows pick at Azog's remains.

Objective 3

King Thráin can be found at Muru Azog.

You have driven back the Orcs at Muru Azog and found the remains of Azog being picked by crows. You should talk to King Thráin.

Objective 4

  • Talk to Hermáth Stormhammer at Amdân

Hermáth Stormhammer can be found at Amdân.

You have witnessed the end of the Battle of Azanulbizar. You should talk to Hermáth Stormhammer.

Hermáth Stormhammer: 'And so, the pyres burned away and so the ashen dale of Azanulbizar was abandoned. Although none beheld them at the battle's end, we later learned the Elves of the Golden Wood had borne witness to our deeds, spying the smoke from afar as it rose into the sky above the dale. As King Thráin had named them at Durin's Stone, the Marasrân—the Burned Dwarves came to occupy a place of great honour and reverence among Durin's Folk. Long after, among each of the Seven Houses, all a Dwarf needed to say about his ancestor was 'he was Marasrûn' and it would elicit grave nods and murmurs of respect.
'In time, the other Houses departed back to their homes, bearing the burdens of the arms and amour collected from their dead. As for the Iron-folk, we too departed, making the long journey back to Járnfast. Dáin became the Lord of Iron Hills in all but title, for Grór had become lost in his sorrows, surviving his father, brothers, and now his son alike with not one among them whose bones he could honour.
'Last of all, King Thráin and the exiles departed. They were few now and weary, having lost much and won little in the war, but south they went along the Great-way, until at last they returned to Zudrugund.
'The Sixth War of the Dwarves and Orcs was ended—the cost too great, the prize too small to hold.'


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