Bestowal dialogue
A Crack in the Iron Crown
"As the Gabil'akkâ presses onward to Gundabad, word has spread that a mysterious enemy has arrived at Caivád Sâr, threatening to turn the tide of the War of Three Peaks."
Background
Word has spread that a mysterious enemy has arrived at Caivdá Sâr, threatening to turn the tide of the War of Three Peaks.
Objective 1
Múta can be found in Tûr Ágal, the tower in the centre of Caivád Sâr.
Múta is ready to search for Brathar in Tûr Ágal. You should speak to her when you are prepared.
- Múta: 'I know the way, <name>.
- 'If we become separated, I do not think things will go well for either of us.
- 'Follow me as closely as you can, and do not lose sight of me!'
Objective 2
Múta can be found in Tûr Ágal, the tower in the centre of Caivád Sâr.
Múta is ready to search for Brathar in Tûr Ágal. You should speak to her when you are prepared.
- Múta says, "Ever since you freed the Longbeards, they've been on edge."
- Múta says, "They'll be waiting for us this time, but we've got to reach the top of this tower!"
- Múta says, "Come on, <name>!"
Objective 3
- Follow Múta and fight your way through Tûr Ágal
Múta can be found in Tûr Ágal, the tower in the centre of Caivád Sâr.
You should follow Múta into the heights of Tûr Ágal.
- Dourhand Overseer says, "Finally come out of hiding, eh?"
- Múta says, "There is no time to waste! We must press on!"
- Dourhand Loyalist says, "That's the one! Get them!"
- Múta says, "Every door in this blasted tower looks exactly the same!"
- Iron Crown Priestess says, "Adder-fang wants that one taken alive!".
- Múta says, "Ah-ha! It's just over there, <name>."
- Múta says, "Over here, <name>!"
- After reaching the door to the upper chamber, Múta pauses and beckons you over
Objective 4
Múta can be found in Tûr Ágal, the tower in the centre of Caivád Sâr.
Múta has paused beside a door in the heights of Tûr Ágal. You should talk to Múta.
- Múta: 'Yes, this is it. It is exactly as I remember!
- 'The stairs to the upper chamber lie just beyond these doors, <name>.
- 'Let us find Brathar and put an end to this, my friend. For the Gabil'akkâ!'
Objective 5
- Follow Múta to the upper chamber
Múta can be found in Tûr Ágal, the tower in the centre of Caivád Sâr.
Múta has paused beside a door in the heights of Tûr Ágal. You should talk to Múta.
- Múta says, "Follow me and stay quiet! We do not know what awaits us above..."
Objective 6
Múta can be found in the upper chamber of Tûr Ágal, the tower in the centre of Caivád Sâr.
You have found Brathar, the Dourhands, and the servants of the Iron Crown gathered in Tûr Ágal. You should talk to Múta.
- Múta: 'Oh, I don't like this at all...'
- Múta's voice sinks to a whisper.
- 'There are too many of them to make our move, <name>. If we keep quiet and remain unseen, we may at least overhear something of value to the Gabil'akkâ.
- 'Find some way to blend into this gathering, and I will do the same.'
Objective 7
- Observe the meeting between Brathar and the Iron Crown
Brathar, the Dourhands, and the servants of the Iron Crown can be found in the upper chamber of Tûr Ágal, the tower in the centre of Caivád Sâr.
You have found Brathar, the Dourhands, and the servants of the Iron Crown gathered in Tûr Ágal. You should observe this meeting and try to remain unseen.
- Múta says, "Stay in the shadows and keep your head down."
- Múta says, "I'll try to get a better look!"
- Brathar Crack-helm says, "What has become of Angmar?"
- Brathar Crack-helm says, "Dissenters among the Hill-folk have grown more bold."
- Brathar Crack-helm says, "The Orcs have forsaken you to grovel before the son of Bolg."
- Brathar Crack-helm says, "The Iron Crown is cracked, but it will be reforged."
- Brathar Crack-helm says, "Let those dwarves throw themselves against the old gates, my friends."
- Brathar Crack-helm says, "When this war is ended, Gundabad will be ours..."
- Brathar Crack-helm says, "...and I will bid them all to kneel once more!"
- Brathar Crack-helm says, "Ah. Isn't that so, <race>?"
- Brathar Crack-helm says, "Come, join us."
- It seems your presence did not go unnoticed by Brathar
Objective 8
Brathar Crack-helm can be found in the upper chamber of Tûr Ágal, the tower in the centre of Caivád Sâr.
You have been discovered by Brathar Crack-helm. You should approach Brathar and talk to him.
- Brathar Crack-helm: 'Have the Longbeards grown so cowardly that they send mercenaries like you? Disappointing, but I am not surprised.
- 'Let me have a look at you, <race>...'
- As Brathar Crack-helm inspects you, his eyes suddenly betray some sort of cruel amusement.
- 'Ah, <name>, what a curious twist of fate! Yes, I know your name, but how could you know mine? I am just a Dourhand, after all.
- 'I was at Gabilazan! I saw what the Longbeards did to Skorgrím- what they did to every one of us Dourhands! That old coward Glóin would not deign to sully his hands with the blood of my brethren, and so he sent you and his own son to do what he could not. And I shall have my vengeance yet!
- 'But that is not your fate, <name>. Your blood is not fit to adorn the hammer of Skorgrím Dourhand!'
Objective 9
- Observe Brathar's departure from Tûr Ágal
Brathar Crack-helm is departing the upper chamber of Tûr Ágal, the tower in the centre of Caivád Sâr.
You should remain alert while Brathar and his Dourhands depart.
- Brathar Crack-helm says, "It is time I returned to Câr Bronach, my friends."
- Brathar Crack-helm says, "Do what you wish with that one, Adder-fang."
- Brathar Crack-helm says, "Farewell, <name>."
- Bandrauth Adder-fang says, "Leave us, servants."
- Dourhand Overseer says, "I guess that leaves us, Adder-fang!"
Objective 10
Bandrauth Adder-fang can be found in the upper chamber of Tûr Ágal, the tower in the centre of Caivád Sâr.
You have been offered to Bandrauth Adder-fang that he might atone for his failure. You should talk to Bandrauth Adder-fang.
- Bandrauth Adder-fang: 'Dost thou not seest? All has come to pass as I foretold.
- 'When first I met thee, I was fated to fail. But the mercy of Lord Brathar has granted me mine vengeance upon thee!
- 'Thy fate is sealed!'
Objective 11
- Defeat Bandrauth Adder-fang
Bandrauth Adder-fang can be found in the upper chamber of Tûr Ágal, the tower in the centre of Caivád Sâr.
Bandrauth Adder-fang intends to slay you to atone for his failures in Elderslade. You should defend yourself and defeat Bandrauth Adder-fang.
- Bandrauth Adder-fang says, "With mine own hands, I curse thee with a thousand agonies!"
- Bandrauth Adder-fang says, "Why dost thou all stand idle? Aid me, fools!"
- Douhand Loyalist says, "Worthless! Brathar shall slay you for this, Adder-fang!"
- Múta says, "Hah! I'm not one for fair fights either!"
- Bandrauth Adder-fang says, "Wretched dwarf! Guile alone will not avail thee!"
- Bandrauth Adder-fang says, "But thy fate was--"
- With the defeat of Bandrauth Adder-fang and the Dourhands, a sudden silence falls in Tûr Ágal
Objective 12
Múta can be found in the upper chamber of Tûr Ágal, the tower in the centre of Caivád Sâr.
With Múta's aid, you have overcome Bandrauth Adder-fang and the Dourhands at Tûr Ágal. You should talk to Múta.
- Múta: 'Ah, <name>. You didn't think I'd actually abandon you, did you?'
- Múta smirks slightly.
- 'It was not the victory we sought, but it could have gone far worse for the both of us. These are ill tidings... even if Brathar is truly gone from Elderslade!
- 'Our only good fortune is that we might still warn Prince Durin and the Gabil'akkâ of what is to come!'
- Completed: Instance: A Crack in the Iron Crown
- Múta: 'Swiftly now! We must leave this tower before the others discover what has happened!'
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