Ost Guruth

Ost Guruth
Region:	Lone-lands
Area:	Nain Enidh
Location:	[31.3S, 29.6W]

Ost Guruth (Sindarin for City of Death) is a settlement located within the area of Nain Enidh, in the Lone-lands. ^{[31.3S, 29.6W]}

Halfway through the Lone-lands the silhouette of the towers of Ost Guruth encourages the weary traveller upon the Great East Road to press on, only to slow down as the details reveal how broken the town now is. Recently half-orcs and brigands poured all over the Lone-lands but the people of the Eglain pulled through in this severely damaged keep serving as a bastion of safety against the fell creatures just outside the thick stone walls.

Ost Guruth provides excellent services, better than many settlements that have not yet suffered as much. Notable are a Bard and the crafting facilities with expert trainers, and the farmlands! Vendors are selling armour and weapons for levels 20& to 30. Just outside its eastern wall lies a Skirmish Camp. This town is also the centre for aforementioned Eglain faction. These free-men have chosen to forsake the comforts of civilization instead choosing to live a life of wandering in the wilds where they scavenge to survive.

Within the northern section stands the Lore-tower, damaged from time past but inside its artefacts, lore, and runes still intact. There Radagast the Brown dwells at the courtesy of Aric the Stone-speaker, to continues the mission of the Valar.

Interiors

• The Lore-tower ^{[31.0S, 29.5W]}

Services

The Lore-tower

Ost Guruth Skirimish Camp

The Stable of Ost Guruth

Ost Guruth Reflecting Pool

• Bard - Hallam Comfrey ^{[31.3S, 29.4W]}
• Skirmish Camp ^{[31.3S, 29.0W]}
• Mailbox ^{[31.4S, 29.7W]}

Travelling

• Milestone ^{[31.5S, 29.5W]}
• Stable-master - Unni ^{[32.1S, 29.8W]}

Ost Guruth Stable-master Destinations

Destination Region Cost Prerequisites Bree-land South Bree (Swift) Bree-land 25   Min. Level: 15 The Lone-lands Candaith's Camp (Swift) Lone-lands Free Having quest Vol I, Book 3, Foreword: Fires in the North The Forsaken Inn Lone-lands 15   The Last Bridge Lone-lands 15   Min. Level: 20 The Last Bridge (Swift) Lone-lands 25   Min. Level: 20 Trollshaws Rivendell Stables Trollshaws 15   Min. Level: 20 Rivendell Stables (Swift) Trollshaws 25   Min. Level: 20

Crafting

• Farmlands ^{[31.4S, 30.0W]}
• Forge ^{[31.4S, 29.8W]}
• Oven ^{[31.0S, 29.8W]}
• Study ^{[31.0S, 29.9W]}
• Workbench ^{[31.0S, 29.9W]}

Deeds

The following deeds can be advanced by visiting this place:

• Defences of the Lone-lands

Quests

• Tasks Bulletin Board ^{[31.4S, 29.5W]}
  Tasks: Level 24 - 27; Reputation with the Eglain
• Reflecting Pool, Lone-lands ^{[30.9S, 29.3W]}

Lone-lands Reflecting Pool Instances

NPCs

See "list of NPCs" within the area

Ost Guruth NPCs

NPC Function Coords Services & Supplies Galar Deep-pouches Supplier [31.3S, 29.8W] Hallam Comfrey Bard of Ost Guruth [31.3S, 29.4W] Hana the Young Grocer & Task-master [31.0S, 29.6W] Léoflac Eglain Reputation Vendor [31.4S, 29.4W] Mildnoth Provisioner [31.1S, 29.9W] Strangsig Healer [31.3S, 29.3W] Unni Stable-master [32.1S, 29.8W] Bert Bartleby Bingo Badge Barterer [32.1S, 29.7W] Ailith Keeper of Gifts - Anniversary [31.7S, 29.4W] Equipment Daegwalt Light Armoursmith [31.3S, 29.7W] Baygild Medium Armoursmith [31.3S, 29.7W] Grimdeal Bowyer [31.3S, 29.6W] Waltmaer Pole Turner [31.3S, 29.7W] Swetstan One-handed Weaponsmith [31.3S, 29.8W] Gestr Quicksilver Two-handed Weaponsmith [31.3S, 29.8W] Crafting Abeodan Master of Crafting Guilds [31.0S, 29.9W] Déorthryth Expert Cook [31.0S, 29.9W] Edfréa Expert Farmhand [31.4S, 30.0W] Berwyth Expert Jeweller [31.0S, 29.9W] Alfbald Expert Metalsmith [31.4S, 29.7W] Gódrun Expert Scholar [31.0S, 29.9W] Herhalig Expert Tailor [31.0S, 29.9W] Osketil Expert Weaponcrafter [31.4S, 29.7W] Cuthdag Expert Woodworker [31.0S, 29.8W] Others Frideric the Elder Task-master - Quest [31.5S, 28.5W] Hrotha Quest - Warden [31.7S, 29.4W] Langhár Quest - Beorning [31.4S, 29.3W] Mosco Mudbottom Quest - Warden [31.8S, 29.2W] Radagast's Horse Quest [31.2S, 29.3W] Slade Ransford Quest - Champion [31.3S, 29.5W] Stanric Quest [31.2S, 29.7W] Tortwil Quest [31.2S, 29.7W] Trumswith Quest - Hunter [31.4S, 29.6W] Branda Rumble Scenery [31.0S, 29.9W] Guard Free Peoples Townsperson Watcher

Lore

"Ost Guruth served as a stronghold of the North Kingdom in the days of the Witch-realm of Angmar. Now it is serves as the temporary home of the Forsaken, the ruin-hold of the Eglain". — Deed

"To the east of Bree-land lies a largely barren and uninhabited stretch of wilderness known as the Lone-lands. Usually the only life seen in these lands are scattered birds and wildlife. On rare occasions a traveller upon the Great East Road may be spied. Hidden among the ruins of the ancient fortresses there can be found the Eglain. These are descendants of an ancient people who have forsaken the towns and cities of "civilized" folk and choose to live as free men in the wild. They scavenge trinkets and relics from the remnants of Arnor to trade for the necessities of life.

"The Eglain are wanderers, but they will sometimes stop and make a temporary home in one set of ruins or another, which they call their Ruin-hold. The current Ruin-hold lies far beyond Bree, just off the Great East Road, amid the ruins of the once-great fortress of Ost Guruth. Once a castle belonging to the kingdom of Rhudaur, it fell long ago in the wars between that realm and Arthedain. One tower still remains intact, however, and serves as the home of Aric the Stone-speaker - when he is not abroad in the swamps, seeking ancient lore. — Lorebook

Map

Gallery

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  Dirt path through the Eglain settlement
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  Night sky over Ost Guruth
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  Ost Guruth's blacksmith
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  Ost Guruth from the south
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  Inside the Craft Centre
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  Vendor stalls in the market faire
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  Fields for growing crops outside town
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  Inside the Healing House