Quest:Book 2, Chapter 10: Breeders of the Dead

Book 2, Chapter 10: Breeders of the Dead
Level	28
Type	Solo
Starts with	Radagast the Brown
Starts at	The Lore-tower
Start Region	Lone-lands
Map Ref	[31.0S, 29.5W]
Quest Group	Vol. I. Book 2

Quest Chain

Previous: Volume I, Book 1 Volume I, Book 2: The Red Maid [22] Foreword: Aiding the Order [22] Chapter 1: Rise of the Orcs [22] Chapter 2: An Orc Messenger [22] Preparing for the Future - Optional [22] Orc-thieves - Optional [22] Chapter 3: War-master Uzorr [22] Chapter 4: Light in the Darkness [23] Chapter 5: Retake Weathertop - Solo-only or Fellowship [23] Instance: Retake Weathertop - Solo-only or Fellowship [25] Chapter 6: Protected by the Eglain [27] Chapter 7: Radagast the Brown [27] Chapter 8: The Red Swamp [28] Chapter 9: The Bloated Dead [28] Chapter 10: Breeders of the Dead [29] Chapter 11: The Stone-Speaker [29] Chapter 12: A Dead Man's Challenge [30] Chapter 13: In the Gaunt-lord's Grasp [30] Chapter 14: History of the Red Maid [30] Chapter 15: The Red-pass - Solo-only or Fellowship [30] Instance: Red-pass - Solo-only or Fellowship [30] Chapter 16: Agamaur Secured Next: Volume I, Book 3

Walkthrough & Notes
The Gaunt-Men will usually generate several adds, so this quest is a bit more difficult than the preceding one. Gaunt War-singers reliably drop this item, but Gaunt Protectors do not. This quest is prerequisite for the quest [29] The Stone-speaker.

Rewards
16    Red Stone Selectable Rewards:  Boots of the Ruin-hold  Greataxe of the Brown Wizard

Quest Text

Bestowal dialogue 'The sheer number of wights in Haragmar indicates the presence of gaunt-men, vile necromancers who serve the Dark Lord. In ages past, they dwelt in the Witch-realm of Angmar, but the White Council believed them all destroyed. Clearly, they were wrong. 'Only the strongest of the gaunt-men, the Gaunt-lords, have the power to summon the spirits of the Shadow Realm. The war-singers carry the sigil of their Gaunt-lord. Search the ruins in the far east of Haragmar, defeat these creatures, and bring me their sigils. 'We must learn which Gaunt-lord these creatures serve.' Background Radagast is concerned with the cause of the corruption in the swamps. He feel that the wights are a symptom of a greater evil. Objective 1 Collect sigils from gaunt-men (0/5) Bring the sigils back to Radagast at Ost Guruth The gaunt-men dwell in the ruins to the far east of Haragmar. Radagast told you of the gaunt-men, necromancers in the service of Sauron, who are responsible for the emergence of these wights. He asked you to defeat the war-singers and bring him their sigils. He can then determine which of the Gaunt-lords they serve. Radagast the Brown: 'I need the sigils of the war-singers if I am to determine which Gaunt-lord they serve. Seek the creatures in the ruins in the far east of Haragmar.' Radagast the Brown: 'These sigils bear the mark of Ivar the Blood-hand. He is a powerful lord of the gaunt-men, and a dangerous and vile creature. It is he who is behind the corruption of the Red Swamp. 'Why would a creature such as Ivar travel so far from Angmar? Power, perhaps. But what drew him here?'