Quest:Book 2, Chapter 1: Rise of the Orcs

Book 2, Chapter 1: Rise of the Orcs
Level	22
Type	Solo
Starts with	Candaith
Starts at	Candaith's Encampment
Start Region	Lone-lands
Map Ref	[30.1S, 37.9W]
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 Orcs to kill are just southwest of Candaith's camp at Glumhallow [30.1S, 38.6W]

Rewards
7

Quest Text

Bestowal Dialogue 'Saeradan's word comes late to the Lone-lands. If Radagast the Brown passed into these lands then perhaps hope is not lost in this place. I have returned only recently from a journey in lands far to the east, lands held firmly in the grip of evil. When I returned from that journey, I learned to my dismay that evil does not stir in the East alone. 'Goblins now roam to the south, while their larger and more ferocious cousins among the Orcs spread through the Weather Hills like a festering plague. 'I must find the main body of the Orcs. If you will assist me in driving back the Enemy in these hills, I will begin the search for Radagast the Brown. What say you?' Background Candaith, the Ranger who watches the Great East Road as it passes through the Lone-lands, has learned of an Orkish presence in the Weather Hills. Objective 1 Defeat melee White Hand Orcs (0/8) Defeat ranged White Hand Orcs (0/6) White Hand Orcs infest the Weather Hills, west of Candaith's camp. The Ranger Candaith offered you assistance in finding Radagast the Brown in exchange for aid against the Orcs in the Weather Hills. Candaith: 'Search for Orcs among the Weather Hills, west of my camp, and thin their ranks. I will begin my efforts to find and track Radagast the Brown.' Objective 2 Talk to Candaith at his camp Candaith is at his camp near the foot of Weathertop, among the Weather Hills. While you were fighting the Orcs, Candaith began his search for Radagast the Brown. Candaith: 'I thank you, <name>, but my thanks are tempered with concern; I have never seen a force of Orcs like this in Eriador before today: organized and well-provisioned. They hold an encampment in an outlet within Midgewater Pass and bear a strange charge on their banners and shields...one that I have not seen before. 'Their numbers at this camp are great but the day may come when we can drive them howling from the Lone-lands. Not today, I fear, but perhaps not far off. There is another matter that demands our attention, an urgent matter; we will see to the destruction of their camp in the Midgewater Pass later.'