Quest:Chapter 4: Helm's Dike

Chapter 4: Helm's Dike
Level	95
Type	Solo
Starts with	Gamling
Starts at	Helm's Deep
Start Region	EB-Helm's Deep
Map Ref	[68.9N, 47.5W]
Ends with	Aragorn
Ends at	Deeping Wall
End Region	EB-Helm's Deep
Map Ref	[68.9N, 46.4W]
Quest Group	Vol. III. Book 13

Walkthrough & Notes

Gamling is next to Gléowine on the ground almost directly below Aragorn's position To reach the Deeping Wall, climb the eastern staircase with double doors at the top,[68.6N, 46.9W] then pass through a room and another pair of double doors. Thenca stands next to Gamling after you progress to 'Helm's Deep, After Midnight' Interacting with the map table near Gléowine will allow time to pass. Action will resume after midnight when the battle is joined.

Rewards
61  6   Legendary Item Experience 2 Westemnet Iron Coins  Tracery, Lvl 86 Rare

Quest Text

Bestowal dialogue 'I am no fool. Even if Saruman's forces were a quarter of the size the scouts say they are, I know we cannot hold the Dike indefinitely. But we will make them fight for it, will we not? Aye, we will! Come with me and let us stand against the vanguard!' There are two ways to participate in the defence of Helm's Dike. You can speak to Thenca for the Storied Tale, a story-focused experience. Or you can use the Epic Battles Panel for a more gameplay-intensive experience. To participate in the defence of Helm's Dike, open the Epic Battles Panel and select 'Helm's Dike' from the menu. After you successfully complete the defence, you will be returned to the location from which you entered it. Background Helm's Dike is under attack, and Gamling seeks your help in defending it from Saruman's forces. Objective 1 Talk to Thenca and complete 'Storied Tale: Helm's Dike' OR complete 'Helm's Dike' from the Epic Battles Panel Gamling has asked for your help defending Helm's Dike. There are two ways to participate in the defence of Helm's Dike. You can speak to Thenca for the Storied Tale, a story-focused experience. Or you can use the Epic Battles Panel for a more gameplay-intensive experience. To participate in the defence of Helm's Dike, open the Epic Battles Panel and select 'Helm's Dike' from the menu. After you successfully complete the defence, you will be returned to the location from which you entered it. Thenca: 'Let us hurry to Helm's Dike! If we have victory there, perhaps we can slow or stop the advance of the Orcs!' Objective 2 Talk to Gamling by the pile of straw near the western wall It is after midnight at Helm's Deep. Gamling is by the pile of straw on the lower level of the fortress, by the western wall. Gamling: 'You fought well, my new friend, and claimed the lives of many foes! The Dike is filled with the bodies of Orcs, but still others come, clambering onto the bank. We slowed them. That is what we sought to do. It was foolhardy to expect to do more. Take the eastern stairs and climb onto the Deeping Wall, <name>. Your friends will be in the thick of the fighting before long, and they will want you by their side!' Objective 3 Talk to Gimli on the Deeping Wall Talk to Legolas on the Deeping Wall It is after midnight at Helm's Deep. Gimli and Legolas are on the Deeping Wall. Gamling told you to take the eastern stairs up onto the wall in order to reach them. Gamling: 'Your friends wait for you on the Deeping Wall. Go to them while there is still time! They may have need of you!' Gimli: 'It has begun, friend! Now is the time for battle! The Orcs fill the gorge before the wall. Just look at them down there! I have never seen so many of the foul creatures in one place. There are Dunlending wild-men down there too. Every now and then I can hear one of their war-cries over the rest of the tumult. 'We must stand and fight!' Legolas: 'The time passed slowly here atop the wall when the noise from the Dike reached us. I saw the Orc torches go out when they sought to pass the breach, and then scatter when they met resistance. You fought at the Dike? That was well-done, <name>! It was a mere taste of what is to come on this night, but you and the men did what needed to be done: you taught our foes that we will not give them one foot more without battle. 'Now the battle is before the Deeping Wall, and it is a time for arrows and for stones! Gimli's axe thirsts for Orc-necks, but it will not thirst long!' Objective 4 Talk to Aragorn on the Deeping Wall It is after midnight at Helm's Deep. Aragorn wishes to speak with you atop the Deeping Wall. Gimli: 'Look at them down there! Ha! Come up here, you cowards!' Legolas: 'Our foes are numerous, and now they are here. The next few hours will be trying indeed.' Aragorn: 'We may have a problem, my friend.'