Quest:Chapter 4: The Prisoner of Sammath Baul

Chapter 4: The Prisoner of Sammath Baul
Level	50
Type	Solo only
Starts with	Laerdan's Journal
Starts at	Laerdan's Chamber
Start Region	Rivendell
Map Ref	[29.6S, 3.3W]
Quest Group	Vol. I. Book 14

Quest Chain

Previous: Volume I, Book 13 Volume I, Book 14: The Ring-forges of Eregion [50] Chapter 1: The Long Road South [50] Chapter 1: Many Provisions [50] Chapter 1: The Steed Arel [50] Chapter 1: The Heraldry of Lindon - Solo-only or Fellowship [50] Instance: The Heraldry of Lindon - Solo-only or Fellowship [50] Chapter 2: Laerdan's Trail [50] Chapter 3: Shedding Light [50] Chapter 4: The Prisoner of Sammath Baul - Solo-only [50] Instance: The Prisoner of Sammath Baul - Session Play [50] Chapter 5: Laerdan's Fall [50] Chapter 6: The Fate of Laerdan - Solo-only [50] Instance: The Fate of Laerdan - Session Play [50] Chapter 7: The Ravages of Time [50] Chapter 8: An Elf-friend of Eregion [50] Chapter 9: The Barrows of Haudh Iarchith [50] Chapter 10: Trailing Angmar [50] Chapter 11: The Great Bellows of Mirobel [50] Chapter 12: Skin of Bregmor - Solo-only or Fellowship [50] Instance: Skin of Bregmor - Solo-only or Fellowship [50] Chapter 13: Frustrated Hopes [50] Chapter 14: The Heavy Burden [50] Chapter 15: The Doom of the North - Solo-only or Fellowship [50] Instance: The Doom of the North - Solo-only or Fellowship Next: Volume I, Book 15 Once Chapter 8 and beyond required server-wide acquisition of 70,000 Ring-lore.

Walkthrough & Notes
Reading Laerdan's Journal will open a Session Play window. Enter the Session Play as the Angmarim OR read the Shortened Account nearby. See the walk-through box of Instance: The Prisoner of Sammath Baul

Rewards
24  85   Increased Reputation with Elves of Rivendell ( 300 ) Selectable Rewards:  Belegechor  Elechor

Quest Text

Bestowal dialogue The entry the journal was opened to detailed Laerdan's imprisonment at Sammath Baul and his torture at the hands of Amarthiel and her minions. Background While searching Laerdan's rooms, you discovered his journal, the passage he had read last marked clearly. Objective 1 Read Laerdan's journal further and experience Session: The Prisoner of Sammath Baul or read the shortened account instead. You should read further into the journal... it may provide some clues as to Laerdan's purposes. Shortened Account: While imprisoned within the fortress of Sammath Baul, Laerdan endures tortures of both body and mind. Deception will, as always, prove Amarthiel's closest ally: when she appears to the captive in the guise of his daughter Narmeleth, Laerdan relinquishes his deepest secret: the location of the second half of Narchuil. It remains hidden within Forochel, but if it were to be joined with the other half of the broken ring, it might be reforged. 'I could save you!' Laerdan swears to the villain wearing his daughter's guise, even as Amarthiel leaves the protection of her prisoner to the captain of Sammath Baul and her Bloodletters. Heroes of the Free People arrive to free Laerdan from captivity, though not from the trap in which Amarthiel has ensnared him.... Objective 2 Finish reading the journal While reading Laerdan's journal, you discover that Laerdan believes he saw his daughter Narmeleth there at Sammath Baul. This entry is quite disturbing.... Laerdan's journal: In his journal, Laerdan refers to his "visitation by Narmeleth" as an epiphany. He came to believe that he could free her by giving her Narchuil, the ring of Amarthiel.