Quest:Expedition: Bridging the Gap

Expedition: Bridging the Gap
Level	61
Type	Solo
Starts with	Ivorel
Starts at	Echad Sirion
Start Region	Mirkwood
Map Ref	[15.1S, 61.4W]
Quest Group	Mirkwood
Quest Chain	Mirkwood Landing

Quest Chain

Mirkwood Landing - "Foreword:" These Mirkwood Landing quests appear in your Quest log as part of the Epic Quest Line for Volume II, Book 9, labeled "Foreword:" They are required to be completed for access to all other quests in Mirkwood (i.e. the Mirkwood Quest Pack), as well as the Epic quest line in Mirkwood. [61] Book 9, Foreword: The Dark Shore [61] Foreword: Assault the Gates [61] Foreword: Leaderless, They Fall [61] Foreword: Out of Supply [61] Foreword: Barring the Gate [61] Foreword: Engines of War [61] Foreword: Feral Flankers [61] Foreword: Hilltop Assault [61] Instance: Hilltop Assault Solo only Expedition Quests NOTE: These two quest-chains are optional but can only be completed during the "Expedition" -- the Mirkwood Landing Foreword quest-chain. Forerunners [61] Expedition: Disrupting Communication [61] Expedition: Bridging the Gap Aid the Fallen [61] Expedition: Seeing to the Fallen [61] Expedition: Lost in the Fray [61] Expedition: A Daring Rescue Next: Volume II, Book 9

Walkthrough & Notes
The western bridge can be found in the Mirk-eaves at [16.9S, 61.4W] The eastern bridge can be found in the Mirk-eaves at [17.0S, 60.1W]

Rewards
28  70   Increased Reputation with Malledhrim ( 500 ) Legendary Item Experience (5,602) 3 Malledhrim Bronze Feather

Quest Text

Bestowal dialogue 'A fine day for battle, do you not agree, <name>? 'In any case, Fuirgam has tasked me with ensuring that we are not taken unaware from the south. There is a small river there, with a few bridges leading to Orc-encampments on the far side. We cannot spare the forces to assault those fortifications, so we are going to take the bridges instead and prevent them from crossing over. 'I am certain that you can handle a straightforward task such as that, can you not?' Background Two bridges ford the stream south of Echad Sirion. By means of these bridges, Orc-reinforcements may flank the Malledhrim. Objective 1 Capture the western bridge Capture the eastern bridge The two bridges lie to the south of Echad Sirion, along a small tributary to the Anduin. Ivorel has asked you to take the two bridges allowing access to the Mirk-eaves from the south. Ivorel: 'Celeborn has bidden us make haste in our asault, and so we have come lightly prepared. We have no tools of siege with which to reduce Dol Guldur, and Amrúnwen has prepared supplies for little more than two weeks' efforst. 'It seems that our assault is not meant to destroy Dol Guldur at all...so why assault the fortress at all?' The bridge has already been destroyed The bridge has already been destroyed Objective 2 Talk to Ivorel at Echad Sirion Ivorel is at Echad Sirion, on the eastern banks of the Anduin. You should inform Ivorel that both bridges were already destroyed. Ivorel: 'The bridges were already down by the time you arrived? 'Typical Orc-cowardice. They cut them at the first sign of danger and saved us the trouble of even worrying about them for the moment.'