Quest:Foreword: Barring the Gate

Foreword: Barring the Gate
Level	61
Type	Solo
Starts with	Fuirgam's Aide
Starts at	Echad Sirion
Start Region	Mirkwood
Map Ref	[15.3S, 61.6W]
Quest Group	Vol. II. Book 9
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 Gate Mechanism is in Gostannon at [14.8S, 58.9W]

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

Quest Text

Bestowal dialogue 'We must ensure that the commanders in Dol Guldur cannot get reinforcements into the Mirk-Eaves during our assault upon the fortress. 'Any large number of troops would have to come through the Gostanon, the gate upon the road that leads to the east. The Orcs still control it for now, but I am certain that we will soon capture it as well. 'For the moment, I need you to see that the gate is made useless to them. Try to jam the mechanism by which it is raised and lowered on this side. It will not slow them down for long, but by then our assault will be complete and the Mirk-eaves will be ours.' Background The Gostannon guards the way between the Mirk-eaves and the Dourstocks in the east. It allows the Enemy passage to reiforce their armies in the Mirk-eaves. Objective 1 Jam the gate mechanism The Gostannon lies in the north-west corner of the Mirk-eaves, some distance to the east of Echad Sirion. Fuirgam's Aide has asked you to jam the mechanism of the Gostannon to delay enemy reinforcements from coming out of the east. Fuirgam's Aide: 'My scouts tell me that the roads that lay between here and Dol Guldur are poorly defended. If we can take the fortress and that gate before the day is out, the Enemy will not be able to field forces quickly enough to prevent us from advancing at least as far as the ruins of ost Galadh.' Jammed the gate mechanism Objective 2 Talk to Fuirgam's Aide at Echad Sirion Fuirgam's Aide is at Echad Sirion, west of the Gostannon. You should return to Fuirgam's Aide with your report. Fuirgam's Aide: 'The Gostannon has been jammed? 'That will not slow the Orcs down for long, but it does not have to. Within hours, the Enemy's fortification up there will have fallen, and I will welcome any assault they care to waste against us there.'