Quest:From the Ashes

From the Ashes
Level	120
Type	Solo
Starts with	Madelgard
Starts at	Hultvís
Start Region	Vales of Anduin
Map Ref	[4.9N, 54.7W]
Quest Group	Vales of Anduin: Woodsedge

Quest Chain

Vales of Anduin: Woodsedge At Woods' Edge [120] At Woods' Edge - vector to Hultvís [120] Beneath the Eaves [120] A Hunger for Vengeance [120] Trouble in the Narrows [120] A Demon of the Mind [120] Skulking the Wood [120] Old and Mad [120] Spirits of the Taken [120] The Snatcher [120] Instance: The Snatcher [120] Gone from the Vales [120] Nightmare's End Fil Sulmog - unlocked on completing 'Beneath the Eaves' [120] Raiders in the Hills [120] Starving the Shapag-hai Tríubad - unlocked on accepting 'Trouble in the Narrows' [120] Blight of the Thyrsir [120] Devilry in the Woods [120] Kindling to Wildfire Hultvís - unlocked on completing 'Trouble in the Narrows' [120] Anduin's Bounty [120] Blood of the North-men [120] From the Ashes [120] Stores for Hultvís Fara - unlocked on completing 'Skulking the Wood' [120] The Undying Beast

Walkthrough & Notes
(walkthrough and notes pending)

Rewards
43  35   Increased Reputation with Wilderfolk ( 500 ) Legendary Item Experience 3 Gúlmarks

Quest Text

Bestowal Dialogue 'Are you the one called <name>? 'I have heard tales of your adventures in the vales, but tell me, have you passed near to Málvang yet? 'Until recent days it was a farmers' village, but the Orcs came upon it in the night and set it aflame in some cruel sort of amusement as they travelled north on the road to Hultvís. My family was fortunate enough to survive, but others... were lost in the fires. Ríkmar told me the few remains of our kinsfolk that were found in Málvang had been given to their families for burial, but all else was lost. 'I have no reason to doubt the words of my chieftain, but I do not wish to believe it so! Couldn't some memory still linger in the ruins? 'Would you travel to the ruins of Málvang, <name>? Search for anything that remains intact that I might return it to its keeper or honour its memory myself!' Background In the final days of the War, the village of Málvang was raided and burned by the Orcs of the Misty Mountains. Objective 1 Search the burned dwellings at Málvang (0/3) Málvang can be found along the road to Laerlad, far to the south of Hultvís. Desperate to uncover anything that may have survived the War, Madelgard has asked you to search the ruined village of Málvang. Objective 2 Search the burned dwellings at Málvang (0/3) You should investigate the burned dwellings. A small, singed strongbox lies in the corner of this burned dwelling... The old lock has been broken apart and the strongbox's contents have been plundered... The blackened, brittle timbers of this dwelling creak in the breeze, but it is empty... Brushwood has begun to overtake the charred remains of this dwelling, leaving little else behind... A number of fresh footprints have been left in the burned dwellings... Objective 3 Examine the footprints in the burned dwellings at Málvang Footprints can be found in each of the burned dwellings at Málvang. You have discovered a number of fresh footprints in the burned dwellings at Málvang. You should examine them more closely before returning to Hultvís. These small, uneven footprints are unlike those of the Woodmen or Beornings... Objective 4 Talk to Madelgard Madelgard can be found in Hultvís. You have not found anything that survived the War except for a singed, plundered strongbox and curiously small footprints. You should return to Madelgard and tell her what you have discovered. Madelgard: 'Did you find anything, <name>?' You tell Madelgard that you found the remains of a strongbox, but that its contents had been plundered. You also mention the curious tracks you discovered in Málvang. 'Alas I suppose it was a fool's hope to think mere trinkets would survive the burning of Málvang. Although your search did not prove fruitful, you have my thanks. I am curious, though. Who or what do you think left those little tracks?' You suggest that small goblins or a hobbit could have made tracks of that size. Beornings 'A hobbit? Radagast has spoken that name, but they seem to me like the hól-budlan of old. Do you trust the words of the wizard, <name>? You remember the tales of the hól-budlan or the hole-builders, do you not? Were not the skin-changers friend to them? You know as well as I that not even one of the hól-budlan has been sighted for many years. They are gone! They will not return! Other races: 'A hobbit? One alike in stature to the hól-budlan? Our tale speak of a time when a great number of the hól-budlan, or hole-builders, dwelt in tunnels carved into the foothills around the Gladden Field. But that was a long time ago! Not even one of the hól-budlan has been sighted for many years, and it is thought among my people that they have left the vales never to return. 'Even if they had, who would believe me? Madelgard Twice-fool, they call me! You are kind to indulge such questions, <name>, but do not let me keep you from your adventures.'