Quest:In the Clutches of Despair

In the Clutches of Despair
Level	85
Type	Solo
Starts with	Cyneberg
Starts at	Grimnesberg
Start Region	Wildermore
Map Ref	[31.7S, 62.0W]
Ends with	Cyneberg
Ends at	Grimnesberg
End Region	Wildermore
Map Ref	[31.7S, 62.0W]
Quest Group	Wildermore: High Knolls

Quest Chain

[85] An Uncertain Fate [85] What Waits at Byre Tor [85] Does Anyone Yet Live - Landscape [85] Conquerors From Isengard - Landscape [85] No Proper Grave - Landscape [85] The Snows Come Again [85] Instance: The Snows Come Again [85] Father, Husband, Son [85] Yarrow in the Snow [85] Winter Nights Grow Cold [85] Encroaching Ice [85] Aldstan's Decline [85] Time to Think [85] Isolation Amongst Survivors [85] Instance: Isolation Amongst Survivors [85] A Scattered Herd [85] Digging In [85] Armed for Anything [85] Scattering Westward [85] Hungry for Prey - Landscape [85] Into the Bleak Forest - vector to Wildermore: Balewood Quests [85] Starving in the Snow [85] Spies on the Crest - Landscape After the Balewood Questline: [85] Searching for Cyneberg [85] In the Clutches of Despair [85] Rest for a Weary Shield-maiden - Landscape [85] A Strange Trail [85] A Trail of Vengeance [85] Instance: A Trail of Vengeance - vector to: Category: Wildermore Quests Warbands [85] Warband: Karkas - Landscape Quest [85] Warband: The High Knolls Blizzard

Walkthrough & Notes
The village of Grimnesberg lies in the eastern reaches of the High Knolls, to the north-west of Scylfig [31.7S, 62.0W] A Rohirrim grave yard: [31.4S, 62.1W] Another grave can be found here [31.8S, 61.9W] Gaze from the mountain top here [32.0S, 61.4W]

Rewards
36  35   Increased Reputation with People of Wildermore ( 500 ) Legendary Item Experience (5,602) Steed Experience (24,096) 3 Wildermore Coin

Quest Text

Bestowal dialogue 'I should have done Gárwig's bidding and helped at Byre Tor, but I was blinded by my desire to find Thrymm alive. 'I came here and found... horrible things, and that's when I understood. I understood that Núrzum has won. My family is dead, all of them. Thrymm is dead. The enemy has taken Wildermore, and there is nothing left. 'When I came here, my eyes were opened at last.' Background Cyneberg has moved mountains in Grimnesberg as her grief caught up with her at last. Objective 1 Discover what Cyneberg saw to make her despair (0/3) Cyneberg did a great deal of work in Grimnesberg as her grief overwhelmed her. You should have a look around and see where Cyneberg's mind was while she captured this town. Cyneberg says, "I am so tired of it all!" Cyneberg painstakingly buried the townsfolk and decorated their graves Scylfig, Cyneberg's own ice-encased home from the Writhendowns, can be seen from this peak... Cyneberg painstakingly buried the townsfolk and decorated their graves Objective 2 Tell Cyneberg what you saw Cyneberg can be found in the centre of Grimnesberg. You should speak with Cyneberg. Cyneberg: You gently tell Cyneberg that you saw the brave, heroic work she did when she came to this town, and the view of her fallen home. She looks at you with tear-filled eyes. 'I did what I could for them, but I was too late. Luckily the Orcs were not many, and they were scattered. But my heart broke when I saw Scylfig down below...'