Quest:Lost Lore of the Vales: Old Mad Ubb

Lost Lore of the Vales: Old Mad Ubb
Level	120
Type	Solo
Starts with	Birch-bark Page
Starts at	Vales of Anduin
Ends with	Auto-complete
Quest Group	Vales of Anduin

Walkthrough & Notes

Page 1 at [0.7N, 60.6W] (west of Sharkey's Slough) 'Now hear the lay of Old Mad Ubb Drowned his brother in the washing-tub Sunk his bones in the boggy pools Stole his silver, gold and jewels' Page 2 inside the Warrens of Tûn Melen, northern room (entrance at [1.7S, 60.5W]) 'Caught a-thieving by his kin Cried cravenly to keep his skin Squawk and simper, squeal and sob, He fled a-howling from the mob' Page 3 at [12.0N, 63.4W] (Goblin-gate) 'They drove him deep into the bog Now he feasts on toad and frog Wriggling maggot, worm and grub: What a feast for Old Mad Ubb!' Page 4 inside the Sorrow-well (entrance at [7.0N, 55.9W]) 'For titbits tender still he yearns, With eyes that flare among the ferns: For foal and filly, kid and neat, And most of all, for children sweet.' Page 5 at [8.0N, 56.7W] (The Old Ford) 'In blackest shadows, his eyes burn Rav’ning hungry to return Lurking among ling and shrub: Weeping, creeping Old Mad Ubb.' Page 6 at [1.4S, 55.5W] (Blómgard, just north of the stable-master) 'When cold wind wails and fir-tree creaks, Through the gloom of night he sneaks. O’er wooden wall and rooftops thatched, Unlocked window, gate unlatched.' Page 7 at [4.8N, 54.6W] (Hultvís, south of the vendors) 'Old Mad Ubb, so quick and deft, Snatches, catches, leaves bereft The mothers of the babes he claims And leaves them crying out their names.' Page 8 at [4.8N, 54.1W] (back of Hultvís, on the path to Ríkmar's house) 'So bolt your doors, make fast the shutters, And listen for his moans and mutters. Then light your lantern, torch, or lamp, To drive him back to dark and damp.' Page 9 inside Avabárg, hall off the eastern room (entrance at [5.3N, 57.1W]) 'Somewhere yet he lurks and lingers, Scrabbling with his scabby fingers. ‘Neath forest dark or dusky hill Old Mad Ubb, he hungers still.' Page 10 just inside the excavation at Tûn Melen (entrance at [1.1S, 61.1W]) 'Keep close your sons and daughters dear Mind the moors and marshes drear For when the night grows black and cold Comes crawling Ubb the Mad and Old.'

Rewards
43  35   Increased Reputation with Wilderfolk ( 900 ) Legendary Item Experience 5 Gúlmarks  Copy of Lost Lore: Old Mad Ubb  Lost Lore: Old Mad Ubb (Male Reader)  Lost Lore: Old Mad Ubb (Female Reader)

Quest Text

Bestowal Dialogue You have found a verse of what appears to be a Woodfolk song, perhaps written down by a scholar passing through the Vales. You might be able to complete the song if you find all of the missing verses. Background Verses of a song can be found scattered around the Vales of Anduin. Perhaps you can complete it if you find them all. Objective 1 Collect Page 1 Collect Page 2 Collect Page 3 Collect Page 4 Collect Page 5 Collect Page 6 Collect Page 7 Collect Page 8 Collect Page 9 Collect Page 10 Birch-bark pages can be found scattered throughout the Vales of Anduin. You should collect the pages to complete the song. Collected the Birch-bark Page Objective 2 Completed Completed. Remote Quest Advance: After a fair amount of searching, you have completed the song. This seems to be a song the Woodfolk sing to their children to warn them away from the marshes. The song itself is quite old, and has been passed down verbally for many generations. Could it be that Old Mad Ubb was based on a real person, perhaps 'Úbil the Snatcher,' a figure of whom the Woodfolk still speak? The unpleasantness of which Old Mad Ubb is accused in the doggerel strikes you as familiar, somehow.