Quest:Lost Dog

Lost Dog
Level	31
Type	Solo
Starts with	Ronald Dwale
Starts at	Glass-blowers' Camp
Start Region	Evendim
Map Ref	[21.2S, 64.5W]
Quest Group	Evendim
Quest Chain	Missing the Meeting

Quest Chain
Missing the Meeting [31] Lost Dog [31] Recovering the Lost Leaf [31] Missing the Meeting

Walkthrough & Notes

Walkthrough Travel to the sandy Barandalf, north-east of the camp. There will be many Burrowing Sand-nerbyg there; go to the shores of the Brandywine River and start killing them. The lead dog will be on one of the norbog corpses. Real World Inspiration This quest line pays homage to JRR Tolkien's life and writings through the character of Ronald Dwale, an in-game analogue for Tolkien. This particular quest is a reference to the story, Roverandom, which Tolkien created for his son Michael after Michael lost his favourite toy, a lead dog. Initially submitted for publication in 1936, it was not published until 1998. Roverandom is the story of a little dog named Rover that is magically turned into a toy by a irritable wizard. Rover has many fantastic adventures in search of the wizard who wronged him, and at last wins back his life. Further reading: Roverandom @ Wikipedia.org

Rewards
18  20   Gift Mathom

Quest Text

Bestowal Dialogue 'It must have been the beginning of fall; I was with my son on the banks of the Brandywine, enjoying the sun, a fine meal, and a full pipe, while he sat and played with his favourite toy -- a piece of lead fashioned into a small dog -- by the side of the river. 'My boy was very fond of this toy, but when it came time to leave, it wasn't anywhere to be found. I tried to console him with one of my stories. I created quite a wonderful tale about the toy's whereabouts, but if you are heading that way, perhaps you could search for it? 'The toy has to be somewhere in the Barandalf, the sand marshes north and east of Dwaling. I have heard that strange burrowing creatures have since inhabited the area. There is a good chance one of them could have swallowed it up, thinking it to be food.' Background Ronald Dwale's son lost a small toy dog and is very upset. Objective 1 Find the small lead dog The Barandalf is north and slightly east of Dwaling. Ronald has asked you to search the banks of the Brandywine in the Sand-marshes to find his son's lost toy. He has told you that one of the burrowing insects may have taken it. Objective 2 Talk to Ronald Dwale Ronald Dwale is at Hob Hillbrow's home at the Bullroarer's Sward in Dwaling, south of Barandalf. You should return the toy dog to Ronald Dwale. Ronald: 'You were able to find the toy, <name>? Ah, I see you did. Many thanks to you!'