Quest:Old Roots

Old Roots
Level	85
Type	Solo
Starts with	Mossbeard
Starts at	Balewood
Start Region	Wildermore
Ends with	Mossbeard
Ends at	Balewood
End Region	Wildermore
Quest Group	Wildermore: Balewood

Quest Chain

[85] Into Harm's Way [85] Running Towards Nothing [85] Instance: Running Towards Nothing [85] No Way Out [85] The Lost of the Balewood [85] Keeping Back the Cold [85] Snowblind [85] If an Orc Falls in the Forest [85] Freeze or Burn [85] Stumbling in the Dark - Landscape [85] Orcs on Ice - Landscape [85] Right in Two - Smudged Orders of Isengard [85] A Splintered Company [85] Days Long Past [85] Instance: Days Long Past [85] Hiding in the Wilds [85] The Untended Wood [85] A Lost Friend [85] In Núrzum's Wake [85] Wild Growth - Landscape [85] Tangled Underfoot - Landscape [85] Branching Out [85] A Friend of the Woods [85] Life in Darkness [85] Cruel Blades [85] Old Roots [85] Shattered Roots [85] Instance: Shattered Roots [85] Man and Monster [85] Instance: Man and Monster [85] Núrzum's Wrath [85] Instance: Núrzum's Wrath - Session Play [85] An Uphill Battle [85] Breaking the White Hand [85] A Thorn in their Side [85] Out of their Element - Landscape [85] Freezing the Supply Lines - Landscape [85] Forest for the Trees [85] Instance: Forest for the Trees [85] A Moment of Silence [85] Searching for Cyneberg - vector quest back to Category: Wildermore: High Knolls Quests Warbands [85] Warband: Varg [85] Warband: Rottenheart

Walkthrough & Notes

The area is actually called Leaflock's Mead in-game, not "Finglas' Mead" as in the quest dialog. ("Finglas" has the same meaning in Sindarin as "Leaflock") There is no "ice-floe" into Finglas' Mead, but rather "Unnatural Ice" [32.2S, 73.8W], a small batch of blue ice shards, typical of Núrzum, at the base of what could be considered a "dry" waterfall. From the Unnatural Ice, while facing UP to the Fallen Branches: The directions are somewhat confusing -- the BRANCHES are on the right, however, you must LOOK from the LEFT! The quest tracker confusingly points at the Unnatural Ice, which is in the same line, but down lower. From the Unnatural Ice, while facing UP to the Fallen Branches -- go to the LEFT of the Unnatural Ice until you can go up a slope [32.6S, 73.4W](it is a fair distance). Follow that ledge back towards the Unnatural Ice until you get the message: [32.2S, 73.9W] You see what appears to be branches on a ledge across the way Select the Fallen Branches and /Look -- The quest will advance to Objective 4: "Search for some sign of the elder Huorn." After you /look, you can slide down the slope toward the branches back to the Unnatural Ice. If you try to cross to the ledge, as you slide down the slope, you get the message: The branches in the distance fall out of sight Proceed in the opposite direction around the hill to get to the top. At the Slain Huorn (Ice spiked) - [31.3S, 74.0W] - Click on the Ice Spikes. If Mossbeard is not with you, summon him to complete the quest, and receive the next. If you find the Little Bear Ganker [32.1S, 74.6W] -- you went too far towards the edge.

Rewards
36  35   Increased Reputation with People of Wildermore ( 500 ) Legendary Item Experience (9,277) Steed Experience (14,458) 3 Wildermore Coin

Quest Text

Bestowal dialogue 'As we have journeyed, little one, the trees have spoken to me of many things. Hoom. They are not as they once were, <name>. I feel their fear, and as we draw closer to the hill above, I sense that the White Hand's encampment cannot be far. However, should that be true, I am filled with dread. 'An elder Huorn, one of the mightiest of his kind, once lived atop that hill. Either he has gone from this wood, or some terrible fate may have befallen him. The trees do not know of his fate, at least not those we have travelled among, so we must seek to learn what has become of this Huorn. 'Hum. Let us search these woods for any sign of him, and if he cannot be found for better or worse, we must discover where the Orcs are camped.' Background Mossbeard is greatly concerned for an elder Huorn of the Balewood. He wishes to seek it out and discover where the White Hand is making camp. Objective 1 Examine the strange ice-floe into Finglas' mead The ice-floe can be found at the western end of Finglas' mead. Mossbeard has asked you to examine the unnatural ice-floe in Finglas' Mead. What once appeared to be a waterfall has slowed to a jagged, frozen wall Objective 2 Find a higher vantage point near the frozen waterfall in Finglas' mead The branches are above on a raised section of the hill. Perhaps you can look from atop the hill on the left side of the ice-floe. Mossbeard wants you to look at the branches atop the hill to the right of the ice-flow in Finglas' Mead. He fears they may belong to the elder Huorn of which he spoke. You see what appear to be branches on a ledge across the way Objective 3 Look at the fallen branches The branches are above on a raised section of the hill. Perhaps you can look from atop the hill on the left side of the ice-floe. Mossbeard wants you to look at the branches atop the hill to the right of the ice-flow in Finglas' Mead. He fears they may belong to the elder Huorn of which he spoke. The branches appear to actually be the roots of a larger tree discarded from above Objective 4 Search for some sign of the elder Huorn The younger Huorn can be found on the hillside in north-west Balewood Mossbeard wants you to search on the hillside for a sign of the Huorn. He hopes that the elder Huorn has escaped a foul fate. Nothing remains near the elder Huorn's old home, save for a younger, frozen Huorn Objective 5 Talk to Mossbeard Mossbeard is at your side. Your search has come to an end. Mossbeard is deeply saddened by the loss of life in the forest. You should speak to him. Mossbeard 'A Huorn frozen to the earth? 'What other horrors have the Orcs and Núrzum visited upon this forest? 'Wait, little one. With what little life remains, the Huorn is trying to speak to me. Mossbeard creaks with fear as he listens to the Huorn. 'Brúndoron is slain, <name>. We must return to the others at once.... Hum. 'As we travel, I will tell you more of what this Huorn has seen, my friend, but we must make haste to Stonecliff!'