Quest:The Tale of Borin

The Tale of Borin
Level	118
Type	Solo
Starts with	Rúni
Starts at	Skarháld
Start Region	Ered Mithrin
Map Ref	[34.9N, 45.5W]
Quest Group	Dwarf-holds: Ered Mithrin

Quest Chain

[117] Lost Lore of the Dwarf-holds: Ered Mithrin -  Frozen Page - Landscape [118] Lost Lore of the Dwarf-holds: Smaug -  Claw-mark Writing - Landscape [119] Lost Lore of the Dwarf-holds: Thikil-gundu -  Rust-stained Writings - Landscape Erebor [117] Disquiet in the Halls [117] Marks of a Conspiracy [117] A Duty to King and Kin Ironfold [117] Grey Mountain Way-food [117] Pelts to Warm the Way [117] The Well-marked Path [117] In the Way of Dwarves Dôm Goru [117] Bounty: Gristlefell [117] Bounty: Holkorm [117] Bounty: Keenclaw [117] Bounty: Grazadhrú [117] Bounty: Moorstalker [117] Bounty: Blackhorn [118] Scars of Battle [119] Instance: Scars of Battle Skarháld [118] Mountain Hides [118] Panning the Ered Mithrin [118] Preparing an Expedition [118] The Remnants of Grárik [118] Travellers on the Dark Road [118] The Moon-runes of Veluk-zámok [118] The Way to the Glimmerdeep [118] A Change in Plans - vector to Glimmerdeep [118] Across the Chasm [118] Instance: Glimmerdeep -- Solo/Duo [118] The Secrets of Skarháld [118] The Tale of Borin [118] One and the Same [118] Another Way [119] The Perilous Path - vector to Stormwall [119] Etterfang [119] Instance: Caverns of Thrumfall [118] Scouting Skarháld [118] Wizard in the Woods - vector to Thornholt Glimmerdeep [118] Stolen Gems - Landscape [119] The Depth of the Problem [118] Weaken the Supports - Landscape Thornholt [118] Thinning the Thornholt - Landscape [118] Bearing Gifts [118] Protectors of the Hive - Landscape [118] Traces of Poison [118] Cleansing Kêr Bréin - Landscape [118] Pick Your Potion [118] The Bane of Hunulf's Existence [119] For the Love of Honey Cakes [119] A Venomous Strike [119] Instance: A Venomous Strike [119] An Unexpected Story [118] Good Graces - Landscape - repeatable [118] Óins-bane - Landscape [118] Crude Trappings - Landscape [118] Beneath Watchful Eyes Stánbalk [119] The Grey Wrack [119] In the Halls of Thikil-gundu [119] Instance: In the Halls of Thikil-gundu Stormwall [119] Flame in the Mountain - Landscape [119] The Secret of Stormwall - Landscape [119] Instance: The Secret of Stormwall [119] Crafts of Old - Landscape [119] Trusted Tools - Landscape Withered Heath [119] Heath of Cold - Landscape [119] Relics of King Ilkún - Landscape [119] Pillars of Winter - Landscape [119] Breeding Grounds - Landscape Thornholt Note: Available after completing An Unexpected Story [119] Eyes to the West [119] Expect the Unexpected - Landscape [119] Of Unknown Origin - Landscape [119] A Minor Squabble - Landscape [119] A Deadly Threat

Walkthrough & Notes

This is where the battle must have been - The trigger location for Quest: The Tale of Borin is approximately [30.8N, 136.1W], near a small liquid filled depression. This location is also adjacent to a Survey Location for Quest: The Depth of the Problem and the location of the third Moon-rune of Veluk-zámok. Note: You must click on each item or your notebook to take notes for Rúni. The "Fallen Rock" is visible nearby [30.8N, 136.0W] The "Large Scratch" [31.0N, 136.7W] The "Spider Corpse - high-up in the eastern part of the mine, [30.6N, 135.9W] (by a Claw-mark Writing of Smaug)

Rewards
42  95   Increased Reputation with Grey Mountains Expedition ( 500 ) Legendary Item Experience 2 Mark of the Longbeards

Quest Text

Bestowal dialogue 'Here we are, you and I, <name>, among strange mountains and stranger dwarves. Though in truth, we Longbeards have histories with both, but that is a thing of scrolls and more than living memory. Of course, I am a Lore-master and know many tales from scrolls. Would you like to hear such a one?' 'It is known as the Tale of Borin. You see, Durin's Folk have also dwelled here. At the end of this chain of mountains lies Gundabad, where Durin first awoke! But this tale takes place long after that, when our home was Thikil-Gundu and our King was Dáin I. The dragons had gone quiet, and search was made for their whereabouts, for the dwarves distrusted this strange stillness. Thrór, Dáin's eldest son, searched Stormwall but found no dragon. Grór, his second, scoured Winterstith, and too found none. Only Dáin's brother, Borin, had fortune, ill or fair, within the depths of Glimmerdeep, where he came up the fearsome dragon Etterfang - asleep! Wasting not a moment or a breath, he took his great spiked mace and began a furious assualt. Dazed from sleep, the dragon must have thought a host of dwarves assailed her! Gravely wounded, maimed, and bleeding, she threw Borin across the cavern and when he arose, she was gone. Borin returned, having lost his quarry. Whether Etterfang lived or not, stayed or fled, none can say. 'If you should go to the Glimmerdeep mine, <name>, you might look for signs of either dragon or hoard, and take notes in this journal here. How glad I should be to extend the tale!' Background Long ago, the dwarf Borin fought the dragon Etterfang in the Glimmerdeep mine. What became of the dragon remains unknown. Objective 1 Look for signs of Borin's battle with Etterfang You should look for some sign of Borin's battle with Etterfang in the Glimmerdeep mine, west and north of Skarháld. This is where the battle must have been Objective 2 Examine the fallen rock Examine the large scratch Examine the spider corpse Make note of the fallen rock Make note of the large scratch Make note of the charred spider remains The Glimmerdeep mine lies west then north of Skarháld. You should examine and make note of things in the Glimmerdeep that may be connected to the battle between Borin and Etterfang. FALLEN ROCK "An oddly positioned rock with large and deep scratch marks upon it." Though old, this rock was clearly knocked violently to this spot Writing ... You write down your observations LARGE SCRATCH "A set of deep claw marks embedded in stone." This must have been made by a dragon You write down your observations SPIDER CORPSE "The husk of a long dead spider." The ancient spider remains were charred by the flames. You write down your observations  Objective 3 Talk to Rúni You should talk to Rúni back at Skarháld. Rúni says: 'You return! You have taken notes? Good, good. Let me see... Hum! Well then. We might well concluded that the dragon Etterfang fled into the caves and tunnels of burrowing spiders, deep within the mountains.'