Quest:The Creeping Shadow

The Creeping Shadow
Level	38
Type	Solo
Starts with	Landscape
Starts at	Tâl Bruinen
Start Region	Trollshaws
Map Ref	[37.3S, 14.8W]
Ends with	Afanen
Ends at	Garbert's Cottage
End Region	Trollshaws
Map Ref	[38.3S, 14.5W]
Quest Group	Trollshaws
Quest Chain	The Creeping Shadow

Quest Chain
Prerequisite: completed the quest "A Road Seldom Travelled" The Creeping Shadow [38] The White Hart [38] What Beast? [38] The Creeping Shadow [38] Quick Preparations [38] A Trap for the Creature - Solo-only [38] Instance: A Trap for the Creature - Solo-only The quest "A Trap for the Creature" is prerequisite for "Bert, Tom, and Bill"

Walkthrough & Notes
"Something gnawed on these bones before discarding them." Chewed Fishbones can be found along the banks of the Bruinen river. [37.5S, 14.6W] [37.8S, 14.3W]

Rewards
20  65   Increased Reputation with Men of Bree ( 500 ) 3 Distilled Healing Draught 3 Distilled Lhinestad Draught

Quest Text

Bestowal dialogue There may be signs of the creature's passage upon the eastern shore. You should continue searching for signs of the creature. Background You followed the creature's trail to the river. Maybe signs of its passage can be found on the eastern shore. Objective 1 Continue searching for signs of the creature There may be signs of the creature's passage upon the eastern shore. You should continue searching for signs of the creature. There may be signs of the creature's passage upon the eastern shore. You should continue searching for signs of the creature Something has gnawed all the meat from these fish-bones Objective 2 Search the cottage on the western shore for sign of the creature The cottage is on the western shore of the river. You have found barren fishbones. The creature must surely be lurking nearby, so perhaps it has wandered into the cottage on the western shore. The cottage's inhabitants appear to be unharmed but should be warned of danger Objective 3 Warn the inhabitants of the cottage of the danger lurking near You have come across a small cottage in the south of Tâl Bruinen. You should warn the inhabitants of the cottage of the danger that may be lurking near. Afanen: 'You have come late to warn us, for the danger is known to us already. 'Last night, just after dark, we had snuffed out the candles, locked the door, and were just getting into bed, when I thought I heard something moving around little Whelan's room. Whelan is just a babe, so you can understand my worry; I thought a bird might have flown into his room through the window, which we always leave open a crack to the breeze can come in, and I did not want him to be frightened. But when I went into his room to check on him, I saw that it was not a bird at all, but a monster: a terrible, creeping thing hunched over on bony legs! It was moving towards Whelan's cradle and making a terrible noise in its throat. 'Its intent was clear -- it meant to harm my child! I let forth a cry such as you have never heard and leapt towards it; I do not know what I thought to do, but the thing sprang out of the window through which it had crawled, vanishing into the night.' The quest completes at this point and Quick Preparations is opened