Quest:To Depart in Springtime

To Depart in Springtime
Level	...
Type	Solo
Repeatable	Yes
Starts with	Haerandel
Starts at	Festival Grounds
Start Region	Bree-land
Map Ref	[24.6S, 51.7W]
Ends with	Edlothon
Ends at	Abandoned Elf-camp
End Region	The Shire
Map Ref	[33.5S, 66.1W]
Quest Group	Spring Festival

Walkthrough & Notes

Edlothon and company rest in the (normally) Abandoned Elf-camp at [33.5S, 66.1W] in the Green Hill Country of the Shire There is a time limit of 30 minutes to reach the camp Tip: there is a fast-travel horse from the Festival Grounds to the West Gate of Bree. From there you have two options: you can travel west across the Brandywine River (a "slow" stable horse to Buckland will take you most of the way) or you can take a swift stable horse to Michel Delving and travel east past Tuckborough (might be slightly shorter)

Rewards
Legendary Item Experience

Quest Text

Bestowal Dialogue 'I can hardly believe it, <name>! Can it be true that blooms of the Anarlossë have come to be preserved within the bounds of the Shire? I do not want my brother Edlothon to depart from Middle-earth without knowing if this be so. The thought that he could leave without knowing fills me with regret, and my remaining years will be a sorrow to think he sailed away believing every trace of the Anarlossë had vanished. 'You have the look of a determined <race>, <name>. Can I ask you to hurry after my brother's company, and to bring him word of these sun-flowers? I do not ask you to change his mind, merely to let him know that the flowers we loved in our younger days did not disappear as we believed, but can still be found in the world today. That will be enough for me, and for Edlothon my brother. His party of Elves planned to take the customary route of our people through the country of the green hills. Go to the Shire and look for them in the wooded hills above the road. And hurry! I said farewell to my brother not far from here, but that was yesterday and he will have covered much ground since then!' Background Haerandel has been filled with amazement by your report that flowers bearing a resemblance to the legendary Anarlossë grow in abundance within the bounds of the Shire. NOTE: This quest will be removed from your quest log when the event it is associated with ends. Objective 1 Catch up to Edlothon in the Green Hill Country of the Shire, before his Elf-company departs You must reach Edlothon before the Elves leave Haerandel's brother Edlothon travelled with a company of Elves along their customary route through the Shire on their way to the Grey Havens, and Haerandel believes you will find them in the Green Hill Country, in the woods above the road. He urged you to go with haste before they move on! The Elf-camp is not abandoned... for now Objective 2 Talk to Edlothon in the Green Hill Country Edlothon is in the Green Hill Country, travelling with a group of Elves headed to Mithlond, the Grey Havens, where they will depart Middle-earth and sail into the West. Edlothon: 'Mae govannen, friend. What brings you to us with such haste? Stay a moment and rest, for we will soon move on, but for a time I would welcome the conversation.' You introduce yourself and convey Haerandel's message. 'My brother thinks a hobbit has seen a bloom of the legendary Anarlossë? I find that most difficult to believe! Those flowers began to die at the end of the Second Age and as Arnor declined so too did the Anarlossë. They have not been seen for hundreds of years. Your hobbit friend is mistaken, and my brother is misguided by hope.'