Quest:Vessel of Purity

Vessel of Purity
Level	31
Type	Fellowship
Starts with	Dannasen
Starts at	Barad Dhorn
Start Region	Lone-lands
Map Ref	[29.7S, 27.4W]
Quest Group	Garth Agarwen
Quest Chain	History of the Red-maid

Quest Chain

Prerequisites: completed the epic quest "Volume I, Book 2, Chapter 15: The Red-pass"

History of the Red-maid

[31] Vessel of Purity - Fellowship
[32] For the Love of Nature - Fellowship
[35] Reclaim the Lost Maiden - Fellowship

Walkthrough & Notes

The urn is at the top of several tiers of stairs, guarded by Reykur (Lone-lands), a Signature elite. It can only be taken by one person at a time, and requires the fellowship to wait around for it to respawn. ^{[29.6S, 29.5W]}
The altar is outside of Garth Agarwen but inside the gates held by the Créoths, almost straight south of the Outer Gates where the camp site fire is. The altar does not flash like normal quest targets, it is a large, square stone block in a pool of red water, surrounded by dark-waters. Coming near it the objective changes to "fill the urn". Click on the icon in the quest tracker. ^{[29.7S, 25.5W]}

Rewards

29 12
Increased Reputation with The Eglain ( 900 )
Dannasen's Knife

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Quest Text

Bestowal dialogue

'Perhaps thou hast heard whispers of the Red-maid? She was once an innocent creature, but was twisted long ago by the war which raged between Angmar and the North Kingdom. Now the very land has fallen to the Red-maid's pain. To heal that pain, we must first bring innocence and beauty to her sanctum.

'Before her fall, the Red-maid would use an urn to calm the water. The urn is in the west guarded by Ivar's minions.

'Retrieve the urn, then travel to the south-eastern most part of Agamaur. There, seek out a natural altar...thou wilt know it when thou hast seen it, for the wretched darkwater will guard it in force. Fill the urn with water from that place and return to me.'

Background

Dannasen sent you to the west to collect an urn that the Red-maid used to calm the water before her fall. He directed you to make your way to the eastern side of Agamaur and locate an altar, natural in appearance and guarded by darkwater, and fill the urn with water from near the altar then return to him.

Objective 1

Collect the Urn of Agamaur

The urn is in the south-western part of Agamaur.

The shade Dannasen has asked you to recover the Red-maid's urn, fill it with water from an ancient, natural altar, and bring it back to him.

Dannasen: 'First thou must retrieve the Red-maid's urn. Then travel to the south-easternmost part of Agamaur. There seek out a natural alter...thou wilt know it when thou hast seen it, for the wretched darkwater will guard it in force. Fill the urn with water from that place and return to me.'

Defeated Reykur

Collected the Urn of Agamaur

Objective 2

Find the Red-maid's altar

The altar is in the south-eastern part of Agamaur.

Fill the urn you collected with water from the area surrounding a natural altar guarded by darkwater.

You have found the Red-maid's altar

Fill the Urn of Agamaur

Filled the Urn of Agamaur

Objective 3

Speak with Dannasen

Dannasen is at the Eglain camp, north-west of the Red-maid's altar.

Now that you have filled the urn with water from the area surrounding the altar, you should return to Dannasen.

Dannasen: 'At the altar in the east, the Red-maid came forth from the water when the wars encroached upon her spring, and she made herself known unto the Men of Rhudaur, but they did not heed her pleas.

'Her visage was not then as it is now, for the corruption of war had not tainted her spirit then. Ever we fought and ever did the blood of Rhudaur and Arthedain pour into the land. The spring of the maiden became filth, and over time, the maiden herself became diseased by the blood which drowned her home.

'She arose as a terrible creature and slew any who beheld her, satisfying her new hunger. It was then that Iarwain Ben-adar charged us with our great task...only we failed. And now, Ivar Blood-hand has gained power over the Red-maid, though I think he does not understand the danger to himself.'