Tharbad
Tharbad | |
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Region: | Cardolan |
Connecting Area(s): |
Sedgemead Wadewater - Swanfleet Western Old South Road - Swanfleet |
Levels: | Mainly 14 - 17 |
Resource tier: | Journeyman |
Tharbad is an area within Cardolan on its south-eastern border with Swanfleet.
This once grand city of Arnor is located at the crossing of the Greyflood river and The Old South Road.
The old city has been in ruins for years, and recently has become home to many orcs. A great bridge once crossed the Gwathló (Greyflood) river here, but it has long since crumbled.
The river can still be forded at certain points though the infestation of orcs may prove enough to dissuade travellers.
NPCs
NPC | Function | Coords |
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Boromir | Quest - Phased | Various |
Cadwallon | Quest - Phased | [55.4S, 39.9W] |
Caron | Quest | [57.6S, 40.2W] |
Egfrith | Quest - Phased | Various |
Meneldir | Quest - Phased | Various |
Woodcutter Huel | Quest | [57.2S, 37.4W] |
Quests
Starting:
- [16] Someone Else's Axe
Epic Quests:
- [17] Book 2, Chapter 1: Something Creeps in Tharbad
- [18] Book 2, Chapter 2: Boromir, Son of Gondor
- [19] Book 2, Chapter 3: A Long Way From Gondor
Involving:
- [15] The Wayward Mayor
- [16] Book 1, Chapter 11: The Crossing at Tharbad
- [20] A Supply for a Supply
- [20] Stonecrop's Supplies
- [20] Wolfscomb's Bow
Mission:
- [...] Mission: Tharbad Tower Courtyard
- [...] Mission: Tharbad Tower Ascent
- [...] Mission: Shadows in the Greyflood
- [...] Mission: Troubled Waters
- [...] Mission: The Accursed Flame
Creatures
The following creatures are found within the area:
Landscape:
- Orc-thief
- Tharbad Attacker
- Tharbad Defiler
- Tharbad Fire-berserker
- Tharbad Orc-leader
- Tharbad Skirmisher
- Tharbad Warrior
Mission:
- The Drowned Prince (Mission)
- Greyflood Apparition
- Greyflood Spirit
- Greyflood Wraith
- Tharbad-archer
- Tharbad-captain
- Tharbad-defiler
- Tharbad-tower Commander
- Tharbad-warrior
Lore
- "Like the ebb and flow of the Gwathló, the fortunes of Tharbad have fallen, risen, and fallen again throughout the centuries. Built long ago by the Númenóreans as a settlement and ford, its bridges, dikes, and dams have been destroyed and rebuilt numerous times.
- Thanks to its position alongside the river and the North-South Road, most trade between the kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor passed through Tharbad. As the burghers of the city grew richer, the Dúnedain undertook to deepen the channel at the ford, allowing for ships of greater draught to pass. The fens and waterways of Swanfleet were dredged and drained, with extensive dikes built to support nearby farmlands.
- Tharbad grew grander and more prosperous through trade with Gondor, the Elves, and the dwarves. But its enemies were many, and the city was often ravaged. Each time it was destroyed, the city clawed its way back. Its leaders repairing, reforging, and renewing the causeway. However, when the Great Plague swept across Cardolan, its rulers could no longer keep up with the needed repairs.
- Tharbad met its final demise slowly, as the elements battered the weakened structures. Finally, after the Fell Winter, a sudden thaw created a rushing wall of water that decimated the last bits of the crossings over the Gwathló and ruined the Great Bridge once and for all.
- Now the ruined city clings to the banks of a river whose hungry currents carry away more and more of its jagged remains every year." — Deed
Maps
Gallery
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Much of the city has been flooded
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One of many orc camps
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The Gwathló River, through Tharbad
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Atop the ruined bridge
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The Keep of Tharbad
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Inside the keep
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Distant view over Tharbad
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Main entry from Cardolan
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Path into the ruins from Swanfleet
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A once grand terrace, now in ruins
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Nature has long since claimed the city
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The approach to a ruined tower in the city
Settlements, Areas and Landmarks of Cardolan
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Areas: | Ruddymore • Sedgemead • South Downs • Southern Andrath • Southern Old Forest • Tharbad • Tyrn Gorthad | |
Settlements: | Gerwyn's Convoy • Herne • Scurloc Farm • Sírlond • Stonecrop Encampment | |
Landmarks: | Amon Firn • Calarphel • Caranost • Dol Ernil • Everstead • Gaervarad • Gond Orchal • Haudh Nírui • Henbran's Cottage • Hove Farm • Nagenstones • Nettinglade • Nímbarth • Rithersfeld • Sarch Vorn • Sarn Ford • Wylvenclove | |
Interiors: | Aberthol's House • Aldyth's House • Auction Hall • Bledri's House • Cedrach's Cottage • Crossway House • Hall of Crafts • Herne Mayor's Office • Hulfryn's House • Rendal's House | |
Dungeons: | Catacombs of Dol Ernil | |
Instances: | Sarch Vorn, the Black Grave |