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LOST LORE

Lost Lore of the Dwarf-holds: Ironfold (Iron Hills)

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5 Marks of the Longbeards

• 10 Rusted pages to find

1- 28.6N, 4.0W (Járnfast northwest)

"The wealth of Khazad-dûm is known

Fair gems and mithril deck its throne

And yet that gold-rich kingdom lacks

The heart of hauberk, sword, and axe

And so we went forth seeking Iron

Iron hard and iron cold"

2- 26.1N, 8.1W (on the road to Járnfast)

"Farin, Blackmattock, fared afar

shining sun and sheen of star

And found what once was merely myth

That red-veined peak, the Rusted Lith

And stayed among the Hills of Iron

Iron hard and iron cold"

3- 29.9N, 12.0W (Hammerstead south)

"His delvings found a wealth of ore

Its worth a hundred hoards and more

A carven keep he wrought to last

Hewn from hillside: stout Járnfast

Blackmattock became Lord of Iron

Iron hard and iron cold"

4- Jarnfast interior ; southern tunnels next to Foreman Brumbur

"For years in Járnfast all was well

But ages end, and times grow fell Black

Thangorodrim fell in thunder

And split the world's stone spine asunder

Shattered was the Hold of Iron

Iron hard and iron cold"

5- 30.7N, 12.3W (Hammerstead entrance)

"Still through long years of dauntless toil

Lord Grár the Grave dug stone and soil

The Fast was mended, whole once more

And grander even than before

And so returned our wealth of Iron

Iron hard and iron cold"

6- 20.4N, 14.5W (on the road east of Skald's Drop)

"Alas, the peril had not passed

Morgoth's moaning host amassed

In cracks and cleavings under hill

Nameless beasts, with yearnings ill

Fell things moved ’neath seams of Iron

Iron hard and iron cold"

7- stuck behind an invisible wall behind Nain's throne

8- 28.8N, 15.6W (on the road to the north-west)

"The cleft collapsed; Grár was no more

His mattock fell upon the floor

Morgoth's monsters shrieked and spit

Imprisoned in the Howling Pit

The horde remains entombed in Iron

Iron hard and iron cold"

9- 21.0N, 15.6W (just out of Skald's Drop)

"Lord Frár took up his liege's maul

He called his council, wise dwarves all

To bid them bar his father's grave

So no fiend could escape the cave

The crack was bound with bonds of Iron

Iron hard and iron cold"

10- Jarnfast interior, 2 levels below Nain's throne

"Above the Pit, three gates of steel

Upon the last, a mithril seal

Graven rune-spells guard that curtain

Break them not, or doom is certain

Thus is writ the Rede of Iron

Iron hard and iron cold"

Lost Lore of the Dwarf-holds: Ered Mithrin

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5 Marks of the Longbeards

• 8 Frozen pages to find

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2- Stanbalk, the Stone Wall (35.7N, 52.7W) on the top of the wall

"In olden days, when all was sundered

Our sires left strongholds wrecked and plundered

And hewed new homes far under stone

To carve a kingdom of their own"

3- On the road to Stormwall (36.8N, 43.7W)"

With iron fists and hammers strong

They ruled a realm of storied song

The glitt'ring mines and glimm'ring hall

Of peerless, proud Thafar-gathol"

4- On the road to Glimmerdeep (38.5N, 47.7W)

"O reaches rich with gem and ore!

Resplendent runes writ on the door!

O kingly crown of ruby wrought!

The forge-fires flaming ever-hot!"

5- Skarháld (36.3N, 46.5W)

"'Beryl, bloodstone, sapphire, sard,

Darkest onyx, diamond hard

Gold and garnet filled their hoards

And shone upon their shimm'ring swords'"

6- Skarháld (35.8N, 46.4W)

"'Yet tales they tell of greater treasure

Matchless wealth past mind and measure

Mighty mithril, blazing bright

That drenched the darkened depths with light'"

7- Thikil-gundu, the Steel Keep (38.1N, 53.9W)

"The harps grow still, the embers dim

Our ballads glad grow black and grim

For in the north and far away

Our days drew short ‘neath Mountains Grey"

8- Òinsbridge (30.6N, 48.9W)

"Now heed and hearken as I speak

Of times that turned from blithe to bleak

Fast and fearful came the fall

Of fair, forlorn Thafar-gathol"

Lost Lore of the Dwarf-holds: Thikil-gundu

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5 Marks of the Longbeards

• 14 Rust-stained writings to find (red pages)

1- The Bitter Scar (33.0N, 39.5W)

"Lord Sauron, what a legacy you have left behind! Your servants quarrel and seek in vain for dominion of Mordor, and the would-be Free Peoples pour through the Morannon to pick at your bones. If not for me, your grip on this realm would have slipped long ago."

2- The (small) Bitter Scar (33.8N, 41.8W)

"It was not your loss of the Ring that unmade you, nor the armies of Men, but your pride and pettiness. Ah, but I sensed that weakness long ago... when you hid in frailty beneath Dol Guldur, desperate to wield the dragons that lingered in this realm."

3- The (medium, northern) Bitter Scar southern entrance (35.5N, 42.0W)

"You spoke of a survivor of the Elder Days, a great Cold-dragon: Hrímil Frost-heart. Terrible in size and might, Hrímil had slain the Longbeards of the Steel Keep and now slumbered atop their hoards. It was she you desired above all."

4 The Grey Whack (37.7N, 53.4W)

"In the halls of the Steel Keep, I learned that Hrímil had remained faithful to your master of old: the Dark Lord, Morgoth. Though you had claimed his title, she thought you a pretender... a failed servant who had imagined for himself some greater purpose."

5- The Grey Whack (37.1N, 54.2W)

"You were still weakened, Lord Sauron, and when your feigned kindness did not avail you, you thought instead to bend Hrímil to your will. How fortunate you were then that Durin would soon slay her brother, Thorog the Mighty, at Helegrod...."

6- Thikil-gundu instance (22.9N, 136.0W[I]) - On the left as the player loads into Thikil-gundu.

"Once again I returned to the halls of the Steel Keep, and once again Hrímil denied you. The loss of Thorog wounded her greatly, but her will remained unbroken. It was then Hrímil swore that she would never serve you, Lord Sauron."

7- Thikil-gundu instance (24.2N, 136.0W) - On the northernmost feast table in the central hall of Thikil-Gundu

"And it was then you learned that Hrímil had devoured the Ring of Power, Tínya, along with the King of the Zhélruka who bore it. Diminished as you were, my lord, I have still not forgotten your fury."

8- Thikil-gundu instance (23.6N, 135.5W) - Against the northern wall in the forgers of Kall-Khebab

"In the depths of Dol Guldur, you essayed to wield your craft-skill anew. You forged a massive chain and etched it with runes of fell magic. For such brazenness, Hrímil would not be your servant... she was to be your prisoner."

9- Thikil-gundu instance (23.4N, 136.0W) - In the centre of Duruz-mazal, the Hall of Faces. On the north ledge above the frozen vault.

"Heedless of all peril, Hrímil had fallen into a deep slumber atop the hoards of the Steel Keep. Bound by your chains, Hrímil rose in sudden agony, shrieking as if she were consumed by unseen flame. Though she had devoured the Ring, Tínya still answered to its true master: Hrímil was yours at last."

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"It would be many years before you shed the guise of the Necromancer, and so I imprisoned Hrímil beneath the razed remains of Barad-dûr to await your return. There, she endured countless tortures, but never did she surrender the Ring."

11- Thikil-gundu instance (24.0N, 135.4W) - In the Library of Thikil Gundu, eastern room (from the south-east corner stairs head north and then find way into room)

"Upon your return to Mordor, Barad-dûr rose anew and the Gaunt-lords crept out of the shadows of the Elder Days. One among them, Drugoth the Black, wielded the powers of necromancy, and it was then you devised your final vengeance against Hrímil Ring-eater."

12- Thikil-gundu instance (23.8N, 136.0W) - In the Feast Hall. On the right as you enter.

"At your bidding, the Gaunt-lords laboured to draw a powerful fell-spirit into this realm. It was to be drawn to Helegrod where rested the remains of Hrímil's brother, Thorog the Mighty. Where Hrímil had resisted, Thorog would now serve in death."

13- Thikil-gundu instance (24.2N, 137.2W) - In the Residential Wing of Thikil-Gundu. Behind Karazgar and next to his boss chest.

"And so Thorog served, if but for a moment, and now the Gaunt-lords are banished and Thorog returned to death. You are defeated, Lord Sauron, and the hated Hrímil flies free... but not for long."

14- Thikil-gundu instance (24.9N, 136.0W) - In the Throne Room of Thikil-Gundu, at the Steel Seat (next to the boss chest).

"You see, my lord, I will succeed where you have failed. I will turn the children of Hrímil against her, and she will serve me alone! Hrímil once said that you were a pretender, Lord Sauron. I think now she was right."

Lost-Lore of the Dwarf-holds: Smaug

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5 Marks of the Longbeards

• 11 Claw-mark Writings to find (purple runes, not pages)

1- Almost immediately after entering the Glimmerdeep, on the right (30.2N, 136.9W)

"The war is lost, Thangorodrim broken, the glorious hosts fled. Sister Etterfang and I are the last of our proud line. But it is not over. Oh, no, for we will bring such terrible vengeance upon them... upon them all!"

2- Stormwall entrance (39.2N, 43.8W)

"We will bide our time high up in these mountains. This is a home for dragons. We will feast and gather treasure and grow strong. We will learn to cover where we are soft. But for now, sleep, and dreams of our revenge."

3- Glimmerdeep instance, straight from the entrance (30.8N, 136.9W)

"Awakened! Disturbed by little pests, scraping in the walls of my mountain. I can smell them, but I do not know the smell. It is not Men, no, nor Elves, nor Orcs..."

4- Glimmerdeep instance, second boss platform (32.1N, 135.9W)

"Dwarves! How busily the noisy little insects carve up my peak, stealing my rightful wealth! They will see how Smaug the Golden welcomes intruders."

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7- Caverns of Thrumfall, Etterfang boss room

"Sister Etterfang is not in her lair. There was a struggle. I see the sheared stone from her thrashing claws, the ground scorched by her breath. The smell of a dwarf! She is still alive, I feel it. I wind find you, sister."

8- Glimmerdeep southeast corner, atop the lacing road (30.5N, 135.9W)

"The Orcs whisper of a great dragon in the Misty Mountains. Perhaps it is Etterfang. I am loath to leave my hoard unguarded, but I must find her. It is good to stretch my wings and soar."

9- Glimmerdeep after the first boss (31.6N, 135.9W)

"There is no sign of Sister Etterfang. Men here worship a dragon they name Draigoch. How amusing. Perhaps I will find my own clan of followers, though I so prefer to toy with them and then eat them."

10- before entering the Glimmerdeep, on the wall on the left (39.2N, 47.5W)

"What disturbs my slumber now? Rumbling. Am I trapped again? Grragh! What is this? The heads of five dragon-whelps, left before my cave... dwarf-axes sunk into them? Now, now at last, they have truly wakened Smaug's wrath!"

11- Stormwall western interior with 2 spider corpses (entrance at 39.3N, 44.3W, up the stairs and on the right)

"Sister missing, dragon-whelps slain... I have known only sorrow in these grey peaks. Let sorrow take wing. I am fury, I am vengeance, I am Smaug the Golden, mighty and merciless. I will roam until I find dwarves - and then let them cower before my wrath!"