Quest: Book 2, Chapter 1: Something Creeps In Tharbad
Your companions have heard Orcs prowling through the ruins of Tharbad, which could mean trouble for the residents of Old Cardolan and Bree-land to the north.
'I will help your friend make sure this camp-site remains unoccupied by those who made it, if you will hunt the Orcs that prowl the city. We will stay here only long enough to dry our clothes and recover from the crossing, and the fewer Orcs between us and the northern road, the better.'1/1
1 KillOrcs in the ruins of Tharbad (x/8)8/8
2 Speak toMeneldir (Show dialog)
'How fared you against the Orcs, Player? Did they bear the insignia we encountered on the Uruks of Swanfleet?'
You tell Meneldir the Orcs that prowl the ruined city do not appear to wear the mark of the White Hand, and to your eye they belong to other Orc-tribes.1/1
3 Speak toEgfrith (Show dialog)
'What do you know of this symbol, this White Hand? Orcs bearing this mark have appeared in Rohan of late, and many are the towns and crofts they have troubled throughout the Riddermark. The king's illness prevents him from properly dealing with these raiders, and every day the kingdom grows more weak, more frail. But who commands this tribe against my people?'
Meneldir gives you a warning look, and you tell Egfrith that Uruks of the White Hand must serve some powerful chieftain of their own kind. She rests a hand against the pommel of her sword.
'Yes, that does seem to be the way of that kind. Still, the Orcs here in Tharbad need not serve beneath the White Hand to endanger my own errand or your own. There are other fires to the west, on the other side of the broken bridge from here, and if you clear away their defenders we will rest more easily and be better prepared to travel safely through the city.'1/1
4 Enter areaScout camp-fires to the west of the broken bridge in Tharbad1/1
5 Enter areaHelp the man engaged in combat with the Orcs to the west1/1
6 Speak toBoromir (Show dialog)
'Hail, friend, if friend you be! I am a long way from my home in the land of Gondor, but if you are an Orc-foe then we share that in common. I deem from your gear that you are a traveller yourself, and no stranger to either hardship or fighting. So it is with me, though I am new to this land.'1/1
Iron Coin of Cardolan (2)
