I was off to Barad Gularan out in Nan Gurth for another repo job. I have to admit that Barad Gularan is one of the more badass locations in Middle-earth.
It is a set of towers that you have to approach individually via various winding paths and bridges. The trick here is that this area was set up for raid groups. At least I assume it was set up for raid groups, since elite master mobs are wandering around near the base of the whole thing so if you take the wrong path you can end up in a world of hurt. Follow them up the path to the door, behind which is the instance where you get to defeat the champion of each.
Each encounter has its own mechanic, which seems easy enough to figure out. The buff you get makes you more than powerful enough. Outside of the Goblin door there is a quest. Dirdre wants you to release her and escort her to safety.
However, since the first thing she did upon being released was run straight into a mass of goblins, I left her to her fate. Back in Gath Forthnir it was found that the gear needed some sprucing up before we gave it to Golodir, so I was back on my horse to visit various locations in Eriador. It turns out there is no one-stop repair shop for gear, so it was Esteldin for the mail shirt and the shield, then Rivendell to get an elf to work on the sword.
And so we were off into the palace within Carn Dum. Golodir had a warning as we arrived. That and to toss some of his minions at us in every room as we advanced to the main chamber. So it went, quip, kill, quip, kill, until we arrived in the big room. There, in the throne room, before the dais on which sat his throne, we finally got stuck into Mordirith. Again, there is a mechanic to the battle that is pretty simple to figure out once the event is on.
That was enough that I had to get on my bicycle and stay out of range so the solo buff would heal me up some. Mordirith continues to talk and sends visions of Lorniel out to torment Golodir, but it is to no avail. We have his number and soon enough he realizes the jig is up. There was a bit more dialog as Mordirith assured us that he was down but not wholly defeated before he fled.
Then the fight was done and I was wandering around, taking a few screen shots of the throne room and wiping my backside on the tapestries of Angmar. But when I interacted with him, rather than the usual cheers all around, he announced that the east gate of the throne room had opened.
I did a search and found that I have not mentioned Sara Oakheart on the blog. I feel remiss in that, since she is the prime reason to roll up any race besides that of man. In the epic quest prologue out of Bree called The Hideout , she is the target of an escort quest. The mobs arrayed to stop her escape are practically tapping their feet and fidgeting with impatience waiting for her to make her way to them.
She is practically legendary in her slowness and stands as a measure against which all other escort quests measured. Even Dirdre up the page here, she may have headed straight into a mob of goblins, but at least she was quick about it.
She is just a captive of the goblins… seems to like being a captive I guess… and thanks you for releasing her. Then she grabs he stick and goes while you deal with Skorgrim. So color me surprised to have her suddenly show up at the end of the instance. I feel like I must not have been paying attention. And then double down on that surprise when she stuns us then runs… actually gets up and moves in a way one wished for back when doing that damn escort quest… and steals the palantir from the throne room and scampers off.
Did I not mention the palantir? Yeah, Mordirith had one. It was his bat phone to Mordor and he used it to torment Golodir with visions. Ever would really be too soon in my book, but I guess now it will be. But at least Mordirith had been thrown down. That was it for Angmar I suppose. It was certainly the end for the initial set of epic quests. With the end of that I had finished the deed for Volume I of the epic quest line.
At that point I already had the prologue and opening for Volume II in my quest log. That features the fellowship of the ring packing up in Rivendell to head out towards Moria. Setup for the final book. Oversell much? Talk about your daddy issues! In with the red currents! Champion of Eriador. Good luck storming the dark land.
Sara proves she has the moves. Amarthiel revealed. Calling Mordor, come in Mordor…. Just hanging out with the trolls. You and me both Amarthiel. I do not look happy about this either.
Why not just give her a gun? Wait, only half of the ring is here? Legendary quest line time. Yeah, thanks man. Barad Gularan from one side.
Barad Gularan around the other side. Look, are you going to fight us or what? Pretty sweet setup Mordirith had here.
Enter Sara stage right. Several lines are smudged and missing. Turn to the left and walk forward to the wall, and then turn right and follow the curve until you see four pillars through two pillars. Walk between the two and look to the right of the four. I will leave the keys always in the shade. L fears for me, but I will be fine. I am not called Oakheart for naught, and he tells me I guarded N for longer than any other.
I have nothing to fear. The rest of the diary is blank. A journal? Can it be? I do not understand. Amarthiel cannot have But hearken to this: " We are close, I can feel it.
Jun 07 , PM 1. Join Date Feb Posts Sara Oakheart spoiler thread Or not If you're playing through, understand that I may be spoiling some stuff that lies ahead of you. You have been warned. I'm currently searching the Trollshaws for Narchuil and found Sara's old diary and I'm confused. We already found out that Sara is Amarthiel. So, if Sara hid Narchuil, why did Amarthiel need the palantir to try to find it?
If it all gets explained away later, great - I'm cool with finding out down the road. I just want to make sure that I didn't miss or misunderstand something sadly, the real world refuses to allow me to devote my full mental energies to following the story as much as I'm sure my toon does. Reply With Quote. Jun 07 , PM 2. Join Date Jul Posts Re: Sara Oakheart spoiler thread 'splained later, 'nuff said.
Jun 07 , PM 3. Join Date Sep Posts The Sara Oakheart you met was Amarthiel. Jun 07 , PM 4. Re: Sara Oakheart spoiler thread Perfect, thanks!
I was just afraid somebody would point out the cutscene after book 8 where something else happened while my computer lagged or that I have no reading comprehension skills.
Jun 07 , PM 5. Join Date Apr Posts Re: Sara Oakheart spoiler thread. Perfect, thanks! Jun 07 , PM 6. Jun 07 , PM 7. Join Date Jan Posts 4, Re: Sara Oakheart spoiler thread Have to admit, that reveal in game, the first time without spoilers, was pretty good.
She was employed to take care of Narmaleth, and lived in a cabin down the river from Delossad, where Leardan was keeping his daughter. This SA was the one with the keys and the diary. You find the diary in the burned out cabin which leads you to find the keys to Delossad. In the flashback you see Mordirith breaking Narmaleth out assuming the persona Amarthiel.
They plan to kill the real S. You can assume they did in the real SA by burning her cabin down, with her in it. Amarthiel takes the unassuming shape of S.
Now do you feel like a schmuck for saving her all those times? Jun 07 , PM 8.
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