Something Wicked

In the deepest regions of Moria, there are strange and frightening creatures. Veúlfur dispatched a host of his finest agents to the Shadowed Refuge to meet up with Elves there to investigate rumours of the deep dark.

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'I have known for some time that there was something truly vile happening at the Foundations of Stone. Before I sent my agents to the Shadowed Refuge, I saw Orcs -- or things that looked like they were once Orcs -- picking through the fungus there. They had these great barrels on their side that they stuffed the fungus into and then mashed to a fine pulp.

'Before I send you off to the Shadowed Refuge, I want you to understand what this means and how vile this truly is. On the outskirts of the shadowy dark, you will find these collectors. Hunt one down and bring its barrel back to me.

'Begin your search south-east of here. When the ground grows moist and the area dark with traces of red emanating from the fungus, you will know you are in the right place.'

Orc fungus-collectors can be found at the Foundations of Stone, south-east of the twenty-first Hall. Veúlfur is at the Twenty-first Hall.

Veúlfur wants you to be prepared for the undertaking he intends for you and asked you to retrieve a barrel from the Orc fungus-collectors as the first step in your preparations.