'Mithrandir spoke at length to me about the Gúrzyul, but much of what he had to say was speculation. We do not know very much about them.

'They seem to have been Black Númenóreans that swore to serve Sauron during the later years of the Second Age, before the Last Alliance of Elves and Men besieged Barad-dûr. Many were the cruel Men who sought to serve the Dark Lord in those days, but few only won his favour. Mithrandir would not say how he came to know this, but he believes Sauron bled his favourites with the edge of Gulthauk, his prized morgul-knife.

'They need no longer fear the passage of time, for by this act they were made Deathless. They are like to the Nazgûl, but lesser in power, and unlike those wraiths they can be slain. There will be no returning from death for such as they.

'I understand you wish to add to our store of knowledge concerning the Gúrzyul? I will travel with you into Talath Úrui. Let us first find the settlement of Fushaum Bal. Reports indicate it is a lawless settlement on the south-western side of Orodruin.'

Harthalín is outside Fushaum Bal, in Talath Úrui.

Objectives

• Talk to Harthalín

Easterlings can be found around Fushaum Bal, in Talath Úrui.

Objectives

• Defeat Easterlings in Talath Úrui (${CURRENT}/8)

Easterlings can be found around Fushaum Bal, in Talath Úrui.

Objectives

• Defeat Easterlings in Talath Úrui (7/8)

You found a crumpled parchment on the body of an Easterling in Talath Úrui.

Objectives

• You found a crumpled parchment on the body of an Easterling in Talath Úrui.

Nargroth, the Caverns of Fire, can be found on the eastern side of Talath Úrui, beyond the Ghâshghurm.

Objectives

• Find the road that leads to Nargroth, on the eastern side of Talath Úrui

A watching-stone outside the Caverns of Fire has taken an interest in you.

Objectives

• Talk to Watching-stone

The spirit in the stone outside Nargroth showed you the location of a scorched skull within a cell in Naerband. If you understood its wish correctly, it has promised to tell you about the Gúrzyul if you return with the skull.

You witnessed that Naerband consists of three large chambers, connected by hallways and subdivided by walls and iron bars. The skull is on the floor of a cell in the south-western corner of the largest, northernmost chamber. The iron door to the cell was half-open, and you saw flame-spirits floating over the fog-covered floor.

Objectives

• Find the scorched skull in a cell within the prison of Naerband <rgb=#00FF00>using the information in your quest journal</rgb>

A watching-stone outside the Caverns of Fire has taken an interest in you, and awaits delivery of the skull you agreed to bring to it.

Objectives

Harthalín is by the watching-stone outside Nargroth, on the eastern side of Talath Úrui.

Objectives

• Talk to Harthalín