'Have you read what I have, ${PLAYER}?!

\qDevoured\q? What sort of creatures could have devoured four of the Dwarf-rings? Surely Sauron would have slain them at once for such an offence!'

Spakorth reads over Zôreth's notes again.

'Ah, yes, the key around the King's neck.... Sauron gave King Váskmun the key, and deceived him into believing that the mithril lockbox was all that stood between him and reclaiming Manthríf for his folk. It was likely never within... and who can say where it might be now?

'As Zôreth has written, the Order of the Eye has learned much of the Mordath through their expeditions in the deep dungeons of Barad-dûr. I thought they toiled for the return of the Dark Lord, but this vault she has written of... this is what must have drawn them into Barad-dûr! None but the Gúrzyul—the Deathless—may have ever known of such a vault, and what would be kept guarded and hidden so far beneath the earth?

'A great abyss has sunken into the Mordath to the north of Barad-dûr and the Order thinks it an omen that Sauron's secrets are to be laid bare for the most loyal of his servants. If there remains any chance of finding Manthríf, King Váskmun shall lead the Firehorns into the abyss of Mordath.

'Patrol the mouth of the abyss and see if King Váskmun and the Firehorns have left any sign of their descent. For my part, I shall study more of Zôreth's research—with Gimli's protection, of course!

'Once I have finished, I will send him to meet you at the abyss—and I shall travel far away from this place!'

Gimli is standing near the mouth of the abyss of Mordath.

You searched the mouth of the abyss, finding no sign of King Váskmun Greytooth or the Firehorns, but Gimli has now arrived at the Mordath. You should speak to him, and learn what he and Spakorth discovered.

Objectives

• Talk to Gimli

Gimli is standing near the mouth of the abyss of Mordath.

You have learned that King Greytooth and the Firehorns have descended into the Abyss of Mordath. You should speak to Gimli and pursue them.

Objectives

• Talk to Gimli at the abyss of Mordath

Spakorth can be found at the ruins of Díngarth in Dor Amarth.

You and Gimli have escaped the ruins of Barad-dûr after confronting a glamour, and have returned to the ruins of Díngarth to tell Spakorth of what you discovered. You should speak to Spakorth.

Objectives

• Talk to Spakorth

Gimli can be found at the ruins of Díngarth.

You have returned to the ruins of Díngarth from the dungeons of Barad-dûr after learning that King Váskmun Greytooth and the Firehorns have descended into the Mordath. Spakorth and his folk are free at long last, but the fate of Firehorns is still unwritten. You should speak to Gimli.

Objectives

• Talk to Gimli