Instance: Painting the Picture

Gandalf desires to speak to you concerning what he has learned from his study of the Black Book of Mordor.

Gandalf stands within the Halls of Memory woven by the words of Vóin the Zhélruka, long ago.

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Gandalf speaks to you of the Halls of Memory, a representation of the contents of the Black Book of Mordor given shape by his words and those of the dwarf Vóin.

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  • Listen to Gandalf's description of Vóin's account

Vóin wrote of a journey he took to a \qcold, hard land,\q where great evil dwelt. Further information about this journey lies ahead, beyond the unformed passage that joins the several Halls of Memory.

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  • Move through the twisting passage until you reach another of the Halls of Memory

Gandalf has found the place he sought in the Black Book, and is ready to speak to you of Vóin's journey in Mordor.

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Gandalf is speaking to you of Vóin's journey in Mordor, where he apparently obtained the Black Book, but the Wizard remains confused about a number of obscured events in the Zhélruka's account.

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  • Listen to the musings of Gandalf

Something befell Vóin among the rocky crags of Mordor, but his account remains vague, the details obscured.

Gandalf has asked you to consider the cryptic figures he has found in Vóin's account of his journey in Mordor.

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  • Consider the obscured figures in Mordor, as depicted by the Halls of Memory

Gandalf informed you, regretfully, that this branch of his study has come to naught. Instead, the Wizard desires for you to return to the entrance of the Halls of Memory, there to follow a different avenue of inquiry.

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  • Return to the entrance of the Halls of Memory, there to pursue a different avenue of inquiry

Gandalf waits at the entrance to the Halls of Memory, prepared to follow a different avenue of inquiry.

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Vóin wrote of a journey he took in search of Thafar-gathol in the company of King Thráin I, who led the Longbeards prior to the founding of Erebor beneath the Lonely Mountain. Further information about this journey lies ahead, beyond the unformed passage that joins the several Halls of Memory.

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  • Move through the twisting passage until you reach another of the Halls of Memory

Gandalf has found the place he sought in the Black Book, and is ready to speak to you of Vóin's journey in the Grey Mountains.

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Gandalf has told you that despite failing to find Thafar-gathol, Vóin found something of interest in the Grey Mountains, and he has asked you to consider what it might have been.

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  • Consider the obscured figures in the Grey Mountains, as depicted by the Halls of Memory

While adventuring in the Grey Mountains, Vóin encountered an Elf named Magoldir, who claimed to oppose evil in all of its forms. According to the Wizard, the name \qMagoldir\q occurs frequently among the pages of the Black Book of Mordor.

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  • Listen to Gandalf's thoughts concerning Vóin's encounter with Magoldir

Gandalf has told you that the name Magoldir does not appear only within the pages of the Black Book of Mordor, and he desires to tell you what else he knows of the Elf.

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  • Move through the twisting passage and Gandalf will tell you what he knows of Magoldir

Gandalf has told you that the name Magoldir does not appear only within the pages of the Black Book of Mordor, and he desires to tell you what else he knows of the Elf.

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Gandalf's study of the Black Book of Mordor has raised as many questions as it has answered.

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  • Many questions remain

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