[LOTRO] Dourhands & Evil Fell Magicks

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"It would seem that Gormr and the Dourhands have allied themselves with evil fell spirits of Old, just as Skorgrím himself did long ago. Now Ivar the Bloodhand, a Gaunt-lord, threatens to sway the Dourhands to evil with the terrifying ritual about to take place in Skorgrím's Tomb...."

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"Skorgrím Dourhand is descended from ancient dwarf-lords who ruled one of the great kingdoms of the Blue Mountains, a realm that has long since fallen into ruin. His people became scattered and declined in number, but poverty and dishonour bred within them a great greed and lust for power. When the Elves of Mithlond founded the Refuge of Edhelion, in the Blue Mountains, Skorgrím sought to rob them of their relics and treasures. He rallied the remnants of his people and laid siege to Edhelion. Worse yet, he had paid Goblins and Trolls to assist him...something of which no honourable Dwarf would conceive. His evil ways brought him to ruin, though Edhelion was also lost.

Six hundred years later Ivar the Blood-hand, a Gaunt-lord, a vile necromancer from the First Age, summoned a fell spirit which entered the preserved corpse of Skorgrím and raised it as a wight. The dark realm of Angmar used this creature to turn the Dourhands entirely to evil, leading them to believe that the creature was indeed Skorgrím reborn, to lead them to wealth and glory. Now the Dourhands serve Angmar, under the rule of the creature they know as Skorgrím."

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Skorgrím's Tomb is a dungeon within Thorin's Gate, in Ered Luin.

The Dourhand dwarves hope to restore their long-dead leader, Skorgrím, to life. Alongside Dwalin, you have travelled to the tomb delved by the Dourhands for Skorgrím to put an end to their plans.

The entrance to this quest instance is sealed off and available only during quests, first during the introduction quests for dwarves and elves and later to find Thrór's hammer. Skorgrím's tomb is located in the south-east of Thorin's Gate, having its entrance at the Berghold, nearby Rockbelly Pit.

During the introduction quests this tomb is guarded by Gormr and his party of Dourhands. They have decorated the place in honour of their ancestor, Skorgrím, whose body recently has been moved from its usual place, a mystery which begins to cause disturbance around the Middle-earth.

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