Puzzle of the Carvings  

Prerequisite: Thoughts Left Behind
Series Name: Stonecarver's Srash
Leads To: The Carver's Stash
Start Zone: Zelem-melek
Start Area: Zelem-melek
Start Location: The Twenty-first Hall
Start Mob: Mogr
Items Rewarded:Cash Granted: 26s 60c
Exp Granted: 4651
Item Exp Granted: 4682
Quest Level: 55
Min Level: 50
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Bestowal

'Bellows and anvil, friend (your class), this is astonishing! It is the personal record of one Melkólf Stonecarver. He states that he owed his friend Falgeirr, called Twisttongue, a great debt for some sort of personal favour...What, exactly, is not clear, but it seems to have involved the son of one of them.

'Anyhow, it appears that he carved a large number of stone plaques, inscribed with silhouettes of various things, so that his friend Falgeirr could place them throughout Khazad-dum for some purpose of his own. But unbeknownst to Twisttongue, Melkolf put back five plaques for his own use -- the journal says they hold the key to his family's personal treasure! And then...puzzles! Several of them. Pay attention, and I'll read them out to you:

"Dwarf who makes me has no need for me.
Dwarf who buys me has no use for me.
Dwarf who uses me would not want me."

"I have a hundred legs and cannot stand.
I have no head and a long neck.
I cannot see, but I am neat as can be."

"A hundred arms, a thousand fingers,
And no eyes to see where it is I linger."

"With a knife, cut open my head,
Then weep beside me when I am dead."

"I have no eyes, yet once did I see.
I once had thoughts, now I'm empty."

'And then comes this strange little verse:

"Hundred-arms comes before headless long-neck.
Head-cut-open is alone at the end.
Headless long-neck comes after dwarf-and-me and hundred-arms.
No-eyes comes after headless long-neck.
Dwarf-and-me comes after hundred-arms"

'Last but not least, the location of Melkolf's clues! This one is fairly straightforward, thank Durin:

"Above the southern bellowing beards in the Great Hall."

'From here, that's not far -- just head south!

'Now, remember, the puzzle itself is somewhere in the Great Hall of Durin, south of here.'

Background

You found a journal left behind by a stonecarver from a past age. It relates how he repaid a service from his friend Falgeirr by creating many stone plaques, inscribed with various simple images, and decided to keep some for himself, that he might leave clues for his own descendants as to where his family's treasure was hidden.

Objectives

Objective 1

  • Press the first stone
    • The journal that Melkolf Stonecarver left behind contained the following puzzles:

    "Dwarf who makes me has no need for me. Dwarf who buys me has no use for me. Dwarf who uses me would not want me."

    "I have a hundred legs and cannot stand. I have no head and a long neck. I cannot see, but I am neat as can be."

    "A hundred arms, a thousand fingers, And no eyes to see where it is I linger."

    "With a knife, cut open my head, Then weep beside me when I am dead."

    "I have no eyes, yet once did I see. I once had thoughts, now I'm empty."

    Find the carvings in the walls that solve the journal's riddles, and press on the stones in order as dictated by the last riddle:

    "Hundred-arms comes before headless long-neck. Head-cut-open is alone at the end. Headless long-neck comes after dwarf-and-me and hundred-arms. No-eyes comes after headless long-neck. Dwarf-and-me comes after hundred-arms."

    Objective 2
  • Press the second stone
    • The journal that Melkolf Stonecarver left behind contained the following puzzles:

    "Dwarf who makes me has no need for me. Dwarf who buys me has no use for me. Dwarf who uses me would not want me."

    "I have a hundred legs and cannot stand. I have no head and a long neck. I cannot see, but I am neat as can be."

    "A hundred arms, a thousand fingers, And no eyes to see where it is I linger."

    "With a knife, cut open my head, Then weep beside me when I am dead."

    "I have no eyes, yet once did I see. I once had thoughts, now I'm empty."

    Find the carvings in the walls that solve the journal's riddles, and press on the stones in order as dictated by the last riddle:

    "Hundred-arms comes before headless long-neck. Head-cut-open is alone at the end. Headless long-neck comes after dwarf-and-me and hundred-arms. No-eyes comes after headless long-neck. Dwarf-and-me comes after hundred-arms."

    Objective 3
  • Press the third stone
    • The journal that Melkolf Stonecarver left behind contained the following puzzles:

    "Dwarf who makes me has no need for me. Dwarf who buys me has no use for me. Dwarf who uses me would not want me."

    "I have a hundred legs and cannot stand. I have no head and a long neck. I cannot see, but I am neat as can be."

    "A hundred arms, a thousand fingers, And no eyes to see where it is I linger."

    "With a knife, cut open my head, Then weep beside me when I am dead."

    "I have no eyes, yet once did I see. I once had thoughts, now I'm empty."

    Find the carvings in the walls that solve the journal's riddles, and press on the stones in order as dictated by the last riddle:

    "Hundred-arms comes before headless long-neck. Head-cut-open is alone at the end. Headless long-neck comes after dwarf-and-me and hundred-arms. No-eyes comes after headless long-neck. Dwarf-and-me comes after hundred-arms."

    Objective 4
  • Press the fourth stone
    • The journal that Melkolf Stonecarver left behind contained the following puzzles:

    "Dwarf who makes me has no need for me. Dwarf who buys me has no use for me. Dwarf who uses me would not want me."

    "I have a hundred legs and cannot stand. I have no head and a long neck. I cannot see, but I am neat as can be."

    "A hundred arms, a thousand fingers, And no eyes to see where it is I linger."

    "With a knife, cut open my head, Then weep beside me when I am dead."

    "I have no eyes, yet once did I see. I once had thoughts, now I'm empty."

    Find the carvings in the walls that solve the journal's riddles, and press on the stones in order as dictated by the last riddle:

    "Hundred-arms comes before headless long-neck. Head-cut-open is alone at the end. Headless long-neck comes after dwarf-and-me and hundred-arms. No-eyes comes after headless long-neck. Dwarf-and-me comes after hundred-arms."

    Objective 5
  • Press the fifth stone
    • The journal that Melkolf Stonecarver left behind contained the following puzzles:

    "Dwarf who makes me has no need for me. Dwarf who buys me has no use for me. Dwarf who uses me would not want me."

    "I have a hundred legs and cannot stand. I have no head and a long neck. I cannot see, but I am neat as can be."

    "A hundred arms, a thousand fingers, And no eyes to see where it is I linger."

    "With a knife, cut open my head, Then weep beside me when I am dead."

    "I have no eyes, yet once did I see. I once had thoughts, now I'm empty."

    Find the carvings in the walls that solve the journal's riddles, and press on the stones in order as dictated by the last riddle:

    "Hundred-arms comes before headless long-neck. Head-cut-open is alone at the end. Headless long-neck comes after dwarf-and-me and hundred-arms. No-eyes comes after headless long-neck. Dwarf-and-me comes after hundred-arms."

    Objective 6
  • Talk to Mogr at the Twenty-first Hall
    • Mogr is at the Twenty-first Hall, north of the Great Hall of Durin.

    You should return to Mogr with your discovery.

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