Save a dwarf from some orcs.
A dwarven axe belt.
Fight your way into the cave, kill the orcs, rescue the hidden dwarf
The belt is a sheath capable of carrying 2 axes instead of the normal 1.
Kill the An orc lookout guards the entrance here first.
kill orc
Once the orc is dead, head further into the cave.
do cave,2se,ask scarred orc about dwarf
If he says Scarred guard says in Westron: I'm too depressed to talk about it. Ask my brother. then you need to ask the other orc.
ask pockmarked guard about dwarf
He should say Pockmarked guard says in Westron: The dwarves? They're in the passage behind that stone. We could not move it and free the passage, they blocked it from the other side. But when reinforcements get here, it will all be over..
Now you should kill them.
do kill orc 1,kill orc 2
The 2 orcs here A scarred orc guard leans against a wall and A pockmarked orc guard sits on the ground, protect each other, if you do not attack both orcs at the same time, you will be backstabbed by the one you did not attack, so it's worth starting both. When one orc falls bleeding the other will bandage him, if you manage to kill one orc, the other will become enraged and start dealing more damage. You need to ask the orc about the dwarf or you will be unable to continue the quest. Once the orcs are dead, we need to locate the dwarf, you will need to be able to speak some Khuzdul in order to understand him.
do look stone,push stone,listen to stone
Listen to what the dwarf is saying, he will try various ways of getting you to contact him. Wait until he says the following.A voice whispers: Knock on the stone <number> times, O stranger The whisper fades away, and it is as if you never heard it.. Then we need to knock the right number of times.
knock <number> times
Wait until the dwarf moves You hear a sound of a heavy body moving across a floor..
do push stone,squeeze through crack
The dwarf will request some food and drink Dwarf says in Westron: I am deeply wounded, dying. I cannot be saved, but if I had some provisions, I would try to get to Erebor before my death, to see my family and my kin again, to say my goodbyes. Please, if you are able to, get me something to eat and drink. You will have my undying gratitude.. Now, you have 2 options. You can either get some food or drink (any food or drink will do) and give it to the dwarf.
do give <food> to dwarf,give <drink> to dwarf
The dwarf will thank you and drop his belt on the ground before leaving.
If you do not want to collect any food and drink, you can kill the dwarf, this is an easy fight (as he is near death), however as he dies he will throw his belt into the mine shaft. In order to retrieve it you will need a large amount of endurance.
do climb down shaft,get belt
Rest up and climb back out of the shaft.
climb up shaft
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