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“When we began excavating the city, I sent Surveyor Orlond to check the stability of the tunnels in Thor Modan. I didn’t see him escape when we withdrew at the beginning of the battle, and I worry he may still be trapped inside the city. If we’re going to get an army through Thor Modan, we’ll need the information he was collecting.
Stoutmantle and his superiors would have my hide if the tunnels collapsed on one of their brigades!”
-Brugar Stoneshear
Locate Surveyor Orlond within Thor Modan.
Quest Giver: Brugar Stoneshear — Westfall Brigade Encampment, Grizzly Hills [59.8, 27.6]
Objective: Locate Surveyor Orlond within Thor Modan.
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Vikstone's War JournalStoneshear’s concern was practical, but the fear beneath it was real.
“When we began excavating, I sent Surveyor Orlond to check the stability of the tunnels. I didn’t see him escape when we withdrew at the beginning of the battle.” He met my eyes. “If we’re going to get an army through Thor Modan, we’ll need the information he was collecting. Stoutmantle would have my hide if the tunnels collapsed on one of his brigades.”
I found Orlond deep in the city’s heart.
The iron dwarves had not killed him. They hadn’t needed to. The tunnels themselves had done that work, a section of ceiling collapsed where he’d been taking measurements. His body lay half-buried, tools still in reach, a surveyor’s dedication visible even in death.
He had been dead for some time.
I searched his pack. His notes were there, intact. Every measurement, every observation, every structural weakness he’d identified before the stone came down. The army would have its route to Icecrown.
I took the notes and left Orlond where he lay. There was no bringing him back, and the iron dwarves would not desecrate what they likely didn’t know existed.
His work survived him. Sometimes that’s all any of us can hope for.
Orlond’s notes survived him, every measurement the army needs written in a dead man’s hand. Whether those tunnels can hold the weight of a brigade marching to Icecrown is the question answered in Steady as a Rock?
