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There’s no sign of the cipher on Zedd. After carefully searching the area you discover some writing in the dirt:
Glor and Dae inside catacombs. Have cipher and tablets.
Perhaps you should head into the catacombs located just north of here and search for Glorenfeld and Daegarn. The bridge crossing the worg pit will lead you right to the tunnel leading down into the catacombs.
Search the Utgarde Catacombs for Glorenfeld.
![Location:
Cross the bridge over the Worg Pit at [57, 53]. Follow the path upward until you reach the Utgarde Catacombs entrance at [56, 49].
Finding the Target:
Once inside the catacombs, descend to the bottom of the entrance ramp. The target is just inside, making this a quick and direct encounter.](https://gamertribute.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/And-Then-There-Were-Two…-Map.png)
Quest Giver: Zedd‘s message in the dirt (auto-accepted from previous quest)
Objective: Search the Utgarde Catacombs for Glorenfeld.
Quick Facts
Walkthrough
From Zedd’s location in the worg pit, cross the bridge overhead at [57, 53]. Follow the path upward until you reach the Utgarde Catacombs entrance at approximately [56, 49]. Head inside and descend the ramp. Glorenfeld is just inside, at the bottom of the entrance. No deep exploration required for this step.
Speak with Glorenfeld to complete the quest and receive the follow-up.
Efficiency Tips
Story Context
The quest description comes from writing found in the dirt near Zedd’s body:
“Glor and Dae inside catacombs. Have cipher and tablets.”
This message, presumably left by Zedd before his capture, confirms two archaeologists remain alive — and that the critical research materials (the cipher and tablets) are still with them.
When you find Glorenfeld, he delivers grim news:
“About bloody time! Pulroy and Zedd are dead. And Daegarn… <Glorenfeld shakes his head.> Taken by the Dragonflayer chieftain into the depths of these catacombs. I overheard that oversized mongrel mention something ’bout a sacrifice to the ‘Dread King.'”
The “Dread King” is King Ymiron, ruler of the vrykul, who resides in Utgarde Pinnacle. The vrykul practice ritual sacrifice, and Daegarn has been marked as an offering.
Glorenfeld also reveals where the cipher is hidden:
“The cipher is hidden away in Daegarn’s grimy beard. What? Dwarves hide things in their beards all the time!”
This charmingly dwarven detail explains why recovering Daegarn, or at least getting to him, is essential to completing the archaeological mission.
Easter Egg: And Then There Were None
The quest title references And Then There Were None (1939) by Agatha Christie, the world’s best-selling mystery novel with over 100 million copies sold. The novel follows ten strangers lured to an isolated island where they’re accused of crimes and murdered one by one according to a nursery rhyme. The book’s distinctive premise, a group being picked off systematically in an isolated location, has become a foundational trope in mystery and horror fiction.
The quest chain mirrors this pattern: McSorf’s four-person archaeological team is being eliminated one by one. First Pulroy (found dead in The Human League), then Zedd (found dead in Zedd’s Probably Dead), leaving only two survivors, hence the title. The chain continues this grim countdown as you discover Daegarn’s fate in later quests.
Additional Reference: This may also reference “And Then There Was Silence,” a song by German power metal band Blind Guardian, which itself references Christie’s novel.
Quest Chain: Explorers’ League Investigation
Explore Howling Fjord’s hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Howling Fjord Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.
You will be able to choose one of these rewards:
You will also receive:
Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
Vikstone's War JournalZedd was dead.
I’d cut him down thinking there was time. His final act was scratching a message in the dirt before the blood loss took him.
“Glor and Dae inside catacombs. Have cipher and tablets.”
Even dying, he thought of the mission, of his companions.
The Utgarde Catacombs opened with stone descending into darkness beneath the vrykul stronghold. The bridge over the worg pit led straight to the entrance, and the beasts below tracked my crossing patiently.
The tunnels were old, older than the vrykul occupation, maybe older than the vrykul themselves. The stonework had angles not quite matching what my eyes expected. My footsteps echoed in ways that suggested large spaces just beyond the walls.
I found Glorenfeld huddled in a side chamber, a dwarf with the look of a man who’d given up on rescue.
“About bloody time!” He scrambled up, relief and grief fighting across his face. “Pulroy and Zedd are dead. And Daegarn…”
He shook his head.
“Taken by the Dragonflayer chieftain into the depths of these catacombs. I overheard that oversized mongrel mention something ’bout a sacrifice to the ‘Dread King.'”
The Dread King.
“The cipher?”
Glorenfeld almost smiled. “Hidden away in Daegarn’s grimy beard. What? Dwarves hide things in their beards all the time!”
One dwarf alive. One taken for sacrifice. And somewhere in the dark below us, a man with a cipher hidden in his beard, waiting for rescue or the knife.
Glorenfeld was alive and no use at all without the tablets, and those were carved into walls the vrykul did not want read, which means going down into The Depths of Depravity.
