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When the rune warrior arrived at the Echo Swamps he met with Reowys directly at the portal. However he revealed that his rune had been stolen by the black mage Whorim of the Grarg. He wanted to warn them but then Whorim found out about him talking and ordered to attack and Reowys had no choice but to obey. He was defeated by Grim, Lena and the rune warrior.

Then the rune warrior activated the dark elves monument to the north and started the combat with the local Grarg fighters. When breaking through to the east, the human fighter Hortar was locked up by the Grarg. In the past Hortar tried to steal Whorim's gold be he was caught and imprisoned by Whorim. He said, that the outer camps were only poorly guarded compared to the main camp. A blockade made by several high level fighters was preventing the easy access to Whorim's camp.

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Hortar's location

However Hortar had the idea to use the huge Crawlers to the northeast. They had been tamed by one of Whorim's subordinates, Camp Commander Svera. She used a flute to control these creatures and also had the key to their cage. Her camp was to the Echo Swamps' west and thus the rune armies of the rune warrior went there and obliterated it. With the key the gate east of Svera's camp could be opened and the rune warrior and his armies then descended into a mud valley with lots of Treewraiths.

These wraiths needed to be defeated because Hortar was deeply frightened of these creatures and he would not set a foot in the swamp unless these creatures were destroyed. Once the wraiths were destroyed, Hortar opened up the gate and headed northeast to the Crawlers' cage.

Giving him the flute and the key there and getting your troops in a safe distance would make Hortar open the gate of the cage. He attempted to send the crawlers towards the orcs but sadly he played the flute wrong and thus was killed. Luckily the crawlers still would run towards the Grarg and break through the guards' lines of defense.

With his rune armies the rune warrior then broke into the Grarg's main camp and destroyed the orc slavers and their buildings and killed Whorim. From his corpse the rune warrior then was able to get the rune of Reowys which gave some progress in the quest The Battle for Mirraw Thur.

Tips and Tricks[]

  • Don't forget to swap your dark elven rune stone from level 1 to 3 before activating the monument. Otherwise you'll make it harder than necessary.
  • You might attempt to break through the Grarg ranks on your own but this would only be possible with heavy casualties so the best way would be to let the Crawlers do it.
  • If the Crawlers are fighting with the last Grarg group run through the area with your hero and get to the south where the crawlers would end up being. There is a chest containing the Runecarved Armor of the equipment set Runemagic.

Bugs[]

Sometimes Hortar doesn't die from the Crawler's attacks. He would just stand there around and would not be interactable at all anymore.

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