| Starting Region: | Archet (prequel) |
| Starting SubZone: | Archet |
| Quest Starter: | Dirk Mudbrick (25.8s, 48.9w) |
| Quest Level: | 3 |
| Involved Zones: | |
| Rewards: | |
| Cash | 90c |
| Experience | 165 |
| Item Rewards: | |
| Selectable Rewards: | |
| Item: Padded VestPadded Vest Type: Light Armour Bind on Aquire Slot: Chest Armour Value: 5 Durability: 35/35 Worth: 53cp Special thanks to Wren for entering this item. Wren has entered 639 LOTRO items. | |
| Item: Leather ShirtLeather Shirt Type: Medium Armour Bind on Aquire Slot: Chest Armour Value: 7 Durability: 65/65 Worth: 58cp Special thanks to Wren for entering this item. Wren has entered 639 LOTRO items. | |
Linked quests in the series:
INSTANCE: A Road through the Dark
INTRO: Amdir's Request
INTRO: Captain Brackenbrook
INTRO: Honing Your Skills
INTRO: Seeing to the Defence
INTRO: The Spies
INTRO: The Captain's Son
INTRO: The Blackwold's Roost
INTRO: The Assault on Archet
INTRO: The Spies
Introduction QuestDirk is concerned about encroaching Blackwolders, and wants you to defeat and search a spy.
STEPS:
1) Dirk wants you to kill a Blackwold spy. They may be found "to the southeast of the sheep-farm, between the farm and Bronwe’s Folly." One was seen at 27s, 48.7w.
2) Loot the "Blackwold Orders" from the body, and bring them to Dirk.
3) Dirk confirms that the orders expose Calder’s treachery, and urges you to bring them to Captain Brackenbrook.
4) Go to Captain Brackenbrock in the Mad Badger Inn in Archet. He now believes you, and has the traitor Calder Cob put in custody.
5) After you speak with him and select "Finish Now", you get your coin reward, XP, and your choice of a Padded Vest or a Leather Shirt, and you may take the quest: INTRO: The Captain’s Son.
Special thanks go out to Wren for providing this quest writeup!
Wren has entered 612 LOTRO quests.

