Secret Buried in the Swamp

The person we sent to investigate the ancient monument is missing. Can you help us find him?

Yes.

The Swamp of Screams is very dangerous. This is too difficult a mission for you.

(This quest may only be undertaken by a character of level 66 and above.)

Rangers reported that Krorin went missing somewhere in the Swamp of Screams. Look for him there. If he is dead, find his diary. It might hold a clue about the ancient monuments hidden there.

The swamp is a dangerous place, but i'm sure you can handle it. Good luck!

Rangers reported that Krorin went missing somewhere in the Swamp of Screams. Look for him there. If he is dead find his diary. It might hold a clue about the ancient monuments hidden there.

The swamp is a dangerous place, but i'm sure you can handle it. Good luck!

He was a good guild member, he will be missed. Captain Pierce thinks this could be why the Golden Ram are here. Would you complete his research so his death is not in vain?

"I'll help."

Krorin's diary tells of four ancient monuments scattered in the swamp.

Priests of the Elmoreden Empire used them for astronomical observation.

He must have found the first monument! I'll mark it on your Map. Deciphering the ancient hieroglyphs on it will lead you to the next one.

It would look very bad if you went missing too, so be careful. Watch for the Stakatos!

You've returned! Did you find the monuments?

"I found all four."

Very good! With help like yours, we'd be done with this swamp in no time. So they are related to astronomy. Krorin would be proud of you.

Please take this as a small token of my thanks, I'd have something better for you if I weren't stuck in this swamp!

Another ancient monument in the same style as the first. After cleaning it off, you discover hieroglyhps and diagrams inscribed on it

Examine the markings

Much cleaner and better preserved than the previous monuments. It's covered in strange hieroglyphs and diagrams.

Examine the markings closely

The fourth monument seems to be in the most dangerous part of Swamp of Screams.

Further analysis is futile. Only the discovery of the fourth monument remains.

An ancient stone monument. Scrape away the mud and you'll find mysterious hieroglyphs and diagrams.

Examine the markings closely

All signs seem to reveal that the diagrams carved on the monument are a Map to the second monument, located somewhere in the Marshland.

The diagrams are a Map to the second monument, somewhere in the swamp.

An ancient monument made in the same style as the monument that was discovered first. You find hieroglyphic characters and diagrams inscribed on the surface after cleaning off the mud

Analyze the diagrams

The lines' intersection may be the location of the third monument. After comparing it to the Map, you've discovered its approximate location

It seems to be a Map to a third monument, somewhere in the Swamp of Screams.

Like the previous monuments, an ancient Map is inscribed in the fourth monument. After cleaning it off you recognize the markings.

Examine the markings closely

The Map seems to indicate that the monuments in this area were built to track the moon. The four monuments indicate the positions of the moon on the fall and spring equinoxes, and the summer and winter solstices. There are no more forgotten monuments in this area.

Further analysis is futile.

The corpse of a male Dwarf, presumedly that of Researcher Krorin. Aparently he lost his life after being poisoned by a highly toxic substance he was exposed to in the swampland.

Examine the corpse

When you open the backpack that is still on the corpse, you find a waterproof lambskin-covered book. Various memos are written in it, and on one page you find a sloppily drawn Map that seems to be of the Swamp of Screams. Could this be the log mentioned by Mercenary Supplier Abercrombie?

There's nothing else.