Keeping Your Enemies Closer...  

Status: Unsolved

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Rating:
*****
Information:
Level:13
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Task
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Era:Dragons of Norrath
Recommended:
Group Size:Solo
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:1
Appropriate Classes:
  • All
Appropriate Races:
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Entered: Wed Jul 20 16:46:25 2005
Modified: Sun Dec 17 23:00:11 2023
Barrenzin may be found in the evil section of the Plane of Knowledge (/loc?).

You say, 'Hail, Barrenzin'

Barrenzin says 'Greetings, ______,' Barrenzin smiles as he hands you a glass of wine. 'Thank you for coming on such short notice. Please make yourself comfortable and then we can discuss [business].'

You say, 'What business?'

Barrenzin says 'A Human that gets right to point,' Barrenzin smiles again. 'Such a refreshing change of pace from the pandering rabble I normally deal with. Allow me to be blunt then. I recently lost several, let's say, 'associates' of mine and I'm a little understaffed at the moment. I've been following your adventuring career since Gloomingdeep and I think you could go far in my [organization]. What say you? [Interested] in making a name for yourself? Or perhaps you have a [group] assembled that's looking for a little coin?'

You say, 'What organization?'

Barrenzin says 'I am the leader of the Black Hand. The details of our business can get rather messy so let me just put it this way. Goods from all over Norrath and beyond flow through the Plane of Knowledge. It is literally the hub of all reality. My organization moved here to deal in the subset of goods that are best traded. . .hmm. . .under the table. . .if you understand what I mean. Still [interested]?'

You say, 'I am interested.'

Barrenzin says 'Very well then. Here are the tasks I have for you right now. Be sure to report back to me as you gain field experience. As sure as the accursed sunrise, there's always more work to be done around here.'

You have been assigned the task 'Keeping Your Enemies Closer...'.

Need descriptions and dialogues for all tasks; additional zones, mobs, items; list of rewards; /loc of mobs.
Submitted by: Fleven
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Quest Done, Factions Wrong
# Jun 09 2011 at 11:51 AM Rating: Decent
I completed the quest sucessfully, but the faction hits when I turned in my note to Opal Darkbriar were backwards.

+Arcane Scientists
+Knights of Truth
-Opal Darkbriar
-Freeport Militia

Reward for a Human Necromancer from Freeport: Rage Sorcerer Cap
Reward
# Dec 25 2009 at 7:02 PM Rating: Decent
I want to add, when I completed this quest at 47 the reward was the "Note of your Fourth Trial" which gives you the cap. So I believe the Armor quests are random on which letter you get unless Sir Zeamus is mistaken.

Zhang Sanfeng of Zek
Fixed
# Jun 17 2007 at 5:19 PM Rating: Decent
This quest has been fixed, the trigger for the camp is now where the camp actually is, addittionally, the bandits do reply when you hail them :)
Reward
# Feb 04 2007 at 8:17 PM Rating: Decent
The Reward listed here is wrong. Though you DO get the "Note About Your Second Trial" Ultimately you get Gloves.

Here's the ones I know from my characters that aren't listed:

Human Shadow Knight - Dismal Knight Gauntlets
Wood Elf Druid - Gloves of the Leafrunner
Wood Elf Ranger - Trueshot Chainmail Gauntlets
Vah Shir Rogue - Taruun Gloves

Edited, Apr 8th 2007 12:38pm by Zeamus
Location trigger...
# Jan 14 2007 at 10:01 PM Rating: Decent
Thanks for the location of the trigger of the broken claw camp. Would have been utterly lost w/o the location. It was basically Northwest of a large lake in Western part of the Commonlands. Not near the actual broken claw camp it seemed (the broken claw camp and dervish camps are on the north part of the zone). Very hard to find or difficult because there is no 'zoning screen' between the east and west Commonlands areas so you have to go by terrain and somewhat the details of the eqatlas maps.
trigger spot
# Jan 10 2007 at 9:07 AM Rating: Decent
trigger location for broken claw camp is 1047 2938
Commonlands zone revamp
# Dec 10 2006 at 7:59 AM Rating: Decent
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Now that the former East and West Commonlands have merged in the revamp, the new zone is riddled with bugginess. Unfortunately this quest has not escaped that.
Now the actual Broken Claw camp is no longer located in the immediate vicinity of the trigger area for the 3rd part of this quest. You can still trigger the quest stage, but you will have to roam around a bit further west from the actual camp (it's closer to the nearby Orc camp than it is to the Broken Claws).
I am still trying to get past the 4th stage, but even though they all /con indiff, none will speak to me, instead they all just attack when hailed.

Thus far the zone revamp has proven so painfully buggy that despite the cosmatic improvements, it rates an utter dissappointment in my books.
Pet pathing, repeated messages regarding the LDoN trigger quest - even though I long ago did that one, drop tables apparently changed without regard to quest requirements, afforementioned location bugs, who knows what else.... as usual SoE hastened to change content with little regard to adequate testing before making it live.
If you encounter any of the above, please add your /bug reports to my own, and hopefully they will fix these issues - post haste.

Cheers,

- Epimethius
Halloween
# Nov 06 2006 at 4:14 PM Rating: Default
im doind this task right now and there arent any derv cutthroats..only scarecrows...
So i tried to get the ring and tooth from the broken claws...got both but it didnt update....hailed one and i got the info then it said to kill them all...i did that but no update...i think halloween is interfering
Camps loc
# Jan 08 2006 at 10:54 PM Rating: Decent
The Broken Claw Bandits Camps is at 814 , 3090 As you approach updates the Quest.

The Dervish Cutthroath Camp is at 1058 , 1081

Just finished
# Jul 26 2005 at 7:16 PM Rating: Decent
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All takes place in West Commonlands.

Kill Dervish Cutthroats until you have 1 golden tooth and 1 derv ring.

Explore the bandit camp. It's northwest in zone, towards Kithicor.

Get information from the bandits.
They conned indiff to me, so was just hailing and following the dialogue.

Kill the bandits. 5 of them. There are more near the camp, but 5 will do. Conned from blue to yellow to a level 13.

Head back to PoK and talk to Barrenzin. Recieve note about your fourth trial. Take this to your guildmaster to receive class-specific helmet.

-Yc


Edited, Tue Jul 26 20:15:53 2005
Grr
# Jul 21 2005 at 4:32 PM Rating: Decent
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Well, not done this one yet...

Apparently, you have to be over level 12 to get this one, bleh..

Oh well..

-Yc

.. soon to come tho =)
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