King of the Dwarves

Rescuing the miners
Start this quest by speaking to the lava-flow miner Sven outside the lava flow mine in Keldagrim East. He is to the east of the blast furnace. For this section, a pickaxe is required. Say that you would like a tour in order to start the quest.



Upon entering, a cut-scene of a cloaked dwarf causing an explosion will occur and the lava-flow area will collapse. You will need to rescue the workers (three miners are to the north and three miners are to the south).

Mine the lighter-coloured rubble to save the dwarves. If it says it is too dense, pick a new location. You will need to bring a rescued dwarf back to the foreman before saving another dwarf. The dwarves appear in your inventory, so make sure you have one free inventory space.

After saving 2 dwarves, a cut-scene will occur of a Black Guard hazard squad arriving. They run past the injured miners and say that they had orders to fix the machinery.

Now rescue the last four miners (two will be deceased).

Once you have rescued all of the miners, exit the mine.



Releasing Veldaban
Go outside after trying to rescue all 6 dwarves and talk to Veldaban in the crowd of protesters. After you have finished talking to him, a cut-scene will occur.

Afterwards, Veldaban will be arrested and taken to the top floor of the palace in the center of Keldagrim. Follow him up, and talk to him. He will reveal that you have to convince the four Directors to release him.

Ask Veldaban why he is so angry and tell him to calm down, otherwise even after convincing the Directors, they will not release him.

Now tell the Directors the following:

Blue Director: "Tell me about the lava flow mine." Then pick "So the chaos dwarf blew up the secondary boilers?"

Green Director: "I was there when the explosion happened." Then pick: "I rescued some of the miners."

Brown Director: "What did you want to do about the miners?" Then tell him, "It was a difficult decision. I understand."

Yellow Director: "Why did you arrest Veldaban?" Then tell her "Veldaban is popular, arresting him makes you look worse."

Once you have finished talking to all of the Directors and Veldaban, talk to the Consortium general secretary. When you are given options say that "I've talked to everyone I need to."

A cutscene will occur in which you and Veldaban are asked to help and a Black Guard member appears with news.

Records chamber
Veldaban is now following you. Take him to investigate the crowd to the east of the palace.

Talk to Hreidmar, then talk to one of the protestors, who tell you to try to find Meike in the King's Axe inn.

Go to the pub in west Keldagrim and talk to Luitger. He will tell you that he doesn't know where Meike is. Ask him why he isn't joining the protest. Veldaban will tell you to go check at the Black Guard H.Q.



Now talk to Klaas (who is in the Black Guard H.Q.) and he will tell you that Meike is hiding in the tower south of Keldagrim.

''Note: the "tower" may not look like a tower, depending on your settings. It is the small room with two doors and stairs between the Keld. West general store and the mining areas. This is the same tower where you killed Veldaban's girlfriend (as a Chaos Dwarf) in Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf.''



Go to the top floor of the tower and talk to Meike. Choose the option about getting first to the records chamber. Meike will offer you to help. Meike will tell you to meet her and Veldaban to the library on the west side of the city. The library is located northeast of the summoning obelisk.



Meet Meike and Veldaban at the library. Then talk to Meike who will say that you need to talk to the librarian. Talk to the librarian and pick the option "Could you open the display case, please?" Then after you have finished talking to the librarian, he will hand you a key. Use the key on the library cabinet. Try to take the keys from the cabinet, but you fail because the librarian stops you. Once you have finished your conversation with the librarian, talk to Meike again.

''You need 6 soft clay and 6 mithril bars for this part. ''

Once you finished talking to Meike, use the soft clay on her so she can make copies of the keys. Now it is your job to distract the librarian. Talk to him about the keys in the cabinet in order to distract him. Once you have finished the conversation with the librarian (about the keys), talk to Meike again. She will give you the moulds. Now harden the soft clay moulds by putting them in a furnace.

Note: Superheat Item does NOT work.

After making the keys, travel to the Records Chamber in West Keldagrim. The chamber's entrance is directly west of the black guard HQ. When putting the keys into the keyholes they should be put in this order,

Left side: 5 - 1 - 4 Right side: 6 - 3 - 2

Routing the Chaos Dwarves
After a short cutscene with Meike finding some bad news, you will be asked to investigate the chaos dwarf party found in some nearby caves. Talk to Veldaban and ask to be lead right outside the cave. Travel through the cave (taking note of the location of an entrance gap as you go), and find Colonel Grimsson who is level 160. After a short conversation, Grimsson will attack Veldaban. Veldaban has moderate attack and strength, but low defence. If Veldaban dies, you will appear outside the cave and need to try again. Veldaban dying will be your biggest concern in this fight. You will not be attacked until you have significantly reduced Grimsson's health. When he finally does turn his attention to you, Grimsson will use ranged and melee attacks which do not hit often. However, when his attacks do hit, they will usually deal 150-200 damage. In addition, he has fairly high defence, but can be poisoned. He seems to be extremely weak to stab attacks. If you are having trouble weakening Grimsson in time, try boosting your attack and strength with potions or prayers.

After defeating Grimsson, he and his chaos dwarves will flee. A short conversation with Veldaban will lead you to suggesting you get reinforcements from the trolls who once waged a brutal war against the dwarves. Travel through the side entrance mentioned earlier and talk to Pretty Flower. He will take a bit of smooth talking before insisting you must prove your worthiness. Pick up the Big rock. Pretty Flower will tell you he did not mean the rock, but another troll named Big Rock. After picking him up, Pretty Flower will talk for a brief moment before refusing to help you beat the chaos dwarves regardless of how you approach the matter. Talk to My Arm (who is in the same room as Pretty Flower) about a pretty flower and ask him for one. Present this flower to Pretty Flower and say that it is a gift from Colonel Grimsson. Pretty Flower will be enraged and agree to attack the Chaos Dwarves.

Go speak with Veldaban who is hiding in the crowd of protestors and a cutscene will ensue. Quest complete!

Rewards

 * 2 Quest Points
 * 45,000 Mining experience
 * 50,000 Smithing experience
 * 55,000 Strength experience
 * A new Gravestone option
 * Ability to lift Big rock

Trivia

 * On the day of release, the spoilers read: The Consortium directors are currently deliberating on what the contents of this spoiler box should be. They should be taking a vote soon, then it's only a matter of time until they publish the results.
 * Trolls received a graphical update in the quest, but not anywhere else in the game.