The Misanthropic Jotun Principle

Einarr Frostcleft tells you to seek out a large jotun in Darkrime Delves and kill it.

Objectives

 * Seek the great jotun living within Darkrime Delves.
 * Find the source of the roar heard from down below.
 * Find a way to kill the giant jotun.
 * See Einarr Frostcleft for your reward.

Reward

 * 7,500 Experience
 * 1,500 Gold

Walkthrough
Anti-physical skills can make this dungeon easier, skills such as those that cause blind and weakness, and blocking skills. Knockdowns can cause minor difficulties, it's your choice to bring anti-KD skills, preferably tank characters. The Chromatic Drakes could cause death spikes to mage type characters if they get near their range, so a tank could initially soak up the damage while the Chromatic Drakes are picked off one by one by other characters. Many mesmer hexes are also used by the Jotuns.

Beware of getting the dungeon lock on the second level, as picking it up triggers adjacent four traps that could kill 60 AR characters.

Preliminary Dialogue

 * Einarr Frostcleft
 * "By the bear, did I not make myself clear? A threat this great requires an equally great warrior... and who better than he who has slain the great two-headed troll of the Seer'ahr swamps?"
 * Kolgrim Bainwight
 * "Is that the best kill you can claim? Bah. A mere rodent nibbling at the heels of the great beasts I have slain. While you defeated a single creature with but two heads, I killed twice and twice again that number of deadly warbling hemlock devourers."
 * Einarr Frostcleft
 * "Warbling? ... What? How could any beast with a name reserved for birds be ferocious?"
 * Kolgrim Bainwight
 * "Your lack of wisdom only proves I should fight the great Jotun. A warbling hemlock devourer can kill with a single sting... but that is nothing to the keening wail they emit. To even hear the sound ring across the mountains has driven lesser men insane."
 * Einarr Frostcleft
 * "Your prattling is enough to drive me insane. Stand aside and allow me to fell this beast, or I shall be forced to whet my weapon's appetite on your thick skull first."

Initial dialogue

 * Einarr Frostcleft
 * "What's that? Is someone talking to me? Ah, look down, Kolgrim. We have an audience. You humans are so... small. Hardly worth noticing.


 * Be quiet while the big folks talk. Jotun attacks have increased of late, and now a great jotun rampages through the mountains terrorizing the young. We must decide who is more fit to slay the ferocious beast dwelling deep within Darkrime Delves. Today I plan to send this great jotun to the afterlife. Everyone knows I am the greater warrior. But I fear the beast will die of old age before I've convinced this aged fool of that simple truth."

Intermediate dialogue

 * Einarr Frostcleft
 * "That sword belonged to my father. Hand it over!"
 * Kolgrim Bainwight
 * "Your father was a trapper. He didn't even use a sword. It belonged to a great hunter...my mother."
 * Einarr Frostcleft
 * "Great hunter? The only thing your mother ever caught was a cold!"
 * Kolgrim Bainwight
 * "You arrogant lout! My mother was a hero!."
 * Einarr Frostcleft
 * "Your mother was a coward. She even ran away from the shadow of her own bear form!"
 * Kolgrim Bainwight
 * "Now you're in for it! Those are fighting words!"
 * Kolgrim Bainwight
 * "Oh no, little hunter! I think you annoyed its mother."
 * Kolgrim Bainwight
 * "Hmm...You lived. I may need to take back some of the things I said about you."

Reward dialogue

 * Einarr Frostcleft
 * "Back already? Hah! By the spirit of the bear, I'm not surprised. Even young Norn have returned, screaming, from their first encounter with a jotun.
 * "What's that? You've slain the beast? Remarkable! I would never have believed it possible. Your stature belies your prowess, hero. You possess the strength of a Norn to be sure.
 * "Truth be told, Kolgrim and I wagered on how long it would take before you ran out of the cave with your tails between your legs, begging for our help. Seems we both lost. It looks like the winnings belong to you!"

Pets

 * 5 White Crab (level 1, 2 and 3)

Allies
Norn (Do not attack or link to group as Allies)
 * 20 Kolgrim Bainwight
 * 20 Einarr Frostcleft

Foes
Dragons
 * 20 (26) Chromatic Drake

Dryders
 * 24 Bloodtaint Dryder
 * 24 Dreadgaze Dryder
 * 24 Soulfire Dryder
 * 24 Terrorbond Dryder

Elementals
 * 20 (26) Icy Stalagmite
 * 20 (26) Shattered Elemental
 * 20 (26) Whirling Wisp

Nightmares
 * 20 (26) Scourge Vaettir
 * 20 (26) Shadow Vaettir
 * 20 (26) Mist Vaettir

Ogres
 * 28 (30) Jotun Skullsmasher
 * 28 (30) Jotun Bloodcurdler
 * 28 (30) Jotun Bladeturner
 * 28 (30) Jotun Mindbreaker

Stone Summit
 * 24 (26) Stone Summit Carver
 * 24 (26) Stone Summit Gnasher
 * 24 (26) Stone Summit Healer

Bosses

 * 26 (30) Havok-kin (level 1, 2 and 3)
 * 28 Grelk Icelash (level 2)

Boss-like foes

 * 29 (32) Havok Soulwail (level 3)

Tips

 * It's best to wait until the timer ends after opening the Dungeon chest. You will be brought back next to Einarr Frostcleft, allowing you take the reward.
 * It is possible to pull each individual Jotun from around Havok Soulwail without aggroing him directly
 * It's also possible to lure Havok Soulwail (after killing some jotuns in front of him). Simply use a longbow and shoot him several times until he hits you with melee attacks.

Trivia

 * The name of this quest is derived from the anthropic principle.