Where: From Sven Forkbeard, the Jarl of Thjorgard.

Required: This quest is required to advance in the game.

Summary: Thjorad is a magical war hammer which is kept by the monks in the Lindisfarne monestary. Sven asks you to retrieve it so he can use it in the coming war, and to test your ability.

How to do: Go to the Monestary in Lindisfarne and look around. You should find three monks kneeling in a corner around a fourth monk who is busy. If you talk to them, you will discover that they are guarding Thjorad and only leave their guardpost when the monestary bells ring to call them to prayer. So, you need to find the bells and ring them to get the monks out of the way.

Go back into the main part of the church (where the pews are). There are two naves at the back. The one on the right (as you come in through the main door) has a ladder going up to an upper level (it might be difficult to see, but look around). Climb this ladder. You'll see another ladder going up. Climb that too. On this third floor, find the man playing the organ and talk to him. He'll tell you that he has just composed some music based on the bells' call to prayer, and offers to play it for you. Let him; in fact let him play enough times so that you remember the tune (the first six notes are sufficient).*

Now go climb the ladder up to the fourth floor. You should immediately see five levers along the wall. These ring the bells individually. Unfortunately, they are not in harmonic order, so you'll have to test them first. When you know which lever plays which note (relatively speaking; the notes the monk played will not exactly be the notes played by the bells), ring the bells in the order of the notes (just the first six notes are necessary). After the sixth note has been correctly played, the bells will ring by themselves. While they are ringing, return to the ground floor the way you came and go back to where the monks were kneeling around Thjorad. The monks should be leaving. They won't entirely leave the room, but wait until they are mostly away from it, then go up and take Thjorad. As soon as you have it, go straight out of the monestary (you may not be able to Town Portal right out because you'll have a yellow light while inside). When you get outside, Town Portal back to Thjorgard, present the hammer to Jarl Sven, and he'll reward you.

* Obviously, if you are hearing impaired, you have little chance of completing this quest without help. Highlight the following to see the order in which to ring the bells:

As you face the bells: 1. Far left 2. Far right 3. Near left 4. Near right 5. Middle 6. Near right.

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