diff --git a/game/modules/tome/class/Actor.lua b/game/modules/tome/class/Actor.lua
index 8326eb68511d01fb98c87a47cd1ce0b6a42a5616..860a7ff8eb608cd0940ad4364e914876b71ddaf0 100644
--- a/game/modules/tome/class/Actor.lua
+++ b/game/modules/tome/class/Actor.lua
@@ -542,10 +542,15 @@ end
 
 function _M:learnStats(statorder)
 	self.auto_stat_cnt = self.auto_stat_cnt or 1
+	local nb = 0
 	while self.unused_stats > 0 do
-		self:incStat(statorder[self.auto_stat_cnt], 1)
+		if self:getStat(statorder[self.auto_stat_cnt]) < 60 then
+			self:incStat(statorder[self.auto_stat_cnt], 1)
+			self.unused_stats = self.unused_stats - 1
+		end
 		self.auto_stat_cnt = util.boundWrap(self.auto_stat_cnt + 1, 1, #statorder)
-		self.unused_stats = self.unused_stats - 1
+		nb = nb + 1
+		if nb >= #statorder then break end
 	end
 end
 
diff --git a/game/modules/tome/data/chats/pre-mount-doom.lua b/game/modules/tome/data/chats/pre-mount-doom.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2908a9273cacf4c09ab977f19459eef38e65cfd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game/modules/tome/data/chats/pre-mount-doom.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+-- ToME - Tales of Middle-Earth
+-- Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Nicolas Casalini
+--
+-- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+-- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+-- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+-- (at your option) any later version.
+--
+-- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+-- GNU General Public License for more details.
+--
+-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+-- along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+--
+-- Nicolas Casalini "DarkGod"
+-- darkgod@te4.org
+
+newChat{ id="welcome",
+	text = [[*#LIGHT_GREEN#Suddently a voice appears in your head.#WHITE#*
+@playername@, this is High Sun Paladin Aeryn of the Sunwall, I am communicating with you thanks to the power of the anorithil.
+I have some urgent information for you: the staff you were looking for has been located.]],
+	answers = {
+		{"Where?!", jump="where"},
+	}
+}
+
+newChat{ id="where",
+	text = [[One of our patrols noticed some strange orc movements around in the sourthern part of the contient, inside the desert of Erúan.
+A groupd of orcs where guarding something that looks like the staff you talked about.
+You should go there and investigate, this might be your only chance.]],
+	answers = {
+		{"I will, right now!"},
+	}
+}
+
+return "welcome"
diff --git a/game/modules/tome/data/maps/wilderness/arda-fareast.lua b/game/modules/tome/data/maps/wilderness/arda-fareast.lua
index 30ad74ad575da7431670806e1d7111347bdbc09b..d02f86a2f19ba92a1bfe9781f041d37d010edf8e 100644
--- a/game/modules/tome/data/maps/wilderness/arda-fareast.lua
+++ b/game/modules/tome/data/maps/wilderness/arda-fareast.lua
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ return [[
 ========                ~~~~~~~~tttttt~~mmmmmmmmttt                     =========
 =======              ~~~~      ~~~~~~~~ttmmmmmmmtttt                   ==========
 ======            ~~~~             tttttttmmmmmmtttt                   ==========
-=====           ~~~                ttttttmmmmmmttttt                  ===========
-=====        ~~~~                    ttttmmmmttttttt               w  ===========
-====~~~~~~~~~~                         mmmmtttttttt               www============
+=====           ~~~                ttttttmmmmmmmmttt                  ===========
+=====        ~~~~                    ttttmmmmtmmmmtt               w  ===========
+====~~~~~~~~~~                         mmmmtttttmmt               www============
 =====                                  mmtttttttt                 www============
 =====                                                             www============
 =====                                                             www============
diff --git a/game/modules/tome/data/quests/pre-mount-doom.lua b/game/modules/tome/data/quests/pre-mount-doom.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6966ad4d6d25eca3dbe8492a8f510579fbb07de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game/modules/tome/data/quests/pre-mount-doom.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+-- ToME - Tales of Middle-Earth
+-- Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Nicolas Casalini
+--
+-- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+-- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+-- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+-- (at your option) any later version.
+--
+-- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+-- GNU General Public License for more details.
+--
+-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+-- along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+--
+-- Nicolas Casalini "DarkGod"
+-- darkgod@te4.org
+
+name = "Important news"
+desc = function(self, who)
+	local desc = {}
+	desc[#desc+1] = ""
+	return table.concat(desc, "\n")
+end
+
+on_grant = function(self, who)
+	local aeryn = {name="High Sun Paladin Aeryn"}
+	local chat = engine.Chat.new("pre-mount-doom", aeryn, who)
+	chat:invoke()
+
+	-- Reveal  entrance
+	local g = mod.class.Grid.new{
+		show_tooltip=true,
+		name="The arid wastes of Erúan",
+		display='>', color=colors.UMBER,
+		notice = true,
+		change_level=1, change_zone="eruan"
+	}
+	g:resolve() g:resolve(nil, true)
+	game.zone:addEntity(game.memory_levels["wilderness-arda-fareast-1"], g, "terrain", 56, 51)
+	game.logPlayer(game.player, "Aeryn explained where the cave is located.")
+end
diff --git a/game/modules/tome/data/zones/eruan/grids.lua b/game/modules/tome/data/zones/eruan/grids.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..89852b0fca7f796acfc55505bafef342ed3bad15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game/modules/tome/data/zones/eruan/grids.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+-- ToME - Tales of Middle-Earth
+-- Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Nicolas Casalini
+--
+-- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+-- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+-- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+-- (at your option) any later version.
+--
+-- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+-- GNU General Public License for more details.
+--
+-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+-- along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+--
+-- Nicolas Casalini "DarkGod"
+-- darkgod@te4.org
+
+load("/data/general/grids/basic.lua")
+load("/data/general/grids/water.lua")
+load("/data/general/grids/sand.lua")
+
+newEntity{
+	define_as = "MOUNT_DOOM_PORTAL",
+	name = "Farportal: Mount Doom",
+	display = '&', color_r=255, color_g=0, color_b=220, back_color=colors.VIOLET,
+	notice = true,
+	always_remember = true,
+	show_tooltip = true,
+	desc = [[A farportal is a way to travel incredible distances in the blink of an eye. They usually require an external item to use. You have no idea if it is even two-way.
+This one seems to go to the west, to Mount Doom, in the land of Mordor...]],
+
+	orb_portal = {
+		change_level = 1,
+		change_zone = "mount-doom",
+		message = "#VIOLET#You enter the swirling portal and in the blink of an eye you set foot on hellish land, the heart of a volcano...",
+		on_use = function(self, who)
+			who:setQuestStatus("pre-mount-doom", engine.Quest.DONE)
+		end,
+	},
+}
diff --git a/game/modules/tome/data/zones/eruan/npcs.lua b/game/modules/tome/data/zones/eruan/npcs.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6d7e63ae9a55b3940dcc4d6273a2c979fd21a658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game/modules/tome/data/zones/eruan/npcs.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+-- ToME - Tales of Middle-Earth
+-- Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Nicolas Casalini
+--
+-- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+-- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+-- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+-- (at your option) any later version.
+--
+-- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+-- GNU General Public License for more details.
+--
+-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+-- along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+--
+-- Nicolas Casalini "DarkGod"
+-- darkgod@te4.org
+
+load("/data/general/npcs/sandworm.lua")
+load("/data/general/npcs/orc.lua")
+
+local Talents = require("engine.interface.ActorTalents")
diff --git a/game/modules/tome/data/zones/eruan/objects.lua b/game/modules/tome/data/zones/eruan/objects.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aa836bbfc49da4beb82fcf1e2638d61877530775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game/modules/tome/data/zones/eruan/objects.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+-- ToME - Tales of Middle-Earth
+-- Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Nicolas Casalini
+--
+-- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+-- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+-- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+-- (at your option) any later version.
+--
+-- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+-- GNU General Public License for more details.
+--
+-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+-- along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+--
+-- Nicolas Casalini "DarkGod"
+-- darkgod@te4.org
+
+load("/data/general/objects/objects.lua")
+
+-- Artifact, droped (and used!) by Bill the Stone Troll
+
+newEntity{ base = "BASE_GREATMAUL",
+	define_as = "GREATMAUL_BILL_TRUNK",
+	name = "Bill's Tree Trunk", unique=true,
+	desc = [[This is a big nasty looking tree trunk that Bill was using as a weapon. It could still serve this purpose, should you be strong enough to wield it!]],
+	require = { stat = { str=25 }, },
+	cost = 5,
+	combat = {
+		dam = 30,
+		apr = 7,
+		physcrit = 1.5,
+		dammod = {str=1.3},
+		damrange = 1.7,
+	},
+
+	wielder = {
+	},
+}
diff --git a/game/modules/tome/data/zones/eruan/traps.lua b/game/modules/tome/data/zones/eruan/traps.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1c7366dd712b84eb16b65ca892988183984faff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game/modules/tome/data/zones/eruan/traps.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+-- ToME - Tales of Middle-Earth
+-- Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Nicolas Casalini
+--
+-- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+-- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+-- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+-- (at your option) any later version.
+--
+-- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+-- GNU General Public License for more details.
+--
+-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+-- along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+--
+-- Nicolas Casalini "DarkGod"
+-- darkgod@te4.org
+
+load("/data/general/traps/natural_forest.lua")
diff --git a/game/modules/tome/data/zones/eruan/zone.lua b/game/modules/tome/data/zones/eruan/zone.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c78a80b1d71e3b7ee30f0b4c666de82a5598c8dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game/modules/tome/data/zones/eruan/zone.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+-- ToME - Tales of Middle-Earth
+-- Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Nicolas Casalini
+--
+-- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+-- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+-- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+-- (at your option) any later version.
+--
+-- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+-- GNU General Public License for more details.
+--
+-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+-- along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+--
+-- Nicolas Casalini "DarkGod"
+-- darkgod@te4.org
+
+return {
+	name = "Erúan",
+	level_range = {30, 35},
+	level_scheme = "player",
+	max_level = 5,
+	decay = {300, 800},
+	actor_adjust_level = function(zone, level, e) return zone.base_level + e:getRankLevelAdjust() + level.level-1 + rng.range(-1,2) end,
+	width = 50, height = 50,
+--	all_remembered = true,
+	all_lited = true,
+	persistant = "zone",
+	ambiant_music = "Rainy Day.ogg",
+	generator =  {
+		map = {
+			class = "engine.generator.map.Forest",
+			edge_entrances = {8,2},
+			zoom = 6,
+			sqrt_percent = 40,
+			noise = "fbm_perlin",
+			floor = "SAND",
+			wall = "PALMTREE",
+			up = "UP",
+			down = "DOWN",
+			do_ponds =  {
+				nb = {0, 2},
+				size = {w=25, h=25},
+				pond = {{0.6, "DEEP_WATER"}, {0.8, "SHALLOW_WATER"}},
+			},
+		},
+		actor = {
+			class = "engine.generator.actor.Random",
+			nb_npc = {20, 30},
+		},
+		object = {
+			class = "engine.generator.object.Random",
+			nb_object = {6, 9},
+			filters = { {type="potion" }, {type="potion" }, {type="potion" }, {type="scroll" }, {}, {} }
+		},
+		trap = {
+			class = "engine.generator.trap.Random",
+			nb_trap = {6, 9},
+		},
+	},
+	levels =
+	{
+		[1] = {
+			generator = { map = {
+				up = "UP_WILDERNESS",
+			}, },
+		},
+	},
+}
diff --git a/game/modules/tome/data/zones/rak-shor-pride/npcs.lua b/game/modules/tome/data/zones/rak-shor-pride/npcs.lua
index 33eaee8227988d8f7092a2d99a2e8b2154712161..bb2237f7bc82a945adfdf253ca663cb279710f69 100644
--- a/game/modules/tome/data/zones/rak-shor-pride/npcs.lua
+++ b/game/modules/tome/data/zones/rak-shor-pride/npcs.lua
@@ -51,19 +51,20 @@ newEntity{ base="BASE_NPC_ORC_RAK_SHOR", define_as = "RAK_SHOR",
 	},
 
 	summon = {
-		{type="undead", subtype="skeleton", number=3, hasxp=false},
-		{type="humanoid", subtype="ghoul", number=3, hasxp=false},
+		{type="undead", number=2, hasxp=false},
 	},
 	make_escort = {
-		{type="undead", subtype="ghoul", no_subescort=true, number=resolvers.mbonus(4, 4)},
-		{type="undead", subtype="skeleton", no_subescort=true, number=resolvers.mbonus(4, 4)},
+		{type="undead", no_subescort=true, number=resolvers.mbonus(4, 4)},
 	},
 
 	resolvers.talents{
---		[Talents.T_]=2,
+		[Talents.T_SUMMON]=1,
 	},
 
 	on_die = function(self, who)
 		game.player:resolveSource():setQuestStatus("orc-pride", engine.Quest.COMPLETED, "rak-shor")
+		if not game.player:hasQuest("pre-mount-doom") then
+			game.player:grantQuest("pre-mount-doom")
+		end
 	end,
 }
diff --git a/game/modules/tome/data/zones/rak-shor-pride/zone.lua b/game/modules/tome/data/zones/rak-shor-pride/zone.lua
index 3d80568756645ae5dd6aa717b70785e63c675974..61ef8b477c34e9851c52ab49a8f55b2549ebfd64 100644
--- a/game/modules/tome/data/zones/rak-shor-pride/zone.lua
+++ b/game/modules/tome/data/zones/rak-shor-pride/zone.lua
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ return {
 			nb_object = {3, 6},
 		},
 	},
+	post_process = function(level)
+		for uid, e in pairs(level.entities) do e.faction="orc-pride" end
+	end,
 	levels =
 	{
 		[1] = {
diff --git a/ideas/zones.ods b/ideas/zones.ods
index 393177ada405d75e1cc3780e74b8f870dd024b65..5443c5619d37f95c9448b97a7a975acde606f550 100644
Binary files a/ideas/zones.ods and b/ideas/zones.ods differ