'Listen, friend, we have problems here. Big problems. Those cursed Dourhands weren't content to ruin the operation of the mines while they were here, but when they left, they ruined or stole what food we had.

'Then there's Orcs and Wargs that came down from the north, driving the farmers who used to supply us out of their fields. And when we venture out of Othrikar, we have to do so in force, due to the Dourhands camped nearby. In short, we are having a lot of trouble with supplies.

'We need meat. I can give you a fee in good silver, if you could hunt some bears for us. They wander the hills to the south.'