'You deserve to wield equipment that reflects your opposition to the forces of shadow, and your determination to fight to the last against them. I can help you prepare such equipment, but I tell you now that it will be no easy task.

'The scars we bear tell the tale of the battles we have fought, every conflict etching upon our bodies and minds the memory of all the good that we do. Your equipment should do the same, ${PLAYER}. Do not fear what lies ahead! Though your foes be fearsome, I know you have it in you to triumph. Speak with me if you are ready to begin this greatest of trials.'

The dwarf Wáli is at the outpost of Noglond, south of Thorin's Hall and west of the dwarf-city of Gondamon in Ered Luin.

Objectives

• Talk to Wáli

The whereabouts of Samwise Gamgee are currently unknown to Wáli, but he thinks he might be in Rivendell.

Wáli thinks you should speak with Samwise Gamgee, rumoured to be a guardian of unmatched skill, with the hope that he could teach you a thing or two.

Objectives

• Talk to Samwise Gamgee