'So you seek knowledge of the shaping tool of Celebrimbor and Maenadar the Craftsman? I know the story well.

'Alas, the tool will not be easy to find, if it even still exists. It was buried with Maenadar in Haudh Iarchith, which has become infested with wights of the vilest sort.

'Haudh Iarchith lies in the southern part of the Barrow-downs, and Maenadar's tomb is found beside it in the cradle of a larger mound of the barrow. Be wary as you journey...the Dead do not take kindly to visitors.'

Newbold Leafcutter is at the Scholar's Stairs Archive in Bree-town.

You came too late to the tomb of Maenadar and found it despoiled. Angmar arrived first. You should return to Newbold Leafcutter to learn if he knows anything else.

Objectives

• Talk to Newbold Leafcutter