A shade found wandering in the Barrow-downs -- meaning no ill, it seems -- felt the pull of its brother and struggles to appease whatever force has returned to awaken them.
'All was silence;
now the sound of steel
rings from battles past
long beyond the laying of bones;
stirred by evil's passage
my brother walks again,
so too our foes.
'Duty-bound we stand as one,
lost as he may be.
A lord he rose and, solemn,
buried me.
'My shield calls to my arm,
my ring calls to my hand,
my sight departed as my life,
our oaths bind us still;
protect and serve this land.'
Cryptic as it may be, it appears the shade is looking for something. Perhaps you can search the many barrows throughout the north Barrow-downs for clues.
The Wandering Shade's barrow is in the northern Barrow-downs.
Your investigation lead you to a barrow where the earth was recently disturbed by the movement of the heavy, stone door to the grave within the mound. You should search the barrow, for signs that link the shade to this location.
The Wandering Shade roams the northern Barrow-downs.
You have found the Wandering Shade's ring and should now return it to its owner.