'You have been sent to aid us and aid us you may, mellon. There are many tasks ahead of us, and our numbers are fewer than we would wish, especially with our scouts missing in the north.

'This forest is rife with poison-fanged spiders, seemingly everywhere one looks. They spout from the Dreadweaver's Lair, south-west from here.

'You should defeat as many Mirkwood spiders as you can, mellon. They are ever a threat to the Elves, and are our enemies of old.'

Fernachar can be found in the Haunted Inn in the Dourstocks.

You should return to Fernachar with word of your success against the spiders.

Objectives

• Talk to Fernachar