'Hello there! You are ${PLAYER}, are you not? The hillmen spoke of you, which is how I came upon your name. I recognized you by your gear; it is not that of the bleak North-men to be sure.

'My name is Declan. I am a minstrel by trade, though I daresay my family wishes it weren't so. I arrived in Aughaire by chance, or fate, or perhaps random luck! I daresay I don't wish to ponder the long roads that led me in search of my family's history.

'My grandfather was a famous explorer, Durell... perhaps you've heard of him? He launched an expedition in search of ancient relics of the north. Though we received one cryptic letter about some of his findings, Durell never returned.

'So here I stand, quill in hand. While safe at home, I dreamed of uncovering grandfather's secrets and writing them into a fitting tale, but I fear, having looked myself upon these hills, that I have not the will to seek out the barrow his letter speaks of. He tells of something called the Halls of Night... will you seek it for me?'

You have discovered that Shadow is the grandfather of Declan, his spirit trapped for centuries in the Halls of Night.

Objectives

• Talk to Declan