After being apart for so long, you have reunited once again with Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, and eagerly press them for news about what befell them since last you saw them.
'Much has transpired since last we met, but my companions can give you their account. My own would take too long to tell, and from any other would beggar belief. You would trust my tale, I am certain, but then only because you have experienced some things nearly as peculiar! Know this, ${PLAYER}: I bear tidings both glad and sorrowful. The task set before our mutual friends at the Last Homely House is still ongoing. Though some of that company are here with us in this golden hall, some others carry still the Burden to its destination. The errand is not yet done, but neither is it abandoned. Those be the glad tidings.
'I will let Aragorn tell you what this joyful news has cost us, for it was not bought without strife.'
Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli wait to speak with you within the Golden Hall of Meduseld.
Théoden is more willing to listen to you, now that Gandalf has spoken words of truth to the King of Rohan.
Théoden has asked you to bring his commands to Háma, outside the Golden Hall.