'${PLAYER}, a few of the Southrons have complained of thirst. I do not doubt it, but I will not send my Rangers away from their sides. We still know little of their purpose here, and I dare not offer them the chance to slay us while our numbers are thinned.

'Still, I would not deny a prisoner such care, even one as hated as a Man of Harad. To the east of Aelin Veren lies the source of this river, beneath a great waterfall.

'I would ask that you take these water-skins and fill them there. When you return, offer them to the prisoners and let us hope it's enough to calm them for a time.

'If we are so fortunate, perhaps they may be more inclined to tell us of the Enemy's plots in Ithilien.'

The Haradrim prisoners can be found at Aelin Veren, in central North Ithilien.

You have returned with the filled water-skins and should now offer them to the Haradrim prisoners.

Objectives

Maendal can be found at Aelin Veren in central North Ithilien.

You have offered a water-skin to each of the prisoners and should now speak to Maendal.

Objectives

• Talk to Maendal