'We are most pleased to welcome you to Dale, ${PLAYER}. Many roads and many peoples find their way hither, and with them, of late, come the most remarkable rumours. It is said that the Dark Lord has fallen in Mordor and that Gondor has a King!'

The young man glances hastily back at the woman beside him, as if afraid he has said too much. You assure him that the rumours are true, and his eyes widen.

'You are well-spoken and worldly-wise. There is a goodness in your eyes. Might I... ask you to help serve Dale in a matter most suited to your virtues?

'We have lately weathered our own assault from the Dark Lord's forces, in the form of the warlike Jangovar, coming out of the east. Their strength was broken, though our losses were great and a remnant clings to this valley, intent on harrying what they cannot conquer. But this is not the matter of which I spoke.

'After the Jangovar, other Easterlings appeared. These bore not armour but rags, not arms or battle-standards but meagre satchels with scant belongings. They came scared, and hungry, and speaking of strange and terrible tidings to the east. They have gathered in some small camps in the wilderness outside Dale and I wish to welcome them into our gates... but the Folk of Dale have endured much in recent days, and I would know their hearts before I act. I fear that if I or my known agents asked among them, they would tell us what we wished to hear, not the truth of their hearts.

'Would you go among the Dale-folk and hear their true thoughts on these new Easterlings who have come to our doors, seeking refuge?'

Return to Dale.

Objectives

• Hear what's going on in Dale

You should go to the location where you heard shouting, in the lower markets, in the south-eastern quarter of Dale.

Objectives

• Find the cause of the shouting

The Dale-men have encircled the unarmed Easterling man in the lower markets, in the south-east of Dale.

You should persuade the Dale-men to leave the Easterling man alone.

Objectives

• Discourage harassers (${CURRENT}/${MAX})

You should talk to the Easterling refugee, whom you rescued in the south-eastern quarter of Dale.

Objectives

• Talk to Enkárvo

You should return to King Bard II, who can be found in the Great-keep in the north of Dale, and bring word of all you saw and heard among the Dale-folk.

Objectives

• Talk to Bard II