'Yes, ${PLAYER}, I have been expecting you. Together we have unearthed every secret hidden within the Black Book of Mordor by Vóin and Bozhéna, the long-distant dwarves who authored it. Only one question remains: what is to be done with the book now?

'I see a number of possibilities, my friend. It was Khîl Tale-spinner who gave the book into our keeping, and his claim is perhaps the strongest. Vóin and Bozhéna were his thrice-great grandparents, and if the book is to be kept by anyone still living today in Middle-earth, we might do worse than a Zhélruka relative of its authors.

'But there is another interest to be considered. The Black Book of Mordor contains a great deal of information that would be prized by scholars concerning the history of Gondor and the fate of King Eärnur. The book is truly deserving of a place of honour in the Houses of Lore in Minas Tirith. The scholar Covadil would gratefully accept the donation of it, and in that way Vóin's wish for Eärnur's struggle to be remembered in the future will truly be fulfilled.

'There is one other claim to the Black Book, ${PLAYER}. Indeed, the nobility of this claim might be doubted, but I believe it is still worth considering. I speak of the claim of Karazgar, the Weeping Warrior, who asked that you steal the book and deliver it to him. Yes, I knew of your encounter with him at the Old Ford. I chose not to say anything, but I am pleased my trust in you was not misplaced, and we were able to decipher the last of the book's mysteries.

'Why then might we entertain Karazgar's request, ${PLAYER}? Why, it is for that very reason: we know what the book says, and he does not. He believes it contains the secret to preventing his decline, or securing his power... but it does not. It does contain a great deal of confusion and mystery for one who does not know how to read it, and that is to say nothing of the trick with the shard of beacon-glass. What might he give up in exchange for a book he thinks will be of use to him, but is not, and cannot be? It may be an academic question, but those are always of great interest to me.

'So I leave the disposition of the Black Book of Mordor to you, my friend. Choose who should have it, and deliver it either to Khîl Tale-spinner in Járnfast, Covadil in the Houses of Lore in Minas Tirith, or Karazgar at the Old Ford. I leave the decision up to you, and with this choice we will close the Black Book of Mordor for good. I thank you again, ${PLAYER}.'

Gandalf gave you the choice of where to bring the Black Book and you have now performed that duty.

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• Gandalf gave you the choice of where to bring the Black Book and you have now performed that duty.