'You are an adventurer, ${PLAYER}? It is a pleasure to meet you!

'My name is Helchon, and I am only lately-removed from childhood. Aye, it is true: I am very recently-sworn to the service of Aragorn, chieftain of the Dúnedain. It seems only a short time ago that I led a battalion of my fellows in and around Tornhad, delving into the hillside caves and exploring the woodlands without supervision... but we were only children. Now I am a man grown, and have taken the oath of the Rangers, and will die in service to Aragorn, if I must.

'I am eager to prove my worthiness, but for today I have been tasked with a simple duty: patrolling the bounds of Thelgarth. Perhaps you will accompany me, and tell me of your adventures? It will help pass the time, and I fear nothing so much as I fear boredom and tedium! Has all the magic and excitement gone from the world?

'I will meet you near Thelgarth.'

His patrol completed, Helchon waits for you back outside Tornhad.

Objectives

• Talk to Helchon