'And so I will bid farewell to you and the Ranger Meneldir, for I must bring this warning to Imladris: the Wizard Saruman has sent Uruk war-bands to the ruins of Eregion and Swanfleet, seeking ring-lore. What he desires to do with it... Lord Elrond will know better than I, but surely it can mean nothing good. I believed we had learned the danger of such craft, but perhaps it was not so.

'I fear we are on the very precipice of danger, ${PLAYER}. I wish you and Meneldir good fortune on your journeys, wherever they may take each of you, but I also have a warning of my own to give.

'I bid you exercise caution on the road, and do not trust others too readily. These are days I would never have expected to see, and yet all around me I see signs of the deepening shadow. It may be that servants of Saruman, or those of an enemy we cannot yet perceive, work to undo all the good that has been achieved in these lands.

'Farewell! Perhaps we will meet again, on a more sunny day, when these cares and worries have been set aside.'

Meneldir has recommended that you return to Skardí Bendblade's blacksmith shop in Mossward so you can restock and resupply for your journey north to Meneldir's kin.

Objectives

• Return to Skardí Bendblade's blacksmith shop in Mossward

Skardí Bendblade stands behind the counter of his blacksmith shop in Mossward.

Objectives

• Talk to Skardí Bendblade