The body of a slain Ranger has revealed that something terrible has happened to the DĂșnedain in Cardolan.
'I don't understand it! We are still some days' travel from the camp where Narndir made his home, studying the ruins of Cardolan. He was always writing in that journal of his, documenting the details of artifacts and architecture he found worthy of note. We used to gather pigments together, he and I, as children in the Angle, for even then he exhausted such quantities of ink that he was always running out. Narndir...'
Meneldir clenches his hands into fists.
'Can I ask you to examine his body, ${PLAYER}? I cannot bring myself to do it, but we must know the manner of his death.'
The body of Narndir lies off the road in Cardolan. What happened to this friend of Meneldir?
Meneldir stands by the body of his slain friend, filled with grief, anger, and confusion.
What happened at the river-crossing of Sarn Ford to result in the death of Narndir, so far from his usual dwelling-place?