'Glad am I that you have destroyed so many of those shoddy blocks, yet troubled too, that there were so many. I have had my workers check the stores we have here, and there were indeed more of the poor blocks mixed in among the ones of greater quality.

'I ordered the inferior blocks destroyed, but I need to trace the dilution of our stock to see from whence they came. Will you go south to Arnach and speak with my colleague, Kholnedák? Have her check the town's stores to see if they too have been infiltrated.'

Kholnedák has asked you to meet her near the northern farms in Arnach.

Objectives

• Talk to Kholnedák

Kholnedák has asked you to investigate the bandit camp Aegollant, and to search for signs of the shoddy stones.

Aegollant is in Lossarnach.

Objectives

• Search Aegollant for shoddy stones

Within the ruins of Aegollant, you have found piles of the shoddy blocks which were snuck into the dwarves' superior piles of stone.

You should investigate the blocks.

Objectives

• Within the ruins of Aegollant, you have found piles of the shoddy blocks which were snuck into the dwarves' superior piles of stone. You should investigate the blocks.
• Examine the stone

While inspecting the shoddy stones in Aegollant, you were set upon by brigands. One of the bandits dropped a crumpled note, the details of which Kholnedák will be eager to read.

Kholnedák is in Arnach.

Objectives