'It is kind of you to stay. I shall do my best to be brief, out of necessity and thoughtfulness. Yet, I must start at the beginning for my tale to make sense.

'I spent my earliest years in Lossarnach, along the Erui. That stretch of river led to the mighty Anduin and it was there, at the river's edge, that my love of water grew. My dearest friend and I set out to seek a life as merchants, heading south along the Anduin towards Pelargir. Life has a way of twisting your desires and we soon found ourselves labourers and dockhands.

'It was there that I met the Captain.'

He stares longingly at the water.

'It is there my life changed.'

Speak with the stowaway and allow him to finish recounting the events of that night long ago.

Objectives

• Talk to Falnavar