'I wish they would be silent,' the woman says quietly, her voice little more than a whisper. You look around, wondering if she is perhaps referring to the children of Tadrent. She shakes her head, but does not raise her voice.

'It is the insects: the sickle-flies and the angry gnats. Their buzzing is so loud. How can anyone think with that constant racket going on? I have asked the guard to do something, but they have barely lifted a finger to help. Perhaps you can do something about them?'

Mousy Othwen is in southern Tadrent, in King's Gondor.

Objectives

• Talk to Mousy Othwen