'Old Barrow-wights from Angmar came. They disturb the peace and trouble folk who wander through their mounds. Let the Dead sleep and leave their troubles in the earth. Unless of course you wake them, dancing on their rooftops!
'Hey, come, my friend. Linger here no longer. To Bree you should be a-going. You've a friend there who awaits you!'1/1
1 Enter areaTalk to Strider1/1
2 Speak toBarliman Butterbur (Show dialog)
'Oh, hello there, again! I was so busy that I didn't see you, but there's never a moment's peace here, if I may say so. I was so worried that he'd sour my beer for letting Mr., uh, Underhill and his friends go off with that Ranger!
'He who? Oh! Why that would be Mr. Gandalf, of course! They say he's a Wizard or some such, and I'll say there must be something to those tales, for my beer's never been better! He was so pleased....
'Begging your pardon, but I do run on sometimes. Gandalf said to send anyone looking for Strider up to his room! It's up the stairs just beyond Strider's room.'1/1
3 Speak toGandalf (Show dialog)
'You are lost or seek me with intent. By the look in your eye, I gather the latter, though I also sense you sought another... Strider perhaps? Then we have both come too late. Our mutual friend has left, bearing with him a terrible burden.
'I am Gandalf the Grey, a friend of Strider's. If he set you to a task, it could not be much less urgent than his own. Tell me your tale, and I will deliver it to him....'
'So Angmar arises? It is grim news, but I am not surprised. Nevertheless, I cannot turn aside from my own task, for the fate of all Middle-earth hangs upon it.
'This burden I place upon you in the name of the Free Peoples of Middle-earth: Hinder the Witch-king's plans, if you may. Whether east or north, I bid you good fortune. Farewell.'1/1
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