2 ObtainDefeat Orc and half-orc raiders from Bardh-dorám (7/8)0/1
3 Hand inPieces of a Torn Map to 0/1
4 Speak toAdgyth (Show dialog)
'I found a dead body! I was just telling the Reeve about it!
'I was running around on the eastern side of the town, looking for that sour-faced fellow we talked about, when I stumbled upon a body lying in the grass! I stayed just long enough to see if I knew who it was... and I did! It was Wigbald, one of the town guards! I remember his big red beard. He was always kind to me, and now I think that man you were looking for must have killed Wigbald before he fled the city. I can point out to you where I found his body, if you like. I was just telling the Reeve about it, and she says that I did the right thing to come to her at once!'
You tell Adgyth you will investigate the place she described, but you have your doubts. You do not remember Wigbald having a red beard.0/1
5 Speak toWigbald (Show dialog)
You cannot tell how long it has been since Wigbald was slain, but it seems he suffered a blow to the head from some heavy object. Dirt and mud on his clothes indicate that he was killed somewhere else and then dragged into the heavy grass.
As you stare down at the body of the slain guard, something that has bothered you since you heard the news from Adgyth slowly resolves itself.
This is not the same Wigbald with whom you spoke when you arrived at Stoke.0/1
6 Enter areaReturn to the south gate of Stoke and look for the man who claimed to be Wigbald0/1
7 Speak toCorudan (Show dialog)
'We have been deceived, Player! The man we spoke to when we arrived was not Wigbald at all... he was our quarry instead!
'I believe I can piece together the tale, but it brings me no joy to do so. Our secret foe arrived at the gates of Stoke sometime during the night, where he was challenged by Wigbald to identify himself. What name did he give? Perhaps Ednoth, or Góding, or another we do not yet know. What story did he weave for Wigbald? I cannot say, but my guess is that it played upon the guard's sympathies. From this I draw another conclusion: our cunning foe must appear, from the outside, to be a good man of Rohan. There will be little about him to mark him as an enemy, or Wigbald would never have let him into Stoke.
'But let him in he did, and at some point Wigbald was overcome and slain. What does it reveal about our foe that he was so bold as to take Wigbald's place, and speak falsehoods to the very people in pursuit of him? That is what worries me the most, Player. Our foe is bold, and he is cunning, and he is unafraid. It is clear to me, now, why he spoke of the Norcrofts, though it was not at the time. He was trying to steer us in the wrong direction.
'We must give this news to the Reeve.'0/1
8 Speak to(Show dialog)
'This tale is believable, but it makes my sorrow no less. Instead, it fans the flames of my anger! This man you pursue must be made to pay for his crimes. He sought to send you to the Norcrofts? His pride will be his undoing, for by revealing his charade we have discerned his next course. He wanted you to look eastward? Turn your eyes westward, and you will find where next lead his schemes.
'After teaching the Orcs of Bardh-dorám how best to attack Stoke, this cunning snake of yours fled the Broadacres. I am certain of it. He has gone to the Stonedeans.'0/1
Westemnet Iron Coin (4)