'This is war, friend, and in war you make choices that you might regret when all is done. Yet, if we do not make these difficult decisions, then there may be no tomorrow for regret. It is a terrible and confusing situation sometimes, but I follow my orders, and they are clear.

'I am to charge you with collecting iron ore from the Isendeep or those wretched goblins which make Grothum their home. Either way, the iron is to be used to craft a giant cauldron. We will fill the cauldron with oil and boil it to douse Angmar's forces when they assail the fortress.

'A terrible fate for certain, but no different than they shall do to us. The ore can be found in the Isendeep Mine to the north or from the goblins of Grothum in the north-east. Go quickly, friend, for we must prepare our defence.'