'All of this started to go wrong after we were separated by a blinding snow-storm. I was ambushed by the Gauredain after losing my way. It was there that I lost the map. The battle was tumultuous, and once it was over, we were scattered and the map was gone -- stolen, I think, by the retreating Gauredain.

'Well -- and I hate to admit this as a hunter and scout -- but my sense of direction is not exactly the best. I make up for it by being an excellent navigator, but without that map there was not much I could do to help find the others, and eventually I found myself all the way up here.

'I need to get that map back if I am ever going to find the rest of my fellowship! Can you help me hunt down the Gauredain until we find the one who stole it?'