'We have to do something about the tomb-robbers, (your name). I have spoken with my kinsmen about this matter, but we are stretched thin. We must focus on the threats to the tombs of our forebears in Men Erain and the crypts of Annúminas, even while other areas fall into danger.

'South-east of this colossus, the sands of the Barandalf and the dune-grasses are swept by the breezes that come off the Brandywine, but now the gentle breezes carry, too, the harsh cries and commands of a band of tomb-robbers. They have established a camp in the ruins of Barad Tharsír, on the far side of the Brandywine, and I fear that before long they will cross this river and pass into the peaceful lands to the south.

'You will be rewarded if you can defeat the tomb-robbers at Barad Tharsír. We cannot allow them to ransack and carry away our past, but we cannot afford to do anything about it ourselves.'