'What is left to be learned at this time cannot be learned from me. I remember when you were but a novice, eagerly seeking to enhance your skill in valiant defence, but now I think you have reached a point from which I cannot further your guidance.

'There is a stout Guardian who went into Moria to help his brethren defend against the evils in the dark. He turns arrows with his thick armour and draws foes with his brave taunts, fearing no man or beast, however fell. I would never go into Moria myself, for I believe it is folly, but noble Dithrik would not be held back.

'Rumour has it that he traveled into the Foundations of Stone, and there you should find him, unless some cruel fate has befallen him. He will surely have more to teach you than I.'