'Not everyone here does what he is told, (your name): Arngrim is one of these. He has been acting strangely for a while now, but he has not refused direct orders until recently. He was ordered to return to Gabilshathûr for guard-duty against the Orcs, just as I was...only he didn't!

'He has long claimed that there was mithril to be found in this land, though every dwarf knows it be madness, but his delay in returning can only be explained by this cause: he thinks he has found some!

'If you are willing to help me with this one last thing, I will be very pleased. Arngrim may have abandoned his senses, but he is still a dwarf, and we owe him this much. Look for him atop the ridges on the very southern reaches of Imlad Balchorth, to the north of this outpost.'