'We have sent out scouts to determine what path the Company may have followed in order to cross Hithaeglir, the Misty Mountains. If what you say is true of the campsites you found, there may be other signs of their passing that will need to be hidden.

'There are only three paths that seem reasonable for their passage across the Mountains: through the pass of the Redhorn Gate, south through the Gap of Rohan...or beneath the Mountains through the halls of Moria. Speak with our scouts, Ruidhriel and Limlaer, and learn if they have noted aught of the Company's passing.

'Ruidhriel is encamped near a place to the north-west which we are calling the Burnt Tor, for something has scorched the earth there. Limlaer may be found along the road, south-west of here.'