'Ah, what troubled times we live in. Brigands have been raiding people's homes in Archet, Staddle, and Combe. Deplorable! Some of the poor folk have made their way here to Bree and told me their sad tales.

'Now I'd like nothing more than to help them but I'm just not made for adventures. Why don't you track down these villains and bring the stolen family heirlooms to me. Then I can return them to the rightful owners, the poor wretches. Just think of the looks on their faces!

'I hear there are brigands encamped in the Yellow Tree Ruins, south of Staddle; but it may be that some others in the Chetwood are also carrying stolen items.'