'Listen here. Captain-General Makán looks out for the Free Peoples as best he can, and that's why he has me working on restocking food and ale.

'Hoarhallow, that little village of hobbits to the south-west, makes the finest ale in the region -- well, the only ale in the region. Slightly bitter to appeal to the taste of dwarves and Men, with a sweet finish that the Elves desire.

'Raiders from the forces of Angmar have looted so much of the ale that there is not enough left to go around. Find some Hoarhallow-ale and make your way back to me, and I will see you suitably rewarded.'