'A moment, (your race). I am troubled by this wood -- not surprising given the corruption long seeping into the world -- but there is something more. Since our arrival, I have felt a sense of encroaching dread.

'To the west, there are a host of spiders stalking through the woods. I believe that the brood-mother may have returned to their home.

'If this is true, we must move at once to destroy her, lest Angmar's army convinces her to join the battle against us.'