'Greetings, good (your race). It is so nice to see friendly faces about, and at such a difficult time, too. If thou have a moment, I could put on some tea and offer thee a nice hearth to warm thyself near, or I could make an offer to thee that we have been told thou might find interest in.

'Tall folk are helping us as these battles rage about us. Terrible things are happening all around our village. People go missing now and again. We know that the forces north of us are a great evil, but they stirred the Darktide-wolves of the Grimwood into a terrible state.

'If thou would...go into the wood, west and east of here, and kill some of the wolves. They are proving a danger to us all, and it is only a short matter of time before they attack our village.'