Bestowal dialogue
'Alas...I had hoped my shield-brother would be easily freed, but I suppose it was not meant to be so.
'I believe the Bone Man is somewhere in the southern reaches of the Barrow-downs, but in sooth I know not just where he may be found. Perhaps someone in this town has heard of him and can tell thee more than I.
'I know I have no right to ask thee to face such a fearsome foe as the Bone Man, but for the sake of my shield-brother, I must. Please, search for the Bone Man and destroy him. Alas, I do not know if he can be defeated by a single warrior, even a mighty one, so thou should take allies with thee upon this quest.'
Background
The shade in Bree still seeks to free his shield-brother from the curse that binds him to the shadow-realm and to Middle-earth, despite the grim news you brought to him.
Objective 1
The shade does not know precisely where the Bone Man may be found, other than that he lies somewhere in the south Barrow-downs.
The shade has asked you to free the imprisoned shades by destroying the Bone Man. The shade has warned you that the Bone Man is a mighty foe and that you should take allies with you on this quest. He also suggested that there may be someone in Bree who knows something of the Bone Man.
- Bone Man says, "Ha ha ha.... Bow down, slaves! The Bone Man will rend your flesh!"
- Freed Shade says, "At last!"
- Freed Shade says, "Free!"
- Freed Shade says, "At last!"
- Shield-brother's Shade says, "Ah...free at last! I hear my shield-brother's voice from afar. At last I have been forgiven. Thank you...and farewell!"
Objective 2
The shade's alley lies near Bree's South-gate.
You should return to the shade and let him know that the Bone Man has been defeated and the shades freed.
- 'I felt if from afar...the final bond holding me to the dark world of shadows has at last been loosed!
- 'I think we shall not soon meet again, unless it is beyond this Middle-earth. But before I leave this place, I should offer thee a token of my profound gratitude. Take thee this ring. My shield-brother needs it no longer. I think it may still possess a certain virtue it once help, and it may serve thee well in battle.'
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Bone Man
