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This expedition has lead to some treasure! It was not easy to get inside Durthang, and getting out of it proved even more difficult. This fortress of old still harbours orc-filth, hiding away in its halls. I risked being found out the further I went. I thought I could sneak passed the guards in the main hall, hoping to get to the room I wished would hold any record of Sauron's secrets, but upon trying to reach the doors to the lower levels I was nearly discovered and I jumped behind a brazier just in time.

The nearly empty whiskey bottle tipped over, clattering against the stones as the young woman rolled over in her sleep. The noise was enough to rouse her from the exhausted stupor and she reached out, groping to right the bottle before it spilled any more of it's precious contents.

They're here. I'm sure of it. I cannot fully explain why but I know they've come for me.

Outside the Pony, I saw a group of runes carved against the steps. Most would probably see this as simple graffiti, or an unintelligible scribble, but I know it as much more than that. This is Azkas' work. 

Rumors are terrible things. They create hope. Hope can be powerful, hope can be good. But too much of it can be a dangerous thing.

I'm hearing whispers around this town, whispers that I'm not alone. Whispers that my kinsmen are still searching for me, whispers that my clan has not been forgotten. 

We still have a chance, a chance to push back the growing darkness, but the company needs to be restored; needs to be returned to its former glory. 

I've never liked Bree. It's years since I've been in this town. A town of cheap ale, sellswords and corruption. I'm still weak, my body is beaten and bruised, bloody and broken. I need to find my Kinsmen. I need to send word to the Blue Mountains.

Lord Veinbolt lives, and he shall return.

To the dear Duinn Drakenbane, son of Muninn, lord of Durin’s Folk,

  And to all who dwell in the shelter of his arm,

Watcher:            Officer Penham Fletwood

Victim:                Donlii Stormforge

Perpetrator:     Unidentified man