



After a long journey, the heroes arrived upon the shores of Lake. It's most striking feature was, the city of the Kings ofbefore the capital of the North Kingdom was relocated to. The city lay on the southeast shore of Lake, near the source of theriver. To the south and west of Annúminas rose the Hills of Evendim. Upon a small island on the eastern shore, there stood a ruin upon the shore that still possessed the grandeur and strength it once had in ages past calledVarious Men had made these ruins their home. The leader of the group,, came to greet the arrival of the heroes. Calenglad had patiently been holding out against the continuous waves of threats against the oldkingdom and its crumbling ruins and tombs, with their precious contents. They handed himletter and he read it thoroughly. Unfortunately, he could not trust the letter alone. Tomb-robbers had plundered the vaults and tombs ofand believed the letter could be a forgery intended to relax their guard. Deeds, not words, would be required of the heroes to prove their allegiance.lamented the situation. He would have to prove the heroes worth but if they proved true, he would be delaying his lord’s mission. He told the heroes to aid the rangers ofto prove their loyalty to their cause.The rangers ofwere skeptical of the heroes intentions but were in desperate need of assistance. They sent the heroes upon various tasks and errands acrosswhich included reclaiming relics and slaying tomb robbers. With their loyalty obtained, the heroes returned to, convinced of their valour, told of, the Blue Lady of the. She was the protector of theand was slow to trustbid the heroes to continue to aid the people of Evendim while he set out to speak to her about his Lord's desire to remake the blade that was broken. The heroes made forwhere they met withwho had grown concerned about a local hunter namedwho had not returned from his hunt.The heroes scoured the hills north of Lakeand were distraught to findstrewn upon the hillside. With his final breath, he told of the, hill people who worship wolves, who were responsible for his wounds. The heroes took his belongings and made forwith the sad news.was saddened to hear ofpassing but angered at the. He told the heroes of their camp on the western hills of Lake. The heroes rode forhad not yet returned from his mission, so the heroes took one of the ranger’s boats and sailed across the lake to bring vengeance to the people of Evendim.The heroes stormed thecamp and slew every evil man they came upon. With the camp cleansed, the heroes returned towas glad that vengeance had been dealt.told the heroes that word had come fromhad returned and wished to speak to them as quickly as possible. With that news, the heroes rode forto learn of what thehad said.