Letters II

Greetings Ren,

Please excuse the lengthy delay in replying to your letter.  As you advised, I attempted to locate the Tal Shanre, but the vessel has either been lost or has left the the Menethil and Highland area.  I’m enclosing a handful of letters from the dock master in Menethil, as I’m sure you’re interested in what has happened to your former shipmates.  I hope they prove more useful in your hands.

We managed to secure some supplies from Hillsbrad in recent weeks, but it certainly won’t be enough to see us through the winter.  We sent out a handful of men and women to forage, but another blizzard has rolled in, and it looks like a raid on the ogres at their outpost to the east may be in order.   Still, any help you could offer would be appreciated, and we could certainly pay.  Enclosed, alongside the letters, is a list of equipment and other supplies we’ll be needing.

As for the lack of reinforcements, it is as everyone here has suspected.  Stromgarde lies mostly in ruins, and even the dwarves are having a difficult time to the south.  One wonders exactly what the leaders of the Grand Alliance are thinking these days.  Even a regiment would make a difference here.

Such is the way of things, though.

I hope this finds you in good health,
Alice