Adventuring Phase: the Staff of the Roadwarden

Expedition

Since arriving in Mirkwood four years earlier, Bofri has surveyed both ends of the Old Forest Road outside the forest.

If the companions are in any of the Woodmen settlements of Mirkwood, Bofri, son of Bofur (Heart of the Wild, page 130) seeks them out. He has heard of their courage and skill, and asks for their help.   Since arriving in Mirkwood four years earlier, Bofri has surveyed both ends of the Old Forest Road outside the forest. He believes that his ancestors wound the road with potent spells to preserve it, and that it is still mostly intact. Bofri intends to travel to the Millfort, one of the three larger keeps the Dwarves built to protect the road, and ascertain how intact it is. The Millfort was built roughly two-fifths of the way along the road.   According to Dwarven records, the Staff of the Roadwarden, the traditional symbol of office for the master of the road, lies in the Millfort. Bofri wants to reclaim it, and needs brave companions to succeed.