In about TA 1640 Arcondur was Commander of Special Missions in Minas Anor. His local contact in Dunfearn was Mengron, a half Northman, half-Dúnadan ranger.Both men had conducted that over the last 30 years there had been a slowly increasing trade in illegal herbs in Minas Arnor and the other southern provinces of Gondor, accompanied by an increase in illicit herb abuse throughout the population. In the past three years the supply of these illegal herbs had risen dramatically. As of late, more and more soldiers were being found with an addiction to these agents, a situation which was jeopardizing the defenses of Gondor. The mechanism by which these herbs entered the area was not clear but those looking into the matter, including Mengron and Arcondur, believed that the trade was supported by the Black Númenóreans in Umbar. The illegal substances that the government would have particularly liked to see decline in availability were Tartella, (and Tartec its derivative),Gort and Phecallus.Arcondur was looking for a group of unsuspicious outsiders to along with Mengron, secretly travel to Dunfearan and try to locate the source of the herbs being sold and to shut down the operation by any means available or created.Triple wages would be given for anyone who accepted the challenge
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- MERP:Dunland and the Southern Misty Mountains