RIVER LOUDWATER

1. You are attacked by two giant spiders.
2. You are attacked by three giant spiders. Use perception to find two Dwarven shields. Get the shields.
3. There are two black cloaks on the river bank. Get the cloaks.
4. A black cloak on the river bank. Get the cloak.
5. A black cloak on the river bank. Get the cloak.
6. Three black cloaks on the river bank. Get the cloaks.
7. There is black cloak near the river bank, guarded by three wargs. Kill the wargs and get the cloak.

• Of course, the black cloaks do not appear until the Black Riders are dispersed at the Ford. As Elrond notes, there are only eight of them. An unused string in the map data suggests that the ninth cloak was abandoned along with the Swim skill: 'On a rock in the center of the river is a black cloak.'