Seeking Meril-i-Turinqi – the Lady of the Isle – the party arrives at Kortirion and discovers the Man in Black has already been there (and left his mark). After a grand battle, Meril tells the group that the Parma Kuluina (the Golden Book) has been stolen. They learn that the Man in Black was trying to forge a weapon there, and they learn the first part of the Second Prophecy of Mandos.