The mysterious black-robed horseman arrives in the town of Cormain Spring. He tells of a need to ration during the war. He collects and trades food supplies and spare equipment for the war effort, and then moves on westward.
The party hears of this event through some Bosmer refugees during their time in Elsweyr, and then again from a Spinner in Wasten Brukbrook through records within the Spinner Network.