Coded Journal Entry 3 is an artifact that can be found in Sea of Núrnen. It seems to be the final note of Saruman's spy in Mordor, and it's implied he has gone mad from or been killed by the Morgai Flies.
Location[]
The Coded Journal Entry 3 artifact can be found in a cave at Tirith Mesas, in the south-western part of Sea of Núrnen.
In-Game Description[]
Coded journal entry #3, Third Age, circa 2941
This parchment contains a note, but its author and intended recipient remain, ultimately, unrevealed. Is this a dispatch of some kind? A recounting of great deeds? Poetry? The note is coded and its message remains indecipherable.
Memory Audio[]
"The damn flies seem to be following me. I can't hardly go nowhere without them buzzing around.
I was going to scout Thaurband, the slave city. The Orcs got a prison there, and enough people in chains to run the mines and the mills and make the city go. But there it was, one stinking fly. I could hear it buzzing, but couldn't see it or squash it.
Thing was following me, I swear. I was out on a skiff, middle of the Sea of Núrnen and the fly was coming along for the ride. Like it knew! Following me, like. All the time: ZZZZZ ZZZZZ.
I can't get the buzzing and humming to stop. It don't matter whether I'm sleeping or eating or squatting. I can hear 'em. They're in my damned head!
MAKE… 'EM… STOP!"
Discovery Dialogue[]
Talion: "The war that is coming will engulf all of Middle-Earth."
Celebrimbor: "Many powers are moving their pieces into place."