diff --git a/data/campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne/scenarios/14_Plunging_Into_the_Darkness.cfg b/data/campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne/scenarios/14_Plunging_Into_the_Darkness.cfg
index cba496b35ac..379987092eb 100644
--- a/data/campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne/scenarios/14_Plunging_Into_the_Darkness.cfg
+++ b/data/campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne/scenarios/14_Plunging_Into_the_Darkness.cfg
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@
                 [/message]
                 [message]
                     speaker=Delfador
-                    message= _ "Temper your anger. Relgorn’s manner may be rough, but surely there is nothing wrong with his suggestion?"
+                    message= _ "Temper your anger. Lord Relgorn’s manner may be rough, but surely there is nothing wrong with his suggestion?"
                 [/message]
                 [message]
                     speaker=Konrad
diff --git a/data/campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne/scenarios/15_The_Lost_General.cfg b/data/campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne/scenarios/15_The_Lost_General.cfg
index f0a3222e2b1..8a7fe1785fd 100644
--- a/data/campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne/scenarios/15_The_Lost_General.cfg
+++ b/data/campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne/scenarios/15_The_Lost_General.cfg
@@ -599,42 +599,46 @@
         #
 
         # We don't know if Geldar will be alive at this point,
-        # but if he is, then he gives you guardsmen. The message
-        # tags outside the if statement will form a coherent
-        # conversation either way, and leaving them out avoids
-        # some duplication.
+        # but if he is, then he gives you guardsmen.
 
         #
-        [message]
-            speaker=Geldar
-            message= _ "Tall ones, I thank ye. Life has been nothing but a struggle recently. We are the last outpost o’ civilization in these caves."
-        [/message]
-        [message]
-            speaker=Delfador
-            message= _ "These caves are vast. If we are to find the Sceptre of Fire we must hurry. We are not alone, and now that our foes have smelled our blood it will be worse."
-        [/message]
-        [message]
-            speaker=Geldar
-            message= _ "The Sceptre? Ah, the Sceptre ye seek. You surface dwellers are ambitious. Beyond my citadel the spawn of the darkness hold complete sway. You’ll no’ survive without assistance."
-        [/message]
-        [message]
-            speaker=Konrad
-            message= _ "How will we make it?"
-        [/message]
-        [message]
-            speaker=Geldar
-            message= _ "Northeast o’ my keep, young human, the tunnels converge towards the deepest reaches of the underground kingdom. The Sceptre can only be there. Please accept the service of my guardsmen. These elite warriors will protect you."
-        [/message]
 
         [if]
             [have_unit]
                 id=Geldar
             [/have_unit]
             [then]
+                [message]
+                    speaker=Geldar
+                    message= _ "Tall ones, I thank ye. Life has been nothing but a struggle recently. We are the last outpost o’ civilization in these caves."
+                [/message]
+
                 [message]
                     speaker=Delfador
+                    message= _ "We have fared little better ourselves, friend. We have fled the Aethenwood last spring and come to these caves to seek the Sceptre of Fire. With the Sceptre, we hope to put the war to an end."
+                [/message]
+
+                [message]
+                    speaker=Geldar
+                    message= _ "The Sceptre? Ah, the Sceptre ye seek. You surface dwellers are ambitious. Beyond my citadel the spawn of the darkness hold complete sway. You’ll no’ survive without assistance."
+                [/message]
+
+                [message]
+                    speaker=Konrad
+                    # po: Relgorn is the dwarvish leader from the previous scenario
+                    message= _ "Lord Relgorn’s troops are fighting at our side, sir."
+                [/message]
+
+                [message]
+                    speaker=Geldar
+                    message= _ "And fine troops they are, Prince, but no dwarf can match a guardsman’s resolute defense. Please accept the service o’ my clan’s defenders, to protect you and your quest."
+                [/message]
+
+                [message]
+                    speaker=Konrad
                     message= _ "Your boon is most welcome, sir dwarf. Keeping the Sceptre out of the hands of evil beasts is a common goal for us, and we will prevail with your help."
                 [/message]
+
                 [message]
                     speaker=narrator
                     image="wesnoth-icon.png"
@@ -644,8 +648,23 @@
                     side=1
                     type=Dwarvish Guardsman
                 [/allow_recruit]
+
+                [message]
+                    speaker=Geldar
+                    message= _ "Northeast o’ my keep, Delfador, the tunnels converge towards the deepest reaches o’ the underground kingdom. The Sceptre can only be there."
+                [/message]
             [/then]
             [else]
+                [message]
+                    speaker=Delfador
+                    message= _ "These caves are vast. If we are to find the Sceptre of Fire we must hurry. We are not alone, and now that our foes have smelled our blood it will be worse."
+                [/message]
+
+                [message]
+                    speaker=Konrad
+                    message= _ "How will we make it?"
+                [/message]
+
                 [message]
                     speaker=Delfador
                     message= _ "I do not know, Konrad, but I can sense our path only leads us downward. We will continue to the northeast, to the deepest depths of these caverns."