Book 1 - Act 2 - Chasing Shadows

[Eilandor]

Taveon had walked into a tavern or two in his day where the music stopped but this was an entirely different animal. He pauses for a moment while looking around the silent room, "I'm not quite sure what to say to such kind words Riv."

After another brief but longer pause, "If all in the Fellowship would have it, I would be honored to be part of a group that has been tasked with such great purpose."

[Trogdor]

"It would mean leaving your people for a time and following where we go," Faladril replies. "But we act to keep the West safe, so your actions would be to their benefit, if less directly than they have been to date."

[Eilandor]

Turning to Faladril, "Would I like to be back home...of course. But ignoring the situation at hand will not deter this evil from spreading across all the land. Whether I make it back home or not, at least I will have been part of something that tried to make a difference."

[Trogdor]

"Then I would welcome you into our Fellowship," Faladril replies.

[Vardaen]

Riv smiles, "And I!" He leaps from the bench and gives Taveon a hand shake and a bow, then turns to the others. "So what now?"

Tom Bombadil stands in the corner near the fireplace and polishes and apple on the sleeve of his blue coat. "I suspect some of your companions little Hobbit are eager to be away and back out into the wide world. I can take you to your ponies, and to the edge of the Old Forest when you are ready. You will find your missing gear laid out in the barn waiting for you."

[Hayabusa]

"And me as well, Taveon," Saelirneth adds smiling. She walks over to the tall man, embracing him and even going so far as to plant a kiss on the Dunlending's forehead. "We are not many but we removed a bandit threat from this land and now those blades from Curunír's allies."

[TetNak]

Dobo pounds his fist on the table, "Aye! The fall of Saruman will aid the Dunlendings! It will aid all of Middle-Earth. But Dunland is Isengard's neighbor, and so, join our fellowship and we shall aid Dunland throw the yoke of Isengard from its shoulders!"

[coynor]

"Riv has just asked the question for all of us, and it looks like everyone agrees with him, myself included. You deserve a place in our Fellowship, you have given proof of great courage and determination to fight the Evil that taints our age." Cadoran smiles to the Dunlending.

Then he turns to the hobbit. "Well, Riv, I think that now we will gather our equipment and follow our great host to the edge of the forest. Then, we should head back to Rivendell to report our findings. We have much to tell."

OOC

Last question about the blades. They aren't among our stuff inside Tom's house, but are they somewhere else? Or have they been completely lost?

Had a rough working week Vardaen, sorry for the delays. It should all be sorted out by now.

[Hayabusa]

Saelirneth follows Riv's question and Cadoran's reply, having assumed that this was their destination all along after they found the blades. "Yes, we need to return the blades and word of our pursuers and the Dunlendings so that everyone nows that these are allies and not enemies." The elf looks at Cadoran. "You still have the Morgul blades, do you?"

[Trogdor]

Faladril follows with the others, sad to leave such a restful place, but knowing that there is work to be done. When he hears Saelirneth's question, he says, "I beleive Tom said that he took care of them. When he first arrived he said that the Shadow we had with us was gone and that it wouldn't bother anyone again."