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slash discord. Thank you, joy. White King stands before our fellowship as
and a Win has transformed into his people's spirit animal. A bear arrows sail
in from the trees holding the wraiths at bay. Our Win joins the fellowship,
and as dawn begins to break, familiar voice of Gandalf rings true.
You will stay your hand. You will not take one step closer, foul
creature, step back into the shadow where you belong. White King turns.
As the dawn begins to fall. You can see the shadows that envelop the
wraiths around you fluctuate and sort of fade, and you see the decaying skin
and bone below star. You will not stop us. Your tie him.
He's ending. Your light finds and the shadow grows. Your kind will bow
before the dark lor. The White King sticks shadowed finger out towards and Dowin
and Piper. They belong to me. Gandalf looks worriedly towards Piper and andwent.
You can see him look confused for a moment. There will the will
does that own? You do not control them? Creature, Ah, the
star knows not of the clor curse, curse or no, you will leave
this place. Randolph begins to whirl his staff and smashes it down on the
ground. As he does so, you can see this burst of air shoot
forth, sort of pushing back all of the grass and the leaves on the
ground. Bits of rubble sort of display outwards, and White King redoubles his
stance. Strider stands with a dagger as Arwin starts to inch closer to the
battle. We return to our turn order. Now we have some problems that
are still around for you to deal with. As the dawn breaks, you
can all see a sort of change happen to these raiths. The shadows have
sort of fallen away from them, and while in the darkness, the White
King looked somehow even larger and more imposing, sort of shrunk a little bit
in your eyes, not quite the height of shadow. Now it is Strider's
turn. The companion that you've come to know over the last week or so
stands up, dagger in hand. And only now you notice, actually,
let's have a role for this. Everybody, I would say, not everybody,
I would say Rioth, Lawton and and Awin. You can make an
awareness role awareness mm hmmm, right, okay, that would be a weirdy
failure for myself. That's a success Launton. And only now you have seen
sword. Strider has kept dden. Maybe the wind catches his cloak right,
the sword is sheathed, It is strapped to his back, covered by his
cloak. He stands yet with a dagger, seemingly unwilling to draw this sword,
and he charges the White King dagger in hand. He rushes forward,
real he has a sword, and he's he's using a dog or what's he
doing? I have no idea. He must have a plow. Oh so
okay. Strider rushes forward, and as the White King notices this, he
swings with a sort of backhanded strike with this large in any other person's hand
great sword with his left hand. You can see him preparing a strike with
this flail in his other hand. Strider ducks underneath, spinning on his knees,
and strikes upwards towards the white but not towards this White King's body.
He strikes towards the gauntlet, and as he does, you can see him
strike the hand with the sword. The sword comes loose from the White King's
hand, spins and embeds itself in the nearby tree, where is clearly he
is disarmed. And as Strider does this, more of the enemies must go.
Okay, let's see here. Who's gonna roll me a D four.
I'll do it, okay, but you just tell me in advance if los
hi, okay, one, we're praying for one. Okay? Two more
wolves emerge? Oh no, uh down south h okay, m And I
think we're gonna have the uh remaining wraiths go first. Okay. The wraiths
that are near you tititles Piper and this Garudyne. You can see the the
rates again. A lot of the shadow has kind of fallen away from them
as the dawn has broken, and they will strike at you. This will
be against Piper. Piper has. Her previous tactic was to add extra whatever
it was sorry, what was it? Nope? Was it? It adds
Perry. But what's it called? Fend off? That's the one you are?
They are they still weary? Are we still within that round where I
made everything? Oh? Because I've gotten enough successes that everything in the battle
is supposed to be weary, and I thought we were in that on stale
win chair. Okay, uh you okay, here we go with pitted blade.
It will strike towards you piper. Okay. Oh that is a weary
failure as they are ill favored and weary at the moment, the other wraith
will aim towards you tottles h weary failure. Oh, you have saved our
lives. Long time I was one hit hit away, You've saved my life
for around. I'm so an edge. The wraiths that are near Reeled and
Lonton will use some of their special bullshit. Unfortunately, Oh the wraiths are
actually they are not affected by your bullshit. I'm sorry. Oh really,
yeah, they've got some of their special bullshit cancels it out. I did
not notice that last time. What does that special bullshit smell like? At
least? What does it say? They are heartless? They are not affected
by the intimidate foe combat ask oh, oh, mother, than what he
was doing though? Was that? Yeah? That's not that. That isn't
what I did? Though, you did? You did the defensive protect companion.
Oh that's right, you did. Uh wait, protect companion? Isn't
that? Doesn't that give? Is that weariness? That's not weariness? So
it is weariness, it says. So what it says is on a successful
role, the enemy morale has been shaken, and all opponents with might one
are made weary on their next attack role. If the role produces a single
success icon, then also all adversaries with might two suffer the same penalty.
If the role produces two success icons, which it did because I got the
extraordinary or more, the penalty is applied to all adversaries in the fight.
It's identical to intimidate. It's just using an different trait that sounds like almost
so like a misprint, like you've read the same rule on two different names.
No, no, no, it's literally identical. For for was it
forward stance and defensive stance? You have you can basically one uses all the
other uses battle. But it's the exact same mechanic. Okay, they specifically
word it as intimidated. F oh, so that is fine, we shall
leave it. Yeah. Maybe on the other side of it, you're all
standing just a little bit taller, a little bit more menacing, okay,
a little bit more of a threat. The wraiths, on the other hand,
will start climbing the trees. It's really weird and like eerie. You
know, maybe like the shadow kind of looks like it's just making its way
up the tree, but like occasionally, like you can see a hand like
digging into the bark of the tree to actually climb up. And uh,
let's seem they will. I think you're claiming the action. Yeah, we're
going to use that to climb the trade and you can. They're like they're
getting up to the point where they have they're they're approaching you. Now,
Okay, that is it for the wraiths. Next, I think we're going
to have the wolves go. Okay, let's start with the gardon uh back
leader, I think okay, the Felby's has sort of collided with the wall
that as Andwin in his bear form, has swiped at this creature, knocked
it into the into the wall. The war done pack leaders sort of standing
up just avoiding the tail like furiously whipping around as this creature tries to right
itself, and we'll look around for targets. Sees Piper, we'll attack you,
Piper. Okay, wait before you do, do I still have my
perry from that fend off? Does it last the whole turn? Okay?
Around, okay, thank you, okay, and we'll strike with bone stash.
That is a weary failure, that weary doing work. Okay. So
the guard down pack leader like stands up and and maybe Toddle signals you hyper
and you see this bone staff about to come flying down with this wolf skull
on top, sharp teeth and pointy bits all aim towards you. And as
you turn, you spin and you dodge the staff as it cracks into the
ground nearby. Now, wolves there are two down south that are going to
I think probably rush up. We're going to say, towards Strider and that's
their turn. Okay. Then the wolves that are surrounding Lawton and Real they
will try to leap and snap at you. I am going to allow them
to try to do this because they have a great leap ability. They're going
to craze some of their hate to do it they get a negative one because
of what I did before. Correct on their attack. I'm I'm standing swaying
pendulously with my long hafted axe. They are weary from the from the weary
from London. But from what I did with my turn previously, they should
also have a negative one to their attack. Correct. Sure, why not?
I mean, I don't remember what I gave you last last time.
I have no idea. If you tell me, I'll believe it. M
You had him make a battle role to obtain a favorable position from minus one
on their attacks. Oh yeah, they are spending some hate to do this.
They are sort of circling like around the tree and you can see them
all sort of doing almost like that cat butt wiggle where they look like they're
about to jump up someplace high. You can see them the wolves sort of
doing this. They're spring loading their legs ready to jump up there and they
will attack. So there'll be a minus one to this role. Do a
minus one die. Okay, we've got five wolves that are surrounding right now.
We're gonna go three of them aiming towards Rioth and two of them aiming
towards Lawton. First one for Rioth, steady yourself, master, proud for
it wolf. The first wolf leaps, and I think Rios, you just
you're trying to like balance on top of the branches, you know, and
dodge at the same time. This time you might like lift your leg for
a moment, and there's this like that weird balance beam. Look. As
you dodge out of the way, the second one will try to bite you
with its fangs. That is a Gandolf rune, which is very bad for
the enemy because Gandalf is here and Gandalf is on your side. This wolf
also leaps this time, rio I think you managed to as as it jumps,
you kind of manage to just shove it with your with your axe out
of the way and it sort of falls back down to the ground. The
next wolf another fail. That weary condition is doing work right now and keeping
everybody alive. The next wolf, this time will be aiming towards the Lanton.
Their weary failure. Lnton, you are so tired and barely keeping it
together. You are maybe you got one eye closed right now as you're just
trying to stay conscious and and uh, you managed to dodge out of the
way of this wolf's fangs, tries to nip at your leg, and you
managed to lift up your leg before it pulls you down. The last wolf
another failure. You literally saved our lives. They are no longer Yeah,
that's all. That's okay, Okay, wolves have gone. Now. I
think we will have the fell beast. It turns as it stands up,
it's its tail like squatting the walls near you, Tottles, Piper, and
the wraiths nearby. I'm actually going to make a roll here for that,
because we could have some friendly fire happen, and we could have some not
so friendly fire happen, which could be very bad for you. But I
think because it has been put in this position, you need to make a
roll. Okay, Piper, Tottles, what's your current Parrier rating. I'm
no longer under I'm still under the fend off yeap, you are, okay,
just double check in twenty one nineteen. All right, So I'm going
to roll this and twenty one or nineteen. If it beats twenty one or
nineteen, this will hit you. That is a failure. As this massive
tail sails overhead this time, Piper, maybe you warn Tottles as it out
sails past. The raiths will also manage to get out of the way,
so it's the guardaine and the tail just rubble begins to fall down from the
ruins. As this creature screeches and turns towards Fair to Win baird Win,
it will stand back up and it will with a snake like attack try to
bite you. Okay, that is a great success. One extra success die
here as your parry rating has fawn a little bit because it's still the round
though, right, so it would still technically have the effects from Lawton's song.
Yes, that is correct. It actually is currently not set up correctly,
so that is right. Hold on, let me check on this.
Yeah, it's not checked. Sorry, So that would have been still enough,
just the same result, right. I didn't want to interrupt. I
was going to ask. Yes, my defense is supposed to be lowered in
this form because, okay, you're easier to hit. Your skin is thicker,
which will make any protection roles that you have to do better. Actually,
I think I might have forgotten to give you that bonus. But you
have a you have a better protection. Uh, yeah, you're understood.
Your protection was too. What is it in Bear to Win is that two
as well. It's still on a two, but I can change it to
a three. No, you can change it to a four. Oh okay,
witch went down, your strength went up, your parry went down,
your protection went up. Understood. I will proceed to laugh off any supposed
injuries, not as textrous but beefy. Can you laugh? Could you give
us a very laugh please? Okay, let's see that is a miss.
I'm sorry. That still a hit then, so this is an extra success.
We're gonna go ahead, and this creature has some special bullshit not on
bite though. This is just gonna be a mighty blow. Okay, this
will be for seven damage as it sinks its teeth into your hide, rends
your flesh underneath that thick hide still a thick layer of fat prevents any serious
injury, but it does cause some damage. Okay, that's the two actions
for the Felbeast. Now the White King with only the flail in hand.
Now we'll try to fight with Strider still the round. Yeah, this is
the last one. Okay, Okay, a lot of enemies to take their
turns. That was close. That was one away. The flail sails over.
Strider said, you could see his hair like follow with the wind that's
generated from the flail attack, and then the white kink sort of as he's
spinning, brings it up and then we'll try to strike downwards. Sh Okay,
that is a piercing blow. Okay. Strider is quick enough to bring
up the dagger, which is barely any sort of defense. You can see,
he manages to get it barely, sort of like caught in the chain
of the flail. The dagger is sent flying from his hand, and he
sort of like looks up and he just barely like ducks underneath one of the
branches of the trees. The flail comes flying through, breaks the branch,
and Strider is collapsed underneath the branch of this tree, sort of pinned below.
The White King sticks an iron grieved foot on top of the branch and
begins to push. Mh, you round, who's going first? I'd like
to I think that with all these things coming at us, I think I
looked at real and I said, should I do If I should we hide?
What do we do? And there's no hiding. They have our scent,
the wolves down there, and those beasties are crawling up the tree.
I look around at all of them, and then I see er Gorn go
down Strider. Well, you're right, Strider, don't know who that person
is, some other Strider clearly master proud. Yes, I know what you're
capable of. I know you could become these leaves if you wish to,
and you should. No, I'll be okay, no, I I said,
but I'm there's too many around us. And I look towards Strider and
I see the White King, and I have my bow out and I'm going
to aim one at his Yeah, I'm aiming at him. I'm going to
try and see if I can get him off of him, off a Strider.
I'm going to use one of my own hope points. You can use
mine, because I'm looking at what just happened to Strader and I'm hoping that
some you know, like either I or somebody can help him. All right,
I will take that, thank you. Yeah, give myself two yeah,
and I aim. I breathe out and I fire with the one feed
die and weary two extra successes. Holy shit. Well, the one eye
that was shut actually helped me aim. Since I can't open it right now
from all the damage my face is taken, so I release it and I'll
just do two heavy blows. Okay, well, yeah, not too heavy
blows. I was going to try and argue for something else, but maybe
the damage is just good. So I've got a strength rating of two.
Here's the way that this is going to work. I would like to offer
you. I would like to offer you a piece of information as opposed to
suggesting that you do double heavy blows. I will give you a special offer
here, since you've gotten two extra successes. Would you like to take it?
Yeah? What do my hobbit? I see? As you strike with
your era, you manage to strike this This creature's sort of like this rough
iron sort of armor pauldrons, and you can see that there is like a
crown that is below the shadow and blow the hood, and there's also something
else that you notice. Please make a m an insight roll all right,
let me get myself a little bit of hope for this one. Oh you're
gonna mine again, are you sure? Yeah? But then I'm gonna be
in trouble soon. All right, I'll take it. I'm so afraid to
do this, all right, insight? Oh sar? Okay, then I
would like you now to make me a shadow test role. You see something
on this creature's finger, not so beautiful, so beautiful Lowton valor or wisdom?
This will be a wisdom, all right? Do you give yourself hope
on these or no? I can't remember. No, I didn't think so.
Success. It's wearing a ring. When you look at it, it's
almost like time stops for a moment, battle dies down just a little bit.
Why would a creature like this wear a ring? A purpose? Could
it serve? It's the most beautiful piece of jewelry you've ever seen, and
the fact that this creature wears it it strikes you as strange. Why would
it need such a trinket. This is not a creature of beauty. It
is a creature that seeks death, follows horrible master thought through the I would
like to if I could make a lower roll of any stories that may have
passed through hobbitson through the shire. You have a minus two honest to this
role. The only way to get this is literally Gandolf coming in. Oh,
that is a failure. So however, yes, you understand enough that
these roles were so conflicting, So I have to sort of work through the
logic here. But I do like the idea that I had such a strong
emotional swing between trying to help Strider to being trendsfixed to pulling myself away from
that. And I've seen what have I seen? I think I've seen enough
wonders to recognize that feeling. I felt the cold of the shadows as the
dead closed in these unnatural poles at our emotions. If I saw the ring
and I felt that, do I feel a heavy significance to something. There's
a moment where you think it's only a moment your will is strong enough to
resist this feeling. There is a moment where you think about abandoning everybody for
that. I am still bow out, and with the pull of this trinket,
this ring on his finger, my eyes are looking towards it, but
glance over at the bow that has an etched apple and an etched b remembering
that this bow named friendly reminder. I have a purpose and I have people
to protect. I look to real there's something. There's something on it.
There's something on that creature. I don't know. It's on its hand and
it's I can't explain it. Real godless, that's proud of what you have
made up your mind with that shot, and so have I. As the
arrow is loosed, it connects with some something inside the White King. There
is a screech of pain that sort of reverberates through the ruins. Not the
first that you've all heard, but you can see the White King sort of
fold in for a moment, obviously feeling that strike. Wanton. That moment
where you thought about abandoning your friends was quickly snuffed out. And you heard
it. You hurt this creature. All is not lost. You can heard
it. It feels pain. It feels pain. I wasn't sure if it
did. Look at it. M hmm. Okay. I heard a familiar
voice earlier. Sakoon is among us. Two folk of song have joined this
fight, and you and I may yet make it out here alive. Who's
next? I would like to be next. I pull out the horn that
the Hobbits gave me, and with one deep breath, I blow into it
and then scream, barrow cause on, because I and then swing my lord
have to acts down towards one of the Whites, cunning towards me and try
and cleft it in twain. Okay from me? All right? Hope for
the ore A great success. What would you like to do with your extra
success for the oree? Hmmm, well, you see, this is an
intimidate role, so it is always down to Lord master discretion. What happens
by rule? You're going to say, you affect the immediate area around you,
So the wolves and the wraiths around you are affected. Okay, so
by rule it will make it should make creatures of might one weary. However,
it is also written that by Lord Master's discretion, it can make creatures
flee even maybe you might want to roll for that. I don't know what
else did it say? Sure, I won't take deep offense from you suggesting
for me how to DM and no, no, no, no no,
I will simply nod my head and say it's the finale. Why not let's
go for it. It says intimidate those to make them wave a break or
even flee. And then it goes into the mechanical might one thing. I'm
going to say that they have to succeed on a protection role. And and
so you got a fifteen, you have to beat a fifteen to stay.
Okay, we call that the injury rating. Come on, come on,
I mean fail for the wolves, now raiths I hate to be that guy,
but you said that raiths have special bullshit that mean they can't be intimidated.
Just to intimidate. It is an intimidated election. Yeah, so the
wolves. Sorry, however, the wolves sort of recoil and pain. As
this horn is blasted. You can see the wolves sort of almost like a
wave of force was blown out of your lungs through the horn down you see
the just like Gandalf's staff brought down through the ground. The grass fold and
you can see see the hackles raised on the walls, and they start to
stick their tails between their legs and they run off. And with this turn,
as with Barukazad, I can now also swing at what are the rays?
Should you let me? Absolutely go for it. I swing down towards
one of the races, climbing the tree with my long halted axe. Another
hope for me, another hope. Okay, that'll be a great success.
Okay are you spending your extra success heavy Blue? I suppose Wait, no,
I could make a piercing can't I to make it a nine? What's
your strength rating? My strength rating is a seven seven, so that would
be an eight in addition to the eighth. Pretty strong. You can try
for a mighty or you can try for a piercing. What would you like
to do? Er? Okay, I hear the tone in your voice,
and I want to defer to fair like felied. Do that axes only get
plus one for their piercing, which would make it to nine. And your
weapon is not Leen? It is it is? Oh? Is it?
It does not say Keen on the sheet. Oh it says so in my
rewards Keen weapon nine. Well, with your injury rating of twenty, I
would always go for Keen. But through the tone of wax voice, perhaps
the raiths are somehow immune to mortal wounds, but other than that, it
would be the best choice every time. Your weapon has the highest chance of
making an injury of any attack in this entire campaign, So you should take
it every time you can. I'll take it. Well, could I slightly
argue one things to you? And seeing you go for it, do you
think you can just show him off the tree for another round? No,
hear me out. If he cuts it in half in one if he cuts
it in half in one strike, it is then shoot off the tree forever.
Okay, Yeah, but there's the other Okay, teach amount of fish
thing. But it's with a you know, Cleveland Piers pierce it dead.
Okay, this is versus a twenty. Come on, that's such a disgusting
stat for a weapon that acts as cross. That is a fail. As
you strike towards the wraith, I will use some special bullshit and there it
is. And some hate to cancel the wound. So I think as you
strike it, you can see that you lop off like a hand or something
through the shadow, which would be enough to really injure somebody, potentially kill
them. This creature is deathless. It has a reaction. You do damage,
it's still up, is not a wound. I suppose this answers our
question. Then, okay, all right, who's next? I'm in forward
still. I would like to attack one of these creatures to get them off
Toddles again to rates and then you get the gin behind you. I'm going
for the wraiths, the ones that are closest to her, the one that's
right in front bottom. Yeah, okay, it's going to h I don't
have any bonus dice. Do I have a bonus dice for being small or
something extra perry? Yeah, but you do have in a pinch. If
that applies, it gives me advantage. Right, So if you you have
brave in a pinch, yes, uh oh yeah, I'm miserable, weary,
or wounded. Inspired on your roles? Okay, No, I don't
think I'm any of those things. Okay, just a straight straight roll?
Oh no you are? You were none of those? Is your sword not
favored? It is favored? It only rolls one D twelve. It didn't
roll. Why why is the sword favored? Oh? Sorry, I mean
it has a check check to it. My sword, that's just if it's
equipped. You don't write weapons aren't favored. Sorry, oh they're not?
Okay, fair enough? Hm? Well just the hobbits with bows get favored?
Ta mark? Okay, okay, which is very strong? Okay,
so unfortunately that is a miss. Uh piper. You strike out towards these
wraiths, and I think the the the attack is maybe just too shallow.
You don't get good like les average. The Guardaine is behind you and you
just don't get a good swing. You strike the wraith, but it's not
it doesn't look like it seems to react. It's not a strong enough attack.
Okay, who is next? I think I will step up to the
plate. I have been thinking how I would act this turn, but it's
kind of hard to get into the mindset of a not entirely mindless beast.
But I am certainly not as strategic as normally. I am quite smart at
figuring out the layout of a battlefield. But I think right now, I
have seen Strider get knocked down, I see the Hobbits cornered, and I
have the fell Beast in front of me. But I must stay true to
my nature, and I think right now, just animalistic fury. I'm going
to attack the largest enemy, whatever looks to me to be the biggest thing
here, which is the fel Beast, So I will continue fighting it very
well, very quickly. Before I roll, you said that my new bear
doing attacks are based on my old spear attacks. Yep, I had keen
on my spear. Do I also have it as a bear because that affects
my ability to injure them? It does not? Okay? In that case,
I'm not going to look for a mortal wound. I'm going to look
for a beat down and start hitting this thing repeatedly. I will try my
bit attack. This time it just bit me. I'm going to bite it
back, and I will roll. If anyone has hope, I will ask
for it. If not, we'll use mine. Moment one moment one moment,
I just need to check because I I think I went down quite a
bit. You can have mine, Okay, I am. I am already
miserable, so at this point I have nothing left to lose. I will
burn every whole point in this fight if I must. Okay, very well
incoming bite attack RAR. That is a great success. Okay. How would
you like to spend your extra success a heavy blow? Okay? For a
grand total of turn plus two. Yes, it's eleven plus four fifteen damage.
So you're doing the thing where like two animals are like snapping at each
other, you know, and like the creature like bites you, and you
you avoid like it biting your mac and it and it just like it probably
like bites whatever it can on you. So like it tries to bite your
back, but it can't open its jaws large enough and it sinks its teeth
and it does sort of like a little bit of damage. But you quickly
turn and you bite it right back, probably like on the wing or something,
like you sink your teeth in and there's a a massive amount of blood
that is that that manages to pour out of this creature. It's still up,
but you definitely heard it. Were this a movie, low Master,
you would have Piper and Tottles dueling the respective wraith and chieftain, and I
am the backdrop behind them, just slamming into this fell beast. Absolutely.
You just hear this wild bear tearing into this creature, horrible shrieks and roars
back and forth with each other, and who is next? I will go,
okay, ah, Hiper, we have to get out of here.
Okay, uh. And I'm gonna move uh here and fire behind me as
I go. I'm gonna fire at this guy right here. Okay, the
east Feller Raith there? Yeah, ah, okay, who I'm I'm hesitating
to know if I use a hope or but you know it's it's I give
you one. I'll give you one. Are you sure I'm already miserable?
Oh? I'm sure all right? You can't take it with you if you're
dead? What woo Oh? Come on, this has got to mean something
glorious. Look at that she both of those that possible? How max for
those listening, for those listening. She rolled a one on the D twelve
one she rolled thirty nine only two? How can you have as not possible?
Your total is higher than your success die, That's something's wrong. I
gave her, I gave her too, he gave me to hope. Yeah,
and I'm Max bo and my bos keen. But your role total is
lower than your success die, that's not possible. Four. I think she
broke it. I don't know, no, no, because it's weary,
so it's not counting the one in the two. Yeah, there you go.
Okay, so you broke it. You broke to six six six six
is out of six, sixes out of eight My hero moment, Okay,
there is no point rolling damage. It's just dead. So here's what I'm
gonna say. Here's what I'm gonna say. Titles. Yeah, I think
we do need to have a hero moment here. Really we need to have
a hero moment. And I want you to describe how this happens. I'm
going to let you take control of the narrative here. Wait wait, really,
okayn six Okay, extra success this, but but do you still have
to rule for their pierce and blow though? Right? Just so I understand
the gravity of this take control of the narrative. Okay, okay, okay,
six extra successes? Are you fucking kidding me? In the finale?
I know? Okay, hold on, wait a minute, wait a minute.
We got to do this right. We gotta do this right. The
wraiths chase around Piper and tottles you see andwin wrestling with this fell beast,
digging teeth and claw into it. Piper, it's surrounded by these wraithss.
You manage to escape out of the corner. What happens? I reached down
into my quiver and I pull out three arrows, knock them all together at
once, and I'm breathing slow. I can hear my heart beat really fast
in my ears. I'm looking at and when everything's moving in slow motion,
he's roaring and fighting with this terrifying thing I could never even imagine my worst
nightmares. And Piper surrounded but still brave. She's got tears in her eyes
and she's standing there, not even for a second thinking about giving up,
and neither am I. And I close one eye and I let loose arrows
and I hit all three off the ones surrounding Piper rapid fire arrows sail past
you slow motion. Tottles turns and quickly draws arrow after an arrow, sinking
each into the heads of the creatures that surround you. Piper. Sh sh
sh. There's a moment of like realization of what Tottles just did, even
for you. Tottles. Yeah, I'm I'm one hit away from dying.
So I think I just I have four health. I think I'm bleeding and
weary and tired. But I don't want to give up. Even if this
is my swan song. I wanted to be loud a ballad. As the
arrows sail past you, Piper, you see Tottles breathing for a moment,
heavily, blood pouring down the front of her shirt, her pants. She's
breathing heavily, a bit wide eyed as she looks at you. Oh no,
no, no, no no. And I run to her and I
start putting my hand where she's bleeding. Tottles, we have to we have
to, we have to keep fighting. We can't give up. Okay are
you okay? Yes, I'm okay, are you okay? Yeah? We're
going home. Okay, Okay, we're gonna go home. Yeah, we're
going home. Okay. I I wheel wheel around. I'm holding my sword.
I turn to look at her again and I nod, and I'm running
in the direction of the fell based and one you see it's tail before you?
Hyper, Why don't we have you make an attack? Okay, take
a hope from me? Ab still and me and my bow? Sorry I
can't Does that give me to London? Right? From me? From me?
Sorry I was muted. I meant to say this, take mine.
I don't get to give away my hope very often, and you are my
focus. It just doubled. Okay, I'm doing it. What's a Percy
bloom Piper? You begin to rush up the felbeasts as doing has sunk his
teeth into this creature's neck. May I, Lord Master, it's not my
turn, but I still have this thing in my jaws. Yes, I
see the Hobbits approaching. May I drag it down to ground level so the
Hobbits can reach it? Absolutely? That's how you give Hyper hope. Let's
see how it does. It needs to be the sixteen twelve twelve twelve twelve
harmonization and I have sourn so Hyper you rush up this creature, you try
to mortally wound it. Yeah, you go to strike maybe into its back,
and as you do, it bats its wings. You go flying up
into the air. Oh and you still land on top of it, because
that is enough to kill it. Oh wow, you drag your sword into
the into the fell beast. Explain what happens. I got thrown into the
air. I have my sword. I quickly change position, and as I
come down, I dig into it and I drag down as I fall,
and I'm screaming. I'm a screaming hobbit. As Andowin and Hyper tear into
this creature, leaving the black ichor pouring out from it, it sort of
wobbles around for a minute, like it tries to find its footing, and
there's this like rent in its side, and it just it can't keep its
legs up, and it just the legs collapse inwards first, the wings sort
of splay upwards like it's trying to fly for a second, and the head
falls to the ground. Who's it going? One Piper stands atop the fell
Beast with Andowin still biting its neck, tearing it out, as Arwin rushes
forward to strider arrows, launching towards the two wolves that are next to Strider.
Hey, one of the wolves goes down, and Irwin will get in
position by Strider, and you can see with bow in hand, she aims
the bow towards the White King and she says, stand aside, creature.
White King looks menacingly over towards the felbeast with its flail sort of dragging on
the ground. Gandalfar to me, yes, I forgot Gandalf still had to
go. Never mind. Gandolf begins to sort of rush over, and Lanton
riodes. I think only you can see this, but you see Gandolf sort
of whirling his staff up above his head like a helicopter. He's spinning his
staff and as he does so, he brings it down and points the head
of the staff, and you see this light sort of erupt from the end
of the staff. And as it does so, the White King holds up
his arms to try and block the light, and he falls backwards. Oh,
my creature, you do not winlong. Here go back to their shadow.
Strider pushes the branch off of himself. Arwin holds out a hand,
Strider shakily takes it. The White King looks around and you will see all
of The shadows around grow from the ruins that round this creature, almost as
if this creature is sucking the shadows from the surrounding environment. And you see
White King look to each of you lookers, will not be broken, you
star. As it says this, you can see the shadows begin to enshroud
the White King, hiding this creature's face like simple rags. What appears to
be a sort of horse like creature, skeletal in places, flesh missing,
raises up from the shadows. As the White King takes on a different appearance,
you see the shadows wrap around it like tattered clothing, and you can
see White King mount this horse begin to ride away. Gandalf holds the light
following this creature. The wolves that were slinking around rush off, tails between
their legs as the ruins stand quiet. This combat is over. What did
I say? Yeah? Must a proud for it. Yeah, I can't
believe we survived. Folk of Soult too, right you are? Oh you
gotta can you help me? Downy? Come here, let's go? Thank
you? Yeah? There we go? Is he down? Yeah? All
right? Mm hmm. But when are they were with harbor God over God
on to just see that to just see that. It is incredible. What
will that sound? And he's a bear, which Gandolf approaches. I see
you've been busy. I probably need a minute, because even Beyon has warned
me that our senses are dulled like this, It is not so easy to
disting with friend from foe. Yeah, but I mean we're family, so
that's different. Andwin Gandolf begins to approach nearby, and he says, les
Piper, come here, Yes, mister, hello, mister, I climb
down off of the fell beast, still holding my sword and walk up,
looking a bit like a child. And in some room. Oh, I
assume that is andern Yeah, it would be correct. Strader, Are you
injured? Is not any sort of grievous wound? That is good? My
friend Yanov begins to walk over towards andowin. I am with my back turned
to him now as I have started walking with a purpose. But I do
eventually stop, and I am simply gazing in the direction that this creature fled.
And I think, even not in my human body, you can feel
a sense of mourning from me, the creature responsible for my curse, one
thing I have spent most of my life chasing has rowed away, and I
never even got to fight it. I was busy defending the Hobbits and slaying
a hell beast. But now I feel I've missed my moment to break my
curse, and so I just sit down with a loud thud that shakes the
earth somewhat to the whole company here can feel it, and I think,
even in a colossal bare form, there's a very tangible depression in the air
around me as my quarry escapes. Yeah, and the wind of the river.
Kay, hear me, some call me gandal You remember me? H,
I think. I turn to look back as Gandalf speaks to me,
and I see the Hobbits and Stryder and Arwin. There is no spark of
recognition just yet, just like small forest creatures that don't matter to me right
now. Yeah. Yeah. But as Rio rejoins the group, mh,
I'm hunging heavily on him, by the way he's dragging you, swaying as
the proud foot and I sniff at the air as the one who was with
me from the start of this whole adventure walks towards me. Here you are,
We're alive. H m hm. He's a bar Can I even understand
you barely? I'm sure. No, don't make me laugh, don't do
that. H and m hmm, please make a wisdom role. I would
like to approach and Darwin, I see a look in his eye wildness,
but also some sort of recollection inside Hi and reach into my bag and I
pull out Yeah, Trek, if you gave me from unadventures, remember this.
Hey, it's too many more. You've very dasted you. I think
when I see the sigil of my house, and remember the day that I
named the real friend of the forest, the one and only word that I
speak barely comes out as a word hard to understand, even but a friend,
and I begin to shrink slowly, Friend, I think, because you
of rolled and eye of sauron, Yes I have. It's not done this
transformation. Lightly take a scar. I was also going to say, since
I rolled a souron and I'm already miserable on my shadow test, that as
I returned to my human form from the exertion and the stress, the world
goes dark. I hocket the carving, and Darwin gave me and I rushed
to his side. Totals okay Ah's where's my bag? Oh? I don't
have my things? Who has my bag? Look at yourself? Your estate
on my knees. The horses the back of camp. We chased all the
way here on foot. No, No, Gandalf and the others, and
we obviously look at state. Do you have a London? I thought all
of the bags went with me up the tree? Did they not grabbed her
bow and her bag? I might have given you the bag. You true
you threw the bow? Yeah, it may have been around us. If
it was near the tree, then I would have well decide now because I'll
roll healing and I either get a plus one or none. Who had the
bag? I can't imagine we'd leave the bag to the horses. So okay,
I mean, never mind, all right, No, I've got it.
I'll painfully drop it at your feet. There you go, okay,
okay, ah. I I'm struggling, I think, and obviously I'm still
bleeding as well. And as I look him over, I realize this isn't
an injury of the body, but of the mind and heart. And I
look up and I there's nothing I can fix. So he'll be okay.
I I don't know, and we'll walk over, puts a hand on your
shoulder, Toddles, Ah, is he going to be all right? I
do not know. You must tell me what happened. We'll tell you everything.
Where should we start? Such a tale can't be told in one sitting,
is worthy of song. But we shall try. You mentioned the curse.
Start there, there's right h And when h and one said he was
cursed, it was his whole line, and I tried to release him from
the curse. I didn't know it was really. I thought it was a
gesture family, you know, and it appears it's real and I have it
also. No, she took it. I don't really know how, but
she took it. It's awful. Can you help her? Lord l Rond
maybe able enough looks too, ar One. I will. I will bring
you to Rivendell. And she is looking at Strider when she says this,
and then she looks up to the rest of you. She will walk over
to you, Piper. She kneels down and she looks in your eyes.
There's a moment where she he sort of looks through you. I'll try,
Piper Lonton. I have a question. I don't something happened when I was
in the tree and I saw that monster on his hand was a ring.
I think, I don't know, and I had this overwhelming feeling of and
I looked down when I say this, abandoning everyone. I don't know how
curses work, but this one was saying that the curse was theirs? Is
it tied to that? Is that what I felt? Do you feel that?
Have you felt that despair and that wanting to give up? But in
a moment, I I don't. I don't know how to say it.
Huh. I'm good at fighting it, but that's there. I'm so sorry.
I gave her a hug. I'm so sorry. I'm not sorry.
No, no, no, no, mm hm, I join in on
the hook. I hug them back. If you can put your arm und
higher there, that's sorry. I am hug from the respectful distance. Can
we shuffle together while hugging? Can we shuffle towards the youth? I would
be dragging one of my legs and I roll to shuffle a bit further away.
You must, mister, make the riven Dell vote yes. Can someone
help me? You can see Arwin is just kind of like holding probably like
Hiper's wrist, I think, and she spends moment to glance at her hands.
Piper, you can see the the sort of like inky stain into your
hands. It's sort of like almost covered your hands completely. Now, huh,
how did that get there? Then let's let's go. There's no time
to waste. Let's yeah, oh god, it's gonna be okay. You
must tell me the rest the sweet journey. This story it is not one
for for me to tell, but perhaps when and Darwin is awake. They
were a value of the details paper. Yeah, chin up, you get
to see the elves. Hi. Ah, there's one right there? Ah.
I yeah, I suddenly remember myself and I turned to Arwin. I'm
sorry, I'm Piper Took and I put out my hand. Ah wait,
maybe maybe not. What's your name? Sorry? Uh, Piper Took,
miss of the Shire. I am Aarwin. It's a pleasure to meet you,
Piper of the Shire. I have never seen She looks towards Gandalf and
he nods his head. I have never seen Hobbit battle one of the Nine.
I am sure that the rest of my kin I want to hear this
story as well. I nudge Turtles as we both look on at Piper.
Well well, you know, uh, it's a it'll be a grand story
because talks are actually known for being quite brave. And well, it's like
runs in my family line a little bit. And could I roll a lore
to see if I know who Irwin is, if I've ever heard of her.
Sure, it's gonna be a minus one, but I think, yeah,
I lean into London, She's gonna be a story that they tell for
centuriason. I know we have to listen in on how it we got to
bring this back, of course, of course, Okay, well I could
try. You are unclear as to who this elf is, but she is
quite beautiful, and you can see that I will allow you to make an
insight role. This is the best day ever. Well jinxed yourself three times.
Uh, you're just so taken aback that this is an elf? Yeah,
I think in the in the first place, your cheeks just kind of
go bright red. But but you know, my uh miss, my lady.
You know, hopefully the story is as grand as it could possibly be
for someone who has lived for an eternity. Uh, you must hear a
lot of stories, so we'll try to make it a good one. We
must hurry, right, Sorry, sorry, you can tell us on the
way, okay, and you all continue your journey to Rivendell. And then
the next few days you convey the story weather Top was just awful, retrieving
your horses and continuing. Butter Jam rusty what nothing? Mm hmm sand to
want awake yet, and to want to awake yet is and to want to
wake yet? No one has not stirred. Okay, I think we take
turns. Give him more drawing on him. Oh, okay, given him.
I have some charcoal and I give him big bushy eyebrows. Yeah,
it's gonna see like as you and whiskers. Sorry, no, never.
As you come to the river brewin In, you see the water moving slowly
and everyone is sort of looking their wounds, et cetera. About a week
or so has passed. Make it here. You manage to get some rest
along the way, and you approach the river bruin In. There's a smell
on the air, fresh flowers. It's cold now that scent is crisp,
noticeable the hairs on your arm. Maybe stand on end. Strider and Arwin
have had many conversations along the way. But as he reached the River Bruin
and Arwin dismounts horse, and you can see her heading over to the edge
of the river. Strider dismounts as well, and he looks to all of
you as he sees Arwyn go to the river. Gandolf sighs. Strider says,
this is where we part friends. You're not coming with us to Rivendeen,
mister Strider. He looks again to Urwin and he says, no,
I I was your guide, and Gandelf and Owen will return you to Rivendell.
You do not need me, and where shall you go next? Then,
mister Stryder, I am a ranger. I am a warden of the
North. Ang Ma moves. The nine have returned. I cannot leave the
North unguarded, and he looks towards the Hobbits. I cannot leave the shire
unguarded. Well, thank you for being our guide, But it would it
be all right to to name you as a friend. That's what I think.
We've been thrown off together. Ay, well, then I'm sure I
can speak for I can patriots. Air of doors always open. If you're
need a meal, that means more than you know. Put a hand on
your shoulder. I have one day and I will see you again. I
walk over and I have tears in my eyes, and I reach into my
coat pocket and I pulled out something wrapped up and I just hand it to
him without a word. He looks down at it. For the road,
for the road. Thank you, mister Strider, for everything. Let's hand
on each of your shout old shoulders, Piper, and he says, thank
you for showing me the bravery of the hobbit. That's not just the bravery
of a hobbit, it's the bravery of all hobbits. Hie, master dwarf,
Ye, your axe is keen and sharp, and so is your wit.
Thank you for noticing. I would fight with you any day. Hi,
and as are you. I trust you now, all of you you
are friends. Oh snow me as Strida, only some know me as Aragon.
What's been our pleasure? Sir? I do have to be honest.
I kind of like raging better. It's a great name, way better than
Edward. Terrible name, terrible name, terrible name. I ask you please
do not speak of this name to anyone. Oh, then that is a
solemn oath. We shall not will keep it secret. Maype it's safe.
I'm safe. Yeah, Orowin has moved over to the to the river.
She sort of turned her back on the scene. I think maybe any of
you that are watching her might catch the occasional here she turns. She has
her eyes are just a little bit red. He helps cry and she swallows
hard. She moves over to Eric Rn. She looks at him in the
eyes. He looks for a moment. She reaches out of hand. He
smiles shallowly. I hope to see you again soon, my lady, and
he turns, hands his horse and rides away. M hmm. Now we
cross the river, Bruin and the magic's the protect Riven Doll lie here in
the river. Owen tells the forest in the river that we are friend.
We mean no harm. Come friends, Hi, with all haste. I'm
all read. A little further, a little further, Arwen looks over her
shoulder. The strider rides away from Riven Down and the rest of you see
a sight unlike any I have seen before home. Shoot the elves. Autumn
has taken hold. Yellow and orange leaves fill the trees as leaves begin to
fall. As you ride on horseback into this open and beautifully crafted small village,
matching the colors of the trees in autumn, yellows and orange, with
babbling brooks and rivers all around. You can see beautiful Elven architecture with towers,
sort of cylindrical buildings, tiled ruins. You approach a bridge that crosses
a river, perhaps one of the smaller rivers that feeds the bruin in.
What's everybody feeling like as you enter Rivendell, I say out loud, I've
never seen a place so ornate, almost opulent, but so fitting in nature
that it blends seamlessly into it. It's like slick made of nature and magic,
or maybe they're the same. I'm just narrating everything that I see Tonoan,
even though he's yeah, on like an hour and we're passing this and
it looks like that, and wow, it's the most beautiful forest you've ever
seen. You're gonna love it. Arwin leads the way. You can see
that there are guards in the tower at the end of the bridge. Upon
Arwin's lead to the group, he says something in Elvish. There are many
looks towards you're old, and so many looks giving back in turn. What's
going on? Rios Well, I believe as we approach this last homely house
east of the sea, there are conflicting feelings considering the fact that our lives
were saved by this. Arwen, I am not here for a friendly chit
chat. We are here to make nice, to get help, but also
I am here for information that I know. The opulence around that Lonton has
described is interesting to me. Such is not the way of elves. You
see, Dwarven hand must have been used in part, perhaps eons ago,
when things were more amicable between us than is it now that I have promised
myself to behave and to try and stay my tongue. As Arrowin says things
in Elvish to the guards, and Alph yells out, we have injured.
Please tell Lord l Ronde that we require his assistance if he is able and
willing. The guards again sort of look gruffly towards Riod, and they incline
their heads. Arwen motions forward. You all make your way into Rivendell.
Feels alive here. It's not quite like the Shire. It's not necessarily a
a bustling place. It's quite quiet and serene in comparison to the Shire.
It's not loud here If anything is loud here, it would be river,
waterfalls, nature, sounds of the trees blowing in the wind, leaves falling
to the ground. It's different, but it is beautiful. It's peaceful.
As you are brought inside, you are brought to the house of l Rond,
the largest manner here. And when is brought to a place to rest,
you're all given water and food. Drink, Oh, thank you.
As you wait and rest your feet, you're aching legs on Piper, Please
roll me a valorle okay, success. When you crossed the river Piper,
you felt strange, cold. These places everything that you've wanted right when you
left the shire. Yeah, why do you feel like this? Because it
doesn't feel better. It just feels different. And I look to Launton and
Toddles and I I realized that I dragged them all the way out here for
something that doesn't feel nearly as good as it is being with them. I
would say that on landings and my face is a level of awe that I
don't think you've ever seen. Even with that feeling that you're feeling, you'd
see me look towards you with a smile and go, did you see that
look? There's an elf with a broom. Let's go to clean. He
look at it and he's cleaning. Do they get elves clean? And then
I look to something else and I go that cart. There's not a rotten
fruits in it? Do you see that? Yeah? This makes me feel
small, but not in an insignificant way. Oh, don't you worry.
The elves will help you with that, no problem. Oh are you because
they're so tall? Yeah, that's what he meant. Yeah. Oh.
After a short time, you can see the taller elf approach, long brown
hair, modest crown upon his head, robes the color of autumn. He
approaches Gandalf, and he inclines his head. Gandalf, it's good to see
her again. All wrong to my friend. Every time I am greeted by
you, Gandalf, it seems that you bring strangers to riven Dell. Mm
hmmm. They have just survived a fight with one of the name. One
of the name. Sorry, we're early strangers if we don't know each other.
Hello, and I raise an arm. It's bandage. I'm like,
I'm a landing, proud foot el Rond. There's like a really slow like
hanging of his head like he just notices you now like he just like starts
to look down. It takes it's like five seconds for him to like slowly
turn his head downwards towards you. And so you are I am L Rond
of riven Dell pleasures money lord L Rond of riven Dell. Is I like
a goffer in this in this place? Or is this more? He's the
king here? Oh I go, I go, I go down painfully on
one knee. Yeah. Also see, sorry, sir, we didn't we
didn't know begging your pardon, begging your pardon. Father Arwin rushes over and
gives him a bow and a and it quickly embraces him. He says,
he says something in Elvish or when she responds, you think you recognize a
word? Well, actually, would you? Hm hm h? I have
a lexicon of language. I were you, this would be Elvin and it
would be elis r. So well, Myrtles knows what about us? So
I had I think I just we'd established I knew a tidbit of Elven only
from books that I've read. Let's see, maybe you heard before I don't
know. Am I still weary and destroyed and all that stuff for has it
been no longer weary? All right? So let me just make sure that
that is on the other hand, is all right. I'll keep that all
right, Laurel. Let's keep ourselves one a wee bit of hope as I
dig into my mind that is a failure. Can I try? Also?
Okay? Thank you? Worth a try. I would have liked to roll.
However, if I got the answer correct, I would have wanted it
to be d M to be because I agree with his that guy in this
movement, Okay, go for it. Should I succeed the role which I
have one with a great success for people inside? Okay, my face is
all scrunched up as I'm like, I think they're talking about ham. Oh,
then I'd love some. This might be like a a big dinner.
Maybe I don't know, like a feeling it's cold or warm? Yeah,
with that old warm ham, like a roasted ham versus like a cured I
don't know. I think I want a word for salt. What what's the
Elven word for salt? You're gonna ask them for salt. You're not just
gonna let the cook prepare it and you eat it the way the cook has
prepared it. They've been alive for how many hundreds of years? You don't
think they understand what they're doing around food? And they know that would be
so rude. That was so rude. It's all you have, yes,
but you haven't even tasted it yet. It might be perfect. I just
want to be turned out taste of it, alright. Sorry? Sorry,
they were simply asking for that to go on. They all sort of look
at each other and get off, sort of leans back and close his eyes.
How do you know that name? Yeah, he's a friend. What
do you mean you promised? Oh wait, what was a promise? I
mean, we don't simply as asking whether you have egg or ham on their
HD. Now listen to me, which we call gord. Hey. That
man may have told you his name, but he has not told you why
you must not speak it easily? It is so Lord Elronde, the enemy
searches for him. Why that is not my place to say, right,
all right? If he told you his name, then he can counts you
amongst friends, and as friends know you must not speak it. Aragon,
You do not know, Aragon. You have my sincerest apology. I was
unaware. And today is a banner day Lord Arond, if an elf is
apologized to by a dwarf, I suppose you are correct again. Now I
think you see Ruth's hackles rise of that and he goes dark and he doesn't
continues, what do you say? My daughter tells me that you suffer from
a great darkness, a curse and shrouds you and the Beyonning. Uh yes,
uh, majesty, the curse that has been passed down through the Beyonning's
bloodline, and now unto you, it is not something that is easily remedied.
I understand, I can provide aid. We would like to make a
roll for me, I'll do it. What role is it going to?
How many roles are sorry, I'm gonna need you to just roll a D
twelve for me. London, I've got it a nine. May I speak
with you privately? Hyper Ah, Yes, yes, sir, you can
see. Gandalf sigh and says, see the rest of you. There was
some bread there that looked rather delicious, perhaps some fresh butter. He looks
over his shoulder towards Lord l Rond Arwin joins the rest of you as well.
Please speak on how this happened, this curse. Yes, sir,
we've been traveling with Andwin for quite a while. Ah, he's our friend
and well friends or family. So he told us one one was it day?
Was that night, I can't remember anymore, felt dark regardless. Sorry.
He told us about the curse and I I didn't know it was real,
sir, But I just want to say that when I say that,
I don't mean that I regret it. Just to be clear. Anyway,
I thought I would release him from the curse. So I took my blade.
I gesture to my blade, but do not touch it. I took
my blade and I asked him to kneel, and I put it on his
shoulder, and I said, I Piper took the shire hereby what was hereby
make you uncursified with the power in me to release you from the curse.
And then and then there was a green, a vile specter over his shoulder.
I looked straight at me, and I found myself feeling or angry.
I was protecting him, you know. The curse was realed, and I
was I wanted it to go away. And it asked me under what power
I had to to release him from that curse? I said, I was
his family and then it took me. What you saw was the true visage
of Nine, the wraith creature that lies beyond the hell, not in the
next world, not in this one. Yes, you wou bound yourself to
this curse, claiming you are family to Anderwin, making this oath. Yes,
I know of no way to break this curse. Yes, eventually the
Shadow will blame you. Your blade. It has already begun ritual and sacrifice
and shadow it becomes a Morgul blade him. What do I do? What
do you do? I can't. I can't put them in danger any longer.
If you travel too far from and Win, Shadow will take hold of
you faster. I believe we can rouse him. M kah. He has
not fallen to shadow, but I believe he knows what happens to you now,
mister lord l round. So I didn't free him at all. They
can't live a life free. I would take it. Could I take it?
You wish to take the curse upon yourself? Otherwise what was it for
my family, my friends? I may be able to do this, yeah,
m M I will not let you, kay, I don't. I
don't know. Uh, yeah, I'm sorry. It's a lot of it's
a lot of information, mister lord l round. I apologize. I don't
want him to wake up and hate me for making a choice. He had
nothing in mhm. But are you well? I shall do my best to
rouse him. Wanted you. No, this place, Rivendell, it is
secret and it is a refuge to many for a time. You may stay
here, but and the shadow comes, you cannot remain. I understand.
I will leave you now and see to end when thank you just lightly inclines
his head and walks away. Yeah, yeah, you read join your friends,
Piper. Where I am I exactly? What does the sum so look
like? This is? This is I imagine you are in the rest would
be in the in the Great Hall, you would probably be in I would
imagine the north vestibule. So this is past the that's the Hall of Fire,
which is sort of like the western Great Hall. And then on the
eastern side of the manor is the the Great Hall, the sort of like
feast Hall. That's where your friends are, and you're kind of on the
opposite side right now, I'm assuming there's a window. Yes, there are
large doors on either side as well. Uh. I walked to the window
and I just look out one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen in
my life. And I just feel hollow because I know that I'm gonna have
to tell I'm gonna have to tell them that I'm not coming home and I
just stay here a while because I'm not Russian to do it. I'm sure
this is enough bread for I'm sure this is enough bread. Oh yeah,
I go back and get her some more hyper Hello, Hey, gotcha a
little food here by Brave Piper Took. I turned to you both and I
take your hands. Oh is there somewhere to sit? Yeah, there'd be
chairs. Guide I guide you over to sit down. London Toddles. I'm
afraid there's not much they else can do for me. What it's beyond their
scale. Now, I'm going to need you to listen to me very carefully.
I need you to go home. Mm hmmm. I can't come with
you. I that's what happened to the whole shire. No, I'm not
gonna go back and leave you behind. That's ridiculous. You're not listening to
me. There's nothing anyone can do. I don't care. I don't care.
If there's nothing, I'm not gonna abandon you. You're not abandoning me.
You're not abandoning me. I'm protecting you. No, no, yes,
no no, I stend up, a chair falls back and over.
No. Look, we we've been on this together. I can't. I
can't go there. The Shire is home, but so are you. So
it's totles. I'm not going to let that do whatefft. It's going to
do alone this I mean one, I'm not giving up. I don't care.
There's some silly elves. We can't help you. I don't care,
don't care, and I understand you're trying to protect us. Yelady did that
when you filled that beast? Okay, stop it, London. I can't
live no one that the two of you could have had a happy, beautiful
lives and not seeing me waste into the shadow. They will come for me
forever until I'm nothing, and I can't. I can't let you see it.
You need to go home and remember me as I am now. Remember
Piper who fell a beast, Remember me with a sword, happiness and joy
the meadow. I need you to remember that. Tell my mom my pa
that I'm still there. I need you to live because I can't. It's
yours now, it's your life to live, and it was a beautiful life.
And I regret nothing, but you deserve to see it, see it
longer, see it ender happy, surrounded by those you love and good food
and good cheese and soft bed, not a shadow wasting away, chasing someone
who doesn't exist anymore. I love you both. I won't do it to
you. Do you understand? Oh? Oh I don't, But I'll do
it because I love you if that's what you really want, But don't ask
me to under stand it, because I don't and I don't think I ever
will. Mhm h. How about this? I will ask if mister mister
l round will let you stay with me. You offered to let me stay
for a bit, but then I have to go alone. Yeah, you
tell me, You tell me to go and to live happy life. Hyper
that will not happen. How do you think I can go to sleep at
night and wake up the next morning ever a smile on my face, knowing
that let you suffer. I understand how you feel, and I know what
you're asking. I respect that I do, but I need you to respect
what I'm saying, what I'm feeling. We made a choice to come out
here, to see you through an adventure to the elves. Just because we
could leave and go home doesn't mean we don't know what's going to happen to
you. You're saying it's inevitable. Right then, we stay by your side
until it does, spend every moment as a family trying to give you a
little bit more life. I can't go home. I knew that a little
while back. And besides, you get to live here for a while.
Maybe they'll let us. I've seen a wead or two that needs pulling.
I've not seen there, ye be, I'm sure they could use us.
And when that time to go comes, hold your hand and walk out with
you. That's all I Oh you're a weak. Oh hey, let's though
I've slept a thousand years. Oh how do you fare? And one?
You mean? How do you bear? All right? I cannot with you
London. Sorry. That was incredible, by the way, and scary,
very scary. Yeah, a good way, very scary. Come on even
going there. I can do this too, you see terrible jokes? Yeah?
Well, lord, how Ron has informed me of our fate? Paper
hm hmm. Home is here and we will live our lives and they will
be beautiful. Yeah. I now make you a promise when your time comes,
when that whatever it is pardles, and I will continue on. You
will continue to live, and will only embellish your story a little bit,
just a little bit. I mean, you could do a little bit more
than a little bit. I wouldn't mind even have to you were try,
you could say whatever you wanted. I don't think Hyper's story needs much in
the way of embellishing it on its own two feet, because one of the
greatest stories that my people will pass do. Oh and speaking of my people,
I must return to the east to tell my kid what I have seen.
Did mister l wrong tell you everything? And yes, and no is
told me what will become of you, and there's nothing I can do to
change it. Why But he's also told me that my fate will not be
the same. I'm not really sure why, and I didn't really want to
ask him. Oh, press will not take me the same way that it
will take you. I think it is the veil of nature that surrounds me
and my people, the enchantment upon me. Right, but I will still
have to live with it. Now, I'm going to say something, and
all of you are going to disagree, but just hear me out and win.
I would like to take the rest of the course from you. Mm
hmm, what do you mean? I believe, through talking to miss mister
l Rond, that there might be the ability for me to free you and
your people of this curse. Take it all. But I'm supposed to do
that. Oh but you did, you did, h you did valiantly.
But now I can do it. I mean that's already in me. My
fate is the same. But you, you, in your line, you
and your people, you could be free. I would tell you I will
not let you do this, but it has sense one. But Lord el
Ron tells me you are doomed anyway. Yes, all this time I thought
thinking I could save all of you. Yeah, many times. But in
the end, and as he who must save me, well, that's what
family does. That would make you. Piper took course breaker first of her
line. I think it has a ring to it. And one I walk
up to him and I take his giant hand in my tiny hands and I
just put my little hand on his palm. Let me do this for you.
It would be my honor. Okay, okay, it was you must
there's where's three oath? We should all be together. Yeah, we just
put a elves. Yeah. Yeah, he's putting food away over there.
I don't know what he's doing, but he is on some mission of his
own design. I think he and the whole time I have known him,
only ever gave me direct and truthful answers. Except when I asked him of
his reasons to go to Rivendelle, he was secretive. I suspect that rich
lady back in Tharbad put him up to something. It is no matter,
though it is his business. Barba Piper, what you have done and what
you're about to do, you should know. When my people pass on from
this life, we have a del reto return to nature. Our spirits intertwined
with that nature around us. We are reborn. My spirits take up residence
in the grass and the trees. When we fought the two trolls have thought
bad, we got deep underground in a cave, and we emerged victorious.
When we fought the giant sea serpent again in Tharbad, fought on the banks
of the river inside the city. Not much nature to be found there either.
We fended off the wraiths in the barn at the homestead. I was
worried that a lot of these tales I go back to see my people,
they would not believe it. They would think that I am desperate to redeem
my name. So I would make up tall tales, tell them of bravery.
But they would not believe me. But when we fought that black rider
in his great beast, we fought in the middle of the forest. The
trees around us bore witness to your bravery. You should know your bravery then,
and the sacrifice you make now must be held by a grand audience.
And when I called out the names of my father's I called out because I
knew they were watching. As you have saved me, you have saved them
too. And as you heard their names, now they have heard yours.
And even now, a faint voice on the wind that speaks to my people
will have carried your tail back to my father. Your story may be the
grandest of all that my people will ever tell. I will stay with you
until the time comes. Then I must return to the east. A life
or on Piper took. Proud of you, proud to know you, proud
to bear witness of this story, Proud to call you friend. How to
call you family, twas you who killed the giant beast. Vision is somewhat
faded in my mind, but she did great help. M h rack near
Bonnie, dragon slayer, dragon slayer. Hm, this will be the name
my people will take for you. Can you imagine mister Bilbo hearing this.
No, perhaps someday he will. I'll be jealous. Yeah, it draws
late. We should tell lordel Runt of the decisions we have made. I'll
go get for youth before you go. I take your hand and I squeeze
it me. Yeah. Oh, I squeeze it back, and I smile
like I'm looking forward to tomorrow. It's going to be greet I'll be right
back. I find real I'll swear in the house of al Ron reals.
Where are you? Not too far? Not? Yeah? Anyway again,
I am here for a reason. Yeah, and well I have to behave
find the right elf, and then be on my way. Eventually, I
think, did you stay back to eat? Were you sort of taking your
time and relaxing? Okay, quite so the end off we'll approach you then,
Master Dwarf, oh car coon, can care to share a seat?
Thank you? The mind if I smoke? Yeah, of course, please
help yourself. Oh, spend some time lading the pipe. Quite the journey
you've been on, Aye, eh, quite the journey. Indeed, you
managed to come back just at the nick of time. It was not easy.
I er traveled back to Tharbad and great haste, you see I have.
I had counseled with sarah Man, head of my order, and he
sought out Theodom King of Rohan. You will advise him on how to handle
the city situation with the dune lendings. Not worry, a Roman will know
best. If you trust this Saraman, then so do I with my life.
Yes, however, I wonder you carry something with you. Some might
consider it a burden in and of itself. You speaking littles, gray one,
I believe I had said previously that I would help you translate that book
you carry. Oh, oh, yes, ay tis the reason why I
traveled with those hobbits after all, as per your order, is only reason
one of the reasons. I say, as I shuffled in my various pouches
looking for this old tattered book, bound in ruins and of some leather of
a creature, I'm not too sure of exactly what I find it. And
I present it too, burned after gray. This is ancient boorish. I'm
sure you're able to understand a fair deal, but not enough. Over the
ages we have lost much, much is broken. Much, I fear will
never reach the light of a dove and eye. But enough, Pray tell
Tacoon, are you able to comprehend these rules? Can? Why do you
seek this? Oh? Why do I seek this? The Helm of hadd
Or, the dragon head of the North, the helm of birthright? Do
you know why this helm has been lost? Yaken out again? Yeah?
Such powerful armaments should not be lost to time, especially now with the Shadow
in the North coming, and who knows what else. Pray tell Kun you
were there by during the the Battle of the Five Armies. You saw the
drake smile? Yes, I too was there, my liege day in Iron
four, as that creature blackened the sky the dragon Helm of dorlam In crested
atop its visage. It's a drake known as Lao Room Smog was big a
turin wearing this helm, and with his black blade was able to fell a
drake bigger than the shire itself. I believe its power is needed again.
I have already promised to help you translate this text that I must warn you
as to real what you seek, the power that you seek. It was
not lost easily. Anything that powerful comes with a great cost. I pard
to pay it. Indeed is the price I am more and willing to pay.
Puddles, please come join us. Oh well, I just wasn't sure
if I was interrupted. Now I think Master Earth and I finished our conversation.
I how can we help you, mister straight good? Well, I
I wasn't listening in because remember that's not good to do, to listen in
on other people's business. So I wasn't doing that. But uh, Piper,
it's not good. But what do you mean it's not good? Well,
Ah, they can't lift the they can't lift the curse from her.
They can't help her. They can't or they won't. We'll bro they use
to these elves anyway. I don't know. I don't understand Ah, respectfully,
But there is a chance that she can. She can take the whole
curse instead of just half. I was afraid of that. And not only
does it free and win, what did it freeze his entire line as well?
And it's a very brave thing to do. But she's thinking this through.
What of her own line, what of the talks? I think it
stays and ends with her as long as she doesn't go back to the shire
enough, slowly nodding. She has like an infection and it'll spread, darkness
infection. So what is to become of her then? A life of enjoying
story and good food and family and friendship, and then and then when it's
time, she'll have to go go. I don't really understand it very much,
but I know is bad. What is to to become of you?
Then? Pretty much the same thing, But you are not cursed. No,
no, but London and I are going to stay with her, you
know, and until it's until it's time. It's like you and Rusty.
You wouldn't leave Rusty, right, No, No, I would not.
I suppose this means I'm staying here in this place a bit longer than I
thought I would. I just immediately run up and grab your leg and embrace
you. Oh, I'm so glad you said so. I was open,
but I wasn't entirely sure because you know, HiT's the elves and everything respectfully
respectfully h m hm, oh of course not no, Are you okay?
Bye. Did you do your secret business? Not yet? But what's a
few more years? Oh you found real hie turtles. Hey, I give
her a hug. Okay, are you just gonna stay with us? Oh?
That sounds dreadfully? What's the really any question? No, of course
it's the hals you no, respectfully? Respectfully? Ye, to be fair,
I did not think one would be so easily persuaded to stay near the
home of the elves. Not. I'm glad you're sticking a runt tentatively,
mm hmm, that me change at any moment. I just crossed my arms
in silk. I would like. This is, after all, not the
end of this story, not even after Piper has made her sacrifice. The
shadows are moving, whatever evil looks in the east, and whatever forces were
put up to motion in Angmore, our work is far from finished, and
you and I have many more Orchish heads to sever from their bodies before this
is done. Now, that's more like it. I could dring to that.
Where's where's the drink in this place? Anyway? A barrel of wine
somewhere? Do you know what this means? What? I think it's time
for another competition? Oh, I go find a cask of wine, and
I roll it towards that table. Yeah, if you could provide us with
some saw well, let me think old one about the honey tree. Honey
tryed out that that's a good one. That's a good one. But uh
well, let's see. I started clapping my hands. Oh when we are
not doing it. Some time later, we find our group taking their way
towards the bridge of riven Dell. Word l Rond, Irwin and Gandalf weight.
I think you might see everyone else sort of helping Piper along. Hold
on, how there you go, as one foot in front of the other
as you approach the bridge, Lord l Rond and clines his head, as
does Arwin Gandalf. Gandalf speaks up and says, anderin your people they have
traditions about death, do they not? Indeed we do, and I have
already made preparations when the time comes. Lord l Rond has accorded you nona
if you wish it. Piper mhmm. Lord Elrond motions to an area across
the bridge overlooking Rivendell. There are many great trees in this valley. We
tend to them. They grow strong and they help nourish the forest. We
offer you this place, pipertuk with the shire. If you would have it,
it would be a great on her. I understand, Piper, Please
make me another rule of a minus one for this rule m Piper's struggling very
hard. You can all see it. The hooper. Yeah we can carry
her. Yeah, we can carry you. Come on almost, it's almost
over, and then you can restaurrong very strong, the strongest I've ever known.
Andolf will and down and puts a hand on your shoulder and he says,
may, and he reaches towards or scabbard. Yes, of course.
It takes apple from your hip, wraps it in a cloth. Oh,
I'll try to find a place for that that no one will find it.
And come on now, yeah, one step out of time. There you
go. Oh you promise me you'll have pie, the strawberry rhubarb. Of
course, a good one. Yeah, absolutely, have you had that one?
And one? Yes? Piper turns to ask, I am standing a
bit further away and not looking. I think it like that one. I'll
make it for him. Thanks, totals. I don't want to watch Piper
London. I love you. I love you too. You're too tall.
Us. I love you, I love you. Spend the best years of
my life. Yeah, Fiver struggles with each step across the bridge, shaking
gets harder and harder. Oh we'll carry you, come on, yeah,
we'll carry her. Oh you don't have to fuss so much. Oh it's
no fuss, it's no trouble. No, find this spot with your eyes
across the bridge, small area that just sits by the edge of the cliff,
overlooking the river. It's beautiful there. Look at that. It's just
just like the tree at home. Let's see we have a picnic, of
course. Oh that sounds grand. Yeah. I'll just sit you up here.
Yeah, if you're back up against the tree, they're just like that.
Yeah. Oh there you go. I sit to one side of her
and grab her hand. I sit on the other. Oh this is real
nice, Yeah it is, yeah, very nice view. Have you ever
seen a living so beautiful? I'm just looking at you both, I haven't.
I rest my axe on the floor and sit down to a respectful distance
apart from the three, but on the grounds nonetheless surrounding Piper. Everyone enjoys
a beautiful autumn day. So let the sun ascend the sky, igniting dreams
that never die. From the heart of a hopeful song, I hop it
find strength to carry on. As Piper passes, we find ourselves some time
later. H group of united under the tree gonna miss their oh oh somewhere.
It's only goodbye for now. Yeah, She's not truly gone, so
long as you have a song in your heart. Piper took shee who scared
away water worm in tar bad, she who bore this curse have slayer hellhock
she She's She's not gone. No, just out of reach, res all,
just ou out of reach. Yeah, And as you remember her in
song, she will still be with you. But for me, m hm.
I kneeled down and put my hand up against the tree as I finish
what I'm saying. I'll see you when this is all done, Come join
you in the sunlight when my time too is passed by little one totles.
Yeah, let's head home, are you sure? Yeah? Kah for Biber.
Yeah, I gotta tell everyone all amazed And she was travel safely all
right, and thank you for everything. I wish I could go with you.
Yeah, yeah, but my path lies back to the east. It's
a time for tears and a time for good pies. But also there's work
to be done. It was my papers to be done. We'll take the
hobbits front of the shire and i'll take word to pay on and to ride
agast. They appointed me Warden of the West nearly seven years ago. It's
time I make good on that title. I'll carry word back to my clan.
If the time comes, my people will be ready with all of that.
If any of you find your way to the shire, please, doors
always open, food will be ready. Our home is your home, always
Blackwise. Should your road over take you east to the vales of the Anderwin
River, come and look for the small hut surrounded by the light by the
giant bees. I'm sure you'll feel at home. They're toddles. So I
guess let's just goodbye for now, for now, for now, for now,
wish you will my friends, rio aye, take great care what you
do. I take one long, slow but deliberate bow, and turn around
back to my horse. Hey, I must travel least to carry word to
my people. But my younger half brother, he will be the next chief
of our people. I'm sure I have been gone too long, and I
fear after all that I've seen I would not feel content to sit in the
veils of and dowin are you? Are you fishing for invitation? I am
simply saying. I am simply saying, if this secret business of yours is
so important, perhaps my spear will help you see it through to the end.
And and and you might need pocket cheese for the road. I have
too much cheese. No, not too secret for family. Now, I
suppose we all best be off then, farewell becky friends, goodbye for now.
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