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Part 1

Careful,” said Eowyn.

The young man riding ahead of her checked his horse and guided it back to the safe path.

Arador—son of the Reeve of Newhome, a Mannish settlement on the outskirts of Eryn Carantaur—shook his head as though to clear it. He had just spent four wonder-filled years at the Elven city’s Academy, studying lore with Lord Fingolfin, and natural philosophy with Master Eldacar, learning dragon husbandry with Sir Bors, and the healing arts with Master Dínendal, and he had been ‘miles away’, pondering how he might persuade his father to let him return to the Colony, and settle there permanently...

The trail widened out, and Eowyn came up beside him. “Are you looking forward to going home?” she asked, as though reading his mind.

Arador had never been completely comfortable alone in Eowyn’s presence. She was good, and clever, and brave, and it was said that the Valar had granted her immortality—Which must be the reason, he thought, that loveliness seems to shine out of her, and turn me into a blushing, gibbering idiot.

“Ah,” said Eowyn, “Legolas is back!”

Arador breathed a quiet sigh of relief.

When Arador’s father had invited Legolas and Eowyn to spend Yuletide with the people of Newhome, it had been decided that, since Arador was also returning to his parents’ home for the festivities, the three would travel together.

The day before they planned to set out, however, Legolas received a letter from Arador’s father, which—in addition to the usual pleasantries and good wishes for a safe journey—contained some very alarming news. Recently, the Reeve wrote, travellers from Doro Lanthron, have been reporting seeing large numbers of dead or dying trees to the north of the road. One claims—somewhat poetically—that the entire forest seems diseased, its soil tainted...

Eowyn brought out her map of South Ithilien, and she and Legolas carefully traced the route from Doro Lanthron to Newhome.

“The only forest it passes through is Eryn Hollen,” said Legolas, pointing to the long, narrow scabbard of trees that surrounded a blade of rock, thrusting out from the Mountains of Mordor.

Hmm,” said Eowyn, thoughtfully.

The road from Eryn Carantaur to Newhome did not go anywhere near Eryn Hollen. “But if we were to leave immediately,” she mused aloud, “we could be at Doro Lanthron by nightfall. And then, Lassui, tomorrow we could ride through the Doro Lanthron Hills,”—she ran her finger along the road—“see the forest for ourselves, and still get Arador home on time.”

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Master Eldacar appeared in Westron Wynde
Sir Bors appeared in A Yuletide Dragonhunt

 

 
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