A Musical Interlude at The Prancing Pony
Laerchel of Lorien travelled back to Bree from the Lone-Lands alone. She was tired and in need of a diversion to stop her from thinking about the implications of what she witnessed in the Lone-Lands and the treachery of Saruman. Everywhere she had been to in that area of Middle Earth was over-run with White Hand goblins, orcs, half-orcs, crebain spies, wargs, and more. The place was dangerous and the peoples of that land, the Eglain, were reluctant to let Laerchel leave to get much-needed supplies.
Finally, Laerchel reached Bree and she stopped into the Prancing Pony. It was early enough that the place was quiet. So she took out her lute and began to strum softly. She started to relax and the soft music soothed her tired mind. She played for quite some time before she asked Barliman Butterbur to arrange lodgings for her for the night.
The next morning, Laerchel bought the supplies she needed for her return journey to the Forsaken Inn and beyond in Ost Guruth. She was expected to assist the Eglain in Garth Agarwen, and she would be kept busy there for quite some time. For the forces of Angmar were deeply entrenched in that place and all manner of evil dwelt there. Her greatest challenge would be to defeat Naruhel, the Red Maid. And she was warned that she would need allies to help her there.
Laerchel sighed. Oh, to be in Lothlorien among the safety of the mallorns! Alas, it would be many months before she saw her homeland again. And when she did, she would find that it was not as safe there as when she had left it.
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