Tearose Underhill proved once more that you can never underestimate a hobbit. Elrond of Rivendell recently dispatched many scouts to the Redhorn Gate to make sure that no harm came to the Fellowship who were journeying East on a mission of the utmost importance.

Tearose was one of the scouts dispatched because word had reached the Elves of Rivendell that she was one of the most courageous warriors of the Free Peoples of Middles Earth.

When Tearose rode to the Redhorn Gate she was swarmed by foul crebain, who she learned were spies of Saruman. The area was filled with servants of the White Hand, which was the mark of Saruman. Vicious wargs prowled the nearby trails, and half-orcs were scattered about in the area terrorizing any travellers.

As you know, hobbits can travel silently and keep out of sight as the need arises, and this was how Tearose was able to defeat several half-orcs who didn’t see or hear her coming.

“I must be losing my mind”, Tearose thought to herself as she defeated another of the half-orc scrappers she ambushed. “I’m asking to get killed if I don’t get someone to help me soon.”

And no sooner had she finished her thought when she heard the sound of several horses in the distance and it seemed like they were heading straight for her.

Tearose hid behind a large rock and waited breathlessly. Surely now she would get the help she needed. The sounds of the galloping horses stopped. It was too quiet. Had she imagined what she heard?

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