1. My brother gave his life
hunting Sauron.Copy !req
2. His task is now mine.Copy !req
3. Commander Galadriel.Copy !req
4. This company has followed you
to the very edge of the world.Copy !req
5. It's been years
since the last Orc was sighted.Copy !req
6. This mark's very existence
proves Sauron escaped.Copy !req
7. The question now is, where?Copy !req
8. The evil is gone.Copy !req
9. Then why is it not gone from in here?Copy !req
10. These heroes shall be granted
a passage across the seaCopy !req
11. to dwell for all eternity.Copy !req
12. You have fought
long enough, Galadriel.Copy !req
13. Put up your sword.Copy !req
14. Without it, what am I to be?Copy !req
15. Are you acquainted
with the work of Lord Celebrimbor?Copy !req
16. The greatest
of Elven-smiths, of course.Copy !req
17. What's one of them doing here?Copy !req
18. She's got some sort of a sickness.Copy !req
19. - Where has she been grazing?
- She wandered east a few days ago.Copy !req
20. How far east?Copy !req
21. Hordern.Copy !req
22. Haven't you ever wondered
what else is out there?Copy !req
23. Beyond our wanderin'.Copy !req
24. Nobody goes off trail
and nobody walks alone.Copy !req
25. - Nori!
- Poppy!Copy !req
26. Have the wheels come off your cart?
Get away from there!Copy !req
27. Shh!Copy !req
28. You shouldn't sneak up on folk like that.Copy !req
29. - Well, you shouldn't be here.
- Shh!Copy !req
30. It's not hot.Copy !req
31. Fine. It's not hot.Copy !req
32. Doesn't change the fact
that there's a giant in there.Copy !req
33. She's making that face.
Not that face, Nori...Copy !req
34. Nori!Copy !req
35. Nori, don't!Copy !req
36. Nori, don't! He's dead! Come on!Copy !req
37. - No! Don't! Don't! Please!Copy !req
38. No!Copy !req
39. What...Copy !req
40. Your mam's gonna kill ya.Copy !req
41. You're not telling her.
Neither am I. Quick sticks.Copy !req
42. We can't leave him like this
or the wolves will get him.Copy !req
43. - So?
- So, that's not who we are.Copy !req
44. That's not who you are.Copy !req
45. I can't carry him alone.
Are you gonna help me or not?Copy !req
46. - Not.
- Poppy!Copy !req
47. How exactly are we supposed
to carry a giant?Copy !req
48. Must've been a star fall.Copy !req
49. A big one.Copy !req
50. How many signs do you need?Copy !req
51. Ask me, we ought to break camp
this moment.Copy !req
52. - What about the festival?Copy !req
53. Let's not do anything rash just yet.Copy !req
54. More'n likely we're safer in camp
than we are out.Copy !req
55. But keep an eye out, the both of you.Copy !req
56. - Malva's right.
- Yes.Copy !req
57. This does not bode well.Copy !req
58. Now, away with you. Go on.Copy !req
59. Pssk!Copy !req
60. - All right, all right, all right.
- Go on. Hurry up.Copy !req
61. Look at him. He's bleeding massive.Copy !req
62. - He's got to be...
- He's not a troll!Copy !req
63. All right, smart-foot. Then what is he?Copy !req
64. Uh, maybe he's big folk.Copy !req
65. Human?Copy !req
66. No way. He'd be squished.Copy !req
67. Elf, maybe?Copy !req
68. - Wrong ears. And he's not handsome.Copy !req
69. Not to mention,
Elves don't fall from the sky.Copy !req
70. Nobody does. As far as I know.Copy !req
71. He did.Copy !req
72. - Are you even pullin'?
- Yeah, of course I'm pullin'!Copy !req
73. - Well, pull harder!
- Shh!Copy !req
74. This is ludicrous.
He's never gonna fit in that old cart.Copy !req
75. It's just for one night.Copy !req
76. In the mornin', we'll pack him up
some food and send him on his way.Copy !req
77. - What way?
- That's a tomorrow problem.Copy !req
78. - This isn't an adventure.
- What's that supposed to mean?Copy !req
79. - I didn't go looking for this.
- But you're not turning away.Copy !req
80. - Because I can't.
- Because you won't.Copy !req
81. This stranger isn't a Man, or an Elf,Copy !req
82. or some baby eagle with a broken wing.Copy !req
83. - That was one time.
- He's something else.Copy !req
84. Maybe he's something dangerous.Copy !req
85. Now you sound
just like Malva and the sisters.Copy !req
86. Oh, it's not just them.Copy !req
87. Anybody finds out
that we helped a stranger,Copy !req
88. and anything bad that happens
the next three seasonsCopy !req
89. will be our fault.Copy !req
90. If a fog lasts a little too long,
a wheel gets stuck in a rut...Copy !req
91. Oh, great goats!Copy !req
92. Faster, before it crashes!Copy !req
93. Oh, so now you care about him.Copy !req
94. No, no!
The wheelbarrow, it's not mine!Copy !req
95. Why you doing this, Nori?Copy !req
96. - I feel like he's my responsibility.
- You feel like everyoneCopy !req
97. - is your responsibility.
- No.Copy !req
98. This is different.Copy !req
99. He could've landed anywhere,
and he landed here.Copy !req
100. I know it sounds strange,
but somehow I just know he's important.Copy !req
101. It's like there's a reason this happened.Copy !req
102. Like I was supposed to find him. Me.Copy !req
103. I can't walk away from that.
Not till I know he's safe.Copy !req
104. Can you?Copy !req
105. Fine. I won't tell anyone.Copy !req
106. Thank you.Copy !req
107. What does a giant eat, anyway?Copy !req
108. Hope it's not Harfoots.Copy !req
109. Just the ones
that can't keep a secret.Copy !req
110. The earth is riven with fissures.Copy !req
111. Like in a ground-shake.Copy !req
112. No bodies.Copy !req
113. No wounded.Copy !req
114. Perhaps they all fled.Copy !req
115. Perhaps.Copy !req
116. This was Ciaran's home.Copy !req
117. And... Hana. His wife was Hana.Copy !req
118. This was no ground-shake.
Someone dug this passage.Copy !req
119. Something.Copy !req
120. Men did not do this.Copy !req
121. Go. Warn your people.Copy !req
122. You're not coming with me?Copy !req
123. I must follow the passage.
The other direction.Copy !req
124. - You don't know what's down there.
- That is the reason I must go.Copy !req
125. Fëanor's hammer.Copy !req
126. The tool that wrought the Silmarils.Copy !req
127. The jewels that contain
the very light of Valinor.Copy !req
128. Strange, isn't it?Copy !req
129. How one object could be responsible
for creating so much beauty...Copy !req
130. And so much pain.Copy !req
131. True creation requires sacrifice.Copy !req
132. They say that Morgoth
found the Silmarils so beautifulCopy !req
133. that after he'd stolen them, for weeks,Copy !req
134. he could do nothing
but stare into their depths.Copy !req
135. Hmm.Copy !req
136. It was only after one of his tears
fell upon the jewelsCopy !req
137. and he was faced with the evil
of his own reflection,Copy !req
138. that the reverie was finally broken.Copy !req
139. From that moment, he...Copy !req
140. He looked upon their light no more.Copy !req
141. Fëanor's work nearly turned the heart
of the Great Foe himself.Copy !req
142. What has mine ever accomplished?Copy !req
143. I... It has turned my heart, my lord.Copy !req
144. The heart of many an Elf.Copy !req
145. But I aspire to do far more than that.Copy !req
146. An Age ago, our kind brought war
to these shores.Copy !req
147. I want to fill them with beauty.Copy !req
148. To grow beyond petty works of jewel-craft,
and devise something of real power.Copy !req
149. What is it you hope to craft?Copy !req
150. "What" is but a glint on the far horizon.Copy !req
151. You have come to Eregion
to help me achieve the "how."Copy !req
152. A tower?Copy !req
153. One that can host a forge
more powerful than any ever built.Copy !req
154. Able to birth a flame as hot
as a dragon's tongue,Copy !req
155. and as pure as starlight.Copy !req
156. The things we could use it to create
could transform Middle-earth.Copy !req
157. What seems to be the difficulty?Copy !req
158. I need it completed by spring.Copy !req
159. My lord, that would require a...Copy !req
160. A workforce greater
than any ever assembled.Copy !req
161. Yes. The High King cannot provide one.Copy !req
162. So he has sent me you instead.Copy !req
163. Have you considered seeking partners
outside the confines of our own race?Copy !req
164. How far outside?Copy !req
165. An alliance with the Dwarves would beCopy !req
166. the diplomatic achievement of the age.Copy !req
167. Their prince, Durin,
is an old and dear friend.Copy !req
168. Almost like a brother to me.Copy !req
169. I've heard the Dwarves
have greatly expanded their halls of late.Copy !req
170. They... They sculpt the rockCopy !req
171. with the respect of one
who cares for an aged parent.Copy !req
172. I've long wanted to see them work.Copy !req
173. I had no idea you admired them so.Copy !req
174. I admire all who can see
into the mystery of things,Copy !req
175. who can divine
from the plainness of what is,Copy !req
176. the beauty of what could be...Copy !req
177. Might your friend be able to grant me
access to their workshops?Copy !req
178. Oh, if I know Durin,
he'll do far more than that.Copy !req
179. He'll welcome us with open arms,Copy !req
180. rams' horns blaring,Copy !req
181. tables filled with salted pork,Copy !req
182. - and enough malt beer to fill the Anduin.Copy !req
183. What do you want?Copy !req
184. It is Elrond of Lindon,Copy !req
185. accompanied by Celebrimbor,
Lord of Eregion.Copy !req
186. We seek an audience with Prince Durin.Copy !req
187. My apologies.Copy !req
188. Inform Lord Durin
that his friend, Elrond...Copy !req
189. His judgment
has already been rendered, Elf.Copy !req
190. Rams' horns?Copy !req
191. All right, then, my friend.Copy !req
192. I invoke the Rite of Sigin-tarâg.Copy !req
193. What is the Rite of...Copy !req
194. I'll rejoin you in Eregion.Copy !req
195. Are you certain
you know what you're doing?Copy !req
196. Lord Celebrimbor, trust me.Copy !req
197. You are master of your craft, my friend.Copy !req
198. Allow me a few days to work mine.Copy !req
199. Elmendéa...Copy !req
200. - Dûm!Copy !req
201. My heart sings to see you, old...Copy !req
202. The Elf Elrond has invoked
the Rite of Sigin-tarâg.Copy !req
203. The Dwarven test of endurance,Copy !req
204. fashioned by Aulë himself.Copy !req
205. Once we lift our hammers,Copy !req
206. we shall break the great stones
until one of us can break no more.Copy !req
207. Should the Elf forfeit,Copy !req
208. he will be banished
from all Dwarven lands.Copy !req
209. Forever!Copy !req
210. Does the Elf understand?Copy !req
211. The Elf does.Copy !req
212. In the unlikely event
the Elf should win...Copy !req
213. We shall grant a single boon.
But should he lose...Copy !req
214. Banished. Yes. Understood.Copy !req
215. Mmm.Copy !req
216. Begin!Copy !req
217. Durin! Durin! Durin!Copy !req
218. Durin! Durin! Durin!Copy !req
219. - Durin! Durin! Durin! Durin!Copy !req
220. - Durin! Durin!Copy !req
221. Here we go, Elf.Copy !req
222. Mm.Copy !req
223. Hello?Copy !req
224. Wait! Wait, it's me!Copy !req
225. It's me! Stop!Copy !req
226. Wait!Copy !req
227. I helped you last night.
You remember me, don't you?Copy !req
228. Don't you?Copy !req
229. Okay.Copy !req
230. How 'bout this then...Copy !req
231. I won't harm you.Copy !req
232. You won't harm me. Deal?Copy !req
233. Well, that's a start then, isn't it?Copy !req
234. Now, proper things first.
Father always says,Copy !req
235. "A Harfoot without manners is as like to
get far in life as a square wheel." So...Copy !req
236. I'm Nori.Copy !req
237. I'm Nori.Copy !req
238. I...Copy !req
239. No, I'm Nori.Copy !req
240. No, I'm Nori.Copy !req
241. What about your name? You?Copy !req
242. You don't remember, do you?Copy !req
243. Suppose you did fall quite a long way.Copy !req
244. Anybody's head would be
a bit higgledy-piggledy.Copy !req
245. I fell out of a tree once.Copy !req
246. For a whole week,
I kept calling strawberries "pigberries."Copy !req
247. Can you imagine? A pigberry?Copy !req
248. It's food.Copy !req
249. They do eat where you're from, don't they?Copy !req
250. Of course they do, Nori,
what a silly question.Copy !req
251. Mm.Copy !req
252. Hmm.Copy !req
253. No... That's not how you...Copy !req
254. - Largo! Largo!Copy !req
255. Leave him, Malva. Why don't you help?Copy !req
256. I am helping by asking him to help.Copy !req
257. Aw, stop your lounge-a-daising
and lend us a foot.Copy !req
258. Well, I think Nori was looking forward
to helping out with that.Copy !req
259. Nori? Nori?Copy !req
260. Where is it you're from, anyway?Copy !req
261. Where do you belong?
Where are all the others?Copy !req
262. You know, of your kind? Like you?Copy !req
263. Are there any others?Copy !req
264. - And up she goes...Copy !req
265. Come on, big fella.Copy !req
266. - Put your back into it, lads!Copy !req
267. What is it?Copy !req
268. Mana...Copy !req
269. Is it some sort of map?Copy !req
270. Come on, lads!Copy !req
271. It's got space.Copy !req
272. Mana... Mana...Copy !req
273. Úrë...Copy !req
274. Mana... Mana...Copy !req
275. Úrë... Úrë...Copy !req
276. Úrë... Mana...Copy !req
277. It just looks like a batch
of dots and loops.Copy !req
278. - Úrë...
- I don't understand.Copy !req
279. - Mana!
- I'm trying to help you, but I...Copy !req
280. Úrë!Copy !req
281. I'm just a Harfoot!Copy !req
282. Friend!Copy !req
283. Friend. Just a friend.Copy !req
284. Nori.Copy !req
285. It's your father.Copy !req
286. Wow! Blueberry indeed.Copy !req
287. Nori, I'm fine.Copy !req
288. I... I slipped on wet grass is all.
It's just a twist.Copy !req
289. There's nothing to worry...Copy !req
290. - Mam...
- Never you mind.Copy !req
291. I should've been here.Copy !req
292. You're here now, all right?Copy !req
293. Now, go on, fetch me
some cold water and some salt.Copy !req
294. How bad is it? Can he migrate?Copy !req
295. You saw him.Copy !req
296. Couldn't put the weight of a leaf
on that leg.Copy !req
297. - Much less pull a cart.
- Mind your own fire, Malva.Copy !req
298. Over here!Copy !req
299. Come. Come closer.Copy !req
300. - What do you think you're doing?
- I'm not leaving her adrift.Copy !req
301. Suppose you'll be sharing
your rations?Copy !req
302. The tides of fate are flowing.Copy !req
303. If no one else will.Copy !req
304. Yours may be heading in, or out.Copy !req
305. Refuse to bring her aboard,
and her death will be on our hands.Copy !req
306. Didn't seem bothered
when we was debating Doble's death.Copy !req
307. Cruelty will not be our deliverance.Copy !req
308. Don't let her on.Copy !req
309. Pull her up.Copy !req
310. No.Copy !req
311. Answers first.Copy !req
312. Why are you out here?Copy !req
313. I was separated from my ship.Copy !req
314. Attacked?Copy !req
315. Then you've not seen it?Copy !req
316. Seen what?Copy !req
317. The worm.Copy !req
318. We set out two weeks ago, sailing...Copy !req
319. - Need we tell her all our affairs?
- Why not?Copy !req
320. Does she look dangerous to you?Copy !req
321. Looks can be deceiving.Copy !req
322. An Elf.Copy !req
323. Remove your hand from me, sir.Copy !req
324. You liar.Copy !req
325. - We're saved. We're saved. Look!
- Hurry!Copy !req
326. Look! Over here!Copy !req
327. Help us!Copy !req
328. Hurry, help me build a torch. Hurry!Copy !req
329. Wait! Until we can see the sails.Copy !req
330. Corsairs prowl these waters.
Do you want to be skinned alive?Copy !req
331. That's no corsair ship.Copy !req
332. That's our ship.Copy !req
333. The worm!Copy !req
334. Be still.Copy !req
335. - The Elf led it right to us.Copy !req
336. It's coming!Copy !req
337. Help!Copy !req
338. What are you called?Copy !req
339. Galadriel.Copy !req
340. I'm Halbrand.Copy !req
341. What's our heading?Copy !req
342. Yes!Copy !req
343. Durin! Durin! Durin!Copy !req
344. Durin! Durin! Durin!Copy !req
345. Durin! Durin! Durin! Durin! Durin!Copy !req
346. A dog may bark at the moon.Copy !req
347. But he cannot bring it down.Copy !req
348. Take your leave.Copy !req
349. Perhaps His Lordship would be willing
to escort me to the exit?Copy !req
350. Gladly.Copy !req
351. Remarkable. I never dreamed
to find your city so changed.Copy !req
352. Now, 20 years will do that.Copy !req
353. Has it been only 20?Copy !req
354. You must tell me your secret.Copy !req
355. Our secrets are our own.Copy !req
356. Durin, have I offended you?Copy !req
357. To answer that, we'd need a longer lift.Copy !req
358. If you wish to discharge me
without explanation,Copy !req
359. - that is your choice.
- You bet your feathery shirts it is.Copy !req
360. But before squandering
the best opportunityCopy !req
361. any Dwarf-prince has had in a generation,Copy !req
362. you might at least listen
to the proposal I bring.Copy !req
363. Ah, there it is.Copy !req
364. The true purpose of your visit.
You want something.Copy !req
365. I journeyed here to see my friend,
whom I've greatly missed.Copy !req
366. Missed? You missed my wedding.Copy !req
367. The birth of my children, two of them!Copy !req
368. You cannot barge into my mountain
and demand I welcome you with open arms.Copy !req
369. You cannot claim that which you discarded.Copy !req
370. Discarded? Durin, I...Copy !req
371. Twenty years might be
the blink of an eye to an Elf.Copy !req
372. But I've lived an entire life
in that time.Copy !req
373. A life you missed.Copy !req
374. So, what do you have to say to that...Copy !req
375. "Friend?"Copy !req
376. Congratulations.Copy !req
377. On your wife, your children.Copy !req
378. I hope you can come to forgive me.Copy !req
379. And I would like very much
to apologize to your family as well.Copy !req
380. Hmm.Copy !req
381. One apology to Disa and you're off.Copy !req
382. No getting better acquainted.Copy !req
383. No reminiscing about the past.
And absolutely no staying for dinner.Copy !req
384. Understood.Copy !req
385. Aulë's beard! No!Copy !req
386. This cannot be Elrond, can it?Copy !req
387. I fear so, fair lady.Copy !req
388. Durin didn't tell me you were coming.Copy !req
389. Durin didn't know.Copy !req
390. I've been remiss in not visiting sooner.Copy !req
391. An oversight, for which I am here
to humbly ask forgiveness.Copy !req
392. - You're staying for dinner.
- He's leaving.Copy !req
393. - He's staying.
- He's leaving!Copy !req
394. He's staying.Copy !req
395. Hey! I told you two
to stay out of my heads!Copy !req
396. And I told you wee monsters
to stay in bed.Copy !req
397. Oh, come on!Copy !req
398. Gerda! Gamli! Come on, hurry along.Copy !req
399. Ow!Copy !req
400. Make yourself comfortable, please.Copy !req
401. But not too comfortable.Copy !req
402. Gamli, please.Copy !req
403. It's off to the salt mines
the both of ya!Copy !req
404. Cave-trolls and stalagmite spiders galore!Copy !req
405. How did you two
first become acquainted?Copy !req
406. I was resonating a freshly-opened chamber,Copy !req
407. fairly confident we were
onto a sizable silver deposit...Copy !req
408. "Resonating?"
I've not heard of resonating.Copy !req
409. It's when we sing to the stone.Copy !req
410. You see, a mountain's like a person.Copy !req
411. It's a long and ever-changing story
made of countless small parts.Copy !req
412. - Earth and ore, air and water.Copy !req
413. Sing to it properly, each of those parts
will reflect your song back to you,Copy !req
414. telling you its story,
showing you what might be hidden,Copy !req
415. where to mine, where to tunnel, and...Copy !req
416. And where to leave the mountain untouched.Copy !req
417. It is a beautiful tradition.Copy !req
418. Anyway, we're unpacking our tools,
and my team suddenly grows quiet.Copy !req
419. Then, I see our prince.Copy !req
420. He's come to check on us.Copy !req
421. Far below his purview, mind you.Copy !req
422. First, I thought it merely curious.Copy !req
423. That is, until he showed up
at our next survey.Copy !req
424. And the one after that.
And the one after that.Copy !req
425. Always did have a talent for lurking.Copy !req
426. Took weeks before he worked up
the courage to court me proper.Copy !req
427. Two weeks at most.Copy !req
428. - It was five.
- You're lying.Copy !req
429. She's lying.Copy !req
430. She may play coy now,Copy !req
431. but she was a moon-eyed girl in love
from the moment we met.Copy !req
432. Oof!Copy !req
433. - Mmm!Copy !req
434. A very happy match, indeed.Copy !req
435. Should've been at the wedding.Copy !req
436. Enough.Copy !req
437. - Your friend is here now.Copy !req
438. Can we not take joy in that?Copy !req
439. He's not here for us.Copy !req
440. His king sent him here
to take what's ours.Copy !req
441. To the contrary.
Coming to Khazad-dûm was my idea.Copy !req
442. And I have asked for nothing but your ear.Copy !req
443. Aye, and that's how it starts.Copy !req
444. And soon enough,
we're left with our thumbs in our eyes.Copy !req
445. - Elves for Elves, no?
- Has it ever been so between us?Copy !req
446. - I don't know! Has it?
- Aulë's beard!Copy !req
447. Can you not find a way to mend this?Copy !req
448. I see you planted the sapling.Copy !req
449. Planted it. Raised it up.Copy !req
450. Tends it like it's our third child.Copy !req
451. What sort of tree is it, exactly?Copy !req
452. A seedling of our Great Tree in Lindon.Copy !req
453. The very symbol
of our people's strength and vitality.Copy !req
454. Some called him a foolCopy !req
455. for believing it would grow
in such darkness.Copy !req
456. Where there is love,
it is never truly dark.Copy !req
457. How could it not grow
in a home like yours?Copy !req
458. You're not leaving already?Copy !req
459. I fear I've overstayed my welcome.Copy !req
460. Thank you, Disa, for your hospitality.Copy !req
461. Durin.Copy !req
462. Sod it, sit down.Copy !req
463. - Please. I hardly wish to intrude.
- I said sit.Copy !req
464. Are you certain?Copy !req
465. No. And I'm still angry.
Tell me about your king's proposalCopy !req
466. so I can decide whether
to present it to my fatherCopy !req
467. or toss it in the nearest slag pit.Copy !req
468. You needn't keep your distance.Copy !req
469. I am simply wondering what manner of manCopy !req
470. would so readily abandon
his companions to death.Copy !req
471. The sort that knows how to survive.Copy !req
472. Why be part of the larger target?Copy !req
473. You are a target still.Copy !req
474. I doubt we shall find safety
until we make landfall.Copy !req
475. I suspect finding safety
won't be that easy.Copy !req
476. Leastways not for you.Copy !req
477. "Separated" from your ship.Copy !req
478. Really?Copy !req
479. - You're a deserter, aren't you?
- Do I have the look of a deserter?Copy !req
480. You don't have the look of someone
to whom things happen by accident.Copy !req
481. Which means you were running.Copy !req
482. Whether toward or from something,
I haven't yet decided.Copy !req
483. Duty demanded I return to Middle-earth.Copy !req
484. And that is all you need to know.Copy !req
485. - Important Elf business, no doubt.
- What have Elves ever done to you?Copy !req
486. Do you blame us
for your being stranded here?Copy !req
487. The way I see it, it wasn't Elves
that chased me from my homeland.Copy !req
488. It was Orcs.Copy !req
489. Your home. Where was it?Copy !req
490. What's it matter?Copy !req
491. It's ashes now.Copy !req
492. I know something of the pain you carry.Copy !req
493. I grieve for you.Copy !req
494. For those you lost.Copy !req
495. Around your neck.Copy !req
496. Was that the mark of your people's king?Copy !req
497. - My people have no king.
- But if they did,Copy !req
498. - where might that kingdom be found?
- To what end?Copy !req
499. What if I told you we might be able
to reclaim it?Copy !req
500. - I'm afraid you're short an army.
- Leave the army to me.Copy !req
501. Why're you dodging the question?Copy !req
502. Why're you stranded at sea?Copy !req
503. Because rather than rest in glory,
I chose to seek outCopy !req
504. the very enemy responsible
for your suffering.Copy !req
505. Look, Elf. You didn't cause my suffering
and you can't fix it.Copy !req
506. No matter how strong your will.
Or your pride.Copy !req
507. So let it lie.Copy !req
508. I have pursued this foe since
before the first sunrise bloodied the sky.Copy !req
509. It would take longer than your lifetimeCopy !req
510. even to speak the names
of those they have taken from me.Copy !req
511. So letting it lie is not an option.Copy !req
512. At last, a little honesty.Copy !req
513. If you want to murder Orcs
and settle a score, that's your affair.Copy !req
514. Don't dress it up as heroism.Copy !req
515. Are you going to tell me
where the enemy is or not?Copy !req
516. The Southlands.Copy !req
517. I need to know how many the enemy were,Copy !req
518. under whose banner they marched,Copy !req
519. and then you are going to take me
to their last-known location.Copy !req
520. I've got my own plans, Elf.Copy !req
521. Prepare yourself.Copy !req
522. - Watch it!
- Easy now, love.Copy !req
523. - What do you mean, "no bodies?"Copy !req
524. I mean the entire village was empty.Copy !req
525. It was as if the ground has swallowed up
the people of Hordern like flies.Copy !req
526. The ground here is tetchy.
Always has been.Copy !req
527. And Crookfinger Lake's
always seepin' vapors.Copy !req
528. - Mmm.
- I saw a tunnel.Copy !req
529. Dug deep, and with care.Copy !req
530. By what, I cannot say,
but they were digging towards us.Copy !req
531. I tell you, we remain here at our peril.Copy !req
532. We must spread the word.Copy !req
533. - No! I will not have this gossip, Bronwyn.Copy !req
534. I've seen landslides less dangerous
than a wayward tongue,Copy !req
535. and without proof or puddin',
that's all it'd be.Copy !req
536. Waldreg, we're all alone.Copy !req
537. Ostirith is empty.
The watchtower abandoned.Copy !req
538. Yes, I know,
and I'm not invitin' them ElvesCopy !req
539. back on account of some sinkhole.Copy !req
540. Havin' them gone is a relief.
Well, for most of us, anyhow.Copy !req
541. Bloody mice.Copy !req
542. - Stupid, bastard mice!Copy !req
543. Theo?Copy !req
544. Theo?Copy !req
545. Theo, what's wrong?
What happened?Copy !req
546. Get help. Go.Copy !req
547. - Theo, run!Copy !req
548. Hey!Copy !req
549. Stop!Copy !req
550. If there are any of you here
who want to live,Copy !req
551. we make for the Elven tower
at first light.Copy !req
552. We need to tie the boat!
It's coming apart!Copy !req
553. The wind is too strong.Copy !req
554. Grab the ropes!Copy !req
555. Come on! Give me your hand!Copy !req
556. Bind yourself to me!Copy !req
557. Come on! Give me your hand!Copy !req
558. Hello? It's me. It's me, Nori.Copy !req
559. You see, the next migration is in just
a few days now, and everything's gone...Copy !req
560. Three rabbits to the moon.Copy !req
561. I wanted to help you.Copy !req
562. I thought I could, but I'm sorry.Copy !req
563. It's a lantern. We use fireflies.Copy !req
564. What's he saying to them?Copy !req
565. I don't speak firefly.Copy !req
566. They're stars.Copy !req
567. A kind of constellation.Copy !req
568. Okay? They're stars? What does that mean?Copy !req
569. This is how we help him.Copy !req
570. He wants us to help him find those stars.Copy !req
571. That's it, isn't it?Copy !req
572. Isn't it?Copy !req
573. I've never seen those stars before.Copy !req
574. But I have a pretty good idea
where I can find them.Copy !req
575. Nori?Copy !req
576. I'm certain of it. He doesn't know.Copy !req
577. Perhaps.Copy !req
578. Perhaps not.Copy !req
579. You've always had sandstone
in your graniteCopy !req
580. as far as the Elves were concerned.Copy !req
581. Tell me, do you not think
it's a coincidenceCopy !req
582. that an Elf should just land
on our doorstep? Now?Copy !req
583. I've known Elrond
for half a century, Father.Copy !req
584. I'd sense it if he were hiding something.Copy !req
585. Perhaps he sensed that it was you
who was hiding something.Copy !req
586. You think too much of their kind.Copy !req
587. We're the ones holding
the long end of the hammer here.Copy !req
588. Aye. For now.Copy !req
589. Elrond is a friend. I trust him.Copy !req
590. There can be no trust
between hammer and rock.Copy !req
591. Eventually one or the other
must surely break.Copy !req
592. Theo!Copy !req
593. You ready?Copy !req
594. Yes, Mother. I'm ready.Copy !req