1. He's dead! Come on!Copy !req
2. What...Copy !req
3. Up she goes...Copy !req
4. Where is it you're from, anyway?Copy !req
5. He wants us to help him find those stars.Copy !req
6. Nori?Copy !req
7. Duty demanded
I return to Middle-earth.Copy !req
8. It wasn't Elves that chased me
from my homeland. It was Orcs.Copy !req
9. Was that the mark of your people's king?Copy !req
10. My people have no king.Copy !req
11. All the far outposts are being disbanded.Copy !req
12. Taking a last look?Copy !req
13. It has changed much, Watchwarden.Copy !req
14. But the Men who live here have not.Copy !req
15. The blood of those who stood with Morgoth
still darkens their veins.Copy !req
16. - Someone dug this passage.
- Something. Men did not do this.Copy !req
17. Get to it.Copy !req
18. You there! Anchor him.Copy !req
19. Toss him out with the rest.Copy !req
20. You toss him out with the rest.
I had sun duty yesterday.Copy !req
21. You'll stay in the sun
till you're black as coalCopy !req
22. if Adar wills it.Copy !req
23. For Adar, then. But not for you!Copy !req
24. For Adar.Copy !req
25. Rest's over, slothabout.Copy !req
26. Now dig.Copy !req
27. She lives.Copy !req
28. Our hosts. Saviors or captors?Copy !req
29. It's not poisoned. If that's your concern.Copy !req
30. Not for humans, anyway.Copy !req
31. One of the Eldar. Onboard my ship?Copy !req
32. Strange tides indeed.Copy !req
33. What vessel is this?Copy !req
34. Be at ease. I'm obliged to deliver you
safely to my betters.Copy !req
35. They will answer your questions, not I.Copy !req
36. To what port do we sail?Copy !req
37. See for yourself. We're nearly there.Copy !req
38. Nearly where?Copy !req
39. Home.Copy !req
40. What is this place?Copy !req
41. There is
only one place it can be.Copy !req
42. The Land of the Star.Copy !req
43. The westernmost of all mortal realms.Copy !req
44. The Island Kingdom of Númenor.Copy !req
45. Harbor speed!Copy !req
46. - See nothin'...Copy !req
47. Since when did Men like me
build kingdoms such as this?Copy !req
48. These Men are not like you.Copy !req
49. In the Great War,
your ancestors stood with Morgoth.Copy !req
50. These Men stood with the Elves.Copy !req
51. As a reward,
the Valar granted them this island,Copy !req
52. which has changed much since then.Copy !req
53. Do I detect a note of envy?Copy !req
54. Not envy.Copy !req
55. Sorrow.Copy !req
56. Once, Elves came and went
freely from these shores.Copy !req
57. Our people were as kin.Copy !req
58. Sharing gifts, knowledge.Copy !req
59. What happened?Copy !req
60. Númenor began to turn away our ships.Copy !req
61. In time, they broke off all contact.Copy !req
62. Why?Copy !req
63. We may be about to find out.Copy !req
64. Keep moving.Copy !req
65. You would not want to be lost here
without an escort.Copy !req
66. Put it with the others.Copy !req
67. Too hot.Copy !req
68. Patience. Patience.Copy !req
69. We are men and women of Númenor.Copy !req
70. I suggest we set history aside
for the moment and show some restraint.Copy !req
71. Let's try not to antagonize these people.Copy !req
72. Captain. The Queen Regent is occupied.Copy !req
73. As is Chancellor Pharazôn.
I suggest that you...Copy !req
74. Kneel.Copy !req
75. No one kneels in Númenor.Copy !req
76. Sorry.Copy !req
77. Speak, Elf.Copy !req
78. Name thyself.Copy !req
79. Galadriel of the Noldor.Copy !req
80. Daughter of the Golden House of Finarfin.Copy !req
81. Commander of the Northern Armies
of High King Gil-galad.Copy !req
82. Halbrand.Copy !req
83. Of the Southlands.Copy !req
84. A Man and an Elf, together?Copy !req
85. Circumstances arose that...Copy !req
86. We are companions by chance.
Met on the open sea.Copy !req
87. Your captain, here,
delivered us from certain death.Copy !req
88. All we ask is that Númenor
continue his mercyCopy !req
89. and grant us ship's passage
to Middle-earth.Copy !req
90. It's been generations
since a ship of NúmenorCopy !req
91. was permitted to make such a journey
on an Elf's behalf.Copy !req
92. It is because of the Elves
that you were given this island.Copy !req
93. - What?Copy !req
94. Surely you can spare
a few planks and a rudder.Copy !req
95. Our ancestors were not given anything.Copy !req
96. They paid for this isle
with the blood of their kin.Copy !req
97. What the Elf means...Copy !req
98. Then if blood be the price of passage,
I will pay it.Copy !req
99. But one way or another, I will depart.Copy !req
100. I welcome you to try.Copy !req
101. I have no need
of your welcome.Copy !req
102. And you are quickly
wearing out yours.Copy !req
103. - Guards!
- My friends.Copy !req
104. It seems to me that our leaving
presents some complications.Copy !req
105. Perhaps it'd be better if we stayed...Copy !req
106. - Stayed?
- Long enough, good Queen,Copy !req
107. to give you and your advisors
adequate time to weigh our request.Copy !req
108. A few days, perhaps?Copy !req
109. Three days. And the Elf
is to be restricted to palace ground.Copy !req
110. I will not be made a prisoner.Copy !req
111. I would sooner knee-cap a stallionCopy !req
112. than seek to imprison the mighty commander
of the Northern Armies.Copy !req
113. So, you shall be Númenor's guest.Copy !req
114. Captain...Copy !req
115. My gratitude.Copy !req
116. "Good Queen?"Copy !req
117. The Southlands
will still be there in three days.Copy !req
118. But will its people?Copy !req
119. Look around you. This is a paradise.Copy !req
120. Ripe with opportunity.Copy !req
121. You really expect me to leap with you
back into the furnace?Copy !req
122. You leapt into the sea to save one life.Copy !req
123. I seek to save many.Copy !req
124. I have been searching for my peace
for longer than you know.Copy !req
125. Please, for both our sakes,
let me keep it.Copy !req
126. Perhaps some peace
would do you good as well.Copy !req
127. But at the very least...Copy !req
128. do try not to make any new enemies.Copy !req
129. It would be wise
to resolve this matter swiftly.Copy !req
130. She is but one Elf.Copy !req
131. An avalanche
can start with one stone.Copy !req
132. We dare not invite your father's cloud
back overhead.Copy !req
133. Tell me about this captain.Copy !req
134. His name is Elendil.Copy !req
135. Originally of a noble line,
now a Sea Guardsman with a son,Copy !req
136. if memory serves,
set to follow him into the service.Copy !req
137. Heave!Copy !req
138. Together now!Copy !req
139. Heave!Copy !req
140. You'll have to haul a sheet faster
than that if you want a spot in my guard!Copy !req
141. - Come on, cadets!Copy !req
142. Together now!Copy !req
143. Isildur...Copy !req
144. Isildur!Copy !req
145. Isildur!Copy !req
146. Any cadet who earns
their place in the Sea GuardCopy !req
147. becomes more than just
Númenor's protector.Copy !req
148. Not that one!Copy !req
149. Imrahil!Copy !req
150. Portside! Haul it into portside!Copy !req
151. Valandil! Ontamo!Copy !req
152. Help! Pull!Copy !req
153. Co-ordination, cadets!
Back to it!Copy !req
154. There is no harsher master than the sea.Copy !req
155. The sea is always right!Copy !req
156. The sea is always right!Copy !req
157. Poor Imrahil.Copy !req
158. His father is like to toss him out
on the stones.Copy !req
159. Blind luck
Isil's not joining him.Copy !req
160. Me?Copy !req
161. Your mind was in the bleeding clouds
again all day. What is it?Copy !req
162. Just eager to get out there. That's all.Copy !req
163. Nine more days. Nine more days!Copy !req
164. We pass the Sea Trial, in four years,
we'll make officers.Copy !req
165. Ten more, we'll have our own command.Copy !req
166. - Mmm. Eight more for me.
- Eighteen maybe.Copy !req
167. - Isildur! Your sister's here.Copy !req
168. There you are.Copy !req
169. Berek, my boy.Copy !req
170. Look who put down
the sketchbook for once.Copy !req
171. Aw, you didn't have to come
all this way just to see me.Copy !req
172. - Isil, cantina?
- Nah, you go.Copy !req
173. Come find us later.
Don't be like your brother.Copy !req
174. Got your whole life to be an old maid.Copy !req
175. Or to be young.Copy !req
176. What are you doing here? Where's Father?Copy !req
177. The Faithful believe that
when the petals of the White Tree fall,Copy !req
178. it is no idle thing,Copy !req
179. but the very tears
of the Valar themselves.Copy !req
180. A living reminder that their eyesCopy !req
181. and their judgment are ever upon us.Copy !req
182. Do you believe that?Copy !req
183. In my experience,
it is unwise to live one's lifeCopy !req
184. guessing after signs and portents.Copy !req
185. "Elendil." An uncommon name.Copy !req
186. From our western shores, is it not?Copy !req
187. Mmm. It originates there.Copy !req
188. Pray tell, what does it mean?Copy !req
189. One who loves the stars.Copy !req
190. That is not its only translation, is it?Copy !req
191. In the ancient tongue of the Eldar,Copy !req
192. it can also mean "Elf-friend."Copy !req
193. And are you? An Elf-friend?Copy !req
194. I'm a loyal servant of Númenor.Copy !req
195. And yet, though Elves
have been unwelcome on our shoreCopy !req
196. since the reign of my grandfather's
great grandfather,Copy !req
197. you chose to break
with that precedent. Why?Copy !req
198. It was the sea that put her in my path.Copy !req
199. And the sea is always right.Copy !req
200. The sea cannot commit treason.Copy !req
201. With respect, Queen Regent,Copy !req
202. given the circumstances, I did only
what I believed to be most prudent.Copy !req
203. If, Elendil, that is truly your wish,Copy !req
204. then I shall have to ask you
to perform a service.Copy !req
205. These passages
reach all the way to Hordern.Copy !req
206. Possibly beyond.Copy !req
207. This must be how they escaped
our detection.Copy !req
208. And how they shield themselves
from sunlight.Copy !req
209. They're searching for something.Copy !req
210. Some sort of weapon, perhaps?Copy !req
211. I do not know.Copy !req
212. But they ransack village after village,Copy !req
213. toiling nightly to find it
for their leader.Copy !req
214. One the Orcs speak of with near-worship,Copy !req
215. even reverence,
if Orcs were capable of such a thing.Copy !req
216. It seems Morgoth has a successor.Copy !req
217. "Adar."Copy !req
218. Why would Orcs refer to their leader
by an Elvish word?Copy !req
219. Sauron was said to have
many names in days of old.Copy !req
220. Perhaps this is one of them.Copy !req
221. There is more at work here
than we can yet see.Copy !req
222. First opportunity either of you hasCopy !req
223. to get a glimpse above this trench,
you'll take it.Copy !req
224. Locate the closest tree line,Copy !req
225. and when the sun is at its strongest,
we will make our escape.Copy !req
226. If even one of us makes it home,Copy !req
227. we can return in forceCopy !req
228. and sweep the enemy from these landsCopy !req
229. - like salt from a table.Copy !req
230. - Sew those lips and dig, Elf!Copy !req
231. - These roots block our path.
- Then rip them out.Copy !req
232. Rip the whole stinkin' tree down!Copy !req
233. Felling a tree will slow our progress.
We shall go around.Copy !req
234. Try it, Elf.
And I'll make a map of your back.Copy !req
235. This tree sprang from the earth
long before you crawledCopy !req
236. from whatever wretched place you grew.Copy !req
237. It has earned its place in these lands.Copy !req
238. Good, Elf.Copy !req
239. Very good.Copy !req
240. You showed strength.Copy !req
241. You just earned your company
a water ration.Copy !req
242. Don't be afraid.Copy !req
243. Surely you thirst.Copy !req
244. There...Copy !req
245. Tree.Copy !req
246. Húna hravan! Húna hravan!Copy !req
247. I will cut it.Copy !req
248. I will cut it down!Copy !req
249. Ánin apsene...Copy !req
250. You will inform Pharazôn
that she's escaped.Copy !req
251. I informed him last time.Copy !req
252. That was a dog.Copy !req
253. Be wiser to steal the half-sail.Copy !req
254. That skiff will hardly get you
out of the harbor.Copy !req
255. I assure you it's an improvement
on my prior mode of passage.Copy !req
256. Still. Can't let you take it.Copy !req
257. I'm afraid the Queen has charged meCopy !req
258. with seeing to it that you cause
no further disturbance.Copy !req
259. I believe she saw it as a punishment.Copy !req
260. Then she and I have something
in common after all.Copy !req
261. We both wish you'd never brought me here.Copy !req
262. I will take my chances on the skiff.Copy !req
263. That would leave me little choice,
but to shout for your minders.Copy !req
264. Suppose the words never manage
to escape your throat?Copy !req
265. Supposing they did,Copy !req
266. you'd be back at the palace in chains,
even further from your destination.Copy !req
267. Who is this mortal who speaks to me
as if he has the slightest idea who I am?Copy !req
268. I have a daughter who runs fast,
and a son who runs blind.Copy !req
269. Your eyes bear
a striking resemblance to both.Copy !req
270. Where I run and how I run there
are none of your concern.Copy !req
271. Anywhere is better than here,
where I'm hated by all who see me.Copy !req
272. So call to your guards,
or get out of my way.Copy !req
273. You're not hated by all, m'lady.Copy !req
274. You speak Elvish?Copy !req
275. Where I was raised,
many speak it.Copy !req
276. It is still taught in our Hall of Lore.Copy !req
277. Still carved on statues throughout
the city, if you look closely.Copy !req
278. Your Hall of Lore, how far is that?Copy !req
279. A quarter day's ride.Copy !req
280. What is it you seek?Copy !req
281. Did you say "ride"?Copy !req
282. There is not another man on this isle
that knows this craft better than I.Copy !req
283. I will shovel coal if need be,
I'll splinter wood,Copy !req
284. I'll shape a sea anchor for you,
free of charge,Copy !req
285. sturdier than anything you have ever seen.
How's that?Copy !req
286. I'm here to start anew.Copy !req
287. Lend me that chance. Please.Copy !req
288. And I won't forget it.Copy !req
289. You've a stout heart, lad.Copy !req
290. But until you've earned your guild crest,
you can't forge steel in Númenor.Copy !req
291. That's him, isn't it?Copy !req
292. The fellow who sailed in with the Elf?Copy !req
293. It's you, isn't it?Copy !req
294. Certainly appears that way.Copy !req
295. - What are you called, again?
- Depends.Copy !req
296. Depends on what?Copy !req
297. How close we are.Copy !req
298. And how close are you and the She-elf?Copy !req
299. You're on a lucky streak, low man.Copy !req
300. Free sail to our island, eating our food,Copy !req
301. drinking our ale...Copy !req
302. What will you take next?Copy !req
303. Our lands? Our trades?Copy !req
304. Don't forget your women.Copy !req
305. Look at the mouth on him.Copy !req
306. Maybe he and the She-elf
aren't so close after all.Copy !req
307. Wager she'd prefer someone
of better breeding.Copy !req
308. You're right. You're right.Copy !req
309. Here I am.Copy !req
310. I'm a guest on your island,Copy !req
311. and I haven't shown you
the faintest bit of gratitude.Copy !req
312. How 'bout this?Copy !req
313. Next few rounds on me!Copy !req
314. You're not so bad, low man.Copy !req
315. Well, then, I best make my retreat,Copy !req
316. while you've still
got a warm opinion of me.Copy !req
317. Men, ladies, anon!Copy !req
318. Hey, low man.Copy !req
319. Really thought I wouldn't notice?Copy !req
320. Well, I thought it was worth a try.Copy !req
321. - Take it.Copy !req
322. I don't want any trouble.Copy !req
323. Bit late for that, isn't it?Copy !req
324. I believe it is.Copy !req
325. Hmm.Copy !req
326. - Please. Don't do this.Copy !req
327. - Why not? Low man!Copy !req
328. Go.Copy !req
329. Call me Halbrand.Copy !req
330. Over here.Copy !req
331. We're looking for
any information you may have on this.Copy !req
332. I will take a look.Copy !req
333. You didn't say the Hall of Lore
was assembled by Elros himself.Copy !req
334. It is rather remarkable.Copy !req
335. Of course...Copy !req
336. You knew Elros.Copy !req
337. An uncommon spirit.Copy !req
338. But I was always closer with his brother.Copy !req
339. Remarkable.Copy !req
340. Thank you for bringing me here.Copy !req
341. Thank our last king.Copy !req
342. It was because of him
this place wasn't torn down.Copy !req
343. He was loyal to the Elves?Copy !req
344. Is loyal.Copy !req
345. We forced him from the throne for it.Copy !req
346. They say he spends his days
in the tower now.Copy !req
347. An exile in his own kingdom.Copy !req
348. There.Copy !req
349. What is this?Copy !req
350. The account of a human spy
retrieved from an enemy dungeon.Copy !req
351. He drew this.
To record the tower's location.Copy !req
352. Wait a moment.
I must be blind.Copy !req
353. This is no sigil.Copy !req
354. It is a map of the Southlands.Copy !req
355. It is as Halbrand said.Copy !req
356. And the inscription?Copy !req
357. It is the Black Speech.Copy !req
358. It speaks not only of a place, but a plan.Copy !req
359. A plan by which
to create a realm of their own,Copy !req
360. where evil
would not only endure, but thrive.Copy !req
361. A plan to be enacted
in the event of Morgoth's defeat...Copy !req
362. By his successor.Copy !req
363. Galadriel.Copy !req
364. Matters are worse
than I imagined.Copy !req
365. Then the Southlands are in grave danger.Copy !req
366. If Sauron has indeed returned,Copy !req
367. the Southlands are but the beginning.Copy !req
368. - Nobody goes off-trail.Copy !req
369. And nobody walks alone.Copy !req
370. That's right.Copy !req
371. Nobody goes off-trail.Copy !req
372. And nobody walks alone.Copy !req
373. Nobody goes off-trail.Copy !req
374. - Come on.
- And nobody walks alone.Copy !req
375. Nobody goes off-trail.Copy !req
376. And nobody walks alone.Copy !req
377. Nobody goes off-trail.Copy !req
378. And nobody walks alone.Copy !req
379. Nobody goes off-trail.Copy !req
380. And nobody walks alone.Copy !req
381. Nobody goes off-trail.Copy !req
382. - And nobody walks alone.Copy !req
383. Nobody goes off-trail.Copy !req
384. And nobody walks alone.Copy !req
385. Nobody goes off-trail.Copy !req
386. We can't carry the cart without you.Copy !req
387. We're going to be left behind.Copy !req
388. No Brandyfoot has ever been left behind.Copy !req
389. You know, after I lost Rose,Copy !req
390. felt like the wheels broke out
from under me.Copy !req
391. And then I saw you in the grass.Copy !req
392. Right in this clearing.Copy !req
393. - You were so beautiful that day.Copy !req
394. And in an instant,Copy !req
395. - I knew I'd grow old with you, Marigold.Copy !req
396. We'll make it to the Grove.Copy !req
397. All of us?Copy !req
398. All of us.Copy !req
399. How?Copy !req
400. I'll stay at the front of the caravan.Copy !req
401. And we've got Nori.Copy !req
402. No! Look, once that girl
puts her head to somethin',Copy !req
403. nothin' can stop her.Copy !req
404. - You lay one paw on that book,Copy !req
405. and old Sadoc will use your hide
to make his next batch of pages!Copy !req
406. You got a better idea?
The migration's tomorrow.Copy !req
407. If you want to help him find those stars,Copy !req
408. our best hope is in that book.Copy !req
409. I don't want to help him.Copy !req
410. He's a giant with a brackish temper,
who sometimes murders fireflies.Copy !req
411. That was an accident.Copy !req
412. Now, I say the sensible thing to do
is top off his food,Copy !req
413. point him to the nearest human village,
and "Fare thee well, stranger."Copy !req
414. - That's not where he belongs.
- And where does he belong?Copy !req
415. - That's what I'm trying to find out.
- Why's it your problem?Copy !req
416. What sense is it sticking your neck out
for him any more than you already have?Copy !req
417. There's head-sense, Poppy,
and there's heart-sense.Copy !req
418. There's common sense and nonsense.Copy !req
419. And if you're all out of the first,
then you can borrow some of mine.Copy !req
420. Rather borrow some star charts
out of that book instead.Copy !req
421. And you're gonna help me.
Or would you rather I let slip to MalvaCopy !req
422. it was you who put fireweed
in her toe cream?Copy !req
423. - Hmm?
- I'll keep watch.Copy !req
424. Go.Copy !req
425. Aren't you supposed
to do your speech now, Mr. Burrows?Copy !req
426. Certainly.
I just have to fetch it from my cart.Copy !req
427. Oh, good idea. You do that.
Fetch it from your cart!Copy !req
428. "Rested legs and full carts"?Copy !req
429. No...Copy !req
430. Mmm. No, no, no.Copy !req
431. Ah-ha!Copy !req
432. "Full carts and fuller bellies."Copy !req
433. Mr. Burrows!Copy !req
434. What is it now?Copy !req
435. Oh, no, it's just, um, everyone's waitin'.Copy !req
436. Are you all right?Copy !req
437. Yes, yes. Almost done.Copy !req
438. How much have you got left?Copy !req
439. Just a little left?Copy !req
440. Just tell them I'm almost ready.Copy !req
441. Right. No! I mean left. Yes. No, I...Copy !req
442. I'll tell 'em right now, go straight now.Copy !req
443. Calm yourself,
and get yourself some chestnut pie.Copy !req
444. Strange girl, that one.Copy !req
445. Most agreeable, honorable Harfoots.Copy !req
446. Another season has passed in this glade,Copy !req
447. leaving us with full carts
and fuller bellies.Copy !req
448. Some fuller than most,
if we're being honest about it.Copy !req
449. Uh, what else...Copy !req
450. The Moon is very full,Copy !req
451. so be careful where you're having
your shenanigans later on.Copy !req
452. It'll be in full view of the entire camp.Copy !req
453. And nobody wants that.Copy !req
454. I'm only jokin' ya.Copy !req
455. And now, before we begin our next journey,Copy !req
456. we remember those from prior migrations,Copy !req
457. - who fell behind.
- Hear, hear.Copy !req
458. And should any Harfoot
fall behind this migration,Copy !req
459. they likewise will be carried with usCopy !req
460. in our hearts and in our memories.Copy !req
461. In life, we could not wait for them.Copy !req
462. But here, now, we welcome to our circle...Copy !req
463. Miles Brightapple.Copy !req
464. Stuck in the snows of the mountain pass.Copy !req
465. We wait for you.Copy !req
466. Chance Proudfellow.Copy !req
467. Yarrow Proudfellow.Copy !req
468. Strap, Dewis,Copy !req
469. - Linseed Proudfellow.Copy !req
470. Taken by landslide one rainy winter day.Copy !req
471. We wait for you.Copy !req
472. Daffodil Burrows.Copy !req
473. Wolves.Copy !req
474. We wait for you.Copy !req
475. Druda Bumbelly.
She ate the sunshine yellow berries.Copy !req
476. We wait for you.Copy !req
477. Blovo Bolgerbuck.Copy !req
478. Bees.Copy !req
479. We all loved him, but he was an ijit.Copy !req
480. We wait for you.Copy !req
481. Ma Hambley.
Was making a sculpture...Copy !req
482. We wait for you.Copy !req
483. Nori?Copy !req
484. You have lied, stolen,Copy !req
485. brought a dangerous outsider
into our midst.Copy !req
486. And she lied.Copy !req
487. - He already said that.
- Well, she did.Copy !req
488. But, no, he was lost. Hurt.Copy !req
489. What was I supposed to do?
Leave him there?Copy !req
490. You must admit, Sadoc,
it's quite extraordinary.Copy !req
491. Have you ever heard tell
of beings falling from the stars?Copy !req
492. I've heard of beings
who were turned into stars.Copy !req
493. Never the other way around.Copy !req
494. It's very troubling.Copy !req
495. But what about the stars on that page?Copy !req
496. What's it say they mean?Copy !req
497. Nothin'. The pages are all burnt up.
Why didn't you bother to read them?Copy !req
498. I thought we'd have time later.Copy !req
499. Who's "we"?Copy !req
500. No one. Just me. He's my friend.Copy !req
501. We don't need friends, girl.Copy !req
502. We need to survive.Copy !req
503. Without friends,
what are we surviving for?Copy !req
504. "Good little Harfoots,
stick to the path, flee every danger,"Copy !req
505. heaven forbid we explore
something new for once!Copy !req
506. Elanor Kellamark Brandyfoot!Copy !req
507. Our way has kept us alive
a thousand years.Copy !req
508. Our laws are clear.Copy !req
509. Any Harfoot that breaks them
is to be decaravaned.Copy !req
510. Our laws are clear, indeed. But...Copy !req
511. Miss Brandyfoot is young.Copy !req
512. With as much hair still to grow
on her toes as sense between her ears.Copy !req
513. Tomorrow we depart as planned.Copy !req
514. And the Brandyfoot cart will be with us.Copy !req
515. - At the back of the caravan.Copy !req
516. - At the back?
- At the back.Copy !req
517. Wait, wait, wait a sun-sliver,
now, Sadoc.Copy !req
518. We have to talk about this.Copy !req
519. Now, you mean the back of the back,
or do you mean the middle of the back?Copy !req
520. You may as well have stamped our name
in the book of the left-behinds.Copy !req
521. There's a reason he came to us.Copy !req
522. Honestly, Nori.Copy !req
523. Do you see a destiny in this?Copy !req
524. Do you think the stars reached down
and touched ya, is that it?Copy !req
525. Do you think you're special?
You're just a child.Copy !req
526. I know I'm not special.Copy !req
527. I know I'm just one little Harfoot
in a grand wide world.Copy !req
528. But he is special.Copy !req
529. I can feel it.Copy !req
530. My darlin' girl.Copy !req
531. Ever has your heart been
like your father's.Copy !req
532. But the tallest milkweed gets snipped.Copy !req
533. It's time to pack.Copy !req
534. Oh, no!Copy !req
535. - Oh!Copy !req
536. - Oh, no!Copy !req
537. - I smite you!Copy !req
538. Take that!Copy !req
539. Galadriel?Copy !req
540. The Galadriel? Scourge of the Orcs?Copy !req
541. Never mind what she's the scourge of.
Why is she in Númenor?Copy !req
542. Waiting for a ship to Middle-earth.Copy !req
543. Queen Regent's raised me to Post Captain,
to keep account of her in the meantime.Copy !req
544. You brought in an Elf,
so Míriel promoted you?Copy !req
545. Who gets to escort her back?Copy !req
546. Looking for a promotion, cadet?Copy !req
547. Nine days until the Sea Trial.Copy !req
548. - Tell him.
- You ready?Copy !req
549. I'm afraid our northside relations
have taken the libertyCopy !req
550. of inviting themselves over
for a feast to see you off.Copy !req
551. - Trust that's all right?
- I was thinking I might defer.Copy !req
552. - Defer?
- Just for a season, perhaps.Copy !req
553. Did you know about this?Copy !req
554. Well, I listen to him on occasion,
so, yes, I had my suspicions.Copy !req
555. And you didn't bother
telling me about them?Copy !req
556. - I'm only thinking about it.
- I was talking to Eärien.Copy !req
557. I've been carrying a bit
on my shoulders lately, Father.Copy !req
558. Is this really so tragic?
Anárion told me you deferred twice...Copy !req
559. Anárion? What's your brother
have to do with this?Copy !req
560. - Nothing.
- Well, slightly more than nothing.Copy !req
561. Thanks.Copy !req
562. Oh, good gods.Copy !req
563. I'll tell you what I told him.Copy !req
564. There is nothing for us
on our western shores.Copy !req
565. The past is dead.Copy !req
566. We either move forward or we die with it.Copy !req
567. And do you think it was easy convincing
the sail-master you were up to the task?Copy !req
568. I never asked you to do that.Copy !req
569. Yes, you did when you got into a scrap
with the Queen's guards.Copy !req
570. - They started that!
- Or got thrown out of your horse training.Copy !req
571. That wasn't my fault!Copy !req
572. Actually, Isil's right, that one wasn't...Copy !req
573. - I wasn't talking to you!Copy !req
574. - Pardon me, Captain.
- What?Copy !req
575. Message for your daughter, Eärien.Copy !req
576. I know you've doubts, son.Copy !req
577. But... But can you not trust that I have
ever your best interest at heart?Copy !req
578. The watery part of this world has a way
of healing even the deepest of wounds.Copy !req
579. The way it's healed yours?Copy !req
580. In nine days' time, when the Sea Trial
begins and that ship launches,Copy !req
581. you will be on it.Copy !req
582. - Father.
- What is it?Copy !req
583. I made apprentice.Copy !req
584. I've been accepted to the Builder's Guild.Copy !req
585. How? I thought the guild
never reconsidered.Copy !req
586. Isildur convinced me to reapply.Copy !req
587. Isildur convinced you?Copy !req
588. How fares the quest for peace?Copy !req
589. Better than expected.Copy !req
590. What happened?Copy !req
591. Dispute about a woman.Copy !req
592. Halbrand.Copy !req
593. Don't start.Copy !req
594. You do not belong on this island.Copy !req
595. If there's one of us
that doesn't belong here, Elf, it's you.Copy !req
596. I'm not so sure of that anymore.Copy !req
597. But of one thing I am now certain.Copy !req
598. You are more than you claim.Copy !req
599. I found this in the Hall of Lore.Copy !req
600. That's funny. I found this on a dead man.Copy !req
601. Thought the pattern suited me.Copy !req
602. Many ages ago,Copy !req
603. a man bearing that markCopy !req
604. united the scattered tribes
of the Southlands under one banner.Copy !req
605. The very banner that might
unite them again today.Copy !req
606. Against the evil that now seeks
to claim their lands.Copy !req
607. Your lands, Halbrand.Copy !req
608. Your people have no king, for you are him.Copy !req
609. That's an odd thing to say
to a man in a cage.Copy !req
610. A cage you have landed in because
you chafe under the rags of the common.Copy !req
611. And the armor that ought to rest
upon your shouldersCopy !req
612. weighs upon your soul.Copy !req
613. Be careful, Elf.Copy !req
614. The heir to this mark
is heir to more than just nobility.Copy !req
615. For it was his ancestor
who swore a blood oath to Morgoth.Copy !req
616. I am not the hero you seek.Copy !req
617. For it was my family that lost the war.Copy !req
618. And it was mine who started it.Copy !req
619. Ours was no chance meeting.Copy !req
620. Not fate, nor destiny,Copy !req
621. nor any other words Men use
to speak of the forcesCopy !req
622. they lack the conviction to name.Copy !req
623. Ours was the work of something greater.Copy !req
624. You must see it.Copy !req
625. All I see is an Elf
who won't put down her sword.Copy !req
626. Come with me to Middle-earth.Copy !req
627. And together we will redeem
both our bloodlines.Copy !req
628. How?Copy !req
629. You're stuck on this island.Copy !req
630. And you're still short an army.Copy !req
631. That is all about to change.Copy !req
632. It is here, Father.Copy !req
633. The moment we feared.Copy !req
634. The Elf has arrived.Copy !req
635. Go on, Poppy, you'll fall behind.Copy !req
636. Just give me a moment
to get my breath under me.Copy !req
637. Uh... Hey, hey...Copy !req
638. - Hey...Copy !req
639. Friend.Copy !req
640. This is it.Copy !req
641. This is how we keep up
with the others, all of us.Copy !req
642. He helps us, and we help him.Copy !req
643. Can we, Mum? Can we bring him?Copy !req
644. Release the warg!Copy !req
645. Free yourself!Copy !req
646. Arondir!Copy !req
647. No!Copy !req
648. Wait!Copy !req
649. Bring him to Adar.Copy !req
650. Adar! Adar! Adar! Adar!Copy !req
651. Adar! Adar! Adar!Copy !req
652. Adar! Adar! Adar!Copy !req
653. Adar! Adar!Copy !req