((This is a official entry book present at the order of the Knights Of Eriador's Headquarters))
- 9 - The unfortunate Turtle and Cobwebbed Boulders
- TA - 3018 - Hookworth -
The time came to yet again gather for the search for our Grandmaster. On our last trip we managed to retrieve the box and key that was left in the Orc-infested ruins north of Bree Town.. Now the trails took us further into the North-East.
From a safe distance of the ruins where we had retrieved the last clues, we rode straight east.
In the fellowship we now also had the company of a new member - Iarfig of the Lonely Mountains. A most welcomed addition to the order.
A small search party was sent ahead to scout to see if we could find a area where we would find turtles - and stone pillars.
When we arrived at, and searched the shores by the waters of Nen Harn - indeed we found both.
A limp turtle had another note with a clue tied to its limp leg.. and of a dark manner it indeed was..
The dilemma of the limping Turtle:
~ His legs might be tired, and his age may be old..
But still he cherish his loved ones, as I cherish my gold.
A father of many, and maybe a wife.
So my dear knights, you keepers of life..
Who's life is most important - Arangilas' or his?
To show your commitment, you will have to do this..
Defenseless and harmless - still dead he must be!
Crack its shell open - then you will see.. ~
We did as we had to - though heavy at heart to end the life of this old Turtle before his time.
A small vial was found inside the turtle - holding our next clue.
The Riddle of the Turtle:
~ You are turning darker, my heartless friends
Killing innocent beings - who knows how it ends..
A new clue is the reward, and the life of your leader.
Do as following, or you shall have neither!
Of south to the small ruin near Far Chetwood - run!
Do not pass it, or your dead bodies will ruin my fun!
Nor at the ruin must you turn to the east!
Or my half-orcen friends on your bones will feast!
No your route must be set straight south-east!
To boulders cobwebbed by the eight legged beasts!
There in the nets beneath Ost Alagos Fort
Cut away! - and find a note oh so short! ~
We followed the trail, and found the ruins.
Uncertain we had the right one, Baridi Blackberry and Erielle Pilin scouted the remains a little more south, and the dwarf Iarfig and I scouted the ruin to the east..
We only barely managed to escape with our lives still at hand.
We decided to follow the trail exactly as it said in the note, and set a coarse due South-East.
In the gloomy valley underneath the silhouette of the ruins of Ost Alagos - we found the cobwebbed boulder - and our next clue.
The note of the Cobwebbed Boulders:
~ Oh a shelter you ask for? Indeed I know one, brave hunter.. You find a cave right north of here - dry and an cozy.. dry and cozy.. ~
We all felt unruly by this note.. It did not offer a riddle.. and the content had a dark sent to it.
We went north, and in the end found a spider-infested cave.
It was Baridi Brackenberry who first saw the large cocoon..
Iarfig made use of his axe and cut the tree down so we could get to it.
To our horror we found the corpse of a hunter inside..
And of course the next clue.
The Riddle of the Cocooned hunter:
~ I smile to myself as I wonder, what his last thoughts might have been..
If he regretted ever meeting me, or stood in shock from what he had just seen..
The creepy, warning echoes from her eight tapping feet..
Fangs with poisonous fluid - wanting manflesh oh so sweet..
The days of wandering happily through a green and leafy grove
Are over for this hunter - as his destiny she wove..
But you will have to search for this, just turn your faces south..
Find this grove - look through the trees, or end up in her mouth ~
I must admit I shuddered as I read this - and I could not help myself from feeling sorry for the hunter, and how his innocent life had ended from this mad man's lust to play games with us..
We could not leave him here.. We decided to take him back to Bree - and honor him with a proper burial..
We will head out again at the break of dawn.
Bleon Thornholm - High Nine Advisor of the order of the Knights Of Eriador
***
- 9 - The unfortunate Turtle and Cobwebbed Boulders
- TA - 3018 - Hookworth -
The time came to yet again gather for the search for our Grandmaster. On our last trip we managed to retrieve the box and key that was left in the Orc-infested ruins north of Bree Town.. Now the trails took us further into the North-East.
From a safe distance of the ruins where we had retrieved the last clues, we rode straight east.
In the fellowship we now also had the company of a new member - Iarfig of the Lonely Mountains. A most welcomed addition to the order.
A small search party was sent ahead to scout to see if we could find a area where we would find turtles - and stone pillars.
When we arrived at, and searched the shores by the waters of Nen Harn - indeed we found both.
A limp turtle had another note with a clue tied to its limp leg.. and of a dark manner it indeed was..
The dilemma of the limping Turtle:
~ His legs might be tired, and his age may be old..
But still he cherish his loved ones, as I cherish my gold.
A father of many, and maybe a wife.
So my dear knights, you keepers of life..
Who's life is most important - Arangilas' or his?
To show your commitment, you will have to do this..
Defenseless and harmless - still dead he must be!
Crack its shell open - then you will see.. ~
We did as we had to - though heavy at heart to end the life of this old Turtle before his time.
A small vial was found inside the turtle - holding our next clue.
The Riddle of the Turtle:
~ You are turning darker, my heartless friends
Killing innocent beings - who knows how it ends..
A new clue is the reward, and the life of your leader.
Do as following, or you shall have neither!
Of south to the small ruin near Far Chetwood - run!
Do not pass it, or your dead bodies will ruin my fun!
Nor at the ruin must you turn to the east!
Or my half-orcen friends on your bones will feast!
No your route must be set straight south-east!
To boulders cobwebbed by the eight legged beasts!
There in the nets beneath Ost Alagos Fort
Cut away! - and find a note oh so short! ~
We followed the trail, and found the ruins.
Uncertain we had the right one, Baridi Blackberry and Erielle Pilin scouted the remains a little more south, and the dwarf Iarfig and I scouted the ruin to the east..
We only barely managed to escape with our lives still at hand.
We decided to follow the trail exactly as it said in the note, and set a coarse due South-East.
In the gloomy valley underneath the silhouette of the ruins of Ost Alagos - we found the cobwebbed boulder - and our next clue.
The note of the Cobwebbed Boulders:
~ Oh a shelter you ask for? Indeed I know one, brave hunter.. You find a cave right north of here - dry and an cozy.. dry and cozy.. ~
We all felt unruly by this note.. It did not offer a riddle.. and the content had a dark sent to it.
We went north, and in the end found a spider-infested cave.
It was Baridi Brackenberry who first saw the large cocoon..
Iarfig made use of his axe and cut the tree down so we could get to it.
To our horror we found the corpse of a hunter inside..
And of course the next clue.
The Riddle of the Cocooned hunter:
~ I smile to myself as I wonder, what his last thoughts might have been..
If he regretted ever meeting me, or stood in shock from what he had just seen..
The creepy, warning echoes from her eight tapping feet..
Fangs with poisonous fluid - wanting manflesh oh so sweet..
The days of wandering happily through a green and leafy grove
Are over for this hunter - as his destiny she wove..
But you will have to search for this, just turn your faces south..
Find this grove - look through the trees, or end up in her mouth ~
I must admit I shuddered as I read this - and I could not help myself from feeling sorry for the hunter, and how his innocent life had ended from this mad man's lust to play games with us..
We could not leave him here.. We decided to take him back to Bree - and honor him with a proper burial..
We will head out again at the break of dawn.
Bleon Thornholm - High Nine Advisor of the order of the Knights Of Eriador
***
