'If I am reading this map correctly, we should be just about here. Now, do you see this area here, among the trees to the east and a little north? The author of this map has made a little drawing of three figures here in this glade. Look at their large smiles!
'I want to find this Glade of Smiling Figures, my friend. It should be to the east of our location, and a little north, but there may be some impassable rock-faces in our way. We may need to return to the road before we can strike north-east to the glade.'1/1
1 Enter areaFind the Glade of Three Smiling Figures1/1
2 Speak toBingo Boffin (Show dialog)
'Look at those mighty stones! Trolls! We are fortunate indeed that they are mere statues, and not the real thing!'
Bingo's smile fades as he peers to the north-west between two of the figures, and he frowns deeply.
'Oh no, Player. A helpless creature has been caught in a trap! Can you help the poor thing? Such cruelty! It pains me to see it!'1/1
3 Use itemFree the lynx from the trap1/1
4 Speak toBingo Boffin (Show dialog)
'Well, that was a good deed, my friend. The poor thing! I understand the need to catch animals for food, of course, but the construction of that trap seemed unnecessarily cruel to me. I am glad that lynx is free, and I hope no permanent damage was done to the creature!
'Let us travel to the south-east, and we can decide where next to go when we have returned to the road.'1/1
5 Speak toBingo Boffin (Show dialog)
'Player, I do not want to worry you but... well, we are being followed! No, do not make any sudden movements!
'It is that lynx... it has been following us for a short while now, and it is staring at us from across the road! Can you... do you think you can wave at it to shoo it away?'1/1
6.1) Emote/bye Shadowing Lynx1/1
6.2) Emote/wave Shadowing Lynx1/1
7 Speak toBingo Boffin (Show dialog)
'That did not work, Player! He is still staring at us! Hmm... do you think that Willem Whisker is hungry?'
Bingo turns a bright shade of red at your quizzical expression, and becomes suddenly sheepish.
'What? He needed a name, didn't he? He looks like a Willem Whisker to me. Just look at that face! Anyway, I think he must be hungry. See if you can get some suitable venison from the glen-hinds or glen-bucks in these woods. I am sure Willem would appreciate it!'1/1
8 ObtainCollect venison in the Trollshaws (x/3)3/3
9 Hand inVenison to Shadowing Lynx1/1
10 Speak toBingo Boffin (Show dialog)
'I knew it! He loved the venison! Good work, Player!
'I have been thinking it over, and I think we should allow him to tag along with us for as long as he wants. He is a good boy, I daresay, and it will be good to have another companion on this journey. No offence intended to you, of course! But you are not as fuzzy as Willem Whisker, are you?
'This way, W.W.! You are welcome to journey with us for as long as you wish! We go now to the next stop on my map: the entrance to Rivendell, the hidden valley!'1/1
11 Enter areaFind the entrance to Rivendell, the hidden valley1/1
12 Speak toRivendell Sentinel (Show dialog)
'What purpose brings your party to the hidden valley, Player? Are you on friendly terms with the one who follows you? He does seem to be well-behaved, for the moment, but I wonder if that will change when he gets hungry?'
The sentinel laughs, a musical sound.
'The lynx? No, I do not speak of the lynx, Player. I speak of the hungry-looking hobbit there!'1/1
13 Speak toBingo Boffin (Show dialog)
'Really? This Elf believes I am more of a danger to the peace of Rivendell than our new friend W.W.?'
Bingo's face is full of outrage, but he cannot maintain the mask for long, and soon he is his usual jovial self.
'These are perceptive Elves, Player! Willem Whisker will cause no trouble for them, but if there are any dinners to be had within Rivendell I will menace them most effectively!'
Next week: 'A Hospitable Home' (Recommended Level: 39)1/1
Bingo Badge (5)