'Long has my father kept watch upon the Black Land of Mordor, and at his command the soldiers of Minas Tirith never relaxed their vigil. The Steward's commands are respected, as is right, but what man from the high walls of Minas Tirith could not see smoke rising from Mount Doom, far away and yet still too near? In the taverns of the city they named it a fell portent, and in the high chambers of council, my father agreed with his folk, though they knew it not.
'But none could have foreseen the onslaught that emerged from Mordor. A great force swept through Ithilien, driving our soldiers before it, and at Osgiliath we slowed its approach for as long as we could, and destroyed the bridge behind us.
'There was something strange about that battle, my friends. There were... strange omens... before and during the fighting, but neither my brother Faramir nor I could understand their meaning. We spoke of them to our father.'1/1
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'Long has my father kept watch upon the Black Land of Mordor, and at his command the soldiers of Minas Tirith never relaxed their vigil. The Steward's commands are respected, as is right, but what man from the high walls of Minas Tirith could not see smoke rising from Mount Doom, far away and yet still too near? In the taverns of the city they named it a fell portent, and in the high chambers of council, my father agreed with his folk, though they knew it not.
'But none could have foreseen the onslaught that emerged from Mordor. A great force swept through Ithilien, driving our soldiers before it, and at Osgiliath we slowed its approach for as long as we could, and destroyed the bridge behind us.
'There was something strange about that battle, my friends. There were... strange omens... before and during the fighting, but neither my brother Faramir nor I could understand their meaning. We spoke of them to our father.'1/1
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'My father is wise in ways I could never be, for I am in my very bones a fighting man; the stories with which I grew up shaped me to be this. But the Steward of Gondor must be a learned man if he is to guide Gondor through such troubled times as these. What the name \qImladris\q meant to my father he would not say, only that it was a place far to the north where lived Elrond the Halfelven, who was said to be the greatest of the lore-masters of Middle-earth, canny and dangerous. \qFew or none in Gondor know where this place might be found,\q my father told us.
'My brother Faramir volunteered at once to seek out this place, and to ask Elrond Halfelven if he might know the meaning of the... many strange portents... we had seen in recent days. I knew the road would be full of danger, and took the journey for myself. My father was most wroth at my choice, and he argued against it, but at last he gave me leave to depart. He must have seen that I could find the secret dale in which Imladris lies and bring back knowledge to aid Gondor.'1/1
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'Before I set forth, my father impressed upon me the need for secrecy. \qEnemies could lurk anywhere, my son,\q he told me. \qRemember that Gondor needs you. Return with the knowledge the Halfelven can provide, as quickly as you can. More quickly, if you deem the quest to be a foolhardy one!\q
'I assured him I would not abandon the quest, and departed at first light, taking the west road into Rohan.'1/1
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'My obligation to call upon Théoden satisfied as best as could be managed, I left Edoras and continued my journey. I would pass through the Gap of Rohan and then turn north for lands I had never seen.'1/1
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'But as I neared the Fords of Isen, to my surprise I encountered someone I had not expected to see.
'I dismounted to speak with him.'1/1
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'I feared I had offended him, but I tried not to brood upon it. I had not called upon him at his home, after all. If he should leave his tower and the vale of Isengard to interrupt my quest, let him bear the burden of my unpracticed tongue. I am a fighting man, as I have said before, and am unused to the ways of Wizards.
'I resumed my journey. I was already a long way from Gondor, but there was longer to go.'1/1
