LoTR in the 4th Age

Prancing Pony Inn : Already dark, they decided to wait until morning to follow Falcor’s wagon train. Thus, they used the Inn as their short rest healing as they formulated plans while smoking their pipes [Advantage Riddle]. Kyan puffed out a smoke ring with an arrow piercing it, but it more looked like the letter ‘Q’. Thran’s puff resembled a wagon with turning wheels that slowly dissolved into waves in a stream. Theo did his best to create a smoky Great Eagle, but his cough spoiled the image… “ Is that supposed to be a flying squirrel ?” Laughter gave them the relaxation they needed: “ We can double the distance on horseback compared to a slow wagon .” Rymen butted in, “ If they were going to Sarn’s Ford, they would have exited the west gate. And that’s a 25-day drive by wagon. They left via the south gate along the Old Greenway Road . There are ruins of a town at the bridge over a stream out of the South Downs about 6-days out by wagon; 3-days riding fast on horses .” Kyan real...

Harslan's Tomb : Fortunately Weldon did not see the reaction between the glove and tapestry. Kyan tried to convince Weldon to leave the tapestry in the tomb but the hobbit was too excited to bring his treasure to town to prove himself right to all the mockers. "I could hang it in my house and charge people to look at it." Thran tried to warn him about thieves as another reason to leave the tapestry. Which only made Weldon realize he should bring it to the Shire where hobbits would more appreciate the fine artwork. At least they convinced Weldon to join Thran outside to verify the kidnappers had left. Theo and Kyan would carry the tapestry out. But first they waved the glove in front of the tapestry to see the true hiding place of the Shard. Then Kyan used his Jewelers tools to carefully remove the metal threads within the tapestry thus removing the map to the shard. Meanwhile, little did they know Thran had to use his elf light magic to distract Weldon who wanted to re-en...

July 2nd, The Prancing Pony Inn : (Thanks to Thran’s spell attempt to call lightning on a clear day?) Outside it was getting dark as a storm began to roll in. Thunder crackled from cloud-to-cloud as the skies grew darker even though it was barely 3pm. Patrons shook rain from their cloaks as they rushed inside seeking warmth by the fire and by ale in their bellies. The aroma of thick mutton stew mingled with heavy pipe smoke seemed to whitewash the storm outside. Kyan was already into deep plots as to Thorn’s absence, “ Obviously kidnapped. Thran, we’ll use you as bait asking the same questions about Belemir the kid might have asked. A sting operation to catch whoever’s responsible .” As if a premonition : The door opened and was blown wide as a wall of storm-driver rain followed in whoever entered. Suddenly, the exhausted young boy Dusty jumped up on their table to announce, “ THERE’S BEEN A KIDNAPPING !” As Dusty collapsed unconscious, a watered-down pool of blood began to form on t...