LoTR in the 4th Age

FROM THE BEGINNING:  A1.1 At Your Service A9S4- Knock on Wood They sat in the empty Prancing Pony Inn composing their battle plans while drinking free ale and puffing on their pipes. How would they avoid being dominated by the queen on her throne? Why didn't the boys fall under the queen’s spell while she sat on her throne? Was it because they were passed out drunk unconscious, or protected by the wooden walls of the cellar? They spent the next hour each on task: Kyan crafted gem staffs (like the Woses used in their hunt) to amplify the Elf Lights that Thran might cast. Theo went to the town blacksmith shop to get metal helmets (to protect their minds). And Thran went to the local Hobbit Scholar’s shop to collect herbs ( Redmace as a stimulant since they hadn’t slept for 36 hours. Boiled Hogweed to drink to gain advantage on Shadow corruption checks. And Kingscup as a poultice to remove poison.). They set out on horses riding out the west gate and along the Great East Road...

🕯️ A9S3: The Trap — A Cemetery, A Spellcaster, and the Shadow of Belemir August 16th, Bree. Word of their plan was sent to Radagast the Brown via sparrow, and to Margo on the road to Hobbiton via lark, courtesy of Halfred Brandybuck, Bree’s resident Hobbit scholar. They enlisted Rymen Butterbur (the  Prancing Pony innkeeper) to spread the tale of the fellowship's demise—poisoned by spider fangs. Caskets were loaded into a hearse and mournfully driven to the cemetery, then laid to rest in a mausoleum. The mourners returned to the Inn to drink and grieve.  But the fellowship remained, hidden in the shadows, waiting. 🌕 Midnight Whispers and Moss That Strangles Under a full moon, five hours passed in silence. Then nature called. Thran and Loegir stepped behind a tree—only to be ambushed by grey-beard moss, which stretched down to strangle them. Loegir escaped but Thran struggled as he gasped for breath. Kyan and Theo, focused on the trap, were too cautious in the...