The following story can be experienced the starting the quest "Book 2, Foreword: Aiding the Order" at Bree-town in Bree-land.

Music Accompaniment: Lord of the Rings Online - Dark the Days

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Further Reading: The Forsaken

raced towards. He did not know which roadhad led the hobbits down but the peak of Amon Sûl would surely reveal it. With great haste, he arrived in three day’s time. From atop the ruins, he could see across the vast lone-lands but there was no sign of the ranger or the hobbits. It was then that he felt the darkness approaching. He turned to find theupon him. The wizard brandished his staff and sword and prepared for battle.looked to the starry night sky. They had made camp within thewhere their presence would unlikely be discovered.andwere still asleep andwas busy swatting the flies away. He looked to the distance and saw flashes of Light. “What is the light?” he said to, who had risen, and was standing, gazing ahead into the night. “I do not know”, Strider answered slowly. Frodo laid down and went to sleep. The last images he saw that night were of the white flashes and the tall dark figure of Strider before him.Orcs encroachedfrom the north andmen blockaded trade from the south. The heroes had stemmed the invasions but the evils in the east threatened to besiegeon all sides. Days before, on his journey east,met withto request the ranger's’ aid in uncovering theplans. With the immediate threat to Bree-land quelled, the heroes made for theto find and assist the wizard.At the foot of, the heroes encounteredkinsman, who had not seen nor heard from. He revealed to them however, that evil did not only come from the east; goblins roamed the southernand Orcs spread through thelike a festering plague. Candaith agreed to seek the wizard on their behalf but asked the heroes to thin the Orc ranks in the meantime.The Orcs that littered the hills bore the mark of the. This had come as a great shock as the heroes were certain that they had stopped the alliance betweenmen and the Orcs.returned from his quest with somber news, he had never seen a force of Orcs like this inbefore. The time had come to drive the Orcs from the. While searching for, Candaith was pursued by an Orc War-master and his warband which led the ranger to learn of the Orcs’ stronghold within theThe heroes besieged the stronghold and fought their way towards the Orc War-master, whom they defeated and acquired his marching orders within his camp.The heroes returned toin the morning. The ranger told of a growing orc presence upon, the highest summit of the. The marching orders confirmed his suspicion, the Orcs sough to take control of the. If they sought to drive the Orcs from the Lone-lands, the War-masters atop the hill would need to be defeated. Together, the ranger and heroes infiltrated Weathertop under the cover of night.They moved silently and swiftly up the hill. Upon the crest of, the heroes bravely fought against the Orc War-leader and his secret weapon, a mountain troll. The battle was hard fought, but the heroes prevailed.With the Orc War-leaders defeated, the orcs of thewould scatter and dwindle. Their good luck had continued, as word had reachedofwhereabouts. He had come under the protection of the, Men of the Lone-lands. Wary of outsiders, the Eglain would not be quick to trust the heroes. They would have to help the Eglain drive back the remaining threats across the Lone-lands before they would grant them an audience with the brown wizard…