Road-weary folks recently arrived in Rivendell after enduring a harrowing journey along the Great Eastern Road. They came bearing breathless tales of loud groans coming from the earth itself, of bright-green lights burning among the Ettenmoors at night, and of sounds of faraway battles and screams rolling among the trollshaws. While some among the fair folks of Imraldis advocated sending patrols to the area, Elrond's advice was to avoid the area altogether. Whatever screaming and battles went on among those accursed hills, the reasoning went, it was hopefully decimating the foul beings that live there rather than anything else. In the Troll Warrens, however, the Clantrolls of Grinder's have been going through a bit of a rough patch. A major quake struck their caves, and Edda's cooking pot was spilled not just once, but three times. This was considered a bad omen among the trolls, and Grinder dispatched some of her fastest kin to patrol their caves. To their dismay, most of the patrols were never heard of again, and those who returned would only say that it looked as if new tunnels had appeared where there previously were none. An uneasy silence has fallen on the Warrens, and many a troll have been heard muttering about food and loot being better and more plentiful before the darn quakes happened. OOC ----------------------- Many thanks to everyone that worked on this project! A very experienced team of builders got together and added something we think will be a fun part of MUME for the years ahead. The team: Vala level Supervision: Force Mudlle: Thor Builders: Caldan, Fankil, Rogon, Sabadon Proofreading: Caldan, Force Misc: Zathras, Antti Arata level Supervision & Reviews: Nienor, Fror