[Earendil Halfelven]

Arlómë cleaned the blood off of his arrow, and returned it to his quiver. That was good practice, he thought. With his dúnedain hearing, he heard them coming long before he had to take his bow out. That made the second attack on the company-first was the hobbits, and now some bandits. Now Kaldon rode off by himself, which seemed a little peculiar. Why would you ride off by yourself right after you were attacked unless you had no reason to fear another attack while you were out? So Kaldon was the other traitor. Arlómë looked out into the darkening forest. Nothing's out there, he thought to himself. So it was Hogar and Kaldon he had to look out for. With one last look out into the forest, he walked over to join the others.

"...A week later, while we were speaking with my father in the throne room, the guard returned saying that the orcs must have left the forest because there was no trace of them left." Ani Dao finished saying as Arlómë joined the group, taking a place next to Yanithe. The others started commenting about Ani Dao's story.
"That was some nice fighting. You might have thought that because you are a girl, the others thought you couldn't handle yourself in combat. But, I knew that there was more to you. Why else would Bali ask you to come along? I have no doubt that you'll be able to show your skills before we get to Erebor." Arlómë said to Yanithe. He hoped that what he said would break the ice between them. He could sense that she was a little distrustfull of the others. This was going to be a long road to Erebor and he didn't want to spend it distrusting everyone.