The Fall of Greenwood the Great RPG

[Nerindel]

Taurëwen was still disturbed by the needless damage inflicted on the tree's. On their return to camp they passed Airelóme going into the woods, He winked jovially at her as he passed, but the determination in his eyes told her that something worried him and this added to her own concerns.

Once back at the camp Taurëwen let Reynion go to Ceros with their discovery. Soon the smell of Eurwen's stew filled the camp, Taurëwen moved a little off from the camp, the thought of the rabbits that had died so that they could eat saddened her, but she knew it was a necessary part of the circle of life.

She sat under a large beech and ate some lembas and dried berries, She watched as conversations erupted among the gathered company, she had not seen Reynion leave but she knew he would not be far. Her thoughts kept returning to the needless hurt the great and once beautiful trees had recieved, no wonder they are turning dark and resentful she thought bitterly to herself. But who or what would do such a thing, the question kept repeating itself in her mind and still she had no answer. Her head started to ache as the question she could not answer haunted her, "I will find out" she whispered determinedly, as she balled her fists.

Her sudden rage startled her so she took out a few calming herb's and leaned back against the tree to take some rest, before Ceros moved them out again, without realising she had rubbed the herb's together in the palm of her hand, she looked down at the pulped herb's in her hand, she gave it a tentative sniff then shook her head "Taurëwen what are your hands thinking what use will a sleeping mix be to us" she laughed under her breath. She picked up a fairly large leaf that had fallen from the beech she sat under and wrapped the pulped herb's in it and put it carefully in her satchel. she then wiped her hand on her skirts the green stain was hidden in the greens of her skirt.

"Airelómë, has he returned yet?" Ceros's words startled her and she looked around the camp then back to the forest where she had last seen him, no he had not passed her! she shook her head, as did the others.

She felt a great foreboding, Airelóme seemed to her to be quite competent and he had seemed swift on his feet, she could not believe that he would lose his way, so that left only one other explanation in her mind, he had found something and could not return! There was off course the fact that he may be dead, but just now Taurëwen was not ready to accept that fate had befallen her companion.

She sprang to her feet pulling her bow from her back and faced in the direction that she had last seen the lively elf.

"We must find him!" she heard Ceros call, it was just then that she realised that she had heard nothing from the woods for some time, no scurrying of animals on the forest floor no night birds, even the trees were silent, "I don't like this" she whispered aloud to herself, "Neither do I" said another. She didn't look up, she recognised the voice as Reynion's.Instead she kept her piercing green eyes trained on the darkness of the woods.

"Where do we begin to look then Ceros?" she heard Arië ask, but before Ceros could answer she voiced her own concerns "Ceros, I think we should stay in groups, no-one should be on their own" as she spoke she did not take her watch off the forest, she was concerned that if they split up, the darkness would take them one by one. Her worry clearly carried on her soft but firm words.

[ July 24, 2003: Message edited by: Nerindel ]