MIRKWOOD RPG

[Gilthalion]

Rûdhchamion let fly his dagger and as swift as thought, Legolas took aim. Anarya drew more swiftly than thunder follows lightning, but she saw that her prince aimed not at the spider, as did she, but at the dark elf instead.

Anarya realized then that the blade was aimed straight at the head of the miserable mortal they followed. If Rûdhchamion killed Micanar before his path was known, then his words to Thranduil were false, and his life was forfeit.

But the eyes of Legolas were swift and he marked more than the path of the blade. At the lst possible instant, his aim changed and his arrow leapt with Anarya's and their shafts plunged into the hulking spider.

Both the spider and the man fell to the forest floor and were still as stones.

Rûdhchamion stood from his concealment, as did Legolas and Anarya.

"You have good eyes, son of Thranduil," said Rûdhchamion.

"You have good sense, Rûdhchamion," replied Legolas.

It was then that Anarya saw that the blade had struck the man hilt first, knocking him unconscious. She retrieved the blade. The dark elf and the elven prince dragged the spider away and Anarya covered their tracks. The man would awaken, knowing nothing, and wondering what had hit him.

And the three elves would together watch to see where Micanar went. And after that, Anarya knew that Legolas would not stay the hand of Rûdhchamion from vengeance upon the slayers of his kin.