Bestowal dialogue
'As Reeve Ingbert promised, Éomer has returned from his ride north. He is outside the Mead Hall, <name>. Introduce yourself and see what he knows of the Uruks we pursued!'
Background
Éomer, the Third Marshal of the Riddermark and the nephew of King Théoden, has returned from his ride north in pursuit of the Uruks.
Objective 1
- Talk to Éomer outside the Mead Hall of Eaworth
Éomer is outside the Mead Hall of Eaworth.
Corudan told you that Éomer, the nephew of the King, has returned from his ride north in pursuit of the Uruks.
- Corudan: 'Éomer is the nephew of King Théoden. He should be outside the Mead Hall with some of his men. Speak with him about the Uruks we pursued.'
- Éothain: 'I will be at your disposal if Éomer my commander wishes it. Otherwise I have naught to say to you.'
- Éomer (to a dwarf): 'I am please to make your acquaintance, my friend. You are the second dwarf I have met in the Mark in as many days, and the occasion seems not as rare as it did before! I will be less surprised by a third, or a fourth?
- 'Yours is the second party I have encountered who sought the Uruks, <name>, and to you I say what I said to them; the Uruks have all been destroyed, and I saw no sign of any other living thing at the site. That news brought sadness to the three hunters I encountered.
- 'The Man was Aragorn son of Arathorn, and his companions were a dwarf like yourself, Gimli Glóin's son, and an Elf called Legolas.
- 'Speak to my man Éothain if you would hear more of these travellers or their prey.'
- Éomer (to an elf): 'I am pleased to make your acquaintance, my friend. You are the second Elf I have met in as many days, and the occasion seems not as rare as it did before! I will be less surprised by a third, or a fourth!
- 'Yours is the second party I have encountered who sought the Uruks, <name>, and to you I say what I said to them: the Uruks have all been destroyed, and I saw no sign of any other living thing at the site.
- 'The Man was Aragorn son of Arathorn, and his companions were a dwarf, Gimli Gloin's son, and an Elf called Legolas.
- 'Speak to my man Éothain if you would hear more of these travellers or their prey.'
- Éomer (to a hobbit): 'I am pleased to make your acquaintance, my friend. And am I not wrong in my guess that you are of the race of halflings called "Hobbits?"'
- Éomer laughs at your surprise.
- 'Yours is the second party I have encountered who sought the Uruks, <name>, and it was they who told me of hobbits. To you I say what I said to them: the Uruks have all been destroyed, and I saw no sign of any other living thing at the site.
- 'The Man was Aragorn son of Arathorn, and his companions were a dwarf, Gimli Glóin's son, and an Elf called Legolas. You are not one of the halflings they sought, are you? A shame! They were distraught at their loss.
- 'Speak to my man Éothain if you would hear more of these travellers or their prey.'
- Éomer (to a man): 'I am pleased to make your acquaintance, my friend. Yours is the second party I have encountered who sought the Uruks, <name>, and to you I say what I said to them: the Uruks have all been destroyed, and I saw no sign of any other living thing at the site. That news brought sadness to the three hunters I encountered.
- 'The Man was Aragorn son of Arathorn, and his companions were a dwarf, Gimli Gloin's son, and an Elf called Legolas.
- 'Speak to my man Éothain if you would hear more of these travellers or their prey.'
Objective 2
- Talk to Éothain outside the Mead Hall of Eaworth
Éothain is outside the Mead Hall of Eaworth, with Éomer.
Éomer has told you to ask any questions you have of his man Éothain.
- Éomer: 'Éothain will answer any questions you have about your friends or the Uruks they pursued.'
- Éothain: 'If Éomer my commander wishes me to answer your questions, I will do so. Ask what you will and hear my answers. Whether they give you joy or sadness is no concern of mine.'
| Éothain answers your questions
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- Tell me about the encounter.
- 'They seemed to spring out of the grass as if from nowhere. Some Elvish magic, I thought, and indeed one of them was an Elf. A dwarf and a Man there was also, but no Man of Rohan was he. They hunted Orcs in Théoden King's lands, but not at his command. Indeed, even Éomer my captain hunts Orcs without leave of the King. But he is the King's own kin, and will rule in Rohan someday. These others made bold claims, but I do not know the truth of them. Éomer let them go, that they might seek their lost companions, but only on condition that they return and present themselves to the King at Edoras. This they swore to do.'
- They need haste.
- What can you tell me of Aragorn?
- 'He spoke first as Strider, and to that Éothain says this: what kind of a Man hides his true name? Eventually he gave it, and he gave it as Aragorn son of Arathorn. So too did he claim to be the heir of Isildur, the son of Elendil of Gondor. He wielded artifacts from the distant past, but whether that truly was the Sword that was Broken, forged again, Éothain cannot say.'
- But it was.
- What can you tell me of Legolas?
- 'An Elf he was, as wild a creature as I have seen, seemingly sprung direct from tales told to children. Éomer gifted two horses to the travellers, and this Elf needed no rein or saddle, though Arod's master was killed in battle and he was not yet ready for a new rider. I have never seen anything like it.'
- Legolas is skilled.
- What can you tell me of Gimli?
- 'The dwarf is fortunate my captain Éomer knows the value of mercy. He spoke to the Third Marshal with great rudeness, and could take a lesson in manners from even an Orc! Were Aragorn less well-spoken, there might have been one fewer dwarf in the Riddermark.'
- So say you.
- What can you tell me of the Uruks?
- 'Éomer rode north without the King's leave to hunt these Uruks. Scouts had reported them coming down out of the East Wall some days before, and we caught up with them at the very edge of Fangorn. They were thoroughly, utterly, destroyed, and we saw no sign of the friends Aragorn and his companions sought.'
- I see.
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Objective 3
- Talk to Éomer outside the Mead Hall of Eaworth
Éomer is outside the Mead Hall of Eaworth.
You have spoken with his lieutenant Éothain, and should now speak again with Éomer.
- Éothain: 'Did you have more questions of me? I will do whatever Éomer commands, and he has commanded that I answer you.'
- Éomer: 'No Uruks escaped the circle of my riders, but it is possible your friends may have escaped before we closed in. It is a small chance, but it is what Aragorn hoped for, and perhaps his hope was more than hope, and there was truth in it.'
- Éomer makes a wry face.
- 'Perhaps, but Éomer Éomund's son puts stock in cold steel and sunlight on the plains. Without some unlikely dwimmer-craft, I fear the halfling friends Aragorn sought met a sad end.
- 'The three hunters, however, lived when I left them.'
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