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#im sure esp aragorn and gandalf try to parse as much info as they can
rohirric-hunter · 3 years
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Vol. I really feels like it’s starting to wind down when you infiltrate Carn Dûm with Golodir and take down Mordirith the first time, and then the whole Sarah Oakheart Grand Theft Palantír situation goes down and that’s the first time it’s made explicitly clear that That Fucking Escort Quest is going to be plot relevant, and it’s super unnerving, right, so you go pretty much straight to Gandalf and ask about it and he’s like, yeah, that’s pretty concerning, you’d better find out everything you can about it. So you go off, and you start to Find Things Out alright, and like, it’s some time before you explicitly speak to Gandalf next, but the next time you’re in Rivendell is just after Mordrambor swans onto the scene in what’s probably the largest Ranger massacre to date. You have learned exactly two (2) things, and I’m dying imagining this from Gandalf’s point of view. He asks you to investigate and do whatever you can about it, you agree pretty eagerly because how bad could it possibly be, you just took down Mordirith, and then like two weeks later you stagger back into Rivendell with a box of broken keys and a sort of hunted look in your eyes and if you do encounter Gandalf he’s like, “Any progress on the Palantír search?” and you’re like, “Does the name Amarthiel mean anything to you?” and he’s like, “I take it that’s who Sarah Oakheart actually is?” and you’re like *deranged laughter*. “Anyway, can’t stay and chat, I need to find a minor ring of power before she can get her hands on it, ta-ta!”
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