“Are you having trouble sleeping, Master Fredegar?” Éothain inquired politely. He’d had several conversations with Targon, King Elessar’s envoy, but he had not really spent much time yet getting to know the emissary of the King of Rohan. He was in charge of this embassy of hobbits, and they would for the first time be encountering Men who were not sworn to the service of one of the Kings. Tomorrow, they would be in Bree, and Freddy found himself a bit nervous. He had taken a turn on watch-he and Targon did so from time to time, even though they were the captains of their respective small companies-and had just been relieved by Danulf, who was pacing about the perimeter of the encampment. The rest of the hobbits had already sought their bedrolls, and most of the Men as well. (This list is not comprehensive, and more characters may be added as the story progresses.)įredegar sat down by the fire, and drew his knees up, wrapping his arms around his legs, and putting his chin on his knees. Gimli Gloin’s son-Dwarf, Lord of Aglarond, and one of the Nine Walkers Legolas Greenleaf-Elf, Prince of the Greenwood and one of the Nine Walkers Éothain, Éodred’s son-Leader, and cousin to the King of Rohan The group left the Shire, and began the journey south immediately after the wedding of Sam and Rose Gamgee. Mistress Poppy hoped to learn new methods of healing from the healers in Gondor. She brought along her apprentice, Viola Harfoot. Also part of the group were Jolly Cotton, Mosco Burrows, and young Denham and Rollin Banks-whose father had been chosen to replace Clodio as head of the Banks family.Ĭhoosing to accompany the group on her own was the Took’s family healer, Mistress Poppy Burrows. Fredegar Bolger was chosen to lead this embassy, with Berilac Brandybuck as his second in charge. Since the Man who was injured was from Rohan, it was decided to take the prisoners first to Edoras.Īnother of King Elessar’s wishes was for a group of hobbits to come and spend six months at the court of the King in Gondor. The malefactors were caught, and turned over to the Men for King’s justice. In an effort to stop the ratification, Clodio’s sons vandalized the Men’s campsite, causing injury to one of the Men, and also to another hobbit. This caused fear among certain hobbits who had collaborated with the enemy during the Occupation, most especially for Eglantine Took’s brother Clodio Banks and his business partner, Dago Bracegirdle. One of the King’s requests was to investigate Saruman’s dealings with the Shire.
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The delegation from King Elessar brought with it the King’s edicts for the Shire, which he wished to have ratified by the Shire’s leaders. The delegation from Rohan brought with it the news that a great store of gold and treasure had been discovered in Isengard, and a portion of it had been set aside to give the Shire as weregild for the damage Saruman had done. In “A New Reckoning”, King Elessar and King Éomer had sent delegations to the Shire, in the spring, one year after the destruction of the One Ring. Since it has been quite some time since I finished posting “A New Reckoning”, and since many might not care to re-read such a lengthy story, I am providing here a brief summary of what has gone before, as well as a list of the characters, to help those who might need their memory refreshed.