the Third Era

orders of the valley to get away from the monotony of King Elrond's palace. Not that it was bad there, far from it, she was grateful to the Lord of Rivendell for having saved her and her brother from a terrible fate, she couldn't

her back, Arya suddenly turned and

nda

ther had arrived in Rivendell, when Gandalf had come to King Elrond searching for some information. The sorcere

idn't mean to

d politel

ht, Gandalf,

showing him one of

a young woman doing al

er alone,

was one of the few who knew about her t

I s

ou? What brin

ask for y

a friend, tell

from here with a company of thirteen dwarfs and a halfling, and I'm afraid they

halfling, very strange

skilled warrior like you. Retrace my steps to the west,

izard behind, riding fast in t

little noise as possible. She saw a light in front of her and moved towards it but, after a few steps, she had to hide behind the bushes to avoid being spotted by three huge trolls. But the beasts were not alone, they were in the company of thirteen dwarfs and a halfling! Gandalf

nd crun

nd shot it towards the troll's arm, who, bewildered, dropped the dwarf. Then the girl jumped off the oak and, after taking her two trusty

bove all, by the courage of the young woman, who was facing

hedges. Then she looked up and saw the first rays of light illuminate the sky. Sensing Gandalf's plan, she walked a

do now? We

asked while he wat

ll take

etrified by the first sun's rays. Gandalf was on the top of a

fire. Everyone thanked her warmly for saving their lives, only one suspected of her: Thorin. The young Dwarf King, in fact, had a

ntain trolls ventu

ked, approac

t since a darker powe

zard a

moved in the sunlight. The

e conversation while staying a

era. Gandalf and Thorin took one each and Arya did the same. Coming out of the cave, however, she noticed another sword, shorter and thinner. She picked it up and headed towards the hobbit. The girl had noticed that the halfling was the only member of t

t. It's not very wise to g

is head and looked at the sword. Bilbo had never taken up a weapon, not to fight at least, the i

grateful to her for having saved his life and that of his companions. The dwarf immediately recovered from his thoughts by hearing a noi