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[rangerandking]

You have yet to reveal what you wish to accomplish with this mission, Mun. If you have no set ideas about my fate or where I may travel, I request that you send me back to Gondor. There is much to be done and little time to do it.

{Though he fears his Mun already knows this.}

What is to become of us - of Frodo {if he still lives} and the rest - should remain a mystery to me. Even knowing the outcome would not stop me from growing more concerned about their fate. Mordor is not a place one should take lightly. I know that a great battle awaits us at its gates and I will not shy from it.

{He tips his head back and looks at the sky.}

I am not afraid to die alongside those I call my friends and allies. No man could - or should - ask for better in such dark times.

Comments

[willas_tyrell]

A noble sentiment, my lord. Although I may not entirely agree. One must always hope for the best, no matter how far out of reach it is. That being said, preparation for the worst is still wise.

[rangerandking]

I try to find a balance. {Aragorn wants to retain hope. He has to. Exhaling, he glances at the speaker.} How many battles have you seen?

[willas_tyrell]

Personally, I've seen none. In my first tourney, I was crippled, so I'd not be of much use on the battlefield.

I've become something of a strategist however. Even if my leg was magically healed one day ... I think this is where I best serve. That is not to say I find it easy.

[The tactical choices and troop movements are easy, but what gnaws at Willas is that knowing that, should he be wrong or right, men will die on his advice to father.]

[rangerandking]

It's a different world inside of them. {His gaze travels over Willas before he nods briefly.} What sort of Magic healed you? {Was it Elvish? Maybe he's not so far from home.} I've encountered some along my travels.

[willas_tyrell]

So my brothers tell me.

You mistake me, my lord. It was a "what if", not what actually happened. But if you've seen magic, then you're more traveled than I.

[rangerandking]

{We're going to ignore the Mun's lack of reading comprehension. Sorry about that.

He closes his eyes for a moment and crosses his arms.}

I have been to lands that many can only dream about; I have seen creatures that many would consider mythological. Yet I know they exist and that their world along with the world of man is in danger.

It's fine hehe

[willas_tyrell]

That seems to be a common sentiment, if the word from the North is to be believed.

>.>'

[rangerandking]

Then we are from the same world? Does the name Gondor mean anything to you, traveler?

[willas_tyrell]

[Willas taps his staff on the ground as he thinks, before shaking his head.]

No, I'm sorry. You're welcome to look in my library for anything, but the odds are against you if I cannot recall it.

[rangerandking]

I will take your word on that. {Which is just as well. He doesn't like the idea of there being others pulled from his world and stuck in this...whatever it is.} I'm Aragorn.

[willas_tyrell]

It is a pleasure to meet you. My name is Willas, of House Tyrell.

[rangerandking]

{A small smile flickers across his lips. He inclines his head respectfully.}

I do hope this land - strange though it may be - proves fruitful for both of us.

[willas_tyrell]

[He returns the smile.]

Well, it hasn't done any great wrong by me yet.

[rangerandking]

I can say the same. {So far.} I'm ready for whatever dangers it might hold. {He puts a hand on the hilt of his sword. Oh yes, he knows how to use it with deadly efficiency.}

[willas_tyrell]

I do not think you'll need it. In my time as well as my mun's, there's only been one fight either of us can recall.

[And a sword would have been useless in that fight.]

[rangerandking]

Oh? {He's listening very intently.} Care to tell me about it?

[willas_tyrell]

This will sound incredibly outlandish, but it was a battle between a flying man with a red cape and a demon of fire and darkness, who stood as high as any castle I've seen.

[rangerandking]

{Well that sounds familiar. A Balrog?}

I can believe it.

[willas_tyrell]

[No, something greater and more terrible even than that.]

Then you truly have seen far more than I have.

[rangerandking]

{The very idea sends a nasty shiver down his spine.}

And I do not wish to see such a sight again.

[willas_tyrell]

I can understand that ...

[The demon was a horror to behold, but the man ... there was something awe-inspiring about him.]

[rangerandking]

Such creatures are better left to their own devices unless you have no other choice.

[willas_tyrell]

I would not envy anyone who stood against them.

However, I am glad someone can

[rangerandking]

I have seen men do great deeds when there was need.

[willas_tyrell]

I have not had that privilege myself, only hear or reading of it. I hope to one day see it with my own eyes, though.