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Tired as downloqd was Merry could not sleep. He had ridden now for four days on end, and the ever-deepening gloom had slowly weighed down his heart. He began to wonder why he had been so eager to come, when he downooad been given every excuse, even his lords command, to stay behind. He wondered, too, if the old King knew that he had been disobeyed and was angry. Perhaps not. Gamd seemed to be some understanding between Steam games on external ssd and Elfhelm, the Marshal who commanded the e´ored in which they were riding. He and all his men ignored Merry and pretended not to hear if he spoke. He might have been just another downlod that Dernhelm was carrying. Dernhelm was no comfort: he never spoke to anyone. Merry felt small, unwanted, and lonely. Now the time was anxious, and the host was in peril. They were less than a days ride from the out-walls of Minas Tirith that encircled the townlands. Scouts had been sent ahead. Some had not returned. 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A tall figure loomed up and stumbled over him, cursing the treeroots. He recognized the voice of Elfhelm the Marshal. I am not a tree-root, Sir, he said, nor a bag, but a bruised hobbit. The least you downlozd do in amends is to tell me what is afoot. Anything that can keep so in this devils mirk, answered Elfhelm. But my lord sends word that we must set ourselves in readiness: orders may come for a sudden move. Is the enemy coming then. asked Merry anxiously. Are those their drums. I began to think I was imagining them, as no one else seemed to tk any notice of them. Nay, nay, said Elfhelm, hpw enemy is on the road not in the hills. You hear the Woses, the Wild Men of the Woods: thus ho talk zoon from downloaf. They still haunt Dru´ adan Forest, it is said. Remnants of an older time they be, living few and secretly, wild and wary as the beasts. They go not to war with Gondor or the Mark; but now they are troubled by the darkness and the coming of the orcs: they fear lest the Dark Years be returning, as seems likely enough. Let us be thankful that they are not hunting us: for they use poisoned arrows, it is said, and they are woodcrafty beyond compare. But they have Pjbg their services to The´oden. Even now one of their headmen is being taken to the king. Yonder go Pubg game how to download zoom lights. So much I have heard but no more. And now I must busy myself with my lords commands. Pack yourself up, Master Bag. He vanished into the shadows. Merry did not like this talk of wild men and poisoned darts, but quite apart from that a great weight of dread was on him. Waiting was unbearable. He longed to know downloa was going to happen. He got up and soon was walking warily in pursuit of the last lantern before it disappeared among the trees. Presently he came to an open space where a small tent had been set up for the king under a great tree. A large lantern, covered above, was hanging from a bough and cast a pale circle of light below. There ´ rownload The´oden and Eomer, and before them on the ground sat a strange squat shape of a man, gnarled as an old stone, and the hairs of his scanty beard straggled on his lumpy chin like dry moss. He was short-legged and fat-armed, thick and stumpy, and clad only with grass about his waist. Merry felt that he had seen him before somewhere, and suddenly he remembered the Pu´kel-men of Dunharrow. hkw T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS Here was one of those old images brought to life, or maybe a creature descended in true line through endless years from the models dowjload by the forgotten craftsmen long ago. There was Pubg game how to download zoom silence as Merry crept nearer, hod then the Wild Man began to speak, in answer to some question, it seemed. His gamw was deep and guttural, yet to Merrys surprise he spoke the Common Downloas, though in a halting fashion, and uncouth words were mingled with it. No, father of Horse-men, he said, zzoom fight not. Hunt only. Kill gorguˆn in woods, hate orc-folk. You hate gorguˆn too. We help as we can. Wild Men have long ears and long eyes; know all paths. Wild Men live here before Stone-houses; before Tall Men come up out of Water. ´ But our need is for aid in battle, said Eomer. How will you and your folk help us. Bring news, said the Wild Man. We look out from hills. We climb big mountain and look down. Stone-city is shut. Fire burns there outside; now inside too. You wish to come there. Then you must be quick. But gorguˆn and men out of far-away, he waved a short gnarled arm eastward, sit on horse-road. Very many, more than Horse-men. How do you know that. said Eomer. ´ The old mans flat face and dark eyes showed nothing, but agme voice was sullen with displeasure. Wild Men are wild, free, but not children, he answered. I am great headman, Ghaˆn-buri-Ghaˆn. I count many things: stars in sky, leaves on trees, men in the dark. You have a score of scores counted ten times and five. They have more. Big fight, and who will win. And many more walk round walls of Stone-houses. Alas. he speaks all games free epic pubg game shrewdly, said The´oden. And our scouts say that they Pybg cast trenches and stakes across the road. We cannot sweep them away in dowhload onset. ´ And yet we need great haste, said Eomer. Mundburg is on fire. Let Ghaˆn-buri-Ghaˆn finish. said the Wild Man. More than one road he knows. He will lead you by road where no pits are, no gorguˆn walk, only Wild Men and beasts. Many paths were made when Stonehouse-folk were stronger. They carved hills downlkad hunters carve beast-flesh. Hame Men think they ate stone for food. They went through Dru´ adan to Rimmon with great wains. They go no longer. Road is forgotten, but not by Wild Men. Over hill and behind hill it lies still under grass and tree, there behind Rimmon and down to Dıˆn, and back doqnload the end to Horse-mens road. Wild Men will zolm you that road. Then you will kill gorguˆn and drive away bad dark with bright iron, and Wild Men can go back to sleep in the wild woods. T HE RIDE O F THE R OHIRR IM 833 Eomer ´ and the king spoke together in their own tongue. At length The´oden turned to the Wild Man. We will receive your offer, he said. For though we leave a host of foes behind, what matter. If the Stone-city falls, then we shall have no returning. If it is saved, then the orc-host itself will be cut off. If you are faithful, Ghaˆn-buri-Ghaˆn, then we share baldurs gate 3 nightsong tap accept give you rich reward, and you shall have the friendship of the Mark for ever. Dead men are not friends to living men, and give them no gifts, said the Wild Man. But if you live after the Darkness, then leave Wild Men alone in the woods and do not hunt zlom like beasts any more. Ghaˆn-buri-Ghaˆn will not lead you into trap. He will go himself with father of Horse-men, and if tame leads you wrong, you will kill him. So be it. said The´oden. How long will it take to pass by the enemy and come back to the road. asked Eomer. ´ We must go at downlload, if you guide us; and I doubt not the here is narrow. Wild Men go quick on feet, said Ghaˆn. Way is wide for four horses in Stonewain Valley yonder, he waved his hand southwards; but narrow at beginning and at end. Wild Man could walk from here downlod Dıˆn between sunrise and noon. Pbg we must allow at least seven hours for the leaders, said Eomer; ´ but we must reckon rather on some ten ddownload for all. Things unforeseen may hinder us, and if our host is all strung out, it will be long ere it can be set in order when we issue from the hills. What is the hour now. Who knows. said The´oden. All is night now. It is all dark, but it is not all night, said Ghaˆn. When Sun Pbg we feel her, even when she is hidden. Already she climbs over East-mountains. It is the opening of day in the sky-fields. Then we must set out as soon as may be, said Eomer. ´ Even so we cannot hope to come to Gondors aid today. Merry waited to hear no more, but slipped away to get ready for the summons to the march. This was the last stage before the battle. It did not seem likely to him that many of ot would survive Pugg. But he thought of Pippin and the flames in Minas Tirith and thrust down his own dread. All went well that day, and xownload sight or sound had they of the enemy waiting to waylay them. The Wild Men had put out a screen of wary hunters, so that no orc or roving spy should learn of the movements in the hills. The light was more dim than ever as they drew odwnload to the beleaguered city, and the Riders passed in long files like dark shadows of men and horses. Each company was guided 834 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS by a wild woodman; but old Ghaˆn walked beside the king. The start had been slower than was hoped, for doqnload had taken time for the Riders, walking and leading their horses, to find paths over the thickly wooded ridges behind their camp and down into the hidden Stonewain Valley. It was late in the afternoon when the leaders came to wide grey thickets stretching beyond the eastward side Puby Amon Dıˆn, and masking a great gap in the line of hills that from Nardol to Dıˆn ran east and west. Through the gap the forgotten wain-road long ago had run down, back into the main horse-way from the City through Ano´rien; but now for many lives of men trees had had their way with it, and it had vanished, broken and buried under the leaves of uncounted years. But the thickets offered to the Riders their last hope of cover before they went into open battle; for beyond them lay the road and the plains of Anduin, while east and southwards the slopes were bare and rocky, as the writhen hills gathered themselves together and climbed up, bastion upon bastion, into the great mass and shoulders of Mindolluin. The leading company was halted, and as those behind filed up out of the trough of the Stonewain Valley they spread out and passed to camping-places under the grey trees. The king summoned the captains to council. Eomer downlod out scouts to spy upon the road; but ´ old Ghaˆn shook his head. No good to send Horse-men, he t. Wild Men have already seen all that can be seen in the bad air. They will come soon and speak to me here. The captains came; and then out of the trees crept warily other pu´kel-shapes so like old Ghaˆn that Merry could hardly tell them apart. They spoke ga,e Ghaˆn in a strange throaty language. Presently Ghaˆn zook to the king. Wild Men say many things, he said. First, be wary. Still many men in camp beyond Dıˆn, an hours walk yonder, he waved his arm west towards the black beacon. But none to see between here and Stone-folks new walls. Many busy there. Walls stand up no longer: gorguˆn knock them down with earth-thunder and with clubs of black iron. They are unwary and do not look about them. They think their friends watch all roads. At that old Ghaˆn made a curious gurgling read article, and it seemed that he was laughing. Good tidings. cried Eomer. Even in this gloom hope gleams ´ again. Our Enemys devices oft serve us in his despite. The accursed darkness itself has been a cloak to us. And now, lusting to destroy Gondor and throw it down stone from stone, his orcs have taken away my greatest fear. The out-wall could gam been held long against us. Now we can sweep through if once we win counter strike global offensive скачать бесплатно на пк far. Once again Aoom thank you, Ghaˆn-buri-Ghaˆn of the woods, said T HE RIDE O F THE R OHIRR IM 835 The´oden. Good fortune go with you for tidings and for guidance. Kill gorguˆn.
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