Summary: During a visit to Emyn Arnen, a remark from Pippin awakens a decades-old memory in Aragorn's mind. During the evening he tells the tale to his friends: During Aragorn's years as Thorongil, Steward Ecthelion has commissioned him as a lieutenant in a battalion posted at a small town. One night the corsairs of Umbar attack and drag a friend of Aragorn's away as a prisoner. Shortly afterwards Aragorn is sent on a mission to spy on the doings of the Haradians. Aragorn now has a twin goal: to complete his mission and to free his friend.
Journeying ever farther into the south, Aragorn gets wind of a mysterious buyer of slaves deep in the jungles near the Girdle of Arda. He proceeds to investigate the matter, in hopes of finding his friend and learning what the persons in question are up to. However, he soon finds that he has plunged into trouble that is easier to get into than to get out of. A deadly struggle follows, in which Aragorn is hard put to it to survive.
Rated R for violence and some horror themes.
Categories: Book-verse
Characters: Aragorn,
Arwen,
Denethor,
Ecthelion,
Elboron,
Eldarion,
Eowyn,
Faramir,
Gimli,
Legolas,
Original Character,
Pippin
Genres: Action/Adventure,
GeneralWarnings: Violence
Series: None
Chapters: 6
Table of Contents
Completed: No
Word count: 18456
Read Count: 2333