Thorgan shook his head. It seemed that they had missed what he had said. The Evil One was Inprisoned, and that happened about the same time as their first War of the Ring with Sauron, in the second age. He could not have been the Evil One since the wars seemed to start at the same time and end about the same time with both their defeats. No the Evil One was someone else and just as evil as their Sauron. When they had more time on the matter they would figure it all out. At the moment though they had to prepare to leave and go north to find the second stone. Then of course before that a side trip to see about the wizard. So far the gods or what ever powers there were controlling the fate of men, had been kind to him and had provided the woman he wanted and the means to be with her for as long as she lived. He could feel the excitement building within him.<br/><br/>He walked back over to Allassiel and offered her his arm once more. He was not about to let anything happen to her. She was strong and her body was recovering quite well from the ill effects of the poison. By morning he felt she would be at full strength and ready to go. As they walked back to the main part of the fortress they were greeted by another sight. A group of Dwarfs were surrounding the two hobbits, and talking as they watched another tightening leather armor about the two. It seemed that the Dwarfs had managed to alter some of their armor to fit the two Hobbits. "Now that be better", Flagdon said as he looked up from the finishing touches. The Dwarfs in the circle nodded and agreed as the puffed on pipes and grinned ear to ear. Flagdon slapped both Merry and Pippen on the back. "Now ye be ready to go with us on our journey. Dwarven armor and the swords of the Old Ones. " Thorgan laughed and grinned. He looked at Lotharn and saw a look on his face, as if he was seeing something that no one else did.<br/><br/>Lotharn smiled and looked at Thorgan. "They look just like their grandfathers, when they fought the orcs at Gondor. I would have sworn it was them if I did not know better." he shook his head. "When this is all over, and I and Pegawen return home, I am going to have to take those two to Rohan and Gondor, to meet the rulers that be now."